Caro Stamm-Reusch
sophiaI'm so tired of teenagers being "the chosen ones" in fiction. please, let a middle-aged woman save the universe! she's seen some shit and dealt with it. she's tired of it all. she doesn't give a fuck. she's angry. she will get this shit done.
[UNC] Alpha Panda@reginasbread bought this one based on the ad alone where it's an old lady as the chosen one with her cats and butler
@georgespolitzer
haha, love to see it!!!!! marking that for later
haha, love to see it!!!!! marking that for later
It is Swiff@reginasbread Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
Semi Sentient AI Cooling Water@swiff @reginasbread Beat me to it. 👍
Microslop Zune@swiff @reginasbread was about to say that
SparkleTea
Andy Herd@swiff @reginasbread a moment’s appreciation for the incomparable Michelle Yeoh ❤️
Jonatan@swiff @reginasbread I was about to recommend the same movie. Masterpiece
chuls@reginasbread Broken Earth series by NK Jemisin?
FunkETown
MCDuncanLab@FunkETown @chuls @reginasbread
Absolutely!
Buzzy@chuls @reginasbread yes! Such a great series.
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)@chuls @reginasbread Easily the best series I’ve read. Great characters, amazing setting, great writing, and a unique narrative structure.
EdenCrowdFunder (Inactive Acc)@reginasbread does EEAAO count?
Sylvain- Mommy has to go save the world! Daddy will take care of you kids while I'm gone!
- Mommy, can we survive this?
- Yes, yes! That's why I have to go and save the future!
- That's not what I meant...
*looks at Daddy snoring on the couch*
FeralRobots@axnxcamr @reginasbread
See also the bit in _Barbie_ where Gloria decides to let Barbie take them to Barbieland.
SASHA: What about dad?
GLORIA: Dad can take care of himself.
[cut to dad in the living room trying to learn Spanish from Duolingo.]
See also the bit in _Barbie_ where Gloria decides to let Barbie take them to Barbieland.
SASHA: What about dad?
GLORIA: Dad can take care of himself.
[cut to dad in the living room trying to learn Spanish from Duolingo.]
Yami no senshi@axnxcamr @reginasbread that could be a good Simpsons tree house of horror episode where Marge have to save the world and it becomes a superhero parody where they make fun of multiple superhero’s
Drexer
Just Boby@drexer @reginasbread This trilogy is a masterpiece, I loved it so much
Hat. AuDHD cat 😷🌺🍉🌻🔻@reginasbread Paladin of souls...
effectuator@CatHat @reginasbread Indeed. By Lois McMaster Bujold.
Siderea, Sibylla BostoniensisAnd, for that matter, Barrayar. Pretty much peak "Seen some shit. Will get shit done."
She's certainly middle-aged in relation to *Barrayaran* lifespans.
It's easy to imagine her young because she's nulligravida at story start, and she comes across as very naive, because of the culture clash. But remember, Aral was *retired*, and she had already had a well-established career with a lot of seniority she had left.
@effectuator (I think it betrays the youthfulness of the author that the character never expresses or addresses any concern about moving away from Betan healthcare, and the implications for her lifespan. Meanwhile, here in my local reality, friends my age discuss the tension of moving out to the western part of the state where they can afford to buy homes versus actually being able to get to doctors/hospitals/ERs.)
@siderea @effectuator @reginasbread she doesn't understand HOW BAD barrayaran health care is.
AND betan is not a picnic the way they abuse mental health as a form of coercion.
Also she doesn't have a choice. Her choices are incarceration and involuntary psychiatric abuse
Or run
Gödel Escher Spock🦿Everything, Everywhere, All At Once and a lot of the Terminator series in general.
Dylan 🏳️⚧️💛🤍💜🖤@reginasbread Broken Light by Joanne Harris is a great example of this. The protagonist literally gets her super powers through her menopause
Soozcat
ShadSterling@Da01nSidhe @reginasbread brings to mind Niven’s Pak Protectors
Keith Wilson@reginasbread @robcornelius You've just described the plot of Everything Everywhere All At Once. And it’s amazing!
RobCorneliusMight I recommend The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Its a time travel book so it gets kinda complicated but in the main thread of the story all the characters are well into middle age. Its also a feminist book so their are no male protagonists at all.
Mar :🌻@reginasbread I am all for that.
palest@reginasbread maybe because they are meant to appeal to teenagers? You might find Roger Zelazny rather refreshing in this respect. In his fantasy and sf novels though, the main characters often suffer from some sort of memory loss
Jürgen Hubert@reginasbread Have you read "The Annihilation Score" by @cstross ?
BensGreenGamingAc@juergen_hubert @reginasbread @cstross There’s also the whole of the Merchant Princes as well (Granted, she’s young-ish but not a teenager by some margin).
Jensi 
SteveBologna
OLD ACCOUNT - Nicholson Price@reginasbread You might enjoy The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, by Shannon Chakraborty! It's pretty delightful and feels like it might fit the bill.
@nicholson
thank you. marking for later 📝
thank you. marking for later 📝
AliCat Tomskit’s Rawrrr Side 🐾@reginasbread is this the plot of Everything Everywhere All At Once 😹
@AliCatAD
no, but it just means that we need more stories like this 😆
no, but it just means that we need more stories like this 😆
@reginasbread I won’t disagree!
Amps@AliCatAD @reginasbread
I was about to say this exact thing! The way that movie deconstructs age relations and the chosen one trope are masterful.
I was about to say this exact thing! The way that movie deconstructs age relations and the chosen one trope are masterful.
@Amps @reginasbread indeed… the entire movie was so brilliantly thought through and carefully crafted ✨
Six Possums In A Trenchcoat@reginasbread Check out N. K. Jemisin's The City We Became. The cast of "chosen one" protagonists is enormously diverse.
alastair87 (old account)@reginasbread It's probably quite mean to teenagers and young adults as well, since it gives an unrealistic impression that they are likely to achieve some dreams that they probably won't.
err head 
🏴☠️ ✂️
SusannaH@reginasbread Queens of the wyrd by Timandra Whitecastle Don't remember how old the main protagonist is, but she is a retired sheildmaiden who has to un-retire and save the world, with her daughter tagging along.
Ben Griffiths@reginasbread I enjoyed Chris Brookmyre's All Fun and Games on this score.
Maxanene@beng @reginasbread came here to say this.
AlisonW ♿🏳️🌈♾️@reginasbread
Everything everywhere all at once.
Everything everywhere all at once.
beforewisdom 
Watch the series Homeland.
A middle aged bi-polar woman who nobody listens to is the protagonist and often the hero.
zenkat@reginasbread Sarah Connor has entered the chat.
Carrie Shanafelt@reginasbread
Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy is like this. Lilith is maybe a bit shy of middle age, but the rest, check check check.
Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy is like this. Lilith is maybe a bit shy of middle age, but the rest, check check check.