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You won't find that kind of dissent here. This a My Little Pony community, not just a Friendship is Magic community. If you want to stir that pot, post it somewhere else.
No I mean...even on here! i see mainly G1 collectors venting that G1 character names are popping up on FiM with an air of 'oh silly G4 fans. You don't even KNOW.' And I'm just sitting here like...What? I wasn't even ALIVE during G1 and didn't get into ponies seriously until FiM, by which point I was 21 years old. I'm just...endlessly confused.
edit:Quote from: kmlv23 on January 19, 2012, 09:16:10 PMNo I mean...even on here! i see mainly G1 collectors venting that G1 character names are popping up on FiM with an air of 'oh silly G4 fans. You don't even KNOW.' And I'm just sitting here like...What? I wasn't even ALIVE during G1 and didn't get into ponies seriously until FiM, by which point I was 21 years old. I'm just...endlessly confused. Where have you seen that? I don't ever remember any of the Arena folks dissing bronies. I think most of us want to expose bronies to G1 as well as G4! And if you're 21, you were in fact alive for G1. I am 22 and I had a few of the later G1s when I was little
I think you are probably reading a bit too far into what some people are saying, and I feel almost that this post is aimed at me for what I said in another thread. I can assure you it was not G4 hate, or "all you n00bs are idiots" post, moreso, that we all need to understand that there was ponies AND pony fans well before the new G4 ponies or their fan base.Everyone is welcome here, and everyone is entitled to like what they want, no matter the generation, but these type of topics are a big issue here, and I am sure I have read in the rules somewhere that the generation battles are not tollerated.We all try our best to appreciate that everyone is different, but the older fans should not feel pressured into thinking a different way just because new fans have found some "new fad". Most people that are here liked ponies well before they were cool, and I think we all need to respect the differences between the generations & their fans.
lol it's ok, I wasn't complaining about the show reusing the name. the main reason I was complaining is my fics are G1/G4 crossovers, and people can get easily confused when there are two of several characters running around with the same name. It was a complaint as a writer, NOT a complaint against the show!
First off, it's only a select few who have an issue with the name re-use, and if you read the threads when they come up, you will see most people think it is silly to make a fuss over it. Second, the Arena is relatively mild... the really hateful stuff is kept out, and squashed if it makes it's way in. Third, the nastiness that does exist comes from all directions, not just from G1 collectors. Please don't frame this as an Us vs Them thing. We really don't need to be going through this again. Fourth, the hate that exists now is nothing compared to the crap that went down with the introduction of the G2s. Now that was seriously ugly, and absolutely ridiculous!