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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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Acerac said:
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27315689&postcount=8301Foxix said:
Wait does that imply that I wasn't Foxix before?
Then who was?
Acerac
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Yikes, I missed a whole page trying to avoid spoilers of the episode today. Time to backtrack!Foxix said:Top of the last page
Wait does that imply that I wasn't Foxix before?
Then who was?
Also, I don't know who was Foxix while you were gone, but their avatar was not nearly as cool as yours.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Show Stoppers is nowhere as bad as the bisons episode.
Evil Spike was hilarious.
Evil Spike was hilarious.
Foxix said:Top of the last page
What is this music, and where can I get more of it.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
ChuckNoLuck said:
I don't the episode broadcast is supposed to be in chronological order. I thought it was weird how they aired Winter Wrap Up before the Fall of the Leaves episode.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ultimoo said:
That sounds hilariously racist XD
Choppasmith
Member
An all right episode. Evil spike was the best. I swear it's fun watching the episodes just to guess what's going to be popular on the internet (in the form of macros and gifs)
also, speaking of gifs, I have the feeling this will become popular somehow.
And speaking of popular MLP is the most popular Meme ever on KYM
also, speaking of gifs, I have the feeling this will become popular somehow.
And speaking of popular MLP is the most popular Meme ever on KYM
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
Of course I know that, but I hate when, by coincidence, newly-introduced canon seems to support parts of fanon I don't like. (such asAmibguous Cad said:
Scootabuse
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Hey now, love can be platonic too!
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
Nope, just the one with most pics. Forever Alone is on the top, by far - which is kind of ironic, if you want my opinion.Choppasmith said:
I finally figured out why this My Little Pony craze seems so familiar. You guys remember a show called Lazy Town? This current obsession with My Little Pony is eerily similar to the obsession with Lazy Town a few years back. Funny how these things go in cycles.
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
Lazy Town's "fandom" was totally ironic. MLP:FiM's is not (although it can start that way for some).esquire said:
Maybe you could, I don't know, ask around to know if that is the case, instead of pigeonholing an entire fanbase with one baseless sentence?esquire said:
Myke Greywolf said:
What do you mean? The fact that other people like it makes it "okay" to like MLP. Don't need to ask anyone to know that to be the case whenever a show finds an uncommon or unintentional fan base (i.e. the way this thread started was the OP questioning his masculinity because he liked this show).
Pandaman said:
Well a year from now this show won't be as popular anymore and people will move onto something else. I've watched MLP and I don't think it's a good show but I can see why you guys like it *shrug.*
Flying_Phoenix
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This episode was probably the weakest in the series so far.
googleplex
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No we like it because the animation is great, the characters are charming and the writing is clever.esquire said:
This shit's not rocket science.
You seem to have trouble understanding that people can genuinely like things that you don't, as evidenced by your attempts to rationalize that MLP is some sort of ironic fad or meme. How is liking MLP an different from liking Doctor Who, Community, House or Pokemon? (guess what, it isn't)esquire said:
esquire said:
oh I'm so sorry, we're so blind to your amazing knowledge that we cannot see that we don't actually like MLP, we only like memes and being ironic.
Ultimoo said:
I don't have any trouble understanding it at all. I'm pointing out is that the obsession over this show is similar to that of another show (Lazy Town). The question is, why does that bother you so much? I'm allowed to have an opinion even if you think it is a "wrong" opinion.
Ultimoo said:
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Clearly it's a hipster show for hipster nerds.
Because you come in here with a holier than thou attitude, claiming that we don't understand why we like something, which is funny, you're claiming to know me better than I know myself. People have given reason to why they like the show but you seem to dismiss them in the face of your theory of internet absurdity.esquire said:
esquire said:
So what your suggesting is that I don't actually enjoy the show because I actually enjoy it, and that rather I'm somehow subconsciously only enjoying it for ironic/hipster reasons which are somehow manifesting themselves as an earnest fandom in my conscious mind.
If I'm anywhere near warm on this I think you may want to take a step back and realize it really isn't anywhere near that complicated. It's just a charming and well animated show. As someone who's an avid fan of animation in general I find it genuinely entertaining, for non-meme reasons.
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
"Other people liking it" justs helps it reach critical mass and raise its awareness. People are more likely to give a chance to popular things, to know what its popularity is all about, but to argue that all the new fans are nothing more than bandwagon jumpers is ridiculous. People like what they like.esquire said:
probably, but that's true for all forms of entertainment.esquire said:
okay, fair enough.
now watch lazytown and see if you can see why guys would like it.
edit: it occurs to me that i cant really say 'probably' and then appeal to the outcome being universal.
Ultimoo said:
I'm not making any claims that are unsubstantiated by this thread itself.
You can come up with ancillary reasons to like something but you primarily like it because it's acceptable to admit to liking it. Why else would you need to come up with a name like "Bronies" to describe your solidarity. Surely girls like this show as well, do they not? Yet that name is specifically describing the male fans of this show...
You know, I don't really care about your little obsession, I just think it's funny that you get so defensive about it.
Myke Greywolf said:
I never used the word bandwagon once. Sorry if you don't "get it" but that's not what I'm saying at all.
Pandaman said:
Basically yeah. Just because there's not currently a frothing fanbase on every forum about how amazing Citizen Kane, FLCL, Jet Grind Radio, (insert work of fiction/nonfiction/art/game here) doesn't equate a lack of quality on behalf of the work. It's just human nature to want whatever is newer and shinier, and besides we already know what's great and ten years out there's not really a whole hell of a lot left to say on a given subject since most of the discussion has already taken place, like we're doing now.
esquire said:
I didn't come up with the term bronies, nor do I advocate its use. I'm not sure why you think I need to make up reasons to like something...? If my main reason for liking a show is because it's acceptable, then you're describing every person who has ever liked a show or anything for that matter. So I'm not sure what you're trying to get at really, me liking MLP is the same as me liking any other show, yet you act surprised or claim that I have an obsession. I don't see you going into the Doctor Who thread or Community thread and making wild claims on how they only like the show because it's internet popular. If watching a television show is an obsession, I guess you got me.
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