dungeon meshi reminding you to get some good sleep and eat some good food so you too can fight monsters👏

adoration | gochi, dragon ball

What she said. ^^^ I am well over 60, I have been in fandom since I was 12, one way or another, and I ain’t leaving. And misogyny is never attractive.

I’ll be 60 soon and ha ha ha I’m in fandom forever.

(Enjoy your time with other children anon. And I promise you, they’re not creating all the content you love.)

Just turned 70 this last May. 

I am a fan. I’ve been a fan of one or another book series, TV show or comic since I was eight. I’ve been in organized, convention-going and print-based fandoms since I was old enough to vote. My generation invented online fandoms, and I’ve been in them from almost the very beginning of online. I’ve been on CompuServe and AOL and LiveJournal and the other earliest platforms where fandom congregated: Tumblr’s merely one of the newer ones. 

If some adorable, entitled, wet-behind-the-ears wee nonny thinks they’re going to roll up and have a little self-righteous fun shaming some senior Tumblrina into buggering off of here because she’s An Old—and should therefore (by their way of thinking) be embarrassed for enjoying the manifestation of her continuing passion for the best in media along with others, in long-standing community— Well, they’ve got another think coming. 

…And oh yeah: You don’t like it? Then just get off our lawn, sweetiecakes. We were here long before you were, and (if you’re so easily embarrassed) we’ll still be here long after you’re gone. :)

(waves) (And hey, hi there, Atlin!)

Yup.

#I was told I was childish for liking Pokemon by other children when we were all 8 years old#that’s how ridiculous this gets#so I’ve always known this was bullshit and just did my thing#I’m not as old yet but when I am I aspire to be like them#you can take my fandom stuff and my hobbies from my cold dead hands so cry about it#fandom stuff#important(via@alihedgie) an Excellent Addition uwu uwu

Much younger person chiming in here but still in my 30’s (which for some people is STILL too old I guess?), but what’s hilarious about people thinking someone is “too old” for fandom or being on places like tumblr, etc, etc…is that in some cases, these are the people that MADE your fandom. People who MADE the shows and games and music and movies and everything you enjoy or are part of a fandom of, are often made by people much older than you. Obviously we’ve seen a new rush of younger creators breaking through in the last several years but still like…who do you think made all your favorite shows youve been watching since you were a kid? Not someone your age, lemme tell you what.

X-Men: The animated series vs X-Men '97 opening

Marvel Animation’s X-Men ‘97 - Episode 1 opening intro

MEAN GIRLS 2004 — dir. Mark Waters

Commission ✨ Silque [Fire Emblem Heroes / Fire Emblem Echoes]

“Like dragon balls…”

How toriyama drew Manga

Pretend this is Clark making muffins for his birthday. Which I had no idea was today until 11 pm lol.

Side Note To Fan Fic Authors

Here’s the thing.

I read a lot of scripts.  A lot.  From professionals to aspiring writers to complete newbies.  Features and pilots.  Specs and treatments.

And 8 times out of 10 the fan fic that I’ve read over the last, oh, 15 years is leagues better than this stuff.  It’s more inspired.  It’s more compelling.  It’s genre bending and creative and heartfelt.  It’s well-paced and intense and funny and sexy and meaningful.  It’s smart and thoughtful and good.  It’s novel-quality.  Better than, sometimes.

Rare is the script I don’t want to put down, but how often have we stayed up until 3am to get to the last chapter of a 100k fic? And it’s not even a fan fic author’s day job.  This is what they do on the side.  In their spare time.  For free.

So my point is, fan fic authors, you’re good.  You’re good writers and great storytellers.  I know it doesn’t always feel like it, especially if you’re one of the authors who’s not a BNF and doesn’t get the notes/hits that a few do.  And  because some people still view fic as “not real writing.” You guys know the shit that gets made into movies.  You’re better than that.  So be better than that.  If writing is what you think want to do, then just know you’re already doing it.   You’ve already started.

And you’re more talented than you might think.

For all the fic writers I know, just a bit of positivity

@quixoticfairy @tweektrash

@redasuki @since-the-900s

I used to be critical of myself about writing fic. Especially because I was talking about it with another writer when I was in the Navy and he flat out told me that fanfiction isn’t “real writing” and I tried to buttress it with “but I also write original fiction” but I had become rotten in his eyes due to my writing fanfiction. Then my fiction professor answered a classmate’s question about whether or not fanfic counts for our writing log.

My professor told us this: as long as you are writing, you are writing and you’re a writer.

And later I found a post here on Tumblr. OP was a writer, so was her dad. One day her dad found her writing and asked what she was writing about. Embarrassed, she replied she was writing fanfic. Dad nodded and said: that’s the genre, what are you writing ABOUT?

These two things put fanfics in a whole new light for me.

Fanfiction is a genre! The same way fantasy and horror and literary are genres. But each fanfic is about something. About a kernel of humanity’s truth. And you are a writer, regardless of what genre you write in.