
| KV1 #559915 9 months ago |
i was bored |
| Anonymous #559920 9 months ago |
Aw, we ain't that bad.....,
I hope.... |
| Anonymous #559923 9 months ago |
We're worse |
| Skylight #559924 9 months ago |
Some are. Some aren't. Same with every fandom in existence I suppose, right? |
| JP #559930 9 months ago |
Oh, it's not that bad. There are lots of good and nice things. But like any 'dom, it has its own rotten individuals. Try to ignore them. |
| Anonymous #559931 9 months ago |
Pretty much this. |
| Anonymous #559933 9 months ago |
Guys, even with the porn, the gore, the stupid shit, the awful oc's, and other things, Lauren still loves the hell out of us for proving her point that anyone can enjoy a show for girls :/ |
| Anonymous #559944 9 months ago |
Well that's because she doesn't actually frequent the fandom unless someone points out something particularly heart-warming or stomach-turning to her.
Let's face it. If she saw half of what goes up here (Ask Scootabuse? Sweetie Poo? Most of the Nyx stuff?) she'd feel a tinge of regret every time she heard the word "pony". This fandom only looks 'not so bad' from the outside. |
| Mushi #559955 9 months ago |
this is as bad as any fandom. But here i can like cute things without people asking explanation... |
| Anonymous #559964 9 months ago |
I still think this fandom could be saved by remembering 'love and tolerance' part.
And NO, I'm NOT TALKING ABOUT ANTI-TROLLS. I'm talking about fans forgiving and tolerating other fans a bit more. Plus, the extreme religious zeal people have with MLP means it gets that creepy 'otaku stalker' level of devotion that starts to get hyper critical of other fans, fan work and the show itself. Seriously guys. Just breathe and just let the fandom work by itself. Stop being overly critical and ESPECIALLY don't scare off the cool artists (I remember Moe being targeted by a badmouthing 'constructive criticism' poster. Not cool.) and some people making 'the show is over' when they first watched Season 2 episode 1. Just chill and have fun guys. Being a fan doesn't mean you get to have free rein to become hyper critical. |
| Anonymous #559970 9 months ago |
#559933
Some porn, OCs and 'stupid shit' have been truly amazing though. Like any mega-fandom, it has its share of really cool stuff that comes out because of content. That said, I think MLP has a much more varied, internet-fueled fandom than something like Trekkies in the ages past where they largely had to improvise with lesser technology and social means than MLP fandom. MLP fandom is so powerful because it's comprised of people who know the internet and know how to use it. I'm pretty proud of that fact. Porn/Gore can be annoying, but I don't hold against it. People should just skate by the worst of em and let it be. I can say the same for furrydom. I can understand the hate and all, but let it be, ignore if you hate certain aspects, etc. |
| Anonymous #559971 9 months ago |
That's a lot to type with one hand.
"Letting the fandom work by itself" is why the image counts drop by half if you filter out any tags related to sex, violence, or shit. |
| Anonymous #559972 9 months ago |
If anything our cool artists are being scared off by the relentless "draw Nyx shitting on the top half of Dash's dismembered corpse while Pinkamina fucks the bag of flour" request spam. |
| Anonymous #559997 9 months ago |
I kind of think people don't draw Nyx because most fanartists are not zealous fanfic people. Plus, she skirts the line of interacting with the core characters too deeply so naturally people are a bit scared to elaborate upon her too much.
That said... We need more MAD pony parody ponies. Especially Starlight. |
| zer0-0ne #560087 9 months ago |
Personally I find the racism and homophobia present in the brony fandom more upsetting than Sweetiepoo. |
| Anonymous #560089 9 months ago |
^ this gentlecolt has it in the right. |
| Anonymous #560093 9 months ago |
No wait, shit, not Zero, I meant the guy above him. Damn you slow internet connection. |
| fonypag #560104 9 months ago |
@zer0-0ne
Huh? I haven't really noticed those in the fandom (aside from the asinine race debates in humanized fanart, which I consider more to be simply stupid than outright racist). |
| MaroonBunyip #560146 9 months ago |
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| Jackarunda #560193 9 months ago |
me: ;_; |
| Anonymous #560197 9 months ago |
I bet there are some days when she wonders about us. |
| Anonymous #560204 9 months ago |
The racism and the homophobia.
Right, that's probably the worst part. The stuff no-one else remembers seeing except idiotic humanized debates and Skywind. Not the fact there are like four degrading sexualized violence blogs using superficial resemblances of the characters. Not the one thing we actually KNOW creeps her out (porn of her alicorn). Not there are at least two scat memes. It's the stuff you made up. That's the real problem. |
| Anonymous #560306 9 months ago |
We need more MAD pony parody ponies. Especially Starlight.
We need more MAD pony parody ponies. Especially Starlight. We need more MAD pony parody ponies. |
| Anonymous #560408 9 months ago |
#559964 ^ This. |
| Anonymous #620287 8 months ago |
As someone who is bisexual, I was really horrified to find out how intolerant the bronies are. I don't mean they HAVE to like the shipping or lesbians, but they also go out of their way to make it clear that my lifestyle itself is abhorrent to them.
That ... is wrong. |
| Aggressively-Pastel #620372 8 months ago |
@287
You think there's a systemic problem the fandom has with bisexual people? Not seen it myself, though I won't doubt your personal experience. Also, I might be wearing privilege An example for the dense like me, names and nyms removed, may help to illustrate. Because that sort of thing is not cool. |