El Duderino

Well, I first was introduced to MLP because my little sister watched it. I actually had collectively seen about the first two seasons just by being in the same room as my sister while she watched TV (which made it easy to catch up on Netflix later when I started watching it myself). This was before I was aware of such a thing as a brony, so by the time I found out about Bronies, I was like "OK, I see why they like it". Even though I had seen a bit of the show, I hadn't actually watched it in my own time, nor was I a real fan until later on, but I was familiar enough with it to not think that Bronies were completely crazy. I forgot about it for a while, but eventually regained some interest and, well, I think you know the rest. Now that I am one, I can honestly say that I was wrong. Bronies ARE crazy. But you know... in a good way.

You point out some good things I hadn't thought about, but what I mean is that it is not fair to judge a kids show, or I guess a family show, by the same standards we judge some shows. We should criticize it, but in the right way way. I've read topics on the forums that criticize and analyze the smallest detail of the show, and no one thinks that maybe they did that just because they thought kids would like it. It's like when you are in a high school English class reading a book and the book says that "the curtains were blue" and the teacher is like "the author said they are blue because of the characters deep emotions...", but the author just meant that the curtains were fucking blue. That doesn't mean you shouldn't analyze the book, just not every single tiny detail. Some authors write with extreme symbolism, and you should analyze every little thing, and some authors don't. I think this also applies to TV shows. MLP is just not the type of show where you need to analyze every little detail, because sometimes they include something in the show just because they thought it would look cool, or kids will like it, or the animator found it funny, etc... not because they are including hidden symbolism. Most family/kids shows are like this. It's the nature of the genre. Just enjoy the show for what it is. I guess some people like to analyze things just for the sake of analyzing it, which is fine, but at least recognize that the authors of the show didn't mean for it to be analyzed, and don't get upset over something because you over-analyzed it. Also, even if it is a family show, you can't deny that it is directed mostly toward kids.

The fandom also forgets that this is a childrens show, and (almost) everything they do in it is to please the children who watch it. Sure, every once in a while the show does a small shout out to the fandom, but when they are coming up with ideas and designs for the show, they do not consider what bronies would like. We watch a childrens show with expectations we would have when watching an adult drama. The fandom over-analyzes everything that happens in the show. Of course people get upset about every little thing in the show.

It would be cool, but completely unnecessary. It's probably best that they don't.