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I am done with this fandom...


Chara

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So I guess I am about to say what the title has basically just explained, and that is I am leaving the fandom for good. When I joined the fandom, I thought this was the thing for me, the thing that meant closest to me, but after I got into it, and I started to contribute.. that's where things got... weird. There were people, SOOOO many people I have met that would always treat the ponies like sexual objects or something and post you know what to Skype groups and they would go "She is so hot!! <3 <3", it would do nothing but make me cringe and they come after me saying "She is hot, she is life, etc." As I thought this one issue would just go away after time, boy I was wrong, even people I knew for a long time were secretly these kind of people and like I said, I can cringe for days on end when it comes to this.

 

Another problem I have with the fandom is the show itself. I think you know that I know, that a show isn't really meant to be enjoyed when one does not like it anymore. The show has dumbed down for me, others would very much disagree with my claim, but that's a perspective thing so there is no right or wrong answer.

 

Look, me leaving the Forums is highly unlikely, but leaving the Fandom is actually a must for me. I feel so much better now that I had to get this off of my chest like this. Thanks to everybody who understands. And I am officially going to do a clean on my Contacts with Skype, if anyone of you want to still talk to me, go for it, but please do not mention MLP to me.

 

Thanks to everybody who understands what I am going through.

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That's your decision. Me personally, I'm not one to allow people like that to affect my enjoyment of something. I like things with some of the worst fandoms ever and heck, I still enjoy them. I just kind of let them be in their fantasies and only call them out if they're actually being a dick to someone.

 

But if you feel the show has also dumbed down for you, then yeah this is probably the best choice for you.

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So the actions of some will make you leave all of it? Nice way to generalize I guess. Every single fandom has its bad parts, if that is enough to make you leave then you will leave literally every fandom in existence. 

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So the actions of some will make you leave all of it? Nice way to generalize I guess. Every single fandom has its bad parts, if that is enough to make you leave then you will leave literally every fandom in existence. 

I have known over 70 Bronies, only 8 have I ever met who were not like this. I have been hanging out with SOOO many Otaku's, over 50 actually, and I have only seen 7 who were acting like pure perverts. Yes, they may go "She is so kawai" or "She is so bae" but they don't randomly out of the blue say "I want to f**k her". I realize every fandom has it's cons, but the Brony fandom seems to have had way too many for my personal enjoyment.

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I have known over 70 Bronies, only 8 have I ever met who were not like this. I have been hanging out with SOOO many Otaku's, over 50 actually, and I have only seen 7 who were acting like pure perverts. Yes, they may go "She is so kawai" or "She is so bae" but they don't randomly out of the blue say "I want to f**k her". I realize every fandom has it's cons, but the Brony fandom seems to have had way too many for my personal enjoyment.

Not sure who you are talking to because I don't experience this much at all. Again though, you could just ignore those people. That isn't too difficult to do in this case. Do what you want though. 

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I have known over 70 Bronies, only 8 have I ever met who were not like this.

So, because most of the 70+ bronies you knew — out of maybe 15 million worldwide — liked to spout perverted content, you decide to stereotype the fandom as a whole and take the ball home with you.

 

@@C.B and @@Kyoshi are right on the money. Stereotyping is lazy, and you're pandering to stereotypes by scapegoating the fandom. Second, if you decide to abandon a fandom because of its bad parts, then what happens when other fandoms have a lot of perversion — will you abandon those, too?

 

Another problem I have with the fandom is the show itself.

Wrong. The fandom has nothing to do with the show itself. FIM and the fandom are their own entities; bronydom has nothing to do with the product and shouldn't affect your enjoyment of it in any way. Letting them affect your liking for it in any way is petty.

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So, because most of the 70+ bronies you knew — out of maybe 15 million worldwide — liked to spout perverted content, you decide to stereotype the fandom and take the ball home with you.

 

Kyoshi and CB are right on the money. Stereotyping is lazy, and you're pandering to stereotypes by scapegoating the fandom. Second, if you decide to abandon a fandom because of its bad parts, then what happens when other fandoms have a lot of perversion — will you abandon those, too?

 

Wrong. The fandom has nothing to do with the show itself. FIM and the fandom are their own entities; bronydom has nothing to do with the product and shouldn't affect your enjoyment of it in any way. Letting them affect your liking for it in any way is petty.

If you read what I said it says the show is dumbed down in my opinion, why be a Brony when you are disliking the reason you were there in the first place?

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If you read what I said it says the show is dumbed down in my opinion, why be a Brony when you are disliking the reason you were there in the first place?

I saw that, too, before replying to you. My problem there is when you said the show is one other reason you have a problem with the fandom. Again, the fandom and show aren't interchangeable. Bronydom doesn't have anything to do with the show or its quality. Bronies are bronies because they like FIM, nothing more.

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If you read what I said it says the show is dumbed down in my opinion, why be a Brony when you are disliking the reason you were there in the first place?

Because like he said the show has nothing to do with being a Brony.

Hell I don't love the show (I am more of a comic gal) but I still call myself a Brony. But whatever if it causes you this must displeasure perhaps it is best you leave.

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I could relate with you as well, seeing as how the brony fandom and the show itself is changing in many ways.

 

Respecting your decision, I hope you find many other things that interests you better :)

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You know, most people just accept the fact that there are people you are going to disagree with in all fandoms. At the end of the day it isn't your business what they do, if there are groups on skype with alot of chats like that, don't join them? In every single fandom in existence, even powerpuff girls there are people who take it sexually, best to just move on with it, stay for the aspects you like and don't slander people for they're preferences :) But good luck with what you decide to do! 

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a bit of hypocrisy with ya boy'O?..... whatever.... if it bothers you that much that people are differant, then good riddence.

 

Wow...Chara respectfully expressed his opinion. There's really no need to be like that...

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