Ravioli Hailstorm

The TL;DR: I will be leaving the Dream Team fandom (not in a bad way! just in a normal moving-on way). To the mutuals who I have known for a long time, please do not be afraid to reach out to me if you would like to stay in touch. (no pressure, though)

[Longer version is below]

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I have planned this post for a while because I always try to avoid impulsive decisions. I have been a fan of the Dream Team since May 2020, and I am thankful for the positive influence they had on my life. I am also thankful for the amazing opportunity that I had to meet all three of them in-person at various points in time.

During my time in the fandom, I have become a more nuanced thinker and a more forgiving person. Sometimes good people do bad things and sometimes bad people do good things. No one - me included - is entirely a hero or a villain all the time. Always remember that you are imperfect, and that is okay. Growth takes time and effort.

I was an avid viewer from 2020 to 2023, then my interest became casual in 2024. My biggest goal was to meet Dream and have a conversation with him, which I was fortunate enough to do in June 2025. In the following days, that enormous sense of fulfillment led to the thought: “Okay… what now?” After over 5 years, my interest in the Dream Team waned.

My mom always says “quit while you’re ahead”, so I am not leaving the fandom because I am upset (and I don’t want to wait until something bad happens, lol). Nowadays, when the Dream Team livestream or when they upload a video, I think “Oh cool! That’s great, I’m glad to see it :)” without a desire to actually WATCH the video or stream.

I stayed in the fandom because I still liked the Dream Team as people and I wanted to remain close with my mutuals, but by now I feel like I have “proved myself”, if that makes sense. I was here when times were good, AND I remained a fan when times were bad.

I am proud of my contribution to this fandom space, but I also want to move onto other things. By now, I have a full-time job, I have been in therapy for two years, and I have been in a happy relationship for almost one year. (Which is amazing!)

Currently I do not plan to delete my fandom accounts because I want to give people time to find this post, and I also do not plan to delete my fanfictions from AO3.

I understand that some of you reading this may feel sad or nostalgic because RavioliHailstorm is leaving, so please keep in mind that while I am very flattered, there are still plenty of other writers out there in the fandom who are upcoming and ready for you to discover them!

(Also I know my fanfiction “Uranophobia” is still unfinished, and yeah, I really bit off more than I could chew with that story because it’s been 80k words and dnf JUST met in it, lmao - I really do want to finish it someday but so far the motivation has eluded me)