Re: What is with all of this "My little pony" stuff? (The unofficial official MLP Thr
I haven't seen it in real life. Not to any degree more notable than anything else. But I think I see your point... Something about December 21 being the end of the world?
Can you see how my point is proving itself? You don't like MLP, yet are in an MLP thread talking about MLP. Your point is just making excuses for the same thing, lead to believe that isn't what's happening. You're assuming, or guessing on a hypothesis, I am being entirely literal. I'm not even defending MLP, I'm just informing you that you're talking about it.
And no, this isnt anyone's Internet. I never said it was. I merely stated that we aren't going to shut up because any haters want us to. It doesn't work like that. They don't have to shut up either, in fact MLPs Internet popularity benefits from the constant bitching about it. I only mention that because it's literally more effective for their own goals if the haters stopped whining.
Well I'm glad to hear your perspective in that light. I don't think you're
wrong, but I don't think I am here, either.
I think that when it really comes down to it, this whole thing is analagous to putting oil and water in the same glass.
Although I must say this: This is the thread to talk about MLP stuff, right? Then Gibby and all those who have a bone to pick with the show are free to use this as well due to it...being MLP related. Why throw away a perfectly great debate. (I for one think this is the most serious I've seen Gibby on the forums in like my whole time here...this is golden)
If I may Gibby and fairest Hinalle, could I ask your opinion on the sudden outbreak in MLP's popularity? Any reason you think it struck such a chord with an unlikely audience? I've always wanted to see an "outsiders" point of veiw on this one. ^^
I'll give you my perspective and thoughts, but note that it's limited to my own experience and observations.
I believe that the popularity of the show is similar to what was also common in young kids in the 90s. There were many young boys who managed to enjoy cartoons such as
The Powerpuff Girls. Even I managed to enjoy it when "boy's cartoons" such as
Dexters Laboratory and
Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy weren't currently on and there was nothing else to do. It was simply a good cartoon and it was damned enjoyable, I didn't care that it was initially intended for girls. At the typical age where one would be introduced to that show, the internet was also not a very accessible or mainstream thing for our age group (well under 10). This is not a significant outstanding example, though. You even had boys exploring girls' fiction in books.
Parents of that generation stereotypically had a very black-and-white view of masculinity and feminine and projected an idea of what you "should" be like as you grow, and over many generations, this has gotten more and more lenient. In our generation, the old black-and-white picture has become exceptionally grey due to the way the media has influenced us when we were young.
Now think again about what I said about the common lack of internet access in the mainstream audience back then.
If we were all networking before the age of 10, there's a very high chance that
The Powerpuff Girls (or similar) would have been the 90s equivalent of
My Little Pony. TTP and MLP have affected us twice in our generation in more or less the exact same way. The key difference here is that with the power of the internet we can spread the word of our favourite shows with ease, and we can express our stance online with no regrets and no fear of consequence. Not to mention, the level of acceptance for MLP in the beginning is likely a result of our generation's heavily greyed and distorted view of masculinity and femininiminity. It was also easily and quickly embraced due to the nostalgia provided by a 90s-quality cartoon, and of course, the ability to enjoy cartoons intended for the "other" gender that we grew up with in those days.
It's not a coincidence that the majority of MLP fans (barring the little kids) were 90s kids.
That said, I'm off for a kip.
