Age-Appropriate Crushes.
Apr. 11th, 2011 11:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladybug_archiveI've felt somewhat awkward for a while, due to the fact that I crush on Jimmy Murphy to the point where I even crush on the particular characters he has played while in his forties and fifties, as well as because I think I've developed a crush on Darren McGavin, particularly for his Kolchak character. I don't know if Kolchak is meant to be the same age as the actor, but if he is, that's fiftyish. (I kind of think Kolchak might be supposed to be a bit younger, but still definitely middle-aged.)
I'm a twenty-four-year-old woman. Crushing on characters/people twenty-five to thirty years older than me is not something I ever thought would happen. Part of me wonders if it's even appropriate.
The other part of me says it's fine. They're good, upright characters and I find that just as attractive (or moreso) than their physical looks. Even though they're certainly very good-looking, I wouldn't have the same feelings if the characters weren't good people. (For the actors, yes; the characters, no.) And when there's a genuine, deep attraction, age shouldn't matter.
And how could I resist this smile? http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4266563584/tt0071003
EDIT: One thing I somehow forgot to mention but really wanted to was that the whole reason I finally felt alright about writing this entry at all is that I saw some Kolchak fans talking and a couple of them said that they were crushing on him at 7/8 years of age. That certainly made me feel a good deal less like I was a complete weirdo about doing the same thing. Especially since I'm nowhere near the youngest!
... But on the other hand, I find it very awkward and confusing when I'm more likely to crush on Jimmy/his characters in his later roles rather than the roles he did when he was actually around my age. Why is this? Did he simply play better/more mature characters when he was older? Is it the maturity I find largely attractive?
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised. I'm far more likely to fall for a character that acts like an adult rather than a kid/goofball (even though I can find goofball behavior endearing). That doesn't mean they can't be fun-loving, just that I like to see them know when to be serious and/or be serious most often.
And there's something about Jimmy's hair in those later roles that I particularly like. I can't deny that. Such luscious, gorgeous, thick waves and curls....
Okay, now I'm starting to sound like a squeeing fangirl. Which I am inside. I've excited myself and regressed my age to a squealing teenager.
Which only makes the age gap more pronounced, actually....
This musing was originally being written for the InsaneJournal, but about three paragraphs in I switched it here instead. I'm wondering if I should also move my most recent InsaneJournal musing here. The main reason I have it there is because I thought it was somewhat relevant information to the category(ies) of fics I'm offering there. I'm still undecided on whether to move it, because of that.
I'm a twenty-four-year-old woman. Crushing on characters/people twenty-five to thirty years older than me is not something I ever thought would happen. Part of me wonders if it's even appropriate.
The other part of me says it's fine. They're good, upright characters and I find that just as attractive (or moreso) than their physical looks. Even though they're certainly very good-looking, I wouldn't have the same feelings if the characters weren't good people. (For the actors, yes; the characters, no.) And when there's a genuine, deep attraction, age shouldn't matter.
And how could I resist this smile? http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4266563584/tt0071003
EDIT: One thing I somehow forgot to mention but really wanted to was that the whole reason I finally felt alright about writing this entry at all is that I saw some Kolchak fans talking and a couple of them said that they were crushing on him at 7/8 years of age. That certainly made me feel a good deal less like I was a complete weirdo about doing the same thing. Especially since I'm nowhere near the youngest!
... But on the other hand, I find it very awkward and confusing when I'm more likely to crush on Jimmy/his characters in his later roles rather than the roles he did when he was actually around my age. Why is this? Did he simply play better/more mature characters when he was older? Is it the maturity I find largely attractive?
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised. I'm far more likely to fall for a character that acts like an adult rather than a kid/goofball (even though I can find goofball behavior endearing). That doesn't mean they can't be fun-loving, just that I like to see them know when to be serious and/or be serious most often.
And there's something about Jimmy's hair in those later roles that I particularly like. I can't deny that. Such luscious, gorgeous, thick waves and curls....
Okay, now I'm starting to sound like a squeeing fangirl. Which I am inside. I've excited myself and regressed my age to a squealing teenager.
Which only makes the age gap more pronounced, actually....
This musing was originally being written for the InsaneJournal, but about three paragraphs in I switched it here instead. I'm wondering if I should also move my most recent InsaneJournal musing here. The main reason I have it there is because I thought it was somewhat relevant information to the category(ies) of fics I'm offering there. I'm still undecided on whether to move it, because of that.
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Date: 2011-04-13 08:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-13 03:08 pm (UTC)Hmm. Maybe Matt missed Chester so much that he (consciously or unconsciously) started exhibiting the results of some of the lessons he had learned over the years from working with Chester.