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    Why all the focus on the negative in topics?

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    For the sake of being a devil's advocate,  there is an equally troubling phenomenon called "hugboxing";  that is, the denial of problems by a community, even though the evidence of such problems is clear and present.  One of the unfortunate effects of this is how some  groups want to "police" the concerns of the larger fandom because of their relationships to the show staff, or Hasbro itself.  For example:   http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/05/an-appeal-to-fandom-keep-calm-and-trot.html

     

    Their interest in this is hardly devoid of a subtext.
     

    I'm not saying this for the sake of being a troll.  I love the show and what the fandom, in general, stands for.    I'm not a hateful person, and I genuinely like most of the people I've met in the fandom, but I reserve to myself the right to voice my legitimate concerns.

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    What's your least favorite thing about MLP?

    in MLP:FiM Canon Discussion

    What bothers me most is when I can tell that the show is gratuitously pandering to the same gender stereotypes that Hasbro has been for at least close to sixty years.  This was the case with both fast-tracking Twilight into a princess and the movie "Equestria Girls".

     

    Ironically, Pixelkitties articulated it best:

     

    ...every season Hasbro makes demands. They need a new pink princess pony and for Twilight Sparkle to have a brother. The board wants to see crystal ponies because the buzzword “crystal” anything is popular with girls 4-8 years of age. And now, they want Twilight Sparkle to be a princess, because Hasbro is not like us. Hasbro is not like Lauren Faust and her message of empowerment for girls AND boys. Hasbro is not like M.A. Larson who writes amazing episodes filled with silly mayhem and unique approaches to the tropes of children’s programming. Hasbro is not like actual little girls or grown up adults who love the show for all its smart jokes and fun characters. Unlike all of us, Hasbro is convinced that being smart and capable and open to learning and new experiences- the myriad of character traits for which we love a certain purple unicorn, are unimportant. Their priority is rushing the character into being a princess because retailers don’t want books as accessories with girls toys, they want dresses and flowing hair and weddings and yards of pink material.

    http://pixelkitties.tumblr.com/post/41891667888/controversy-is-once-again-brewing-among-fans-of

     

    I disagree with her in that I still think, in some ways, Hasbro needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the  21st century.

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