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halfhardtorock

What I really hate about younger people in fandom asking older fangirls why they’re “still” in fandom is that it’s the outcome of a misogynistic lack of representation for older women to be seen as people who have fun and fuck off.We never ask dude fans the same question. We have all kinds of cultural narratives of dude’s fucking off, playing videogames well into their 40s. And even when these narratives aren’t 100% sympathetic (ie: the perpetual manchild), there’s always this sort of exasperation around it like, what can you do? Boys will be boys. But when women age into fandom, there’s a whole lotta confusion around her very existence. When a younger fan wants to know why I’m here, in this space, they seem genuinely confused and uncomfortable. Because what are our archetypes for older woman: wife, mother, cougar even. Not womanchild. Not fuckoff. Not fangirl. Men are allowed seemingly childish pursuits but women better get in the kitchen and start scrapbooking.

carolyn-claire

Is it because they want fandom to be a kids’ clubhouse? Or because they can’t imagine their mother wanting to have fannish fun? Or because they don’t want to imagine themselves their mothers’ age and still enjoying the same things they do now? All of the above? Too bad, kiddies; it’s our lawn you’re playing on.

booshlrsarebrilliant

I am definitely in the older fan club - only just this side of 40 - but can honestly say I’ve never had any specific ageist comments expressed directly toward me from the Booshlr fandom. Is it because our boys celebrate childlike fun and imagination, and that one in particular is the biggest fan(boy) of so many things himself - and because it’s an all encompassing show (not very obviously masculine a show is how they put it isn’t it?) that we don’t judge each others passions based on each others gender/non-binary. I did experience it a bit in another fandom though - is it any wonder I spend all of my tumblr time here. xx

errandofmercy-deactivated202502

are you kidding! It sucks that some people have this opinion, but I’ve never experienced it. Since I was 12 and got i to fandom for the first time, I was SO HAPPY to have older female companionship and mentorship in my fannish world. The whole communitt has always felt like a hugely creative and dynamic perverted knitting club and I love it.

littleredchucks

I’m going to jump on the ‘I-love-my-fandom’ bandwagon by adding that I think our older Booshlrs are one of our greatest assets and the backbone of the fandom. Not only were they around in the days of the live shows to provide us with tales of the antics that never made it into the DVDs (like Barratt in the tiny silver pants that a fan threw on stage) but they are guardians of our fandom history in its entirety. They are the writers of those legendary fanfics that every member of the fandom has read and have become fandom canon in their own right. And not just that,because through the Boosh fandom I’ve met women who have provided me with healthy mother/aunt/older sister type relationships where I’m not expected to be the mature one, where I can get advice and whine and go for cuddles and support and no be lectured and looked down on. Healthy mother type relationships have been a huge revelation for me and I found that in fandom. And I hope I’m still giggling over our boys in ten and twenty years time, chanting crimps when I’m in the nursing home in my old age, getting excited when I see someone in a Boosh or LuxCom tshirt in public, participating in the writing and reading of fanfiction, cosplaying as Montgomery Flange, and connecting with fans of all ages and genders. I don’t remember life before the Boosh, it made me, out of scraps, and I never want to think that I’ll be considered too old, or that I’d ever make another fan feel that they didn’t belong because of their age.

errandofmercy-deactivated202502

*sniffle* all of this. Particularly the healthy mother/aunt relationships. And cousins. Fandom really is the family I never had, and I an so grateful for all the modeling/mentoring/collaboration and emotional support I’ve received (and learned to give) through it.

blacksails2017

Jessica Jones + text posts

softsnapdragon

@wildd-honey

redundantcontradiction

My Many Splendid Fandoms

Female Characters [10 of 25]: Captain Kathryn Elizabeth Janeway (1995)

“There’s coffee in that nebula.”

thecheshirecass-deactivated2018

On racism in fandom

Things that do not resolve/prevent/absolve you from perpetrating and participating in (particularly anti-black) racism:

Having a black roommate (the fuck?)

Having a black friend, or even more than one

Dating a black person

Fucking a black person

Being married to a black person

Working with black people

Reblogging videos and gifs of black people and children being murdered

Reblogging black lives matters posts and adding “THIS IS SO IMPORTANT”

Agreeing that blackface in cosplay is bad

Liking or reblogging posts about characters being white washed.

That’s just a basic list, but you get the gist. Are you white? You probably do racist shit, it’s the nature of living in a “post”-colonial western country steeped in patriarchy and white supremacy.

Fandom has a shitty record with racism. Ask any PoC who’s involved in fandom and they’ll have stories for you about the stupid and annoying shit “white fandom” does. The sad thing is, we keep telling you over, and over, and over, and over again that your behavior is painful, but you don’t fucking listen and it gets SO FUCKING OLD.

Someone commented on my post about the “debate” about whitewashing mods, about how they were afraid it will drive people out of the fandom.

It will. I for one am fast losing interest in any kind of contribution to fandom, or even scrolling through tumblr.

I’ve been in fandom since… maybe March of this year? I’d already questioned so many times whether it’s worth it to continue on tumblr, to continue interacting with people who are going to hurt me, and then accuse me of over-reacting to their aggression when I call them on it.

There are things you’ll never know about being a person of color, especially one who’s navigating the predominately white media. (And I do mean ALLLLL media.)

So when a person of color brings up something like a tag name that leads them to seeing imagines of police violence, and you compare that to “seeing other stuff” in a tag, as if they’re the same weight? That’s fucking racist, microaggressive bullshit. That’s the kind of thing that can break the camel’s back. When you say shit like that, you’re contributing to the racism in fandom and making it clear that your convenience is more important that the comfort and mental safety of people of color in fandom.

So good job - enjoy your convenience, but when good people leave the fandom because they’re sick of being treated like their mental well being and trauma mean nothing? Well… you’ll know who’s to blame.

Just one last note… Please don’t bother liking this post. Share it or ignore it, but all those little hearts mean nothing to me except you’ve read it and you probably think it doesn’t apply to you, and that’s frustrating. That’s why we have to keep saying this shit over and over, because white people don’t stand up and help reboost what we say. Mind you I don’t say “contribute to the conversation” I say BOOST THE VOICES OF PoC.

Either help or get out the way.

despondentparamour

Phoenix Jean Grey by KidNotorious

magical fantasy asks ━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ

Sorting Hat: If you could invent a Hogwarts house what would its name, colors, mascot, and characteristics be?

Wardrobe: Which fantasy universe would you choose to escape to?

The One Ring: If you were told that you could pick have any superpower but it came with a huge downside, would you still choose to have one? Which one?

Marauders Map: What would you do if you knew you wouldn't get caught?

Flying Carpet: What would be your fantasy mode of transportation? Carpet? Broomstick? Pumpkin Carriage?

Alethiometer: Do you think you have any magical or supernatural powers? What are they?

Everlasting Gobstopper: Which of the seven deadly sins do you relate to, and who does that make you from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? (Ex. Augustus Gloop = Gluttony)

Drink Me Potion: What is the last big risk you took? Did it pay off?

Necronomicon: What is your greatest irrational fear?

Ruby Slippers: What is your favorite city? Would you want to live there, or just visit?

Babel Fish: If you could learn any fictional language, what would it be?

Iron Throne: What Game of Thrones house do you think you are? Are you happy there, or would you become a traitor and abandon your house for another one?

Excalibur: When was the last time you felt like you truly earned something?

Philosopher's Stone: Is there anything that you truly want but know you would be better off not having?

Magic Lamp: Three wishes! Go!

Scroll: Which element would you bend?

Owl: Who was the last person you wrote a handwritten letter to?

Fountain of Youth: If you could stay one age forever, what age would you pick? Would you want to be immortal?

Horcrux: Pick three items to safeguard your soul. What are they?

Magic Beans: What is a crazy chance you took that paid off?

Poison Apple: What's the closest you've come to death?

Riptide: Do you think people underestimate you?

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