[ SECRET POST #1999 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1999 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 138 secrets from Secret Submission Post #286.
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

[morieris]

I can't tell if this is that Supernatural guy or Jeremy Renner.

[metal_equine]

It's the latter.

[morieris]

Oh. In that case - Wow OP. And here was I thinking "I've become one of 'those people'." who openly crush on someone more than twice their age here.

[dazzledfirestar]

who openly crush on someone more than twice their age here.

... when did I become a horrible thing to be attracted to older men (or women for that matter)?

[morieris]

It never was - it's just tumblr's enthusiasm for it has unnerved me more than once.

[dazzledfirestar]

Um... okay? I'm sorry, but what's unnerving about it? And unless they're flat out saying "so and so is twice my age" (which, yes, I know it happens), how do you know? I'm speaking from personal experience here and my fangirling tastes would probably be "unnerving" if one wasn't aware of my age.

[melospiza]

A lot of people post (proudly, I might add) their age on their tumblr. My age is posted on mine. So if you've posted on your tumblr that you're 15 and all of your posts are about how hot Robert Downey Jr. is and how you want to lick him, I'm going to side-eye the hell out of that because yes, it is a bit creepy to crush on someone old enough to be your dad. And twice as old is old enough even if you're a teen - plenty of people have kids as teenagers whether they intend to or not.

It's not quite as creepy as a grown adult going around talking about how a teenager is hot (like 40 year old women crushing on Justin Bieber), but it's still creepy.

[dazzledfirestar]

Okay... that's your take on it. Does that creepy level change if the person with the crush is of age? I'm 31 and my current celeb crush is 50. Is that still creepy to you?

I'm really just curious here, sorry if it's coming off as antagonistic...

[melospiza]

Not at all!

It's not as creepy but it's still a little odd. Like I'm 30 and I've been mad in love with Robert Downey Jr. for several years now and am willing to acknowledge the potential creep-factor in him being 10+ years older than me. My sister actually dated a guy 10+ years older than her, at thirty, and our mom freaked out, so there's definitely a bit of a taboo. It's a LOT less creepy than teenage girls perving on grown men, though!

I think the older you get, the less weird it becomes - as a teenager and someone in their 20s, a person who is twice as old as you has a lot more power generally speaking, so I think we inherently see that kind of relationship, with such an inherent unbalance of power, as creepy. Some people have a total fetish for that though, hence the abundance of Snape/Harry fanfic and the prevalence in yaoi of much older male characters being with much younger male characters. The power balance isn't as unbalanced when I'm 31 and he's 47 or when you're 31 and he's 50, so it's less weird.

Sorry that got kind of long but I hope that explains the mindset. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I thought it was Brendan Fraser, LMAO

[(Anonymous)]

lolololol I'm not sure how you fixed them up but <3

[queen_saru]

Okay, I am seriously glad I'm not the only one. I haven't seen Avengers yet (and am horrible with faces) and I spent a good five minutes staring at the secret going, "I don't think it's Brendan... is it? Who is this?" *facepalm*

[(Anonymous)]

heh, I can see the resemblance