broktune: Snark Shark II: So... why can't people just like stuff?

I like fishing, but some people would find that boring. These threads always become " stop liking what I don't like."

Maybe being a brony is slightly weird but no weirder than being a wrestling or football nut. Congratulations, you nerd out about grown men wrestling each other to the ground over and over again. It's only acceptable because people have been doing it for generations but you have to admit, objectively it looks a little homosexual. People with glass houses and everything...

It has to do with the fact that grown men are fans of a show that is targeted, marketed, made for....PRIMARILY... little girls. It's creepy and strange. A grown man being way into wrestling is also a bit strange, but it doesn't carry the caveat of being targeted mainly towards little girls. When it comes to these Bronies it has and will always be the little girl factor. It's downright scary. Could you imagine being a little kid back in the day and saying to your dad, "Hey, let's play some catch." Your father turns to you and says, "Not right now son, Strawberry Shortcake is on and I want to catch the end of it." But, the Bronies will say, Strawberry Shortcake didn't have the types of adult references that MLP has. All cartoons have winks and nods to adults because many of us have to watch this dreck with our kids. It has nothing to do with watching a cartoon. It has everything to do with an adult male watching a little girl's cartoon.

Actually, the current show was designed for all ages and genders, specifically to appeal to a much broader demographic than the 80s show was aimed at, and more importantly, it was designed to make Hasbro some money.

As a dedicated brony artist and musician....I don't know how to take this.

Haters quit hating though.

Wayne 985: likefunbutnot: Twigz221: Bronies are just the new furries. There are many many similarities between the two fandoms

Bronies by and large aren't going to tell you that they're an animal spirit in a human's body and real-life meetings of MLP fans are pretty damned wholesome and entirely above-board. If it's creepy, it's on the level of adults being fond of something that might be meant for children, but it's not sexualized. There's no Brony equivalent of "yiffing."

Yes, they do, my friend. It's termed "clopping" and I'm disturbed to even be aware of it.



The percentage of the community that clops is low. Believe me, they're quite open about what they like and don't like sexually if you ask them. The majority of the community is just about loving ponies and other bronies (and not in "that" way).

And while there are bronies who are furries and vice-versa, most aren't. The average brony is an 14-25 yr. old. guy who just loves the show.

encyclopediaplushuman: As a dedicated brony artist and musician....I don't know how to take this.

Haters quit hating though.

The image macros pique our curiosity, I mean, this has to be some ironic hipster thing... Then the quality of the writing and animation keeps us watching. But it's the incredible diversity and prolific community of artists who spring into action after every episode - and maybe a little magic - that makes it all complete.



Thanks. Have a cider! Made with quality and care...

Wow. So much raw butthurt over other people liking things. And I'm also shocked that popular things have porn made about them. That's never happened in the history of the internet!

/Brony
//Considers the fandom a cousin of the furry community
///Has a lot of respect for the furry community

fickenchucker: Show me brony who isn't messed up in one way or another (fat, ugly, pedophilic or basement-dwelling--take your pick) and I'll show you a real unicorn. Neither exist in real life.

Mid_mo_mad_man: What about the fact that these guys are imparting the wrong ideas on the boys of America? We are creating a generation of wimpy girly men. We most find a way to make real men out of these bronies. I suggest hard sweaty labor on my farm to straighten them out.

...I finally understand you now.

You're subtle.

Twilight Farkle: But it's the incredible diversity and prolific community of artists who spring into action after every episode - and maybe a little magic - that makes it all complete.

Indeed, I'm one of them. Maybe I only do vectors, and that's not exceptional compared to the community greats, it's still great fun. So many dedicated artists and musicians make it wonderful and newbies are always tolerated, loved, and generally trained quite well. I've learned music mastering and production techniques, vectoring, and lots of other stuff in the community. It's truly a wonderful place to be unless your involvement is with 4chan or other imageboards.

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier: And I'm also shocked that popular things have porn made about them. That's never happened in the history of the internet!

You don't hear people biatching about porn made from Family Guy, Spongebob, Avatar (both Airbender and blue people), Naruto, and endless other cartoons. The association with bronies and the small percentage that do make such r34/clop is mainly just because males liking "female" things is seen as a threat to conventional society.

Mid_mo_mad_man:

Bring it on brony. I got a a short tempered half Mexican fiancé. You don't scare me

It sounds like you got yourself a sparkplug of a man there.

Mid_mo_mad_man: You don't scare me

Because People in power are Stupid: Please stop with the pony pics. We are all adults here.

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encyclopediaplushuman: Mid_mo_mad_man: You don't scare me

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He does sound a little pony-curious, doesn't he?

I always thought the internet brony thing was just an ironic joke, but I'm starting to think some of you people actually watch and are interested in the show.

The ironic thing was creepy enough, but thinking of adult men being captivated by a cartoon for female children? Can you guys keep that shiat to whatever sick bowels of the internet it came from?

The amount of haters in this thread is kind of comical, actually.  Sorry if anyone ruined your day, ITGs.

Grand_Moff_Joseph: The amount of haters in this thread is kind of comical, actually.  Sorry if anyone ruined your day, ITGs.

Almost as comical as the projection and shoddy reasons they give for being assholes.

You have the "ZOMG PEDOFILE U WANT LITTL GURLS" people who are projecting in imax, you have the "SOMEONE WATCHING CANDY COLORED PONIES COULD CONCEIVABLY MAKE ME LESS OF A MAN!" geniuses, and there's always the "SEXUAL DEVIANTS! WE IGNORE ALL OTHER RULE 34 BESIDES PONIES! NFL SLASHFIC? I HAVE NO RESPONSE FOR THAT! PONIES ARE ALL THAT LEAD TO DEVIANCY!" people.

Really, if someone you don't even know watching a show about candy colored ponies threatens your masculinity, you ain't much of a man to begin with, are you? And BTW, your standards of masculinity are about century out of date.

The Pedophile screamers? Projecting their own urges. They're the ones with children on the brain.

Deviants? Eh, go look at Anime fans if you want to see deviance in action. And even then, what business is it of yours?

So, take to your fainting couches, and deal with it.

omeganuepsilon: Meh, pony fandom is just as bad as watching any other child intended works, it reflects a child-like mindset-ability-affinity. You know, like we all have denigrated Micheal Jackson for.

People addicted to bright colors as children are.
People who's ability is limited to the short and quick events that need little to no attention span.
People find attraction in puerile stories that need little functioning intellectual ability

The show as a whole is manufactured for people of those "qualities", and they eat it up wholesale. Man-children, no better than ICP asking how magnets work and then cursing those that offer education on the topic. Vehemently defending their infatuation of child-like wonder against those who find it distasteful.

In fact, Ponies are the new ICP. ICP tried to teach acceptance and tolerance(social outcasts all banding together to enjoy life), it is a big part of their culture. Don't judge. Only it's stylized cute, instead of stylized clowns with axes and decapitations. ICP washed of all the make-up and imagery and results in pure inanity.

Laughing at fart jokes shows a child-like sensibility. Participating in an internet phenomenon about a little girl's cartoon shows indicates something else.

Seriously, how many "bronies" are healthy, well-adjusted adults with healthy friendships (in real life), relationships (in real life), careers, etc... Vs how many are weird internet people with poor lifestyle habits and little going for them (in real life)?

And I get it, I'm a huge Nick Cage fan. Non-ironically. I love his work. But I also admit that that's a little weird, and its one of my quirks. But I'm also a healthy adult, which is why I'm able to admit that.

How many bronies admit that their interest in the show is farking creepy? Not many, just look at this thread. Full of comments about how being a fan of a show intended for 8 year old girls is perfectly normal, and that anyone who dares otherwise is a sexist (or some other -ist) and is overcompensating for a small penis.

Either way, whatever, watch Dora The Explorer or Bratz or The Wiggles as a grown man, but don't get upset when people think its creepy.

omeganuepsilon:
In fact, Ponies are the new ICP. ICP tried to teach acceptance and tolerance(social outcasts all banding together to enjoy life), it is a big part of their culture. Don't judge. Only it's stylized cute, instead of stylized clowns with axes and decapitations. ICP washed of all the make-up and imagery and results in pure inanity.

I LOL'd, and then I wondered, can't it be both?



The screencap from "It's About Time" where Future Twilight derives time dilation might mean the show's a little too cerebral for the ICP crowd...



...nope.

My Little Pony: Friendship is Miracles.

The herd never ceases to amaze, or at least, amuse.

gunga galunga: Grand_Moff_Joseph: The amount of haters in this thread is kind of comical, actually.  Sorry if anyone ruined your day, ITGs.

What gets me is that it's the same people who show up in every single brony thread without fail.

Now I'm not saying that there's any sort of Larry Craig "wide stance" thing going on with these people, but.......

No, no. That's exactly what I'm saying. The way they keep bellowing out "you people are pedophiles" sounds like any given Republican who bellows about what perverts gay people are, and are then later caught sneaking out of some motel room with a young male intern.

To be fair, I thought I was coming into an Anthony Bourdain thread. I was all ready to hate on that guy, but somehow this turned into a pony thread.

omeganuepsilon: Ponies are the new ICP

The difference between ponies and ICP is that it actually has some creativity. Farking Steven Magnets, MLP knows how he works.