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What is it about MLP that makes people want to flaunt it moreso (as I've noticed personally) than any other fandom? Is it the false allusion to social change that makes people proud to fly it's colors or is it the community constantly reinforcing the idea that you aren't a real brony unless you do so? Could it be the sense of community that makes them want to be able to identify and befriend eachother in the real world? This is something I would like to hear your opinions on, RDN.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:44:43 UTC from web-
@abigpony well they flaunt it around hoping to find other bronies
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:45:54 UTC from web-
@wade1423 Alright, alright. That's something I imagined would be a leading reason.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:49:26 UTC from web
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Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:46:12 UTC from web
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@jojoax But why? The question could be given for anything really, but bronies seem to be more flamboyant than other fans. Think it's just because there seems to be more?This could be a link to Cerulean's question earlier about the fans and their impact on the state of the fandom no?
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:51:23 UTC from web-
@abigpony probably. i try not to figure out why people do things, there are more important questions to me that i would want to figure out
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:53:54 UTC from web-
@jojoax I'm intrigued in this sort of thing for the psychological aspect.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:55:37 UTC from web
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@abigpony haters just notice it more so they could just use it against us. Think about it you never hear how many gay guys like doctor who
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:54:54 UTC from web-
@wade1423 This is true. Dr. Who seems to have less gay male fans as far as I can tell. It's an odd comparison you made there.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:56:28 UTC from web-
@abigpony you see. I just picked a random show that i liked that had a big fandom
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:57:36 UTC from web-
@wade1423 Well all the other fans of Dr. Who seem to be VERY VOCAL, which brings me back to noticing why bronies seem to speak out about MLP in public at conventions, with clothes, etc.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:59:20 UTC from web
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@abigpony Most bronies are more in love with the idea of being bronies than they are the show itself, I think. Furries do it too. Almost every furry troll thread on 4chan starts with someone declaring themselves to be a furry, completely unprompted by any element of the discussion.
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@ceruleanspark So pride in the community. Always a leading cause. I don't notice many furry threads starting like that, but I DO see bronies do it an awful lot. Perhaps they do and I don'tnotice because they do it in a strictly more communal way.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:57:53 UTC from web-
@abigpony Furries have given up on 4ch, but it used to be that somoene would post a stupid **** picture of a furry doing something obnoxious in a "you rage you lose" thread, and then all the furries would storm the thread with OH MAN YOU CAN'T FURSECUTE US LIKE THAT. The picture that normally starts it is that livejournal screencap of the guy complaining that his homeschooled kid doesn't want to be a furry.
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@ceruleanspark That cap is hilarious and was done as a joke. I hope people don't take that seriously.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:04:37 UTC from web-
@abigpony Well, it being posted in a rage thread kind of insinuates that people do. If they weren't taking it seriously, it would have no effect.
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@ceruleanspark I've only seen people laugh at it. Huh. Silly people.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:06:39 UTC from web
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@abigpony Also the one with the "werewolf" who "frightened" his dentist by growling and biting the tools. That's also a good one.
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@ceruleanspark never seen that one
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:06:51 UTC from web-
@abigpony i thought of a good reason to say that you like something, to see peoples reactions and based on the way that they react you know who to ignore and who you would hang out with.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:09:43 UTC from web-
@jojoax People react different way around diferent people, different amounts of people, generally in different scenarios. To judge people on one happening is slightly unfair.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:13:37 UTC from web-
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:14:21 UTC from web
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@jojoax No, I totally get it. It makes sense and even the aspect of connecting through that at any point is great. It'd just change in approach based on environment.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:19:54 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark link to this screencap? It seems hilarious
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:36:03 UTC from web-
@purplephish20 I'll grab it when I'm in a place where browsing 4chanarchive won't get me fired into the sun.
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@ceruleanspark thanks
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:38:19 UTC from web
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@abigpony It's because at face value most people won't even give it a chance, and for good reason. The hate for MLP as a franchise has existed for decades. Just by having the title "My Little Pony", Friendship of Magic inherited an already thriving hatedom. So right from the start people have to talk a little louder to make it known that there's something very different about it now. This increased volume in turn lures more haters, and more haters means the fans have to speak up even louder. It becomes a feedback loop of both sides raising their voices- from the bronies just to be heard at all, and from the haters to keep the bronies from being heard. TL;DR: the default assumption most people have is that MLP is bad and they are reluctant to accept the idea that there's even a chance it could be good.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 10:56:07 UTC from web-
@toksyuryel So it's a Red v. Blue ideal? Warring sides. That combines several of the aforementioned things like pride in the community, allusion to [show] change, yadda yadda yadda. Seems like an overabundance of pride in your description. interesting.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:03:41 UTC from web-
@abigpony The more fundamental reason is that when people like something a lot, they are naturally inclined to want to share it with others. With something like this where people are predisposed to think ill of it, this naturally leads into having to defend it when you try to share it. And then all this constant need for defending one's interest creates the very image you see and the ensuing feedback loop it generates as I explained in the previous post.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:14:53 UTC from web-
@toksyuryel hmm... I see.
Wednesday, 10-Oct-12 11:22:08 UTC from web
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