I work in a factory that's primarily populated by men above the age of fifty.

I want to try this so bad.

>>21956682
Don't get caught.

Show no signs of being the culprit responsible for what's on the TV.

Hide the remote.

>>21956682

Do it, Mine has more than a few 30-40 year olds. A few of them walked out with a weirded out look, but most couldn't stop watching/laughing about it.

I had 6 people after ask me to send them the rest.

>>21956655
>>21956682

Which episode was it?

>>21956717

It honestly wouldn't surprise me very much if they did like it, my dad works there as well and he watches more cartoons than I do.

Buuuuuut I also live in the South so they're the kind of guys that... ehh, I don't know how to put it, but I think you know what I mean.

general thread is >>21954344 :)
also http://arch.413chan.net/mlpgeneral/ may help you find it in the future

>>21956655
okay where do you work

Where do you work OP?

>>21956814

Bridgestone plant, I'm on the repair staff.

They paid for college and I make $25/hour working twelve hour shifts. It's easier than it sounds too.

>>21956851
$25 huh
What college? My dream college is expensive as fuck

>>21956851
>I make $25/hour working twelve hour shifts.
You Sonava Bitch.

>>21956903

Just a two year degree from a local community college, bare minimum required for the job.

>>21956822
American Express.

>>21956774
I just started with the first one

I'm going to show everyone at my work, too. Wish me luck.

>>21957090
you will be surprised at their reactions.

I know I was.

>>21956851
>>21956977
which one of these are true OP?

>>21957142

>>21956851 is me, but I'm not OP, I'm >>21956682.

I didn't expect anyone to be interested in my job.

>>21957271
Well at 25 bucks an hour.. i think most of hte people here would be

>bronies

God, you people are such fags.

So, how many episodes are we up to so far, and do we have links for the current ones?

>>21957358
Nine episodes. Tenth one airs tomorrow. You can watch on Pensivepine's youtube account, on hubworld.com, or download them from /rs/.
Also, just for reference, again: general thread is at >>21954344

tomorrow!

I cant sleep

>>21956794
"Beat the shit out of people who are different from them"?

>>21956851
What's the name of the job? Unemployed bastard here, need something to work towards.

i love pony

Wait, did any girls watch it?

God damn ponis

what do we call girl who watches mlp

girl bronies

>>21957900
A girl.

>>21957900
Fucking psychos like the rest of you.

>>21957900
Normal

>lulz
fuck off newfag

I work at the Mac Store. This should be a piece of cake.

i came

confession:

>ignore pony threads thinking /co/ is joking
>get pissed off when i see them all the time
>troll some of the threads
>download ep of /rs/ to better understand my enemy
>skip around a little
>start watching a scene in the middle
>episode finishes
>i realize i watched the entire thing and enjoyed it
>мое лицо когда

You know what would make my entire year? If the popularity of this show spread so far that one day my friends come to me and say, "Dude, this is going to sound weird, but have you heard of the My Little Pony show?"

>>21957973
mac=simple
macintosh=applejack
simple to pick all those dvd apples

>>21958024
It's really not that bad, y'know? /co/ is wrestling with a lot of weird feelings right now because of this adorable show. Now.. If only we could get more people to just mellow out and give it a chance. You don't have to love it and flip the fuck out like some bronies, but it's perfectly fine to enjoy a good show and accept that some ponies can't help but go a little too far.

>>21958036

I'm kind of expecting that to happen to me pretty soon. I live with animators.

Even Death loves ponies.

>>21958128
well shit that's pinkie pie

>>21958113
A lot of my friends are college guys who are kind of barraged with internet culture on a daily basis. Sooner or later, it will hit them. It's only a matter of time before some popular website or blog notices what's going on here and decides to watch the show before spreading the word, only to find they love it too.

"So, I wanted to write some awful, mean article about how this show is dumb and for little stupid babies.. and then I watched it and now I see why /co/ has been so excited about.. Confound these ponies!"

>>21958156

Scott included an MLP easter egg in his last VGCats update.

Not exactly what you're talking about, but close.

>>21958195
>>21958156
>>21958113
>>21958036
Once it hits CN the infection will spread at record speeds. Entire nations will fall. All will be ponies. Everything will be pretty chill. Friendship will flourish.

>>21958243

You're being sarcastic. But I really do thing this will wind up being huge.

>>21958128
>>21958146
SHE'S AN EVIL ENCHANTRESS
SHE DOES EVIL DANCES

2007- Mock CWC for having MLP figures
2010- /co/ loves MLP shit

How low the mighty fall...

Oh shit.. I just had a realization that /co/ is going to hate..
They keep calling this a flavor of the month, but even once the season ends, they will start airing on cartoon network, and it will start all over again... And by the times it's done airing there, we should have a second season... They'll either have to convert or move out. Those poor jerks...

>>21958291

Ah, but CWC adored the pre-MLP franchises. That's still something to be mocked.

>>21958308

...it's seriously going to be on Cartoon Network?

>>21958338
In countries other than the US.

>>21958338

Cartoon Network picked it up for their overseas channels. No word yet on the U.S. If it happens it won't be in the near future.

Still, that's really good news.

>>21958308

This is going to be AWESOME.

>>21958338
>http://www.licensing.biz/news/6459/Hasbro-Studios-seals-key-deal-with-Turner-Broadcasting
>My Little Pony on Cartoon Network

>Watch this show so I can hate it with reason
>It's My Little Pony, and I'm above the age of 8
>Don't get into it
>You are all man-children.

>>21958006
is this a picture of yourself or someone you saw wearing the shoes and you asked to take a picture?

I'd assume it's a self-photo but the "I came" made me think "I came when I saw this person wearing Applejack shoes".

>>21958349

Which is... kinda weird to be honest, why wouldn't they show it in the US? Hub that worried about competition?

I've seen some MLP/RS crossover in the form of Fluttershy and Mordecai.

Would any of you drawfags mind drawing a picture of Pops running around Ponyville giggling at all the pretty ponies?

The idea has me tickled pink.

>>21958308
Ooor...I can continue to not watch the show?

>>21958380

I would assume so, yes. If they were smarter it would be their flagship show. I have no idea behind their reasoning for the schedule.

>>21958383

Pinkie Pie trying to get Mordecai to sing with the other birds

>>21958380
I think the main reason is that The Hub is only in the US, so airing it on CN internationally allows it to reach a wider audience.

>Have to cut homebox because it's costing too much
>realize I'm losing some normal channels as well like boomerang
>be sad
>flipping through channels before the third episode was meant to air
>still have The HUB.
>my face when

Also, what fucking time block would CN put this on? They don't have a "little girls" or "young kids" timeblock...
inb4 when it does air on CN in US it replaces Johnny Test and Monday nights are now MLP, AT, RS, etc.

>>21958420

Yes, I know. I said I saw it.

>>21958423
not airing on CN in the US, bro.

at least not yet. maybe CN US will see all the praise FiM gets and will want in on that sweet pony action for their timeslots.

>>21958420
>>21958420
>>21958420
>>21958420
>>21958420
Make this happen.

>>21958379
these are from thread a few days ago i am just a creepy guy who fapped to it

>>21958421

God dammit MLP is going to air in Canada!.... On YTV Treehouse which most people don't even get :/

>>21958449
oh.

yeah I guess that makes sense

>>21958423

If they were smart, they'd put it on in the evening.

If they were really gutsy, they'd put it on Adult Swim.

>>21958423
> replace johnny test

This... Is actually very acceptable.

>>21958468
You'd have to be a fucking hard-assed jock type-stoner to not enjoy it if they put it on AS.

>>21958468
CN would really be able to tote it around with the people who worked on it

"from the people that brought you powerpuff girls and dexter's lab"

though CN doesn't want anything to do with its older programming lately so I doubt they'd take that opportunity.

>>21958496

jock stoners? Wut?

First off, stoners would love the show. Second, I've known plenty of jocks who would feel the same.

It's usually the insecure angsty bitches that are the neighsayers. They types who watch AS on saturdays.

>>21958488
I think EVERYBODY, even pony-haters would be okay with this show replacing Johnny Test.

>>21958006
Disgusting underage cam whore. Fuck off.

I'd like to see crossover promos if MLP ever comes to CN. Then again, I'd like to see any kind of crossover promo on CN. Those were some of the best parts of my day when CN was Cartoon Network.

>>21958514
oh if only canvas sneakers weren't the most uncomfortable thing on the planet.

>>21958547
People who don't punch their ponies make me sick!

shoe thread

>>21958510

CN won't give a shit. If they see another new competitive network with a new show and the interest is huge and that new network doesn't know what it has in its hands, they'll jump all over it.

And, in fact, they already have.

I finished Twilight guys.

FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BUY PONY SHOES

http://www.zazzle.com/bashamo/gifts?cg=196657557626152945

>>21958543
You know I hear that stuff alot, about how stoners or jocks or whatever would like it.

Wherever I live that's not how things work... at all. Nobody browses the internet. Nobody watches cartoons. Nobody plays anything that isn't a shooter.

I'd go on but you get the picture. Even my own great friends aren't open-minded to well... anything.

Well, half of /co/ is divided again. I really can't be too upset with any of you 'cuz and interest is an interest and /co/ has and always will be love.

Just--*please* don't go overboard like you guys did with that fucking Avatar shit.

>>21958591
You are awesome, Iceman. Thanks for understanding.

>>21958565
Don't you mean shoe bee doo thread?

>>21958585

derp, forgot image.

>>21958573

Is MLP pony really all that popular? I know we don't shut up about it but do we have any numbers for the show's ratings and demographics from he Hub yet?

>>21958587

You ever seen that movie "The World's Greatest Dad?"

You know the obnoxious teenage son? The one that says things like "music is for fags" and masturbates to the old latino lady across the street?

That's your typical neighsayer.

>>21958587
Oh, if facebook and ESPN count as the internet, then they do browse those sites and only those sites.

>>21958611

>>21958468
Even if I hated the show, it's not like AS hasn't played stuff I hated before. Like say, back when they played Saved by the Bell for a while. Worst-case scenario, it's as bad as something they already did.

>>21958616
How about "old/classical music is for fags. techno's for fags. country's for fags."? Among a few other genres of music that aren't metal, modern rock or rap.
Because I've heard that.
Also, speaking of fags, homosexuals don't exist or need to stay away. By the way, this isn't a southern state, it's PA

>>21958663
PA is the Deep South of the North.

>>21958611
Sweeeet. Thanks, man.

Mind posting the link to the website again? I forgot to save it.

>>21958514
>>21958533
>>21958565
>>21958605
I worship you and the feet that those shoes house.

>>21958616
that movie is terrible and you should feel terrible for referencing it to anything but terrible.

>>21958616
This kind of statement is counterproductive.

every time i see shoo bee doo i think of the new Geico commercial. It is now apparently the "mating call" of geckos.

>>21958658

that's no ass brony.... dangit, the perspective doesn't help.

>>21958688
No problem, I made two other versions as well.

>>21958616

What about people who watched the show and have a detailed opinion on why they think it's a poor show?

How would they be described as?

I've watched about FIVE MINUTES on the second episode.

AND I'M HOOKED!!!!!

Going back to watch Pinkie Pie sing about laughing at fear.

please stop masturbating at cartoons aimed at 6 year old girls.

>>21958721

I used to hate that song ... now I like it, especially after seeing Winter Wrap Up.

>>21958543
First, I am the type who watches AS on Saturdays, unless they have new Venture Bros, Saturday is just about the only day of AS programming I care about. And I also rather enjoy MLP too, so I say your stereotypes are unfounded.

Besides, you really think it's hard to believe that anime fans might like cute colorful, one might even say, childish things? Are you even paying attention to what's popular with the /a/ crowd?

Now shows like Time and Eric or Assy McGee, those are the shows that the Saturday crowd tends to hate.

>>21958720
like bigfoot

as in nonexistent.

nah I'm just kidding and if you don't like the show I'm sure you're a good person and like good things.

>>21958720
People with an opinion, whose tastes are not the same as ours.

>>21958719

this last one, I got a little carried away.

>>21958719
>>21958745
I dig. Saved.

I'm going to bed now, so hopefully I can check out your other two drawings tomorrow sometime.

>>21958721
So you're hooked on episode 2, which is where they nearly lost me after hooking me at Episode 1. Meh, whatever.

>>21958698
you know what else, whoever kept going on and on aboug the G1 storylines in the stream the other night needs to STFU

>>21958782

wat?

>>21958726

No prob, I stopped that a long time ago.

Now I masturbate furiously at Gwen Denison, the one from the first Ben 10 series, not the grown up one.

>>21958735
Maybe anime fans.
But nobody here even bothers with AS on saturdays during their anime block.
Hell, their only experience with anime is DBZ and on my college our anime "club" made up of 5-7 stereotypically weeaboo people, one of whom carries his laptop around campus and taped moe pictures all over it of anime girls.

I'm not even making this up. At least he's not like, uber-fat.

Hey guys, I need a reference pic so I can make the Derpy wall/pic.

>>21958720

I have never met such a person. There only seem to be three kinds of people. Those who watch it and enjoy it. The people who watch it and while it's not their cup of tea, can respect its qualities. And then there's the bitches who obviously haven't watched it, and argue invalid criticisms based on preconceived notions based on previous incarnations of the franchise, or just the more typical "it's faggy" or "it's for furries" and so on.

After all these weeks of bitching, I've yet to hear one valid bit of criticism.

And I'm forced to come to a conclusion based on that observation.

By the way, when >>21954344 404's, somebody post the Pony General image. It's at image limit and is autosaging.

This is the new Pony General.

>>21958815

My university anime club was like that too. They also knew nothing of subs on the internet, so before long I was to "hip for the crowd".
To counter this /a/ topic I will at least post a pony.

>>21958726
>>21958726

>>21958698

That movie's hilarious. I can see why it might cut a little close to home, though.

>>21958852
I approve of this post

Seriously when the show started I expected Pinkie Pie to be the most annoying character. Somehow they got the overly-energetic one to be the best pony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLBDEsDOZs4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM

Pic related, it's my background when I'm in private.

>>21958842
What? I've watched every episode so far and would definitely say I enjoy the show but I have LOTS of criticism regarding it. If you really don't think anybody's ever criticized it in a valid fashion then you either have a very limited idea of what's valid criticism or aren't paying attention.

Don't tell me /co/ is treating shows it likes like /v/ and games it likes, which is to say, EVERYTHING I LIKE IS FLAWLESS.

>>21958839
This is the only non-fan-art image of Derpy I have handy... but... she's basically just a pegasus with blonde hair like Rainbow Dash's. Bubbles cutie mark.

>>21958726

You bitch! how the fuck can you say THAT kind of HARSH and HURTFUL stuff to my freindz!!

>>21958806
in the stream the other night someone kept posting on and on about G1 storylines and posting links it was obnoxious

>>21958907

>somehow

She makes me laugh.

>>21958913

>he says as he fails to post any meaningful criticism.

>>21958932

wasn't me bro.

>>21958861
>>21958815

And this is why as much as I love anime, and I really do, I don't really hang out with other anime fans. It never goes well and I often hate them.

But the point is that I watch Bleach and Kekkaishi every week and would gladly welcome MLP on AS.

>>21958919

thanks, Derpy's up next.

i lold at the pic that has 2 derpys in the crowd

>>21958960
she derped so hard she broke the space time continuum

>>21958913
I'm with this guy.
Personally I can't find a criticism or fault with the show, I didn't expect much from it but have been loving it. However I'm sure it's not perfect.

Again, bronies, don't become the /co/ equivalent of the Mass Effect fanbase. Show some sanity (well, that might be gone) so at least some humility.

>>21958919
http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Derpy

>>21958913
Nah, there are things worth criticizing for sure. It ain't perfect. But a lot of the crits tend to get the most vocalisation are largely taste-based. For every fan of the show who likes the animation, likes the design, and thinks the writing is clever (given the target age group), there is someone who thinks the animation is "nothing more than cheap flash" the design is "cookie cutter" and the writing is bad.

>>21958946
My point was merely to disagree with the viewpoint that there is no valid criticism, I didn't think a specific giant wall of text of why I consider it less than perfect was relevant to that particular point.

I'm sorry to say it, but Pony threads have turned to shit lately.

I don't mean the sagebombers either, I mean the actual ponyfags: too many of the furry/candy vag/writefags have taken over.

It's especially true if you look through the original week or two of pony general threads, where something new and interesting was always coming out of them.

I think it really was set in stone after the sheer amount of awesome in the latest episode went largely ignored in lieu of fetish fuel and fanfic fodder.

So, this is a personal plea to the true bronies: please stop lurking. I'm tired of reading 200+ CCCD replies.

>>21958952
didn't say it was

>>21958987
I can totally understand the first two criticisms yoh.
But I think the writing is objectively good considering the target audience.

>>21958913
I don't think he meant that the show is without its flaws (it's not) just that whenever someone "criticizes the show", it's more criticizing the fan base or going off of their notions of the older generations without actually having watched the new one.

Most people who watch it and don't like it shrug, maybe say so once, and then move along - no harm no foul. Those kind don't bother with airing their critique because its not worth their time.

>>21959013

I think some of the fan-fics are cute. Note that I said fan-fic, not fap-fic. See? this one isn't so bad.

9hrs to new ep

so what spawned the infatuation with that derp pony? Did someone just see that pony cross-eyed and then bestowed it as derpy and everyone followed suit?

>>21958960
Now you're derping with portals!

>>21959061
yes. just like that in fact.

>>21959013
I half-agree. There's no denying the pony threads have gone from talking about the show itself and what they like about to original characters and shipping and waifus and etc. (bleeding into sonic fandom-level weirdness) and even deciding to make a /co/-oriented wiki of the show (really?), but overall I still think the threads are some of the better ones /co/ has to offer.

>>21958978
>I can't find a criticism or fault with the show
Let's see.

- overly cutesy behavior
- a lot of clichés and groaners
- characters spouting exposition (well, it's a little girls' show, but as an adult, having to listen to a character explain the obvious is... redundant)
- Flash animation. Yes, it's better than ordinary Flash animation (they have a layouts phase and they have a lot of original drawings in every episode), but it's still Flash, and it shows ALL the time (pic related)
- general lack of depth and anything to hold an audience's interest (yeah, it's a kids' show, I'm simply pointing this out from an adult perspective)

It's a cutesy show for girls who like cutesy stuff, and it's animated better than its competitors. That's about it.

>>21959013
>>21959013
I have a fuck ton of fucked up fetishes, including furry.

I seriously can't understand some of the sexualization going on. I watch the show, love it and find the ponies adorable, but even I can't find them appealing in an erotic or sexual way.

Although I do find the jokes relating to Spike being a pimp still good, I largely agree with you.

>>21958611
I love the image I don't mean anything by it, I don't want you to change it, but it looks like she has a giant butt

its funny

>>21956655
Jesus fuck you retards, stop pretending you even buy this bullshit for one second.

So the next episode is going to be basically this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Nm0vf1W9Q

>>21959061
It's just one of those weird little things that snowballed. Someone pointed it out, then someone drew a one-off gag, which led to more, which led to writefaggotry, and the rest was history.

It's one of those things that you can't really explain.

>>21959061

Yep. Someone saw her on episode 1 and people started speculating.

The rest is history.

How is ANYONE believing the OP's obvious troll?
You must be a shut in that never deals with anyone ever to imagine daydreams that the general public would be as enthralled in cartoons as you are.
Just sad.

>>21958960
>>21958960
>>21958960
ahhh shit i just saw the pic with 3 derpys lol

>>21959094

...

;_;

I'll just redo it then.

>>21959013
>too many of the furry/candy vag/writefags
I completely agree. Some threads are 100% writefags.

>>21959083
i don't even think that gif is from the show, i think its traced by a fan.
also
LOST

>>21959093
>>21959082
>>21959013

> Implying no show has ever been over sexualized, ruled 34'd or underage waifu'd to death before on /co/

> Then imply they have been for a long time on /co/ but don't know better.

>>21959150
The gif is from the sleepover episode.

...but even if it weren't, you'd have to be blind not to see the effects of Flash. I mean, come on, how can't you?

>>21959144
fuck that guy if anything make the ass bigger

>>21959150
it's from the episode "look before you sleep" when rarity and applejack are trading scary stories

>>21959105
Do you live in PA as well?

Seriously, I think it depends on where you live and work. I've seen far too many stories, not just about MLP, but about a bunch of different cartoons and subjects. People always say "I showed it to my friends and they loved it!"

Yet I know damn well if it's not a show like 30 Rock or Jersey Shore nobody will like it. If it's not a game like CoD then it's a waste of time. And comics don't exist... or books...

>>21959082
Indeed. I remember the real-doll thread by Prince of Equestria yesterday and how close I was to going "Fuck this, I'm never setting foot in another MLP thread again".

>>21959093
>>21959082

Color me surprised, actual agreement.

>sonic fandom-level weirdness

That's...accurate, actually. Also, when the super-deviant is saying he doesn't know what the fuck is going on there HAS to be something amiss.

CAN'T WE GO BACK TO APPLEBUCK SEASON SCREENCAPS AND APPLEJACK THE ANTEATER? LURING TALENTED DRAWFAGS AND WORKERS OF THE SHOW TO CHILL WITH US?

DAMN YOU TRIXIE ROLEPLAYER, YOU HAVE BAMBOOZLED US. ARREST HIM, ARREST HIM!

some honest criticisms from someone who likes the show:

some of the character interactions seem forced just for the sake of setting something up. fluttershy suddenly going rabid on the dragon and rarity/applejack's rivalry are examples.

the morals at the end feel as though it contradicts the rest of the show's ability to not insult the intelligence of the audience by choosing to spell out the lesson, instead of allowing the audience to just take it in without needing it to be spoon-fed to them.

though the visual style is really good for the most part, the gradients used for some of the background imagery (namely trees) feels really lazy.

Rarity and her scarfs in Dragonshy. Not really a criticism of the show as a whole, but come on. Why have her make a scene over dragging out a scarf, and then have her drag out another scarf later, when it doesn't even have anything to do with anything? It didn't even set up for a joke, it was just there for no reason. They didn't even show it to be cold at the top of the mountain, so what's the deal? Really, fuck those scarfs.

>>21959165
Yeah. It's kinda Flashy. It's pretty good Flash, but it's got the fingerprints of the software, and there are moments of the show that are _very_ Flashy. (There are also moments of the show where it's hard to believe they're done in Flash.) But anything with cut-out type animation is going to have that look, it's unavoidable unless something's being re-drawn every time. Some people hate it, other people aren't so bothered.

>>21959197
Stop yelling, you're making people dismiss your point.

Hey guys.
Remember that episode where Twilight Sparkle learned how to teleport?
Remember how she never did it again?

>>21959214
>fuck those scarfs
Not a girl are you?

Girls are all about clothes.

...shit bronies...I don't think you're ready for the level of daibetes I put into the Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash fan-fic...

i prefer this flash to what most of hand drawn animation looks like now, and lets face it for MLP if it were drawn by hand it would be fucking awful because of the budget

>>21959251
Is that Applebuck Season? Yeah, a lot of teleporting going on there.

>>21959155
no one ever said no show has ever been sexualized/rule 34'd.

but that's taken up too much of pony threads. it's a heavy percentage and it's every thread, that's the issue. not that it exists.

>>21959214
I gotta stop you there about the interactions, Rarity obviously shows signs of OCD, and Applejack is a country girl that's all about being practical, so of course they're gonna clash at some point, that was the story, and the reason why Rarity has so many scarves, and the moral is blunt cause it is designed for little girls afterall

>>21959251
She's done it in three episodes, actually.

>>21959259
Can't you post your fanfics on fanfic boards? I mean, you COULD post them here, but...

>>21959251
In fact, she learned how to teleport in FiM episode 2, then I think she used it to escape the crowd in Ticket Master, and then she spammed it a bunch of time in Applebuck Season... so no, she did use it again.

>>21959259

Post iiiit.

Assuming it's done.

>>21959263
>i prefer this flash to what most of hand drawn animation looks like now
>now

The key is "now". Hand-drawn animation can be good, but the industry is moving farther and farther away from good animation.

>>21959214
>>21959214
Dear god the Applejack and Rarity slumber party episode was my least favorite and the only one I didn't enjoy. That felt forced as fuck. Don't know about the fluttershy thing though... that wound up being adorable enough.

Also the lessons at the end of each episode are pretty lame, but they can't really stop now with doing them since it's meant to be a staple of the show.

Back to that sleepover episode. Seriously why the fuck did they make a sleepover episode and NOT include Pinkie Pie?

>>21959252
the second scarf was semitransparent, it was awesome

>>21958978

>Personally I can't find a criticism or fault with the show

>Bland sense of humor that relies too much on puns and slapstick.
>Animation is very dull and is really just Flash animation slightly better than Johnny Test's and TDI's.
>Too much exposition
>The director and writers involved have done MUCH better shows, and yet the charm they put into them don't show up nearly as much here
>It's really no different than the moe shows that /co/ makes fun of /a/ for liking (cute girls doing cute things). At least /a/ has the excuse of watching a show about cute HUMAN girls talking about food and tv shows they like that is marketed toward men of their age group, rather than watching a show about ponies going on and on about friendship and magic and other horrible cliches that riddle these types of shows.

If this show wasn't made as a toy commercial for Hasbro, it would be on Nick Jr. or PBS kids. And the fanbase (which is one of the absolute worst to hit /co/ in a VERY long time) hypes it up to be so much more than what it is, which is nothing more than an unintelligent cartoon made for little girls to watch and then buy toys of. If you like it, fine. Is it HORRIBLE DREK? No. But it really isn't any different than any other iteration of the MLP franchise that came before it.

>>21959286

i usually post them here because they were requested here...I get some enjoyment out of it, but at the end of the day I writefag for you guys. If I wasn't commissioned MLP work by the fans here I wouldn't even bother with writing it.

You ask.
I deliver.

> mfw when Fluttershy is not shown anywhere in the Trixie episode.

>>21959259

My body is ready.

>>21959275

I would say if this bothers you, distract everyone with a good topic. Think of something that YOU THINK isn't what you don't like and post it in the general. Instead of complain be proactive.

If you can't or the thread is to far gone you may just have to wait for it to die down. I may not be what you want but every thread is usually a fresh start.

>>21958006
I've shown this a coupla' times I dont have the money to buy the Rarity shoes so I made a shirt for myself

>>21958611
>>21958611
>>21958611
someone make that bigger so i can use as desktop

>>21959313
>If this show wasn't made as a toy commercial for Hasbro, it would be on Nick Jr. or PBS kids
It's really not that much different substance-wise than Powerpuff Girls, so I can't say I agree with that point.

>>21959313

> Implying other franchises from Hasbro like GI Joe and Transformers were not made to sell toys nor they were 30 minute long commercials.

Your own pony?

>>21959340

I'm glad someone likes my Nyquil induced work. Here's Derpy. I might redo her over the weekend.

*sigh*.......alright....brace your bodies bronies....I had a bit of trouble with this one but I was really surprised at how easily it developed once it got started. Once again...this might be a little long...but I think it'll be worth it
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Rainbow Dash's day had certainly taken an unexpected turn. After being flung onto Twilight Sparkle's balcony by Applejack, she floated to the ground and decided it'd be easier on her wings to just walk home. Tired, and a bit agitated, all Dash wanted to do now was kick back and relax on the comfiest cloud she could find.

As she made her way through Ponyville Plaza, the rustling of a nearby bush caught her attention.

Curious, Rainbow Dash approached the bush and gave a confused, "Hello?"

"I-is that you Rainbow?" a soft voice answered and a pair of eyes peeped through the foliage.

"Fluttershy?" Rainbow Dash asked. "What are you hiding in a bush for?"

"There was this dark thing following behind me," Fluttershy explained. "I keep trying to get away before it can get close, but-"

A terrified squeak sounded from within the bush and Rainbow Dash giggled. She knew that Fluttershy was a bit of a scaredy-pony, but this was too much.

"Wait here for a minute," Rainbow Dash instructed and took off high into the air.

>>21959313
>>21959083
>my face when I feel like I'm being yelled at
B-but I was agreeing that there are criticisms, I just couldn't think of any.

>>21959349
He didn't imply that, at all.
That's why you're a bad fanbase.

>>21959313
>relies too much on puns and slapstick
Puns are bad, but slapstick? That's the cornerstone of comedy.

>animation slightly better than Johnny Test
Depends on what you mean by "slightly", but yeah.

>The director and writers involved have done MUCH better shows
Yup.

>It's really no different than the moe shows
It's VERY DIFFERENT from moe shows.

Moe is aimed at sexually-repressed adults and it shows little girls doing sexually suggestive stuff in their day-to-day lives, i.e. melodrama.
MLP is about adventures. It's not day-to-day at all. It's an adventure/comedy show.

So, I agree with everything you say except the moe part.

>>21959252
>>21959278
Rarity and Applejack have interacted before plenty without clashing at all, that's why I feel their sudden rivalry felt forced.

As for the scarfs, nothing either of you said really answers that criticism. It's sloppy, is what it is. When you're writing something everything that happens should have some actual purpose, either to set up for a joke or establish something for later on. The scarfs were just a waste of time and had no business being there at all. It feels like they /wanted/ to do something with them, but they didn't have the time so they ended up scrapping the idea altogether. Kinda like how in "Up", they intended for Carl's broken hearing aid and the bird's nest to be used later in the movie, but changed direction.

>>21959275

> Implying that characters with Avatar, Ben 10 and Power Girl have never been over sexualized in every thread.

i need pictures

http://ponibooru.413chan.net/

pictures of ponies

>>21959306
i agree, but as i said, this would not be quality hand animation, what really is anymore?
i'm okay with really good flash animation for something like this and great hand animation in my ghibli, fuck even disney sucks at hand drawn animation, shitty backgrounds, with the exception of Lilo and Stitch.
having said that, at least its not 3dcgbullshit.

btw anyone ever watch that GothamGirls flash show from like 2002 i still have those, it was fun but really bad early/flash

>>21959367 cont.

The sun was starting to lower into the afternoon and there were clouds scattered about the sky. Clearing up the clouds would only make it easier for the sun to cast shadows about, so the only possible solution was to group them together and make one giant shadow. It took her a few moments, but a Rainbow Dash had created a large fluffy cloud over the plaza. She pushed it near the bush where Fluttershy was waiting and landed next to it. She hoped this plan worked.

"You can come out now, Fluttershy," Rainbow Dash assured her. "I don't think there's gonna be any shadows to bother you now."

Fluttershy poked her head from out of the bush and trotted out into the open. She inspected the ground around her and smiled when she saw there wasn't anything lurking nearby.

"Oh my," she said. "This is much better. Thank you very much."

"All in a day's work for RAINBOW DASH!" she said proudly.

"I was hiding for so long," Fluttershy worried. "I hope there's still enough time for me to take the bunny census."

Fluttershy walked through the plaza under the safety of the cloud. As she started to trot near the edge of its protective shade, Rainbow Dash realized that the returning presence of Flutterhy's own shadow might scare her back into hiding. She sighed and followed Fluttershy into the sunlight.

>>21959367
oh_boy_here_we_go.jpg

This thread is now a hair away from erotic fiction.

Also, if you insist on posting this, please be aware that WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONSTANTLY MENTION WHO'S TURN IT IS TO TALK.
----

Curious, Rainbow Dash approached the bush and gave a confused, "Hello?"

"I-is that you Rainbow?" a soft voice answered and a pair of eyes peeped through the foliage.

"Fluttershy? What are you hiding in a bush for?"

"There was this dark thing following behind me. I keep trying to get away before it can get close, but-"

A terrified squeak sounded from within the bush and Rainbow Dash giggled. She knew that Fluttershy was a bit of a scaredy-pony, but this was too much.

"Wait here for a minute," she instructed and took off high into the air.

---

See? Already better.

>>21959214
>the morals at the end feel as though it contradicts the rest of the show's ability to not insult the intelligence of the audience

This right here. Most of the time it's really, way less stupid than you would think. But the painfully cliched moral lessons are the only time I hate that show. Some treat the moral lesson pretty well with a heaping helping of jokes and slapstick comedy, such as Applebuck Season, which even had a less overdone moral in the first place. Others are like episode 2 and how it treated "Friendship solves everything" and the defeat of Nightmare Moon made me want to punch my monitor.

Really, "good story with a well-handled lesson" versus "barely swallowing down the bile in my throat" rate so far is about 50/50 to me.

And yes, the animation isn't the worst Flash ever, but it's still pretty Flash-esque at times, and while I find the color direction of the backgrounds to be impeccable, the actual drawing and detail level seems lazy and lacking.

>>21959306
Mm. I sort of wish someone actually had the time and money and willpower to train up Richard Williams style superanimators again. I'd be really interested in what that level of skill could do with the tools and techniques that exist today in less thoroughbred hands.

Having a vector animation suite that isn't Shockwave "Crashes Every Two Hours" Flash would help too.

>>21959373
>Moe is aimed at sexually-repressed adults and it shows little girls doing sexually suggestive stuff in their day-to-day lives, i.e. melodrama.
MLP is about adventures. It's not day-to-day at all. It's an adventure/comedy show.

Ok, so instead of attracting sexually repressed adults, it's attracting immature adults who can't get over the fact that they are adults?

>>21959369
Also I read that in Spike's voice.

So, I know Lauren Faust and the one dude brought up that the creators have worked on better shows... anyone mind sharing what those origins are? I'm highly interested and assumed they were just new or typical animators with good direction.

>>21959105
is a troll
really a troll?
acquainted trysock

>>21959341

PPG had action. And violence. And actual comedy. And romance. And below the radar jokes. And homages to lots of other shows, movies, and comics.

MLP doesn't really have any of these.

>>21959214
See, you're thinking too much into a show aimed at 6 year-old girls.
That's why people hate you.

>>21959313
> cartoon made for little girls to watch and then
buy toys of.

>>21959370

> He didn't imply that, at all.
>That's why you're a bad fanbase.


> Implying he read.

>>21959398 cont.

"Did you want to help with the bunny census Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked.

"Not exactly," Rainbow Dash admitted. "I just thought you might like the company to distract you from your shadow. I mean-"

"M-my sh-shadow?" Fluttershy's gaze fell to the ground where the familiar dark figure made itself known.

A loud squeak escaped Fluttershy and she clung tightly to Rainbow Dash.

"Whoa," Rainbow Dash exclaimed as the weight being thrown against her caused her to lose balance. "Fluttershy!"

The two pegasi fell to the ground and Rainbow Dash could have sworn there was a faint fragrance of vanilla in the air. Fluttershy was trembling on top of her and Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.

"Just focus on me, okay?" Rainbow Dash said as they stood to their hooves. "There aren't any shadows or scary things, just me."

"N-no s-scary things," Fluttershy repeated still sticking closely to Rainbow Dash. "J-just you."

Rainbow Dash blinked a few times as she felt her face grow very warm.

"R-right," Rainbow Dash turned her gaze away from Fluttershy and focused on the path ahead.

>>21959416
>PPG
>Romance

fapping to buttercup doesn't count as romance

>>21959405
Dragonshy had the worst moral ever: trust in your friends and they'll surprise you.

It shoulda been "Fluttershy learned to speak up when it's important, and we learned to help our friend fight her fears."

>>21959416
>romance
lolwut

all I can think of was Buttercup's short-lived crush on Ace.

also
>action
>violence
>below-the-radar jokes
>implying these make a good show

>MLP has no homages
>implying there haven't been references to Benny Hill, Lord of the Rings, The A-Team, Looney Tunes, etc.

>>21959426
He didn't imply it. He never said "Unlike Transformers and GI Joe."
If I understand your entirely green-text post.
Unless you're saying that the person who replied didn't read his post, then I agree.

>>21959436 cont.

As they trotted along, Rainbow Dash stayed quiet while Fluttershy continued to repeat her words. It was a bit troublesome having to watch Fluttershy the whole way home, but it wouldn't have been very loyal of her if she had just left her alone. Today sure had been one unexpected turn after another.

As they neared Fluttershy's home, she spotted Applejack and Winona heading in the same direction.

"Applejack?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yes," Fluttershy answered. "She and Winona are helping with the bunny census. Are you sure you won't join us?"

"No thanks," Rainbow Dash laughed. "I've already had one mishap with Applejack today. She hasn't been acting right lately, so be careful."

"I think I'll be okay," Fluttershy smiled as she trotted away. "I just have to remember: No scary things, just you."

*ba-dump*

Rainbow Dash's heart beat loudly within her chest the whole way home, and she couldn't seem to shake the faint aroma of vanilla from clouding her senses.

>end

is the brony who made that wood sprite looking pony still here? If not, I'm going to do Pinky Pie's wall/pic now.

>>21959451
but that IS what i got out of it..

>>21959425
>there are no real criticisms for MLP
>offer valid criticisms
>"you're looking too much into it stupid!"
>mfw it's impossible to offer any criticism for the show not because it's perfect, but because doing so automatically invalidates the critic in a never-ending cycle of MLP being flawless.

>>21959451
It just bothered me because it was yet another "beware the nice ones" twist. The only reason I didn't completely expect that was because I honestly thought the show was better than that. Fluttershy wasn't herself at all in her own episode.

>>21959436
>"Did you want to help with the bunny census Rainbow Dash?" she asked.

"Not exactly, I just thought you might like the company to distract you from your shadow. I mean-"

"M-my sh-shadow?" Fluttershy's gaze fell to the ground where the familiar dark figure made itself known. A loud squeak escaped from her mouth and she clung tightly to Rainbow Dash.

"Whoa, Fluttershy!" she exclaimed, losing her balance from the weight being thrown against her.

The two pegasus fell to the ground. Rainbow Dash could have sworn there was a faint fragrance of vanilla in the air. Fluttershy was trembling on top of her, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Just focus on me, okay? There aren't any shadows or scary things, just me." The two recomposed and stood up on their hooves.

"N-no s-scary things," she repeated still sticking closely to Rainbow Dash. "J-just you."

Rainbow Dash blinked a few times as she felt her face grow very warm.

"Riiight," Her gaze turned away from Fluttershy and focused on the path ahead.

>>21959467

I just got Diabeetus.

>>21959144
NO I said I DONT want you to change it well do whatever you want we already have this one I like the floating ones myself

>>21959485
Whatever you need to think to make life easier to live, my friend.
You're still a man-child to everyone else.

>>21959349

I never said they weren't.

>>21959452

>all I can think of was Buttercup's short-lived crush on Ace.

There was also Utonium's fling with Sedus-I mean... Ima Goodlady.

>>21959452

>implying these make a good show

I never said they did. I said that those things aren't present in MLP.

>>implying there haven't been references to Benny Hill, Lord of the Rings, The A-Team, Looney Tunes, etc.

Referencing something and homaging something are two different things.

>>21959497
that's honestly exactly how I felt.

I liked Dragonshy overall but the ending just ruined it for me.

what was that vanilla smell?????

>>21959416
Actually, MLP has most of those.

I don't blame you if you don't want to watch every episode if you don't like the show, but to be able to make statements like that you need to do more research.

>>21959485
I'm glad I'm not the only person bothered by that logic.

If the things I like about a show for little girls are valid pros, the things I dislike about it are by the same logic valid cons. It's both ways or neither.

>>21959524
If you're a 6 year-old girl, I suppose they do.

>>21959508
Not that I agree with the person you're arguing with, but Pinkie Pie is a homage to Looney Tunes.

She skips like Pepe Le Pew. She wore flippers and walked like Daffy Duck in Duck Amuck. She frantically shifts to different sides of the frame like Looney Tunes characters.

>>21959464

Still implying that Transformers and GI Joe were not 30 minute commercials.

>>21959530
Hush dear, the big kids are talking.

>>21959524

MLP has violence, romance and under the radar jokes?

Please, show me some examples.

>>21959508
Your original criticisms had good points (well, except for one i think was more subjective taste).

But it just seems like now you're trying to hate instead of critique.

Just saying.

>>21959525
It's not that there ARE things to like that bother me.
It's the fact that grown men are enjoying the show for these things that bother me.
That, and it's shitting up the rest of the board.

>>21959508
two episodes doesn't really mean anything for the show as a whole.

that'd be like me claiming MLP deals with schoolgirl crushes because Rarity had a fantasy about a prince one time.

as for those not being present in MLP, it really doesn't matter. PPG was never defined by the violence and action, it was defined by the humor and charm of the writing. No one watched PPG for the action, and as far as the actual substantial parts of each show is concerned they are extremely similar.

and those are just as much homages as anything in Powerpuff Girls.

>>21959556
>and it's shitting up the rest of the board
That's the fault of the rest of the board. MLP fans do their best to keep it to one thread.

>>21959504
So to be clear, you're not a man-child for liking it, you're a man-child for finding criticism with it. Just want to be sure I'm dealing with a troll here.

>>21958983
giftacular

>>21959544
Sounds like something my 6 year-old cousin would say indeed.

>>21959538
I don't see it.
You're just taking it as hate because you have some attachment to the show.
It's the fan in you, my boy.
You continue to prove my point.
MLP fans would be fine if they weren't so blatantly man-children, and since I know it will come up.
You don't have to look the part to play it in this situation.

>>21959549

guys, it's just a cartoon, let's not argue or call each other names over it. Besides, this is a pony thread, it's supposed to be happy and shit. Here, look at this picture, see how funny it is?

>>21959556

> Let's join me on CN and watch cartoons aimed to 8-12 year olds which, for some reason, I find interesting that they appeal to older audiences.

>>21959591
I'd give HER wood, if you know what I mean.

>my face when this has almost become /co/'s Mass Effect
>my face when I'm on the lover side instead of the hater side
>my face when that's because this show isn't a colossal disappointment and I don't have to spend 40 repetitive hours solving daddy issues
Check email field

>>21959604

lol that's gross, bro.

>>21959566
Now you're twisting my words.
You're a man-child because you're creating some warped logic to protect yourself.

>>21959562
Don't speak as if you are an entity that represents all fans.
They don't.

>>21959588
That's odd.
Let me fix that.
">>21959549
You continue to prove my point.
MLP fans would be fine if they weren't so blatantly man-children, and since I know it will come up.
You don't have to look the part to play it in this situation."

There we go.

>>21959591
Eh. The thread's dead, I mean in a pessimistic sense.
It's not really happy anymore.
I'm kind of done with it now honestly.
Hopefully tomorrow's episode is good though.

>>21959592
Shows aimed at 8-12 year old boys: OK by /co/
Shows aimed at 6-10 year old girls: NOT OK by /co/

>>21959592
I don't regularly watch cartoons.
I'm here for the comics portion, normally.

>>21959214
So her scarfs can blow in the wind.

>>21959411
Funny thing, never understood why internet lsers are called "trolls". They act more like annoying kobolds or goblins, to me.

Can someone call the sea ponies?

>>21959467

Awesome

Well, I'm convinced.

It's a shit show for little kids that isn't worth enjoying.

Fuck this show, fuck the fans, and fuck myself for originally liking it ever.

>>21959630
I'll take credit for that.
Now this, this makes me happy.

>>21959588
When your best retort involves constantly comparing people to six year olds in lieu of actually forming an argument, then you deserve to be dismissed as one yourself.

I may disagree with MTL, but at least he's capable of being articulate, unlike yourself. You just keep repeating the phrase "man-children" over and over again as though that were some mystical mantra that automatically validates what you write.

Form a coherent argument, then you can sit at the big boy table.

>>21959621
>Don't speak as if you are an entity that represents all fans.
I represent the ORGANIZED FANS. The ORGANIZED FANS have ORGANIZED to use a MLP GENERAL THREAD INDEX.

So the butthurt over MLP threads on /co/ is completely the fault of the non-MLP fans. The fans have successfully organized to keep MLP discussion to a single thread.

>>21959656

i thought you might like that...I still owe you an AppleDash though...debating whether I should force myself to do it now...

>>21959467

That was adorable.

I like your approach to writing these stories, you don't make it out to be a straight up romance kissyfuck fest.

Here's what I dont get about internet discussions/arguments. We like the show, you don't. No matter what any of both sides says it will remain the same.So why even bother arguing about it? Seems like an awful waste of effort to me.But whatever carry on.

Fine. I don't care about the show anymore, you win.
I'm going to go take a nap.

>>21959660

> Implying he ever watched it, much less liked it.

>>21959671
>doitfaggot.jpg
It's either that or some butthurt underage faggot samefagging.

>>21959675
People think that MLP threads are taking over /co/.

They're conveniently ignoring that there's only a single MLP General thread at any time.

>>21959675
someoneiswrongontheinternet.jpg

>>21959621

man, I didn't want to get involved, but come on. We do try our best to keep it in one thread. We even set up this thing to do so: http://arch.413chan.net/mlpgeneral/

What do you define as not keeping it in our threads? Using the reaction images outside of pony threads, or any pony image for that matter? I mean, I can kind of understand if that makes you upset, but does the sight of a single pony really make you that upset?

And on the subject on "shitting up the board", we try our best to keep it self contained. The fact that people discuss cartoons or comics that you or I don't like is just that, A fact. It's going to happen. I don't like Batman, and because I don't like batman, I don't venture into the threads. It's intolerance like this (ontop of the massive influx of /b/tards and underage from /b/) that has caused /v/ to stoop to the low level that it's at.

can we just please be friends and accept our differences or something?

>>21959692
No, it's just that I've seen it for what it really is now.

A terrible show. I enjoyed it but everyone saying it's bad in this thread is right when you think about it.

>>21959549

I don't hate the show. I have no personal reason to not like the show. I just think it's really bad and I strongly dislike the angry sentiment it's generating on /co/.

>>21959562

Keeping it to one thread does not mean anything. When a large fanbase must make a giant human-centipede like thread that must constantly reboot and regrow every two hours with all of the fans being funneled into it, it creates the effect of everyone having to compete to ask questions and remark on specific parts of a show, rather than be free to make their own thread about it without having to worry about being overshadowed by a fanfic or something.

Not only that, but the constant bumping means everyone having to look at the thread as a constant reminder that /co/ is slowly turning into /v/ with the rampant usage of "General" threads that don't get anything done and fill up too quickly. Homestuck, Adventure Time, and Regular Show fans are also contributors to this.

The fact that the fandom also has nothing better to do than to make lame, boring, unfunny macros and then use them in almost every single opportunity they can in everyone else's threads doesn't help matters either.

>>21959703
Dude. Wasting your words. Stop it.

>>21959671

Yay Appledash.


Depends on if the story will suffer at all from you doing it now or not. You know what they say, no time like the present.

Unless the present isn't the best time.

>>21959668
Yup.
Warped logic to protect yourself.
My argument is clear-cut.
Grown-men should not be watching cartoons for 6 year-old girls. If they do, they're man-children, especially if they're looking way to deep into things, and writing fan-fiction.

Since you're so intent on discarding and spitting on me for that word, it must bother you. It's also hypocritical of you to come-back at me with the very insult you condemn.
Unlike myself who use the insult as some actual term, you just use it in a childish "Take that!"
way. Men who act like children, yourself, are man-children.
It's a good word to use to describe you.

You're the one who completely lacks an argument, all you've done is call me a child for being perplexed by you people.
Here, have a sad reaction, because that's how I feel about our future.

>>21959673

why would I do that? I acknowledge the fact that what I write about isn't exactly an element of the show...but my main objective isn't to give people hard-ons. I'm trying to write something cute and loveable and humorous to enhance fan appreciation for the show, because i know that's what you bronies want. More cute, loveable, humorous. Shipping is just a fan-made aspect of the show and one we should all be able to enjoy. Writing a "kissyfuckfest" as you put it, would just ruin that.

Shit show, thank you for showing me this MTL and other anons.

Saging to hell now. I'm sorry I've been contributing to this kiddie shit.

>>21959728

No way, man.

>>21959703

YOU DON'T LIKE BATMAN!?

I've never heard those words put together to make that statement before in my entire life.

>>21959744
>Grown-men should not be watching cartoons for 6 year-old girls
...says the "grown man" arguing on the internet on what other people should do with their spare time.
>especially if they're looking way to deep into things
...and take the time to argue about it online.

Congratulations, you're a man-child by your own definition. Not only that, you're butthurt that other people are having fun.

stop_liking_what_I_dont_like.jpg

May as well weigh in here. Take with a grain of salt - I'm not a cartoon connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination.

1) MLP is far from flawless. Despite using Flash very well in some cases, the extra ponies especially suffer from the debilitating effects of symbol copypasta. The writing is quite good when it's good, but it's not *always* good - some episodes are much better written than others. Twilight's end-of-episode reports that started in Ep4 (versus the Ep3 one where it was a natural result of the instigating event) seem shoehorned in. And this is off the dome - other issues may exist.

2) The show doesn't feel like a toy commercial at all, at least to me. But more importantly: I feel that particular line of argument should be excised from the discussion completely, on BOTH sides - unless the plot/characterization/setting is being co-opted to further a mercantile objective (in which case specific examples should be both obvious and presented), the invisible hand of Hasbro doesn't have anything to do with what makes a show good or bad.

>>21959721
This is a very long-winded way to say "STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE."

I've put up with daily Homestuck threads for months without complaining once. You can put up with this. Quit your whining.

>>21959782

Yes, I do not like batman.

Can we please get back on topic? It's almost time for me to sleep and I want ponies to be fresh in my mind when I do so I can meet them again in my dreams.

>>21959714

> Changing your opinion on something you like because everyone says it's bad.

> Still implying he's ever watched it.

>>21959670
Yet, I come on here and see 3 threads.
You're not very 'organized.'

>>21959675
Just trying to understand you.
It's like how I don't understand a furry, or a crazy mother.

>>21959703
See above.

>>21959697
See above.

>>21959787

3) So what makes the show good? "Cute ponies doing cute things" gets you part of the way, although admittedly the Yotsuba effect will only do so much, and it isn't really a distinguishing factor compared to the rest of the media universe. The hints at worldbuilding beneath what is explicitly shown help as well - as ridiculous as it sounds from this distance, talking about a kid's cartoon, there's enough going on to give things real verisimilitude. To present some examples: mentions forward and backward between episodes, details of the mythology in the pilot that could not have been accidental and imply stuff about the nature of the alicorn sisters, cultural practices that are used more globally than just "instigation for this week's lesson, never to be mentioned again". And as for the storytelling, when in the hands of a competent writer (see #1!) the characters play off each other in interesting ways and the moral threats and resolutions follow naturally from their actions.

It's harder to explain why I like Friendship is Magic than why I like, say, Homestuck, or Gunnerkrigg Court, or Erfworld. It's probably far from the best thing on TV right now (heck, there's 10-year-old stuff on the Hub that I like just as much), and the show has its flaws, both global and episode-local. But overall, it's still a good-quality show, with the kind of heart-warming aesthetic that you don't see a lot in more "grown-up" animation. That and the verisimilitude of the setting (which is a big draw for me personally - c.f. the other /co/-related shit I like) managed to get me interested. And so far, I'm still interested.

Shit show. Why isn't everyone else that's saying this saging?

Come the fuck on.

inb4 somebody calls me a sheeple. Try listening to the criticisms these men are pointing out and you'll realize they're entirely right and the show is fuckign terrible

>>21959771

You don't have to stop liking the show.

Just try not to be so hypocritical like alot of the fanbase seems to be.

>>21959795
>Prince of Equestria !uiJYEJWTPw
and there's the cherry on this shit sundae

>>21959792

Wow. It's just so amazing to me. I've seriously never heard anybody hold that opinion before.

But whatever. That's cool.

>>21959809

I have a feeling you never liked it and you're in cahoots with them.

>>21957900

sis...nies...
god that doesn't work

>man-children
As an aside, I really hope someone bothers to define this term someday so that it can start being construed as meaningful in arguments like this.

>>21959798
Care to point out those three threads?

>>21959788
For example when the SP movie came out fuck! /co/ had like 7 damn SP threads at once everyday, that sucked,we're here liking our little show with one therad at a time,you dont like it bugger off thats all i can say

>>21959798
>Yet, I come on here and see 3 threads.
>You're not very 'organized.'

1. No. There is only one MLP General on page 0 right now, and none on page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. If you go past that you might run into a few that point back to this one.

2. There's a site dedicated to finding MLP General threads and a lot of people use it. That's more organized than any other "general" thread out there.

3. See >>21959786

Your entire spiel boils down to "hurr durr manchildren giving too much significance to a cartoon for girls.

Guess what, manchild, you're giving too much significance to a single thread on an imageboard.

I suggest you deal with it.

>>21959828

is it that weird?

>>21959811
You've already pointed out the negative points of the show, which outweigh the good ones.

Now I'm agreeing with you. I was looking forward to tom. episode but whatever now. It's really a silly thing and maybe if I were the target audience I could enjoy it but doing so now is just borderline retarded.

Exploitable pony time. God, I need to get better with color selection.

>>21959786
Exactly what I expected, an angry and frustrated response trying to tack your obvious label onto me for the most moronic of reasons. Warped logic at it's finest.
I used to think like you do, when I was 15, and angsty, in middle school. Even then I wouldn't watch this though. The way I see it, you're worse than I was when I was 15.

>>21959836
It has no meaning. Its a catchall so that our friend here who seems so enamored of the word can bandy it about as he pleases to make himself feel better.

>>21959744

Here we are gentlemen, this sole user on 4chan has set the very scientifically PROVEN standards of masculinity for people in a certain subjective age range. No matter that you might be comfortable with your masculinity as it is, for these greater minds have proven you wrong.

This is a day to remember, gentlemen, for the troublesome worries of individuality and personal thought are a thing of the past.

Thank you, anon. Thank you for showing us all the light, for you have delivered me apart from darkness into the blinding radiance of pure truth.

>>21959774
Just saying it's not a discussion, you're just getting trolled. You'd do better with your time if you were just making fanart or something.

I'm not sure why people think these are important but:

EXAMPLES OF UNDER THE RADAR JOKES ON MLP:

-Twilight trying to mix herself a drink (confound these ponies, etc.) in the first episode. Yes, it was hot sauce, but she didn't know that. Which means she most likely thought it was booze. Underage pony drinking confirmed.

In episode six, Twilight milks some cows. Afterward, one of the cows says "call me!"

The latest ep has the shrunken Applejack being called "Appletini." Someone on the staff likes their alcohol references.

There's probably others, but that will do to start.

>>21959851

I've just never met anybody who didn't like Batman before, is all. Not even on the internet.

>>21959830
>in cahoots with THEM
>making logical posters who know their stuff sound ominous because you can't see what they see

No, I used to like the show. Now I don't.

>>21959836

Man-children:

Grown men who watch cartoons aimed to children 6-12 years of age.

That's pretty much about it.

The rest of it are just people arguing why the like a cartoon aimed for children and yet still find them appealing to older audiences for some reason.

>>21959868
Semantics, but: they aren't underage. This has been confirmed by LF Deviantart comments.

>mfw every argument in this thread

>>21959868
That's some of the worst shit I've ever read.

I have yet to see any argument against MLP:FIM other than, "stop liking what I don't like!".

You can't say you are NOT saying that all you want.

unfortunately you CHOSE to stop that this thread, enter it, and write down some idiotic reason why people who are having fun shouldn't be.

Someone said something along the lines of,

"it's bumped so we are being reminded that we are turning into a bad board."

This board is for the discussion of comics and cartoons. Not always the ones you like. As long as it's comics/cartoons you have no reason to complain and should kindly GET THE FUCK OUT!

I will not be responding to anyone who replies and any attempt to explain your retarded excuse for attacking this thread will result in(depending on what you say)being reported and/or being filtered.

>>21959889

> Implying he ever liked the show in the first place

>>21959836
I'm giving it a meaning.
It had a meaning.
A 'man child.' I don't see what's so hard about that.

>>21959846
>>21959838
Oh Dear.
I've upset several people it seems.
Well, your pot-shots at my ego aside, I don't exactly mean now, or always.
But it happens, and you can't really change that. A fan-base can never be completely 'organized'.
And just to touch on one pot-shot, comparing me coming on here and trying to discuss how you people can live with yourselves and you going into some kind of mental masturbation over this show is the kind of twisted logic I am talking about.
It's childish. You just keep spitting "NO U" back in my face post after post.

MLP threads are why /a/ laughs at us.

>>21959904
>implying he didn't like the show in the first place

>>21959895

Same. Maybe it has to do with using Applejack influenced names.

This thread has gone to troll hell.

>>21959928

New thread

>>21959885
There's a first time for everything I guess.

>>21959866
I was until the thread turned into an anti-pony thread. If you have a specific pony that you care to be turned into a wall paper/pic like in:
>>21958611
>>21958719
>>21958745
>>21959365

then feel free to make a request.

>>21959939
Way to keep it in one thread, asshole.

>>21959901
If you wish to misuse the report feature, go ahead.
I'm just saying that since I was met with such hostility, I can only assume I am right.
You're all 'man-children.'
MLP fans are man-children and no amount of delusion can change that.

>mfw its 2am and i have to be up at 7am
>but im still in a pony thread

What exactly do the critics hope to accomplish with their complaints?

Every time a show becomes the flavor of the month on /co/, a group of people spring up who feel it's their sacred duty to bitch about it.

And every single time, they fail to change anything. People tell them to fuck off and then go back to discussing the show.

So what exactly is the point of constantly bitching about MLP? You're not going to change anyone's mind, anymore than the ponyfags are going to make you love the show. The threads aren't going to go away until people get tired of the show. This will happen sooner or later, but it will not happen because of you.

If every person who spent time on here complaining about MLP had instead used that energy to make their own thread about something else, pony threads would have been drowned out by other content by now.

Unless you're a big fan of banging your head against the wall, just hide the threads and move on.

>>21959927

they're my actual initials...I know I'm not the only one with similar initials to Applejack...but ever since Applebuck Season or whenever they first called her AJ, I still thought it was neat.

Fucking trolls acting like their quitting the fandom

>>21959910
So, an adult who willingly retains some traits normally construed as `childish`? Okay, fair enough. By that definition I've kind of already admitted to it. Provided I have well-thought-out reasons to retain some properties of childhood, instead of just doing so out of nostalgia or thoughtless attachment, it's not really a bad thing.

>>21959947
What he said.
And I guess I could be assumed a troll?

DANG DIRTY TROLLS! YOU'RE RUINING EVERYTHING!

>>21959951

> A guy who watches cartoons made for 7-12 year olds calling others who do man children.

>>21959838
He's lying, and here's proof.
Taken at 04:15
The first six pages of /co/
0 1 2 3 4 5
ONE MLP THREAD.

>>21959961
>implying it's "trolls"

>>21959954
I have created threads.
I've actually created a thread that was de-railed into a pony thread.
I ignore things like Homestuck since I can understand why someone could like it and not have a mental disease.

>>21959963
Well then, what's your explanation?

>>21959957

Would you have chosen that name if it wasn't for them calling Applejack AJ?

Also, pretty neat coincidence there.

>enter thread
>skim troll posts
>mfw people are being trolled by someone whose arguments are simply MAN-CHILDREN and WARPED-LOGIC!

you want to know why the pony threads are such shit? why there are so many trolls? because you people fucking LET THERE BE. You can never just let an obvious troll muck around in his own mud, you always have to encourage them. And while you're encouraging them, you just contribute to the threads being shit by filling them up with stupid internet arguments about a cartoon show instead of having fun with the show itself.

people that complain about trolls and in the same breath are responding to people that are obviously trolls are the ones that ruin the pony threads. It takes two to tango, so for a troll to prosper you have to allow it.

>>21960005

>positive thing about Homestuck

Stopped reading there.

Sucks when someone is biased, isn't it?

>>21959910
>You just keep spitting "NO U" back
No, I'm explaining to you that you are:

1. Complaining about what other people like
2. Spending a considerable amount of time arguing about it

By your definition, you are a manchild, because you're wasting your time having discussions (arguments) about a television show for little girls.

That's it. Now go crawl back to where you came from.

>>21959788

>This is a very long-winded way to say "STOP LIKING WHAT I DON'T LIKE."

I never told people to stop liking it once.

My argument is that MLP fans should (pun intended) get off their high horse and realize that their show is not NEARLY as perfect and accessible as they claim it is, that their constant need to act like some sort of force that must "convert people" and build-up a massive arsenal of "U MAD" and "HATERS GONNA HATE" macros is incredibly obnoxious, that their fandom is filled with hypocrites who say they like a show for being cute and innocent only to make rule 34 and go on and on about how so and so's a lesbian who wants to eat candy vag, and that their constant need to come up with an expanding vernacular that only they can understand is annoying and alienating.

You can like a show all you want like any normal fandom. Symbiotic Titan? Avengers? Spectacular Spider-Man? These are not fandoms that have been attributed to "shitting up the board", and they manage to be well behaved without the need for "general threads". Why? Because they like their show, and they don't make a gigantic pride parade about it. The reason why so many people on /co/ resent MLP fans is because they try SOOOOO HARD to be different, that they try so hard to be something MORE than any other fandom on /co/. That they try to act like their fandom is just so much more important than everyone else's.

That's not being a "brony". That's being an "ass"

>>21959977
I already said I don't usually watch or come here for cartoons.
Don't make me use a trip..

>>21959978
Good lord, are you people psychotic?
I never said 'all the time.'

>>21959947
thread's in autosage and has been shit anyway.

no harm is done by a new thread being made since this one's no longer bumping, you don't have to worry about your precious page 0

My main complaint about the show is the lessons at the end. I know they're important and all, but even as a kid I hated shows where you were told the moral outright. I always felt like if the writers do their job, the moral will be obvious; there's no need to have someone say it.

And the thing is, the morals ARE obvious on MLP. The whole "Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned not to shit where I eat" bit at the end of each episode is totally unnecessary. It always takes me out of the ending.

>>21960024
>That's not being a "brony". That's being an "ass"
How long have you been waiting to use that

>>21960051
>I hated shows where you were told the moral outright
Same here, but their hands are probably tied when it comes to this sort of thing.

>>21960011

probably not...I know namefagging isn't exactly encouraged on 4chan...but I didn't even start doing the name thing until I started writefagging for the bronies...like most people, i like my work to be acknowledged and appreciated...if people don't like it...oh fuckin' well...I'm not gonna get all butthurt about it. But I digress. Even if people were to stop requesting writing from me, i think I'd still keep the name. I have no reason to lose it nor do i think one will ever present itself.

>>21960024 Blah blah blah fandoms of shows I don't watch all suck.

You really need to find yourself an editor. Most of us don't need to give the state of the union address just to say such simple things.

>>21960017
I'm not a troll and no one has given me a reason to expand my argument.

>>21960022
I don't like it either?
I'm just saying.
I also never mentioned anything positive about it. Just saying I get why they would like it.
Put myself in another's shoes, and I can't do that here without giving myself a mental disease.

>>21960023
I don't see how that makes me a man-child.
Lots of people argue on the internet when there's nothing to do, or just for the sake of it.
Some of these people are completely functioning adults. It's very different from wasting time on a little girl's cartoon. But, like I said, you'll tell yourself anything for protection.

>>21960040
Autosage is okay. Most people know when to start a new one.

>>21959951
No, you where met with hostility because we've been dealing with people coming into our threads and attacking us for two whole weeks (if not more). I'm sorry if we're quick to anger, but eventually, it gets on one's nerves.

>>21960017
Yes, you're completely right. I'm done with this pointless debate. Say, who want's a Nyquil induced, minimalist pony picture that could double as a wall paper?

>>21960059
why.pny

My main complaint with the show is that there currently isn't enough of it.

>>21960073 Same here, but their hands are probably tied when it comes to this sort of thing.

Oh, I'm sure they are. The Hub likes having a show it can put the E/I stamp on, and they want to make sure no one doubts it deserves it.

Doesn't make it any less annoying, though. As much as I loved Bridal Gossip, the last three or four minutes just made me groan.

>>21960077
That's funny, I thought you needed to type 5 paragraphs of explanation to be taken seriously?
Apparently not. Next time I'll just call you people psychotic and leave.

>>21959928

ABANDOM SHIP!

>>21960024
funny you talk about getting off of a high horse considering every post you make is wrapped in a three-foot-layer of condescending.

intended or not, you've sounded like your talking down your nose this entire thread.

and as for MLP fans thinking their fandom needs to be "something more" than other fandoms, it's my humble opinion that tripfags feel the need to be "something more" than everyone else who just posts anonymously like you're supposed to.

>>21960080
>I don't see how that makes me a man-child.

By your definition. Wasting time discussing a little girl's show in the internet.

You're a manchild by your own definition. Deal with it.

>>21960091

Why not sooner?

>>21960074

Same. Wanted one when I started writing and drawing for people.

because.pny

>>21960087
I'm sorry that you have 'unruly fans' that don't fit into your 'organization'.
You do know that 'fan' is short for 'fanatic' right?

>>21960024 MLP fans should (pun intended) get off their high horse and realize that their show is not NEARLY as perfect and accessible as they claim it is

We just had an entire thread where fans were coming out and saying what they don't like about the show, and the fandom.

You're just seeing what you want to see for the sake of having an excuse to bitch.

>>21960122
I'm not discussing the show, I'm discussing you.
And how you think.
And you've given me a lot to work with.

>>21960120
Attacking him over a trip-code huh?
Attacking him IN GENERAL to begin with.

>>21960059

>>21960142
>You're just seeing what you want to see for the sake of having an excuse to bitch.

The irony of the situation.

>>21960146

get rid of the diaper, put her in a flight suit, and I can totally see Rainbow Dash in Swat Kats

>>21960135
Now you're just talking out of your ass, the level of "organization" has nothing to do with what he's talking about.

How does it feel not to be able to grasp a simple sentence?

>>21960024 The reason why so many people on /co/ resent MLP fans is

...is because the show is trendy right now, and anytime a show is trendy on /co/, a bunch of people complain about it.

The same thing happened during the Avatar craze, during the Music Meister craze, during the Adventure Time craze. Hell, the AT haters even created their own fan character just to troll AT fans. Maggie is proof that nothing that's happening with MLP right now is anything special, or the result of the ponyfags being somehow different from every other fandom on here.

All fandoms are sometimes obnoxious and have weirdos who sexualize things too much. The only difference is that right now, MLP has more fans on this board than most other shows.

"Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
— C.S. Lewis

People arguing, please shut the fuck up.

Capthca: butherp knocking

God damn it you guys.

I watched it. I fucking watched everything. And I can't stop. I'm looking forward to the next episode. I feel weird.

Curiosity coupled with mid-finals procrastination has turned me into one of you. I give up. Assimilate me into the herd.

What do I do now?

>>21960173 NO U

You have truly mastered the art of the clever retort.

>>21960181
It has everything to do with what he said.
Hostility came because your 'organized fans' were creating multiple threads and copping other ones.
So I apologized as he did to me.

How does it feel to lack basic reading comprehension?
Since you love the back and forth, I'll use that come-back, thank you.

>>21960005

As to why I watch this show specifically?
>>21959787
>>21959800

As to why I value those kinds of things in entertainment? As to why this particular kind of world and narrative is something that strikes my interest?
Well, we live in a world where, in general, people isolate themselves from each other. And it causes problems, and I've seen several such situations in my life where people, through mutual misunderstanding, push each other away and create all kinds of needless drama which the mutual friend has to deal with (for clarity: in most cases, I'm the mutual friend). So stories about personal interactions, and the stuff that makes them succeed and fail, resonate with my own life and things that I want to understand and talk about. But I also have a sense of aesthetics that appreciates when someone tells a story in a world that is self-consistent and well-constructed in the mind of the author. It means they're doing their homework. It makes the world of the story believable regardless of being unrealistic. So a well-constructed world that is nonetheless one that (generally) manages to be amiable, while still demonstrating the kinds of misunderstandings that exist IRL, works extremely well as a fun, escapist sort of story for me. Light stuff, meant to be relaxed to rather than to be a Work of Art or to Make Me Ponder Deep Truths, but nonetheless resonating with my ideals and the kind of world I'd *like* to see.

That answer your question?

>>21960193

pick your favorite pony first.

>>21960087
Sure, I'll have it. :)

>>21960091
>>21960171

I believe the proper response from me ought to be... oh, what's the phrase... oh yes. "Haters gonna hate"?

>>21960193
Just have fun with it and don't let it consume your life. Don't go searching for Winter Wrap Up if you don't want to go insane before Christmas.

Alright.

If tomorrow's episode is good I'll continue liking the show.

If it's not I'll force myself to stop enjoying it.

Fair deal?