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If it's on the Switch and cheap enough, I might get it if it looks fun. Otherwise, I won't bother. (And couldn't since I don't have a PS5 or Xbox.) Could be surprisingly good, or it could be one of those awful movie-based games.

For most people, MLP really WAS just a passing fad. Most of the people involved in the fandom back then were young (I was around 17-18 when I joined in 2011) and have grown up and moved on to other things. Most people cringe at their past self and old interests, and MLP is no exception. In 2012 almost everyone I knew was a fan, but now I only know one other person who likes the show. I have friends who used to be bronies, but now hate everything MLP and wish they were never involved in it. I also try to avoid mentioning MLP in most places because bronies aren't always treated nicely. It doesn't help that when you search for bronies some... not so flattering articles pop up. Back in 2011-2013, being a brony was something more accepted since it was a fad, and while there were always the haters, it wasn't anywhere near as frowned upon as it is now. (Though since I'm a woman, I can get away with the occasional pony avatar and reference. Sad, but true. The negative stereotypes are mainly for male bronies, and many haters don't know that Pegasisters even exist.)

I loved EQG, but I don't see it returning for gen 5. It was specifically a G4 series based around Friendship is Magic. And if they do make a G5 EQG and you're hating the idea... no one's forcing you to watch it, you know. Let the people who like it enjoy it, and you do you.

Seasons 1-4 are showing up for me, as is Tales of Canterlot High. I hate it when companies make shows hard to watch. If Netflix drops it, I hope another service will pick it up, or maybe they could come out with a new physical release or something. I don't think all the seasons even made it to DVD. I had seasons 1-6, but I lost most of them, so I've been relying on Netflix. ^^; Season nine and Pony Life are still on Hulu, also, even though I think they had an expiration date at some point.

As sad as it'll be to see MLP:FiM end, I've been expecting it to end for a while now, and at this point I'm feeling pretty okay about it. It's my favorite show and has had a huge positive impact on my life, and I'm hoping it'll continue to well after the show airs its last episode. After all, it's not like the show ending means that no one can ever watch it again. There's the whole series, nine whole seasons, to re-watch. Books and comics to read and reread. Fan content to create and enjoy. Toys to collect (some people still collect G1 to this day, so why not G4?). I could go on, but I think I've made my point; ending doesn't necessarily have to mean goodbye. If a band breaks up, it's not like all the fans immediately throw away all their albums and never ever listen to them again. I myself have actually gotten into stuff (music, TV, etc) after they ended and still have fun with them. Every show has to end someday, no matter how great it is. That doesn't mean we have to throw away all our merch and never watch the show again. I'm the type who wants to re-experience things I enjoy, I don't just watch each episode once and then never go back to it again.

Once I read a chapter or so of this fan fic about Twilight Sparkle being in an asylum and having schizophrenia. There were SO MANY things wrong with this. Schizophrenics are NOT crazy and do NOT belong in asylums. In reality, stays in psychiatric wards (which are nothing like asylums, by the way) are rare and short. In the fic, Twilight was in there for ten years. That is utterly ridiculous, for a variety of reasons (insurance companies don't like to pay, stays in psych wards are very temporary and just make sure the person isn't in danger anymore, etc). What made it worse was that whoever posted this on EQD described Twilight as being "crazy" in the post. Absolute garbage. I know this because I myself have schizophrenia and have been hospitalized in psych wards four times. The longest psych ward stay I had was less than two weeks. I was never put in a straitjacket or asylum, I was never "crazy", and I hate it when people spread false stereotypes.

Okay... I absolutely, utterly HATE the Pinkamena stuff, for very personal reasons. Thus, I voted for Pinkie Pie. Why do I hate Pinkamena? It's literally one of the worst parts of the brony fandom in my opinion. I have seriously considered giving up MLP completely before due to this. I hate how people call her "psychotic" as an insult, call her a "psycho", say she;'s mentally ill and schizophrenic. I have an actual, diagnosed psychotic disorder. Nearly five years ago I was diagnosed with schizophrenia during one of my stays in a hospital's psych ward. The people who say all this horrible stuff about Pinkamena let their ignorance of mental illness show, and it's painful and incredibly cringe-worthy. They spread false stereotypes, help to increase the already ample amounts of stigma associated with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and spread a hateful message that not only do mentally ill people not belong, but that they're all "dangerous", "violent", "insane" and "psycho". It hurts me and scares me on a very deep level when people treat those with these disorders that way. It's bad enough that so many bronies and even SHOW STAFF (Tara Strong, for example... and also, just listen to the DVD commentary of Winter Wrap Up, where they made fun of people with auditory hallucinations) spread these harmful false ideas. It's even worse when people are so ashamed of their illness that they refuse help and end up having to live with these terrible illnesses because of it. I wish people would pay more attention to the words they use and how they can affect others. You never know, someone you know, maybe even a loved one, could be struggling with psychosis and is hiding it due to the stigma. Without treatment it only gets worse, and on top of that people with these disorders statistically have a shorter life span than most people. I don't think that most people who say these things, spread these stereotypes and create these fan videos/art/etc. of Pinkamena mean to harm anyone. To them it's just fun. They don't realize the harm that they're doing and the stigma they're spreading. Most of them probably don't know what "psychosis" even is. It's not a slang term for "crazy", it's a specific symptom of an illness that is extremely hard to live with. After years of living in the upside-down horror world of psychosis, it hurts me so much when people spread these stereotypes. I hate feeling like I don't belong in the brony community because I have this illness. I'm not violent, or crazy, or a psycho. I am a person, a human being. Everyone has problems in life they must face. Everyone, whether it's a mental illness, physical illness, or whatever. Please, for the love of all things holy, if you are the type who calls everything "psychotic" as an insult, thinks that schizophrenics all belong in asylums, thinks that having a mental illness makes you a bad person, etc, please stop. Please. No one else I've seen in the community is stepping up to say that this is wrong. It's so hard to avoid when this stuff is almost everywhere. It being in the brony community really, really hurts me, because I love the brony community and have been a part of it for over six years. It was always a safe space for me, as was MLP itself, but the way the community treats people with psychotic disorders has almost killed it for me. I don't live in an "asylum". I live in a house, I don't go around hurting others, and I've never been strapped to a bed or thrown in a padded room. Even during the height of my psychosis I never went around hurting people. The idea that schizophrenics are all violent is one of those false stereotypes, and probably the aspect of PInkamena I hate the most. I'm just a human being who's trying to live her life. Thank you for reading this far, and I apologize if I caused anyone any offense, as that was in no way my intention. I'm just trying to help people reconsider the things they say and how their words can hurt others.

I think the size of gen four MLP toys are fine, but that's probably because I only collect G4. Though there are the different sizes with different types of toys, like you have the tiny blindbags, the large Fashion Styles, etc. It depends on how much you're willing to spend, really. I have lots of ponies in different sizes.

The last time I shopped at Meijer I got two movie seapony toys, a large Twilight Sparkle seapony and a small Rainbow Dash one that can sort of "transform" to and from being a seapony. I haven't unboxed Twilight yet.