MLP Forum Archive - Page 8867

#221651 Bluespade Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:40:02 PM from Texas

Yeah, it's more of a community thread than a pure topic thread now. But even when we're talking about other things there's usually some discussion of the show/fandom going on.

So I'm guessing you liked the show? I can't imagine you would sit through 52 episodes in a week if you didn't.

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#221652 edvedd Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:41:12 PM from Over there. Maybe?

And of course we have some weird bits.

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#221653 Meta Four Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:47:17 PM from Aksarben

So I'm guessing you liked the show? I can't imagine you would sit through 52 episodes in a week if you didn't.

Unwinder disliked Your Guess Is as Good as Mine so much that he felt compelled to read the entire archives and leave disparaging comments on every single page.

Fortunately, Unwinder's mindset is one I could never see myself emulating.

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#221654 Bluespade Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:48:54 PM from Texas

I never understood the appeal of being in a Hatedom. If I don't like something I'm certainly not gonna waste my time with it.

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#221655 Ace Of Scarabs Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:49:42 PM from Singapore

Hatedoms are just tsundere :V

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#221656 L Dragon 2 Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:51:29 PM

Oh gosh dang it. I am slowly but surely getting sucked into this series.

Help me! I am losing all self-respect!

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#221657 Ace Of Scarabs Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:52:02 PM from Singapore

Why would you lost that?

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#221658 Bluespade Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:53:33 PM from Texas

Hey, two newbies in one night, what are the odds. Welcome L Dragon.

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#221659 Ace Of Scarabs Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:54:21 PM from Singapore

Newbies? Welcome to Dis Herd then :D

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#221660 L Dragon 2 Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:55:34 PM

And to think, before I scoffed at the thought of older males getting into a girl's cartoon. Now I am too.

My dignity is slowly but surely lowering.

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#221661 Bluespade Mon, 11th Jun '12 11:57:35 PM from Texas

Eh, liking a cute show doesn't really change anything fundamental about yourself. It's not something to freak out about.

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#221662 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:02:24 AM from Singapore

Animation is for everyone, congratulations on shattering that ridiculous American myth that graphic novels and animated features are for kids.

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#221663 L Dragon 2 Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:05:42 AM

Thanks guys. Maybe I can still like mature fiction and have a good reputation with others while still enjoying this show after all.

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#221664 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:08:42 AM from Singapore

Oh, there's no question about that :D

Now waiting for: PC version port of Lollipop Chainsaw sans DRM.

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#221665 Bluespade Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:08:44 AM from Texas

Lol, that's not passive aggressive at all. Seriously, the bunch of us chat with each other about all sorts of stuff besides ponies here, quite a bit of which is considered "mature." We're not a bunch of underdeveloped man-children, and you don't have to be either.

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#221666 L Dragon 2 Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:09:33 AM

Again, thanks for all the encouragement.

Now then, what got you into this show to begin with?

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#221667 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:10:54 AM from Singapore

Well, it was a superb show well-written by Lauren and her A-Team :D Also I used to be a g1 pony fan. Also I blame 4chan for getting me into this, confound y'all /co/

Amazing retune is amazing.

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#221668 edvedd Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:13:50 AM from Over there. Maybe?

Relax, Dragon dude. It's cool.

I can say why I like it now, but why it clicked with me in the first place I'm never entirely sure of.

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#221669 Bluespade Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:16:44 AM from Texas

Well personally, I used to really be negative about Western Animation in general. I was a huge anime fan in my teenage days. Pretty much the only western cartoon I ever got into was Invader Zim, and even that one I only liked about half of the episodes. So I was pretty much an anime snob, I think.

That changed when I saw Avatar: The Last Airbender, one of the best shows of any sort I've ever seen. It kind of opened my mind to the possibilities of western animation, and since it actually was successful I kept hoping that it would spark some kind of revolution in western animation, so that more shows with strong overarching stories would get produced. That...didn't happen, really, but in case it did, I started keeping an eye on the whole western animation scene, hoping for a good show to come out. So I started hearing lots of good things about this show.

I wanted to like it. I dunno if I'm weird, but it never really bothered me that I might enjoy a show made for girls, so I eagerly checked it out. Unfortunately, I didn't really care for it.

So I stayed away for about 4 months, but since I'm online a lot, I came across more and more pony related stuff all over the place. I got to know all the characters and their personalities without even watching the show, and I started to get intrigued. I decided to give the show another try, and though my initial watch through was somewhat rocky after about 10 episodes I was pretty much hooked.

Still, it wouldn't be anything more than just another show I've watched if I hadn't discovered this thread, which greeted me enthusiastically and has become my favorite place to hang out online.

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#221670 Swasfews Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:17:02 AM from New York

I didn't really care either way about the show until my friend kept pestering me to watch it. * I enjoyed it because it was actually well-written and funny. No particularly specific reasoning.

@Ace. The only thing about that retune is that it's just a tad too squeaky and I can't imagine Pinkie singing it.

#221671 Meta Four Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:17:28 AM from Aksarben

Self-aware humor and well-written, endearing characters were the reasons I got roped in.

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#221672 Bluespade Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:23:37 AM from Texas

Things I like about it:

1) Very good characters. Strong personalities, strong flaws, (mostly) consistent characterization. It's rare to come across this anywhere let alone in children's television.

2) The happy, bright, optimistic tone. The vast majority of things I watch/read/play tend to be rather dark. I like dark fiction a lot, but I get really tired of it if it's the only thing I take in. I really like to have some cute, happy stuff to balance it out. Plus I've always liked cute things.

3) The unique, well thought out fantasy setting. I love fantasy, but in general most settings tend to be rather samey, falling into the same old cliches or just retreading once-brilliant ideas until they lose whatever uniqueness they once had. One thing that can't be denied about MLP is it's not like any other fantasy series out there. There aren't even any humans in it!

Oh yeah, and it's genuinely funny.

I sure am getting verbose tonight.

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#221673 Swasfews Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:28:00 AM from New York

So what was it about the rewatch four months later that made you more interested in it, Blue? That you knew more about it going in?

#221674 Bluespade Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:33:38 AM from Texas

I dunno I think I was just more open minded. The first little bit I watched was a few minutes during the second half of Stare Master. I specifically chose a random episode and started in the middle, just because I wanted to get an idea of what the show was like in an ordinary episode (of course, at that time I didn't know that episode didn't focus on the main cast. I actually thought the CMC were the main characters). I thought it was okay, better than most cartoons I'd seen, but nothing special.

So then I tried to watch the first episode. I got bored halfway through, probably just because the whole episode is mostly introductions and I didn't yet have any affection for the characters so I just lost interest. When I picked it up again months later, I started with the second episode, which basically followed a D&D style dungeon sequence, so i enjoyed it quite a bit. The cheesiness at the end turned me off, but I was willing to keep watching to see if it got better. And it did.

The show did take awhile to get me to like certain characters though. I disliked Pinkie and Rarity quite a bit in the beginning, which is odd since I think Rarity is my 2nd favorite now. Rainbow Dash was always my favorite though, I perked up anytime she was on screen.

SERIOUSLY, what is up with all of these words I am saying.

EDIT:Sigh, it's getting to be that time of night where I have absolutely no reason to stay up, but refuse to go to bed.

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#221675 Death Cloud Tue, 12th Jun '12 12:43:46 AM from Horsehead Nebula

So before I tread hopped Suprise ate Moe, and more Oban talk. How it's turned out?

Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.