Snowflake Challenge #3

[potentiality_26]

Challenge #3

In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time.

This is tough to answer because I feel like it's... well... everything. Change in how you do fandom is, to my mind, pretty unavoidable. I've gone through different websites and tried different mediums. I've fallen in love with different fandoms, fallen out with them, and even sometimes fallen back in again. If I've been in a fandom long enough there might even be different layers, like tree rings. Often when I don't really "see" a ship I'll read fics to try and figure it out anyway -- and sometimes it works! Other times I'll do a rewatch/reread and pick up something I never did before.

So, idk. Kind of a nonanswer but it is what it is.
  
 

Comments

[wendelah1]

Other times I'll do a rewatch/reread and pick up something I never did before.

This has happened to me, too, although I am hard-pressed to cite an example.

[potentiality_26]

For me it's hard to pick just one...

[thisbluespirit]

I think it may be the fairest answer of all!

[barbaratp]

Sim, às vezes a resposta que parece nenhuma pode ser a mais acertada de todas.

[potentiality_26]

<3

[potentiality_26]

Maybe!

[regshoe]

I love the image of layers of fannishness like tree rings over time.

[potentiality_26]

Thank you <3

[sexycazzy]

Other times I'll do a rewatch/reread and pick up something I never did before.

Yes! Every single time, no matter how many rewatch/reread, always something different :D

[potentiality_26]

It can be so rewarding <3

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>If I've been in a fandom long enough there might even be different layers, like tree rings.<<

That's such a wonderful perspective!

Re: Thoughts

[potentiality_26]

Thanks <3

[silveradept]

Fandom is a state of constant change and a little bit of chaos, so yes, everything does change. And that's okay - sometimes a thing that we weren't ready for comes with time and additional change or wisdom.

[potentiality_26]

Yeah, I've that happen -- where sometimes you're not quite ready for something when it's new, but later the right time comes and it's a perfect fit!

[nonesensed]

Fandom would get pretty boring if we all stayed the same with the same interests and dislikes the whole way through 💗 And discovering a new thing to love about an old fandom, or a new trope or ship that's finally written in a way that you get, is such a delight!

[potentiality_26]

Yes, absolutely <3