Brony Thread

Enigma5991 wrote:My general opinion of Bronies.

JohnnyHarpoon wrote:I tried to look it up (clearly if you tell me not to, I'm going to) and it was like, a sweet little video. Maybe I found the wrong one?

Serious_Much wrote:HI GUYS

apparently I'm a closet brony (ReaperFan thinks)

Reaperfan wrote:The main issue roots down to a very specific shift in
creative direction when Friendship is Magic was created. Specifically
this relates to the fact that the new director attempted to make the
show enjoyable not only to the sterotypical little girls known to watch
previous iterations of the My Little Pony franchise, but also to their
parents. Since she realized that they would probably at some point have
to sit down and watch the show with their kid, she didn't want them to
have to hate sharing time with their kids by doing what previous seasons
had done and form the content of each episode only to appeal to the
sterotypical little girls. This is where the important matter lies;
Friendship is Magic was designed to be a family show, not just a young
girls show.

Now on to the more specific matters, making it a
family show means it has content enjoyable to adults, but may be over
the younger audience members' heads. For several good examples, this is
something that almost defines the animated Disney classics such as Lion
King and Beauty and the Beast. Now appealing to adults also means it
will have content that appeals not only to the mothers watching the
show, but also the fathers, and this is where the brony phenomenon
begins. If the show was made to be enjoyed by 20/30-something year old
fathers, does it not stand to reason that 20/30-something year old
single men might also find the same content appealing, and by extension
any man?

Alot of what makes the emergence of the Bronies as big
of a phenomenon as it is is because of the previous mentality of "omg
little girls stuff sucks" being shattered in the eyes of of the
audience. The reason there isn't some huge explosion of Adventure Time
or Regular Show communities (currently the two other most recently
addressed animated series along with Friendship is Magic) is because
they didn't do anything special in the eyes of their audience. While
both of these shows, along with Friendship is Magic, are very high
quality overall cartoon series, Adventure Time and Regular Show didn't
break any molds and cater to a predominately male audience, so of course
nobody is going to say that grown men watching them is odd, while grown
men watching Friendship is Magic is going to seem outlandish because of
the misconception that this iteration will follow its franchise's roots
as a little girl's show. Breaking past this misconception and
"awakening" to the idea that you can't take things at face value is what
caused the original bronies to spread the word, exponentially
compounding this growth as each new member felt the same "awakening."

As
to what elemtents specifically make us enjoy Friendship is Magic so
much can typically be said of any other worthwhile animated TV series.
It has a strong sense of humor, with a well-defined and relatable cast
of characters, with messages that resonate with the audience without
being heavy-handed in their delivery. We enjoy shows such as Dexter's
Laboratory, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Hey Arnold, The Fairly Oddparents, and
Phineas and Ferb for exactly these same reasons, so why should
Friendship is Magic be considered less respectable or enjoyable simply
because it has the title My Little Pony in it? When you learn to accept
this idea, and look past the misconception that certain shows are
restricted to only be enjoyed by their specific target audiences, then
you will come to understand the Brony phenomenon.

TL;DR: I promised an essay didn't I? Now stop reading this and read the actual post you lazy bum

Serious_Much wrote:Because they're gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you

CrackSouls wrote:(spelt correctly?)

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