Pony Confessions!

[Stuntmang]

I hate the majority of the brony fandom. It's a wretched hive of misogyny, homophobia, rape jokes, transphobia, racism, and many other things. Don't get me wrong, I love G4 tons, but I really hate the fandom it's spawned in most circles. (MLParena and some other exceptions are excluded from this complaint, of course)

I don't see any of this, anywhere. I question your use of the word "majority." Please, can we just stop the hate?

Okay, here's a peaceful confession: I feel sad when I see an army of a pony I want but don't have yet, and a voice cries out, "save some for us!" And it makes me even more impatient to get that pony and I go running off to ebay (where I usually end up overpaying)!

I'd link to some very good examples, including this type of thing being perpetuated by conventions and their organizers, but every example I can think of isn't safe to post outside of Slaughterhouse.

[NoPonySpecial]

Bronies are getting a lot of hate. I can't say I agree with all of it, but definitely with some of it. Want to hear a really wild confession?

Bronies hate bronies too.

Bronies started with people who really and truly loved the show. Yes, they are often people who didn't care about the previous toyline, but they love FiM for what it is.

Mini rebuttal that does not contribute to the post but I can't hold it in: We didn't make the show about villains: Lauren Faust planned Nightmare Moon and Discord before we even knew there was a new My Little Pony show. We like the villains, but we like the slice-of-life, too. (In fact, I prefer the slice-of-life stuff better, and I know I'm not the only one.)

With a fandom with half the people not taking themselves seriously and the other half taking it all way too seriously, I guess it's no surprise it attracted so many trolls. Trolls are who I hate. They are ruining the fandom. They are making you guys hate Bronies, and making it so I honestly can't blame you.  I practically live here on the Arena and avoid Brony hangouts. (Because I really do not want to look at sexualized ponies and constant flame wars, thank you very much!) One of my friends, the biggest brony I know, has decided he does not want to be one anymore after the behavior that went on at our last con (I forget the name of it, I'm afraid). And frankly, I can't blame him.

tl;dr confession: Bronies hate Bronies, too.

[karrie91]

  Here's some of mine..

-I only got into collecting ponies because my sister bought me a Dewdrop Dazzle from an after Christmas clearance sale. (but! but! I played with ponies as a kid!)

-I've only seen a couple episodes of FIM because Bronies ANNOY the crap out of me. I generally hate obsessers who think they know everything and hate anything but FIM. Also they say people aren't a fan because they didn't see every last episode of a show. The show is cute.... but I have a life. I can still collect ponies!

-I think G1 ponies aren't as cute as the other generations  (don't kill me!)

-I sometimes wish I could play with my ponies like I did as a child..... 

[Yurusumaji]

Stop hating on other fans.

This is an innocent thread and you're completely missing the point of it. It would be great if people could keep hateful confessions to themselves and give us confessions about the ponies and the shows, not hurtful opinions of other people.

[Bebopgroove]

During my two(?) year long hiatus, I slowly went to hating FiM because of brony fandom. I don't consider anyone on the Arena in that category. To me, "Brony" has come to mean a derogatory term. Collectors and Bronies are completely different. Bronies, being "bro" and therefore being male, like the show (especially the show) the blindbags and other merch, not usually the brushables, and may not even know about the previous gens (being guys and such), or find the previous gens completely lame and stupid -- as I understand it.

I was hunting all over Google looking for G3 lineart, and after my search results were largely clogged with FiM PORN, which I soley blame on bronies, I finally gave up the search.

I've gone back to liking FiM again, but it's hard to watch when you know it's become the main staple of thousands of immature trolls.

[princeichi]

I hate the majority of the brony fandom. It's a wretched hive of misogyny, homophobia, rape jokes, transphobia, racism, and many other things. Don't get me wrong, I love G4 tons, but I really hate the fandom it's spawned in most circles. (MLParena and some other exceptions are excluded from this complaint, of course)

I don't see any of this, anywhere. I question your use of the word "majority." Please, can we just stop the hate?

Okay, here's a peaceful confession: I feel sad when I see an army of a pony I want but don't have yet, and a voice cries out, "save some for us!" And it makes me even more impatient to get that pony and I go running off to ebay (where I usually end up overpaying)!

Dude the brony fandom is notorious for being comprised of horrible people, who spout horrible things.

Most of the dwell in their own little circles on reddit and some other site, though so idk. It's not genuine hate so much as expressing an opinion of disinterest that certain people flock to the same thing we like.

[Bebopgroove]

I think we need a vent thread. Maybe everyone's reached a point where it's time to let out a little steam

[karrie91]

I think we need a vent thread. Maybe everyone's reached a point where it's time to let out a little steam

Just ponywise or all things? Because I could so use that though everyone might think I'm a big ball of crazy! lol 

[Bebopgroove]

With a fandom with half the people not taking themselves seriously and the other half taking it all way too seriously, I guess it's no surprise it attracted so many trolls. Trolls are who I hate. They are ruining the fandom. They are making you guys hate Bronies, and making it so I honestly can't blame you.

This.

Post Merge: September 03, 2012, 09:07:01 PM

I think we need a vent thread. Maybe everyone's reached a point where it's time to let out a little steam

Just ponywise or all things? Because I could so use that though everyone might think I'm a big ball of crazy! lol 

Mm.. We could always post one in the Corral and Off-Topic

On a different note, I apologize if I offended anyone who considers themselves a brony. I guess you could say I aim my criticisms at the awful trolls who call themselves bronies, the ones with the terrible memes and sexualized art, and I know no one on the Arena behaves that way. Maybe someday I'll come to understand bronies, or meet a decent brony in person, and I'll feel better.

Ponyhugs?

[Malancaiwen]

And I think some of the more sought-after G1s are really ugly...

OMG! Me too! Some of the most sought after ponies just look "meh" to me (saves me some money at least ^^)

Also, I contemplated baiting perfectly fine and HTF G3 for custom purposes (but didn't, don't worry) several times.

I like customs more than collecting.

[ApertureScience]

I don't approve of people blaming the Brony group as a whole for what the MINORITY is doing wrong.

Can we please stop with the "them vs. us" though?  It's happening way too often.

My confessions: 
-I gave away my Star Catcher to a friend who was moving away.  I never saw or heard from her again.
-I keep my eye out for most sought-after ponies because of their rarity and nothing else.  Many think Mimic is beautiful, but I don't agree.  I just like her because she's so rare.
-I often prefer common ponies to rare ones anyway.
-I have an issue with greed and don't like to debox my ponies due to the fact that it lowers their value.
-My customs suck.

[edit for language ~ many thanks ~ hathorcat]

[pop-girl]

This thread is quickly going south - please be respectful of each other or this thread will be locked.

[Zenobiaa]

-I dearly wish there were more Pegasus ponies in G4. It seems like it's always either a unicorn or an earth pony (especially in the blind bags). I really only collect pegasi/winged ponies, so I find it annoying seeing nothing but earth pony and unicorn releases.
-I'm extremely OCD about my ponies touching each other (I have this paranoia that any two ponies touching will result in stains :U) or blocking one another from view.
-I wish I had a camera for the sole purpose of doing photo shoots with my ponies.
-I love brushing my ponies' hair but I always hold myself back because I'm terrible at the burshie brushies and always make it look worse ;o;
-I want Hasbro to release more playsets. Then I want to be left in the house alone so I can play with said playsets.
-I am determined to watch every single MLP TV episode, movie, ect. of every generation (but I keep procrastinating :B).

[scarletjul]

Confession time:

I have a giant box of g3 ponies that desperately need cleaning.  I know I should catch up before I buy more but I hate to leave them behind at the thrift store. 

I once donated a gorgeous g1 Spring Song.  It was early into my collecting days and I was doing a major clean up.  I wasn't into sweetheart sisters at the time, nor was I selling/trading and so I let her go.  *kicks former self*

[Bebopgroove]

I haven't finished through FiM Season 1 ._. So yeah, I don't even know about Discord and his character or purpose. 

I do have season 2 on my comp ready for watching.

And I still need Star Song to complete my Clone Sevens.