My mom is an First Generation TOS Trekkie. I really wanna ask her if she’s ever read any fanfic from ‘back in the day’ but then again I’m not sure I’m ready for that conversation. She’s 70.
Please ask her. She may have been waiting 50 years for someone to ask her.
Idk what your relationship with your mom is like, but my mother-in-law was super excited when we visited for christmas. See, she’d just found fanfic (I think Harry Potter and Supernatural are the specific fandoms she mentioned) and wanted to share it with us/know if we’d read any. Me, my hubby, and my brother-in-law all sat there awkwardly going ‘uh…yeah. I’ve read fanfic.’ and desperately trying to end the conversation before specifics got involved.
I explained omegaverse to my mom (and she’s in her 60s)