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(Backdated so I don't have to mess around with multiple sticky posts.)

Challenge #3: In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time.

I know the "Symphonia fan who had only played Symphonia, expected Legendia to be just like Symphonia, and hated Legendia as a result" is sort of a 200Xs Tales fan cliche... but in my case, replace Legendia with Abyss, since I was able to find a copy of that locally first.  I hated Abyss so much the first time I played it!  The characters, the art direction, the game mechanics, you name it.  These days, while Abyss still isn't my personal fave, it is a game I on balance find interesting, with a lot of depth to its worldbuilding, and I appreciate its attention to sequence of events.  I'd say overall it's one I like.  (I still have some bugbears about some parts of TotA, especially sidequest design.  But that's in part because a lot of good character work and world detail is hidden behind those sidequests, with multiple steps and narrow time windows to find them.  Some lingering criticism with a reason I can articulate instead of reflexive "I don't like any of this because it's not the one I already am a fan of.")

What changed my opinion was just plain playing more video games.  As I played more of them, I found that I could like a wider variety of things for what they were, rather than looking for more of a tiny handful of specific games that were my first faves.  Not sure how that works, but I appreciate being able to appreciate more things!