1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ Narwhal (narwhal) http://rainbowdash.net/narwhal http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3941214 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/29796" class="url" title="Griffin"><span class="fn nickname mention">vcgriffin</span></a></span> 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 &quot;brony&quot; is already incredibly connotative. I don't align with the prospect of &quot;brony culture&quot; as an extension of the term &quot;brony&quot;, 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 &quot;brony culture&quot;, which has sort of become an entirely separate mentality of viewing the show. @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/76" class="url" title="TOP BUB"><span class="fn nickname mention">thelastgherkin</span></a></span> made a great post here <a href="http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3940825" title="http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3940825" rel="nofollow external">http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3940825</a> about demographic that I think really rings true for this conversation.