#thoughts on aging

[ashoutinthedarkness]

I know the idea of Danny being the only 'true halfa has already been shared - but what if Vlad's aging is just slowed down from the accident, but *is* still aging. And because he's a bad scientist and didn't make Dani right, he didn't *stop* the accelerated aging, so she's aging rapidly, while Danny is effectively immortal because of the ectoplasm reverting his cells to the point they were when he bonded- trapping him at the age of 14.

[waiting-for-nobody]

In less than 30 minutes, I'll be entering a new decade of life.

(I'm turning 30)

So why not shout into this internet void like I've been doing since I was a teenager?

(Cw for a bunch of stuff)

The first thing that comes to my head when I think about where I was 10 years ago and what was happening was that my Dad was still alive. 10 years ago he was already diagnosed with stage iv pancreatic cancer but he was still alive. (This september will make 9 years since he died and next year 10 which is already painful but alas, I digress.)

I have regrets about those last few months but I recognize I was still a child and I could not have done more than I did, although I truly wish that I did.

10 years ago I was away at university in another state and Now I am back where I grew up in my mother's house.

10 years ago I was getting my Bachelor's in the field I am currently working in. I've been thinking a lot lately about how freaking Lucky I am to have know what I wanted to do but also to still Love it now.

10 years ago I was dating a boy who later would not attend my father's funeral. Today I am single (and acknowledge that I'm bisexual).

10 years ago I was passionate about pep band and SASS (student advocates of safer sex). Today I've been attending latin dance socials for almost 4 years. I still would rather read than almost anything else.

10 years ago, it was probably easy and typical to stay up until midnight but today I am struggling.

Now I shall nab my cat from the downstairs couch and see how long she stays with me.

[eisenkrahe]

Age 60 is looming ahead of me more rapidly than I would like. I'm still in my '50s and my '50s feel like they've lasted a really long time and I've been enjoying them apart from every single joint in my body screaming in agony pretty much continuously. That said, 60 is resolutely on the horizon and I'm like "do you fucking mind?" Rude.

[applechickens]

Wow. I'm aging hard and forgetting important things from the past like "how to spell Mario party mini game eatsa pizza and also which one was it in".

[efavs]

i really differ from people who don’t like getting older, i love it, i appreciate every year that i’m still living and getting older, i’m so proud of every time my age increases because i’m still here, i’m still here.

[captain-oh-no-not-again]

I’ve been going round saying I was 20 for a past year while simultaneously feeling like I was 14 and now in eight days I’m crossing that barrier and I feel like I’m about to enter a whole new dimension, both foreign and familiar like an old friend I haven’t met yet

[twistedspinster]

As I get older I start to panic at the thought of trying to preserve a face that always seemed to disappoint me. The stretchy buoyant skin of youth eventually stops repelling the late nights, lost loves and regrets. Strangely instead of becoming rough like a callus it turns more fragile. Thinning so soft it might tear like tissue paper. I look in the mirror and imagine my face crumpling with age. Disintegrating and blowing away like I was never here.

[loonyrune]

I just turned 24, it is surprisingly much like being 23, but now I just have a different number to remember. But it was a good day.