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Alright, look. I am a well-adjusted college student with my head on straight and a strong sense of right and wrong. I am a Christian who believes in God, but I don't force my religion on other people. I have a nice circle of friends and a supporting family, I've become quite self-sufficient and independent in the last few years, I know what career I want to pursue, and I have no criminal record online or off. I am as far as I could be from a creepy basement-dweller.Xanthious said:
I also happen to like MLP: FIM. I started watching it just to see what all the fuss was about, and I got hooked. Why? The characters are well developed, the stories are well written, the jokes are actually funny, the animation is great, it actually gets pretty epic at times,and it's an all around high-quality show. I am not a sex offender just because I like a show that you see as "too girly."
The creators specifically said they wanted to make a girls show that doesn't suck, and that boys and parents could actually enjoy without wanting to kill themselves. I'd say the succeeded, and I agree. Just because a show is for girls doesn't give them the right to not even try. I think that making high-quality show anyone can enjoy, no matter what the target demographic, is something to be encouraged in the TV industry. I think that's how most bronies feel. This isn't some weird fetish for us, we just like a good show. Our excitement stems from the novelty of having a girls show that's actually good.
But you don't see any of that, do you? You can't look past your own preconceived notions to see something genuinely good. And you have to constantly belittle those of us who can, because it confuses you. Instead of opening your mind to new ideas, you're just instinctively lashing out at what you don't understand. And you try to justify it to yourself by repeating over and over again that any NORMAL person would CLEARLY be on your side and see us for the FREAKS we are.
I tend to like a very wide variety of things. I like everything from Shakespeare to Daft Punk. Everything from Watchmen to MLP. And you know what? I find life so much more fulfilling that way. You...I feel sorry for narrow-minded people like you. I really do. People like you miss out on so many wonderful things in the world because they're unable to step out of their comfort zone and try new things. They're afraid of being judged, so instead they pass judgement on others like you've been doing. I would hate to live like that.
Before I go, I would like to point out that you were the one making the cheap potshots about Luke being a creepy basement-dweller, not us. I do not think badly of Luke, though, nor do I think badly of you. I've heard that you can be a much more civilized poster in other topics, and it's only ponies that make you feel compelled to troll. I honestly hope you and I can have a more pleasant intellectual debate sometime in the future. But for now, know that I harbor no hard feelings toward you in the way you seem to harbor hard feelings toward bronies. I've said it before, and I'll say it again:
What you are saying may be the truest words ever put on the internet but it still doesn't change or even dispute anything I've said in this thread so far. It absolutely baffles me though how you all just fail to see how grown men watching a little girls show then congregating online to talk about it could cause the outside world to want to see the lot of you being told to "Have a seat right over there" by Chris Hansen. If you refuse to even acknowledge that on their surface bronies might just come off as creepy to the rest of the world then you are either terribly in denial or really thick.Spaceparanoid42 said:
you know what? fuck this, if you don't like my little pony, just give it a try! seriously!!! you might like it!!
did you know, that lauren faust, who created this show, also created; Kids next door, fosters home for imaginary friends, powerpuff girls, and was an animator for quest for camelot and the iron giant? i grew up on ALL of those things, i'm sure you did to.
also, lauren faust is pretty cute, just throwing that out in the open
did you know, that lauren faust, who created this show, also created; Kids next door, fosters home for imaginary friends, powerpuff girls, and was an animator for quest for camelot and the iron giant? i grew up on ALL of those things, i'm sure you did to.
also, lauren faust is pretty cute, just throwing that out in the open
simple, if you are a fan of;Tom Milner said:
Kids next door
Fosters home for imaginary friends
or powerpuff girls
then you are a brony waiting to happen. now tell me, do you like any of those shows? and if not, how sad and miserable was your childhood?
Sigh...so that's what this has all been about for you? Trying to get us to realize that some people think we're creepy? Of course we know that some people think we're creepy! We don't "fail to see it." We're very aware of it! And it bothers us! Because there is no actual reason for people to be creeped out by us, other than the close-minded prejudice that girls shows can only be enjoyed by girls and nobody else. You know, the exact prejudice that the show's creators are trying to counter-act!Xanthious said:
Take Luke, for example. He doesn't actually look that bad. Socially awkward, yeah. And maybe he really does live with his mom. But I'd say that's the worst of it. I wouldn't judge him too much though. After all, Bill Gates looks pretty similar. You, however took one look at him and decided that he had a "rape-dungeon?" Really? You don't think that's the slightest bit hyperbolic? There is literally no basis for that claim, other than "He watches MLP so he must be a depraved rapist!" People like you making ridiculous judgments like that are the problem here.
But fine. Let's assume for the sake of argument that you've managed to get it through my thick skull that a lot of people will prematurely and with no context judge me to be a creep if they find out I watch MLP: FIM.
...What's your point? Were you going somewhere with that argument? Is there actually a purpose to you pointing that out? Or did you just want to point at us and laugh saying "DOHOHO THE WORLD THINKS U GUY R FREAKS!" And please. Be honest. Both with me and with yourself.
yes i did watch them, i have seen a couple of episodes of MLP, but it's it's just not my cup of tea, i judge things on their own merit, MLP is good, but just not my sorta programme.mega48man said:
=_=Tom Milner said:
That was pulling out the all stops. you didn't stop at watching the very first 2 episodes did you? the first 2 episodes aren't meant for non bronies because the ponies are just meeting each other for the first time, you don't get the same fun fun funnny experience you'd get watching some other episode. pick a random episode from in the middle of season, those ones are funnier.
nope, watched the show until episode 6, it just ain't my thing i'm afraid. but i'll give the later ones a bash if you say that they're the best ones.mega48man said: