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AHHHHH LMAO I LOVE YOU TOO <333/platonic

"RIP Hermes you would've loved capitalism" (yes @av-the-art1st this is a response to your stuff lmao-)

"can't see shit but we got magnet so it's fine"

both quotes by @tales-of-a-wandering-fool the quote man

I've been rotating this thought in my mind for a while: People in fandom have a very weird fixation on age gaps.

There's a tendency to instantly assume an age gap is always bad or problematic but it's not the case at all, especially in fiction and doubly so for a human/non-human ship.

The most recent example would be Kit and Jentry (from Jentry Chau vs The Underworld).

Let's start from the general topic: When is the age an issue?

Most rational people acknowledge age gaps are pretty common in real life. Between adults, an age gap isn't as much of a problem because we're dealing with people on the same stage of life, a 24yo shouldn't have any issues dating a 30yo just by the virtue of one party being older. They're both years into adulthood there's no moral or legal argument to make there.

A 30yo dating an 18yo raises eyebrows because we recognize the difference between their lives experiences, it's still not immoral or illegal but many would find it suspect due to a potential power imbalance compounding with financial dependence or adult life experience. It still doesn't necessarily mean the relationship is exploitative or abusive just because of the age gap but the probability of it is way higher.

The age gaps between minors can be similarly suspect just as in a case of a minor and a freshly minted adult. Things like that need to be carefully evaluated on a case by case basis.

Now, to the point: fictional characters dating non-human/long lived/immortal characters when is it problematic and when it doesn't matter at all?

The fictional narratives often play around with what age means for an immortal character, how they perceive the passage of time, how they grow and change with time, if at all?

In case of Kit, the narrative positions him in a similar spot to Michael who's a regular highschooler. He behaves in ways consistent with a teenager too, socially clumsy, not very developed emotionally and impulsive just like Jentry. The only mark of his age we can see is the compounded trauma he carries with him.

He has no social advantage over other characters, no financial advantage, no maturity advantage as his lived experience in society is so different and fragmented he cannot reliably pull from it to have an upper hand in any way.

That's why it personally drives me a bit crazy when people pull the age gap card as if it matters when it's the least relevant part of why he should never be together with Jentry. With so many other, serious red flags about him, throwing an absurd "pedophile" label diminishes the angles of possible character interpretation. It makes people miss out on all of the things that are actually wrong with him that should be talked about more and are leagues more interesting.

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HOLY FUCK DUDE I JUST REALIZED I ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE ORIGINAL POST IN A COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF MY PROFILE THAT'S WHY I LOST IT- 😭😭

also yes, yes they are :3

"RIP Hermes you would've loved capitalism" (yes @av-the-art1st this is a response to your stuff lmao-)

"can't see shit but we got magnet so it's fine"

both quotes by @tales-of-a-wandering-fool the quote man

Not me explaining that here on Tumblr tits is a gender neutral term for big chests unless the person has said they don't like it

AHHHHHH PISCES FINALLY CAME OUT AND HOLY SHIT TROY DOES NOT DISAPPOINT!!!

i've literally been long awaiting this song since i hopped on the zodiac bandwagon starting all the way at gemini and now it's finally fucking here and i can't stop fanpersoning over it 🤩🤩

do give it a listen and possibly look for your own zodiac song if it's out already :DD

do we think chocolate guy is gay?

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Edogawa Ranpo/Edgar Allan Poe (Bungou Stray Dogs) Characters: Edogawa Ranpo (Bungou Stray Dogs), Edgar Allan Poe (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Angst and Tragedy, Edgar Allan Poe-centric (Bungou Stray Dogs) Summary:

basically poe mourns in a crazy way that is very much expected: recreating the deceased in his book :3

FIRST CHAPTER OF MY FIC IDEA LETS GOOOOOO i am still pretty new to posting on ao3 so pls bear with me and enjoy the first chapter :DD

reblog to thank ur mutuals for providing enrichment to ur enclosure

The devastating difference between how much time it takes to write something vs how fast people read it lol