#elder millennial problems

[brainrockets]

I find it deeply upsetting that the "New Narnia Movies" are turning 20 this year.

The old ones age is also upsetting but like in a slightly different way?

[themoonlightbrigade]

Who do I have to pay for a Good Burger x The Rookie crossover?

[anonymousleekao3]

While "I have the power" and "I've got the power" sound similar on the outside, they are very different on the inside.

[amalgamatey]

I watched Shadow and Bone before reading the books and as an elder millennial can I just say … why do I need to be reminded every five sentences that Alina is a child. Why do you gotta keep driving home that Kaz is a little boy. Why are we focusing so hard on Inej being a BABY. Why did we have a steamy makeout scene between Nina and Matthias, while also mentioning that they are both INFANTS.

I know it’s a young adult book, I get it, I get it, I’m just so put off by finding these characters attractive as their “ambiguously aged adult” Netflix selves and then trying very hard to ignore Bardugo slapping me in the face with a fish and yelling “THEY ARE ALL INFANTS, CRIMINAL MASTERMIND CHILDREN”

like pls I’m a 35 year old adult who is finally reading books consistently again because of the show and now I feel weird because I went into the books thinking “I can’t wait to learn more about my babes, The Crows, who are definitely adults and not actually minors”

[mountainsandmayhem]

One day I’ll remember to check I’m reblogging on the right account. But today was not that day.

[and-his-hands-were-24-crows]

Here's a thing I've been kicking around in my head for a couple of days. Not particularly well-organized, but fuck it... we'll do it live.

So, back in the pre-social-media days of online spaces, relative anonymity was a lot easier. It was also the default. We didn't put our real names on any of our accounts, personal branding wasn't particularly a thing, and everybody just kind of was whatever they wanted. We had chatrooms and message boards and we made friends with random people who we'd never meet and whose names we probably didn't know.

In the latest of the 90's and earliest of the 00's, I was pretty active on some message boards as a member and later as a moderator. And, while I'm not sure I recognized it for what it was at the time, I was goddamn elated every time somebody "incorrectly" assumed my gender. I got to be in this space where I interacted with people on a daily basis who would read me the way that I sounded online, and usually that way was something other than how I was read in person.

I miss this.

I'm thinking about it because being on this site--and I've only been here a handful of months--is probably the closest to that vibe that I've experienced in quite a long time. At the same time, I've found that now that it's generally fine to talk openly about gender and one's relationship to it (because when I was growing up we didn't have the language, nor did we have much security in talking about it outside of close social groups), it's difficult to convey the nuance of that relationship without, at some point, in some way, saying how I was assigned in the first place.

I don't know that this is an inherent negative, but it strikes me as almost paradoxical that in being able to be open about how I feel about my gender and my presentation and how great it feels when people are "wrong" (and "wrong" here is probably an artifact of old thought patterns that are no longer beneficial or applicable), I lose some of what the older variant of online anonymity gave me. I like being able to talk about it and find people who get it, and I also miss just existing and letting the perception be whatever it was. People usually felt right about me. It was validating in a way that's different from this.

I hope you enjoyed this zero-structure essay. This is about as well as I can articulate things right now. //vague hand gestures//

[terrordactylx]

UGH...I'm mortified 🤦🏻‍♀️

See this is an example of us old folks being technologically challenged 😂 fyi, I prefer the webpage version of tumblr, not the app.

I made a -slightly- kinky post and after looking at my blog, I wondered why it wasn't appearing, figured there was a glitch so I did it again only to find out....The first one I posted was accidentally under a fandom page that I follow and I have been blocked cause I didn't catch my mistake😩

POR QUÉ?!?!?!?!?😭

[maaikeatthefullmoon]

OMFG

I’ve just realised I’ve never actually dated.

I’m 40. I just kind of…stumbled into relationships.

Would I have to do apps? I don’t wanna do apps. Are there UK based apps for nerdy queer fandom people? Like, is there a tumblr dating app? Wait - that’s exactly what I need.

I’m not ready for the 21st century 😭