en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/6363696 Comments by Tim_Fortune http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/11/analysis-are-fandoms-bad.html#IDComment1004225135 As in all things, it's the extremes that can make it bad. When you're getting screamed at for liking something that someone didn't, even when your supposed to be liking the same thing, it gets tiring. Really, biggest example I can think of that I was present personally was the Hell that was the hiatus between Seasons 3 and 4. It was just such an awful time to be a fan with the constant drama when all I wanted was to just talk about all the things we all liked instead entering a hot zone of negative emotion towards things that occurred. Thank God it cooled off by the start of Season 4, but it was just a horrible time to count myself as a fan. And then there were those who still didn't let up long after it all became a moot point. I largely consider myself a "casual fan". I enjoy my series. Sure I might go further than most in collecting fan art, joining in online discussions, and dabbling in fan fiction, but ultimately I'm just watching it because I enjoy it. If a substandard episode airs I don't rage about it continually long after everyone's moved on. I just go "Well, next week will be better" and move onto another thing I enjoy. Maybe I just lack the passion that some share, but every time I've found myself burnt out from dealing with the fans, I just watch the series itself and I'm reminded of just why I liked it in the first place. I did kind of think that the only thing worse than having no one to discuss things with is actually having them, but once again, in all things, it's those on the extreme. And unfortunately, the internet is the megaphone for the extreme. Sorry for the rant, but these are things that have largely been on my mind since the Hell that was the 2013 hiatus. Fri, 20 Nov 2015 02:28:31 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/11/analysis-are-fandoms-bad.html#IDComment1004225135 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/10/lantern-ponies-appear-for-sfm.html#IDComment1001064854 I always saw them as: Red - Dash Orange - Spike Yellow - Twilight Green - AJ Blue - Pinkie Indigo - Fluttershy Violet - Rarity With Gilda joining Dash as a deputy Red, Trixie as a deputy Orange, Luna deputy Yellow, Shining deputy Green, CMC deputy Blues, and the Doctor as a deputy Indigo. And while everypony thinks Cadance would be the deputy Star Sapphire (Violet), that ring instead goes to Chrysalis. And Sombra would be a combination of Necron, Black Hand, and Scar. Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:09:05 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/10/lantern-ponies-appear-for-sfm.html#IDComment1001064854 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994867520 Pretty damn good. Bachelor Party for my cousin's fiance, so that was fun. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:26:29 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994867520 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994866669 Does make things easier. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:17:56 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994866669 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994866548 I've come to love winter and fall now. I prefer the cold and summer is just too damn hot. I like fall more as it's cooler and the scenery is still nice. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:16:50 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994866548 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994866109 It's why I have no love of summer anymore. Before I had the attitude shift of "Yeah! 3 months of nothing!". Now since the season doesn't change what I'm doing, I found the negatives of the season to my own preferences overwhelming any positives. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:12:40 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994866109 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994865605 When you have a job and do the same thing day in and day out regardless of season, you begin to envy the little bastards. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:08:07 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994865605 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994865367 If you comment on Youtube period and then look back you're going to regret a fair few of them. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:05:46 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994865367 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994864782 In the words of Meat Loaf "Two out three ain't bad" ("Unique" and "Intelligent" could be used to describe me, but not "Feisty"). Sun, 13 Sep 2015 06:00:05 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994864782 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994864597 It's a "Yes" and "No" as "Mary Sue" has largely come to mean "Character I don't like". Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:58:22 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994864597 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994864082 I'll bite. March 9th. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:53:49 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994864082 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994863484 It happens. Frankly not being in the right state actually makes the best state funnily enough (if this does not make sense, I'm not in the best state myself). Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:47:59 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994863484 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994862646 Not really. Kind of treating it as "If you're into that kind of thing" (I'm not, but I've seen plenty unintentionally). Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:40:07 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994862646 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994862446 Can't really think of one. The thing that makes a pun truly great is how horrible it is and I've heard a fair few. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:38:11 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994862446 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994862060 Well as I said, it stars Best Pony and the weakest one of hers I found was "Rarity Takes Manehattan" which was still pretty damn good relative to others. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:34:29 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994862060 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994861450 Guess that's the way to kill time by copying someone else while claiming to be better than them. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:27:57 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994861450 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994861248 Good then. Yeah, I had a fun day. Kind of sucks that I missed the first new episode in two months, but thems the breaks. At least the next few weeks are Rarity-centric, with one even being a RaiJack ep. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:25:42 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994861248 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994860873 I found it pretty good, but still nothing that I hadn't seen already. I mean the first "Avengers" was an event. This was just "Oh, so it's the same, but more so". Still really liked Ultron. Best villain I liked since Loki. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:22:16 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994860873 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994859446 Bruce Springsteen, Joe Walsh, and Bob Dylan have been the main things I've been listening to today. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:08:54 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994859446 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994858988 Well, Rainbow Rocks did the one thing that could make me hyped in introducing human!Twilight. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 05:04:32 +0000 http://www.equestriadaily.com/2015/09/nightly-discussion-471.html#IDComment994858988