What Happened to Friendship · 3:52pm Oct 5th, 2014

I've been on here for about a week and I've noticed that everyone is doing the exact opposite of what Mlp teaches us. You guys remind me of all those people that the Dazzlings controlled. I just want you to know that this is a website based on friendship and fanfics about Mlp. I hope I can help you guys learn what I have learned. Right now if the Dazzlings were here they would be full and happy, while we are at war about the littlest things.[youtube=mlp war]

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OldSchoolCatholic

OldSchoolCatholic #1 · Oct 5th, 2014 · · ·

WELCOME TO REALITY!

Scootareader

Scootareader #2 · Oct 5th, 2014 · 1 · ·

Well...
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First of all, you want to consider the place you've subscribed and invested yourself into. You made the choice to come here, no one else. If you didn't think that you would be able to handle the community, then you weren't required to sign up, nor were you asked to do so by the community as a whole. As far as decisions, you made the decision to come here, despite what atmosphere the community here desires to have.

Second of all, just because the FIMFiction community doesn't wear friendship on its sleeve, that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. You joined September 2014; that is, at most, a month that you have been given a voice in this community. There's a whole lot of new people who come to this site every day, and not all of them are going to be around in a week. It hurts to invest oneself emotionally in a friendship, then that friend leave for whatever reason.

All that aside, remember the general populace of those attracted to My Little Pony in the first place. It's not a bunch of neckbeards or child molesters or anything, but it is people who find a deep resonance from the show on what they want, not who they are. Basically, you find a calling from My Little Pony because you don't have enough friends and you feel alone. The majority of the brony community is, for lack of a better term, full of social shut-ins. And many of those who post on FIMFiction are social shut-ins that write fanfiction.

Of course there will be exceptions to the rule, but generally speaking, the brony community tends to have socialization issues. In fact, the majority of the world tends to have socialization issues. As in, the 75% who are introverted, not extroverted.

If you come into a community and ask yourself, "Where is the friendship?" then you should probably wait around and see how the friends of the site interact with one another. The community is largely the same wherever you go, whether it be /mlp/, Ponychan, or Twitter.

Simply put, the brony community doesn't care what the world thinks of them. They know each other and they're friends, and if you're on the outside looking in, you won't see it because it's not how friends normally are. They have something special.

Scootareader

Scootareader #3 · Oct 5th, 2014 · · ·

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I don't believe that realistically at all. The camaraderie exists, but newcomers to the community don't see it. Only a pessimistic viewpoint leads to a long-term member not seeing friendship in their fellow users, and only a masochistic viewpoint leads to people doing something they don't like.

I come back basically every single day because I like the community here. The friendships I have are great. I'm glad I have friends on this site. If I didn't think I'd made any friends, I would leave because I would feel unwelcome.