Is the fanbase taking it too far?

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Am I the only one kinda disgusted by all the .mov videos and Cupcake videos now? One or two was fine but now it's not possible to just casually look through pony videos without stumbling on a gore filled pony video. Doesn't this make the fanbase look terrible?

Normally I don't mind as long as all the gore and suggestive stuff is in the background but now we have numerous videos with hundreds of thousands of views that any kid or person can easily stumble upon.

 

I mean seriously, in the end it's a kids show, we shouldn't be doing this to the show, in my opinion these videos are just destroying the face of the fanbase.

[1Fluttershy 411]

Cupcakes ruined my username.

[Groo 252]

I feel sorry for any litle kid who looks up MLP on youtube and gets THAT...

[LowfatEnvelope 335]

I don't want my image of the show tainted, so i stay away from the gory/disturbing videos as much as possible. But ya, it would be nice if that sort of fan content didn't exist. Or at least keep it to where it's harder to locate than the good safe stuff.

[HomuraBL 851]

Its obvious that Shed.mov is the new Cupcakes at the moment. You really don't see that many cupcake references compared to Shed references these day. Shed.mov took it way to far, though, the mov series was basically suppose to be filled with dark humor anyway. I hate blood and gore, it just stirs me the wrong way, even if its not about ponies.

[Tupin86 195]

Meh, it's just a parody. A lot of effort and skill goes into making those videos, and it's not like they are canon or anything, they're just jokes. As for the "primary" audience finding these things, they shouldn't be online unsupervised anyway.

 

Plus, it's kind of the guy's style to animate like that. It was just a running joke about Fluttershy, I'd imagine that the later episodes aren't nearly as gory.

[Tom The Diamond 1,830]

Gee, the .mov series is just a few clips of dark humor that got popular, and cupcakes is a poorly written fanfic that got popular.

 

Nothing to cry spilt milk about.

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Gee, the .mov series is just a few clips of dark humor that got popular, and cupcakes is a poorly written fanfic that got popular.

 

Nothing to cry spilt milk about.

 

A few clips that have hundreds of thousands of views and is in the related videos of some of the most innocent clips from the show.

Meh, it's just a parody. A lot of effort and skill goes into making those videos, and it's not like they are canon or anything, they're just jokes. As for the "primary" audience finding these things, they shouldn't be online unsupervised anyway.

 

Plus, it's kind of the guy's style to animate like that. It was just a running joke about Fluttershy, I'd imagine that the later episodes aren't nearly as gory.

 

Even if it is just a parody, it's destroying the image of all fanmade work...because these are the most popular fanmade works.

"Kids shouldn't be online unsupervised" is not an excuse.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!". I'm saying that the show is innocent and we are turning it into suggestive and gory images.

 

>well larp it's not canon, why are you complaining about it then!

It not being canon is not an excuse. It being fanon is the exact reason why it's destroying the face of the community, because it is the community making these fanmade works.

[Starshine 16,333]

You can't brand an entire group as a heathen just because a tiny part of it was a jerk

 

It's like saying the entirety of Apple Clan had an apple pie cutie mark just because Granny Pie had one. Or saying all Unicorns are idiots because Snips and Snails

[Burning Desire 11]

A few clips that have hundreds of thousands of views and is in the related videos of some of the most innocent clips from the show.

 

Even if it is just a parody, it's destroying the image of all fanmade work...because these are the most popular fanmade works.

"Kids shouldn't be online unsupervised" is not an excuse.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!". I'm saying that the show is innocent and we are turning it into suggestive and gory images.

 

>well larp it's not canon, why are you complaining about it then!

It not being canon is not an excuse. It being fanon is the exact reason why it's destroying the face of the community, because it is the community making these fanmade works.

 

I don't think these tarnish other fanmade works. Personally I think the .mov videos are hilarious (never read Cupcakes, not interested). I don't think it makes the fandom look bad, just diverse in taste and creative sensibility.

[Yellow Diamond 7,569]

I've never read "Cupcakes", yet I've repeatedly read fans saying that it was essentially garbage. Funny garbage, perhaps, but garbage nevertheless. I happened to think the .MOV shorts were pretty funny. "SHED.MOV" was supposed to be extremely disturbing and filled with dark humor; a morose parody of MLP. It did what it set out to do.

 

And stoner Spike is hilarious.

 

It's difficult not to eventually wander into dark humor when you're discussing a show about colorful ponies who emphasize love and friendship; and "Part of One" only served to feed the beast. I would consider it a fringe portion of the MLP fandom, and nothing which detracts from the overall experience. Within that fringe, however, you are bound to find folks who are going to begin writing about or illustrating extremely disturbing topics.

 

Actually, I don't think it impacts the fandom very much at all. It helps, however, to have another experience Brony guiding a new and/or potential Brony through the material of the herd.

Edited March 6, 2012 by Thereisnospoon303

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

You can't brand an entire group as a heathen just because a tiny part of it was a jerk

 

It's like saying the entirety of Apple Clan had an apple pie cutie mark just because Granny Pie had one. Or saying all Unicorns are idiots because Snips and Snails

 

Terrible analogies aside...

 

We watch these videos, we like them, we share them, and we get them to the front pages of every part of the fandom.

While you personally may not be into such things, a majority of the fandom is. And if most of the fandom is making and supporting such works then it affects the community as a whole. It may not personally tarnish your reputation but as a community it completely changes what we are a community for.

[Kazuki Fuse 534]

And stoner Spike is hilarious.

 

 

Quoted for bucking truth.

[Emerald Flame 381]

I don't really find these things disturbing. I read Cupcakes and thought it sucked, but I haven't seen any of the .mov videos.

 

As for impact on the fanbase, I think it hurts how we look to outsiders quite a bit. The best thing we can do is keep creating enough of the sweet and innocent to out way the gore.

[L-PinkVsD-Pink327 177]

While those gore things are terrible, there's still one hard fact that bronys almost succeded in overtaking.

 

This is Teh Internetz we're talking about guys, nothing changes that.

 

What I'm saying is it's not really bronys in generals fault, it's more due to the nature of the internet.

[Starshine 16,333]

Yes while a good portion of us undoubtedly enjoys such grotesque forms of art, you can't say this entire fandom is volatile and is destroying the charm of the show.

 

While bunch of those sick artists busying themselves creating another gore avatar of Pinkamena, you should also realize that there's many other creative individuals spend their time praising the good side of the ponies.

 

Just because a part of the machine refuse to work correctly, doesn't mean the entire engine is wacko

[SrFrog 927]

Once the Internet Hate Machine get's a hold of it there is no going back, of course in this case is it all bad? I think that being exposed as a multi-facial community rather than a 2-dimensional one has it's advantages. More exposure and a wider appeal for those want it, why not.

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

You know, from what I've seen... these parodies actually make the show popular among older people, so to speak. Thus. people will be more willing to give the actual show a try knowing that if a parody of it is good, the actual show will also in all likelihood, will also be good.

[GrooveBroove 680]

That's the thing about a fandom.

Everyone likes to be a fan in their own way.

 

You know some people like changing MLP and putting it on a setting we'd never see in the show.

That's kind of the fun part about fandom's because everyone likes to do it differently.

 

Hell theirs some fans who see OC's ponies as taking it so far.

You can't really say their wrong, it's just how they feel.

 

In the end we should just let things be how it is. If you don't like some thing's fans do just ignore them.

That's the best thing to do in the end.

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Hate me for this statement if you want

 

To be honest I think the brony community is incredibly flawed.

There's nothing wrong with teenagers watching an innocent show but there is a problem when the show is turned into gore and suggestive joke filled parodies. I guess it was inevitable that a fanbase made mostly out of teenagers would eventually make gory and suggestive videos the most popular fanworks.

 

Yes, the community is varied and multi-dimensional but that's not always a good thing.

 

>Oh larp don't be silly, only some of the community is like that.

Some of the community is still part of the entire community. If half your community is all about gore or suggestive crap, then it affects what the entire community looks like. It may not utterly eradicate the good in the community but you cannot logically argue that it has no effect on the community.

 

>Larpy, why do you care so much about what outsiders think of us?

Pfft, it's not what outsiders think of the community, it's what anyone who takes a good look at the community can think of us...including people from the community.

 

You know, from what I've seen... these parodies actually make the show popular among older people, so to speak. Thus. people will be more willing to give the actual show a try knowing that if a parody of it is good, the actual show will also in all likelihood, will also be good.

 

Do you want the show to become popular because someone enjoyed watching the lively and innocent ponies in the show or do you want the show to become popular because someone enjoyed watching a chainsaw slide through the head of a character from the show?

 

Once again, I guess there was no way of stopping this from happening, nor is there a way to fix it now that it's happened.

 

>Larp you act like the entire community is destroyed now.

No, I act like this is what most of the community does, and everyone claims innocence when told about it.

 

Note: By the above statement I do not mean to imply that you are "guilty". I just mean to say that everyone brushes it off with simple excuses like "it's not canon" or "we aren't all like that".

While both those statements are true, it almost seems to me like people don't acknowledge that this is ultimately what the majority of the fanbase is.

Edited March 6, 2012 by Lady Rarity Pony

[Knight Shadrahk 159]

It's the community.

Look around, and a lot of the bronies have some pretty messed up lives. So, they make messed up videos.

 

 

 

Or, the Brony community isn't that bad, and it's just the messed up ones scream louder.

[Starshine 16,333]

So? Some sickos from other fandom even writes a pure goric porn fiction about how they would like to molest Sakura from Naruto or any other heroine, and yet we know not all Narutards are like that. And maybe a good portion of us likes to fantasize to violate the CMC with a fork, but do you view yourself as one of them?

 

You absolutely forgot about the rest of us, who prefer to enjoys this series as it meant to be, as an innocent show about friendship and understanding. But we were outshined by the shadowy parts of the fandom because some people love to fixates their point-o-view only to the bad side, completely disregarding that there are still joys and kinship in the other side.

 

About how others view us as a whole? Heck, most of outsiders will see us as a giggling psychotic pedophilia without battling an eyelash because we are grown men watching a girl's show. We can't spend all of our lives trying to convince them otherwise, it's endless.

 

What we can do about all of this? Just chin up and walks away! Just because we share something with those sickos doesn't mean we're one of them

Edited March 6, 2012 by Shefira

[Marcato 2,143]

To an extent yes, it is going too far. I was afraid of having nightmares after reading cupcakes, let alone pink's illustrated version on dA.

 

And now your saying there are VIDEOS?? Honestly.

 

Ugh... and dont even get me started on clopfics. -.- Just the fact that those exist is a horror.

[Fizz. 1,078]

>Assuming the internet cares

>Assuming other fandoms are better

>Assuming we were moral people to begin with

>Assuming the majority of MLP youtubers are non-bronies who judge bronies, rather than 99% brony and 1% troll

>Assuming anyone cares about the brony movement at all

>Assuming there are positive opinions of us

>Assuming a fandom with gore will taint its reputation, aka every fandom ever

 

 

Just another thing to overreact about, move on.

[Strafe 594]

The .mov series is the only thing mlp related that actually watch that is gory. I don't think there's enough gore videos to make us look that bad, there's just a lot of terrible fan-fics that people overreact to.