looking back, i believe younger me went for "safer" choices, save for the occasional bad boy (i'm looking at you, castiel from MCL). i'd usually go for either the cheery or nerdy types.
i don't remember my thought process, but there was something about it that made me scared of being judged of liking more uncommon characters, even if i didn't have friends that liked to discuss these types of games.
i feel that nowadays i'm much more diverse to my tastes and not afraid to like something that would be out of left field, like yanderes, outright snarky, and such.
the only thing that didn't change about me at all is perhaps my preference of visuals? i usually go for long haired and/or red haired. that is definitely a ++++++++ for me!!!
my main oc is basically everything i like in male characters.
Honestly? Not really. My past self never chose from an archetype and I still don't. The only type of LI that didn't caught my atention back then was the "cutesy" type and that hasn't changed either.
Totally. I used to like the really cute but secretly dangerous LIs a lot back then; now I have a strange obsession over the pretty ones with long hair or a stupid dumb LI.
Oh, but the sweet LI that literally cannot harm a fly but will be harsh and mean if necessary is good too.
I feel that I have gotten more selective with the characters I like. While the personality quirks/tropes I like remained more or less the same, I feel that it's harder to enjoy them if the storyline and the MC are lacking or not developed enough.
I think I don't change that much. I still like the LIs I liked over 10 years ago. My friends said my taste is quite solid and easy to realize the pattern too.
Rather than change, I can say I've found new interest in some troupe, but the old didn't change.