Snowflake Challenge #3

[snowynight]

Challenge #3

In your own space, talk about a fannish opinion you hold that has changed over time. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

- When I was a younger fan, I felt somewhat uneasy about ships with huge power difference. My feeling then was inconsistent, and didn't have a good rationale. I didn't talk about it nor judge others for their preference. I just thought that this wasn't a thing for me.

Then I came across and got intrigued by the ship manifestoes about Gibbs/Tony (CSI: Original), and Dumbledore/Snape (Harry Potter ). Nowadays I have quite a number of pairings with power imbalance. It's the feature, not the bug.

- When I learnt about the term OTP, it meant loving character A and B most and exclusively shipping them together. I was confused when people used a much looser definition and secretly judged them as being wrong.. Nowadays I accepted that meaning changes, and my way isn't the only way.

Comments

[silveradept]

Power differential ships and the changing definitions of an OTP. (Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not sure I ever got a definition of an OTP.) Either way, hooray for a greater understanding and for finding things that you do enjoy in the tropes.

[snowynight]

Thank you! It's better to expand my horizons.

My first definition of OTP came from Star Trek: TOS fandom, so it's kind of old school. Sometimes I wondered how my fannish life would change if I got into newer fandoms first.