#I'm peers with most of the ccs but the fans are often practically young enough to be my children

[redwinterroses]

Hot take but casual ageism is a huge thing in the mcyt fandom.

From the fact that Cubfan literally had to change his skin because people thought he was "too old" to the posts where people freak out because they just learned that Bdubs or Impulse or Martyn or someone are grown adults with spouses and families, people are constantly acting like it's a Huge Thing for mcyt ccs to like... not be children. Even the "old man Philza" jokes, while funny and (i think) all in good fun, fall into this.

Can we please start doing away with this idea that only teen boys can be gamers? Because that is exactly what's implied every time someone goes nuts that [insert cc here] ISN'T a teen boy.

I had thought this was something we were finally moving away from but I swear it feels like I see it more and more often -- and even if it's treated with humor ("ohmigosh this little block man is old enough to have three children???") it gets less funny every time I see it. Not every cc is under the age of 25. Actually, outside certain SMPs, most ccs aren't teens. That's an outlier and shouldn't be counted lol. /lh

Casual ageism is obnoxious and stupid and I'm cranky this morning so y'all get my rant about it.

#and i swear if people reblog this with ''so and so is HOW OLD???'' comments #I'm going to personally combust #its really REALLY weird sometimes being an adult in the mcyt fandom #I'm peers with most of the ccs but the fans are often practically young enough to be my children #and some days it's funny to see people freak out that bdubs has children #or that grian actually isn't fourteen lol #but some days it's just REALLY obnoxious to see the shocked reactions #and feel like it's some sort of shocking THING for an adult to be into Minecraft and mcyt #like we don't have the automatic right to be here -- we're outsiders and others #...i dunno like i said: I'm cranky #anyway ageism bad. cut it out. #redwintertalks #not maintagging any of this it'll probably end up there anyway thank you functioning website