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Quote from: Leave a Whisper on November 09, 2019, 07:07:43 AMIt was an outright lie and I hate to be that person but Girls properties get enough flak, her lying butt didn't need to add to it. If she hadn't watched them then she shoulda kept her big fat flap shut.I'm like 99.9% sure Lauren is not out to bash girls' cartoons as a whole. As I understand it her point was that there are generally less stakes in girls' cartoons, as well as less care, effort and funding put into them. This holds true (we just discussed the same thing in regards to toys), and a handful of well-made girls' cartoons existing does not disprove a general trend. Lauren's worked within the industry too, so she should know a bit about the discussions that lead to certain cartoons being greenlit or dismissed. Maybe she didn't chose her words too carefully, but I find it better to be charitable than to interpret her words in the worst way possible.Quote from: PinkiePie97 on November 09, 2019, 04:16:52 AMMore info on the line, which is called Reveal the Magic:https://www.mlpmerch.com/2019/11/my-little-pony-2020-line-is-called.htmlVery cool! I'm still not so sold on the faces, but their eyes are really nice. Bodies are ok, but not very interesting in any way except for the hooves. Hope there'll be more than two poses.
It was an outright lie and I hate to be that person but Girls properties get enough flak, her lying butt didn't need to add to it. If she hadn't watched them then she shoulda kept her big fat flap shut.
More info on the line, which is called Reveal the Magic:https://www.mlpmerch.com/2019/11/my-little-pony-2020-line-is-called.html
I feel what Lauren said is the equivalent of "I'm not other girls" throwing other women, girls, items associated with feminine things etc under the bus to make yourself look better is inherently misogynistic and immature. Probably why a lot of people have reacted negatively to it.
Girls media often is stuck in a corset of likeability and cuteness.No flawed characters allowed, no real conflict allowed. All look the same, all peddle fake beauty (make-up, insanely long hair, impossibly tiny bodies and impossibly big eyes). A lot of items targeted at grown women are literally useless. Just like a lot of boys media is mimicking war and encouraging boys to fight each other. There is nothing wrong in pointing that out.There is also nothing wrong in not being like the other girls. Especially when you are young and other girls are bullying you for not following beauty trends and gender norms.The problem with this infamous Lauren Faust quote, imo, is how many FiM fans latched onto it to shame older fans - especially the male ones a.k.a. "autistic and gay" and women with kids a.k.a. "fat housewives" - and bash the older gens as "stupid because it was for girls". This turned into bashing girls in general.I highly doubt that Faust intended to bash girls and compare herself to them as "cool".Then there is her husband, who had an entire episode in Powerpuff Girls dedicated to anti-feminist messages and villainizing women who use the Venus symbol... I actually remember anti-Faust fans making her responsible for this episode and harassing her for it until she apologized in her husband's name.So yeah, people on both sides like to project their politics onto Lauren. They blame her for sexist bronies and call her "cool girl" and act like the previous MLP wasn't written by men.Faust said a lot of stuff I disagree with. I also don't hold up season 1 or 2 as creme de la creme of FiM. But claiming she is a misogynist is taking it too far.
On another note... Potion Nova's coloring reminds me of Star Catcher
Then there is her husband, who had an entire episode in Powerpuff Girls dedicated to anti-feminist messages and villainizing women who use the Venus symbol... I actually remember anti-Faust fans making her responsible for this episode and harassing her for it until she apologized in her husband's name.