Snowflake Challenge #3

[royalblue31]

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

So I grew up watching Gilmore Girls, and when Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life came out, I was so excited to see it. And like many, I was disappointed. To me it seemed that the characters I knew and loved were making decisions they would never have made given what I saw in the original run, and by the end of AYITL, they were far from where I'd expected them to be. None of it made any sense. 

Since AYITL came out, this opinion of mine has changed twice.

The first time it changed I was in my late-20s and found myself as lost as Rory was in AYITL, both in my career and in my personal life. I was floating out to sea with nothing to grab a hold onto. Or so I thought. In truth, I just didn't see anything I believed was worth holding onto. I was determined to follow a certain path in life even though I wasn't (in retrospect) meant for it. And while I now believe I am where I should be, I also couldn't help but think at the time that oh, okay, Rory may not have ended up where I wanted her to be, but the situation itself isn't wasn't the crime I thought it was. It happens. Life happens.

The second time my opinion about AYITL changed was a few days ago. I have this Reddit post to thank for this new perspective. I don't want to post anything too spoilery here just in case, but I will say that once I stepped back and looked at AYITL as a study on grief and how it affects people, a lot of it started to make sense. And I grew to appreciate the series in this new light. I might even re-watch soon.