#absolute puritanical garbage frankly

[ceeroosa]

oh, can we not do the "adults in fandom spaces need to grow up and get adult interests" thing, today or ever?

because yeah, on one hand, there are a lot of these folks who are emotionally immature and march out the supremacy-oppression playbook for very silly things, and that deserves to be pointed out.

on the other hand, using childishness as an insult is tired. i'm personally tired of it.

children and teens are worthy of respect. their interests are not lesser than so-called 'adult' interests - which, frankly, i don't even know where the line should be drawn? (like am i still a cringe overgrown child cuz i like a cartoon specifically made for adults? or is it all cartoons? what if my interest in sailor moon has nothing to do with my adult life and everything to do with connecting with the traumatized little girl inside my psyche? does growing up involve shutting her away and never acknowledging her ever again? what if i carry on my grandma's obsession with snoopy, out of remembrance? tell me where the line is without moving the goalposts. i'll wait.)

does the adult with a stan account spouting racist shit deserve to be insulted? sure, absolutely! yes. but insult their choice of blorbo or the fact that they think reverse racism is real or just anonymously send them a goatse.

"grow up" is enforcing the same patriarchal puritanical white supremacy colonialism garbage you think ur fighting against in the first place.