Sep
12th
2014
This ought to be interesting · 3:58am Sep 12th, 2014
About a year ago, I posted a note on Facebook that contained links to all my stories here. It received one like, so I know at least one person saw it.
I was in One Of Those Moods this evening, so for the sheer Tartarus of it I posted the first paragraph of The Sparkle Chronicles and sat back to see what would happen. The likes rolled in, along with "When can I read the rest of it?" We shall see what (if anything) comes of this.
How odd. I'd imagine there has been a popularity gain over the past year, but I can't say what the scope would be. I'm guessing you also hold that answer, and have taken that into account.
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Of 176 Facebook friends, maybe twenty are aware that I dabble in the ponyverse; exactly three admit to being fans. I was basically curious to see what kind of response I'd get.
(For what it's worth: nine likes on the FB posting, two male, seven female; additional story views here, two. Then again, it's still early.)
If I were still on Facebook, I'd be curious to see what my friends would think if they knew that I like MLP. My parents know, and they don't really "get it", but they're not judgemental about it, either.
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My parents are aware. My mother actually sat down with me and watched the first 15 or so episodes of ponies. She's never been a fan of cartoons, so I am happy she put effort in to try to understand why I like the show so much. It makes me feel loved or whatever.
My stepmother finds the whole thing silly, but not exactly condemning, I don't think. It's more accepting in an "I don't really care what you do and don't do" fashion. And I'm totally fine with that.
My father and stepfather, however, have both expressed avid disapproval. No surprise there. The interesting point is their different hobbies--one of them is a mechanic and watches things on the Discovery Channel and History Channel and often will read *shudders* non-fiction, and the other is a freight truck driver who is the president of a car modeling club and also loves B-movies, comics, cartoons, and the like. Despite their seemingly being polar opposites of interest, their dislike of the show is shared. I find that somewhat disappointing.
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I get to invert this relationship: my parents are long gone, so I had to explain it to my children -- and, ultimately, to their children. I'm not sure they quite understand what's happened to the old man. Then again, my daughter bought me a brushable Twilight Sparkle, so perhaps it's sinking in.
The office figured it out once I stuck a picture of a sleepy Derpy on my corkboard. (My boss has asked for local times for Rainbow Rocks, so I figure I'll have no problem with him.)
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Is that "shared dislike" cultural, do you think, or chromosomal? (Or both?)
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If it was chromosomal, I wouldn't have an appreciation for the show, nor would you. Culture has a large amount to do with tolerance for behavior seen as eccentric or outlandish. They both see themselves as "men," therefore they will not allow themselves to watch something that they associate with those who are not men. That is certainly cultural, from where I stand.
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Of course it's cultural; but the justification for it is claimed to be biological in origin. (Similarly, we are expected to scorn trans women because of, um, hardware incompatibility.)
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Ah, the justification. It has not been stated; I am assuming based on their reactions and whatever their attitude is whenever the topic is brought up.