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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2026-04-20 06:11 pm

[ SECRET POST #7045 ]


⌈ Secret Post #7045 ⌋

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SO many thoughts here

(Anonymous) 2026-04-20 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
This secret confuses me for a few different reasons. I'm just going to ramble them in no particular order.

15 is so young and seems like such a weird arbitrary age. I read this secret over several times thinking you meant to say "under 15" but you have that whole "grown ass adults" part so no. But it just is such a really weird age to choose that I got stuck on it. What is the youngest you would allow? Is there only like two years that you'd allow people to be into self shipping?

Are kids really here using FandomSecrest in the year 2026? I think 15 was pretty young for this comm even in its heyday.

Why do you think the "grownass adults" are being literal when you're not? The grownass adults talking about fucking characters, generally speaking, also understand the difference between fiction and reality and don't actually want to do all the weird things they talk and write and read about. It's fandom. People talk the talk and have fun.

Why are you even trying to convince non-fandom normies anything about fandom? Why are you even talking about fandom to non-fandom people?

This also makes me laugh in nostalgia. There used to be SO MANY debates in fandom about people being "too old" for fandom and how it was "creepy." I remember seeing people say you should grow out of fandom in your 20s otherwise it's creepy and sad. I haven't really seen much of the fandom age gatekeeping so this was a fun throwback. Though again, never seen anyone say 16yos were too old. That's definitely a new take on an old hot topic.

SA

(Anonymous) 2026-04-20 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I just realized you saying older than 15 doesn't mean you yourself are 15. Could just be a grownass adult that arbitrarily chose that age. Still odd.

Re: SO many thoughts here

(Anonymous) 2026-04-21 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
The age gatekeeping stuff always makes me laugh. "25?! That's too old for XYZ! When *I* am 18/21/25/30/whatever *I* won't be doing that anymore because I will have outgrown it!" And then 9 times out of 10, they walk that back once they hit whatever magical age makes you an Official Real Grown-Up and they realize that actually, fandom shit, or video games, or whatever other activity, is still fun. And that maybe reaching an arbitrary age doesn't mean that now your hobbies consist of doing taxes and washing dishes.