Things You Dislike About the MLP Fandom

[Magnum Flare 553]

What I don't like from the fandom, summed up in 1 sentence.

 

Anything that the Bronies do that could stain his/her own fandom, ranging from ragers, cloppers, throat shover, anything like that.

[Dreadmallon 353]

I dislike the bronies who are very...aggressive, about being a brony. Or, in the very least, those who would purposely go out and make an irrelevant comment about ponies. While there are many who dislike bronies due to lack of tolerance, many others are somewhat justified, as they've been partially influenced by these people.

[LightningWar 50]

I don't really know if theres anything I dislike about the fandom, but I hate bronies that fit the neckbeard trilby stereotype.

[Stone Cold Applejack 381]

People who don't shut up about it

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

I'm not sure if I replied here in the past so I'm replying again

 

r34 fan art and fic I wish I had the ability to take it off the internet and burn it all in holy water

 

gamer bronies I can't play any game with out our own fandom members harassing me with friend requests, messages, game invites, party invites it just gets very damn annoying

 

I do not like those who claim to be a brony but fail the basic brony test

 

and more obviously I hate the anti brony unfortunately I have not gotten the pleasure to meet one in real life I hear all this talk they threaten us and insult us claiming they have better lives but from what I have seen they are nothing but a bunch of pansies they are all bark and no bite 

NOT AppleBloom! anypony but her! you monsters! that little filly is underaged!

I agree that is going way too damn far

[Ribbonfree 2,383]

One interesting point I got from another internet forum where 'brony' as a concept is neutral and thus fairly discussed by both adherents and decriers alike is this:

 

A good chunk of the fandom has a massive victim complex. Comparing membership of this fandom to membership in, say, the LGBTQ(insert 9000+ other letters here) spectrum. Getting all dramatic about it, finding reasons to get really defensive and spiteful towards 'haters'. And I agree with the concensus that was ultimately reached, it's really immature and a major reason the fandom is annoying and slightly negatively viewed in popular society. Nobody really cares, guys. We're not special. Get the hell over it.

 

EDIT : Dat mispelling 'interesting' next level

Edited October 14, 2014 by Alicia Rue

[CosmicHooves 2,705]

Most PMVs I've seen are completely unoriginal in everyway.

 

1. They don't use original music. They just use someone else's.

 

2. They don't even animate their own ponies for the music video. They just use clips and scenes from the show.

 

Why can't do something more original?

You could definately take lessons from the Minecraft fandom on this one.

See this?

An original parody with an original video.

I think the Brony fandom needs more creativity to be honest.

[The Crimson Cross 7,532]

For me when it comes to dislikes about the fandom, it's all summed up in people's intolerance for change.Ie when people are nitpicking at the show's direction to the point of dramatic things such as leaving the fandom. Twilicorn is a prime example of this.

 

The producers and scriptwriters clearly know what they're doing otherwise MLP wouldn't have even come as far as it has in the first place.

[Lucky Star 972]

Pony Tulpas... "It's not an imaginary pony friend it is really Twilight Sparkle and she really loves me!" 

That's foalcon and as a clopper I can tell you that is a specific fetish...

so is that supposed to be a brony version of a lolicon o-o

still don't like it.

[Obsolete 681]

Obviously this doesn't apply to all bronies, but many are too prone to congratulating themselves. They don't just think of themselves as fans of a show, but as members of a misunderstood, persecuted collective that transcends social norms and stands as a fountain of love and kindness and friendship in a world that just doesn't get them. It's silly. 

 

Somewhat related to that, they also have a penchant for histrionics - whether it's in reaction to hate for their favorite ponies or grimdark/shipping art or just disagreements with staff policies. So many things get blown out of proportion that it crosses over into the realm of unintentional comedy. Actually, never mind. This is my favorite thing about the fandom. It's always good for a bemused chuckle.

[NotoriousSMALL 1,984]

A looooot of people take it too seriously.

[Banul 3,831]

I dislike the high amount of gore/grimdark fan art.  I have a really weak stomach when it comes to body horror and seeing ponies getting tortured or whatever just makes me sad as well as sick. I just don't get it. I know that people are into horror and that's fine, I have no problem with that. I guess I'm just a little confused that people would want to infuse a lighthearted show about ponies with horror.

[whitetiger187 197]

I grow tired of depictions if Pinkie Pie as being evil and murderous. I mean yeah she was little scary at the end of Party of One as Pinamena but still. She is such a sweet and cute character, stop trying to smear her image.

Edited October 14, 2014 by whitetiger187

[Pinkamena-Pills 6,839]

I grow tired of depictions if Pinkie Pie as being evil and murderous. I mean yeah she was little scary at the end of Party of One as Pinamena but still. She is such a sweet and cute character, stop trying to smear her image.

 

You have my eternal graces for saying this. I would brohoof your post a few hundred times..but the site wont allow me, so this will have to do.

[Solid 1,327]

Rabid Bronies, or Bronies who spam the *** out of other people with ponies and be extreme jerks to other people if they don't like ponies.

[Panne 1,342]

How sensitive this fandom is to gore and sexualization. I came to this fandom from anime so I'm used to seeing mass amounts of gruesome violence and fanservice, but Bronies' repulsion is ten fold that of a normal person.

 

"Oh that character got stabbed in that video/fanic/comic!"

 

or better yet "Someone drew a picture of Twilight in a bikini being seductive!"

[DaReaper 1,945]

There's really only one thing I hate about the fandom and that pushy bronies trying to get everyone to watch mlp. I know everything has pushy people trying to push their thing but for some reason the bronies that do just seem bad

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

How sensitive this fandom is to gore and sexualization. I came to this fandom from anime so I'm used to seeing mass amounts of gruesome violence and fanservice, but Bronies' repulsion is ten fold that of a normal person.

 

"Oh that character got stabbed in that video/fanic/comic!"

 

or better yet "Someone drew a picture of Twilight in a bikini being seductive!"

Yeah but everyone knows that anime is going to have ultra-violence and really pervy stuff in it.

 

A lot of the appeal of FiM is that you know it's going to be sweet and innocent and that it's free of dark stuff while still actually being a good show.

 

If I feel like seeing decapations, I have plenty of options available to me already, there is no need to drag it into pony.

 

I can handle ultra-violence, and have even enjoyed it in the past, but I like pony because it is a break from that stuff.

 

So when I see something like SmileHD the question on my mind is always "why?" If I wanted to be squicked out I'd go rent Hellraiser.

[Panne 1,342]

So when I see something like SmileHD the question on my mind is always "why?" If I wanted to be squicked out I'd go rent Hellraiser.

Am I the only one who see Smile HD as shock humor? I mean I am 99% sure that Mister Davie just makes his videos for pure shock value and when I see people react negatively to shocking things I feel like finding more because it is funny to see comments like "I'll never see pinkie the same." or "This is sick why does it exist please don't do this anymore." (maybe that's just my inner troll.)

 

 

Oh and may I add one more thing to my list, when bronies try and make thing emotional or sad. Snowdrop is dumb, My Little Dashi is a Mary Sue fanfic, and when people over exemplify sad things in the show, (AJ's parents, Pinkamena, etc.)

[Andaasonsan 3,205]

Am I the only one who see Smile HD as shock humor? I mean I am 99% sure that Mister Davie just makes his videos for pure shock value and when I see people react negatively to shocking things I feel like finding more because it is funny to see comments like "I'll never see pinkie the same." or "This is sick why does it exist please don't do this anymore." (maybe that's just my inner troll.)

 

 

Oh and may I add one more thing to my list, when bronies try and make thing emotional or sad. Snowdrop is dumb, My Little Dashi is a Mary Sue fanfic, and when people over exemplify sad things in the show, (AJ's parents, Pinkamena, etc.)

We're probably actually mostly in agreement here.

 

My original thing that I posted in this thread was basically "bronies won't shut the fuck up about Cupcakes" and that's actually part of what annoys me is that bronies are shocked by these things.

 

I'm not shocked or horrified by this stuff, I just think it's dumb and maybe a little unsettling.

 

As I said, I don't like bronies talking about grimdark stuff all the time. If you actually enjoy it that's cool I guess. I don't really get it, but whatever. It's just that I always have to hear about it and most of the time it's from people who are freaking out about it. "Oh my god, Pinkie Pie made Rainbow Dash into cupcakes. I've been traumatized for life."

[aoEAF2FBvC0MIo2Q 3,673]

I believe that lack of genuineness and hypocrisy to be the main issues plaguing this fandom in relation to itself.

 

There's also this type of overconfidence that I see in it which is that the lessons of friendship given in the show will mean that a cohesive and peaceful community can be built of friendship. That's not how communities work -- it's an entirely different ball game that the show just doesn't touch upon. More on that here.

[whitetiger187 197]

Well I do have to agree with the "making things emotional or sad" thing to an extent.  I really do not like some of the readings of My Little Dashie on you tube because of how overdone they are. Sorry if this offends anyone, but "emotional" readings are not my thing. I mean My Little Dashie is a great story on its own, let the sadness and the emotion speak for itself.

Edited October 15, 2014 by whitetiger187

[A goat 323]

Pretty much the same thing with every other fandom: fanboys, trolls, and psychopaths.

[An Unknown Pony. 370]

Cloppers,Rule 34,Bronies who force Non-Bronies to watch MLP 

[Tao 8,259]

I hate how at times other fans attack

ppl's art/fan stuff and just break it

down and flame it to death or steal

it and try to post it off as theirs. Yes

I know you find it in any fandom sadly....