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  1. Matt Matt

    I'm leaving the fandom *slits throat*

    Saturday, 13-Jun-15 23:34:57 UTC from web
    1. caret7 caret7

      @mrmattimation Was e100 really that bad? I remember I left the fandom for about a year after A Canterlot Wedding because of Cadence.

      Saturday, 13-Jun-15 23:38:42 UTC from web
      1. Matt Matt

        @caret7 I haven't watched MLP in months lmao

        Saturday, 13-Jun-15 23:40:37 UTC from web
      2. Narwhal Narwhal

        @caret7 For me there was never really anything that specifically caused me to stop watching the show, I just got bored of it around season 3 and haven't really watched it since. I did watch e100 though, mostly out of (very) morbid curiosity. I wrote my thoughts on that here http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3940788

        Saturday, 13-Jun-15 23:51:48 UTC from web
        1. caret7 caret7

          @northernnarwhal I'm back in the fandom, and I often check EqD for stories and art. One thing that drew me back was the loving attention to characterization in fan creations. Adventure fics, comedy, heck even clopfics can be masterpieces. After that year away, I longed for the wholesome brony culture that nurtured me as a teenager. In the fandom, I learned to draw, animate, make music, and write stories. It was like the Italian Renaissance in a way, and ponies were our Greek gods. And the old saying, What Would A Pony Do? And this culture survives today. I won't read your message until I watch E100, though :)

          Sunday, 14-Jun-15 03:13:19 UTC from web
          1. Narwhal Narwhal

            @caret7 I imagine if I ever got back into the show it would just be that- me being a fan of the show. That isn't to say I wouldn't enjoy fan works though, as communal culture is very important in the world of art! I'm just awfully apprehensive with the word "brony" and the prospect of "brony culture", I disagree with the notions of categorically identifying with my media. I feel that a term like "brony", aside from being weighted with some less than pleasurable connotations, is also reflective of a philosophy of media engagement that works more on the framework of an identity complex than that of critical evaluation or visceral enjoyment. My message doesn't technically spoil anything that happened in the episode and is more of just my reaction to it, but yeah, you'd be better off reading it after watching the episode.

            Sunday, 14-Jun-15 03:24:59 UTC from web
            1. Griffin Griffin

              @northernnarwhal @caret7 @riley I think 'Brony culture' has always been a struggle between two extremes. 1) firstly a very modern liberal conception of personal freedom, where everyone should be able to be who they want to be regardless of geder, secualty race or age. and on the other 2) a group of men coming in to take something that is amined and meant for little girls.
              And sadly after episode MLP100 the second group has won and I agree with everything @caret7 (http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3940788) The eppiosode was akin to a buch of playground bullies taking away the sand pit.

              Sunday, 14-Jun-15 08:33:16 UTC from web
              1. Narwhal Narwhal

                @vcgriffin You're right, there's definitely a clear conflict of interests in terms of how we define the term, which is probably because even the term "brony" is already incredibly connotative. I don't align with the prospect of "brony culture" as an extension of the term "brony", which as I discussed in my previous post is really more of a contrived identity complex than an actual method of engagement with media. I certainly agree with your sandpit analogy too, e100 was very clearly submissive to that prospect of "brony culture", which has sort of become an entirely separate mentality of viewing the show. @thelastgherkin made a great post here http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3940825 about demographic that I think really rings true for this conversation.

                Sunday, 14-Jun-15 14:48:47 UTC from web