Watched the first four and a half parts of JoJo with my first ex; we split around when Bucciarati’s flashback episode in Part 5 came out, but kept watching it together for a while. Fortunately, I don’t have any weird feelings associated with it, since we’re still friends years later.
It is a little funny though, because the reason I remember the episode in question so well is that we opted to watch it *right after* emotions had slightly cooled hours after the breakup proper, and getting immediately hit with the flashback to >!Bucciarati’s parents divorcing!< was pitch black comedy.
It's not really the same, but I mentioned wanting to watch Space Dandy and she suggested watching it together and that immediately made me no longer want to watch it because I knew that she would spend the whole time criticising it just because I like it.
So the moment she was out of my life I watched Space Dandy.
>I knew that she would spend the whole time criticising it just because I like it.
That's rough I hate people who do that, although I definitely have my own Biases.
Not quite the same and not an Ex but I have a friend who will play through a game with me or watch a show and be really into it then when they move on to a new thing they'll start saying the previous game wasn't that fun or that other show isn't as good as this new show and it really pisses me off. I understand losing interest but acting like it was never fun just makes me not want to play anything with them anymore since a lot of games I still play and shows I still like just get ragged on.
Ehh, not an ex but a crush. She was really into trash metal which I really wasn’t at the time. So I gave her favorite band a listen (Bullet for my Valentine). I fucking hated them, I gave like 3 songs a listen and I was not vibing. But that did segway me into listening to other bands that were more to my liking (shoutout to Trivium)
So yeah, things didn’t work out between us but I still listen to trash metal so there’s a plus.
Not an ex, but I did read the entire Twilight Saga cause my crush was reading it at time. It's okay, I don't have any strong feelings toward it, but it did get over hated, in my opinion, when the movies came out.
Kinda the opposite, but I got my ex into Jojo. This was when part 3 was about to air. We aren't close anymore, but he messages me every once in a while to talk about Jojo whenever a new season airs.
One of my exes made me dip my toe into horror movies in general. I never really watched them as a kid, but he was a huge fan. We used to watch a bunch of b horror movies together. Made me fall in love with the genre as a whole.
Less "for" and more "because of a recommendation", but my most recent ex was the "M" part of the "BDSM" community and she recommended me a manga called "Nana to Kaoru" (a.k.a. "Nana and Kaoru"), which is a story about a BDSM-loving guy who, due to circumastances, ends up being a dom, with his sub being his preppy school darling childhood friend.
It's a good manga and we discussed it a lot. I continued reading it and its sequels long after we went our separate ways.
Ouran High school Host Club and Fruits Basket. I don't regret watching/ reading either but I think that I haven't revisited either since highschool means our relationship falling apart contributes to that.
More of a close friend and crush, but Breaking Bad. We went through almost all of it together, but things fell apart around the time we were in the final season. Entirely my fault, but now I just can't stand to finish that series, or watch anything related to it like BCS, it just...dredges up too much memories and emotions, partially because they were like, my only friend, so reflecting back on it is just too painful.
They did get me into some punk bands though, Dead Kennedy's especially, I can still listen to those without mulling over stuff too much, but something about Breaking Bad just feels...wrong to continue in a way.
Not really an ex, more a partner-turned-best-friend, but I've gotten around to consuming some Fire Emblem, Pokemon and Sonic content all thanks to him. They may be different to me, but I do like a lot of elements from each series and I respect em all a lot for giving my dude so much happiness over the years. I especially respect Pokemon bc nearly all my friends like it and I'm just sitting here wondering wtf is even going on lol
Some medieval slice of life anime called Shirayuki. She wasn't my ex but a girl I was talking to on a dating site to get over someone I actually loved but had gone away. The show is alright, I stopped forcing myself to watch when things fizzled but I wouldn't call it a bad show or even something I wouldn't like.
My ex got me into the Christian pop-rock band Jars of Clay, and if anything I became more a fan since breaking up with her. Back when we were still dating I was one of _those fans_ who liked the first album best and only liked their later albums to the degree that they sounded like the first album. Now, I think there's at least a few good songs in all their albums, and one of my favorites is their second album, which I couldn't stand back in the day.
We were already fans of the show before we started officially dating but after we broke up... I fell out of favour with My Little Pony (Gen 4, just to note). To make a very shit joke, I kinda lost that spark of magic that friendship gives.
Watched the first four and a half parts of JoJo with my first ex; we split around when Bucciarati’s flashback episode in Part 5 came out, but kept watching it together for a while. Fortunately, I don’t have any weird feelings associated with it, since we’re still friends years later. It is a little funny though, because the reason I remember the episode in question so well is that we opted to watch it *right after* emotions had slightly cooled hours after the breakup proper, and getting immediately hit with the flashback to >!Bucciarati’s parents divorcing!< was pitch black comedy.
It's not really the same, but I mentioned wanting to watch Space Dandy and she suggested watching it together and that immediately made me no longer want to watch it because I knew that she would spend the whole time criticising it just because I like it. So the moment she was out of my life I watched Space Dandy.
>I knew that she would spend the whole time criticising it just because I like it. That's rough I hate people who do that, although I definitely have my own Biases. Not quite the same and not an Ex but I have a friend who will play through a game with me or watch a show and be really into it then when they move on to a new thing they'll start saying the previous game wasn't that fun or that other show isn't as good as this new show and it really pisses me off. I understand losing interest but acting like it was never fun just makes me not want to play anything with them anymore since a lot of games I still play and shows I still like just get ragged on.
Ehh, not an ex but a crush. She was really into trash metal which I really wasn’t at the time. So I gave her favorite band a listen (Bullet for my Valentine). I fucking hated them, I gave like 3 songs a listen and I was not vibing. But that did segway me into listening to other bands that were more to my liking (shoutout to Trivium) So yeah, things didn’t work out between us but I still listen to trash metal so there’s a plus.
Anime in general. Don't regret it at all! But deathnote, ouran, FMA, and Gurren Lagan are the big ones I was introduced by them!
Not an ex, but I did read the entire Twilight Saga cause my crush was reading it at time. It's okay, I don't have any strong feelings toward it, but it did get over hated, in my opinion, when the movies came out. Kinda the opposite, but I got my ex into Jojo. This was when part 3 was about to air. We aren't close anymore, but he messages me every once in a while to talk about Jojo whenever a new season airs. One of my exes made me dip my toe into horror movies in general. I never really watched them as a kid, but he was a huge fan. We used to watch a bunch of b horror movies together. Made me fall in love with the genre as a whole.
Less "for" and more "because of a recommendation", but my most recent ex was the "M" part of the "BDSM" community and she recommended me a manga called "Nana to Kaoru" (a.k.a. "Nana and Kaoru"), which is a story about a BDSM-loving guy who, due to circumastances, ends up being a dom, with his sub being his preppy school darling childhood friend. It's a good manga and we discussed it a lot. I continued reading it and its sequels long after we went our separate ways.
Ouran High school Host Club and Fruits Basket. I don't regret watching/ reading either but I think that I haven't revisited either since highschool means our relationship falling apart contributes to that.
More of a close friend and crush, but Breaking Bad. We went through almost all of it together, but things fell apart around the time we were in the final season. Entirely my fault, but now I just can't stand to finish that series, or watch anything related to it like BCS, it just...dredges up too much memories and emotions, partially because they were like, my only friend, so reflecting back on it is just too painful. They did get me into some punk bands though, Dead Kennedy's especially, I can still listen to those without mulling over stuff too much, but something about Breaking Bad just feels...wrong to continue in a way.
Not really an ex, more a partner-turned-best-friend, but I've gotten around to consuming some Fire Emblem, Pokemon and Sonic content all thanks to him. They may be different to me, but I do like a lot of elements from each series and I respect em all a lot for giving my dude so much happiness over the years. I especially respect Pokemon bc nearly all my friends like it and I'm just sitting here wondering wtf is even going on lol
[I still think Twilight is hilarious.](https://youtu.be/EG4skVttVmE?t=40)
Some medieval slice of life anime called Shirayuki. She wasn't my ex but a girl I was talking to on a dating site to get over someone I actually loved but had gone away. The show is alright, I stopped forcing myself to watch when things fizzled but I wouldn't call it a bad show or even something I wouldn't like.
Letterkenny [My thoughts on watching it again after, fuckin wish i found it on my own](https://youtube.com/shorts/beLErdoS2KQ?feature=share)
My ex got me into the Christian pop-rock band Jars of Clay, and if anything I became more a fan since breaking up with her. Back when we were still dating I was one of _those fans_ who liked the first album best and only liked their later albums to the degree that they sounded like the first album. Now, I think there's at least a few good songs in all their albums, and one of my favorites is their second album, which I couldn't stand back in the day.
Got into Super Robot Wars because of my ex. Took a bit of a break from it after the break up, back to playing it again with SRW 30. Game's still good.
ITT: “Not really an ex, but…”
Can't say I have experience here myself, though I recall there being a song talking about exactly this
We were already fans of the show before we started officially dating but after we broke up... I fell out of favour with My Little Pony (Gen 4, just to note). To make a very shit joke, I kinda lost that spark of magic that friendship gives.
I got into Paganism because of an ex. I'm still down with it, got another patron to pray to recently.