Moon Knight

1 hour ago, Jeric said:

Do you see the two letter word that begins with s and ends with o? Found it yet? Good. Everything that precedes that word is an appropriate summation of one of my points. Everything that follows it is not. 

Well not everything. You see, most people on the internet assume that everything someone says that is perhaps contrary to another is somehow an argument. No, I haven't yet made an argument. Just pointed out factors that you and others overlooked as you crafted your narrative. This is how I work. Just spitting out an opinion disinterests me. 

Again, points I raised in this discussion are focused around nuance, complexity, the possibility that certain assumptions may not be concrete truths, and the illusion that we have control over how and when external complexity is introduced to children. I could further complicate this discussion by adding to it the likelihood of how suggestible you are when it comes to advertising. 

In the end, I'm simply saying that there are no absolutes, and nearly all positions on this subject amount to a house built on sand. Poorly constructed fabrications that are easily disassembled by reality.  

 

Don't lie, Jeric. You tried making an argument, earlier. At least part of one. It was hengef on "But what if kids see two men holding hands in the grocery store?" So? They'll assume they're brothers or some such. More than likely, they'll dismiss it. They don't care about random guys. We're talking about a TV show that our kids watch and love, with characters they are attached to. If they see too mares with little hearts floating around them, nuzzling each others muzzles, giving each other bedroom eyes, paying lots of attention to the other, etc. They'll notice. Kids pay a lot of attention to their television. Kids aren't going to pay but the bare minimum amount of attention to some dudes holding hands in the grocery store.

Again, you seem very, very dismissive, like Star said.

Why are you using terms "fabrications that are easily disrupted by reality". That has nothing to do with what we're talking about. We're talkinga about a toy company using their children's media to teach things that parents and guardians should teach their kids.

Guardians have a lot more control over their kids life than you believe, especially before they hut 12 or 13, the age parents should be teaching their kids about homosexuality anyway.

I'm done here, no one is changing anyone's mind, so I'm just gonna bounce. Have a good discussion/debate, people.

Jeric, I have some respect for you. You seem pretty smart. But you just ignored the entire point of his post, cutting out the middle, where he says that the researcher who did the study you cited is not trustworthy or reliable, at all. Then threw in some opinion on the study. He, and forgive me if you're female, then brought a totally logical example, in that looking and getting aroused to MLP porn doesn't make you a zoophile.

Then you posted a comic strip when he/she made a very logical, understandable, and agreeable point that 1. 7-8 year olds, the target demographic of this show, don't care about gay, straight, etc. They sti believe the other gender is yucky and have cooties.

They also said that Hasbro shouldn't get to tell our kids about stuff like this. It's up to the childs guardian to choose that.

and teenagers do not equal small children, so I don't see why you brought that up. We're talking about television for little kids showing them things their guardians should be telling them when THEY believe that the child is ready, yes? I all in all don't understand what you meant about your kid. There are times when kids are ready nd when they aren't, and it SHOULD be up to the parent or guardian. Let me take a leaf from you book and say that to suggest otherwise ignores a reality that most people do not understand --- the world does not revolve around them. The media should not be telling our children about these things. The enviroment won't tell them. Most people are extremely subtle about being gay. Not to mention there are very, very few LGBT people, very few. It is up to me, as my niece's legal guardian to tell her about these things when I believe she's ready, and it is up to Star or yourself to tell your kids when you believe that they're ready. Not Hasbro, a fucking toy company. And not anyone else.

Apologies for any typos and/or grammatical errors, I'm using a very trashy phone. My thoughts may be a bit jumbled, but I believe I got my point across.

The KRPG Chroisen 2 is insanely fun. And the story is pretty good, if you can get past the occasional bad translation.

I'm currently playing Dragon Project, which is also pretty fun, if a bit grind-y.

1 minute ago, Hierok said:

That is not exactly what I ment. Many kids grow up thinking gay is a bad thing. Throwing this into the show makes it more normal for the kids and grow to accept it. 

True, but in all honesty, I doubt it'll be heavy handed. Most kids don't necessarily care, but maybe it'll just be a minor influence. I dunno.

On that topic, that's because a lot of households are Christian. Speaking as someone who grew up in a Christian household, a lot of Christians tell their kids that it isn't right to he gay, because the Bible says so. But that's a whole 'nother can of worms.

2 hours ago, Hierok said:

I would love if they brought this into the show. It sets an example that being gay is totally normal. 

It's not, though. That isn't to say it's a BAD thing, it's not, but it's not really normal when you consider how few gay people there are compared to straight people, or even bisexual people. It's not normal, but it's not the bad type of abnormal.

I don't really want to debate politics in this thread in all honesty. Send me a PM if you want to talk about this, I guess, but I figure this I'd throw my two cents in there.

Apologies if this offends anybody, its not my intention.

EDIT: My opinion on this is that I'm hlad they had to confirm it. It may just be because the fan base is a bit loony when it comes to certain things, but I like to think that it'll be extremely subtle.

which is how most gay couples are. There are the "YAAASSS IM SO GAYYY" type people, but the majority are so normal you wouldn't realize it unless they told you.

5 minutes ago, Hierok said:

Why not Zap Pearple Jam. 

AppPear is a better pun Imo.

Plus, the jam is rainbow! Not purple!

In the show, probably Cadence, although I prefer the appearance of Celestia because she's MAJESTIC AS FUCK.

In the iatneh, Celestia hands down.

9 minutes ago, Hierok said:

Banished by The pilars of Zap apple jam? 

Zap AppPear jam.

Appledash and Cheesepie are the superior ships.

I actually ship Starlight x Spike in minimal amounts. I like Spike, and even though I hate Starlight I like how a few fanfics portray it.

Twipprenticeshipping ftw lol

Man, this is even sadder now. Because A Perfect Pear was a great episode. And the parents were really endearing.

I really hope at some point (maybe the end of the series?) we can get an episode that just revives a bunch of people somehow and in the background we can see AJ and AB hugging their parents. Maybe? I dunno. I'd like that. If it's in the background, they don't have to explicitly state "LOL THEY WERE DEAD BUT THE MCGUFFIN REVIVED THEM. THEY WERE DEAD THO"

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Fanboy, fanboy extremely hard.

17 hours ago, Jade Fire said:

more starlight!

less starlight

In all honesty, I don't think they have any ideas to end it as of now, but around the time season 10 is coming, interest will likely be low, because sales and views have been dropping. I think at around that point, someone on the team will point out

On ‎10‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 1:36 PM, KH7672 said:

That's why I kinda hope the series gets to and ends after Season 10. As October 10, 2020 is not only the tenth anniversary but is also a Saturday. To have the series finale air as the tenth anniversary special would be fantastic closure.

and they'll end it that way. I kinda hope so, too, in some form.