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I can also honestly say that a lot of bronies only seem to take what she says as "gospel truth" when it pleases them. In other words, they only treat her word as gospel when it's they wanted her to say - she'll say something that matches their headcanon, and suddenly, she's awesome, and they'll constantly point out that Lauren "said so" in the following arguments (and I can think of two occasions, where she didn't even say what they wanted to hear, but they twisted her words so she did, essentially*), but the second she says something that doesn't match their headcanon, her opinion suddenly doesn't matter because she's "not part of the show anymore".
Also, people sadly tend to be stereotypical to girls - I have mentioned this before, and it's on LadyMoondancer's tumblr, I think, but there was a test audience to a movie, which I think was Green Lantern, and they split the boys into various groups of age, but they just threw all the girls in together, implying they thought "all girls were the same". They miss the fact that there are many ways to be a girl.
I guess I don't see the big deal? I've only seen this issue come up since g4/bronies came about. I grew up in the 80s and had a bunch of ponies. My brother even had 2! (baby racer and Tabby if you're curious) I had some he-man figures and ninja turtle, too. While we were perfectly aware which aisles these toys were sold in they were pretty much all played with together.I collect G1s now bc they are my favorite line (and one only has so much room). Now this whole grown men avidly watching FiM is different and is admittedly odd to even to me. I've watched the show. It's ok. It's not THAT great. I'm frankly surprised how popular it is. I guess I should be happy bc it keeps mlp alive (...but no so thrilled with g4 brushables anyways).I don't want to start anything I just want to express my opinion from a 80s kid/collector s pov.
I personally think there's a big difference between the Arena bronies and the mad internet spam meme "bronies". I think that, when the fad has died down, that latter group will disappear, leaving only the real fans of G4 behind.
The Faust worship is something that really gets me. She actually wasn't that big of a fan of the brand when it was making its run. Her childhood herd ends abruptly with Year 3 because she was 12 by the time Year 4 got going and moving on. There's nothing wrong with that, and she did have a have soft spot for My Little Pony going forward, but she's not the goddess of pony bronies make her out to be. She was a standard fan who happened to build a career in animation to be in a position to produce a show.
QuoteNeedless to say, MLP has been the butt of many a cruel joke. Even Lauren Faust, the supposed Matron Saint of Ponies(...)And THIS is where all the problems come from, treating Lauren like some almighty deity that changed the word.
Needless to say, MLP has been the butt of many a cruel joke. Even Lauren Faust, the supposed Matron Saint of Ponies(...)
The original rendition of Tirek and Scorpan is a lot darker in my opinion. Scorpan is not Tirek's brother, but a prince whose form has been mutated under a spell. He (along with Spike) is a slave, and forced to enslave others (namely the ponies, Bubbles and Moondancer being among them I think)? to turn them into beasts to pull Tirek's chariot of darkness. The saviour in this story is the Rainbow of Light, which makes its first appearance (and on which the Elements of Harmony are not so subtly based).
I hope someone is collecting all this for a dissertation, it is fascinating sociological data. And would be very interesting to see an analysis over time, including all the G4 bullying and negativity experienced by bronies.