Poll: Whats with the My Little Pony craze?

[monkey_man]

I hope this ends soon, It's getting on my nerves. But everyone should like whatever they want, as long as it doesn't involve forcing others to like the same things.

Dis anyone notice the MLP trend is starting to like like a religion? It's everywhere! I think the show brainwashes people. *Grabs tinfoil hat*

 

[Sgt. Dante]

I didn't get it at first but it has a very fun sense of humour, I don't know that i would call myself a fan, but it's worth a look to see what all the fuss is about.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

It's taken the word "Twilight" back. For that alone I thank it.

 

[lord canti]

In my opinion they are most likely freaks and probably socially inept.
Let's be honest, what normal guy watches a show made for little girls?

in my mind (and i know a lot of other girls who would agree with me), it's "manlier" to like what you like and act on that, ignoring social stigma and the ignorance of trolls, than to mindlessly follow the crowd. good shows are good shows, no matter their target audience, and people can like whatever they want.

Honesty isn't ignorance nor trolling. Please don't confuse the two. I think it is "manlier" to act your age and enjoy what is supposed to be enjoyed with maturity than to watch something intended for children, unless of course you are a child.
A good child's show has many different aims than a good show made for adults.
Example:
My Little Pony - Colourful, relevant to children. No need to worry about script, storyline, character progression.
Oz - Relevant to adults, convincing acting, script, storyline, character progression.

Saying people can like whatever they want is merely enabling immaturity.

why can't they like both? Who say it's immature of me to watch and enjoy something like my little pony and then enjoy watching something like district 9 later on?

....Because My Little Pony is made for children, ergo to enjoy watching it is a sign of immaturity. It's a strawman to say enjoying My Little Pony means you can't enjoy District 9.

Alright then let's go with pixar. They make movies that are intended for children yet thousands of adults love these movies. I'll also go ahead and say that those movies have more mature plots that deal with real world issues and have more fully realized characters than a good chunk of the movies meant for adults.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Well like I said I don't knock anything. The show though was made to target girls and theres tons of dudes evidently "these Bronys" that watch it. I think it's totally off for dudes to watch MLP but I won't say you can't.

Well I'm glad to see that you aren't actively fighting it like so many threads that have gone before you. Still, I think you should give it a go and watch an episode before dismissing it. Who knows, you might just be a Brony yourself.

Well I'll try out the 1st epi. Cause I've never watched it, I don't know. I hope I won't become one of you 'No offence'. I hope that I've leased my soul out so I won't get sucked in.

No, go to the THIRD episode. The pilots kind of sell it as a "Captain Planet meets the Carebears," which it isn't.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

And with those words, I'll leave you with Derpy Hooves.

Gah!

That gif reminds me of that popular Gary Busey gif from a couple of years ago.

OT: Never seen; am curious. When I get a computer with sound I'll watch it, assuming it's still free on the 'net.

It always will be, since the show is going to make the most of it's money off of Toy sales anyway.

 

[Buzz Killington_v1legacy]

Careful you don't throw your back out moving those goalposts.

 

[For.I.Am.Mad]

Just wait till Christmas when all the merchandise is selling out, lines forming for the sold out Twilight Sparkle talking doll(which I won't buy cuz that's gay). Shit's gonna be on the Today Show and Good Morning America with dads pretending not to like it. 'Ohh, I watch it with my daughter, she seems to like it.' Then you'll see those creepy dads forming clubs in there planned development housings wearing Fluttershy T-shirts(which I won't buy either).

This type of viral popularity this show is having is something every company dreams of.

 

[bob1052]

Honesty isn't ignorance nor trolling. Please don't confuse the two. I think it is "manlier" to act your age and enjoy what is supposed to be enjoyed with maturity than to watch something intended for children, unless of course you are a child.
A good child's show has many different aims than a good show made for adults.
Example:
My Little Pony - Colourful, relevant to children. No need to worry about script, storyline, character progression.
Oz - Relevant to adults, convincing acting, script, storyline, character progression.

Saying people can like whatever they want is merely enabling immaturity.

In my opinion people who make blanket assumptions and call it honesty to passive aggressively attack other people are most likely freaks and socially inept.
Let's be honest, what normal guy would try passive aggressively attacking other people for liking something he has absolutely no clue about other than his preconceived notions with have no backing.

Just being honest.

Thanks for showing your true colours and instead of wanting to talk about this maturily you'd much rather launch into personal insults.
No backing? It's a show made for little girls. That is a fact.

How is it that you think I launch into personal insults when all I said was a copy paste of what you said earlier?
And just because you can repeat the same thing and claim it as fact without any proof does not make it fact.

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Honesty isn't ignorance nor trolling. Please don't confuse the two. I think it is "manlier" to act your age and enjoy what is supposed to be enjoyed with maturity than to watch something intended for children, unless of course you are a child.
A good child's show has many different aims than a good show made for adults.
Example:
My Little Pony - Colourful, relevant to children. No need to worry about script, storyline, character progression.
Oz - Relevant to adults, convincing acting, script, storyline, character progression.

Saying people can like whatever they want is merely enabling immaturity.

In my opinion people who make blanket assumptions and call it honesty to passive aggressively attack other people are most likely freaks and socially inept.
Let's be honest, what normal guy would try passive aggressively attacking other people for liking something he has absolutely no clue about other than his preconceived notions with have no backing.

Just being honest.

Thanks for showing your true colours and instead of wanting to talk about this maturily you'd much rather launch into personal insults.
No backing? It's a show made for little girls. That is a fact.

How is it that you think I launch into personal insults when all I said was a copy paste of what you said earlier?
And just because you can repeat the same thing and claim it as fact without any proof does not make it fact.

It's best just ignore him. He's a clever troll that one, the fact he's still here amazes me. He manages to state a lot of things yet says nothing at all.

He'd make a great politician.

 

[Divine Miss Bee]

In my opinion they are most likely freaks and probably socially inept.
Let's be honest, what normal guy watches a show made for little girls?

in my mind (and i know a lot of other girls who would agree with me), it's "manlier" to like what you like and act on that, ignoring social stigma and the ignorance of trolls, than to mindlessly follow the crowd. good shows are good shows, no matter their target audience, and people can like whatever they want.

Honesty isn't ignorance nor trolling. Please don't confuse the two. I think it is "manlier" to act your age and enjoy what is supposed to be enjoyed with maturity than to watch something intended for children, unless of course you are a child.
A good child's show has many different aims than a good show made for adults.
Example:
My Little Pony - Colourful, relevant to children. No need to worry about script, storyline, character progression.
Oz - Relevant to adults, convincing acting, script, storyline, character progression.

Saying people can like whatever they want is merely enabling immaturity.

to which plotline are you referring, that isn't well acted and scripted, in which the characters don't learn from their experiences, or only relevant to children? the show deals mostly with how to navigate fairly complex social situations. children's shows are written by adults, after all, and they're often the kind of adults who realize that most of the problems we see with people are present because we forget the basic lessons we learned as children:
-don't judge a book by its cover/embrace the differences in people (episode 9)
-don't break your word or betray someone's trust (episode 20)
-planning and organization help people work together more smoothly (episode 11)
-always try new things and look for a purpose in life from things you do well or enjoy (episodes 12 & 18)
-all interpersonal relationships require effort from all parties involved to make them last (the entire show)

the voice acting is great, as is the art, the characters are just as dynamic in any adult show i've seen. i'm glad you used Oz as an example-i've seen it and i like it just as much as you seem to, but i can still recognize the good things in MLP and they're not really all that dissimilar in their basic parts. there may not be a lot of action in MLP, but there are plenty of mature themes-more than i've seen in most adult-targeted shows, Oz included. there's a lot to be said for shows that are thought up as teaching tools and benefit from incorporating mature themes, and writing them off just because the characters are horses instead of people is silly and narrow-minded.

Those topics are childish as in suitable for childrens shows. Being brought up during these shows, those topics were usually what was dealt with. More mature shows like Oz deal with much more complex moral issues which are hardly as black & white as those topics.
Maybe this is more of a comment of how far children's shows and TV in general has fallen? I certainly do think things like Spongebob are dire compared to the likes of He-Man, Thundercats etc which always had moral themes along the lines of what you have mentioned.

so why condemn a show that goes along with those same themes that you just said were present in good children's shows? i would think it would be easy to praise a genuinely good show that provides a return to what we all used to like about cartoons. that's why i enjoy it, and would recommend that you check out an episode if you find the time-you might surprise yourself.

 

[lord canti]

In my opinion they are most likely freaks and probably socially inept.
Let's be honest, what normal guy watches a show made for little girls?

in my mind (and i know a lot of other girls who would agree with me), it's "manlier" to like what you like and act on that, ignoring social stigma and the ignorance of trolls, than to mindlessly follow the crowd. good shows are good shows, no matter their target audience, and people can like whatever they want.

Honesty isn't ignorance nor trolling. Please don't confuse the two. I think it is "manlier" to act your age and enjoy what is supposed to be enjoyed with maturity than to watch something intended for children, unless of course you are a child.
A good child's show has many different aims than a good show made for adults.
Example:
My Little Pony - Colourful, relevant to children. No need to worry about script, storyline, character progression.
Oz - Relevant to adults, convincing acting, script, storyline, character progression.

Saying people can like whatever they want is merely enabling immaturity.

why can't they like both? Who say it's immature of me to watch and enjoy something like my little pony and then enjoy watching something like district 9 later on?

....Because My Little Pony is made for children, ergo to enjoy watching it is a sign of immaturity. It's a strawman to say enjoying My Little Pony means you can't enjoy District 9.

Alright then let's go with pixar. They make movies that are intended for children yet thousands of adults love these movies. I'll also go ahead and say that those movies have more mature plots that deal with real world issues and have more fully realized characters than a good chunk of the movies meant for adults.

Family films =/= childrens films. Pixar makes the former.

Its still targeted at children first and foremostly even if it does appeal to adults as well. I can keep bringing up shows for kids all day. In fact just for fun let's go with avatar, clearly a show for kids with its bright colors, goofy chracters, and adorable animals. Yet this shows is remarkably deep. Once again these characters have deep and complex personality and all of them have issues. Zuko had an extremly abusive father and sister while he was growing up and was even exiled from his homeland.in fact you could make comparison to the fire nation and nazis. The fire nation wants to wipe out anyone who's not them to the point that the fire lord almost carpets bombs the entire world.

 

[Charli]

If you had told me a couple of years ago that 'My little Pony' would make a comeback and not only be funny. I'd have told you to get off the pills.


...It's a strange world.

 

[sdmblack]

Ponies are trolls. That is their only intention. The people who actually watch the show were probably just stupid enough follow anything that is "popular."

...or we actually like it. Bronys are generally quite far from being trolls, some of the most consisten community i've seen on 4chan in quite a while. also the show IS quite good, as my friends-turned-bronys have finally learned, and it just gives off a warm and fuzzy aura.

 

[Doclector]

The zombie apocalypse has arrived. Some thought it would be viral. Some thought it would be a parasite. Some even prophesised the punishment of god to be the reason for the rise of the zack. But now we know. It is here-via bronies! Whatever you do, don't let them hug you, or you'll turn into one of them! The only weapon we can use against them is brute force and extreme negativity!

You can thank Radoh for that.

*cue left 4 dead horde rush music* SHIT! They're here!

[small]disclaimer: no offence intended to bronies, im just messin' but seriously, this kind of overly happy stuff could well drive an embittered cynic such as me insane![/small]

 

[Proverbial Jon]

Guys...I have to tell somepony this...

Today I was called a furry because I said i was bronie.
I argued I wasn't furry because the ponies weren't anthropomorphised.
The other guy sitting next to me then turned to me with a very serious look on his face and asked:
"Isn't that worse?"


...perhaps I should have instead argued I wasn't furry because i wasn't sexually attracted to the ponies.

:'(


And no offence furries, I have nothing against you guys.

Sorry, but I'm afraid you're wrong. The characters in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic ARE in fact anthropomorphised. The definition of anything that has been made "anthropomorphic" is giving a characteristic that is typical only to humans to a non human object.

For instance the ponies can talk, they often use their "hooves" to hold or move things, they sit at tables and eat food from plates etc... they even have a society which is based more around a human society than anything animalistic.

I'm proud to call myself both a Furry AND a Brony, but don't worry, I'm pretty certain you can be a Brony and not be a Furry. But just for the record, not ALL Furries are sexually attracted to anthros, that's a commonly held misconception. MOST are, admittedly, but some are not.