Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Changed Opinions

Challenge #3: 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.

I've had to really sit with this one, because I have loads of these kinds of changes with my thoughts and opinions regarding fandom in various ways. It was a matter of figuring out which ones I want to talk about, specifically the ones that I felt are the most significant to my overall fandom experience, since individual fandom thoughts are constantly changing.

( This gets a little deep and personal..... )