Rarity-this

it just surprises me that some people have so much time and energy to put into trolling. sad thing is, people dont know when a small lol rib that is not ment in malicious way is supposed to stop and it ends up esculating into full blown harassment and in a few extreme cases cyber stalking and even a couple of teen suicides. in a community of such mixed ages and even different value systems as they were raised up, how do you regulate and draw a line? to some people constanly making new accounts to gang up on someone is fine coz "its just on the internet" and to others its enough to scare them into seclusion and depression. to some a small remark about and apperance can trigger of school yard memories and cause heart break when in others they would laugh and simply ignore or tell the offender to get a life. it doesnt help that these days you have webstes devoted to causing pain. most of us know to avoid them... ie: 4chan but for soe of the younger ones its a hard thing to ignore knowing that once its on the web it can haunt you. some companies in the USA do facial recognition and name recognition sweeps of the web of its employees and i know a few people who lost their jobs due to their name or picture being posted on a site like 4chan. when did mlp become a mini breeding ground for bullying? i have been collecting MLP since 1984 when the G1s were coming out and i have found nothing but pleasure from them. first as a beloved toy as a small child, to a collector in my teens and early 20's to now a pony custom collector/maker in my 30s. then i was introduced to the G4's not as a toy collector coz honestly i hate the lack of variety, the deformed body and head shapes of this lot, but as a fan of the series... damn you raity and dash! i then decided to bring my love of cosplay and ponies together in what should have been a glorious marriage of 2 joys. while the majority have had nothing but kind words and a love for my interpretation of the ponies, a group rose up and spent WEEKS trolling my account telling me what a landwhale and horrible creature i was... first as a cosplayer then on a personal level (because some 15 year old troll in the other hemisphere really knows me personally *rolls eyes*) while i am used to it (face it as a cosplayer who isnt a skinny thing you get used to a certain level of people telling you that they are gonna man the harpoons...) it makes me worry that there are alot of people who just want to have fun having a go at expressing their enjoyment of a fandom that are either too scare to give it a go or being attacked. i dont expect love.... i do not seek out approval of others i am secire in myself to know so long as im happy i dont care, but i would have thought there would be atleast tolerance. in ponyville they tolerate. most find pinkie pie a tad too enthusiastic (especially before a morning coffee and we have a frien who is VERY pinkie pie and trust me i have to take a deep breath or two if its before a caffine hit... i do love you bacon stripe i do but dear gods sometimes you overwhelm me) they tolerate the slight "elitest" attitude that rarity can throw out now andthen ( and i know my friends take that same deep breath or two when i fly into a "dear gods why party satin.. $2 more a meter and.... sorry its my petpeeve....) (also dont hate on me calling rarity that.. i couldnt think of another word she can be attitudy but we all know she has a heart of gold too) they tolerate dash's ego ( yes im looking at you panda!) the tolerate and accept derpy for her clutsyness ( think we all have some depy in us now and then especialy if hot glue guns or curling wands are involved) i would have hoped that that basic tolerance and understanding that we are all different, colours, shapes, sizes, thoughts and feelings would be carried through this fandom. no one can demand respect it must be eraned however there is a BASIC level of respect that is expected to be seen to simply because we are living beings. we should all be able to feel safe. we should all be able to enjoy something in peace so long as we are not harming others. yes we are all allowed to have different opinions different likes and different views and i would hope that "adult descussions" could be had were we can have that difference in opinion, understand it even if we dont agree with it and still share a love for ponies reguardless. ok im gonna stop here.. rather long winded me is long winded this morning .