I know there are already two threads about the Meryl-Streep-as-Aslan controversy, but I feel like this one is different enough to justify itself. If the moderators disagree, could they please just move this post to the "How likely are you to go see the new Narnia movie if Aslan is a female lion" thread?

Let's say Netflix and Greta Gerwig have been planning to make Aslan a lioness and cast Streep or a similar actress in the role but then look at the internet and decide, "No, it'd be too controversial and give us too much bad publicity and lose too much money. We'll make Aslan male." Would the fans who have been saying they'll refuse to see the movie likewise change their minds and see it?

The impression I get is that many of them would but there are also many who would continue to be wary of the adaptation, and I can't say they'd be totally irrational to be so. After all, this change didn't exist in a vacuum and it's likely the final movie would have a lot of similarly crazy bits of artistic license that fans weren't able to protest because they didn't know about them. 

That being said, while I can understand that point of view, I'd still want to give the filmmakers a chance. If they really wanted to portray Aslan as a lioness and they didn't do so because of people like me, well, I feel I owe them. 

I guess a good summary of my feelings if we got news that Netflix/Gerwig changed their minds about Aslan in response to backlash would be that I'd be delighted but still a bit concerned. I want Gerwig to change her mind about gender flipping this particular character because she herself realizes it's a terrible idea, not because she's scared of fans thinking it's a terrible idea.