Okie dokie. I am a brony. I am a huge damn brony. Hell, I just spent five dollars on a MLP magaazine ten minutes ago! Anyway, I love this show, and the fandom. And the amount of money they give up for charity and stuff- amazing!
But, there are just some bronies... with some serious issues. No, not the ones who draw gore and r34. It's the internet, for pete's sake. But, the ones who tend to blow a gasket over these things. The ones who, when enraged, things go crazy. Remember Yakimo? Just for finding Derpy offensive (something I find idiotic, but opinions are opinions), several "Bronies" had the balls to attack her like a bunch of internet trolls. And Lil Miss Jay! Hoping he had cancer, hoping his mother died, and his brother starved? Really too much. And apparently he needed 500 for his mother's tumor operation! It is a wonderful cartoon, with a wonderful fanbase, yes. But, at the end of the day, it is a cartoon. Just a cartoon. A good one, which is challenging outdated thinking, but a cartoon none the less. Get a grip. Even I haven't lost my cool like that! Jeez!
I'm a huge fan myself (maybe even a little "rabid", I do collect ponymerch), but I'm not violent. I did get a little mad over the Derpy controversy of 2012, but I wasn't sending death threats to anyone. I hate R34 and gory pony art, and I actually grew up on G3, so I'm not bashing it, I just would not watch it by choice.
I do follow the rule of "love and tolerance". If somebody at school tells me that ponies suck or that I suck for liking ponies, I just say, "That's your opinion, dude. You have yours and I have mine." I don't try to convert every hater I see (because my school has a brony to hater ratio of 50:905, roughly).
Well I have the first 3 seasons on the PS3, those McDonalds figures, because eh I haven't had a Happy Meal since the late 90s and they can make for some interesting props, and maybe repellent I guess. As for the fandom, well I can't really comment much on it since I'm barely involved in it though I'm aware of the crazies. We have a bunch of them in the Transformers fan base; whether its with G1, or the movies, or Prime, or basically every bloody thing that comes out. Either way there's nut jobs in just about any fandom and religion. *wink* *wink*
But, there are just some bronies... with some serious issues.
No, not the ones who draw gore and r34. It's the internet, for pete's sake.
But, the ones who tend to blow a gasket over these things. The ones who, when enraged, things go crazy. Remember Yakimo? Just for finding Derpy offensive (something I find idiotic, but opinions are opinions), several "Bronies" had the balls to attack her like a bunch of internet trolls. And Lil Miss Jay! Hoping he had cancer, hoping his mother died, and his brother starved? Really too much. And apparently he needed 500 for his mother's tumor operation! It is a wonderful cartoon, with a wonderful fanbase, yes. But, at the end of the day, it is a cartoon. Just a cartoon. A good one, which is challenging outdated thinking, but a cartoon none the less. Get a grip. Even I haven't lost my cool like that! Jeez!