I tried asking my parents for a Rainbow Dash plush...*hangs head*

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

I meant his. I apologize. I was talking to my sister as I typed that.

 

The 'new generation', huh? I think we're pretty much the same as all the previous ones.

 

Well, we're talking about a generation where about a million people like a show originally made for little girls, and now more males watch it than females.

 

Besides, I think he meant in terms of taste.

[Doctor-Whooves 288]

I hold true to my first statement. We're really no different from the other ones. For example, a lot of bronies are your parent's age.

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

"You tell me to be confident in myself, but how can I when you react to one of the things I enjoy in such a degrading way? It makes me depressed, frustrated, and angry."

 

I literally almost told them just that (or, you know, how I'd say it), but I decided against it because (I could go further into how this is also hypocritic) they'd just have some excuse to defend their point of view, and since, as I've said before, I really suck at debating, I would no doubt be left giving silence because I wouldn't know what to say. Trust me, it's happened before. Multiple times.

[Appetite4Democracy 452]

First, they may have already seen some of it (or so my dad claims), and second, which episode should I show them? It may not do much good, as I'm lead to believe their real issue is that others will think it's for little girls, regardless of what I say. Still, I'll try, but really, which episode? I'm no good at choosing, especially since I need it to be as perfect as possible. I mean, no girliness whatsoever, and it needs to be appealing to them as well.

 

Canterlot Wedding would work if you can convince them to sit through the beginning to get to the changelings.

 

The Discord episodes are good, too. WARNING: DON'T SHOW THEM THE FIRST EPISODES. They're not good as a first impression.

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

I hold true to my first statement. We're really no different from the other ones. For example, a lot of bronies are your parent's age.

 

I agree, but they'll always say they aren't mature or something like that. They're kind of stubborn, to be honest. Not being rude, just honest.

[Doctor-Whooves 288]

Yes, it saddens me to see how many people are defiant to new things, when they're obviously not bad. When I'm wearing my pony shirts around the school, as it does draw closet bronies out, some people don't like it. My opinion: keep calm and brony on. Who cares what they think? Your case is different, as they're your parents, but I'm sure they still love you, even if you do watch a television show they don't like.

 

Also, I'm a cupcake now. Fancy that!

[Mortimer 332]

Kill them! Bury them in the backyard and pretend nothing happened! Use this if you want:

 

No, seriously, talk to them, and if they don't understand your preferences, you have to keep pushing, they will understand, trust me. I've been in that situation.

[Cowl 128]

My method of convicing my parents would probably be to give them two options for how I spend my free time:

 

Me watching MLP and related content.

or

Me watching horribly violent movies/videos/games

 

I'm pretty sure they would pick MLP fairly quickly. Also point out that some studies (don't mention that they were flawed) linked children playing violent games to murderous rampages and other criminal activites.

Edited December 27, 2012 by Cowl

[Doctor-Whooves 288]

My method of convicing my parents would probably be to give them two options for how I spend my free time:

 

Me watching MLP and related content.

or

Me watching horribly violent movies/videos/games

 

I'm pretty sure they would pick MLP fairly quickly. Also point out that some studies (don't mention that they were flawed) liked children playing violent games to murderous rampages and other criminal activites.

 

Excellently said. I'm sure my parents prefer me watching Doctor Who and My Little Pony over, R-Rated things. This is, after all, a show about magical ponies.

[ApexHunter 166]

wow this is just...sad
This kind of stuff makes me mad. Why can't people just deal with what everyone likes?! Right now I'd just go and get a RD plushie, bring it to you personally and BITCH SLAP your parents for talking shit (nevermind that last part...you didn't see anything) Sorry for saying bad things but it's just not fair that people judge others because of a TV show :/ I honestly feel sorry for you and would love to help if it's possible I'd be happy to help a fellow brony get back on his feet

[Key Lime Pie 131]

Wow. I know how it feels to have your parents not support you when you really love something. I'm a huge tomboy, so when I started watching MLP openly, my Dad wouldn't stop making fun of me for watching something so girly. Whenever I wanted to buy MLP Shirts and pins he would laugh at me and say that MLP is only for gay guys and little girls. When he said that, he wasn't just making fun of me, he was insulting the whole fandom and bronies. That pissed me off, so I ignored him and showed no sings of affection towards him for at least 7 months. He FINALLY picked up an why I was mad at him, and stopped making fun of me.

 

If your looking for an episode to show your parents, you could go with Lesson Zero. Twilight's panic attacks are fun for all ages.

 

And I know what you said about buying it behind you parents back, but maybe you could buy it, and hide it where they will never find it, till your 18 and can make your own decisions.

[morethanicecream 116]

My mom embarrassed me in Hot Topic. It was terrible the way she described the fandom. I wanted to get a few things, but, I think I need to wait about 2 months. Gosh, parents are so rude and are more immature than kids sometimes. They are supposed to love you and except you for who you are, but I say nowadays, they dont. They expect you to be adults, sometimes, I see my parents acting like kids, do the exact same thing (by saying that they should act like actual adults) and get grounded.

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

Canterlot Wedding would work if you can convince them to sit through the beginning to get to the changelings.

 

The Discord episodes are good, too. WARNING: DON'T SHOW THEM THE FIRST EPISODES. They're not good as a first impression.

 

I agree with the latter statement, let's just say I learned from personal experience that you shouldn't show the first two episodes as the first episodes someone sees.

 

Yes, it saddens me to see how many people are defiant to new things, when they're obviously not bad. When I'm wearing my pony shirts around the school, as it does draw closet bronies out, some people don't like it. My opinion: keep calm and brony on. Who cares what they think? Your case is different, as they're your parents, but I'm sure they still love you, even if you do watch a television show they don't like.

 

Also, I'm a cupcake now. Fancy that!

 

I was about to say, "In fact, you're going to get to the next rank if you keep posting, you're only about 20 away from becoming a cupcake.", but I figured you'd see it on your own. Congratulations, and good luck getting to "Brony", or even "Certified Brony".

 

My method of convicing my parents would probably be to give them two options for how I spend my free time:

 

Me watching MLP and related content.

or

Me watching horribly violent movies/videos/games

 

I'm pretty sure they would pick MLP fairly quickly. Also point out that some studies (don't mention that they were flawed) linked children playing violent games to murderous rampages and other criminal activites.

 

Don't worry about that, they're already convinced that those studies are 100% true (I was actually trying to convince them recently that there wasn't a link between violent video games and crimes, but, as you might expect from what I've said, they were to stubborn to listen. Irony, right?).

 

My mom embarrassed me in Hot Topic. It was terrible the way she described the fandom. I wanted to get a few things, but, I think I need to wait about 2 months. Gosh, parents are so rude and are more immature than kids sometimes. They are supposed to love you and except you for who you are, but I say nowadays, they dont. They expect you to be adults, sometimes, I see my parents acting like kids, do the exact same thing (by saying that they should act like actual adults) and get grounded.

 

*Rolls eyes* tell me about it. The irony is that my parents were just telling me today how I need to be more kind, caring, and considerate of others, when...do you see this? Is it not obvious enough that you could almost touch the irony of the moment?

 

I feel for you though, I mean, to have your mom make a general statement about an entire fandom that she knows very little (if anything at all) about? That sucks.

[thor9356 540]

Don't worry about that, they're already convinced that those studies are 100% true (I was actually trying to convince them recently that there wasn't a link between violent video games and crimes, but, as you might expect from what I've said, they were to stubborn to listen. Irony, right?).

 

Yeah i've had to deal with that too recently. I'm sorry to go off topic but if your going to blame violent media (I'm not saying you are) then the parents should also be the ones to blame cause they allowed their children to be exposed to that kind of content. As for your predicament and even though I already commented on it earlier I would say show them Lesson Zero. This episode is truly funny and one of my fav episodes. I know how it is to feel powerless against your parents at a young age and I also understand not being good at debating. Believe me, neither am I. However I keep doing what I believe and I could care less what others say. Besides, every time I get made fun of for what I like, I always end up feeling tougher as I was able to take verbal abuse like that and not be affected by it that much.

[Cowl 128]

Don't worry about that, they're already convinced that those studies are 100% true (I was actually trying to convince them recently that there wasn't a link between violent video games and crimes, but, as you might expect from what I've said, they were to stubborn to listen. Irony, right?).

 

*Rolls eyes* tell me about it. The irony is that my parents were just telling me today how I need to be more kind, caring, and considerate of others, when...do you see this? Is it not obvious enough that you could almost touch the irony of the moment?

 

Well, you can always tell your parents that you are attempting to balance out your personality by playing violent video games about killing/murdering people and watching ponies spread love tolerance and friendship.

 

Seriously though, they believe that those video game violence studies were acurate?

You may have no hope of convincing them.

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

Well, you can always tell your parents that you are attempting to balance out your personality by playing violent video games about killing/murdering people and watching ponies spread love tolerance and friendship.

 

Seriously though, they believe that those video game violence studies were acurate?

You may have no hope of convincing them.

 

*Reads first paragraph*

 

*Laughs*

 

Yeah, that might work.

 

*Reads second paragraph*

 

Yeah, and they refuse to believe any sources that tell them otherwise. I already said they were stubborn, now you see what I mean .

 

The thing is, I do have one friend, a pegasister, who may be able to help me turn the tide with some people our age. She was hesitant to give the show a chance herself, but now she loves it, so her story might be helpful in convincing others to give the show a chance. The difficult part will be convincing the males in our group to watch it...how to do that...

 

If all does go well, though, we could be hosting an MLD movie party some day. Wouldn't that be something!

[SongBrony 419]

I hate to say it, but after reading this and your other topic about your parents, I would just tell them that it's who you are. They tell you to be confident in yourself, but when they say these things, tell them it doesn't help at all and actually makes things worse. Sometimes you have to be straight with your parents. That's what I did, and they don't bug me about now. They tease a little, but they don't put me down about it. 

[TailsIsNotAlone 3,695]

I asked for that "20% cooler in 10 seconds flat shirt." I didn't get it. Tails was sad.

 

Why do they bother asking for a Christmas list if they won't get what's on it?

[SilverStarApple 849]

"Had characters and teaches lessons"?

 

EVERY show has characters, and most shows teach lessons. They're usually called Aesops. The better ones are hidden, the lame ones are swung around like sledgehammers. Every show has a theme, from Dreams(One piece) to Be Yourself(Dexter).

[iampinkiejesspie 6]

I have a similar story. Only I do have a cognitive disability/Autism. I loved My little pony long before it became popular but have been often ridiculed by my parents because of my interests. Mind you I'm all kinds of smart like could actually go a lot farther then I have let myself. I have CONSTANTLY gotten the "YOU need to grow up" and what they mean is they want me to pretend I'm normal and don't like all this "childish stuff".

I have struggled with this for years. And I learned to just accept me for who I am. And I like what I like. and if they don't then their problem. They don't control me. Yes their comments sting my pinkie heart though. I just learned to ignore them and stick my tongue out them  (not really). Ignore them. 

You like what you like and that makes you who you are.

<3

[Shanks 10,816]

My method of convicing my parents would probably be to give them two options for how I spend my free time:

 

Me watching MLP and related content.

or

Me watching horribly violent movies/videos/games

 

I'm pretty sure they would pick MLP fairly quickly. Also point out that some studies (don't mention that they were flawed) linked children playing violent games to murderous rampages and other criminal activites.

 

Kind of pathetic that it has to come to that kind of false choice, while I don't mind a little blood and gore every now and then I am a little concerned about the double standard of parents letting their kids and I mean really young kids watch and play violent stuff yet somehow having a problem with My Little Pony which is one of the most harmless things could ever get into. I don't think seeing that violent material has really affected me in any negative way as I didn't really see anything too explicit until well into my teen years an my parents made sure I knew the difference between fantasy and reality but even I have enough common sense to know that there are some children that are not ready to see that kind of stuff.

[DoctorWhovian1902 596]

I hate to say it, but after reading this and your other topic about your parents, I would just tell them that it's who you are. They tell you to be confident in yourself, but when they say these things, tell them it doesn't help at all and actually makes things worse. Sometimes you have to be straight with your parents. That's what I did, and they don't bug me about now. They tease a little, but they don't put me down about it. 

 

That's what a lot of people have suggested. The problem is they just don't seem capable of having a civil conversation. A good example of this was when I was trying to sync my iPhone with iTunes on our computer and it kept giving me issues. I claimed it was the new security software we'd installed called CA. They claimed I was wrong and came up with multiple other reasons without having any facts to back them up. Then, after I disproved all their theories by testing them, then testing my own and finding it to be correct, my mom responded angrily "You just always have to have a response, don't you?". As a friend of mine said when I explained the situation to him, "Yes, it's called conversation."

[Wubsie 1,123]

I swear if I see another thread like this I will snap a soccer mom's neck.

Scratch that. I'll flip out.

It's just a damn plushie, they should just let you have it. It's not gonna hurt anybody if you own one. So what if facebook laughs at you? It's full of ignorant idiotic teenagers anyway.

Edited December 31, 2012 by Double D

[SongBrony 419]

That's what a lot of people have suggested. The problem is they just don't seem capable of having a civil conversation. A good example of this was when I was trying to sync my iPhone with iTunes on our computer and it kept giving me issues. I claimed it was the new security software we'd installed called CA. They claimed I was wrong and came up with multiple other reasons without having any facts to back them up. Then, after I disproved all their theories by testing them, then testing my own and finding it to be correct, my mom responded angrily "You just always have to have a response, don't you?". As a friend of mine said when I explained the situation to him, "Yes, it's called conversation."

Damn. I'm sorry dude. They seem to be those type of people who think, "I'm right even when I'm wrong." If I could talk to your parents, I'd have a field day. I hope things get better. I think your parents are too close minded for you to do anything. :/ Sorry. I guess go with them, but still watch ponies and other MLP stuff behind them. Again, hope everything works out for you

[Scarfy HOOVES 310]

Well, here's the story. I'd been wanting an MLP plushie for some time, and I decided to go with a Rainbow Dash one. The problem is it's only available on Amazon, so my mom would have to buy it. That didn't seem like too much of a problem, though, so I decided to tell them about it at dinner today.

 

It went something like this, my mom left the room for a moment, and my dad asked me what it was I wanted from Amazon. I said he probably wouldn't like it, and he responded "Is it My Little Pony stuff?" I, of course, responded yes, and he face-tabled, muttering "Oh gosh." My mom came back in, and my dad asked what it was I wanted. I said I wanted a Rainbow Dash plushie, and explained what it is (they didn't understand the terminology).

 

That's where things took a turn for the worse...

 

Both my mom and my dad looked at me weird and questioned why I wanted it, then said that I'm "broadcasting" my liking of the show to the rest of the world by buying it. They mentioned Facebook as well, saying that when I like MLP things on there, my friends can see it, and they'll judge me for it. Then they told me it wasn't "age-appropriate" to have one, and that it wasn't on my "developmental level". They also told me that when people think of the show, they think of little girls, therefore they're going to think I'm a pedophile because I have a "toy for little girls". My dad asked me what I'd do if someone I know saw it, to which I told him I'd explain what it is. Both my parents asked me to explain why I like the show, so I told them it teaches good morals, has interesting, unique characters that aren't cliche, and the show is high quality overall. Then he compared the show to Sesame Street because it also "has characters and teaches lessons" and asked me what I'd say if (someone I know) had plushes of Big Bird and Elmo. I told him I'd say that's his thing and I wouldn't judge him for it. He said that was fine, but others aren't like that.

 

They said a lot more, but it's really more of the same thing, and I think you get the idea. In truth, that was what I wanted for Christmas, but there's no hope for that now. And now I'm just sad because it's ever more present that my parents hate the fandom and wish I wasn't involved in it. The problem is I had a lot of plans, many related to MLP (like a movie party for when a My Little Dashie movie is released), but now...now I just don't know. The irony is they told me to have more confidence in myself. And yet...this happened. I don't know what to say, all I know is I'm anything but positive right now. In fact, I'm crushed, and it isn't because of the plush. 

 

Any advice? Thoughts?

 

Edit: Also, to all the people saying I should just buy it for myself, I can't, because I'd be going behind their backs if I did, which would only make them angry. I appreciate all the offers, though.

 

make a deal with them or something to watch a episode or two so they can fully understant what words can't describe. i would recommend the season 2 premiere. they might recognize that discords VA was from star trek. which is kinda cool. Plus that is a great episode. maybe they will finally understand and be more supportive.