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#77226 from The Magitek Holyland
[up] D'Art's way too confrontational to be Fluttershy, I think.

This is a guy who managed to get into 3 duels to the death on his first day in the major city where most of the story takes place.
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#77227
[up][up]Umm. . .no. If it is one thing that the creator's can't look at it is fan fiction, so I doubt that most of the creative team will make a reference to that.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:17:47 PM by Mio

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#77228 from Meinong's jungle
I just thought of Rainbow Dash reading The Princess Bride and reacting like exactly the same way as the kid in the movie.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:17:14 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#77229 from Aboard The Damocles
[up][up][up][up] Are they even aware of Cupcakes? (or have they shown any kind of indication that they are)

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:17:07 PM by gingerninja666

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#77230 from my space lab in space
@Calnos: That would be the most disturbingly awesome thing since that dude who was killed by the flying body parts of another dude who got hit by a train.
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#77231 from The Fantasy Zone
What do you suppose her reaction to "My Little Dashie" would be?
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#77232 from Meinong's jungle
[up][up][up]If they pay enough attention to fanart to be familiar with Derpy, they're probably aware that it exists, although they probably wouldn't read it.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:17:55 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#77233 from Aboard The Damocles
[up][up] She'd probably either find it offensive or boring

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:18:22 PM by gingerninja666

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#77234 from Manehattan to Canterlot
@ Enlong

Good point...maybe RD should swap places with FS?
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#77235
[up][up][up]They would really only have this vague concept of "Psycho Pinkie" if they saw the fan art. Unless, some brony out their explained it to them I doubt they could make a direct reference.

I would personally not want any more fandom references, especially after Derpy.
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#77236 from Aboard The Damocles
@Mio out of curiosity, could you articulate what you found wrong with Derpy's scene?
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#77237 from Sweet Apple Acres
The one fandom nod I would not mind (other than Derpy) is Vinyl Scratch and Octavia, maybe even those two having a radio show.
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#77238 from my space lab in space
I think that some Funny Background Event with Doctor Whooves (like having him enter in a police box, asking someone for his screwdriver...) would be nice too. Not needed, but nice.
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#77239
[up][up][up]Their was nothing wrong with it in and of itself.

I just thought it was a very blatant piece of necessary fandom pandering, pandering that could come back to bite Hasbro/Studio B/The Hub in their collective asses by increasing the fandom's sense of entitlement.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:28:55 PM by Mio

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#77240 from Aboard The Damocles
[up] What could making the fandom more entitled lead to?
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#77241 from The Moon
[up]

Look at what it did to the Glee fandom.
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#77242 from ಠ_ಠ
[lol]
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#77243 from Aboard The Damocles
[up][up] I can't stand that show (no offense) so obviously I haven't been paying that much attention to the fandom [lol]

What happened exactly?

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:36:13 PM by gingerninja666

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#77244
[up][up][up][up]Typically a fandom's sense of entitlement is directly proportional to the size and scope of its Fan Dumb. Basically the fandom starts wanting things it can't have and then throws a fit when it doesn't get it.

Probably the biggest example of that is the Sonic fandom.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:45:02 PM by Mio

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#77245 from The Moon
[up][up]

Not offended at all, I get why some pepole can't stand Glee, probably for the same reasons I love it.

Anywho, season 2 of glee pandered a lot to the base (which I didn't mind as much since RL bitch slapepd me out of all fandom for awhile), which only made the base whine more and more when things where not up to their "standards". When a show stops being about what the writer want sit to be and about what reaction the writers want from the fans, then neither count is going to end up well.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:51:16 PM by LMage

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#77246 from ಠ_ಠ
Of course it goes both ways. Pander too little and you get people who are all "OMG EBONY IS THE BEST CHARACTER EVER I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU THINK"
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#77247 from Aboard The Damocles
[up] How does pandering too little cause that?
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#77248 from ಠ_ಠ
Basically, you make it TOO unwatchable/unreadable because it sucks, and you refuse to listen to ANY one.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:51:11 PM by MrAHR

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#77249 from The Fantasy Zone
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Yeah, I remember a few days after Sonic 4 came out, Sonic Retro actually had to shut down because the thread for the game was cluttered with rants and arguments and the like.

Sometimes, fandoms go too far to get what they want.

edited 22nd Jan '12 3:51:07 PM by LightPhaser

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#77250 from Hialeah,FL.
There's a person named Ebony? Who the hell names their kid Ebony?
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