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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 7171347" data-attributes="member: 7635">That is the problem; people can't let go. There is a phenomenon I've witnessed I call "First Love Syndrome" which basically says nothing will ever be as good as the first time you came in contact with it. Whatever it was that drew it to you, you accept it 100% (warts and all) and any attempt to change or improve on it is sacrilege. Name a fandom, you'll find examples. Its why people  prefer the original theatrical releases of Star Wars to the Special Editions. Its the rationale for "You never forget your first Doctor" in Doctor Who. Its why people You get Kirk vs. Picard debates, and why reboots and spin-offs almost never please hardcore fans of the originals. Its why people argue endlessly over why the edition of D&D you grew up on is the best version of D&D. And it the origin of the phrase "raped my childhood". So when people discuss a setting, they look at through the lens of First Love; everything since then has diluted, changed, or "ruined" the setting. Adding anything changes how it was when you fell in love with it, and makes it no longer perfect. Of course, its not a universal syndrome; plenty of people enjoy watching a fandom grow and change. But as with any human endeavor, you'll find fundamentalists unwilling and unable to see their perfect vision ruined.EDIT: I knew TVTropes would have another name for it: Nostalgia Filter. <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NostalgiaFilter" target="_blank">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NostalgiaFilter</a></blockquote>

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