What's a show/game/comic etc. you honestly didn't think you'd end up liking as much as you did?

show: American Horror Story
game: Rise of the Tomb Raider

Witcher 3 hands down.

attack on titan; i started watching popular anime and then went on to the less and less popular ones, but kinda kept leaving aot "for later" aka "when i really have nothing else to watch". asked a friend to recommend me something because i was bored, and he insisted i would like it - i said i'd only watch it so people would stop recommending it to me. it ended up being my second favorite anime overall and it's still holding its place.

Revolutionary Girl Utena. Seemed like an interesting and rather abstract anime show, turned into one of my all-time favourite shows.

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The Umbrella Academy. Honestly only started watching it out of boredom, fully expecting it to suck like most of the other superhero shows. But it was actually really good.

Parks and Recreation. The first season was kinda meh, then it turned into one of the best comedy series I've ever seen. I'm really glad they added Chris Pratt to the main cast and got rid of that boring dude Mark. Ron Swanson is the best.

Also Dark Souls. I quit around Sen's Fortress the first time I played it. Later, I gave it a second chance later and it's one of my favorite games now and I've beaten it 3 times already.

The Good Place is a tv show that really surprised me with how good it was. i expected it to be this weird preachy sanctimonious humor that i usually avoid but NO, no it was not. it was subtle and the gags were excellently paced and i love all the characters so so much.

for games the Saints Row series was something i just thought looked dumb from the screenshots my friends were posting and it turned out to be one of my all-time favorites in the end. it helped that the voice actors really sold the characters and the plots--as thin as they were--had enough nuance to them that i didn't feel like i was on endless fetch quests with shooting attached.

uhhhhhh and i guess recently the Venom movie surprised me with how much i enjoyed it. i hate Eddie Brock/Venom in the comics so so much but they managed to make the characters likable and fun and Not Assholes, so now that movie is one of my faves.

Furi, it didn't look so good the first time I played it (the first five minute lul?) but presentation wasn't good for me, it was free on ps plus so I gave it a try as a friend recommendation, ended being one of my most favorite games ever.

Downton Abbey

Hmm.. Fairy Tail. Yup, for sure Fairy Tail for me - I thought it was another long anime like One Piece or Bleach (don't get me wrong, I loved Bleach) but I was soooo wroooong. I guess I always liked nakama/ friendship type of movies/animes, but never expected to feel so connected with characters, and for sure not with ones in such fanservice type of anime. Right now Fairy Tail is my way to go when I feel down.

“There are people in this world that enjoy being alone, but there isn't a single person that can bear solitude.”

A friend of mine wouldn't leave me alone because I didn't want to watch Naruto, and when I did I really liked it. And funnily later the same happened with Hunter x Hunter. Took me a few years to give it a try and (most of time) I really liked it.

Steven Universe. I didn't think it would be something interesting at all, just wanted to find some show to make YTP of it. Ended up binge watching it to the last episodes. Cute and childish show with interesting plot. Would recommend.

Of course I did, Naruto was my first, my last, my everything

No wonder it ended like that. Everything is great comparing to Naruto.

For me, it was Game of Thrones. My wife wanted to watch it, and at first I was "meh, some stupid show about politics". So, my wife continued to watch it without me, but I watched over her shoulder from time to time... Then, more often. Then, I started to watch with her. Then, I read the books. Then, I re-watched it from the very start, to find out the differences between books and series... I'm still surprised I like it.

About the game... It's Binding of Isaac. At first run - it looked ugly and dumb to me. I played a few hours, then dropped. And then, after some time, I've read a praising post in the internet, with some screenshot. For some reason it looked better than I remember, and I decided to give it a second try.... I 100%ed base game (not on steam), then finished most of DLC, then bought remake, and DLCs for remake, and I still play it from time to time.I lost some skill, so it's kinda hard to continue now, but I still like it.

Games:

• Slime Rancher. herding daft bouncing blobs is more entertaining that it seems at first.

Shows:

• Travellers. It only barely caught my eye, mostly because lead actor Eric McCormack surprised me before with Perception. So of course I went through all 3 seasons within a week or so.
• Voltron:Legendary Defender. Switched this on out of nostalgia. Stuck around for the entire series. It's pretty well done for a giant robo series, although the last season's pacing is off and the mystical aspects get pushed way too far at the end. (Also, stay clear of the hardcore fans .Those folk are nuts.)

Alice Madness Returns. Went in with no expectations, came out with one of my all time favorite platformers.

Edit: oh, it's still not back on sale on steam. This is sad.

Haha so far Witcher 3 XD haven't finished it yet but I'm enjoying it a lot more than what I thought I would (I'm still one of those original "avoid the hype" type of people that assume if everyone loves something it must be crap)

Since Parks and Rec and The Good Place were already mentioned, let's keep this Michael Schur train going.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Nahhh I knew I was going to love it. With Andy Samberg, Terry Crews and Joe Lo Truglio from Superbad in the cast, count me in.

show: doctor who
game: uprising join or die

For different reasons: Life is Strange and Code Geass