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Quote from: Stuntmang on May 28, 2012, 06:24:15 PMQuote from: Pinecone on May 28, 2012, 05:47:00 PMI think Spike plays the platonic male friend the most. He has been in G1, too. Of course, he's a kid, so he's kind of the team's baby brother. It bugs me how bronies assume that girls can't watch scary stuff. Midnight Castle was pretty creepy (especially how Tirac threatened to kill Spike, and poor Ember's terrified "What's happening to my friends?!), and there are plenty of girl-aimed things that have creepy elements. Such as Sailor Moon (especially the original Japanese version). It just seems like bronies are sometimes desperate to deny that they are watching a little girls' show, and claiming that things aimed at girls are bad. Kind of mean, if you ask me. Nice strawman.Please tell me where bronies actually acknowledge the show is for little girls, and don't try to claim the scary stuff is for men. Please. Really. I'd like some hope for the fandom that have been pretty cruel to younger fans. Or am I just a bad person becasue I didn't say positive things about bronies? SPIDER (sorry a spider walked across my monitor and scared me)
Quote from: Pinecone on May 28, 2012, 05:47:00 PMI think Spike plays the platonic male friend the most. He has been in G1, too. Of course, he's a kid, so he's kind of the team's baby brother. It bugs me how bronies assume that girls can't watch scary stuff. Midnight Castle was pretty creepy (especially how Tirac threatened to kill Spike, and poor Ember's terrified "What's happening to my friends?!), and there are plenty of girl-aimed things that have creepy elements. Such as Sailor Moon (especially the original Japanese version). It just seems like bronies are sometimes desperate to deny that they are watching a little girls' show, and claiming that things aimed at girls are bad. Kind of mean, if you ask me. Nice strawman.
I think Spike plays the platonic male friend the most. He has been in G1, too. Of course, he's a kid, so he's kind of the team's baby brother. It bugs me how bronies assume that girls can't watch scary stuff. Midnight Castle was pretty creepy (especially how Tirac threatened to kill Spike, and poor Ember's terrified "What's happening to my friends?!), and there are plenty of girl-aimed things that have creepy elements. Such as Sailor Moon (especially the original Japanese version). It just seems like bronies are sometimes desperate to deny that they are watching a little girls' show, and claiming that things aimed at girls are bad. Kind of mean, if you ask me.
I haven't read through the whole thread so bear with me, please.But, I feel that Firefly's Adventure is one of the most non-sexist MLP special that really deviated from the whole girly cartoon thing. It had a surprisingly dark storyline and some very non-girly characters in it. It was one of the best productions, if you ask me.And so WHAT if it's girly? I hate when guys feel "too good" to watch something girly. No one ever chastises a girl for liking a guys show as it's totally acceptable. But when someone makes fun of a guy for enjoying a more feminine activity, it heavily implies that being female is bad and that women are inferior.I heard some places down south in the States still make prisoners pick up trash along the roadside whilst making the men wear womens clothing. If it were a bunch of women in mens apparel it wouldn't even matter. But apparently if you wear pink or a skirt it just makes you inferior and laughable.What's sad is that this is a totally accept mindset in many cultures and even women will find humor in a guy who is feminine. Basically, when they do this, they are reinforcing the belief that they are the inferior sex and it's laughable that anyone would want to be like them!And do to social conditioning, I have even laughed at some of these too. :/So what if a cartoon is feminine? So what if a cartoon is masculine? If you enjoy it, then WATCH IT.
Quote from: Opalescence on May 26, 2012, 08:43:03 AMKeep in mind that bronies are a fandom that is ridiculously into overanalyzing or bending interpretations or just making stuff up so it'll make sense the way they want it.If they want something to be something it isn't, then there will be no effort spared until everyone submits to it.Never was such a true statement made.
Keep in mind that bronies are a fandom that is ridiculously into overanalyzing or bending interpretations or just making stuff up so it'll make sense the way they want it.If they want something to be something it isn't, then there will be no effort spared until everyone submits to it.
I also don't like shows where they have to constantly emasculate the local male population to make the female characters look better. That's sexism against men.
Quote from: Al-1701 on May 29, 2012, 03:14:07 AMI also don't like shows where they have to constantly emasculate the local male population to make the female characters look better. That's sexism against men.Because you know what the biggest issue in today's culture (popular and otherwise) is? Sexism against men. There was such a long period of time where men couldn't vote, and they got paid less than women, and ... Oh, wait.