[ SECRET POST #5659 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5659 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 28 secrets from Secret Submission Post #810.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Right there with you, OP. The older I get, the more I feel the distance between myself and younger fans -- not in a snarky or condescending way, just like, we're in very different stages of our lives, our emotional investments in fannish things takes on very different shapes, and we're basically alien to each other in all the ways I would normally seek connection with other people over shared interests -- and the less I want to engage with them.

Fandom is an incredibly lonely place at the moment for a lot of us, I think, so take heart in knowing you're not alone, at least, in feeling that way.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this! It's not so much which fandom or how old they are exactly, but how they interact online/with fandom. The type of posts, sense of humor, debates, what gets people invested, it's different.

[(Anonymous)]

And in general what they talk about beyond fandom. I joined an 18+ discord for an anime I like specifically because I was hoping members of an 18+ server would talk about things besides how their parents are mean and how much homework they had. I left when it turned out all they talked about were their parents are mean and how much college homework they had.

[(Anonymous)]

That's been my experience with 18+ discords too. I would say that I long for 25+ discords, but based on my experience with people of this age range, it will contain a lot of photos of their kids playing in disneyland.

[(Anonymous)]

OP of secret here, HAHA thanks, this Discord story made me feel understood. Yes, it's that. Even the things we pay attention to in media (and life obviously) tends to change and it can feel kind of isolating... I have teen mutuals, I am the "living encyclopedia aunt" that goes "oh yep I was in that fandom ten years ago! It goes like this:" and it's okay but babysitting for free in your free time day in and day out isn't fun.

I had a blast the other day when I was reading a manga, and for some reason the scanlators (apparently older women themselves) finished each chapter with screenshots of conversations they had while translating the manga. One particular chapter hit me so hard I had to go out for a walk (it involved marriage and... adult concerns?) and I felt almost stupid for being so triggered by a manga, but then I laughed so hard in the end because they were talking about how it also hit them hard because of past experiences. And you can't really have these "OH YOU GET ME!!" experiences with teens. So, yep.