Does anyone hide their love for TMNT?

*IndigoErth* · 05-11-2015, 08:48 PM

Well, I've laid out my own story previously in an old thread or two, but to make it short I was a huge fan until about mid teens. At that point I was pretty much forced (and unfortunately shamed) into giving them up beyond my own choice. Different times I suppose...first generation fan problems, no older fans or internet to vouch for the Turtles not being "just a kids thing."

Which I'm sure is exactly why it's hidden and ridiculed because there is still that lingering unfair stigma on them. Not as bad as it once was, but clearly still there. If the new movies do ANY good for the Turtles at all, I hope they at least help ease that.

Fast forward to 2013 I came across the Nick show and decided to give it a chance. It hooked me.

But I did keep it to myself up until last summer.

I don't really talk about it much offline and I tend to avoid saying much, mostly because I feel a bit awkward about it, primarily because my mother had spent the rest of my years now and then teasing me about the fact that I had been into it. (Seriously, if you're purposely teasing someone about something that was more than half a lifetime ago, that is just really ignorant.) I have thrown that old embarrassment away (I'm sorry, Turtles, for ever even feeling that way.

), but hard not to remain cautious thanks to those years.

That aside, I just don't really have any family or IRL friends that share the interest, but my immediate family knows and are cool with it. (Including my mother, which surprises me. Having her finally stfu over the teasing has been quite nice.) I haven't said anything to friends about it, though my FB avatar and cover photo are Leo related, but no one has asked or said anything and that's fine with me. I don't really care if people know, I just don't want any judgement.

If anyone ever does try to say anything negative, I think I'm at least much more prepared at this age now to defend the Turtles as for how awesome they are and worthy of being a fan of. Everyone has their stuff they're into - unless someone is so boring that they have nothing - so they dare not judge. The day I'm forced to give them up again (never), is the day they have to give up the stuff they're into as well.

05-11-2015, 08:48 PM	#6
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,295	Well, I've laid out my own story previously in an old thread or two, but to make it short I was a huge fan until about mid teens. At that point I was pretty much forced (and unfortunately shamed) into giving them up beyond my own choice. Different times I suppose...first generation fan problems, no older fans or internet to vouch for the Turtles not being "just a kids thing." Which I'm sure is exactly why it's hidden and ridiculed because there is still that lingering unfair stigma on them. Not as bad as it once was, but clearly still there. If the new movies do ANY good for the Turtles at all, I hope they at least help ease that. Fast forward to 2013 I came across the Nick show and decided to give it a chance. It hooked me. But I did keep it to myself up until last summer. I don't really talk about it much offline and I tend to avoid saying much, mostly because I feel a bit awkward about it, primarily because my mother had spent the rest of my years now and then teasing me about the fact that I had been into it. (Seriously, if you're purposely teasing someone about something that was more than half a lifetime ago, that is just really ignorant.) I have thrown that old embarrassment away (I'm sorry, Turtles, for ever even feeling that way. ), but hard not to remain cautious thanks to those years. That aside, I just don't really have any family or IRL friends that share the interest, but my immediate family knows and are cool with it. (Including my mother, which surprises me. Having her finally stfu over the teasing has been quite nice.) I haven't said anything to friends about it, though my FB avatar and cover photo are Leo related, but no one has asked or said anything and that's fine with me. I don't really care if people know, I just don't want any judgement. If anyone ever does try to say anything negative, I think I'm at least much more prepared at this age now to defend the Turtles as for how awesome they are and worthy of being a fan of. Everyone has their stuff they're into - unless someone is so boring that they have nothing - so they dare not judge. The day I'm forced to give them up again (never), is the day they have to give up the stuff they're into as well.