FlutterDerpy582

I am always pleased when i read a post online about how someone posts that their life has improved due to ponies.

 

However, I think that saying that the creators of this show created it for that purpose is, perhaps, giving them too much credit. The show was created for a target audience of little girls and their parents (who might be watching it with them).

 

Hasbro, Lauren Faust, and others that were involved with the show were all taken completely by surprise when the show began attracting large numbers of viewers from outside of their target audience. They completely did not expect it.

 

I think that most of the credit for improving (or even saving) people's lives does not go to the show. I really do think that the real reason that so many people talk about how ponies has helped them is because of the members of the various online brony communities - including this one.

 

I have noticed that, perhaps due to the nature of the show, brony communities have a tendency to be more kind and more understanding than other online communities. As a matter of fact, brony communities can often be kinder and more understanding than even many offline communities.

 

I am constantly amazed by bronies reaching out to help other bronies in need. I am also constantly amazed at how controversial topics are often easily discussed among bronies without an explosion.

 

The show brings brony communities together and supplies a wonderful amount of positivity when you watch it. But, really, I think that it is the actual members of the various brony communities that should get most of the credit for helping people in need.

 

Completely agreed! I love coming to this forum, even to ask general questions because this forum really is based on love and tolerance (cheesy yes, but it works quite well ;D). I like to consider this community like a band of people willing to listen, and give their honest opinions on really whatever you need!

I understand what you're saying about how the show wasn't intended to get this big (or at all) with online communities, and giving the writers to much credit for essentially a coincidence. However more of what I was getting at is the idea of the show provokes thoughts of a child like dependency, therefore triggering off a sense of well being, and almost acting as something a person can hold onto whenever they get feelings of depression, etc. Which in theory does come back around to the Brony community, as rather the actual writers of the show.

While I probably will come off as a jerk, I think that the prevention of this guy's suicide and really the fandom as a whole isn't exactly accidental, but coincidental. I mean, I can't remember where I read this, but I read somewhere that Hasbro themselves said that the original audience for this was pretty much little girl exclusive. Now, whether or not that was true, the idea that somebody would pitch a show about cute little ponies and also make it for male audiences and people suffering from depression is probably silly completely forgetting that it eventually did become where it is right now. Now, it's great to see that it brought some joy to this guy's life and that has brought us bronies and pegasisters together, but the main thing that made this cartoon that was made for young children was the way it was pulled off, in the sense that the characters had much more believable personalities and the overall story line was a lot more complex than something like, say, little baby Jonathan is playing with little baby Sarah's toy so Sarah cries and gets it back; the end.

 

That being said, it is great to see that Hasbro acknowledges that there are people like us and this guy out there and is making a whole bunch of merchandise and other media more catered to us.

 

Didn't come off as a jerk at all. I agree that the whole topic was more coincidental, then intentional. However the writing for this show is nothing short of fantastic, I don't see how Hasbro couldn't have the idea in the back of their minds that older audiences might be interested if given the chance, considering the down right life and personality they put into the characters. On a side note, yes it really is awesome to see Hasbro getting so involved with community, most memorable would probably be when Derpy makes an actual appearance in the show, not to mention all the merchandise they created. Although I must say, the Brony community really did pull in many (including me) into actually getting into the show. For example, if only a few teens watch the show, they would be outcasts, if a whole community watches, its considered.. Well, a community. Sad fact of life. :/

This is a serious topic for myself personally. If your here to troll, or make jokes, please go somewhere else.

On one of my MLP youtube searches, I came across a comment that made me smile.

"Ponies have prevented my suicide. Thank you."

This comment really made me think of what an impact this show has made on all of it's viewers, no matter the age. For myself, I have realized I truly have become a happier person, and a better friend due to the show. FIM is based on real morals, and its obvious the creators are very down to earth people, however I believe it goes so much further then that. Watching MLP makes us revert back to that happy, and once carefree child that lived in all of us. I believe this was one of their focuses, and made people suffering from depression realize that the world's not all bad.

IMO, I believe most older cartoons shared a lot of the morals that are in common with MLP. Cartoons as a whole in the past few years just haven't been what they used to be in the "Golden age of Cartoons"(with exceptions). This is mainly because the shows are simply not as entertaining, and the reasoning for this is because they are putting an unnecessarily large focus on which age group to target to, rather than the actually content of a show. MLP challenged that, and made a show that brings us back to the "Golden Age", with that same carefree state of mind.

I would love to hear everyone else's take on this topic.

Yes! I can't tell you how many times I caught myself typing Everypony, Anypony, etc. outside of the forums! Pony's are taking over my mind! xD

In "Swarm of the Century" I believe it is a reference to Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends when the scribbles take over the house. I haven't seen the show in a LONG time, but if I'm not mistaken Bloo (or someone else) keeps one and they multiply, much like Fluttershy did.

Ok so, my best friend and I will sometimes have these kind of conversations where we can really talk about anything without fear of judgment. So we asked the basic questions about what's going on in our lives, and he asks me to name one thing about myself that nobody knows. Automaticly I think of mlp, but I didn't want to say it at first. After 30 seconds of "thinking", I simply blurted out "I'm a Brony", and basically explained it's a teen that watches my little pony. Rightfully so, he gives the most outrageous facial expression and inebidaly asks me "so your gay?" which I replied to as "just because I watch a show, doesnt make me gay". After a little while of explaining to him what it was all about and the fantastic character development, he was skeptical, however accepted it. I sent him a pm on facebook and sent him the infamous "forget what you knew about mlp" article, and told him to watch the first 4 episodes. Unfortunately he said he looked it all up and said he was not interested, but can understand why it's good. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve to convert him however. xP

Never done it, but that gives me an idea. I'm just going to use subtle hints. Not too obvious, just enough to make another closet Brony notice, one day I will strike gold, and it will be the most epic moment of my life! .... I need to get out more ;(

 

real sorry about going nuts with terms and stuff, I really tend to get carried away( I just love my career XDD)

 

 

Completely understandable! It warms my heart to see some pony love what they do!

Anyways, I now have a basic understanding of what your thesis is so here are my thoughts.

First off, MLP:FIM is a completely workable topic. The whole show basically revolves around the pony's finding out their strengths and weaknesses, and essentially, going through various events to see what they can do to improve upon it. Fluttershy in "Putting your Hoof down" (Season 2, Episode 19) being the biggest example in my opinion. She went from a very quiet, pushover attitude, to worshiping a power hungry mentor, and modified back to a nicer, yet more assertive Fluttershy. This specific example fits in with your thesis because, Fluttershy undoubtedly became self aware that she took her assertiveness training way too far. This made her realize that she took the original traits that Iron Will (the mentor, if you are unaware) told her, became self aware she took it way too far, and ultimately benefited from it. Furthermore, Fluttershy states at the end of the episode "When I first stood up for myself, I didn't like the pony I became, but I've learned that standing up for yourself isn't the same as changing who you are.", this states she has used her concience to take a situation she was not the best at dealing with, got the basic idea at full throttle, and essentially combined it with her personal experience, or her what she was self aware of at the time, and greatly benefited from the experience.

I'll be more then happy to help you more with examples, etc. I just want to make sure I'm on the right track before I go on. Let me know!

I really wish I could contribute to this, unfortunately I don't understand your thesis. Mind helping a brony out, and putting it in layman's terms? ;/

I've said time and time again how Fluttershy is my favorite pony because we have a lot in common, etc. However, I would probably take Twilight in this situation (sorry Fluttershy D;) because I feel like it would be fun just to talk to her considering how smart she is. Intelligence is a huge turn on for me, and having deep conversations with somepony is one of my favorite things to do! Although it could be fun going with Pinkiepie, I'm not a very outgoing person in that kind of situation, without the right amount of alcohol at least. xP

Marshmallow Breeze.. I love it xD

This episode meant a lot to me personally. When I was much younger, I went through a traumatic experience much like the one Fluttershy went through. It caused me to have very low confidence in everything I did, and had to go to therapy for it 10 years later. Within those 10 years, I never truly talked about it, and ultimately suppressed it, and made made it much worse. After going through therapy for 2 months, I now see it as something that has happened and feel so much better about myself. I feel like I'm noticing not only do I have a lot in common with Fluttershy, but everyone has a part of them that reminds them of Fluttershy.

loved the topic, points for originality! xD

I would have to say Pinkie Pie's disregard for gravity, and/or laws of physics would do nicely here.

It's not so much the threads that are the problem, but the manner in which they are handled.

 

Understand what it means to debate and be mature about it.

Reverting to personal insults, captioned pictures and irrelevant statements as a means of "debating" only turn the thread into a free for all rather than a discussion.

Something that also needs to be understood is the difference between a debate and what is simply posting your opinions. There is no need to make 2 and 3 pages worth of repeating your opinion to the other person simply because your opinions differ.

 

Personally, I think debate threads are best threads. Though they need to be handled with care. All it takes is one insult to turn a good discussion into a flame war.

Check what you wrote before posting it, make sure you aren't posting uncalled for insults and that your post is actually meaningful to the discussion and not only your personal crusades.

 

Don't turn normal threads into debates either. If a normal thread really makes you want to discuss something related to it, make it it's own thread, there's no need to ruin everyone's on-topic discussion by posting off-topic opinions.

 

Agreed, It really annoys me when there's a thread regarding a serious (for the show) debate, and you get people posting random garbage that has nothing to do with the topic. However I do have to disagree about the "flame war" on this particular forum. In my experience, I haven't really seen a lot of hate on here, disagreements yes, but that's just human nature in general. Let's hope it never comes to that though.

I am also guilty of forming types of friendly "debates" or questions on topics :/. I always like to know what other people think about topics, kind of a habit of mine. I do completely see how this could get annoying however.

I will take that into consideration next time I post

IMO, I see no problems with having friendly debates on the show, it gives the community a better feel if you ask me. personally, I LOVE to have friendly debates on shows, books, games, etc, and I (and what I've seen on this forum, for the most part) always have a good amount of respect for what other people say about their take on it. When I get really into a show such as this, I without a doubt like to think as if the show was 100% real, and essentially have an alter ego as if I lived in the setting. With the right person, this makes debating a lot more worth while, and turns more into a "no hard feelings" back and forth confrontation, and usually ends with an agreement, with a silly remark at the end, I see absolutely nothing wrong this. However, I've noticed people very recently started getting very defensive on a personal level about what they think. This is where I agree with on the forums getting "Too real" because people are seeing what they believe as their defensive selves, not our adorable Pony egos we all posses. On a side note, I give the Brony community A LOT of credit. Have you ever seen (With exceptions for trolls, obviously) "No, your wrong fucking idiot.", or something of the sort, when a person wants to get a point across on this, or a related forum? I know I haven't.

Horse is such a broad statement, Princess Celestia is magical, more like a Pegasus/Unicorn mix. However she is much older then everypony else.

More Discord, I absolutely loved that 2 part episode to kick off season 2. Now I must go rewatch it, and relive the awesomeness. :3

I find any pony who watches the show regularly is very open minded, gives things a second chance, etc. If some pony decides they didn't really enjoy an episode, or anything of the sort it will usually not really matter to them at all the second time around. Let's face it, we all second guessed ourselves with the first episode we watched, the theme came on and we all thought "What the hell am I doing?", but we all pressed on, and all proud to say were Bronys, and Pegasisters! This just shows just how strong we are as a community! but ill stop before I start rambling for the millionth time today!

To Plant a Seed in my Pants. OMG I'M DYING! xD

What the Sonic Rainboom that gave the Mane 5 their cutie marks represent.

I agree with the original answer saying that its the overwhelm of emotions, not the will to preform a sonic rainboom first hand. In the beggining of the episode "Sonic Rainboom" Rainbow Dash tried her absolute hardest to preform one, and failed countless times. Now let's take a look at the 2 known times we see her actually do one. The first time was in "Cutie Mark Chronicles" when she wanted to prove the ponys she could beat them in a race. Her intension at the time were only to win, not to perform a sonic rainboom. The other ponys pushed RB away and she felt the anger, and absolute rage go completely through her, and sped through everyone. The next time we see her do this was when Rarity was falling to her death. The moment RD saw this she flew down as fast as she could, once again, not intending to do one it was simply the overflow of emotions to do the right thing. The sonic rainboom is not about speed, but adrenalin, and in MLP's way of putting it, a will to do the right thing.

Also, I want to hear every pony's opinion on the sonic rainboom that essentially gave the Mane 5 their Cutie Marks. What do you think about this, and what do you think it represents?

Quite catchy! I like it xD 7.5/10

This song is very well written. The instrumental, and vocals work absolutely perfect together. enjoy!

Real cool instrumental, however not really thing. 7/10

One of my favorite songs of all time. It's slow, but give it a chance, the lyrics are absolutely genius!

looks real good, a million times better then I could ever draw! Without step by step instructions that is! xD

Hmmm.. I've never seen you on here. Delighted to meet your acquaintance! Now were no longer strangers!