For me to say that kind of attitude is annoying is a gross understatement. As a feminist (and by that I mean someone who is pro-gender equality and hates stupid sexist stereotyping) I was pleasantly surprised to learn about the brony community. I personally think that in a society with sexist jerks like that guy around, it's much more tough and brave for a man to like traditionally "girly" things than to worry about seeming to be properly masculine.

Edit: So no one misinterprets me, what I meant by that last sentence is that it can often be harder to have hobbies or interests that go against what society thinks one should be interested in. I certainly don't think it's wrong for men to like traditionally masculine TV shows/movies either, just that they would face less social pressure than those who would watch something, like, say "My Little Pony." I think people should like whatever kind of media they want, whether it's "typical" for their gender or not.

Obviously whoever wrote that didn't watch Dragon Quest, because I got an impression that the episode was strongly hinting at a lesson of "it's okay and even a good thing for guys to like girly things" but I guess that guy would hate that episode along with the scenes of Spike playing with the wedding toppers.

Although that guy may not have actually watched the show, given that the picture in the article is from G3, so maybe he thinks it's still like those stories, which DO have unicorns making rainbows.

edited 26th Apr '12 8:52:52 PM by Rainbow

I wonder if that guy is a troll.

SHE'S BAAAAAAAAACK~

OH GOD-HO, I MISSED HER SO-HEE MUCH<3

Okay, one last thing. Noticed this comment on the article:

Way to go random commenter person.

edited 26th Apr '12 8:48:14 PM by Bluespade

The art looks different. Is it being done by someone new?

That doesn't look like crookedtrees.

really, just ignore him and take the positives.

this is such a HUGELY Flame Bait article, just begging for raging.

and yet we didn't, jsut read the comments, it is all polite, well written discourse, no flaming, no trolling, no anything but proof Bronies really are amazingly loving and tolerant people.

@ Blue...yeah was pondering copying that too..it hits the nail on the head there.

edited 26th Apr '12 8:49:25 PM by Seraphem

Okay,

1.) He mentions ratings all of once, and that was to ease the mind of an executive who was threatening to shut him down.

2.) Many times he shows signs that he honestly cares for Truman (stroking a monitor of Truman sleeping when he looked like he was having a bad dream, then again when he was looking conflicted in the ending. During his final speech he has a damn LUMP in his throat!

3.) In the end he let Truman go. He could've restarted the storm again, or ordered guards to stop him and throw him back in. He persists because he honestly felt that he could convince Truman to stay one way or another. He momentarily almost kills him because he's desperate to protect Truman from the outside world (which he himself calls diseased and evil)

4.) He started the Truman Show in the first place primarily so that he could give someone the perfect life. The show angle was merely his means of getting money to fund it.

He's a Well-Intentioned Extremist and a highly overprotective father. He was incredibly wrong to do what he did but he did it out of love and because he genuinely believes that Truman would be better off inside

edited 26th Apr '12 8:50:17 PM by gingerninja666

Ohai, Pippi.

.*pops back in with a radish the size of a golf ball* I just pulled this baby outta my garden... and I have about 50 more just like it... nomnomnomnomnom.

No it's not Crookedtrees, it's some new guy.

HOLY FUCK!! Ok this article..it is worth every idiotic word fo the comments section

I just read some mother of a 12 year old girl well read

Yeah... kinda seems off to me too. But I don't know enough to really comment on the issue. My husband and I watched plenty of cartoons with our daughter and he never developed a fixation with any of her shows- I would have been a bit disturbed if he had. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer my men to have normal, manly pursuits. Like football.... And the fervor with which people are defending themselves on this is strange. Whole dissertations are being written on this page. What's up with that?

which led to several back and forth very polite discussions with some bronies, and ended with her agreeing that she may be being unfair to judge based on assumptions wihtout having watched any of it, and saying she might ataully go check it out.

I BUCKING LOVE THIS FANDOM!!!

edited 26th Apr '12 8:55:02 PM by Seraphem

Do you think the article comments could be listed as a Heartwarming Moment?

@ Seraphem: Yeah, I'm reading the comments too

Sidenote: Did I really kill Queen Chrysalis? I really hope I didn't. She was really cute :(

Yes. In a meta way.

edited 26th Apr '12 8:56:02 PM by ilsemmr

Glad-HEE that this Love and HO Toleration thing isn't just a saying.

oh this is SO a CMOH for the Bronies..I know I'm feeling it.

IT'S ALLLLLLLIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

... I can't reply to that... since I felt nothing about that discussion.

Christ, I really am cold

@Ginger: I can get behind that. He never really came across as all that villainous to me except when he tried to kill Truman.

@Pinkamena Tumblr: Oh for the love of. . . .grrrrrugggh.

@JT Yay! Now you can work on your character!

But thanks for writing the review.

@Pinkamena Tumblr

Booo!

Yes, both Generation 1 and Generation 3 had a Moondancer, though they looked very different. You can bet that any time Friendship Is Magic brings up a Generation 1 pony name verbatim like that, it's because the name had already been recycled into Generation 3, so they'd kept the trademark up.

So on the flip side, Gen 3 didn't have a Cherries Jubilee, which may be why "The Last Roundup" called her "Cherry Jubilee" instead.

@ J Teeth: YES

@JT Your review made me sad cuz you reminded me of the AJ thing...

(I need a tissue)

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