Ok, I think it's been long enough. We'll be watching this thread, so be courteous and respectful please. ~Re-Opened~
Is it wrong to feel like I'm steeping into field layered with landmines as I post here? Well I'll do so anyways. While I do think the Fandom does have a lot of problem's, it's not really as bad as some of ya'll make it out, I think. I know a lot of Fandoms expanded into other Fandoms. Maybe not to the extent of MLP, but it still happened. And at any rate why get mad if you look up a Star Wars image and see Rainbow Dash? Ignore it and move on, or get a little chuckle and move on. Either way you shouldn't let such little things annoy ya. And that Fanfic comment? Don't focus on the Bad Fanfics. There are plenty of amazing pieces of work that bleed creativity to it's fullest extent. And plus the Bad ones end up spawning funny material like "Rainbow Dash reads..." Love that stuff.
Whenever I feel annoyed by this fandom or forum in particular, I just remind myself of the Naruto fandom. It's complete chaos over there at the NarutoBase.
The extremes of any group are usually the loudest and the ones that get noticed. That is what bothers me. That small percent that give the rest of us a bad name or an unearned stereotype.
its cause people like difference, just, they are taught to hate difference. so when something shows up that is out of the norm, it becomes big. then those who know how to exploit that, make it seem even worse than it actually is. its called mass media, you cant make a detour, its always there.
I wonder if someday being a brony or pegasister or even just a MLP FiM fan or casual watcher or whatever you want to call yourself will be acceptable and not as badly looked down upon as it is today?
I think someday it will be. As for me i like metal music and like to black clothes and band shirts and an olf jeans jacket with band logos on it, 4 years ago when i as on the street most people wre just looking at me as if i was the devil itself. But by now its better, at least here in germany. Tehre were studies prooving for example that in germany most people listening to metal are of high education. etc etc. I think People start to get along with it, also since the metal music festivals here in germany are the most peacefull, compared to hip hop festivals around here. Maybe someday it will be the same with bronies. The people will just get along with it or ignore it. And both ways are i think okay. So to say something that annoys me. Well. hard to describe i love and hate the "love and tolerance". I really love it since im a tolerant person and care for the people around me. But sometimes people react like flower eating cottonballs puking rainbows all over the place. If someone starts to hurt friends of mine, psychical or physical, i will not tolerate him and i will for sure not love him. You just can not love everyone, and you can not tolerate every behavior.
The fandom? I have no problems with it... with one exception. I really don't like that outsiders view a group of people who have little in common aside from a single shared interest as a single entity (i.e. the word "fandom" itself bothers me). This applies to any group of fans. The Homestuck "fandom", the Brony "fandom", the Star Trek "fandom", the Doctor Who "fandom", The Star Wars "fandom", The Adventure Time "fandom": all of these are just a group of people with ONE shared trait. Their opinions, personalities, and individual lives vary so greatly that judging these people (even in a positive way) based on the aforementioned trait is ALWAYS inaccurate. I have met Bronies that were total jerks. Ditto for the rest of those groups. While I believe that a few bad apples don't necessarily have to spoil the rest of the barrel, others don't share that belief. I associate myself only with particular people of the same "fandom" and not with the whole "fandom". This is because I really don't have anthing in common with certain other Bronies. As a matter of fact, I have met certain Bronies that I really don't like (generally, this applies only to people I meet in person because I don't really judge people over the internet). The way that I deal with not liking someone is simply to disassociate myself from them. TL;DR: While there are some Bronies that I am proud to call my friends despite our differences, there are also Bronies that I really don't want to be associated with. That's why I don't like the word "fandom".
As I said in my other thread. The way it's heading now. The term Brony will be like the term Furry. People will hear it and assume the worst no matter what you tell them.
That's kind of how it is now isn't it? People don't think nice things when they hear "brony" or "furry." Unless that's your point is that the terms will just merge because of the strong similarities.
no, I still think bronies are furries. Be it sub group, branch or whatever. Still furry in my eyes. When people hear the term furry they instantly think of Furuits, ~removed~. Now sure, some furries may do or want to do those things, but that's not all they do. They do things every other fandom does. When people hear the term brony, I'm pretty sure the first thing many people think is, pedo, freak and some other choice things. bronies seem to be doing the same things that gave the furries a bad name. So in time I imagine the term brony will be on par with the term furry. get this post while it's hot, I'm sure big brother will delete it because I had to use a word.
Big Brother = a force that is hidden among the shadows. Only stepping out to "clean up" posts deemed obscene or inappropriate.
I guess. Both are already frowned upon and misjudged by others anyways. People can call me whatever they want. It's not going to make me stop watching MLP:FiM. All these labels just complicate things. I always thought "brony" was just a grown man or woman who enjoys watching the G4 series of MLP and nothing more. Well, I did think there was something more, but that's how the word is defined. Sometimes I get a little too sucked into the internet and pretend I care about how others think of me, but I really don't. I have lots of similarities to a gay person. I have skin, hands, eyes, I breath, I need food and water, I go to school and enjoy spending time with people. I even like rainbows and bright colors, but because of one aspect I do not share with them, I am not defined as "gay." I think what I'm trying to get at is that every group has 1 aspect that towers over all and that is how they are defined. I ♥ Bacon.
