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Quote from: Wardah on February 23, 2021, 01:10:19 PMI mean at least the message seems to be "wow some of you fans out there are really creepy" not " yay pony body pillows are cool!" like I had assumed when people got upset. But maybe the show itself wasn't the best place to express their disapproval. Probably should have kept it to twitter.Yeah, I’m pretty sure that was indeed the intent: to criticize the creepier side of the fandom. Which in itself is good... But casually tossing something like that into a show marketed to preschoolers was really crossing a line, IMO. I agree they should have kept it to Twitter or similar outlets. (For anyone curious, the episode in question was “Stranger Than Fan Fiction”—which is actually an otherwise good ep, oddly enough. Just searching that episode’s title immediately brings up the scene in question, though... because it’s THAT notorious. :/)While that scene was by itself shocking, it sort of serves as a cautionary tale about letting a fandom influence a franchise too much. By that point in the show, the fandom references had gone from “Look! There’s Doctor Whooves in the background!” to “Let’s make a half-hour episode that’s nothing but MEMES!”. ...Which is why I’m feeling pretty warmly towards these new, Disney Junior/Playskool-esque designs. Please Hasbro... PLEASE just make it a straightforward kids’ show again, instead of trying to get edgy and pander to memey fandoms. It’s My Little Pony, not Animaniacs.
I mean at least the message seems to be "wow some of you fans out there are really creepy" not " yay pony body pillows are cool!" like I had assumed when people got upset. But maybe the show itself wasn't the best place to express their disapproval. Probably should have kept it to twitter.
Quote from: reanna-mator on February 23, 2021, 11:12:21 AMQuote from: Nemesis on February 23, 2021, 07:47:23 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on February 23, 2021, 07:03:46 AMQuote from: Ponyfan on February 23, 2021, 06:22:33 AMI like these better than pony life but there's something off to me about them. Something about their faces isn't quite right. I do like the feathered hooves though.PonyfanYeah, too round and human like. No lower jaw. Be this Hasbro or some other company, it makes what might have been cute, ugly and creepy.Post Merge: February 23, 2021, 07:38:42 AMQuote from: Nemesis on February 22, 2021, 05:49:15 PMQuote from: gemini_pony on February 22, 2021, 05:19:53 PMQuote from: PrismaHeart on February 22, 2021, 10:58:01 AMI know one of my hopes for G5 is that it goes back to how it use to be. Super targeted to girls and less controlled by the fandom. I feel like this is a step in that direction.Being influenced by the fandom is what made G4 good. I hope this doesn't end my like of the series.That’s a very divided opinion. For me, G4 started going downhill when every single episode started pandering and giving winks/nods to the adult fans. Finally, we ended up with the infamous Daring Do body pillow scene. Not everything fan-influenced was bad—we saw favorite characters like Nightmare Moon being spotlighted, and we certainly got some cool merch aimed at older viewers—but the shameless pandering became increasingly unbearable to me as the series wore on.I’d rather see it returned to its roots as a show aimed at children, that some adults happen to enjoy for its innocence and magic (and nostalgia, of course). That's disgusting! Why would they think that's ok?I... legitimately... have no idea. If you haven’t seen the episode, it was about Rainbow Dash attending a Daring Do convention. While she’s touring around the booths and exhibits with another fan, they see body pillows for sale featuring an image of Daring Do tied up. They both give it a weirded-out look and move on.The whole scene gave me the feeling that one of the writers or staff had gone to an actual con and seen some icky fan-made merch. They were probably creeped out by it or found it funny, and decided to reference it in the show itself... which was a wildly inappropriate decision. I don’t know how it ever got greenlit, other than no one was paying attention or understood the reference. :/Oh no. Am I the only one who laughed at that bit? I think I may be, but I kind of have a messed up sense of humor. Totally get why some would find that unacceptable though.I mean at least the message seems to be "wow some of you fans out there are really creepy" not " yay pony body pillows are cool!" like I had assumed when people got upset. But maybe the show itself wasn't the best place to express their disapproval. Probably should have kept it to twitter.
Quote from: Nemesis on February 23, 2021, 07:47:23 AMQuote from: Leave a Whisper on February 23, 2021, 07:03:46 AMQuote from: Ponyfan on February 23, 2021, 06:22:33 AMI like these better than pony life but there's something off to me about them. Something about their faces isn't quite right. I do like the feathered hooves though.PonyfanYeah, too round and human like. No lower jaw. Be this Hasbro or some other company, it makes what might have been cute, ugly and creepy.Post Merge: February 23, 2021, 07:38:42 AMQuote from: Nemesis on February 22, 2021, 05:49:15 PMQuote from: gemini_pony on February 22, 2021, 05:19:53 PMQuote from: PrismaHeart on February 22, 2021, 10:58:01 AMI know one of my hopes for G5 is that it goes back to how it use to be. Super targeted to girls and less controlled by the fandom. I feel like this is a step in that direction.Being influenced by the fandom is what made G4 good. I hope this doesn't end my like of the series.That’s a very divided opinion. For me, G4 started going downhill when every single episode started pandering and giving winks/nods to the adult fans. Finally, we ended up with the infamous Daring Do body pillow scene. Not everything fan-influenced was bad—we saw favorite characters like Nightmare Moon being spotlighted, and we certainly got some cool merch aimed at older viewers—but the shameless pandering became increasingly unbearable to me as the series wore on.I’d rather see it returned to its roots as a show aimed at children, that some adults happen to enjoy for its innocence and magic (and nostalgia, of course). That's disgusting! Why would they think that's ok?I... legitimately... have no idea. If you haven’t seen the episode, it was about Rainbow Dash attending a Daring Do convention. While she’s touring around the booths and exhibits with another fan, they see body pillows for sale featuring an image of Daring Do tied up. They both give it a weirded-out look and move on.The whole scene gave me the feeling that one of the writers or staff had gone to an actual con and seen some icky fan-made merch. They were probably creeped out by it or found it funny, and decided to reference it in the show itself... which was a wildly inappropriate decision. I don’t know how it ever got greenlit, other than no one was paying attention or understood the reference. :/Oh no. Am I the only one who laughed at that bit? I think I may be, but I kind of have a messed up sense of humor. Totally get why some would find that unacceptable though.
Quote from: Leave a Whisper on February 23, 2021, 07:03:46 AMQuote from: Ponyfan on February 23, 2021, 06:22:33 AMI like these better than pony life but there's something off to me about them. Something about their faces isn't quite right. I do like the feathered hooves though.PonyfanYeah, too round and human like. No lower jaw. Be this Hasbro or some other company, it makes what might have been cute, ugly and creepy.Post Merge: February 23, 2021, 07:38:42 AMQuote from: Nemesis on February 22, 2021, 05:49:15 PMQuote from: gemini_pony on February 22, 2021, 05:19:53 PMQuote from: PrismaHeart on February 22, 2021, 10:58:01 AMI know one of my hopes for G5 is that it goes back to how it use to be. Super targeted to girls and less controlled by the fandom. I feel like this is a step in that direction.Being influenced by the fandom is what made G4 good. I hope this doesn't end my like of the series.That’s a very divided opinion. For me, G4 started going downhill when every single episode started pandering and giving winks/nods to the adult fans. Finally, we ended up with the infamous Daring Do body pillow scene. Not everything fan-influenced was bad—we saw favorite characters like Nightmare Moon being spotlighted, and we certainly got some cool merch aimed at older viewers—but the shameless pandering became increasingly unbearable to me as the series wore on.I’d rather see it returned to its roots as a show aimed at children, that some adults happen to enjoy for its innocence and magic (and nostalgia, of course). That's disgusting! Why would they think that's ok?I... legitimately... have no idea. If you haven’t seen the episode, it was about Rainbow Dash attending a Daring Do convention. While she’s touring around the booths and exhibits with another fan, they see body pillows for sale featuring an image of Daring Do tied up. They both give it a weirded-out look and move on.The whole scene gave me the feeling that one of the writers or staff had gone to an actual con and seen some icky fan-made merch. They were probably creeped out by it or found it funny, and decided to reference it in the show itself... which was a wildly inappropriate decision. I don’t know how it ever got greenlit, other than no one was paying attention or understood the reference. :/
Quote from: Ponyfan on February 23, 2021, 06:22:33 AMI like these better than pony life but there's something off to me about them. Something about their faces isn't quite right. I do like the feathered hooves though.PonyfanYeah, too round and human like. No lower jaw. Be this Hasbro or some other company, it makes what might have been cute, ugly and creepy.Post Merge: February 23, 2021, 07:38:42 AMQuote from: Nemesis on February 22, 2021, 05:49:15 PMQuote from: gemini_pony on February 22, 2021, 05:19:53 PMQuote from: PrismaHeart on February 22, 2021, 10:58:01 AMI know one of my hopes for G5 is that it goes back to how it use to be. Super targeted to girls and less controlled by the fandom. I feel like this is a step in that direction.Being influenced by the fandom is what made G4 good. I hope this doesn't end my like of the series.That’s a very divided opinion. For me, G4 started going downhill when every single episode started pandering and giving winks/nods to the adult fans. Finally, we ended up with the infamous Daring Do body pillow scene. Not everything fan-influenced was bad—we saw favorite characters like Nightmare Moon being spotlighted, and we certainly got some cool merch aimed at older viewers—but the shameless pandering became increasingly unbearable to me as the series wore on.I’d rather see it returned to its roots as a show aimed at children, that some adults happen to enjoy for its innocence and magic (and nostalgia, of course). That's disgusting! Why would they think that's ok?
I like these better than pony life but there's something off to me about them. Something about their faces isn't quite right. I do like the feathered hooves though.Ponyfan
Quote from: gemini_pony on February 22, 2021, 05:19:53 PMQuote from: PrismaHeart on February 22, 2021, 10:58:01 AMI know one of my hopes for G5 is that it goes back to how it use to be. Super targeted to girls and less controlled by the fandom. I feel like this is a step in that direction.Being influenced by the fandom is what made G4 good. I hope this doesn't end my like of the series.That’s a very divided opinion. For me, G4 started going downhill when every single episode started pandering and giving winks/nods to the adult fans. Finally, we ended up with the infamous Daring Do body pillow scene. Not everything fan-influenced was bad—we saw favorite characters like Nightmare Moon being spotlighted, and we certainly got some cool merch aimed at older viewers—but the shameless pandering became increasingly unbearable to me as the series wore on.I’d rather see it returned to its roots as a show aimed at children, that some adults happen to enjoy for its innocence and magic (and nostalgia, of course).
Quote from: PrismaHeart on February 22, 2021, 10:58:01 AMI know one of my hopes for G5 is that it goes back to how it use to be. Super targeted to girls and less controlled by the fandom. I feel like this is a step in that direction.Being influenced by the fandom is what made G4 good. I hope this doesn't end my like of the series.
I know one of my hopes for G5 is that it goes back to how it use to be. Super targeted to girls and less controlled by the fandom. I feel like this is a step in that direction.
Ooh, thank you tailrustedtealeaf Do we know much about what these events are usually like? The words "investor event" just make me think of business people discussing numbers. But we can expect pictures, yes?