I will probably regret posting this in the morning · 12:22am Apr 19th, 2014
... but you know what? Right now I give no fucks. I'm half a bottle down, my wife is out of the country visiting her family, it's the middle of the night and my arm hurts. I think I'm due a little bit of ranting.
It's a rant you may be familiar with. This fandom. This pile of entitled whining little shits who think that the world revolves around them. I've just spent the better part of half an hour watching a half-dozen people complain about the season finale two-parter, convinced that it's the end of the world brought about by the devil McCarthy herself. A two-line synopsis has been transformed by their supreme omniscience into an intimately detailed blueprint for the destruction of all things pony, and their lamentations are heard unto the very heavens as they decry the obvious destruction of everything at the hands of the antichrist hasbro and its false prophet.
Two lines that say essentially nothing have been turned into this end-of-days scenario to rival the very worst excesses of the fucking Left Behind series, and if you've read that series you'll know just how awfully dire that comparison truly is.
I'm sick of this whining and complaining, this entitled bullshit disguised as concern for the "quality" of the show. The cuntsquirting fuckstains, the parental leavings, the god-damn children who think they know everything and have the right to demand that the world caters to them and their ridiculous, nonsensical whining about "mary sue twilight" and all the arsetickling nonsense they spew forth from their suet-stuffed brains.
All based on a two-line synopsis and a steaming heap of entitlement and teenage faggotry.
Fuck it.
I was playing with fucking ponies when most of you people weren't even a stain on your momma's underwear.
Get off my god-damn lawn!
that good sir was a good rant and I agree with you about the fans that jump to conclusions about little to no info given about something
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I find it extraordinarily funny, really.
~Skeeter The Lurker
You're my hero.
Don't those types usually hang around here?
It's a Brony custom, it's been done with every season-ender so far. Magical Mystery Cure? Alicorn Twilight, end of the world, etc. Canterlot Wedding? New alicorn toy marketing commercial, brother-out-of-nowhere, end of the world. I can no longer recall very clearly but I wouldn't be surprised if there was fear and loathing of the Grand Galloping Gala, even.
Heck, this time it *could* be the end of the world, who knows. But probably not. Past performance indicates it'll be awesome.
*golf claps*
The best antidote for morons is whiskey. Glenfiddich has a good, sturdy bottle with angled corners that produce satisfactory blunt-force trauma. (And the liquor itself takes the sting of the memory of the foregoing stupidity away quite nicely.)
I completely agree.
Also I read this in his voice.
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2022812 You, sir, are a superior intellect and I commend you to the world at large.
My sister still has her G1 ponies. I helped rescue them from the basement when she moved out. Given how often the place flooded, some of them looked like victims of the Exxon-Valdez spill... only instead of oil, it was mold.
Looking back, I think we managed a real-life Smooze.
In any case, as in the past, I see no point in the doomsaying. Why spend all this energy getting upset over something you cannot influence? Why not use that energy to make something better instead?
Sometimes it seems like I'm just not cut out for the Internet. I think too much and enjoy being nice.
What's funny about the alicorn Twilight doom is the number of writers WHO WERE ALREADY DOING IT but when HASBRO does it they've gone too far.
<takes deep breath>
You know what? Based on their previous track record, the season finale will be good. Maybe not great, but at least good. And, if they collectively step on their own d
ks, and the whole thing goes down in flames*, hey, we had a great four-season run.
*I seem to recall they already contracted for seasons 5 and 6, so they probably aren't going to upset the apple cart too much.
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>Glenfiddich
My nig-nog
Meh, I'm not exactly screaming that it's the end of the world, but the synopsis has me concerned with where it might be heading. Given that I found the S2 and S3 finales to be extremely bad (my thoughts on A Canterlot Wedding seem to put me in a minority from what I can tell), and that Twilicorn has generally not been handled well by the show (bringing a plot point up only to do almost nothing with it is itself bad writing), I think my concerns are justified.
I'm sure there's a bunch of stupid shit that's being said somewhere. There's a lot of it about in this fandom. But what I also hate are those who won't hear a critical word against the show being spoken. The mindless adoration is just as bad as the mindless complaining. Worse, in my opinion, since it seems far more numerous.
I'll also say that if the show went tits up for the sake of argument, then it wouldn't really bother me too much. It would be a shame, but it's something that happens, and I'll still have fond memories of the show. Now the way some of the fandom acts on the other hand...
TLDR; words.
Edit: The downvotes on this are a classic example of the immaturity of this fandom. No discussion, no debate, no criticism. Just downvoting, shouting down, and personal attacks. This is what happens when you have a bunch of kids who've never had to debate anything in their lives, or learned the lesson that hey people can hold different views.
Well, I'll admit, some friends and I looked at the supposed "leaked details" over and above the two-line summary, combined it with some of the new merch, and proceeded to come up with the worst possible interpretation of events. However, we then said "OK, now that we've got the panic out of our systems, let's wait and see." Now I want to see what they actually did with the finale, and it'll probably turn out better than expected.
[Remember the "WTF?!" over the wedding? But then we got changelings out of the deal! Awesome!]
Wait, people are still complaining about the S2 finale? Goddamn, don't we have more relevant stuff to complain about?
but, if I get off your lawn, how will I grow into a big beautiful oak tree?
This is why I don't generally hang around anywhere where pony fans leave comments other than here. I can barely look at an EQD thread without running into the bitching, but for some reason it just doesn't crop up here much, or at least not from the authors and stories I follow.
lol
For a drunken rant, that was pretty good. Your liberal use of interesting cuss words was especially enjoyable.
And.... Page saved for posterity! That was beautiful.
I understand where you're coming from, however that's not really something I associate with "this fandom" in particular; It seems to me that pretty much any franchise gets it's share of vocal minority naysayers whenever it gets big enough.
I can't say I find everything they do in the show agreeable ( i still think twilicorn was an awful idea, and they should have waited at least one or two more seasons before executing it) but can't really say i have any "higher expectations" about it and certainly there's no outrage from my part on anything that happens on it.
Just repeat to yourself it's just a show and you really should relax.
2023324 As in any cartoon, the writers/producers don't know if they'll be picked up for another season at the time they're writing. Heck, even now, at *any* point in time, Hasbro could fold up the entire MLP G4 cartoon production in favor of some giant surge of popularity in... oh, say Transformer Kittens. (Meow than meets the eye?)
... meta
im excited for the finale. i only watched the season start so i can now have a marathon with my sister who i havent seen in years.
does this mean i can stay on your lawn and play with your ponies, please
2023314 I'm printing this rant and posting it on my wall.
It's okay, Arch, we'll sit on the lawn and complain about stupid kids together. And drink Glenfiddich.
Keep on rockin', dude.
Amen brother. My f2f thinks it's adorable I watch ponies. And I'm 43.
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Generally "shutting down" and "personal attacks" requires that someone actually responds, first. I can downvote stuff all day long (and I quite frequently do), but it doesn't really mean much of anything. If that's enough to rustle your jimmies, the internet might be (read: is) a bad place for you.
As for why you got no responses, it's because arguing a point on the internet is both pointless and a terrible idea. The only times it should ever be attempted are when you:
A) just plain don't care about the subject, and therefore have no incentive to get butthurt about someone else having a blatantly stupid opinion. Or
B) are trolling. (Situation A almost always devolves into this, so there's not much difference, really)
I'm sorry (not really) if you were expecting some great debate on that two line synopsis you're so worried about, but the subject of the blog really should have indicated that the people likely to respond to it just plain don't care. Come back after the episodes air and there's something to base those fears on, then you just might get that argument you want.
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It's a general statement. I see it all the time on EQD (for example) where someone can have an insightful opinion but it gets buried under "quit whining" comments and suchlike. Meanwhile, insipid nonsense will receive hundreds of upvotes.
The real meat of my comment isn't aimed at a 2 line synopsis and you've missed the point if you think it was, even if that's what kicked off Arch's post. It's aimed as the general immaturity of the fandom, and the circle-jerk nature it seems to have devolved into.
I also see it applying far too often to a lot of stories on this site as well. Hell, a few weeks ago I got a bunch of downvotes for having the audacity to suggest the author actually sources their image and give attribution. Sure, it's just meaningless interweb points, but there's a nasty trend going around these days.
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Your edit seems to indicate that you were expecting, or perhaps hoping, that someone would get into an epic war of the words with you, and I would hate for your day to be ruined because that didn't happen. Therefore, in proper internet fashion, I responded with an obviously trollish response (shoulda' paid more attention to situations A and B) that only vaguely alludes to the main topic of the original post in an effort to shut down and invalidate your supremely insightful opinion (again, I'd hate for you to think that your expectations went unmet).
I was tempted to throw in some personal insults as well, but I feel like I fulfilled my intent adequately without them. Instead, I'll amuse myself with the irony of you posting an edit to complain about people not liking your opinion that ended with this line:
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It's hard to tell the difference between trolls and genuine stupidity. I miss the good old days of the internet where it was obvious.
Now THAT was a fun read.
Looks like those annoying dogs crossing over the fence to poop on your lawn finally got you to say something about it. :p
I for one am expecting a very Sailor Moon finale.
ALL GLORY TO OUR NEW ARCHONIC OVERLORD, KEEPER OF TRUTH!