I am in the same boat as OP if not more ignorant of what MLP is besides a few SFW and NSFW images I have seen. I have no idea what it is or why there is a huge following. Is it the same thing as obsessing over any popular media anime/movie/cartoon/comic character sometimes to the point of fantasizing having sex with them (akin to Hentai/porn parodies)?
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Explain to me this pony thing
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LiquidMetal14
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Pony porn and sick people getting off to that is just one of many reasons this modern obsession is ridiculous.
The only part that's problematic is showing other people porn without them asking for it. It's pretty rude. That's the only part I would have a problem with at least (and it shouldn't be about the nature of the porn, either.)
mullet2000
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Bronies are the creepiest mainstream (mainstream? common? I don't know) demographic to come up in the past 10 years in my opinion.
Is it because they watch the show? No. I watch dumb cartoons all the time and I'm 21. It's the complete obsession with the show to the point that you're defining yourself as a "brony" as if your only worth is that you like My Little Pony.
I'm a complete Metal Gear nerd but I don't go around saying "I am Raiden, the rain transformed" nor do I sleep in Big Boss pajamas.
It doesn't help that the vast majorities of these guys that I've encountered, in real life and online, fit a very rigid "anti-social" stereotype. Overwhelmingly so. I feel like it must be, on a whole, a way of coping with loneliness that just hit at the right time for a certain group of people. Still, it's creepy to me. Sorry if any of you take offense to that but when you're investing so much time, effort and money into what is a children's tv show with a very basic message (I always find it odd that people bring up that they like the message of friendship and all that as a reason to like the show...this is a message seen in every kids show) it gets really weird, and people aren't wrong to see it as...questionable.
Is it because they watch the show? No. I watch dumb cartoons all the time and I'm 21. It's the complete obsession with the show to the point that you're defining yourself as a "brony" as if your only worth is that you like My Little Pony.
I'm a complete Metal Gear nerd but I don't go around saying "I am Raiden, the rain transformed" nor do I sleep in Big Boss pajamas.
It doesn't help that the vast majorities of these guys that I've encountered, in real life and online, fit a very rigid "anti-social" stereotype. Overwhelmingly so. I feel like it must be, on a whole, a way of coping with loneliness that just hit at the right time for a certain group of people. Still, it's creepy to me. Sorry if any of you take offense to that but when you're investing so much time, effort and money into what is a children's tv show with a very basic message (I always find it odd that people bring up that they like the message of friendship and all that as a reason to like the show...this is a message seen in every kids show) it gets really weird, and people aren't wrong to see it as...questionable.
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Lionel Mandrake
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whoa, I may not like these ponies
but you will not talk shit about that lady.
Powerpuff girls and Fosters Home is dope.
DrForester
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LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
That is annoyingly irritating. It's a children's coloring and learning book.
Nah, it sounds like you are boring. Neither crazy. Nice.
For over a decade? Do you have a job yet? Or is mom still paying your bills?
just wait until there's an overweight welfare pony (BBP?) squeezing her publicly funded titties and cottage cheese ass into pink a PVC clithover dress. comes with a (breakable) off brand lambrini bottle accessory.
It's a method of social inclusion.
A lot of people love love LOVE being social outcasts, whether they do it as a mechanism for being socially awkward in the first place or not. These are the people who will flaunt anything that isn't seen as socially likable. Think nerds who purposely wear shitty clothes, don't shave, and have that stereotypical pony tail. They don't fit in with the rest of the world so they fit in with the nerd world. And they love this.
Bronies are just another example of this. They want to be different for the sake of being different. Because they don't like social norms or are just being rebellious because they want to feel super unique and want people to judge them so they can pretend they're on a moral high ground of being open minded.
All that bullshit of the show having great animation, writing, and lessons are a crock of shit. I've watched an episode of MLP for shits and gigs. The animation is pretty, I'll give them that, but the writing is normal and the "lessons" are fucking common sense anyway. There are plenty of other TV shows, both live action and cartoon, both designed for adults and children that are much better. But liking those is considered socially normal, so they don't do it.
Real Talk.
A lot of people love love LOVE being social outcasts, whether they do it as a mechanism for being socially awkward in the first place or not. These are the people who will flaunt anything that isn't seen as socially likable. Think nerds who purposely wear shitty clothes, don't shave, and have that stereotypical pony tail. They don't fit in with the rest of the world so they fit in with the nerd world. And they love this.
Bronies are just another example of this. They want to be different for the sake of being different. Because they don't like social norms or are just being rebellious because they want to feel super unique and want people to judge them so they can pretend they're on a moral high ground of being open minded.
All that bullshit of the show having great animation, writing, and lessons are a crock of shit. I've watched an episode of MLP for shits and gigs. The animation is pretty, I'll give them that, but the writing is normal and the "lessons" are fucking common sense anyway. There are plenty of other TV shows, both live action and cartoon, both designed for adults and children that are much better. But liking those is considered socially normal, so they don't do it.
Real Talk.
Context. Although...this guy might be so socially out there that context is latin to him. The brony bit is completely whatever. It's a catchy name, that has gained pariah status. Some like that, others don't as much.
Sexualizing the characters, well that's...a different subject. Who is to say that it's right or wrong? Even I wouldn't approach that one. It happens, I kind of have some theories, but humans have been doing this since they've had excess sexual energy and too much time on their hands, so as long as it's not too squicky, why not let it ride?
Showing pony porn though. To me this is like the guy wanted to show his colleague/friend analogue something fucked up that he found amusing and fucked up. Just like millions of other people do on the internet every day. I don't think he was showing it to seek approval. He can't be that out of touch. But he knows that people like laughing at completely wtf shit...so that's why I think he would have shown pony porn.
Now all three of those things could someone who's off, but possibly could be just this guy being cast in a bad light.
maybe, but I've seen so many different paraphilias represented in sonic fandom that it's amazing. They really act out in their Sonic Sexy Pics man. And this was just in the BadFanArtGAF thread
Excuse me while I go delete my computer.
Devolution
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Are you seriously comparing fanfiction porn involving humans with pony fucking?
What context? Why do people question this shit? What is debatable? How many people tell class mates or work mates about their fetishes/show them porn and or reveal their huge fanboy/fangirl tendencies unprompted? Socially inept people. There is no getting around this, I'm sorry.
Lionel Mandrake
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Spock's Vulcan.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
The weirdest part to me is the reaction towards Bronies...and this isn't a defense of the Bronies or anything. I mean, part of me does think that there's more hate for them because it's a traditional show for "girls", and there's a slight bit of sexism, but that feeling is overridden by the fact that most Bronies themselves are pretty misogynistic and don't admit that the show is for girls (it is), but instead try to portray themselves as the real fans and the show's actually aimed at them. Which is disappointing since, from what I hear (I've never watched it), it's a strong, non-patronizing show aimed at young girls.
Anyway, every community I've been to though has reacted to Bronies in a way I've never seen before...here, on Something Awful, 4chan, when the Brony thing started, tons of people jumped onto it, and in every situation rules literally had to be created because Bronies were that obsessed with it that it ended up cannibalizing every discussion. It's scary. There's NOTHING like it, I'm serious. I've never seen any series obsessed over in such a short amount of time.
Oh, and yeah, the other day on Something Awful I saw a link to Youtube where this guy ejaculates off-screen to his Pony Toy, ending with a mess of semen flying on the toy so...yeah, Bronies are fucking weird.
Anyway, every community I've been to though has reacted to Bronies in a way I've never seen before...here, on Something Awful, 4chan, when the Brony thing started, tons of people jumped onto it, and in every situation rules literally had to be created because Bronies were that obsessed with it that it ended up cannibalizing every discussion. It's scary. There's NOTHING like it, I'm serious. I've never seen any series obsessed over in such a short amount of time.
Oh, and yeah, the other day on Something Awful I saw a link to Youtube where this guy ejaculates off-screen to his Pony Toy, ending with a mess of semen flying on the toy so...yeah, Bronies are fucking weird.
DrForester
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I'm saying there's that fringe element to any fandom. And it's existence shouldn't paint the picture of the entire fandom.
Its all sexual fantasies right, didn't trek start the whole , wanting to have sex with space women thing.
Who's to say that is wrong?
Explain to me how fantasizing about made-up humans is different than fantasizing about made-up ponies, please.
Wow, the fuck is your problem?
Lionel Mandrake
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.... Really?
Both are fake, both are forms of escapism. I think the comparison is fair.
When they start dyeing horses and fucking them then we can start saying they're different.
I... please tell me this isn't real. Please.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Of course you wouldnt get it. You support paedophilia.
I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that there is a lot of overlap in these fandoms
EdibleExplosives
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Devolution
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Yeah seriously I have to explain the god damn difference between fanfiction shipping about humanoids to drawing pony porn or making sex toys out of plushies. Cannot believe this conversation is happening.
Oh so you remember the whole sonich* is shot*
Lionel Mandrake
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This thread is getting heated.
I thought we were just making fun of guys who were obsessed with horse cartoons.
I thought we were just making fun of guys who were obsessed with horse cartoons.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Because Spock is played a by a real-person wearing prosthetic ears?
I mean, when you fantasize about Spock, you're probably thinking of his portrayal by Leonard Nimoy, and thus there's an objective, real human-being to fantasize about.
EtsyBros doing Pony thangs.
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I've also seen being a brony compared to being black in the early-mid 1900s.
I hate people. I really, really hate people.
I see this so bloody much in these groups of bronies/furries. They really... really want to compare 10% of the human race being ostracized, ridiculed, attacked, and denied basic human rights due to the fact that they biologically are attracted to other people of their own gender to a group of people unhealthily obsessed with a children's show about ponies to the point of sexualizing the characters to no end and walking around dressed up like a pony. They really want to make that comparison.
There really aren't any words.
Emerson
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There is no such thing as this.
Nobody ever just shows a friend some porn as a matter of interest or as a joke, unless it's a deliberate prank to gross someone out. If you're being shown weird porn by someone who is sitting there and laughing "this is so stupid, look at this" they actually love it.
fanfiction.net says you're not wrong - lots of overlap with other nerdy fandoms in general (Doctor Who is oddly high in particular).
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The Autumn Wind
Right? The whole "accept people as they are" argument only goes so far. There is such a thing as being mentally unwell.
Well my problem is definitely not being in the Sonic fan community for over 10 years, that's for sure.
Oh god yes. And pokemon too
My god. I see how easily I could become the very monster I loathe.
"Can't come to work today boss, I'm feeling a little hoarse. Oh yes, SlaggyStar, it's just you 'n' me today...."
mullet2000
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All I could think of while reading this thing was Jaaaaayyysssuuunn
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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To this day, I have not watched a second of MLP. Is there something wrong with me GAF?
Dear Diary, my attempts to convert my best friend/life partner Kev were unsuccessful. I even used my hottest flash porn... if he resists after seeing those smooth pony dongs being slapped together then there is no hope!
Also, i nearly threw up in my mouth earlier when i saw a thread for some creepy anime show about little sisters! Yikes!
Untill next time, XxXSephirothXxXRainbowDashfan1998XxX out!
Enter The 36 Chambers
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Your gonna go far around here Junior
EdibleExplosives
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I send my friends weird shit all the time. Fuck, am I secretly a brony?
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