Our Little Pony

[DRes82]

For many a Brony, the show is a beautiful, positive thing in their lives.

Is this for realsies? I've watched the show and its a lot of things. Beautiful, though? I've seen more beauty in a cat turd. Seriously, I took a picture of one the other day. I can post it if you want.

I'll give you positive. You're welcome.

I'm not quite sure what this thread is about, though. Oh right, the Critical Miss comic. Good stuff.

Keep on hating bro. People like you are just one of those things the rest of us have to tolerate.

Brony tolerance is what sustains me. You have my thanks, and my promise to continue tolerating your incessant pony picture forum responses.

 

[The Lunatic]

One thing I learnt from the furry fandom is that bronies are just as capable of being delusion and creepy as furries are.

I avoid where possible.

 

[Fappy]

Holy hell Grey, this strip has gotten far more comments than any of your other comics I've seen! What's going on in here?

*Looks at last few pages*

 

[leviadragon99]

Huh... I did not know this was even a thing, granted I'm more of a casual follower of the show and so wouldn't bother attending a con anyway but this is the first I've heard of internal gender-based discrimination in that particular fandom.

 

[00slash00]

wow, i didnt know this was happening. after years of women, justifiably, being upset over the fact that men objectify female cosplayers, females are now doing the same thing to men just for wearing a shirt with a picture of a pony on it. this is not the kind of equality we should be working towards...

 

[00slash00]

For many a Brony, the show is a beautiful, positive thing in their lives.

Is this for realsies? I've watched the show and its a lot of things. Beautiful, though? I've seen more beauty in a cat turd. Seriously, I took a picture of one the other day. I can post it if you want.

I'll give you positive. You're welcome.

I'm not quite sure what this thread is about, though. Oh right, the Critical Miss comic. Good stuff.

Keep on hating bro. People like you are just one of those things the rest of us have to tolerate.

We're the ones who have to tolerate Bronies, the Herpes of fandoms.

so what youre saying is, you arent the biggest fan of the show. thats cool. for me personally, the show has had a positive impact on my life. but i realize the show isnt for everyone and i appreciate the fact that you at least gave the show a chance

 

[Gasbandit]

I don't know a single guy that would want a girl to come on to them in that manner...

You've heard from at least 5 in this thread alone.

I doubt any of them were serious. and if they were, well, that's still only 5 on a website known for attracting a clientèle with low self-esteem and standards, out of hundreds of people I can say I know well enough to know they wouldn't like that.

The number has grown since then. And I think your capacity for deluding yourself is staggering.

 

[TheKaduflyerSystem]

It seems so daft to me that no matter what the subject material is, someone will find a way to use it to be a dick and create controversy, just ignore them, stick some music on, hum, anything! You're not legally obliged to listen.

 

[DRes82]

I don't know a single guy that would want a girl to come on to them in that manner...

You've heard from at least 5 in this thread alone.

I doubt any of them were serious. and if they were, well, that's still only 5 on a website known for attracting a clientèle with low self-esteem and standards, out of hundreds of people I can say I know well enough to know they wouldn't like that.

Heh speak for yourself. Or don't, if you're female. If a girl hit on me like this I would be flattered and more than a little turned on. That's why this bit of satire doesn't really have the impact that it would if the genders were reversed. I guess in the context, though, it wouldn't make sense.

 

[00slash00]

For many a Brony, the show is a beautiful, positive thing in their lives.

Is this for realsies? I've watched the show and its a lot of things. Beautiful, though? I've seen more beauty in a cat turd. Seriously, I took a picture of one the other day. I can post it if you want.

I'll give you positive. You're welcome.

I'm not quite sure what this thread is about, though. Oh right, the Critical Miss comic. Good stuff.

Keep on hating bro. People like you are just one of those things the rest of us have to tolerate.

We're the ones who have to tolerate Bronies, the Herpes of fandoms.

so what youre saying is, you arent the biggest fan of the show. thats cool. for me personally, the show has had a positive impact on my life. but i realize the show isnt for everyone and i appreciate the fact that you at least gave the show a chance

What I'm saying is that you're a virus that spreads with just the slightest contact, that even a simple reference to rainbows will draw you out, and that my most fervent wish is that you and the Twitards will wipe each other out over the use of the word "Twilight".

with all due respect, if you dont enjoy dealing with bronies, why did you come to a thread that is specifically about bronies? i understand you wanting to throw in your two cents about how much you hate bronies, but if we disgust you so much, wouldnt it have been better for your mental well being to just avoid this thread?

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

wow, i didnt know this was happening. after years of women, justifiably, being upset over the fact that men objectify female cosplayers, females are now doing the same thing to men just for wearing a shirt with a picture of a pony on it. this is not the kind of equality we should be working towards...

It's not really happening it's sarcasm

This is pretty much how women get treated if they like video games/ go to cons...

Bronies are a great comparison as they are into something that traditionally has a female demographic.

(I love MLP FIM btw )

 

[00slash00]

wow, i didnt know this was happening. after years of women, justifiably, being upset over the fact that men objectify female cosplayers, females are now doing the same thing to men just for wearing a shirt with a picture of a pony on it. this is not the kind of equality we should be working towards...

It's not really happening it's sarcasm

This is pretty much how women get treated if they like video games/ go to cons...

Bronies are a great comparison as they are into something that traditionally has a female demographic.

(I love MLP FIM btw )

oops completely failed at picking up the sarcasm through text. guess i wont be getting my cutie mark in reading...

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

wow, i didnt know this was happening. after years of women, justifiably, being upset over the fact that men objectify female cosplayers, females are now doing the same thing to men just for wearing a shirt with a picture of a pony on it. this is not the kind of equality we should be working towards...

It's not really happening it's sarcasm

This is pretty much how women get treated if they like video games/ go to cons...

Bronies are a great comparison as they are into something that traditionally has a female demographic.

(I love MLP FIM btw )

oops completely failed at picking up the sarcasm through text. guess i wont be getting my cutie mark in reading...

No worries judging by some of the other posts in the thread it has nearly everypony confuzzled

 

[00slash00]

For many a Brony, the show is a beautiful, positive thing in their lives.

Is this for realsies? I've watched the show and its a lot of things. Beautiful, though? I've seen more beauty in a cat turd. Seriously, I took a picture of one the other day. I can post it if you want.

I'll give you positive. You're welcome.

I'm not quite sure what this thread is about, though. Oh right, the Critical Miss comic. Good stuff.

Keep on hating bro. People like you are just one of those things the rest of us have to tolerate.

We're the ones who have to tolerate Bronies, the Herpes of fandoms.

so what youre saying is, you arent the biggest fan of the show. thats cool. for me personally, the show has had a positive impact on my life. but i realize the show isnt for everyone and i appreciate the fact that you at least gave the show a chance

What I'm saying is that you're a virus that spreads with just the slightest contact, that even a simple reference to rainbows will draw you out, and that my most fervent wish is that you and the Twitards will wipe each other out over the use of the word "Twilight".

with all due respect, if you dont enjoy dealing with bronies, why did you come to a thread that is specifically about bronies? i understand you wanting to throw in your two cents about how much you hate bronies, but if we disgust you so much, wouldnt it have been better for your mental well being to just avoid this thread?

That's the thing. It's not ABOUT bronies. It's just using bronies as a metaphor for how the outliers in the demographic of a fandom are discriminated against. The brony is being treated as a sexual object and 'not a true ponyfan' in the same way that a gamergirl gets treated as a sexual object and 'not a true gamer'.

okay but regardless, you had to know that a comic which contained the subject of bronies or my little pony in general, would have a lot of bronies commenting on it and if you find bronies so hard to tolerate, it seems like you would probably assume that it would be in your best interest to ignore the comment section

 

[Easton Dark]

I admit... I dressed my boyfriend up like Spike and had my way with him.

Please tell me you were dressed as Rarity ...

Hell no. Twilight Sparkle. She's obviously better for him anyway.

Don't tell your boyfriend, but... I love you. Run away with me.

My favorite ship with my favorite characters. Ah, we are kindred spirits ma petite pomme de terre.

 

[Lucane]

Or maybe just likes looking fashionable/sexy/like-all-her-friends. Let people dress how they want.

You missed the entire point of the article the OP is attempting to flame. Just like the OP and the comic, you're assuming sexism when the actual point of the article was to flame people who go to events purely for attention. It's not about cosplayers or women--it's about bothbabes that don't give a fuck about the convention. The actual article says that numerous times. It's a criticism of the boothbabe culture, wherein people dress sexy and act provocatively to play on the human urge to get horny.

The comic misses the point so hard it may as well have aimed in the opposite direction. Again, people see a criticism that happens to involve women and jump aboard the "zomg, sexist!" train.

(I still haven't read the whole article... yet.)

So you're saying the article isn't about women who dress normally and go to conventions or ones with Con related clothing like a t-shirt from/about a show/comic/etc. or ones who dress up like characters who had to pay to be there or even invited for free and do one of the former, but just Booth babes who are hired workers doing a job requiring them to wear a "uniform", be friendly and most of all attract attention to their general area to promote their employers product(s). Last I checked it wasn't a crime to not like or even hate something or even the main point/purpose of your job (I.E.: video games if you work at Gamestop or Television if you work at Bestbuy) It can only be a gig for them or they can be lucky enough to enjoy the stuff they're promoting If they do then saying that them being attractive and flashy isn't a chance to say they don't belong here (clearly)and if they are not fans you still can't say that because it's their job to be that.

Edit: Read it

Okay... as a guy I'm offended.

So the article says "some women" just decide to go to conventions purely for attention and to pray on the interest of weak willed men there... what's new about that.Some women do do that it doesn't matter where they are in a mall,a movie theatre, theme park, or even a parade(watching it not in it) attention seekers usually like to get attention.Hating them for it is like hating the color black for being dark. Also, nerds can like dressing sexy/attractive and not want to start a relationship with someone they meet that day too, so shunning a group of people (which can I can only think of as considered as be female,attractive[(above)average to highly],and dressing in Convention related clothing) is a very poor way to say someone doesn't belong.