FB 2/14: Tabitha St. Germaine

[The Fair Lady]

^I think Him scared the shit out of too many of us.

 

[LordCustos3]

My contribution to the derail"

Ah...... Dexter's Lab, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd, and Eddy....Back when The Cartoon Network was actually worth watching.

I will never see why Ed, Edd, and Eddy had any appeal.

Ed, Edd and Eddy was the only one of those shows that was even remotely funny.
It also becomes alot more interesting if you follow the fan'tard hypothesis that the entire show takes place in purgatory and everyone (except Plank) is dead.

Don't be afraid. He just brings the Good News of his "Lord" and Saviour: Slaanesh.

We have sooooo many "sensations" to share with you. All you need do is ask.

Muhahahaha.

 

[TheRedRanger]

I don't at all see the Judy Garland relation though.

This is the guy who thought he had a Bing Crosby/Frank Sinatra flavour. He's just picking something that sounds good and assuming it applies.

 

[Doge]

I don't necessarily have a problem with the show and can genuinely understand why people enjoy it. The brony culture though, is less about the show and more about being in the community. I think a good number of people flocked to it because of the fandom rather than the show, and they sperged over it because that's what the community did and it was cool to do. They think it's hip to be part of it and so they go wild. Furthermore, it can be easily sexualized. This makes it just ripe to attract a disturbing following. That's not to say every person who watches MLP is creepy or even weird, of course.

...

So what's stopping Chris from further engrossing himself in the MLP Fandom? Is he still a hater of all men, even the ones who share his biggest interest? I think by now he'd have made a couple of Brony friends to asspat him on Failbook.

Nah, that's not it. It's because he's lazy, and he's definitely not a team player. Chris doesn't join groups no matter what the subject is.

Just as well. He'd quickly try to make all group discussion focus on him. It's like that time he got banned from sharing of joys and concerns at his Church. People were talking about having babies or ill relatives and Chris was fucking talking about trolls and shit, and probably demanded people pay more attention to his problem.

Chris also got publicly called out by Tara Strong, and I imagine that a diehard brony (or someone who is willing to engage in a community surrounding MLP) probably follows her. Even if Chris was inclined to join a community (which he isn't) and didn't sperg about how he was the TRUE and HONEST CWC, communities quickly find they don't want him around. He's a sporadic poster (judging from his previous forays into online communities - Tomboys and Tomgirls, PSN blogs, so on), rude, types in a grating manner and couldn't contribute to a discussion to save his life. He might not get banned, but he'd probably be ignored for the most part.

 

[Lefty's Revenge]

Two upbeat and positive FB updates in a row from Chris!

The Next ones got to be something negative. Its like...math or something.

 

[DykesDykesChina]

When I watched Powerpuff Girls, I used to fantasize about Sara Bellum, the mayor's secretary

Spoiler

 

[WiseOldBadger]

I will never see why Ed, Edd, and Eddy had any appeal.

Agreed so hard. Since I'm adding to the cartoon derail, I don't know why they had to add that nerd character and annoyify the little girl at the tail end of Johnny Bravo's run.

Funny thing is Seth Macfarlane used to write for Johnny Bravo. I kind of think its funny even today ( especially the scooby-doo episode cross over).

I really don't think Johnny Bravo could be made today though. I think probably because the whole show sort of makes light of sexual harassment, and sort of objectifies women ( before they inevitably beat Johnny's Greaser ass.)

Im not saying its a "sexist" show, I just think networks wouldn't want to risk running it now

 

[bradsternum]

My contribution to the derail"

Ah...... Dexter's Lab, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd, and Eddy....Back when The Cartoon Network was actually worth watching.

I will never see why Ed, Edd, and Eddy had any appeal.

Ed, Edd and Eddy was the only one of those shows that was even remotely funny.

Shut the fuck up. Courage the Cowardly Dog was the best thing to happen to anything at any time.

 

[JarlaxleBaenre]

Billy and Mandy?

Sorry for fueling the sperg fire.

 

[Marvin]

My contribution to the derail"

Ah...... Dexter's Lab, The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Ed, Edd, and Eddy....Back when The Cartoon Network was actually worth watching.

I will never see why Ed, Edd, and Eddy had any appeal.

Ed, Edd and Eddy was the only one of those shows that was even remotely funny.
It also becomes alot more interesting if you follow the fan'tard hypothesis that the entire show takes place in purgatory and everyone (except Plank) is dead.

I definitely loved Ed, Edd and Eddy, even just taking it at face value. But I liked a lot of other shows on Cartoon Network too.

I don't necessarily have a problem with the show and can genuinely understand why people enjoy it. The brony culture though, is less about the show and more about being in the community. I think a good number of people flocked to it because of the fandom rather than the show, and they sperged over it because that's what the community did and it was cool to do. They think it's hip to be part of it and so they go wild. Furthermore, it can be easily sexualized. This makes it just ripe to attract a disturbing following. That's not to say every person who watches MLP is creepy or even weird, of course.

Think really isn't the case. Like, you're probably on target about the perverts and possibly correct about why people are becoming bronies, but I think that not every brony being creepy or weird is not a reasonable statement to make. Like, on the scales we're dealing with, internet scales, obviously from a literal standpoint, not literally every brony will be creepy or weird. But when the exceptions are down to just a handful of separate people, those sort of scales aren't really useful for anything. At those scales, you could be saying things like "not every nazi's racist." While yes, in a technical sense, that's definitely possible. But such a rare possibility that it's not really worth considering. I think that, at least for the group of people who specifically identify themselves as "bronies," they're almost consistently, inherently incredibly creepy, obnoxious nerds.

But to be fair, I guess there might be a few adults out there who watch MLP on their own time, but don't call themselves bronies.

 

[Picklepower]

Isnt it kind of funny how many people here will make fun of bronies while at the same time, they are fans of fucking Pokemon or furry fandom? I stopped even talking about bronies really cuz I realized that as someone who likes furry stuff, and Dc comics, and anime stuff, that it would be kinda hypocritical. Honestly from what Ive seen, a lot of the normal people that just happen to watch the show, will label themselves, "bronies".

 

[Gretchen Weeners]

Isnt it kind of funny how many people here will make fun of bronies while at the same time, they are fans of fucking Pokemon or furry fandom? I stopped even talking about bronies really cuz I realized that as someone who likes furry stuff, and Dc comics, and anime stuff, that it would be kinda hypocritical. Honestly from what Ive seen, a lot of the normal people that just happen to watch the show, will label themselves, "bronies".

Well, we're "christorians" here, so... :arrow:

 

[CatParty]

To accept or turn a blind eye to the less savory elements of a fandom is to condone them.

 

[Silver]

But to be fair, I guess there might be a few adults out there who watch MLP on their own time, but don't call themselves bronies.

There's a culture associated with the word "brony". A culture I absolutely despise. But I like the show. I just prefer to say it's one of my interests than define myself from the get-go by one of my interests by calling myself a brony. And I know several people who do the same thing.

 

[Rev. Rye]

To accept or turn a blind eye to the less savory elements of a fandom is to condone them.

To be fair, every fandom has less savory elements. EVERY. FANDOM.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

To accept or turn a blind eye to the less savory elements of a fandom is to condone them.

To be fair, every fandom has less savory elements. EVERY. FANDOM.

Eh, I kind of have to agree with CatParty. My eldest daughter went on a MLP: FiM binge on Netflix last summer and I caught a few minutes of some of the episodes. And you know what? It's kind of a cute show. Some of the jokes were funny and the musical number in the episode I saw was kinda catchy.

That being said, it's a show drawn, drafted, and written for an audience of 8-to-10 year-old-girls. I don't mind the idea of people occasionally indulging in the show--hell, I'm thirty-one years old and I still like superhero comic books and robots--but using it to prop up personality (or lack thereof) is another issue. I have to say as a father of little girls that the idea of of a grown man obsessing over a little girl's cartoon and assigning sexual aspects to it creeps me out.

If you want to be a fan, fine. Be a fan. Support the characters, analyze their motivations, write to the company that makes the show you like and tell them what you'd like. But at the end of the day, people have to realize that that's all it is. A TV show for little girls.

 

[c-no]

Isnt it kind of funny how many people here will make fun of bronies while at the same time, they are fans of fucking Pokemon or furry fandom? I stopped even talking about bronies really cuz I realized that as someone who likes furry stuff, and Dc comics, and anime stuff, that it would be kinda hypocritical. Honestly from what Ive seen, a lot of the normal people that just happen to watch the show, will label themselves, "bronies".

As much as how some of us make fun of bronies despite being part of another fandom be it furry, Pokémon, or other fandoms, it isn't really hypocritical. The bronies that we mock are pretty much the kind that would fall under lol-cow territory. We don't laugh at some brony who proves to be normal guy, we laugh at the brony who ALL CAPS spergs at Hasbro just because of Twilicorn and Equestria Girls. Getting to the other fandom part, some of us may be part of a group that gets mocked (such as furries) but we do acknowledge the fact that the group we are a part of has the people that make it a target for trolls. Besides, the "making fun of a fandom" thing can get ridiculous (not to mention hypocritical for obvious reasons) if you were to literally sperg, letting everyone remember how much you hate this group and see them as Hitler, even if everyone already knows it and wishes you to stop sperging.

 

[Ron_Swanson]

I really don't think Johnny Bravo could be made today though. I think probably because the whole show sort of makes light of sexual harassment, and sort of objectifies women ( before they inevitably beat Johnny's Greaser ass.)

Im not saying its a "sexist" show, I just think networks wouldn't want to risk running it now

It actually had a couple of revivals. They did two Johnny Bravo specials fairly recently. While I agree that society has become too PC, I think that any network that showed it would fall back on the standard 'It's a kid's show' defence.

Oh I definitely agree Johnny Bravo was hella fun, I loved that the premise for once wasn't otherworldly or magical or whatever, just a jerk's lovequest.(makes you wonder why Chris didn't latch on more to it) And that's my complaint with the latter seasons, I understand they were running out of terrain, but adding Susie and Carl lowered the show more to a plain character based skit stuff we're used to. I remember that Scooby Doo crossover, hella funny, and I guess anywhere you could inject Johnny it could be a lot of fun, so it's no surprise they're doing it more, I have to catch up with that.

Also they don't even need to use the 'kids' show' defense, at its heart the show may be about harassment but it clearly shows harassing is not the way to go, and will never work. Again, makes you wonder if the guys who buy into the PUA stuff and 'the game' and negging would be different if they had grown up watching it.

 

[Coldgrip]

Something like this right?

Spoiler

 

[LordCustos3]

My contribution to the derail"

I will never see why Ed, Edd, and Eddy had any appeal.

Ed, Edd and Eddy was the only one of those shows that was even remotely funny.

Shut the fuck up. Courage the Cowardly Dog was the best thing to happen to anything at any time.

Bullshit.
That overrated pile of mallarky was annoying, ugly and trite. The only CN show worse than "Cliche the Predictable Dog" was motherfucking "Squidbillies".
Yeah, I ranked your fave show in the same class as that "ATHF for Rednecks" show.....whattayagonnadoaboutit!?

To accept or turn a blind eye to the less savory elements of a fandom is to condone them.

Too true.
And as soon as the Anime Crowd has the courage to start smacking some sense into some of their less savory elements of their fandom, maybe evil werewolf shit like "Lotte no Omocha!" and "Boko no Pico" will stop getting made, because pervy fuckwhistles will stop buying it.