The Oddball

"Looks like someone is beginning to take an interest in your handiwork." -- Han Solo, Star Wars

Cari Donaldson, a writer for the Catholic Exchange, recently linked to few interesting sci-fi/fantasy blogs, such as David Ivies’ B-Movie Catechism (the only other dude I know who admits to watching the entire Star Wars Holiday Special). To my surprise (since I'm not big on marketing), Cari seems to have stumbled across my own blog:

Eric Mendoza, at RPG Catholic, is younger than I am, odder than I am, and smarter than I am. Also, he has a raging love for My Little Pony that is so perplexing that I fully plan on spending naptime today parsing through that phenomena.

I'd probably be boasting more than Trixie ever did by saying I'm a smart guy rather than a dummy, but I can definitely vouch for the oddness. I can understand Cari's puzzlement; it still feels strange being a Brony. I certainly didn't imagine only 6 months ago that I'd be watching a girl's cartoon about talking horses, wearing a Derpy t-shirt, trying to write MLP fan fic, and attempting to tie FiM moral lessons with Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy.

I'll also add the sci-fi writers DGD (who's Derpy post back in February won me over to FiM), John C.Wright (leader of the Space Princess movement), Nate Winchester (currently reviewing MLP episodes), and Mike Flynn to the list. The Deej, JCW, and Nate are Bronies, but I'm not sure about the OFloinn.

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For my next MLP philosophical post, I think I'll look at one of the Main Six and see the virtues and vices they exemplify. Here's a hint as who'll it be...

(HT: The Deej, MLP fan fic writer)

Comments

[D G D Davidson]

John C. Wright admitted to being a pony fan and he defended the show when Big Hollywood posted its reactionary article, but I've never seen him take the brony label. Thanks also for plugging me to Mrs. Donaldson, even though I can't put up blog posts on a regular basis to save my life.

And now I know the B-Movie Catechist's real name! And I know he writes for Catholic Exchange! That's news to me. He really does write some of the best movie reviews I've ever seen. The man is a walking film encyclopedia.

Mike Flynn . . . has he even mentioned the show?

I've got an idea in my head for a fanfic about a Catholic mission to Equestria.