Previously I've listed my thoughts on this.
QUOTE (Oblivion Knight @ Jun 2 2012, 12:07 PM) |
I have to say, although I like the show for what it is, a good show. However, I really dislike the ponification of everything. Yes MLP is a good show, but no that doesn't mean you have to turn everything in existance into pony form to express your like of the show. Basically they're forcing that belief of the show onto others who haven't watched and forcing people that way is simply wrong. |
My opinion today is much the same but I wish to expand on this. Now what exactly is a "brony"? To my knowledge, a male that likes the show, My Little Pony. Although their love for the show seems to be far more expressed to levels of super fan levels one could say. For example, many memes may have been ponifed, or changed so that there was a pony while still keeping the original intent of the meme. Was this necessarily a problem? Well not necessarily but it can become extremely annoying and frustrating should it get spammed, so in a sense it is a meme within itself, ponification. In my eyes, memes should be used sparingly, as if they were spammed they lose their hilarity factor.
However the problem with this was the simple fact that not everyone watches the show or is a fan. In the case of many memes, they are often used generally for example the awesome smiley. It is not tied to any type of fanbase and therefore not thrusting any fandom onto another, and therefore alright to see every now and then.
Take for example if there was a meme that you really enjoyed, which got changed by a fandom, a fandom that you are either neutral about or dislike, then was used endlessly, so much in fact that the meme itself gets overused and tarnished.
The key problem here is that not everyone is a fan of MLP, and if they see something endlessly, they will either grow to destest it (being that they feel it is something forced onto them) or they themselves would attempt to try out the show. If someone tried to force you to play a game that you had no interest in, wouldn't you feel annoyed? Especially if the person never got the hint and continued to nag you endlessly about it? Gradual dislike of the show would flow through you, would it not? This is the case that we have at present, in my eyes. One fandom is trying to force people into something that those people have no interest in. After so much exposure, then surely people would have given the show a chance by now, correct? If they haven't watched the show then they have clearly no desire to watch it. Further more, anything forced onto them will only breed hatred.
On my end, I don't hate the show, but I hate the fanbase. The show as I have mentioned previously is a good show. I definitely feel annoyed when I see "bronies" throwing pony photos around endlessly. I don't see the point. To me this activity by the fan base leaves a huge negativity on the show as a whole, simply because the fans force their like of the show onto other people.
I know that my post is a long one, but I wanted to make as many of my thoughts present as possible. So I have to ask, after listing my thoughts, what was everyone else's stance on this?