Hypno Ponies

[Hummingbird]

Out of curiosity, I decided to see what the average age of these "ponies" are. It tends to be between 17 to 24 on average with a few that are pushing 30 (about two that are older). The teens will at least grow out of it, but if you're old enough to drink, then it's creepy.

 

[Super Collie]

Don't know about that. Wouldn't surprise me, I guess. But I'd assume that that was only after it has turned out that Brony "culture" tolerates thinly veiled zoophilia. I've heard that Furries have recently become somewhat aware of their public image and try to improve it but that's just something that I've heard. I don't know a lot about Furries, to be honest. I like some the art that's not porn. Which probably means that I actually like very little of the art.

Just gonna weigh in on this reeeeeally late, us furs try to put a *LOT* of distance between us and bronies. At least, those of us who consider ourselves mostly well-adjusted individuals in society. Truth be told, a lot of us are pretty relieved that the "furry stigma" has finally been shifted over to someone else. Breathing room is nice, etc etc.

Someone I follow in the fandom once wrote up a scathing analysis about brony culture and tied it into its "detrimental" effects on the furry fandom using the tagging system on art aggregate e621.net (NSFW) as the base of his data. I don't recall the details but his findings calculated that if you add up the number of images tagged with the six ponies it is more than triple the amount of images tagged simply "pokemon". Let that sink in, if you count the total number of images (porn) of all 700+ Pokemon it is only one third the amount of the pictures out there celebrating six stupid horses. Pokemon is the second-largest tag group. Every other franchise that you associate with perverted furry art (Sonic, Starfox, Digimon, etc) are blown completely out of the water by MLP. MLP's character tags make up the majority of the top 10 tagged characters; I think Sonic and Krystal are the only non-pony characters in that list.

Additionally, he did some other calculations that showed if you added "my little pony" to your tag blacklist and then searched for "horse" or "equine", a whopping ninety-seven percent of all the results are filtered out. The furry fandom is a culture that celebrates characters with horse dicks and on this art aggregate all non-MLP horse art in the entire fandom counts for 3% of everything tagged as "horse". (Of course, it's important to note that e621 doesn't host every single image ever, but it's a pretty damning benchmark.) He also noted, I think, that there is not a single fetish tag on the site that does not return at least 1 MLP result.

He named the article something like "Go Home Bronies: The Furry Fandom's Cancer" but nobody would run the article because of the potential dramabomb, even when he attributed the article to a ghostwriter name. As far as I know he never published it and instead vented about the whole ordeal and then went back to whatever else he was doing.

 

[Hummingbird]

I've heard about those kinds of things like the Bronies taking off stigma from the furries and there being more MLP porn in two years than the Sonic fandom could in five. Something about the crazier furries jumping ship to that fandom.

 

[Super Collie]

I've heard about those kinds of things like the Bronies taking off stigma from the furries and there being more MLP porn in two years than the Sonic fandom could in five.

It's completely true. Pokemon has been around for fifteen years (eighteen if you count the time it was Japan only) and the amount of gross furry sex art for that franchise absolutely pales in comparison to what the new MLP has pulled off in just two or three years. The fact I found most staggering was that when you take the "pokemon" tag out of the equation, I think something like every single other franchise tag combined still doesn't add up to MLP's total. It's just disgusting.

 

[niggers]

okay from what i understand these ponies all have jobs/talents clearly outlined right? (which is kinda creepy and hivemind-y but it's a kid show so whatever)

so why would a mass of shiftless, untalented autists want to live in such a society? do they want a "shitposting on internet forums" or a "weird over-analyzing of age-inappropriate media" cutie mark?

 

[Xalver]

Words cannot describe this. It's just too autistic. I think we've found it, the Cthulhu of autism. CWCthulhu, if you will. A person or group so weird and creepy they just break your brain.

Or at least their own

Seriously, why the fuck do these people want to rape their own brains?

 

[Foulmouth]

Or at least their own

Seriously, why the fuck do these people want to rape their own brains?

Why do "people" dress as animals and fuck each other ?

Pot, I would like you to meet kettle.

 

[Xalver]

Why do "people" dress as animals and fuck each other ?

Pot, I would like you to meet kettle.

Usually not due to sanitary propuses.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I was one of the OG Bronies. I used to be proud of that label.

The problem was, that over time, and over the seasons, I saw what was basically a group of people who supported a pretty good TV show with a positive message for little girls devolve into a squabbling, backstabbing nest of trolls with no further interests than the latest "Clop" drawing, and assorted mental/sexual perversions like the topic in this thread.

I'm still a fan of the show, but I don't admit in public anymore. It makes me sick that some members of the fanbase have taken a program with such a good basic message and corrupted it like they did.

Sadly, this happens to every fandom. A small, mutated part of it suddenly swells and engulfs the rest of the fandom, until it's seen as what's "normal" for the fandom. It's how you end up with stuff like Superwholock and anime weeaboos. It happens to every fandom, some just mutate faster than others.

It's a shame too, because the creater of the show wanted to make it something that everyone could get into, a show that wouldn't be written off as just something "girly" and whatnot. It's just sad that some people had to take it wasaaay too far with their interest in the show

 

[Hummingbird]

It's a shame too, because the creater of the show wanted to make it something that everyone could get into, a show that wouldn't be written off as just something "girly" and whatnot. It's just sad that some people had to take it wasaaay too far with their interest in the show

An associate of mine says it's like the Monkey's Paw effect for Ms. Faust. She wished for a show that could appeal beyond little girls and got a fandom full of older weirdos.

93532: Everything is simpler and easier in Ponyville. So it would be easier for them to find their destiny and talents than in the real world.

 

[niggers]

Everything is simpler and easier in Ponyville. So it would be easier for them to find their destiny and talents than in the real world.

fair enough, but i still like the idea of them somehow completely divorcing perception from reality, entering the cartoon world, and still being lonely losers, just now lonely losers with hooves.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

fair enough, but i still like the idea of them somehow completely divorcing perception from reality, entering the cartoon world, and still being lonely losers, just now lonely losers with hooves.

We shall call it "The CWC Effect".

 

[Johnny Bravo]

I actually like the show. Wouldn't go as far as to call myself a brony or pegasister but I've watched the show enough to be able to tell the main cast apart and name off some fan favorite background characters. It's cute, fluffy entertainment, a nice way to wind down after a stressful day. Some episodes really do try my patience and the show can be very poorly written at times, but most of the episodes range from average to good in my book.

What I will never understand is how this show got such an insane fanbase. I guess it's true that all fandoms attract some weirdos, but this... it's only been a few years and MLP has already reached Rangerphille levels of batshit insanity. That's not something to be proud of.

 

[Optimus Prime]

What I will never understand is how this show got such an insane fanbase. I guess it's true that all fandoms attract some weirdos, but this... it's only been a few years and MLP has already reached Rangerphille levels of batshit insanity. That's not something to be proud of.

Initially, it was more out of the "ironic" idea of males liking what for the past 30 years had been a defining girly-girl show than anything, then when people started realizing this show had actual quality behind it, things took off. It's not so much that the show is truly on the level of Last Airbender but that it's a high quality show when by all rights it shouldn't be one.

Of course, Hasbro's "hands off" approach to the gobs of fan-generated content, so far as to recognize fan artists with the current collab with Shapeways for custom 3D printed artwork, and the sheer amount of interaction the show's staff has with the more sane parts of the fanbase that allowed it to grow into what it is today. Frankly, it means Tara Strong told off OPL so it can't be that bad when everything is said and done, right?

 

[Johnny Bravo]

It also means that FiM gets more attention today than objectively clever shows like The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, which were worked on by the same creator.

I have to admit that the way Hasbro handles their fans is pretty cool, even if some of the fans are nutters. And I actually think it's cool that boys like a show that was meant to appeal to little girls. I think it would be awesome if we lived in a world where boys are just as accepted for liking girl things as girls are for liking boy things (no matter what the tumblrites say, women really do have an easier time breaking the gender barrier). All that said, as someone who loves all forms of animation, I can't help but get my jimmies rustled when an average show like FiM gets critical acclaim yet a fantastic show like Foster's gets canned.

 

[Jaimas]

Just gonna weigh in on this reeeeeally late, us furs try to put a *LOT* of distance between us and bronies. At least, those of us who consider ourselves mostly well-adjusted individuals in society. Truth be told, a lot of us are pretty relieved that the "furry stigma" has finally been shifted over to someone else. Breathing room is nice, etc etc.

Someone I follow in the fandom once wrote up a scathing analysis about brony culture and tied it into its "detrimental" effects on the furry fandom using the tagging system on art aggregate e621.net (NSFW) as the base of his data. I don't recall the details but his findings calculated that if you add up the number of images tagged with the six ponies it is more than triple the amount of images tagged simply "pokemon". Let that sink in, if you count the total number of images (porn) of all 700+ Pokemon it is only one third the amount of the pictures out there celebrating six stupid horses. Pokemon is the second-largest tag group. Every other franchise that you associate with perverted furry art (Sonic, Starfox, Digimon, etc) are blown completely out of the water by MLP. MLP's character tags make up the majority of the top 10 tagged characters; I think Sonic and Krystal are the only non-pony characters in that list.

Additionally, he did some other calculations that showed if you added "my little pony" to your tag blacklist and then searched for "horse" or "equine", a whopping ninety-seven percent of all the results are filtered out. The furry fandom is a culture that celebrates characters with horse dicks and on this art aggregate all non-MLP horse art in the entire fandom counts for 3% of everything tagged as "horse". (Of course, it's important to note that e621 doesn't host every single image ever, but it's a pretty damning benchmark.) He also noted, I think, that there is not a single fetish tag on the site that does not return at least 1 MLP result.

He named the article something like "Go Home Bronies: The Furry Fandom's Cancer" but nobody would run the article because of the potential dramabomb, even when he attributed the article to a ghostwriter name. As far as I know he never published it and instead vented about the whole ordeal and then went back to whatever else he was doing.

Relax, man. We know that these guys are about as representative of furries as White Castle is representative of organic cuisine.

 

[Super Collie]

Relax, man. We know that these guys are about as representative of furries as White Castle is representative of organic cuisine.

Honestly I just wanted an excuse to share cool statistics.

 

[AtroposHeart]

You know as a student in Child Development I am glad that a show like MLP exists for little girls. Because it features female characters with a wide arrange of personalities interests, jobs, and hobbies. And neither one is portrayed as better than the other. Lauren Faust said that she wanted the show to show girls that is was okay to be any kind of girl you wanted to be (With the exception of being a mean person)

Most kids shows have a token female character, but MLP has a whole cast and not to mention it is racially neutral.

I wouldn't mind showing this to a class of kids or my daughter, if I had one. Perhaps even a son if a girl's show didn't bother him.

I am honestly so sad such a wonderful show like this has been taken over by the creeps. I don't mind if you are an adult male fan of the show, but remember this was created for little girls and you have to keep that in mind whenever you make any type of fan content.

 

[Optimus Prime]

It also means that FiM gets more attention today than objectively clever shows like The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, which were worked on by the same creator.

Fun Fact: Lauren Faust and Craig McCracken, who are married, first met when Lauren was brought onto PPG (which Craig is credited with developing).

The fact FIM is getting more attention also has more to do with, allegedly, the Cartoon Brew article "The End of Creator Driven Television" or something, which was an alarmist editorial focusing on how Lauren was a great figure in the cartoon industry but was now the head of developing what has always been seen as a crappy girls toy commercial in the guise of a "cartoon" as mandated by Hasbro. The first "bronies" - I am hesitant to use that term - were 4chaners who found the article and decided to watch this reportedly crappy show and make fun of it. Much to their surprise, it actually wasn't crap at all. Had the show not been panned before it really even aired, inciting the attention of the internet, it might have not had the super-strong start that put it on the map at all.

I have to admit that the way Hasbro handles their fans is pretty cool, even if some of the fans are nutters. And I actually think it's cool that boys like a show that was meant to appeal to little girls. I think it would be awesome if we lived in a world where boys are just as accepted for liking girl things as girls are for liking boy things (no matter what the tumblrites say, women really do have an easier time breaking the gender barrier). All that said, as someone who loves all forms of animation, I can't help but get my jimmies rustled when an average show like FiM gets critical acclaim yet a fantastic show like Foster's gets canned.

Well, part of that might be due to CN's decisions around that time being influenced by having their heads shoved up their asses. I mean, great shows like Foster's and Transformers Animated (which is the greatest TF cartoon since Beast Wars) were being relegated to the non-primetime airing slots in favor of shit like Flapjack (*shudder*) and the sudden rise of live-action based programming that had no place on a channel about cartoons. What cartoons there were also tended to be reliant on low-brow humor and trying to keep up with social trends (I.E. Mad TV and Annoying Orange).

Compared to MLP, the pony show's average writing - which should be a standard in the industry - is constantly above and beyond most of what is out there. That said, I can't recall ever hearing Foster's getting panned, but it certainly didn't get merchandised to hell and back like most cartoons of that time, either...

 

[DykesDykesChina]

okay from what i understand these ponies all have jobs/talents clearly outlined right? (which is kinda creepy and hivemind-y but it's a kid show so whatever)

so why would a mass of shiftless, untalented autists want to live in such a society? do they want a "shitposting on internet forums" or a "weird over-analyzing of age-inappropriate media" cutie mark?

Bronies would fit into Equestria about as well as ADF would fit into Best Korea.