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→Dislike of Older Characters in Canon
{{quotation2|Samuel L. Jackson has prominent roles in numerous popular franchises, that have big presence in fandoms with rich shipping content – Star Wars, MCU, Kingsman… Yet, his characters are always left out of the shipping pool in these fandoms – Mace Windu is ignored; Nick Fury is seen as the “dad” figure of the avengers; and Valentine is seen as nothing more than a funny villain, even though, fandoms do love white male villains.<ref name=poc />}}
{{quotation2|Samuel L. Jackson has prominent roles in numerous popular franchises, that have big presence in fandoms with rich shipping content – Star Wars, MCU, Kingsman… Yet, his characters are always left out of the shipping pool in these fandoms – Mace Windu is ignored; Nick Fury is seen as the “dad” figure of the avengers; and Valentine is seen as nothing more than a funny villain, even though, fandoms do love white male villains.<ref name=poc />}}
A [[Tumblr]] anon also gives an example of ageism against an older male character, [[Blackwall]], in [[Dragon Age]] fandom:
{{quotation|Before Blackwall was confirmed as an LI, everyone was like “Ewww, he’s too ooooold.” And now they’re saying “Gross, he looks like my dad/my uncle/etc!” The implication is that older people... are not sexy and young enough to have hot romances. Not everyone in this fandom is under 20. Us older fans want to have love too - with people our own age.<ref>[http://alldragonageconfessions.tumblr.com/post/98734066484/can-we-talk-about-the-ageism-in-this-fandom Dragon Age Confession September 2014]</ref>}}
Fandom hatred, and ageist behaviors, towards older characters may occur more frequently in youth oriented fandoms.
Fandom hatred, and ageist behaviors, towards older characters may occur more frequently in youth oriented fandoms.