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Did growing up change your taste in LIs ?

koko36 said:
As i'm getting older (over the 25+ line) i really wonder if my taste in love interests would change with time° i mean i hope not since that would be kinda sad , me replaying an old otome and ending not enjoying the story or character feel quiet frustrating (T.T) So i was wondering , did getting older change your taste in stories and characters or not ?
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i have had similar experiences and i used to believe i was at fault for no longer caring/turning apathetic. that it had been a moral failing of mine. but the reality is my scope was quite narrow; i still had much to learn about behaviors i was simply predisposed to without questioning it further. i learn a new facet of humanity everyday and it all culminates to what i seek from now on
 
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no, i don't think my taste in LIs changed over past years. maybe it slightly shifted towards more caring guys, but in general it stays the same.
 
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When I was younger I was 100% avoidant of and against any characters that seemed too morally "dark". Also, if the character was "nice" or "good", but the route had a forbidden love aspect then I'd avoid that too. I basically limited myself to the greenest of flags just to have some sort of moral superiority despite obsessing over games literally made to play out being a girl who is surrounded by pretty and/or handsome guys lol

Now I equally enjoy both the more wholesome and pure games and the darker stuff. I most especially enjoy the very gruesome and cold-hearted yanderes that past me would have clutched her pearls at! Better yet if there's a boundary keeping the yandere away, whether it's a sibling relationship or some teacher/mentor-student type of thing.
 
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My character preferences were drastically different when I was younger, even though I appreciated different tropes and archetypes. I would easily fall in love with light-hearted, playful genki types and soft yanderes. I loved cheerful and energetic characters probably because I felt connected to them because of our similar personality traits
Now I enjoy LIs who are totally different from me. I like stoic, smart, rational and serious kuuderes.
Instead of chasing cute and silly boyfriends I switched to grounded malewife materials and now I will never be able to move on😞💘
 
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personally they've widened A LOT... I think for a lot of characters my youth barricaded me from understanding how truly complex they were? Like I couldn't understand characters who reacted to past trauma in a violent or bitter way... or, in cases, i don't think i even picked up on how past trauma linked with their current personality traits etc... so I think now I'm more likely to be forgiving of "mean" characters and have more fun delving into their psyche etc :)
 
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I used to like the tsundere boy type, but as I've gotten older, I've come to prefer the "Spadari" type.
 
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I used to be pretty close minded when I first started playing otome games and didn't care much about characters that didn't interest me.
But lately, I try to give even the least interesting character a chance because their route might end up being good.
 
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I dont really think my tastes changed that much, I still go for the same tropes. I guess i already knew my taste at a young age lmao
 
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i really liked tsunderes before when i was younger. although i still like them now, i find myself magnetizing more towards the stoic or the kuudere type now that i'm in my mid 20s! maybe because of my frontal lobe developing? lmao
 
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Oh definitely! When I was younger I really like the tsundere type, but now that I'm older I've shifted to the himbo/big brother type. I still like tsunderes, but just not as much now.
 
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I'd like to think so! I used to like very masc, rich, short-haired guys who were kind of nonchalant. To be fair there's still an appeal for me, just not my top pick anymore! I now like beautiful looking LIs LOL so it's the exact opposite ><;;;; and its def a big plus if they're kinda weird / eccentric
 
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I have less patience for the bad boy types as I've gotten older lmao, whenever they start up their "nobody understands me" shenanigans I end up rolling my eyes. Teen me was a lot more "I can fix him!1"
 
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Definitely yes! younger me prefers mysterious type (to add more into it, yes. blindfolded men.) like kuudere? but right now I find myself leaning towards to more puppy-energy type of guy. a bit clingy but not too clingy :>
 
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I think that I prefer the same core personalities, but now favor more mature looking LIs. So for me probably only looks preference changed rather than anything else lol.
 
No, over 10 years playing otome games and still love tsundere boys the most
 
Yes! It definitely did! When I was younger, I really liked Fuuto from Brothers Conflict, but now that I'm older I can't seem to enjoy his route anymore. I guess it was the frontal lobe developing but like I couldn't fully enjoy it anymore unfortunately </3
Though I can't deny that most of my taste remains the same, I guess there's a part of me that just can't enjoy the same things I enjoyed back in grade school.
 
I think so, a little. I've always liked tsundere and caring sweet characters, but now I've noticed I'm starting to like yanderes, whereas before I really didn't like them at all.
 
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Yes. I used to like tsundere guys when I was a teenager but now I prefer the blunt/direct otoko-rashii ones.
 
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Fundamentally, I don't think my taste has changed much — if anything, I think it's just broadened over time.
I used to absolutely hate villains, but now that I'm an adult, I can understand their perspective, and I sometimes find myself getting hooked on them because of their depth.
 
I still love the types I used to like, but as I've gotten older, I've started to appreciate all kinds of different love interests. There are characters I probably never would have liked before — but now I've become more open to them.
 
My taste has changed so much as I grew up.
I used to be into red flags, but now I'm all about gentle, caring, and mature men.
If I encounter my old type now, I'd just grab my skirt and run for my life...
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