We had that with Terminator 2. Although I guess she was technically the mother of the "chosen one" but she still rocks.

Yes please. With low energy, not being rich, chores piling up and sudden body aches. I want to read about people with this start and how they can get it done, still exhausted and dirty piles of dishes - without suddenly getting strong or rich. Just biting through / keep going just like us but with a happy end, telling us the secret of going on.... Or so 😅 I want to see solutions and try outs in a good story that I can also test

As a 42 year old mom,I approve this

Biting monsters - "Have you met my kids?" Stressed situation - "huh, I've seen this before " Fighting with swords - "Hey! Watch where you put that thing! One more time and I WILL take it from you."

Why does it have to be a mom, specifically? Any 42-year-old is bound to have seen some s**t and is out of f***s to give, so even if they're not a parent, they'd qualify.

How about the 42 year old mom AND her 65 year old mother: twice the wisdom, half the f**ks to give!

Nope. Those women are disappointed. Their innocence and sense of wonder are dead.

I am working on a story of a ca. 40yo woman who ends up in a relationship with a dead warrior and her new best friend is a gnome who enjoys the weekly chess game with Merlin. Oh, and lots of tea! So much tea! 😁

A 50 yo Gen X grandma.

Because kids think they know everything and always in a rush to grow up. Now they get to see why we adults wants to go back to being a kid.

There are many more than people realize. Also, a person who is supposed to save the world in their 20s will likely need to start training when they are a teeenager, so that is when they discover it. The ridiculous thing is that they learn that they are the savior of the world when they are 14, and by the age of 15 are trained as The Best Warrior In The World. There are a few interesting versions in which the hero/heroine discover that they are supposed to save the world as teenagers, freak out, and hide away for years.

Bag Of Bones by Stephen King

Frodo Baggins is 50, isn't he?

If there were ever a teenager I trusted with my life it would have been my son. Wise beyond his years.

Dogma

There's this really great short story by Brandon Sanderson where a bunch of demon hunters (I think they're demon hunters? They hunt some sort of scary monster things) are at a pub getting drinks after a night of hunting, talking about the legendary demon hunter who no one has seen in person, but who gets the most bounties ever, and how he's awesome and they wish they could be like him, and then the middle-aged lady who owns the pub serves them drinks and overhears them and smirks and it turns out SHE'S the legendary demon hunter and nobody knows, and the story shifts and she's the main character, and it's awesome. Anyway.

Because the older ones are hairbent on destroying this world

Don’t you come for Buffy like that…

Yes! I'm with you all the way! We old ones want to be the chosen ones, too! We have lived through constant stress, pressure an heartache - make it worthwhile for us, authors, please.

Ooohhh, I would dig that! But we have Dogma. That's not too bad

"out of f***s..." When are we going to let this over-used dog die?

There’s a webcomic (I can’t recall the name of it) where some heroes seek out the teenage girl who helped them seal away a demon as he’s gotten loose again. Turns out, the girl they think is her is the actual chosen one’s daughter. The one they’re actually seeking is now a middle aged woman woman.

YES!!!!