I wouldn't have said 20s is all that old fandomwise but I can see how tumblr might give off that impression. A lot of people there probably just assume everyone is about the same age.
From doing conventions in the past when I was at uni (I guess because of the cost of conventions) 20s was more or less the minimum age I came across there a lot of the time and 30-50s seemed much more usual in those circles. Often a lot of the organisation is being done by older fans too. Older fans tended to be more likely to have the monies to put up for website hosting etc. With places like tumblr, discord and dreamwidth that isn't so necessary but ao3 donation drive still needs the people with monies to donate and adulting helps there.
If you still enjoy fandom it shouldn't matter what age you are. I know some people I met at conventions had gotten into things like fic writing in their 50s and it's nice to know it isn't necessarily a thing you have to grow-up with but a place people can find whenever they happen to come to it.
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Date: 2019-01-31 11:33 am (UTC)From doing conventions in the past when I was at uni (I guess because of the cost of conventions) 20s was more or less the minimum age I came across there a lot of the time and 30-50s seemed much more usual in those circles. Often a lot of the organisation is being done by older fans too. Older fans tended to be more likely to have the monies to put up for website hosting etc. With places like tumblr, discord and dreamwidth that isn't so necessary but ao3 donation drive still needs the people with monies to donate and adulting helps there.
If you still enjoy fandom it shouldn't matter what age you are. I know some people I met at conventions had gotten into things like fic writing in their 50s and it's nice to know it isn't necessarily a thing you have to grow-up with but a place people can find whenever they happen to come to it.