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moongothic · 1 month ago

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The bizarre duality of like... not wanting to call anyone over the age of 25 """old""" (see "old man yaoi" when the characters are like 35) as if the second you turn 26 you become a 'wrinkly raisin that's falling apart who might as well go plan your funeral already', because I feel like that can enforce a negative mindset about life etc in ways I don't have the brain cells to summarize rn

But also, in a culture where youth is worshipped so much I find this odd comfort in considdering myself "old" (even when I'm not even 30 quite yet), as if I'm kind of reclaiming it? Because being """old""" isn't a bad thing, it's not something to fear or shun, it's just one of the two absolute inevitabilities of existence

But also I feel like by calling myself """old""" rn I'm just helping warp people's perceptions of what the average adult is/looks like. Like we go from young adults to just regular ass adults to middle aged adults etc etc. And I feel like people mentally skip that middle portion for characters that aren't even middle aged yet. And it's kinda sad?

#Moon posting #IDK people treating Croc like he's over 60 when he's 44-46 is... I don't know how to feel about it.#Like to put it into perspective: Joe Manganiello. The guy cast as Croc in OPLA. Is literally older than him #Sidenote but it's also Hysterical to me when people call Buggy ''middle aged'' the man is literally in his 30s #Sidenote about the old man yaoi thing-- depending on the context of a series I think it can make sense to use terminology that outside...#...the specific vaccuum would not fit at all. Like using words like ''dilf/milf'' ''dad bod'' or ''thicc'' etc when discussing like Ge/nshi #Where all the characters are so cookie cutter and basic with minimal variation #Compared to say like One Piece where the sheer diversity in bodytypes and ages etc is actually impressive #Like if your series is primarily about super young adults then yeah calling it ''old man yaoi'' when it's about 35+ yos makes sense #But in like One Piece. We have Actual Old Men. We have the characters to make Grandpa Yaoi and Grandma Yuri #Like yeah when the average ships are still about characters in their early 20s it's easy to call shit ''old man yaoi'' because IN COMPARISO #...it IS ''older'' but. Yeah. Like I dunno I have weird feelings and don't know what to do with them

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