My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Part 8: Mmmcake

[Vetali]

That thing about the colour of Vinyl's eyes in one of the episodes in season 2 when people in this thread were enlarging images and stuff made me weep.

Yeah exactly stuff like that, or adding personalities to ponies that don't even have voices.

[raveger]

I like the thread cause we're a bunch of gamers open minded enough to have watched MLP in the first place :P
also, i enjoy pony art and such :P

i gotta agree with ely, im in the same boat

[Coffer]

tl;dr version of my view on bronies before I go to sleep.

For me MLP is a fad which has long since become very boring. I couldn't get through the second season. It wasn't too bad as a fad. The show just isn't good enough to warrant the long-term attention it's getting, and the fandom is almost entirely terrible now. I don't mean the "pony porn" people, the people who made/make the pony porn are just the same people who make porn in every other fandom.

The tiny number of creative and intelligent individuals which once seemed to be the core of the fandom are now overwhelmed by huge numbers of idiots jumping on the bandwagon, a good number of them being young, whiny and completely internet-retarded (9gag material). Bronies have become "cool", and it's "cool" to FORCE the worship of a kid's TV programme on everyone.

The show is alright, not worthy of hate. The fandom is entirely worthy of hate.

And before I go to sleep, I'm going to go ahead and comment on this.

First off, didn't 4chan start the whole thing? I've heard from various sources that people were (jokingly or not) bashing the show at first, but then it all went wrong and people genuinely became interested in it, which led to an explosion in popularity.

If that's the case then it shouldn't surprise you in the slightest that you quickly lost interest in it. That's what happens to everything that is born like that. Yes, it's good for what it's INTENDED TO BE, but it's not great. It was never intended to be a so-called "niche show".

But the fandom? What's the problem with them? I haven't seen the so-called "good side" degrade one bit. They haven't even left, for the most part (and if someone from said side left then chances are they didn't belong to that side at all). They're just much harder to find in between the masses of new people. And as much as you hate them, those are easy to ignore.

The "young and whiny" part...I can't say I know what to make of it. Actually, I know, but saying it would probably get me into trouble.



I am not going to force my opinion on anyone here, simply because of one thing: I am not a fan of light stuff. I already get a very large dose of that through the "soap opera" part of F1, and even before I started watching that again I still didn't regard the aforementioned light stuff too highly. Case in point: Persona 4. Persona 3: FES is my favorite game of all time, yet Persona 4 was supposed to beat that in every regard: gameplay, story, you name it. But the light nature of it made it fall flat on its face, to the point where I despise it as a game. That is why I believe my opinion on MLP is not worth diddly squat.

[Vetali]

I like the thread cause we're a bunch of gamers open minded enough to have watched MLP in the first place :P
also, i enjoy pony art and such :P

The reason why I stick in the thread is because its generally pretty chill, as I've said a lot before. Other communities and such I can't really stand.

[Shroud]

all of you disappoint me.

[Coffer]

The reason why I stick in the thread is because its generally pretty chill, as I've said a lot before. Other communities and such I can't really stand.

This, only amplified tenfold by my "departure" from the Chat Thread. It's not even much of a departure, I just attracted the ire of every single known poster there. Not to mention that it's become a cesspit.

[Elyssia]

all of you disappoint me.

Hopefully in a pleasant and uplifting way

[Vetali]

And before I go to sleep, I'm going to go ahead and comment on this.

Yeah 4chan did start it I'm pretty sure. I saw the whole shitstorm unfold back when I used to visit actively.

I agree in the fact that the "bad stuff" hasn't got worse at all.

I think the fact that people think its degraded is a bit of an illusion of people getting tired of the show and community. For me, it was the derpy stuff that unfolded that made me say "jesus christ, this is so painfully terrible that I'm ashamed of being a part of this."

---------- Post added 2012-07-15 at 07:38 PM ----------

This, only amplified tenfold by my "departure" from the Chat Thread. It's not even much of a departure, I just attracted the ire of every single known poster there. Not to mention that it's become a cesspit.

You left the chat thread? Didn't know. Though I agree that the chat thread is pretty terrible. Its not even the people that post there, its mainly the subjects that don't interest me in the slightest.

[Coffer]

Yeah 4chan did start it I'm pretty sure. I saw the whole shitstorm unfold back when I used to visit actively.

I agree in the fact that the "bad stuff" hasn't got worse at all.

I think the fact that people think its degraded is a bit of an illusion of people getting tired of the show and community. For me, it was the derpy stuff that unfolded that made me say "jesus christ, this is so painfully terrible that I'm ashamed of being a part of this."

Exactly, though I'd say that it's not easy to just classify its so-called "downfall" as nothing more than an illusion. The continuous influx of new fans DOES give the point a bit of validity, if only a little.

[raveger]

And before I go to sleep, I'm going to go ahead and comment on this.

First off, didn't 4chan start the whole thing? I've heard from various sources that people were (jokingly or not) bashing the show at first, but then it all went wrong and people genuinely became interested in it, which led to an explosion in popularity.

If that's the case then it shouldn't surprise you in the slightest that you quickly lost interest in it. That's what happens to everything that is born like that. Yes, it's good for what it's INTENDED TO BE, but it's not great. It was never intended to be a so-called "niche show".

But the fandom? What's the problem with them? I haven't seen the so-called "good side" degrade one bit. They haven't even left, for the most part (and if someone from said side left then chances are they didn't belong to that side at all). They're just much harder to find in between the masses of new people. And as much as you hate them, those are easy to ignore.

The "young and whiny" part...I can't say I know what to make of it. Actually, I know, but saying it would probably get me into trouble.



I am not going to force my opinion on anyone here, simply because of one thing: I am not a fan of light stuff. I already get a very large dose of that through the "soap opera" part of F1, and even before I started watching that again I still didn't regard the aforementioned light stuff too highly. Case in point: Persona 4. Persona 3: FES is my favorite game of all time, yet Persona 4 was supposed to beat that in every regard: gameplay, story, you name it. But the light nature of it made it fall flat on its face, to the point where I despise it as a game. That is why I believe my opinion on MLP is not worth diddly squat.

well to each their own, each thing is what a person values it to be, that being said i dont think my life would change without mlp, i probably would be the same person only never got into drawing.

I like the show and i like the people i have met through the fandom, i mean we are all friends here no? I dont think i would have ever came into contact with anyone in this thread if it werent for the show itself.

[Bluesparkks]

I think the fact that people think its degraded is a bit of an illusion of people getting tired of the show and community. For me, it was the derpy stuff that unfolded that made me say "jesus christ, this is so painfully terrible that I'm ashamed of being a part of this."

This. So very much this.

[Vetali]

well to each their own, each thing is what a person values it to be, that being said i dont think my life would change without mlp, i probably would be the same person only never got into drawing.

I like the show and i like the people i have met through the fandom, i mean we are all friends here no? I dont think i would have ever came into contact with anyone in this thread if it werent for the show itself.

I've met some pretty cool people in this thread, so I can credit that.

Once the MLP stuff is over... well we'll just go back to doing whatever we did before. Which for me is playing games 12 hours a day...

Which... I honestly have more fun just sitting chatting with people over playing games right now.

[raveger]

Yeah 4chan did start it I'm pretty sure. I saw the whole shitstorm unfold back when I used to visit actively.

I agree in the fact that the "bad stuff" hasn't got worse at all.

I think the fact that people think its degraded is a bit of an illusion of people getting tired of the show and community. For me, it was the derpy stuff that unfolded that made me say "jesus christ, this is so painfully terrible that I'm ashamed of being a part of this."

---------- Post added 2012-07-15 at 07:38 PM ----------

You left the chat thread? Didn't know. Though I agree that the chat thread is pretty terrible. Its not even the people that post there, its mainly the subjects that don't interest me in the slightest.

yeah i gotta agree the derpy thing was a little much =/

[Coffer]

well to each their own, each thing is what a person values it to be, that being said i dont think my life would change without mlp, i probably would be the same person only never got into drawing.

I've almost spent a year on these forums now, and even I think they've changed me a little. The thing is, I still think it's ridiculous for something like MLP to "change" one's life. If it "has", chances are it's not the show itself, but the interaction with the fanbase that's done so.

I would go a bit more in-depth when it comes to said changes, but I doubt it'd be interesting enough for anyone to care.

I like the show and i like the people i have met through the fandom, i mean we are all friends here no? I dont think i would have ever came into contact with anyone in this thread if it werent for the show itself.

I still think most of the people in this thread hate me. At least, they hated me back before the Discontinuity episode. I think - no, I HOPE I managed to change some of that since then.

This. So very much this.

The Derpy and the Vinyl "episodes" merely made me laugh. It was fun to watch those things unfold from the sidelines.

[raveger]

I've met some pretty cool people in this thread, so I can credit that.

Once the MLP stuff is over... well we'll just go back to doing whatever we did before. Which for me is playing games 12 hours a day...

Which... I honestly have more fun just sitting chatting with people over playing games right now.

indeed, i play games with a bunch of people i met from the thread, lenis, durgen, zissou and a few others, and when the season starts up we tend to talk about that a bit as well. Not in depth but more along the lines of "This part was really funny, and did you see this in the bg, i think it was a shout out to this show" kinda stuff, nothing too in depth like relating it to real world politics or other things.

[Deleted]

I've met some pretty cool people in this thread, so I can credit that.

Once the MLP stuff is over... well we'll just go back to doing whatever we did before. Which for me is playing games 12 hours a day...

Which... I honestly have more fun just sitting chatting with people over playing games right now.

Only 12?
Casual.

[raveger]

I've almost spent a year on these forums now, and even I think they've changed me a little. The thing is, I still think it's ridiculous for something like MLP to "change" one's life. Chances are it's not the show itself, but the interaction with the fanbase that's done so.

I would go a bit more in-depth when it comes to said changes, but I doubt it'd be interesting enough for anyone to care.



I still think most of the people in this thread hate me. At least, they hated me back before the Discontinuity episode. I think - no, I HOPE I managed to change some of that since then.



The Derpy and the Vinyl "episodes" merely made me laugh. It was fun to watch those things unfold from the sidelines.

i dont hate anyone in the thread, and i dont hate you coffer, i consider you a good person *atleast from what ive seen you post* And alaitoc, even if we dont agree on matters all the time, i dont hate him, i like to think we all have our own opinions on the matter, but we can still get along.

Mlp, hasnt really changed my life, its just made it a little better, you know made me smile from time to time.

---------- Post added 2012-07-16 at 02:49 AM ----------

Only 12?
Casual.

lol yakobo xD

[Vetali]

The Derpy and the Vinyl "episodes" merely made me laugh. It was fun to watch those things unfold from the sidelines.

I didn't mind the vinyl stuff, it was pretty mellow. When they actually changed derpy in the show I really felt ashamed.

It was a simple shoutout, and people freaked out. Its why I always said I hope they never make a shoutout to us because that would happen. Sadly it probably will in S3.

Only 12?
Casual.

I was being conservative. Probably more like 16-18.

[Deleted]

What a lovely time for me to come out of lurking.

[Coffer]

i dont hate anyone in the thread, and i dont hate you coffer, i consider you a good person *atleast from what ive seen you post* And alaitoc, even if we dont agree on matters all the time, i dont hate him, i like to think we all have our own opinions on the matter, but we can still get along.

That's a good way to see things.

As for me, I've made way too many mistakes during my stay. I'm still heavily considering departing once and for all, but what good would that do? I tried burning all the bridges before. All it did was make Cephei cry. And habit (yes, nothing more) made me come back just two weeks after that.

Unlike last time, however, I think I've accomplished something. I've pieced together every remaining puzzle and I've mended my relationship with most of the people that mattered. I only failed in one case, and I'm going to stick my neck on the line like the dirty, Romanian version of Jacques Villeneuve that I am and say that it wasn't my fault.

I've been thinking about a few things while I was gone.

How do you get rid of a habit? This is the second time that I've been heavily considering just departing the forums and cutting off any ties to it, but like before, it's not exactly working. Which strikes me as odd, as unlike last time there's nothing stopping me. I've cleared up everything and pieced together every puzzle that I could, I have a decent relationship with all but one of the few remaining people that I care about and there are no bridges left to burn.

I'll admit, the only reason I'm still here is because visiting it (and, by proxy, posting in it) has become a bit of a habit. Boredom does that. I don't like most of the people in this thread, to the point where about half of the posts that I see on every page are made by ignored people, but I still come here for one reason or another.

It's not the ponies. I never got into them. I watched the first 12 episodes, but it wasn't going to work. Hell, I don't even know why I started posting here in the first place. The only reason I can think of is that I severed my ties to the entirety of the Chat Thread, and I don't mind that now, but I don't think it's enough of a reason. Normally, that should've just made me depart altogether. I have no friends left here whatsoever either, so that certainly isn't the reason.

Speaking of which, it always feels a bit lonely here because of that.

I've had loads of shit happen to me in these last few months, but even though I came close to exploding at one point (at the start of this month, actually) I don't mind that so much anymore. I've gained a good deal of experience from them, and possibly some maturity as well, and I genuinely cannot blame myself for most of those events. Not even the one where I _should_ be blaming myself the most (which pertains to this forum, surprisingly). Doesn't mean that I don't regret them, hell, I hate myself for allowing some of those things to happen (the avoidable ones, that is), but I'd sooner nail them down to my nature. Overly naive and overly caring about other people, to the point where they even shape my darkest desires.

I wrote that about a month ago and kept it in a notepad file for later use. And things haven't really changed since then. I had another minor episode on my very birthday (the start of this month), but that doesn't change anything. Well, it shows that I get upset very easily, but then wasn't that obvious?

And nah, it would be useless for me to say which people I like and which I don't.