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Equestria Daily : In-depth Look at the History of Hasbro\'s Rivalry with Mattel, and Why We Need Equestria Girls

Fri, 7 Jun 2013 02:10:58 +0000

Hey, here's a site I haven't visited in forever. MLP's a great show, I wonder why I deleted all the fansite bookmarks months ago? Drama or something. Oh well, surely that's passed. What's this? A spinoff show? Hmm, interesting, let's see what this is about. (Clicks on first link, reads a bit.) Wow, that article is defensive. The guy's almost in siege mode. I wonder what ca- (Scrolls down to the comments. Digs further back in the site history.) ... really? Bile and loathing and accusation and recrimination and hyperbole over a goddamn spinoff? Good lord, did Hasbro make the animation cels out of the powdered bones of your pets? It's a television show. You can choose not to watch it. You can choose not to care about something so hurtful to your delicate pony cartoon sensibilities. I can't tell who's emotionally younger, the target audience or the trainwreck that is the vocal 'fans'. Have fun, children. Keep up all this love and tolerance.

Equestria Daily : Brony Doc Heading to Kansas City Film Festival

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:27:06 +0000

> So you're getting your jimmies in a rustle because people acted in a predictable, human manner: either fanboyed over it and defended it to the death, or attacked it for being stupid. I'm not in a rustle over anything. If bronies want to carve out their little territories and have their little wars, fine. Though if you consider that level of pettiness to be a standard worth living to or affiliating with, well, I'm very sorry. > No, the documentary creators were TOTALLY unaccountable for this, and had NO WAY of predicting this would happen. I'm not saying anyone's totally unaccountable for anything. I'm merely saying that demonizing one individual or group is disingenuous.

Equestria Daily : Brony Doc Heading to Kansas City Film Festival

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:33:19 +0000

You say that like the portion of the fandom that caused much of the drama is somehow not to blame. Please. It was the bronies themselves that were turning people away and making the fandom divide, not "Bronies" the documentary.

Equestria Daily : Daniel Ingram\'s Season 4 Tease

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:42:41 +0000

Some left, quietly. They still watch the show, though. That's not what made them leave.

Equestria Daily : Magical Mystery Cure - Streams/Discussions/Downloads

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:20:26 +0000

Get to the little girls young, teach them that it's okay for a man to stalk and belittle and beat you as long as he's handsome and buys you expensive crap. How else are we gonna get the next generation of vapid doormats?

Equestria Daily : Brony Census Reminder

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:33:25 +0000

Yeah, I think I'm about out of steam on the topic too. It was a good discussion. Pax tecum.

Equestria Daily : Brony Census Reminder

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:16:31 +0000

I could see people seeing groups of bronies acting as emotionally damaged as trolls say they are and deciding to not risk being linked to someone like that. Not what I meant, though. I think I rather failed to get my point across. Allow me to rephrase: "Maybe that's what drove some people away - the unwillingness to *hang around with* people who overreact so obnoxiously." Some people just look at the whining and say "This isn't worth my time anymore." Not the Big Names or the SMOFs or anything, but the little people. They stop visiting daily because it's just too stressful or annoying. Maybe they comment on one or two random postings that someone else brings to their attention, but otherwise they stop visiting the sites, unsub from the subreddits, etc. No drama, they just.... stop. No one would notice one little person not posting or drawing or writing or singing anymore, but in a community driven by fan output, any loss lessens the whole, and the losses will accumulate, particularly once the explosion phase is done and new bronies aren't appearing every day. Ah, but it's all conjecture. Don't mind me, I'm just rambling.

Equestria Daily : Brony Census Reminder

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:46:01 +0000

> but jeepers, everyone (not EVERYONE) is worried about twilacorn without giving it a chance Maybe that's what drove some people away - the unwillingness to associate with people who overreact so obnoxiously.

Equestria Daily : Brony Census Reminder

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:24:11 +0000

Just a thought - you use that video as a shorthand way of making fun of people who disagree with you. But you never see the ones who really do leave the fandom.

Equestria Daily : Fighting is Magic Receives Cease & Desist from Hasbro

Sat, 9 Feb 2013 04:32:39 +0000

Staph: "Staphylococcus can cause a wide variety of diseases in humans and other animals through either toxin production or penetration. Staphylococcal toxins are a common cause of food poisoning, as they can be produced by bacteria growing in improperly-stored food items." But then, maybe you meant to call them a disease.

Equestria Daily : BronyDoc Production Shoutdown Cleared Up

Fri, 8 Feb 2013 02:31:58 +0000

All right! My self-imposed exile after all the alicorn Twilight drama has ended in time for the new episode! Nice to be back in a cool, low-drama situat- Oh, to Hell with you all.

Equestria Daily : Piles of Behind the Scenes Posing Work

Thu, 7 Feb 2013 04:41:42 +0000

(Clicks link.) Aaaand it's gone.

Equestria Daily : Discussion: What Would You Change?

Thu, 7 Feb 2013 02:49:54 +0000

Proof?

Equestria Daily : Discussion: The Pony Draught

Sat, 2 Feb 2013 16:13:46 +0000

I was thinking of starting a class called "How not to be an overreacting whiner." There will be much corporal punishment.

Equestria Daily : IA! IA! TWILIGHT FH\'TAGN!

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:45:13 +0000

(Glances over posts.) And you guys think it's a pair of wings that's gonna ruin the show? Even if they do, you guys beat them to it by a good four days. Congrats. Think I'm gonna bail on EQD until Saturday or so, spend some time in more reasonable, calm places like a Slashdot Microsoft thread.

Equestria Daily : Nightly Roundup #566

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:39:09 +0000

Only they couldn't call him that because, you know, "death".....

Equestria Daily : Nightly Roundup #566

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:38:45 +0000

Where "????" is "Betrays a powerful demon and comes out on top."

Equestria Daily : Discussion: Something other than Brony?

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:29:43 +0000

"Can we have a name that doesn't sound... uhhh... rapey? " And now all I can think about is that scene in DM of the Rings. http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=850

Equestria Daily : Brony Documentary - Discussion Post

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:25:51 +0000

Well, I doubt a set of wings would specifically do it. The series getting more toyetic (urgh)? Maybe. And yeah, she was gone before S3. She was gone before S2 was storyboarded because Cadence didn't have wings when she left.

Equestria Daily : Brony Documentary - Discussion Post

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:11:56 +0000

She really sounded like someone who didn't want to leave but had no option. Honestly, we're never gonna know unless someone else cracks. She's held fast to her position for so long that she's clearly not going to say any more on the issue. It might be something to do with Hasbro, if only because she's in a business where you change employers often and speaking ill of the old boss means you can't get a new boss. Or it could be something personal, I have no way of knowing. But my gut says workplace problems. Medical and personal stuff don't necessarily close the door to a return. The... permanence I sense in Lauren's leaving makes me think it's the place, not something more transient.