#growing old

[lovely-abeille]

on the cruelness of fifteen

@/petrichara // the shape of a girl, joan macleod // @/cowboyvamplikeme // fifteen, taylor swift

#web weave #web weaving #fifteen #childhood #teenagers #parallels #lyric parallels #song lyrics #fragments #poetry #growing old #growing up #inner child #grief #friendship #emotional #relationships

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

On David Tennant and Aging

So, I’ve seen a lot of posts in response to Tumblr users’ habit of affectionately calling their favorite middle aged dudes “old men”, David Tennant in particular, saying things like “clearly you’ve never met an actual old person”, “omg you talk about these guys like they’re 80”, “please be normal about people aging”, etc. And on one hand, all of these statements are objectively right and true! But as someone who’s always been really fascinated by and found a lot of beauty in getting older (which I’ve explored in some of my writing on A03 because nobody else is going to do it for me), I’d like to provide a bit more nuance on how I think this label applies to David in particular.

David, obviously, in literal terms, is not “old”, at least not to me- I don’t personally consider people old until they get past 60. 52 is middle aged, simple as that. And yet, when I see David stuck with the “old man” label, it still somehow feels weirdly right, for a number of reasons.

It annoys me so much when people say David “hasn’t aged a day since Doctor Who”, because, well…

He clearly has. A lot. He’s got forehead creases, deep crows’ feet and eyebags, and I think that post-Fourteen we’re gonna see him rocking the grey temples a LOT more. He also has the voice of an older man now, his upper range is still there but the default is much more deep and rich, with a gravelly, rumbling quality that just goes straight through you. I personally think Broadchurch was when David finally started to embrace looking his age- Alec Hardy just wouldn’t have been served by Ten’s fresh-faced boyishness.

Obviously, these are the kinds of changes you’d expect any 52-year-old man to have, but something about David just makes it all seem a bit more… intense? The expressiveness of his face combined with his almost gaunt frame makes his wrinkles very prominent, and when he works his voice to its emotional extremes, his lower register can sound positively ancient, to devastating effect.

David, I think, is someone with an old soul- I don’t think he could be as good as he is at playing ancient characters like Crowley and The Doctor if he weren’t. He has lived so many lives, given so much of himself to so many characters, often incredibly tragic ones, and I think it wears on him. David also has five kids. FIVE. Do you know how exhausting it is to be one of the hardest working actors alive and be a present, loving father to even ONE child? But David somehow does it anyway! Nowadays I see him and my heart breaks because he looks so tired, so weary and fragile. But he’s all the more beautiful for it to me because I know that that is because he is kind. He’s a deeply empathetic person who feels and lives to the absolute fullest, and that story is written so clearly on his face, along with every other story he has ever been a part of.

There’s other things about David that make the label endearingly fitting- his utter hopelessness when it comes to technology, for instance. And he’s just got that warm, wise, grandpa energy too sometimes- look at that above Fourteen picture and tell me I’m wrong!

I once showed my friend who’d only seen David in Doctor Who and Harry Potter a picture of David from Around The World in 80 Days. It was a particularly emotional scene, and his face had just the most beautiful expression of compassion and sadness, every wrinkle on full display. And she said, in a less than complimentary fashion, “he looks so old!” Which, of course, offended me quite a bit at first. But to me, referring to David as old almost feels like a badge of honor, something he’s earned by living fully and selflessly, working hard and being wise and compassionate beyond his years. I think David himself is secretly more than a little insecure about the fact that he’s getting older. There’s sadness behind every jovially self-depreciating remark he’s made about his age in the past year, particularly in comparing himself to Ncuti Gatwa. I know how much David struggles with his impostor syndrome and how people perceive him, and I can clearly see in his eyes the fear of being discarded, the anxiety he feels about if he’ll still be as loved as he was back in 2007 now that he’s closer in age to King Lear than he is to Romeo. So I hope David knows it’s a privilege to watch him grow older, to watch his soul and talents deepen with the crinkles around his eyes. If I, in my silly goofy tumblr girl-ness, call David Tennant an old man, it’s because it’s a label that suits him beautifully- even if it isn’t TECHNICALLY an accurate one yet.

#David tennant #doctor who #the tenth doctor #the fourteenth doctor #good omens #crowley #shakespeare #around the world in 80 days #phileas fogg #pro aging #growing old

[rhondagettingfit]

Yes, I want to look better naked, but as I'm a grandma now I REALLY want to do things like oh, get on and off the toilet by myself in 20 years. I want to not break my hip walking up the stairs. I want to be able to do whatever I want to do cause I'm strong enough to do it.

#growing old #fitness #fitblr #staying strong

[diamondsandcigarette01]

growing old is a privilege that everybody should learn to love

#diamondsandcigarette #2014 tumblr #coquette #girlblogger #girlblogging #model aesthetic #pink pilates princess #soft aesthetic #growing old

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Quaeris, quid doceam? Etiam seni esse discendum.*

Seneca

You ask, what may I teach? That an old man must learn too.*

Marcel Duchamp plays chess with Eve Babitz, 1963.

#seneca #latin #classical #quote #old age #wisdom #maturity #ageing #growing old #teaching #eve babitz #chess #marcel duchamp #arts #culture #art

[dreamertrilogys]

me + all my friends <i want! i want!>, walk the moon / wetsuit, the vaccines / people we meet on vacation, emily henry / portugal, walk the moon /ferris bueller’s day off / t-shirt weather, circa waves / the raven cycle, maggie stiefvater / is this it?, the greeting committee

#.txt #w #para #growing old #ribs by lorde #senior year core #teendom #the passing of time #my parallels

[scavenger-nightly]

theres nothing better to me than devotion. like yes u may hurt me and we may argue but i love u anyways. sometimes i hate u but i wouldn’t trade u for the world. ur so lovely and when u are hurting so am i. I trust u with my life. I love u

#love #poetry #web weaving #love poetry #happiness #happy #happy poetry #nastolgia #growing up #growing old #devotion #longing #yearning #teenage romance #old romance #lovers #loving

[mikefrawley]

Winter's Setting Sun

Having outlived our old world long ago with heads bowed, we yet walk alone slowly fading into winter's setting sun seeking a better place to call our own Falling through her blustery darkness remembering a time we were not blind and the love we cherished now long ago praying one new day might be so kind

#Poetry #Growing Old #Alone #Darkness #Remembering #Blind #Love #Praying #Kind #Winter's Setting Sun

[notasoupcompany]

#stop this train #life #growing up #john mayer #j mayer #john mayer song #john mayer lyrics #john mayer lyric #growing old #growing older #getting old #getting older #life goes on #time flies #spilled #spilled words #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled poetry #my art #multimedia #multimedia art #digital art #original art #artists on tumblr #quote #quotes #art #words #john mayer music

[six-white-venus]

#this is a comparison of the impact and meaning the very same situations have when you're a child and when you're old #focused on what it means to grow old and become a child again #but no one else is a child and everything is different and there are so many things you don't remember #and everyone keeps looking at you all sad #basically. alzheimer's #growing old #alzheimers #memory loss #my writing #poetry #prose poetry #words #writeblr

[wintermintangel]

Craig of the creek single handedly brought back ska and reinforced the young black nerd in me that liking dnd at a young age was cool :)

#ska #ska punk #third wave ska #jeff rosenstock #craig of the creek ska #cotc craig #craig before the creek #craig of the creek #nerd culture #blerdcommunity #growing old #cartoon network #fantasy

[lovely-abeille]

on the damage of losing friends

the laughing man, st. vincent // anne & diane, anne with an e // us against you, fredrik backman // stand by me (1986) // daisy jones & the six // champagne problems, taylor swift

#trying my hand at web weaving for the first time bc i'm feeling super angsty at the moment #i'm just trying to cope #web weaving #web weave #childhood friends #childhood #losing friends #friendship #friendship breakups #growing up #growing old #on friendship #anne with an e #awae #daisy jones and the six #djats #taylor swift lyrics #quotes #literature #on friends

[witofretard28]

Do you ever stay awake worrying about your parents? They are living a good life but they are lonely. How do you know that they are lonely? The way they call you twice or thrice or maybe more times in day. Never ever not answer your calls. Your worries are their worries. They never forget to ask you how you doing when you are sick or something dramatic is unfolding in your life. They smother with so much love that sometimes it chokes you. They worry about you and you worry about them. Scared of them getting older day by day and not doing things because they are tired and your happiness is what makes them happy. You worry about their future like they worried about yours when you were younger. You worry if they are doing well.like really well..Do they have enough of financial back up incase of emergency...the thought of losing them scare you shitless and yet sometimes you don't want to answer their calls and yet you answer the calls cuz what if u regret later? What if u regret not wanting to talk to them when they are gone. Parents just want their children to be happy. Yes they do. But children want them to be happy too.

#parents #children #love #spilled thoughts #my thougts #late night #humans are weird #thoughts #feelings #relationships #family #spilled ink #growing old

[davidtennantgenderenvy]

The response to my David Tennant and Aging post has been SO lovely, I truly appreciate all of the comments! For those of you who liked it, I wanted to leave a one shot I wrote a couple months ago here for you guys. It didn’t get a ton of attention back when I posted it, but I think you’ll find it relevant to the topic :)

SUMMARY: Heartbreak and loneliness have left Crowley marked in more ways than one. Aziraphale helps him see that this isn’t such a bad thing.

#David tennant #good omens #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #crowley #aziraphale #michael sheen #pro aging #growing old

[ladykissingfish]

Hidan: Hey, bastard ... lets go for a walk or something. Kakuzu: Why? Hidan: Because you've been sittin' in this fuckin' room all week, that's why. It ain't healthy. Get up so we can -- Kakuzu: I don't feel like a walk, Hidan. I don't feel like anything. *lays down and pulls the covers over himself* Go amuse yourself elsewhere. Hidan: Hidan: Okay ... what's the matter? Kakuzu: Nothing. Hidan: Don't fuckin' lie to me, it clearly ain't nothing. Did you miss out on a big bounty or somethin'? Kakuzu: No, it's ... brat you wouldn't understand. Please just leave. Hidan: *hesitates, then sits at the edge of the bed and timidly puts his hand on Kakuzu's back* You can talk to me, y'know. Fucking isn't all I'm good for. Kakuzu: It’s … if you laugh I’ll murder you right now, but, a few days ago … I found a gray hair. Hidan: Hidan: Am I missing something big here? Why the hell are ya so upset about that?! Kakuzu: I’ve had this black hair all my life. I know I’m 91 but the hair at least made me feel young. Now if that’s starting to go gray, then … I really am an old man. Hidan: That’s probably the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard, ‘Kuzu. Your hair color don’t matter. You could have NO fuckin’ hair on yer head and you’d still move and act and think like a guy half your age. So cut this superficial shit out and come take a walk with me! Kakuzu: Kakuzu: *smiles and gets out of bed* Thank you, Hidan. You’re very smart when you want to be. Hidan: See, that’s another thing … MY smarts comes from my white hair, ‘cuz white hair means brains and maturity. So keep getting gray hairs, Kakuzu, and one day you can be as smart as your partner here! Kakuzu:

#kakuhida #kakuhidaweek #kakuhidaweek2023 #kakuzu x hidan #kakuzu #hidan #Growing Old #wait’ll Hidan finds out the gray hair wasn’t on Kakuzu’s head 🙃

[blackswaneuroparedux]

No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

Ernest Hemingway

#hemingway #ernest hemingway #quote #literature #writer #author #wisdom #old age #careful #cautious #fallacy #wisdom of old men #growing old #culture #life #safari #hunting