Ageism

***Ageism*** is a discriminatory (antagonistic) belief that one's age, rather advancing or lack thereof qualifies or disqualifies them from opportunities in life.

## History

It is a common belief considerably in how society views others based on their age. Typically the older the living being becomes, the more callous others act. Even going so far as to deny jobs, healthcare, benefits, certain careers and other areas of life that may prove to be beneficial. It is considered a form of discrimination and is often considered illegal if used to determine a person's eligibility whenever in the process offering careers/jobs. In modern day culture especially post-social media, Ageism is widely prevalent and is a common topic among many people. Mainly people of Earth hold this belief strongly and either practice it through various means such as attractive biases (*see: Lookism).* On planets such as Planet Muck, ageism is a belief mostly used by the planet's sovereign bodies of government including even the Magistrates of Muck. Though, the organization has policies against harming older Muccians, this practice is carried upon the younger Muccian soldiers and leaders and is one of many instances in which the planet seemingly had internal civil wars and feuds in their past. On planet Meta, the older are considered "more important" than the younger Metas and thus are granted the ability to Implant Chips. A process of expanding their growth and intelligence.

### Earth

On planet Earth, in terms of Ageism, it is heavily regarded as an important aspect to many areas of life such as interpersonal relationships, careers, hobbies & interests. Most notably in comic book writing/fandoms, it is infamously known to be a hobby or interest to only be enjoyed by young people and is even a controversial subject that spanned certain events such as *A* *Villains Penned Comics* story, which follows Manic Boy Comics and Super Doughgirl Comic book publishers recounting a comic book convention gone severely wrong when young cosplayers bullied an older man out the door. A sudden appearance by Ragorias and Midlore West-Stein, commonly known from the Rage Knights prompted the convention-goer's hysterical anger and superficiality to conjure the likes of the demonic Diseased.

In Dating, *Ageism* is an important factor and a widely viewed factor when finding a romantic partner. Certain characters such as The Dating Site Expert tends to view age as the foundation of everything and even once theorized that with the usage of Grandma Glasses, she could make even the elderly, the "unsightly" and young women become anyone they wanted to be and use it to "better" themselves.

In Nomad Bradley and Midlore West-Stein's adventures to the Universe-664 in pursuit of Hans Grippe's counterpart of the same universe, the two traveled to a tire company known as the Ageist Tire Factory. A place that primarily manufactured and mass produced tires for automobiles. In the fictional company, the staff are known for mistreating their aging employees with poor conditions and lack of empathy and respect. After a heated exchanged between the front desk associate, Vick Taylorson, the two Rage and Karma God best friends began a ruse to save the workers, shut down the plant and get a personal, gag-based revenge against Taylorson for "being too mean".

## Attacks

There are certain attacks in *the Rage Knights: Red God* universe that allow the user to accelerate or decrease the age of an individual such as the spell simply called Age. It is a common attack known by various Time Magic Users and even some perception magic users whom can make one believe they have aged. Whenever casted, it also allows the magic user to have the target be "picked on" or practically mistreated by society at large (*see: Ripe For Bullying)* in an almost relentless form of Bully Tactics. Many bully tacticians whom can perform perception and/or time magic also use other methods of *picking on* people, such as Midlore West-Stein, whom notoriously uses his Picking abilities on primarily villainous elderly minor characters or other antagonists as a joke or gag whenever they face defeat.

## Related Articles

* Lookism
* Age (Time Magic)
* Ripe for Bullying
* Racism
* Colorism

## Trivia/Notes

**Disclaimer***: To whom this may concern, the characters in their entirety, while they borrow inspiration from events, ideas, themes and other sources from the original author's life, are incredibly different and fictional entities inside the Rage Knights Red God and under no circumstance are they expressing a real person's actual views, ideologies, names and likeness to cause harm or defame them. The Rage Knights Red God is a work of fiction and for solely entertainment and educational purposes. Please note, the series does not represent events that have happened, nor events to come. Nor does it condone or promote the very human evils the series is meant to advocate against.*