Flying Whales

Okay, I’m writing a research paper for my English class right now. The professor allowed us to write about any topic we wanted. Naturally, I wanted to write about MLP. I’m going to make the paper academic by making my topic prompt “gender stereotypes and how they have changed” something along those lines. What I’m asking from you all is if you guys would help me find some research or anything mildly academic that addresses MLP, also articles from anywhere would be most appreciated. I thank all of you in advance for going out of your way to help me find some of the research to write this paper because I do fear there isn’t that much, which means I may not be able to talk about My Little Pony and the Brony community as much as I’d like but it is certainly going to make its way into this paper. If any of you that help out would care to see the paper when I’m finished I’d be glad to post it for you all. Again, many, many thanks.

Well, it isn’t totally her fault, she was under the influence of the Alicorn Amulet. I’d make this comparison; say you murdered someone while drunk or high. Maybe you would not have committed the same action while sober, but that does not take away from your action. No matter your intentions what happened happened and she should be properly punished for her actions. It does beg the question for me why is she so desperate for attention? I wonder what happened to her to make her the way she was.

I agree most with this. I got this way for awhile, but it as just a phase I guess. I was more involved with the fandom and these forums than the show and I felt like I had to watch the show. But for me, that is no longer the case, I watch the show here and there once or twice every two days. I think it may just be too much all at once. After I took a small break from the show I found a new appreciation for it that I didn’t previously have.

Fluttershy was great in this episode. It definitely had a darkness to it, even though Trixie was seen to be a gloater and sore loser, she wasn’t a power hungry tyrant . A serious plot is nice too, I enjoyed it. Pinkie was still humorous even while having almost no lines in the whole episode. What Trixie did to Spikie just cracked me up too, when she turned him into a ball, poor thing, but man was it funny . I thought this was a great episode, honestly, much better than the last one I thought.

Ahh this was so refreshing to read, finally some positive publicity that focuses on some of the better aspects of the fandom, and even mentioning soldiers which is really cool. Good for you USA Today . Imagine that? We are a bunch of nice dudes who happen to enjoy a great TV show. Not freaks like other media outlets would like to make us out to be.

I agree with this the most. While personally, outside of my family and very close friends I don’t care what anyone thinks. I do care about Ponies a lot. The show and fandom mean a lot to me, so yes, when people make uninformed, judgmental, rude, and blatantly false statements I do get angered sometimes. As far as people knowing I don’t care what anyone thinks. Everyone I know knows I am into ponies so I’m not worried about what people are thinking about me in that regard.

Totally agree, you know things are serious if Pinkie Pie is depressed and feeling down on her luck. When I saw this though, all I could think about was fanfics being written about the original Pinkie Pie being sent back by Twilight.

I had an experience very similar to yours about three weeks ago. My parents found out about me being a Brony and they reacted to it very negatively. They thought it was weird and they even threw out the whole "they are probably a bunch of pedophiles" card. I was very disappointed in them, as I think very highly of my parents. Actually, I was so mad that I made a thread on here much like you have. Since then they don't talk about it, and they leave me alone about the whole thing. I'd just kind of leave it alone and not let it cause any tension in your house. I am in the lucky position of having a job though so while they don't really approve there is nothing they can do about the MLP stuff I own. Hopefully the whole thing just came as a shock to them as it has been said already in this thread. They are from an older generation. Now that it is out in the open and they have some time to understand and come to terms with it they will calm down about the whole thing.

Well, first I check very thoroughly to make sure it is reality; that I am actually awake and that this isn’t some sort of amazing dream I’m having. After that I suppose I’d walk around Ponyville to try and find Twilight Sparkle to get some answers as to how this could have possibly happened. If there is anypony in Equesria who could explain to me what happened it would be her. Once I got some answers and some closure I’d live out the rest of my days as the only human in Equesria happy as a clam in high tide.

Well, first off I LOVE Halo myself so /) there’s that I don’t think you need to have huge collections to consider yourself a Brony. To me, a Brony is just a fan of the show, which you are. I know exactly what you mean though about contributing to the fandom though. Right now I’m learning programming that way I can help other Bronies develop some of the few MLP games we have out there. So I know where you are coming from there. Overall, I wouldn’t worry about it. I think just being a fan is enough. Also, @@CMC Ryan, is right I have two WeLoveFine shirts and they are amazing so if you are looking for merch that is a good place to look.

Just finished up the survey for you there. I hope the information we provide helps you with any sort of data you need. Best of luck!

Ugh, I hate that I work all day Saturday’s. I don’t get to see the new FiM and I don’t get to participate in the discussion as soon as the episode ends. I loved this episode, poor Pinkie Pie, she just wanted to have fun with all her friends. Though a swarm of Pinkie Pies is just a nightmare I shudder what the citizens of Ponyville had to endure.

Firstly, I think this is an excellent idea. You would be able to reach Bronies on an international level. Have you thought about shipping costs, where you will storage all of your merchandise? I know advertising would be easy. You have tones of forums you could reach out to. I know as far as the store goes I’d like to see things that I could not get in stores. Plushes and things like that. I think the fanbase is large enough to where you could get legitimate business plus it is still growing so this would be a good time to implement your online store. I agree with the idea of keeping your url short and easy to remember. Also, as far as your prices I know I personally wouldn’t mind paying a little extra to buy from a vendor like yourself because you are running it yourself and you are trying to hook up Bronies internationally so that’s really awesome. I’d also try to look into getting vendor passes to set up your shop at cons that would be good for business and would help get the word out. In all I love this idea would love to see it put into action. I hope some of what I said comes as useful to you. I don’t really know about anything about business. Best of luck! I look forward to buying from you in the future!