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It bothers me when people fawn over Lauren Faust, then turn around reduce her wonderful, nuanced female characters to "lolz pinup art! OMG look rarity is wavin her butt in ur face!" Very disrespectful to Faust's vision and to the spirit of the show, IMO.
But I don't think that everyone who draws the stuff is sick in the head.
I think it would be more accurate to say that she's resigned to the fact that she can't stomp it out . . . Quite different from not minding it.
Quote from: LadyMoondancer on May 05, 2013, 05:34:16 PMIt bothers me when people fawn over Lauren Faust, then turn around reduce her wonderful, nuanced female characters to "lolz pinup art! OMG look rarity is wavin her butt in ur face!" Very disrespectful to Faust's vision and to the spirit of the show, IMO.Well said. This is basically the reason I haven't jumped into fandom til now. I literally can't go into most fandom spaces without seeing sexualized pony images, and it saddens me, especially with how wonderfully the characters are written, and how rare that is in shows today. I mean, I went into a stream of season 2, and within ten minutes they were saying awful things about Apple Bloom! DDDD: That's why I was so happy to find this forum and the Trading Post.What bothers me most is the kids searching for their favorite pony and finding...that. It's happened to my friend's goddaughter, who's six, and I just...argh.
Quote from: Shiromisa on May 05, 2013, 06:29:11 PMQuote from: LadyMoondancer on May 05, 2013, 05:34:16 PMIt bothers me when people fawn over Lauren Faust, then turn around reduce her wonderful, nuanced female characters to "lolz pinup art! OMG look rarity is wavin her butt in ur face!" Very disrespectful to Faust's vision and to the spirit of the show, IMO.Well said. This is basically the reason I haven't jumped into fandom til now. I literally can't go into most fandom spaces without seeing sexualized pony images, and it saddens me, especially with how wonderfully the characters are written, and how rare that is in shows today. I mean, I went into a stream of season 2, and within ten minutes they were saying awful things about Apple Bloom! DDDD: That's why I was so happy to find this forum and the Trading Post.What bothers me most is the kids searching for their favorite pony and finding...that. It's happened to my friend's goddaughter, who's six, and I just...argh.I don't think it's disrespectful at all, and I'm certain that most of these people are not intentionally disparaging the creators. As I've said, I've looked up art of other fandoms, and it wasn't for sexual reasons; I found it fun because it added an interesting new layer to the characters not explored in the original content. Of course, for whatever reason anyone wants to enjoy it is fine, but I really don't think anyone puts pen to paper with the intention of destroying anyone's vision. I understand you're frustrated, but I think that's a rather extreme judgment to make of someone you don't know.
Why would you let young kids unsupervised online anyway? That's just bad parenting. D: