Why does this series attract people like this.
They actually attract them as much as any fandom, however, because of the deviant nature of someone being in this fandom, and it's common connection with "breaking gender roles" and being "progressive", these people latch on to that so they can be viewed as(if I may quote one of them)"more intelicence and with a vase intelekt"
They think the fandom has perks others don't so they latch on to that in order to be viewed with those perks.
Sociopsychology is a hobby of mine.
these people latch on to that so they can be viewed as(if I may quote one of them)"more intelicence and with a vase intelekt"
They think the fandom has perks others don't so they latch on to that in order to be viewed with those perks.
Think you missed "euphoric". And given some of the horror stories of brony conventions I've seen in the "Pony Thread Simulators", I stand by my assumption that the female stereotypes of this show (nerd girl, farm girl, fashion girl, shy girl, tomboy girl, manic pixie dream girl, etc) appeal to the lonely men who claim they are too nice for the girls they meet.
Please note I'm not trying to discredit your theory, but merely add reasons as to why this show's fanbase attracts the type who was pictured in the preceding posts.
GUYS
I WANT A GIRLFRIEND WHO LIKES PONIES
HOW DO
>find normal girlfriend
>get them to watch it.
Think you missed "euphoric". And given some of the horror stories of brony conventions I've seen in the "Pony Thread Simulators", I stand by my assumption that the female stereotypes of this show (nerd girl, farm girl, fashion girl, shy girl, tomboy girl, manic pixie dream girl, etc) appeal to the lonely men who claim they are too nice for the girls they meet.
Please note I'm not trying to discredit your theory, but merely add reasons as to why this show's fanbase attracts the type who was pictured in the preceding posts.
Wouldn't that just feed back into what Gravi and i said about various types of people latching on to in some way feel more exceptional than others? That and i'm not sure that this series of any series would really be more prone to attracting or appealing to that particular type of person, i could see it possibly being more prone to attracting the politically oriented people who feel they are some how being "progressive" or "intellectual" by watching a show with such notoriety but I don't think it would attract anymore people of the type you assume than say tali, Miranda, Jack, Liara, Ashley, Thane etc... would? Or really any other group. I mean i thought we were discussing why we seem to have more of these pseudo intellectuals not just the varieties we attract.
If so i think it's more prudent to point to our Artists than to the oddballs, as from my experience in other fandoms this one seems to have a disproportionate Artist to viewer ratio when compared to others. Alot of fandoms have large numbers of artists pumpign out constant material, songs, animations, videos, images but few have so massively flooded the tubes that make up the internet that it might actually be the case that all links do eventually lead to ponies. That i find particularly intriguing why so much creativity here? Or is it just more noticeable than creativity in Star Wars, Mass Effect, Halo, COD, LOTR, Star Trek, GOW, WH(40k) and most other large nerdbases/fanbases?
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should've occured to me sooner. I do enjoy that site from time to time.
Well, the series has fans from all over the political spectrum, if that's what you're asking, but some of My Little Pony's episodes theme contain deeply conservative themes that I wouldn't expect a non-fan to recognize. "The Crystal Empire" for example, was an allegory supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In that episode, it is revealed that 1000 years ago, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna attempted to overthrow King Sombra, the evil ruler of The Crystal Empire, but after they turned him to Shadow and banished him beneath the ice, he put a curse on The Empire, causing it to vanish along with all the crystal ponies. This represents President George Bush's failure to oust Saddam Hussein during the 1990 Gulf War. But then, when the Crystal Empire returned, Princess Celestia asked her protege Twilight Sparkle to finish her work, mirroring President George W. Bush's 2003 Gulf War. Princess Celestia told Twilight Sparkle that if The Crystal Empire is filled with hope and love, these things would be reflected across all of Equestria, reflecting the Bush Administration's attitude that toppling Saddam Hussein would cause a domino effect, spreading liberal democracy to all of the Middle East.
So naturally, Twilight Sparkle grabbed her Ponyville friends, standing in for the coalition of the willing, and headed north for the crystal empire. Upon arrival, Twilight Sparkle was escorted to a section of the Crystal Empire which was shielded from King Sombra by Princess Cadence's magic, which was clearly a reference to the Baghdad Green Zone. Twilight Sparkle and her friends later tried to recreate the Empire's Crystal Fair in order to raise morale in the local populace, and in order to do so they went to the library and researched Crystal Pony history. This is likely a reference to the US Military's attempt to win hearts and minds by embedding anthropologists. However, the Crystal Fair failed to bring happiness to the Crystal Empire because the Crystal Heart, representing liberal democracy was absent.
In the end, the Crystal Heart is recovered and King Sombra is killed. Celestia can't find any crystal ponies fit to rule their own kingdom, so she installs Cadence as the Crystal Princess instead, which represents... American Exceptionalism or something?
So there you have it, My Little Pony endorses strong military interventionalism.
I dissagree, but i see where you are going with it and it is certainly an interesting way to look at that development. But i don't think the situaiton has anymore bearing on present times than it does to previous colonial events.
Interesting to note though is that Sombra was also note a crystal pony if i recall he appeared to be much like other regular ponies. So i'm not sure of exactly how that fits in? Maybe if you were going with a modern association Neo colonialism might another possible subject? This is going to be really simplistic sounding and maybe a little stupid by comparison but:
Sombra is a non-crystal pony, who rules seemingly through oppression and power perhaps symbolic of colonialism in that places were taken over and typical ruled by martial might in some way in an unequal society that general benefited the upper class or the colonizer and collaborators.
He is dethroned and the kingdom itself disappears, maybe the disappearance is symbolic of the decent into chaos when a colonial oppressor is overthrown? I'm not so sure about that bit but the following i think i like better:
Twilight's crew is sent in not to colonize them through might or force but instead to slowly coerce them out of the dark bringing them to a more joyous and perhaps deluded state by instilling them with a culture they are lead to accept as their own, then a Foreign national ends up taking the thrown but in a less hands on way where she is more a representative of some in between of crystal pony and regular pony though still quite a symbolic projection of Equestrian power. What's more she represents a particular ideal that brings joy and also perhaps distraction. Just like post WW2 Coke-Cola. And much like coke-cola, pepsi and american media in many places of the world she is accepted with out really any questions.
Also forgive me if i drew a bad connection, but i don't study history i study words. Because they are far more important 
As far as i'm concerned the episode was the stereotypical "Evil empire Dissolved-Reborn as Good" thing for pure plot purposes. but its fun to talk about
I swear one day smilies you will be gone and i will laugh laugh i say at your well overdue death. Curse you smilies and your evil smiley ways >:|
There needs to be some romance in the show. So many shipping by fans but nothing but a lustful look between Twi and RD from an opportune screeny? Oh C'mon!!
There needs to be some romance in the show. So many shipping by fans but nothing but a lustful look between Twi and RD from an opportune screeny? Oh C'mon!!
a lustful look between Twi and RD? You sure you're not projecting bro?
There needs to be some romance in the show. So many shipping by fans but nothing but a lustful look between Twi and RD from an opportune screeny? Oh C'mon!!
I would prefer to see FlutterDash. It's just so perfect xD
huh... i have to relink all my games don't i?
nothing but a lustful look between Twi and RD from an opportune screeny?
Projecting.
Projecting.
Wouldn't that just feed back into what Gravi and i said about various types of people latching on to in some way feel more exceptional than others? That and i'm not sure that this series of any series would really be more prone to attracting or appealing to that particular type of person, i could see it possibly being more prone to attracting the politically oriented people who feel they are some how being "progressive" or "intellectual" by watching a show with such notoriety but I don't think it would attract anymore people of the type you assume than say tali, Miranda, Jack, Liara, Ashley, Thane etc... would? Or really any other group. I mean i thought we were discussing why we seem to have more of these pseudo intellectuals not just the varieties we attract.
If so i think it's more prudent to point to our Artists than to the oddballs, as from my experience in other fandoms this one seems to have a disproportionate Artist to viewer ratio when compared to others. Alot of fandoms have large numbers of artists pumpign out constant material, songs, animations, videos, images but few have so massively flooded the tubes that make up the internet that it might actually be the case that all links do eventually lead to ponies. That i find particularly intriguing why so much creativity here? Or is it just more noticeable than creativity in Star Wars, Mass Effect, Halo, COD, LOTR, Star Trek, GOW, WH(40k) and most other large nerdbases/fanbases?
There needs to be some romance in the show. So many shipping by fans but nothing but a lustful look between Twi and RD from an opportune screeny? Oh C'mon!!
No. Its bad enough I got to watch a sex scene with an alien in Mass Effect. If I want real romance I'd just ask that girl I like if she want to go out or something.
My guess was just that this show attracts the pseudo-intellects in part because it allows them to latch on to the characters in the show (since they are all well written stereotypes of different girl personalities)... You know, because they're "too nice" for girls in real life so they can turn to loving the ponies.
It was just a guess and not meant to be taken nearly as seriously as everybody in here is taking it
Oh, i see now. I was not aware that was a trend with that type of person? I suppose it makes sense somewhat but yeah i suppose i could maybe see very shallow people of that mind set being attracted to the series on account of the character personalities in that way. They are very likeable in general so it's not exactly far fetched. Some of the nutters out there would substitute like that. I just think there are things out there that might have more people like that than we do or generate at least the same level of "latching Lonelies"?. In any case It's just fun to talk about it, all speculative but it's fun to speculate.
Wtf is this?
Your brain in a nutshell.
I blame Inquisitor Recon, the Charlie sheen of MLP fandom.
No. Its bad enough I got to watch a sex scene with an alien in Mass Effect. If I want real romance I'd just ask that girl I like if she want to go out or something.
Watch out for falling spaghetti.
Watch out for falling spaghetti.
I would be more concerned about not looking like an idiot.
let's all just agree that page 2214 never happened.
5/10, that face Dash is making is super ugly
If you can find me a picture of a pony with a set of Beats by Dr.Dre or one that looks like my courier from FalloutNV I'll get rid of my "ugly dash dace" that is funny IMHO. They have to be REAL Beats by Dr.Dre.
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