Poll: Should I do my term paper on Brony Culture?

[OmniscientOstrich]

Cut down so I don't take up half the page snip

Glad I could help, hope your report goes well.

 

[ruben6f]

Don't, I doubt you will have much information to work with.

And I don't see Bronies as a culture, bronies are fans of a show.

 

[Rawne1980]

I'm honestly at a loss.

So please, enlighten me on this phenomenon. People, who happen to be fans of a particular show, are now a sub-culture?

Red Dwarf. It gained a cult following, of which I was one of, yet we never gave ourselves a nickname or tried to be 'different'. Although we did say "smeg" a lot.

Firefly. It also has a cult following and quite a few people using it's phrases all over the place, and also I happen to class myself a fan, yet we don't have a *sub-culture*.

All a "brony" is, is a fan of a particular show. Nothing more, nothing less just a fan of a show.

Much like people will go to a concert, or people will go watch a comedian. They are fans of that particular thing.

What they are not is a special little snowflake.

See, this is why MLP gets quite a bit of heat. It's not the show a lot of people don't like it's the bloody fans that think they are something special.

 

[RollForInitiative]

While it may make for an interesting topic, it's also one that isn't likely to be taken seriously. Take that into account, along with the attitude of whomever you're turning this paper in to, and make your decision accordingly.

I am going to talk to my professor about it, but he seems pretty relaxed about topics and he did talk about how internet culture was a legitimate.

That's fantastic then. Your professor's point of view is technically all that matters here, so if he's fine with the idea then there's really no reason not to.

Assuming you think you can make a good paper out of the subject matter, of course. That's slightly more important than anything else.

Good luck.

 

[BoredDragon]

I'm honestly at a loss.

So please, enlighten me on this phenomenon. People, who happen to be fans of a particular show, are now a sub-culture?

Red Dwarf. It gained a cult following, of which I was one of, yet we never gave ourselves a nickname or tried to be 'different'. Although we did say "smeg" a lot.

Firefly. It also has a cult following and quite a few people using it's phrases all over the place, and also I happen to class myself a fan, yet we don't have a *sub-culture*.

All a "brony" is, is a fan of a particular show. Nothing more, nothing less just a fan of a show.

Much like people will go to a concert, or people will go watch a comedian. They are fans of that particular thing.

What they are not is a special little snowflake.

See, this is why MLP gets quite a bit of heat. It's not the show a lot of people don't like it's the bloody fans that think they are something special.

what about star wars fans or trekkies?

 

[Rawne1980]

what about star wars fans or trekkies?

To be fair bud, I wouldn't call a lot of those "fans" per se, more like absolute nutters.

As it stands, from what i've seen at least, *bronies* tend to have at least a bit of a grasp of sanity .... even if it is a fingernails grasp (come on people, you can watch a cartoon about small horses but you can't take a joke, lighten up).

Unless I start seeing grown men wearing pink pony costumes I won't bring out the panic alarms. The people I see speaking Klingon or changing their religion to Jedi and being serious about it are not the kind of people i'd wanting looking after my children ... or elderly relatives ... or going near any sharp objects they could possibly do harm to themselves or others with.

The other, more important factor, is that *trekkies* and Star Wars fans have been deep rooted in the world for many years. MLP reboot isn't even a year old yet and for all we know may blow over as fast as it blew in so can hardly call itself a *sub culture* just yet. At the moment it's just a fad, it's had nowehere near long enough to be classed as anything else.

I honestly don't hate the show and I physically can't hate the fans seeing as 2 of my daughters watch it and i'm legally bound not to hate them (another joke folks, I love my kids. If people would stop taking shit so seriously I wouldn't have to keep explaining my jokes and it would make my life a lot easier). I just honestly don't think this reboot of MLP has been around long enough to class itself as anything other than a fad.

If it hangs around for another year or so then maybe then, but until then it's just another show that got popular quickly and came out of nowhere and it could just as easily vanish again.

 

[HalfTangible]

It's anthropology, so from what I understand of the subject, you could extend the paper by talking about the history/evolution of the MLP TV shows as well.

what about star wars fans or trekkies?

To be fair bud, I wouldn't call a lot of those "fans" per se, more like absolute nutters.

As it stands, from what i've seen at least, *bronies* tend to have at least a bit of a grasp of sanity .... even if it is a fingernails grasp (come on people, you can watch a cartoon about small horses but you can't take a joke, lighten up).

Unless I start seeing grown men wearing pink pony costumes I won't bring out the panic alarms. The people I see speaking Klingon or changing their religion to Jedi and being serious about it are not the kind of people i'd wanting looking after my children ... or elderly relatives ... or going near any sharp objects they could possibly do harm to themselves or others with.

The other, more important factor, is that *trekkies* and Star Wars fans have been deep rooted in the world for many years. MLP reboot isn't even a year old yet and for all we know may blow over as fast as it blew in so can hardly call itself a *sub culture* just yet. At the moment it's just a fad, it's had nowehere near long enough to be classed as anything else.

I honestly don't hate the show and I physically can't hate the fans seeing as 2 of my daughters watch it and i'm legally bound not to hate them (another joke folks, I love my kids. If people would stop taking shit so seriously I wouldn't have to keep explaining my jokes and it would make my life a lot easier). I just honestly don't think this reboot of MLP has been around long enough to class itself as anything other than a fad.

If it hangs around for another year or so then maybe then, but until then it's just another show that got popular quickly and came out of nowhere and it could just as easily vanish again.

I remember reading somewhere that with the advent of the internet and it's widespread use, the 21st century generates information at several times what we used to (i want to say 1000 but that's probably wrong) so a culture could develop quite easily.

 

[Thaius]

You most certainly should. I recommend watching the Know Your Meme video on the subject, but be aware that there is an error: "brony" is a mix between "bro" and "pony," not mixing "pony" with /b.

But yeah, I think there's certainly enough interesting stuff. Also look at Equestra Daily to see some of the interviews with Lauren Faust; there's interesting stuff there, like why she made the show the way she did and why she's so excited that it reached so far beyond its target demographic, as well as the statement that she has gotten multiple letters from guys in the military about how great the show is.

 

[evilneko]

For my anthropology class we have to write a 5 page analysis of a culture or sub-culture of our choosing and later give a presentation to the class. I'm thinking about writing it on brony culture, but I can't decide if I should go through with it.

My only worry is if there is enough information on the culture that I can fill up the 5 page minimum. Granted, I can do interviews of bronies and put that in my paper to extend it. Anyway, I was wondering what you guys thought.

edit:
I just want to make clear that I'm not asking if you like the show, I'm asking if you think the culture is developed enough to fill up 5 pages of cultural analysis .

Short answer: No.

Long answer: I took an anthropology course once too. I did one of the minor essays on anime/otaku culture.

The prof didn't like it.

 

[hazabaza1]

No.
Do a proper sub-culture, not just a group of people who like a TV show made for little girls.

 

[Giftfromme]

For my anthropology class we have to write a 5 page analysis of a culture or sub-culture of our choosing and later give a presentation to the class. I'm thinking about writing it on brony culture, but I can't decide if I should go through with it.

My only worry is if there is enough information on the culture that I can fill up the 5 page minimum. Granted, I can do interviews of bronies and put that in my paper to extend it. Anyway, I was wondering what you guys thought.

edit:
I just want to make clear that I'm not asking if you like the show, I'm asking if you think the culture is developed enough to fill up 5 pages of cultural analysis .

I get wet at this very thought. Yes please do this presentation and ensure you film it so I can watch it later