Maybe because it's not GOOD romance or clop

Waitaminute... did Ginger just say there's such a thing as "GOOD Romance"?

That's not Ginger! It's a Changeling!

Need my flamethrower? I can do SPAI CHECKS if we need to.

I tell you, when I look at the Fridge Horror section of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, I sit there and think, "Hoo, boy. I sure as Tartaros didn't think about that!" Some of the points seem to be a tad ridiculous, but some of them may very be on the money!

Here's a number of points made about Rarity's family:

• "Sisterhooves Social", when Apple Bloom covers Applejack in smashed up grapes, Sweetie Belle's reaction is to panic and beg Applejack not to punish her. That almost comes off looking like the reaction of a child in an abusive home.
• ["Sweet and Elite", ] It has Rarity lying to her friends about her cat being sick, and drenching the cat in hot water to maintain that lie. What does it suggest about her priorities when she would rather drench her own cat than be honest with her own friends?
  • Not anything that being on the verge of tears when two ponies insulted her social status didn't already. This begets more Fridge Horror, though: It implies that Rarity's sense of self-worth is so deeply tied to her social standing she's willing to hurt herself and her friends so she doesn't lose face. Does that mean that her personality is an an elaborate mask to hide how worthless she feels? And what's more, how did she get like this?
  • Coupling these troubled signs with how Sweetie Belle reacts to Applejack and Apple Bloom about to fight and the whole "it doesn't have to be physical to be abuse" mantra...One has to wonder if they're parents are really as nice as they seem. There could be a very good reason why Sweetie is living with her big sister instead of their parents.
    • She doesn't live with her sister. "Sisterhooves Social" had her bring in a lot of luggage for the week stay, which would have been redundant if she lived with her sister.

I'm not quite sure what to think. For "Sisterhooves Social", I would argue that Sweetie Belle was simply noticing that the relationship between Applejack and Apple Bloom seemed far happier and healthier than her own relationship with Rarity.

Then again, we don't really know that much about Rarity and Sweetie's parents, and it would be nice to see an episode focusing on the parents. It does seem strange that Rarity would live and work in her own building, take on a different accent, and give a lot of vibes that she wants to put a lot of distance between her and her family!

So I took everyone's advice from last night, and I went to bed, hoping that maybe I wouldn't be so depressed from what happend. Am I happy now? No, I'm still depressed.

edited 21st Jun '12 10:40:33 AM by marston

@Moe I meant that in Pannic's opinion the romance wouldn't be any good. I didn't say anything about MY opinion on the subject

Awwwww, sure you can :3 Just don't chew on my ears or something.

@Tigger: some of the Fridge Horror is a little reaching.

Punishment does not necessarily mean abuse.

hey, speaking of changelings, I never did figure out what that whole Chrysalis/conditioner things was about...

*Hugs Autumn.*

@Blissey: back when Ilse wasn't too busy to hang out with us, she gave Chrysalis and Orion some minor trauma over getting conditioner in the eyes.

It's because of its fan base that treats it like it's SOOOO GOOOOD and "it's a beautiful moving story that just happens to be clop" and other remarks that "well, the story is actually really good."

Well, I'm not seeing much of a story so far just seems to be "Twilight is learning about romance so she can impress Princess Luna, " and that seems less like a story than it does a porn premise that's been put through a rock tumbler.

And my penis sure as fuck isn't impressed.

edited 21st Jun '12 10:46:00 AM by Pannic

@ace: so its more a thread only thing as opposed to a fandom thing?

@Blissey: yeah, it's a thread injoke.

@Pannic: Unfortunately, most clopfics fall foul of the wrong proportion of Sturgeon's Law.

Speaking of Changelings. Would ponified Transformers be Changelings?

@Pannic you seem to have a big problem with Hype Backlash -_-

@ Badwolf◊

edited 21st Jun '12 10:48:46 AM by CDRW

Nope, they'd be pony-chassis Cybetronians.

There's hype surrounding that fic? Granted it does have some plot (Which is more than typical for a fic of it's interest) but it's not worth getting excited over.

@ CDRW: Link's broken.

@ Ace: All of them? I'd imagine some wouldn't be ponies.

Hype Aversion does seem to be a bit of a problem with me, yes.

And yes, there is hype around it. It's basically the single most-praised clopfic in the fandom. It even had a tropes page that dodged the porn purge for a while.

edited 21st Jun '12 10:54:02 AM by Pannic

... Have I missed anything? I've been kinda out of it since my first class.

Ah, suddenly now I understand why some threatened Surprise with conditioner (didn't make sense to me at the time...)

Seriously, it seems like the Changelings being awesome is the only thing about season two we can all agree on. Now where's that adorable Chrysalis?

Wow, Derpibooru is even slower and glitchier than its predecessor.

Ah, time for me to return to the real of dreams. See y'all after I catch up on sleep.

@Syd: Give them a chance, they're re-uploading almost 200, 000 Ponibooru images back up there. Even with a shiny new server, they still need a lot of tubespace to restore everything.

edited 21st Jun '12 10:55:17 AM by AceOfScarabs