Antidaeophobia

Right on pegasister (heehee see what I did there. ). But I agree! Bronies are a pretty gender fluid community, and very accepting of people being themselves. Guys dressed as girls, girls dressed as guys, transgender, cisgender, homosexual, heterosexual, pansexual, asexual- It doesn't matter. I've never had an issue with Bronies judging me and treating me badly for being who I am, even if they disagree with me. I know some women want to set themselves outside of the brony label. Many girls I've talked to that hate being called brony and only want to be called a pegasister seem to have a judgement on male bronies that I don't like and I find very rude and based purely on stereotypes of bronies being basement dwellers or losers and not wanting to be associated with that but still liking the show. It really bothers me when girls want to be called pegasister because of that type of view. I prefer the term brony because it makes us all equal in the fandom and is gender neutral, so if someone identifies as a different gender than they were born, then I wont offend them. I'm very traditionally masculine in my personality. I'm very dominant and assertive. I've had people criticize me because 'girls shouldn't be like that!' or 'no one likes a masculine personality in a woman', but I am the way I am. People should be allowed to be however they want. My best friend is male, and he's very sensitive and nurturing, way more than I am, and when he was younger people use to call him names, like 'faggot' and 'girly boy' for it. I dress punk though, so it kind of gives you more leeway with combining masculine and feminine clothing LOL I was quite a tomboy in school, but mostly because I felt like if I wanted respect, I had to be as boyish as possible. I feel much more comfortable with wearing traditionally female clothing now that I know I can dress male or female and still get respect.

Very much like the Star Trek episode 'Return of the Archons' (Are you one with the body? Are you one with Landru?). I don't think it's controversial for children, even if it really represents fascism in an easy way for people to understand. I'd say that this episode really showed the difference between communism and fascism. Equestria to me always came off as very communist/socialist. You don't see ponies in poverty, and everyone seems to have exactly what they need and are fairly capable of making a life from their special talent, even if it is as silly as party planner. People are also dedicated to community service, such as winter wrap up and etc. However, the town they visited was very fascist, people were scared to be themselves, and the ponies weren't truly happy and it was ruled by a dictator who wanted to covert the masses whether they wanted it or not. Dictators free themselves and enslave the people. I think the episode was interesting, but had a good message that younger kids could appreciate even if they don't understand the political aspect of it. But if you're an adult, then I think it was more scary. Given they were pretty much tortured and subjected to constant propaganda in an attempt to break them, which we both know is a tool of war, and also common in North Korea. I really enjoyed the episode, I see this season having a very good start.

I say I'm a Brony because I am pretty obsessed with the show (I'm a Trekkie and Whovian as well), so I call myself a Brony. I don't use the term Pegasister because I don't understand why there needs to be a different word for female fans and from my experience, some people have been pretty misogynistic towards me on some forums when I've revealed I'm female. MLP fans are pretty tolerant and equal towards the genders, they aren't the issue. Most bronies I know behave in a very feminist manner, and treat everyone with dignity and equality from my experiences. But forums that have featured multiple fandoms alongside MLP fans have been mean to me for revealing I'm female. I had to leave my Trekkie forum I'd been a part of for 7yrs because the new wave of fans came in, and they were very misogynist, which was bizarre to the older fans. The forum started having serious issues with the new fans messaging inappropriate pictures to female members ( got so many dick pics), calling ladies fake geeks, and just bullying the bejeezus out of them. As one of the older members, it was really difficult to leave, but I just couldn't take it anymore. So I just say Brony. It lets other MLP fans know I'm one of the herd on a multi forum so they can talk to me, but keeps the meaner people from bullying me and telling me 'Tits or GTFO'.

I think it had a great deal to do with how tolerant Fluttershy is of differences in ponies; It's in her nature to be kind. However Fluttershy has always struck me as not being able to judge peoples emotions very well. She seemed to think that just because people were smiling, therefore they were happy. She sometimes behaves like my grandma, in that, if you don't talk about bad things, and you just smile, they don't exist; also, only say nice things and never focus on negativity. Even though life isn't always nice and is sometimes negative, and ignoring it doesn't make it better. But I think they will probably work on Fluttershy's character development through this season. I think she was just so happy so many people wanted to get along and be her friend and accepted her for her shyness. From what we've seen of her, even as a little filly; She was bullied, shy, and very nervous around people, and she has a hard time being around people because they easily push her around. She probably wanted to think positively that she'd found the perfect town of friendship. It wasn't until she realized it was fake, and that her friends were miserable that she put on her big girl panties and dealt with it.

I think since Celestia is her teacher, and not her mother or friend, I think she's probably ok with Twilight moving on to bigger and better things. She wants Twilight to fulfill her potential, even if she did feel bad to see her go. Celestia is old and wise enough to know that ponies can't stay around just to make her not feel lonely, and she still has her sister. She's pretty much a god, and I don't think as a god she'd be so selfish as to want to keep Twilight with her all the time. Course now that Twilight is a alicorn, Celestia wont have to worry about Twilight dying and leaving her alone with just her sister, Luna, as company. But that makes me sad for Twilight because all her pony friends will die, leaving her alone with just Spike, who I think she considers more as little brother, or her kid, than the type of friends the mane 6 are to her.

I don't like Flash Sentry, or any love interest because because it's been done over and over again in girls animation. One of the many reasons I like MLP, is because the main girl cast are independent, and aren't obsessing over boys, or talking about boys all the time. They have other interests besides that. Creating a love interest is pretty much like saying 'well, that's all girls care about is boyfriends, even someone as intelligent as Twilight is boy crazy'. It's very cliche, and Flash isn't even that well developed of a character. You don't see many boys cartoons where the main character only talks about girls, and obsesses over girls, and has to go through a makeover and a whole shopping spree to find the right outfit to get a girl (or they will lyke omg, just die without a date to the prom). If Flash was an interesting character, I probably wouldn't dislike him or the other love interests so much.