I'm an ex-brony. No, this is not just another Pony thread. Okay, it is, kinda...
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If anything, that plushie strengthened my faith in the community. We could have had a bunch of the puritans screeching "Oh noes! It must be banned, because people may think we're weird because of it! Everything is ruined FOREVER!" and instead everyone just royally took the piss out of it instead. Brilliant. (Although admittedly, that line comes out of some people's mouths whenever anything even vaguely suggestive ends up on Equestria Daily. Not something to leave the fandom over, but those overly sensitive moral high-grounders really deserve a good slapping)ToastiestZombie said:
Here's all you need to get:LordFish said:
.It's a good show
.It's creator directly made it so that more than just dumb little girls can enjoy it
.It's a show that brings pure childish joy out in some people
.It never really reaches the "Oh my god this is embarrassing" state that so many other kids shows fall into.
.It's got a fanbase that just won't stop making content, hell I know a ton of bronies who are only in it for the fanbase.
Also, watch this video comparing a typical scene from the old MLP, to a typical scene in the new MLP...
I probably could have used a better word then fad, yeah. I didn't mean it quite like how people look at it. I meant like, it is a fun way to say fan with usuing different words and in the years that term will slowly fade, just as the term Trekkie is fading. Trekkie was a much bigger fan base then Pony is. And a fad can last MUCH longer then a year, a decade sometimes. A fad is usually amoung a certain age group, and as the age group moves on, the younger generation will create new terms and fads.ToastiestZombie said:
In other news, I looked up brony and apparently it means BOY fans.
It is the combination of the word Bro and Pony, for males that like a show that is typically for females. No one told me that.
I think words like Trekkie and Brony should be used for obsessed fans. Obsession terms.
Well, I kind of lied tbh. That's not really a "typical" scenes and it does come from one of the most risque episodes of the show. But, a show doesn't really need to be violent and perilous all the time to be good. There are plenty of moments which are equal to that scene that don't involve a bear getting it's neck snapped. Involving one where that same pony in the clip literally tears her two friends down until they are weeping on their knees, basically saying they are both useless pieces of shit that take pride in petty things. There's also another scene where one of the ponies is basically shown to be a schizophrenic, as she changes from the happy and party loving "Pinkie Pie" to her childhood self "Pinkemena Diane Pie" in a second. As she begins talking to herself and contorting her body in increasingly creepy ways.LordFish said:The first half of that clip, totally what I expected it to be, the second half made me want to .. maybe.. watch a little bit more, just to be sure I don't like itToastiestZombie said:
So yeah... go watch the show, I reckon you'll like it. Bear in mind though, the first few episodes aren't really all that good. Around about episode 8 when they have to stop a fucking giant bear destroying the whole town is when stuff really gets started.
Also, that scene I showed you is actually a lead up to a joke that made me laugh my arse off.
Well I didn't mean I liked it because a bear got brutalisedToastiestZombie said:
Just that it seemed more endearing, more like anime.I like how sweet anime is a lot of the time, and I had a girlfriend once who 'made' me watch a lot of it, and I didn't hate it. But like all sweet things, too much will make you ill
I own MLP t-shirts, but I refuse to call myself a "brony". It just sounds so stupid. I'm a fan of the show, I'd rather be called that instead of a "brony". Hell, I'd take "MLP enthusiast". Nothing against the community, I just think the name is stupid.Melon Hunter said:
There's a lot of discussion surrounding what makes someone a brony or not, but from pretty much anyone who isn't some dick wanting to be morally superior whilst still loving the show it means this "A person who isn't a pre-pubescent child who watches My Little Pony". A brony could be a 20 year old girl, even though some of them like to use the term "Pegasister". But really, you don't have to be obsessed to be a brony.Rose and Thorn said:
Also one other thing, I reckon Bronies are actually much bigger than Trekkies ever were. Why? The internet that's why. We don't really have a clue of how many Trekkies there were in their prime. Yet, one of the many brony sites there are recorded 60 million unique IPs visiting their sites, give or take a few million due to IP changing and stuff. But still, that's a lot of people going to just one site. Just think about how many there are who watch the show yet don't tell anyone, or who just don't go on brony websites. It's rather mind boggling if you ask me.
About the word fad, I dunno. A fad to me is something that comes and goes in a few months, at the longest a year and then fades away never to be remembered again. The fact that people still remember Trekkies without being reminded about them by some other source kind of makes them not a fad. And I believe that even years after the show has finished bronies will still be around, making fan stuff and showing the show to their kids. I know I will.
It's got a lot of anime qualities. I would say it's a mix of classic saturday morning cartoons, anime and disney films. There really isn't many sickly sweet moments in the show. And even if there is, there's a rather badass moment around the corner. For example, one scene has that pony in tears because of the torment she faced when she was younger because she couldn't fly. Next scene, badass 80s montage parody with some pretty cool special effects. The finale of season 2 starts out as a normal parody of the royal wedding, then BAM you've got f'ing swarms of love sucking creatures flying about and multiple fight scenes. So yeah, the show gets the balance of badass and sweet just right.LordFish said:Well I didn't mean I liked it because a bear got brutalisedToastiestZombie said:
I like how sweet anime is a lot of the time, and I had a girlfriend once who 'made' me watch a lot of it, and I didn't hate it. But like all sweet things, too much will make you ill
Not wanting to call yourself a brony because it sounds dumb is fine. Not wanting to call yourself it because some nasty people also share that moniker and you want to feel superior to them is just petty. That's what gets at me.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
Yeah, if you want to change what you're called because you hate the sound of it then fine. Just don't be a dick and say that you aren't a fan of MLP and therefore in pretty much everyone's eyes, a brony because of some arbitrary reason.Melon Hunter said:
Ok, sorry. I see the "you are a brony, but won't admit it" thing a lot.Melon Hunter said:
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I forgot, if you do wish to watch it then go here: http://mlp-fim.com/LordFish said:
The episode with that scene in is Season 2: Episode 3, probably one of the best episodes of the show there's been so far.
Meh, I love being a brony and I love being a geek. There's nothing better than spending hours manually installing hundreds of mods to Fallout: New Vegas then booting it up and playing it to find that nothing has gone wrong. Nothing some random guy on the internet or some douche in real life can ever say will stop me from watching MLP. So yeah, go ahead. Watch the first say, four episodes then come back and tell me what you think. If you don't like it, fine I'm perfectly OK with that.LordFish said:Oh go on then, I could use a little bit more colour in my life at the momentToastiestZombie said:
I can't believe what stuff being a fully fledged geek involves doing sometimes.
SHE DIDN'T KILL THE BEAR!ToastiestZombie said:
Omg, I feel totally misleaded, you sold me a cartoon on the basis of of pony on bear brutality and now I discover it was all a con! I'm going to sue for damages of some sort, that's what we do in the video games industry isn't it?
I can tell you're being sarcastic lol. But yeah, there really isn't any "killing" in the show, like pretty much any other kids show. Are you liking it so far though? You sound like you are.LordFish said:SHE DIDN'T KILL THE BEAR!ToastiestZombie said:
Omg, I feel totally misleaded, you sold me a cartoon on the basis of of pony on bear brutality and now I discover it was all a con! I'm going to sue for damages of some sort, that's what we do in the video games industry isn't it?
Also, I never said the bear was killed. I merely showed you the scene and told you it lead up to a joke I found funny. So yeah... OBJECTION!
And that's where fanfiction comes in! If you don't mind reading then goddamn some of the fanfiction out there is bloody brilliant. I'm currently reading through "Fallout: Equestria" a Fallout/MLP crossover of sorts and seriously it's amazing. The show never really has any named adult themes, but they are definetly implied. For example in the episode you just watched, that's some pretty bad OCD being shown. And in my other example, schizophrenia is shown in full force. But yeah, watch the show for the fun of it if you like it enough. And if you want the real meaty stuff go read some fanfiction. Just, don't read Sweet Apple Massacre, just don't.LordFish said:Well I've put the next episode on >.< so I guess thats a good thing. but I'm not totally sold on it. Would definitely love it if it had more adult themes, like peril and stuff. I feel a torchwood style spinoffToastiestZombie said: