Snowflake Challenge 02025 #3: Destiny Prognostication Failures

Challenge #3 reminds us that in fandom, it is a firm belief that it is a mistake to hold firm beliefs.

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

Despite society's insistence otherwise, the beliefs and opinions that we hold about things change over time. We thought it was important that we reflect that (and perhaps laugh at our previously ill-considered opinions) with this challenge.

( Taking about wrong ideas that appeal to us, though we are not unkind )

Personally, though, I can admit to having changed my mind about things.

• I was definitely wrong about transformative fandom being primarily girls hankering for emotionally vulnerable and sexually explicit m/m relationships.


• I have come around to appreciating "kissing books" more, sufficiently so to have better reasons for flinging some of them across the room.


• It's not true that everyone will hate my works.


• It's also not true that I'll manage to somehow skirt the people who do hate my works and feel entitled to tell me so.


• Turns out Disney and Square-Enix can tell a story together.


• Diamond and Pearl Remake came out before Pokémon Drink Some Water.


• "Don't feed the trolls" is only part of what you need to have a vibrant and happy community, rather than all of it. At least some other part is "Ban/Block their asses from here to Mount Doom."


• I really had hoped that the phenomenon of the Bronies or, really, so many other situations where the periphery demographic was men and the target audience was kids or girls would result in greater latitude for men to express their emotions and not have to be jaded or looking for an excuse to like something. But I'm not feeling quite as optimistic about that any more.

There will still be some things that I change my mind on in the future, as well, and that will be okay.