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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has a wonderful community. It's generally friendly and tolerant, open minded and intelligent. Then there's the creativity. Man, is it creative. Bronies produce some of the best, most creative works of art, music, videos, and writing on the Internet. I've seen beautiful paintings worthy of the best. I've heard songs that stuck in my head for weeks. I've seen videos that made me laugh like an idiot. I've read fanfics that brought me to tears (and I'm a six-foot tall guy). I love the community. We're a great fandom, and we should be proud of that. But we're not perfect. While most--if not all--of us have a generally favorable view of bronies, I'm sure there are a few things about the fandom that annoys us. I've got a few, myself. The missionaries. You know the ones--those who go everywhere spamming ponies. These are the hardcore fans who go on completely unrelated websites/threads/videos and start talking about how great ponies are, and then try to convert everybody. Guys, I like ponies, too, but isn't that going a bit overboard? There's being a fan, then there's being proud about being a fan, and then there's being annoying. Forcing ponies on others is obnoxious, and it sure isn't helping our reputation. Of all the complaints I've heard about bronies (accusations of pedophilia and homosexuality aside), this is probably the most common one. The hypocrisy. We're all human (or are we?), and we all make mistakes, so hypocrisy is going to be inevitable. Yet, the brony fandom produces some of the biggest hypocrites around. We all know the brony slogan--love and tolerate, right? Yeah, except no. You might have seen those who go around with a victim complex, thinking that anyone who doesn't like MLP is a hater. You've probably seen cloppers around, too. And with them, the clopper haters screaming about purity or something like that. What happened to your love and tolerance? Yeah, most of us aren't like that, but it's prevalent enough that it makes a clear impact on how we're perceived by others. The "X IS BEST/WORST PONY" people. Normally, this wouldn't be a bad thing. It's natural to have favorites. Mine is Twilight, and I'm not afraid to say it. What annoys me, however, is how some fans can't accept anyone not liking their favorites. I'm sure you've seen this one quite a few times as well. This issue ties in closely with the previous one. Previous generation haters. I wonder how many people have actually watched the previous generations. I haven't seen them myself, but how many haters have actually tried before judging? Misc: one thing that struck me was how many people seem to hate Gilda for making Fluttershy cry. What about when Twilight made Spike cry, or when Applejack made Twilight cry? Or when Fluttershy made the dragon cry? Regardless of these grievances, I still love the community. It's awesome. TL;DR: what annoys you about the fandom? EDIT: Changed title per popular opinion.

It makes sense, OP. Nice theory! At the same time, Twilight may well be considered the Element of Friendship. She is essentially the bond that holds the Mane 6 together. Her "discorded" form is the destruction of that bond. When she regains her resolve, she also regains the ability to turn the Mane 6 back into her friends, and thus enable them to combine into the Elements of Harmony. It also makes more sense in the context of the story as a whole, as Twilight's job is the learn and apply the qualities of friendship. Twilight, arguably the main heroine of the series, has the responsiblity of holding the team together. It wouldn't be unreasonable to consider that she would have the broadest element.

Worst haters? Look no further than YouTube. Man, it's hilarious how some of them come back to videos for months just to bash bronies. Then again, it's YouTube--the #1 Internet Tough Guy™ breeding ground. But, yeah. I see them everywhere on the Internet, and it's kind of sad. Hating people for liking something they don't? Makes me feel sorry for them. At times, it's hard to tell whether they're genuinely hateful or if they're just trolls (really bad trolls). Or maybe they're just trying to cover up for something--something like ponies. My suggestion is to either sit back and watch the hater make a fool of himself, or troll him with ponies. Either way, it's entertaining. Getting mad at him won't help, since that's what he wants. Love and tolerate the shit out of him, instead!

Who knows, maybe there might already be a staff member here on MLP Forums. It wouldn't be surprising if one of the producers pretended to be a fan and got feedback that way.

That does seem to be the case, but hooves are funny in MLP. Sometimes, it seems as if they're flat like real hooves. Other times, they can grip like a human hand. I say it's space pony magic at work. I mean, they handle the iPony pretty well: