Bronies Get the Cracked Treatment

[Belated]

You thought you were safe from these topics now? You were mistaken. Some bronies just want to watch the world burn.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-4-most-unexpected-fan-bases-in-pop-culture/

Cracked.com released a recent article detailing "The 4 Most Unexpected Fan Bases in Pop Culture", and while I don't know anything about those other three entries, the article caught my attention with the first one...

"But when the show rebooted in 2010, it made a point of being everything previous iterations of the show lacked. Friendship Is Magic concentrated on character development, humor, conflict and, above all, providing lessons for girls on the complex nature of friendship. But all those elements accidentally perked the interest of another demographic entirely: young adult males."

I find this especially impressive considering I was catching up on my ponies just last night. Maybe if I had paid more attention to Pinkie Pie's twitching, I would've seen this article coming.

What's more eerie, is the quote they use under that picture of some grinning guy. Those picture quote-captions are something Cracked articles use frequently, but the quotes are always supposed to be hilarious and unrealistic. Yet, the truth is a lot of us would actually say something like that. I know I would. What does it say about us when an attempt at parodying our dialect is hardly a parody at all? I don't know. And I don't care. I'm still a "Fluttershy all the way."

I'm actually pretty relieved to read this entry, because it's evidence that bronies are far from gone and I was beginning to worry I jumped on the bandwagon way too late. But what do you think of it? Was it too hard on bronies, or was it just hilarious?

 

[A Satanic Panda]

Well they didn't call us furies, or say we we're filing for disabilities to watch My Little Pony, and they even said the adult demographic followed the show's friendship messages. I'd say they handled it well.

 

[Shadowstar38]

Cracked always does stuff in good fun. And they seem to be all for the show so no harm done.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Never before has a fad pissed me off as much as My Little Pony

Clearly SOMEONE wasn't around for the Macarena.

 

[A Satanic Panda]

NOTHING...I repeat...NOTHING...Can be too hard on bronies.

Even a hammer across the face isn't hard enough......

Never before has a fad pissed me off as much as My Little Pony



Now if this was a Spiderman thread..........

Because why type when this wonderful gif express my thought perfectly, LETS PARTY!

 

[KrabbiPatty]

As a Brony myself, I approve of the rather gentle nudging from Cracked. I've seen worse things said about Bronies.


Also, you can have Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash all the way.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Though I do think some Bronies take FiM way too seriously, this article shows that pretty much we're just amused by it and happen to enjoy it. 'Cept I'm not an adolescent male, I'm an adult female. Yes, the demographic is really odd, but it's fun. I'm more disturbed by the people that actively hate it than the ones who take it too seriously.

 

[DracoSuave]

God damn that is a sickly awesome gif.

 

[Risingblade]

NOTHING...I repeat...NOTHING...Can be too hard on bronies.

Even a hammer across the face isn't hard enough......

Never before has a fad pissed me off as much as My Little Pony



Now if this was a Spiderman thread..........

we would...eat cake?

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

I don't understand all the hate for MLP.

I mean, sure, it's not for everypony, but someponies like it, and there's no reason for others to put them down for it. Although I do agree that some ponies take it too far. XD

 

[SkyKitty]

Fluttershy?

It's pretty obvious Trixie is the superior pony.

 

[MasterOfWorlds]

This ^^ is the reason I hate bronies.......
Can't go on ANY forum without stupid gifs and pictures plastered around like gaudy fucking wallpaper.....

To be fair, that wouldn't have been posted in a quote to you if you hadn't have been such a hater on it. Most of us are fine with people not liking it, we understand that it's not for everyone. It's the people that go into a blind rage, or just plain hate on it for shits and giggles that annoy us. Most of us actually keep the pics to ourselves, some, like me, don't have pics at all.

 

[Drakmeire]

Well they certainly did a better job than when they talked about Hellsing and Hetalia.
That was a complete mess, the author clearly did not understand the point of satire and artistic license.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

NOTHING...I repeat...NOTHING...Can be too hard on bronies.

Even a hammer across the face isn't hard enough......

Never before has a fad pissed me off as much as My Little Pony



Now if this was a Spiderman thread..........

Because why type when this wonderful gif express my thought perfectly, LETS PARTY!

This ^^ is the reason I hate bronies.......
Can't go on ANY forum without stupid gifs and pictures plastered around like gaudy fucking wallpaper.....

Hey, can we chill here? If you don't like seeing ponies, why are you in a Pony thread? I really hate Twilight so I don't go to places made for Twilight fans. It's fine that you don't like it, that's all opinion, but you gotta take a breather. Don't want to start a flame war, right?

 

[lacktheknack]

NOTHING...I repeat...NOTHING...Can be too hard on bronies.

Even a hammer across the face isn't hard enough......

Never before has a fad pissed me off as much as My Little Pony



Now if this was a Spiderman thread..........

Because why type when this wonderful gif express my thought perfectly, LETS PARTY!

This ^^ is the reason I hate bronies.......
Can't go on ANY forum without stupid gifs and pictures plastered around like gaudy fucking wallpaper.....

PROTIP: You entered a pony thread.

I haven't seen the gifs/pics in non-pony threads in a looooong time.

OT: It's Cracked. They're expected to take shots at anyone and everyone.

Now, when the Onion releases a pony-story, that's when the tears will flow. Be it from rage or hilarity. Or both.

 

[A Satanic Panda]

NOTHING...I repeat...NOTHING...Can be too hard on bronies.

Even a hammer across the face isn't hard enough......

Never before has a fad pissed me off as much as My Little Pony



Now if this was a Spiderman thread..........

Spoiler

Because why type when this wonderful gif express my thought perfectly, LETS PARTY!

This ^^ is the reason I hate bronies.......
Can't go on ANY forum without stupid gifs and pictures plastered around like gaudy fucking wallpaper.....

Spoiler: Phhsht, I can spoil stuff, Easy Peasy!

 

[infohippie]

This ^^ is the reason I hate bronies.......
Can't go on ANY forum without stupid gifs and pictures plastered around like gaudy fucking wallpaper.....

Or... you could just not click on a thread that mentions ponies or bronies in the title? Just a thought. Also, I am sorry to hear about your personal problem, but perhaps you shouldn't directly refer to it in your username?

I thought the Cracked article was surprisingly easy on us, considering it's Cracked. Maybe Soren (Soarin, heh) is a closet brony? And all you claiming Fluttershy and/or Dash - you can have 'em. I will be off enjoying cultured pursuits with the lovely Rarity.

I really hate Twilight so I don't go to places made for Twilight fans.

Wait, what? You don't like Twilight? ...Oh, that Twilight. Damn, I had nearly managed to forget it existed.

 

[isometry]

I laughed at this part:

Like a disappointed but loving father, society has put the baseball glove back on the shelf and more or less resigned itself to let this shit play out for now.

It's interesting that they psycho-analyzed the case of heterosexual women enjoying romance novels about gay males, but didn't psycho-analyze the bronies. To me it seems obvious that a lot or maybe all bronies are exploring their feminine side in a socially safe way (part of the safety is ignoring that elephant in the room and chuckling about how impossible it is to explain the demographic).

Our culture teaches us that hetero-masculine males shouldn't have a feminine side, but this is based on the false idea that learning about feminine experiences comes at a trade-off to learning masculine experiences. Humans are perfectly capable of learning and experiencing opposites, the same person could do mathematics and computer science during the day, and read shakespear and practice playing music at night, and wake up the next morning and run several miles. Most people would be impressed by such an individual, so well rounded. But mixing feminine and masculine experiences? Weirdo, yuck, etc is the common reaction.