dumbledorably:

no one should make you feel bad for coming into a fandom later than they did, but i personally think, if you act like everything prior to when you liked the thing Was Bad, people ARE gonna get annoyed. i mean. if you love a character bc of a later season/book/movie/whatever, cool. maybe that’s all you care about or want to see! maybe you’re absolutely right that it’s the best one! but if you’re like “x character used to SUUUUCK!!!” (in spaces dedicated to them) then, uh, longtime fans aren’t being elitist just because they’re annoyed