#respect your elders

[orionsangel86]

You know, I thought we were done with the ageism in fandom thinking that its purely for teenagers? Because it doesn't help anyone to have the attitude of this (now blocked) anon. People don't stop having passions and being fans of things just because they get older. Fandoms thrive BECAUSE older people put in the effort to MAKE them thrive. Do you really think that 100k word perfectly written epic fanfic that you adore so much was written by a 16 year old? Because I guarantee it was more likely to be written by a 35 year old mother of 2.

That amazing cosplay of your fave character you saw at a recent comic con that took phenomenal skill and probably a good deal of expense to look perfect wasn't put together by a 17 year old high schooler, it was perfected through years of passion into a hobby that more than likely required a full time job and a savings account to afford.

That amazing fanartist who has the BEST art of your OTP that captures their likeness in a really gorgeous style? They weren't born with that talent. It takes years to develop a personal art style, and capturing a persons likeness in art is a skill that has to be nurtured. The best artists are the ones who've had years to develop their skills. They aren't school kids. I have had mutuals on this site for a decade now and I have seen how much their art has improved and become absolutely beloved. These are people who at their youngest are in their late 20s now. Most of my mutuals are in their 30s, some of the best fanfiction writers I know are in their 40s and 50s. The meta writers I know are also in my age group. Hell, do you think teenagers run AO3? You'll be surprised just how many "old people" make the best fanworks. If you removed them from fandom spaces, I guarantee you would remove most of the talent, because no offence to you kids, but that talent is something that is nurtured over time, and time and aging go hand in hand i'm afraid.

The people who make fandoms what it is, the ones running events, pouring themselves into analytical posts, providing the best fanart, coming up with the amusing memes and textposts that go viral? Do you REALLY think they are all school kids? Fandoms are made up of PEOPLE, and newsflash assholes, people AGE.

This attitude always amazes me. There isn't an age limit in fandom. This isn't fucking Logan's Run (bet you the kids won't understand that reference) and honestly if these kids genuinely think they need to give it up and quit at a certain point in their future I just pity them.

Fandom thrives because of the older people that have nurtured it for years and carved out a space where younger people can enter in comfort and safety. Which are only possible BECAUSE older people built online fandoms and continued to put in the work to keep them going. If we all had to stop caring and leave fandom at some specific cut off date, the fandom landscape would be a vastly different space - and probably a lot worse for being predominantly run by hormonal teenagers - heh, I guess it would be a lot more like TikTok and we all know how dreadful TikTok has been for fandom so far. If nothing else that alone proves my point.

At the end of the day, no one can stop the passing of time. Even the horrible children who send adults nasty anons. Eventually, they will be the "fandom elders" and receiving their own anon hate from a future generation of brats, I personally can't wait to be the very old lady laughing at them when that day inevitably comes.

#fandom #ageism #respect your elders #fandom problems

[mariusslonelysoul]

The problem with boxfly as a ship name is that it is too cute. Ineffable bureaucracy is long and stuffy and pretentious and kinda annoying -just like gabriel and beelzebub!

#also it's more fun and the classic #respect your elders #ineffable bureaucracy #boxfly #good omens 2 #gabriel good omens #beelzebub good omens #good omens

[thetitancurse]

kill me maim me but percy series made me appreciate the movies in a way i had never before & never thought i would

#shut up lena #im a senior in this fandom dont come for me #respect your elders #percy jackson #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo movies

[100jewels-between-teeth]

Julian Devorak walked so Astarion could run

#julian devorak #the arcana #the arcana julian #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #respect your elders #i love astarion dont get me wrong #but JULIAN MY BABY #bg3 astarion

[prahacat]

Last line challenge

Rules: in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or as many as you feel like). 

Many thanks to @rochenn and @cocotter for tagging me!

Here's what I last wrote for do not long for anything, an angsty Clone Wars fic. Can't say much about it because it has a disturbing twist, but it's about Obi-Wan, Cody, Ventress, Dooku, and other fleeting accumulations of cells that should never long for anything.

“Master,” says a quiet voice behind him, “I’m back. The Nightsister clan has been dealt with, as you commanded.” Dooku does not turn. “A thousand-flower.” Its stem with the delicate drop-shaped leaves curls around his fingers. The blossom stares back at him, a tiny golden eye with blue lashes. “It was my late brother who introduced them to our gardens, undoubtedly one of his less ambitious whimsies to better this world. He acquired a few specimens from a traveling botanist who, I’m sure, extolled their simplicity in cultivation. If left unchecked, they propagate with an almost absurd efficiency. Remarkable, isn’t it?”

Tagging @wibzenadarksiderwithasoftheart (hoping to entice you to share some of yesterday's work <3) and, as always, anyone else who'd like to share their writing!

#cheated and shared more than one line but honestly #you don't cut off a dooku monologue like that #respect your elders #dooku #star wars fanfiction #prahacat writes

[emzular]

eddie 🤝 steve 

losing the people they fancy to the upside down before anything can happen

#steve harrington #eddie munson #stranger things #stranger things 4 #harringrove #eddissy #eddie x chrissy #steve x billy #joe keery #joseph quinn #grace van dien #dacre montgomery #idgaf if you ship steddie now #harringrove walked so steddie could run okay #respect your elders #the elders in this case being the elder ship #this is a niche tweet #a tweet for me only

[fernando-jpg]

just remember, when you overtake fernando you commit crimes against old people

#respect your elders #f1 #formula 1 #fernando alonso #bahrain gp 2024

[asaconservative]

As a conservative who believes in free speech and who believes that everyone gets offended too easily, I'm sick of this "respect your elders" bullshit.

If you want respect, you have to earn it. People are not required to respect you just because you're older than them and you'd be offended by them not respecting you.

It makes no sense to raise your children to live in fear of being hit if they offend an elder then wonder why everyone is so easily offended.

#conservative logic #as a conservative #respect your elders #ageism

[ant80in3]

At school a friend and me start at the same time the game Summoners War (really strategic game, I like it a lot) at the same time. Yet my friend ended get much more 5 stars monsters and ultra advanced runes and sets of runes (the equipment to build your monsters and make them stronger) while I was way behind with small chips and I didn’t understood a thing about runes system.

Years later I was playing The Binding of Isaac next to my father who decided to give it a try. It been a month since I play it. Now I have 700 hours in it and this madman have the triple. Yep. My 49 years old dad just leave me in the dust with more than 2000 hours on this game.

Finally a year ago I start Arknights a week before a friend. Today I’m level 74, they’re 107. I barely have 3 Operators at their full strength, they have so much full build Operators that among them there also useless/less viable Operators fully up.

Am I surrounded by pro gamers/whales ? Does I suck even at video games ? Both ?

#story #story time #anecdote #video games #summoners war #the binding of isaac #arknights #I didn’t have the biggest 😔 #to be fair I took big breaks with some #respect your elders

[flying-ham]

hannibal really did walk so good omens ofmd and supernatural could run in terms of a big gay confession and then immediate tragic breakup

#respect your elders #I say as a 22 year old #but fr tho nothing beats hannibal just straight up stabbing will and running away to mega super turbo italy #hannibal #nbc hannibal #will graham #hannigram #good omens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #our flag means death #ofmd #supernatural #spn #dean winchester #castiel #destiel

[i-can-not-art]

Attractive old man.

#respect your elders #ik his back hurts whenever he moves #honkai star rail #star rail #welt yang #you can tell he’s 82 by his complete lack of wrinkles #random #I might draw him #it’s 10:45 pm rn #he’s a bit expired but that’s okay #his Best Buy date wasn’t that long ago

[alidravana]

I'm going to share the receipts and then wipe my hands of this while situation, cause I don't have time for this shit.

Got this apology yesterday, which I accepted and clearly stated in my reblog so that my followers saw it too.

After giving the benefit of a doubt, only to find the following today:

Emphasis on the tags:

Last piece of advice - if you are going to go around backstabbing people like this, you're going to have a rough time in fandom.

And if you're calling me a senior, then how about you shut the hell up and respect your elders.

#seal team #fandom discourse #respect your elders

[theplumdot]

👴🏼 ELDER•A•DAY | MINI•LOOKBOOK•CHALLENGE 👵🏿

• i’m obsessed with elders and think that they definitely need to be shown more love, so i thought i’d create a mini lookbook challenge to get those creative juices flowing before the release of the growing together expansion pack!

♡ don’t forget to share this and tag me as i’d love to see all of your gorgeous elders ♡

• HAVE FUN!

📢 @maxismatchccworld @s4lookbookgallery @sssvitlanz

#the sims 4 #ts4 lookbook #elder-a-day #elder-a-day mini lookbook challenge #elders need love to #ts4 growing together #plumdot #theplumdot #i love a lookbook challenge #please join me #i probably won't finish before the release date #respect your elders #fun in CAS #not just for sims 4 #show me your sims 2 elders #show me your sims 3 elders

[merpiko]

can the honkai dev team stop throwing fu hua (and hos) under the bus and give her a new battlesuit its like shes the next kallen. ok and ya hos is there in the plot only vaguely but doesnt she have the power to create illusions?? or did it get stripped when fu hua took her power in the theater of domination??? when did hos get so weak. also i haven't finished the main story yet (chapter 33 i think) so correct me if im wrong but did fu hua and hos actually like. talk to e/o abt what happened in the theater of domination bc i have to know if fu hua apologized THERES SO MANY LOOSE ENDS TO TIE UP

#respect your elders #srsly tho can fu hua have one arc where shes not injured or dying all the time #hi3 #honkai impact 3rd #honkai impact #fu hua #herrscher of sentience #justice for hos

[toffoliravioli]

this is a sad day for the retirement homes

#sid AND ovi getting dummied #SHAME ON YALL #respect your elders #this is a joke don’t kill me #pittsburgh penguins #washington capitals

[lalaland-e]

Who the heck was the first person to say respect should be earned?? No it shouldn't. Disrespect should be earned.

And even then it is not your right to be disrespectful. Even if you're talking to your worst enemy there should be at least a little bit of respect, a line you can't cross. If you're trying to bother them then unfiltered kindness will do the trick better anyway.

Be respectful, guys. It's the only way to be respected.

#treat others how you want to be treated #Also it annoys me when people tell me I'm so well respected and get treated nicely even by the meanest people because I'm pretty #No it's not #It's because I treat them well first #It's hard to respond to “you look wonderful today” with “I hope you die in a terrible fire!” #There's no such thing as pretty privilege #shitpost #shitposting #thoughts #opinion #Respect #kindness #important #respect your elders #Respect should be earned