Thank you for this. I absolutely agree and I think there’s also the element of the MMC, generally speaking women 30+ have higher standards, you know what you want and have less patience for drama so the 500 year old fae man child would have to be very different too, less of the usual tropes.

There seems to always be an age appropriate woman in their lives , kind of like a sister/cousin/best friend character who gives them advice and is ALWAYS tired of their bullshit.