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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2018, 10:01:33 AM »
Haven't caught up with the latest season, but that scene looks super cute! I could probably ship them just based on that alone!  :lol:

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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2018, 11:16:47 AM »
I can see both sides of the argument as to whether or not the pony there is a lesbian or not. For the people who believe that the pony is a lesbian, I can totally see that as the female pony fainted when the other female one winked at her. HOWEVER, I can see the other side as well. It could've just been because it's a famous person winking at them, giving them recognition. Not everything has to immediately mean that the pony is a homosexual.
But overall, I think we're just over-analyzing this. It's a show made for children and this was most likely just a gag that wasn't meant to warrant this much discussion. Besides, if people want LGBT relationships to be seen as normal in the public eye, I think it's important we stop pointing them out and making a big deal about it. Yes, it is important to celebrate a big landmark in LGBT representation, but we're (the LGBT community) are never going to be seen as a "normal" relationship if every time two men are sitting together at a dinner we go "Look! A gay representation!".
I just don't think it's healthy to be making such a big deal about this. I also don't think it's healthy to immediately dismiss what the other side of the argument says. (This coming from an LGBT person.) This is all up to interpretation, and it wasn't even the point of the episode.
To me, it's a bit of a stretch. I don't exactly ship it but I'm not going to get angry at people who do. But that is just my opinion.
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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2018, 11:22:51 AM »
deleting ... just saying Bon Jovi winked at me, touched my hand and then i accidentally touched his butt so i'm CLEARLY in a relationship with him right? RIGHT? because no famous person EVER winks or points at any fan ever unless they're in some kind of relationship .......

Thanks, now all I can think of is basically this, but with ponies: https://youtu.be/129kuDCQtHs?t=3m20s

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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2018, 01:48:01 PM »
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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2018, 01:57:20 PM »
If it makes someone's day better by seeing it that way, it's fine with me. 
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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2018, 09:32:50 PM »
How adorable!  :biggrin:

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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #21 on: August 22, 2018, 12:53:35 AM »
I was under the impression through the entire episode that the purple peg is a male. He's just like "metrosexual", or whatever the term is these days. A male that dresses nice and maybe is a little more feminine in looks, like anime guys. ;)
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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #22 on: August 22, 2018, 04:48:59 PM »
If it makes someone's day better by seeing it that way, it's fine with me.

-nod- this is my take on it, too :) I don't know the context of the scene but just going off what was posted, to me it looks like it could go either way. Could just be a "omg famous person noticed me!! *faint*" or a fangirly crush. Who knows what the writers intended but either way it's cute :)
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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #23 on: August 22, 2018, 05:01:45 PM »
If it makes someone's day better by seeing it that way, it's fine with me.

-nod- this is my take on it, too :) I don't know the context of the scene but just going off what was posted, to me it looks like it could go either way. Could just be a "omg famous person noticed me!! *faint*" or a fangirly crush. Who knows what the writers intended but either way it's cute :)

I kinda feel like this too. Everyone is going to interpret differently. Actually I think with stuff in general the vagueness is better because it allows people to see what they want there, and feel good about what they see overall.

I get a bit annoyed with anime shippers constantly trying to force pairings and so I can understand the frustration with OMG it must be a gay relationship when it could be just as easily interpreted as admiration or friendship or any number of different things which don't relate to sexuality.

BUT for kids/young people dealing with their own sexuality questions OR for people supporting/having friends who are grappling with those issues, it's not a bad thing that those ambiguous kinds of scenes exist.

I kind of have problems with people saying "IT IS THIS" (and no room for other interpretation). But I am fine with (I see it as this, yay!") whatever that 'seeing' might be. :)

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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #24 on: August 22, 2018, 05:13:33 PM »
You all realise Rainbow Dash is the original gay girl pony, right? ;)

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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #25 on: August 22, 2018, 06:38:30 PM »
You all realise Rainbow Dash is the original gay girl pony, right? ;)
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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2018, 02:27:05 AM »
You all realise Rainbow Dash is the original gay girl pony, right? ;)
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Tho technically this pony could also be bisexual since they just swooned over a female character in the way a woman attracted to males would usually swoon over a male.

That makes no sense - in no way would that make her bisexual! I think ‘swooning’ is the same whether you’re attracted to the same or opposite sex! This is silly anyway - whether you want to read into it or not, it’s up to you, but you can’t read into it even more and call her ‘bisexual’. It’s just a swoon.
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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2018, 02:32:02 AM »
You all realise Rainbow Dash is the original gay girl pony, right? ;)
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I thought these girls were the originals, though!

If we go to G1 and possible LGBT+ representation in it, I've always kind of seen / headcanoned Sports Time as a transgender stallion. :D Or I mean, he is ALWAYS, in toys and in comics and was it even in cartoon, drawn or made with mare traits. No stallion pony hooves or such. No idea why, he just is. But he is still always talked of as a guy. It's made very clear he is a guy. So hey let me dream that's the reason he looks like all the mares.

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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #28 on: August 23, 2018, 03:20:16 AM »
You all realise Rainbow Dash is the original gay girl pony, right? ;)
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I thought these girls were the originals, though!

If we go to G1 and possible LGBT+ representation in it, I've always kind of seen / headcanoned Sports Time as a transgender stallion. :D Or I mean, he is ALWAYS, in toys and in comics and was it even in cartoon, drawn or made with mare traits. No stallion pony hooves or such. No idea why, he just is. But he is still always talked of as a guy. It's made very clear he is a guy. So hey let me dream that's the reason he looks like all the mares.

Except that the same traits characterise the three Daddy ponies from the Family sets in Europe. And that makes for a rather more complicated situation...

But I guess it's fine xD I mean, your pony, your headcanon, right? XD

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Re: Season 8 episode The Washouts - openly lesbian pony?
« Reply #29 on: August 23, 2018, 03:42:21 AM »
You all realise Rainbow Dash is the original gay girl pony, right? ;)
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