I would like to thank Silverpony for giving me this idea for another thread. "So, in short, I can answer your question with another question. How could you possibly NOT like MLP: FiM?" - Silverpony That is a question that deserves a topic of it's own. Why do so many people fail, to understand why the show is good, in you opinion. Or at least in the poll what do you think is the main reasons?
Well for one fans forcing it down other people's throats will turn many people off from it before they even get a chance to watch it
^ Very true, we shouldn't go nagging on other people about how insecure they are if they dont like this show. (But I doubt that was anyones intention) Still, it's mostly the first 3 reasons, IMO.
Same here, first three reasons. And other reasons, just because of the name "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" makes them think that it's a girls show and are insecure about themselves. Also they haven't checked out the show meaning they just "don't" like the show because they haven't seen the show yet. (Or a couple episodes.)
>> Insecure >> Hate Bronies >> Too Pink I suppose now someone's going to tell me I screwed up! I did that once in a history lesson. Miss said my ego was far too big; said I was a naughty boy.
Since I hang out with an older crowd, I don't really get a chance to ask about it, but I suspect most people my age would think the show was too "kiddie" for them. But, all the first three are probably good, general reasons why people don't watch it. Oh, and this time - I read the first post!
The first three are good reasons, but I felt that being insecure and being afraid of what others would think are somewhat similar. So my votes went toward insecure, close minded, and general dislike. Someone who wasn't a fan of the previous generations probably won't give MLP: FiM a glance.
I found out through testing it that if you just kinda mention it and then they make a meh face but then you show them a super funny video they fall in love with it. So if haters would just give a pony a chance man....
Insecurity Close minded Disliking of Bronies I can understand having a closed minded view on the series because of the association with the terrible series that started 30 years ago. Insecurity is something for people too. I can understand it. As for the Bronies, some do get too loud. Just like any other subculture. We do have our share of a loud lot
I chose the top 3. Insecurity is a key factor. People can be so defensive of their masculinity that anything suggesting otherwise is considered an enemy. It's sad really. The thing is, the more defensive you are over such a thing as masculinity or maturity, the weaker it must be that you so vehemently need to protect it. As for being afraid. it's unfortunately true that so many people succumb to social norms and refuse to accept things that would garner a rengative response, even if they know they would like it themselves. It's nothing short of passive bullying, making someone feel in anyway different just because of watching a certain TV show. Unless someone is into rape, murder, terrorism, animal abuse, bullying or asking for thumbs up on YouTube, then they're fine by me. Finally, close mindedness. This is a killer. I mean, it's people not willing to give things a go that really bugs me. It's often these people that cause others to avoid shows like this for the second reason. They invent a world shaped by social norms, and then immediately exclude everything outside of it as bad. It's not just the close mindedness of it all, it's how they force their ridiculous opinions on others. So yeah, the first three. Hating bronies is just attacking a fandom, while genuine dislike is absolutely fine. If I wasn't prepared to accept that some people don't like it, I couldn't ask anyone to accept that I do like it.
Meh. Some people just don't like this kind of thing. You can't please everyone. I can think of things this show doesn't have that people would like. Namely violence, sex, romance, plot, and realism. Also not everyone has the same interest. You shouldn't just be of the attitude that EVERYONE would like it if they just gave it a try. On the Hive Workshop we had this guy who tried the show but it just wasn't his thing. He didn't become a hater or a brony. Just remember; MLP:FiM is NOT a religion.
Ascribing all dislike of MLP:FiM to one negative personal quality? That is the kind of conceit that turns people away from the show. You are hurting our cause.
I have a weird scenario. My friends heard that this show was good, but that's why they don't want to watch it. They're afraid that they WILL like it. They don't want to believe that a show about ponies could actually be good. To be honest, if you told me a year ago that a show about ponies was THIS popular, I'd roll my eyes. At the same time, I would be willing to give it a chance. Something most people give this show. The popularity of this show is a bit confusing tho. I mean, this show is almost as popular as Spongebob (if that were possible).
Insecure, hates bronies, or too manly XP i know someone who thinks that this show is for little kids. i don't even know if any little kids watch this show o.o
I swear the audience that watches the show aren't many 4-7 year olds. Anyways, same reason as my first post on the first page. Also...time to show off my Bronyness with my shirts :derpe:
First and foremost, people's attitude towards MLP:FiM is that it's "for little girls". I.e. it's for kids who aren't allowed PG-13 stuff yet and for pink-loving girls who also play with Barbie in particular. As adult men (or adolescent boys, these are often even worse), they have to watch other stuff. The more sex and violence, the better, because that proves that they're tough and cool and manly. These people feel less dirty when they watch pr0n than when they watch MLP:FiM for the first time. I mean, wasn't this a defensive reaction which pretty much every brony experienced when they got in touch with the show and watched their first episode? "OMG, what am I doing here and why? I'm watching a TV show for little schoolgirlies! Am I retarded or perv nor or what?" Which is probably also why many, many bronies got into the fandom by fanvids rather than by the show because there's that big threshold to get over before you get to know the actual show. Of course they do not expect actual stories or characters in something they see as a 22-minute commercial for candy-coloured plastic ponies with combable manes and tails for those girls who can't decide between dolls and horses. Has to be boring. This—which also kind of represents MLP's past—is another "reason" to stay away from MLP:FiM, although it isn't even true, but you have to actually watch it to see what it's really like. See above. And then there are of course the haters who don't even need much of a reason for their hatred which then spreads from the show and the franchise itself to the fans. These are the most dangerous. While other people simply refuse to watch the show (and see it in a different light), these folks feel driven to fight and destroy everything that's related. They would be less of a problem if the MLP:FiM had started as an actual, normal fandom. Instead, everything started on 4chan of all places where MLP:FiM was turned into one single huge meme, and the first fans were more fans of MLP:FiM the meme than fans of MLP:FiM the show. Add to this that all that happened less than a year ago so those who felt disturbed by the sudden appearance of ponies on 4chan still haven't matured and/or moved on. On the other hoof, there are those fans who still seem to treasure MLP:FiM more as a meme than for what it really is and who I think are the loudest and most obnoxious in general. They often know about stuff like "20% cooler", "yay" and "10 seconds flat" only by hearsay or from fanvids and not from the respective episodes, and still they preach MLP:FiM as if it was a religion. tl;dr—a) People who don't want to be caught dead in front of a screen with cute girly frou-frou ponies on it, b) hate*squee!*s from 4chan.
I went with close minded, Manly and Pink. Close minded because I have heard so many stories, of bronies parents getting very angry with their 20+ year old kids and they end up, kind of disowning them over it. This is horrible because all they would need to do is just watch an episode or open their ears to all the positive word about the show and that their son is far from alone in this view, and then maybe they would realise, oh wait a minute, this is no different to them liking transformers. But many parent just assume the first thing that pops into their head is reality. I hear many stories also of bronies getting called *squee!*s or paedophiles of some variety whenever they sing a song or wear a shirt about the show in public. Also one of my best friends first reaction to me telling him about the show and that I recommended, after I got him to watch and episode, he said, it's so pink. This made me laugh and I reminded him of a conversation we had once about how colours shouldn't have genders attached to them. He said, yeah but i'm still not going to wear a pink shirt in public.
To be fair I don't know what options to pick, so I'll just add some words: I got to say I can imagine some people don't like the fandom if you see that on sites like youtube every comment showing a bit of dislike gets to replied to with "I'm gonna tolerate and love the *squee!* outta you", which looks more aggresive than loving and tolerating. Also it's usually the weirdest stories about a fanbase that will often get the most attention by those outside the fandom, which could easily scare people away. A lot of hype also creates very high expectations for those who want to give the show a try, raising the chances a show will not live up to their expectations (although I can kind of see this getting countered by the fact a lot of people will lower their expectations due to the kind of show we are talking about here). This happened to me with Avatar (the film), because even though I found it enjoyable all the people talking about how it was the best film they had ever seen made it pretty much doomed to be a letdown for me (since I was expecting to be mindblown and thus viewed the film with a much more critical eye than I would have otherwise). Nowadays there seems to be much more hate towards that film though than is necessary (ok, to be fair I think that when someone hates any film he/she cares too much about it), but that tends to happen with almost anything once it gets more popularity. I haven't really heard a lot about things like this happening outside of the internet (and am not sure how many people would wear a shirt about the show). Are there any sources to confirm this actually happens? It could be that some people are making the reactions towards them liking the show sound worse than they are.
