#and left my moots w only my cringiest writing to remember me by?

[ddelline]

apart from the fact that being of the opinion ‘contributing to fandom at 30 is embarrassing’ is embarrassing only for the people (guaranteed to be aged 12-20 almost exclusively) who actually think that

man, I’m turning 30 next year; I’ve been in fandom since I was 12. If there’s one thing I’m happy about it’s that I will still be contributing to fandom at 30—I’m churning out my best fic/discourse/version of myself yet, so imagine what another year is gonna bring.

full disclosure I likely was of the same (loser) opinion when I was….. 12. but I also had a lot of loser opinions when I was 12. bc I was 12. the people who taught me the ropes as a snot nosed child were mostly older than 20. they taught me fandom etiquette, history, and brought me into the fold. I’m absolutely a better contributor for those people.

tl;dr shading fandom contributors bc they’ve lived longer than yr 14-18 years on earth is embarrassing, but if you’re nice some cool fandom elder is gonna teach u that! so thank f*ck for all ‘older’ fandom contributors—countless corners of the internet are all the better for them. entering my personal fandom elder!era fresh unbothered moisturized and in my lane

Reblog for a larger sample size!

No "show results", if you're not a fanfic writer just be patient.

I saw a post about an anon saying it was embarrasing to have an ao3 account in your 30s (it's absolutely not), so I want to do a poll and see what the age range actually is.