#but yknow. those things take time and effort. engaging with complex books for adults is HARD and why do hard things :(

[lesbiancolumbo]

It’s kind of funny that the adults who love YA and comic books and Disney and other media for kids also, apparently, want desperately to be taken seriously by other grown ups. (You know, treated like an adult.) Like ‘yes, I only read Harry Potter fanfic and watch cartoons, but damnit Barbara don’t you patronize me! I demand to be treated with the same respect as any other adult baby!’ (I’d say ‘have a drink and calm down’ but my bottle warmer is on the blink.) Does the defensiveness come from a place of insecurity or do they genuinely believe that other adults are lying when they claim to enjoy adult things? Like do they think all adults would secretly prefer to watch CocoMelon instead of HBO and play with Lego rather than have sex, but gosh darn it most grups just won’t admit it?

i think they just never grew out of the child mentality that adults are boring and lame unlike them, this fifteen year old moron, the coolest person they know (because they know like 20 people). they see adulthood as going to bed at 9 PM and having to work and do taxes and chores and watching war documentaries and reading nonfiction. it just smacks of arrested development to me, but i also like don't take that kind of adult seriously and i definitely don't put any stock in their opinions on books, films, etc., and will tell them so lol.

#asks #i'm not commenting on it as a whole but i find 'healing your inner child through indulging in all your childish whims' personally unhelpful #i heal my inner child by striving to have a fulfilling adult life free of all the fears and trauma responses that defined my childhood. #not by making kraft mac and cheese and nuggies for dinner every night #but by LEARNING how to cook. and clean. and take care of myself. and be responsible for myself. #but yknow. those things take time and effort. engaging with complex books for adults is HARD and why do hard things :( #also i never read why aye books as a kid because i was reading adult books from the age of 10 and i'm not gonna say that makes me better #but