@imp@federatedfandom.net So my understanding is he's actually, like, only a couple of years older than Ilya and the whole "Scott Hunter is dinosaur" thing is basically just a bit (and projection/commentary on the fact pro athletes have very short careers, so someone being 30ish is old in that respect).

But half the fandom seems to legit think he's in his mid/late 40s??? Like to the point of getting into Age Gap Discourse and weird hatefic characterizations over Kip? (Similarly because I think these are Youths who don't know what a grad student is? And again you're talking, like, a handful of years difference not... someone middle-aged dating an 18-year-old?)

And it just feels like one of those things where fanon has built on fanon until it's like... lol what are you people on???