The Toxicness of MLP's Fandom · 10:56pm Aug 1st, 2020
MLP has been known to have the most notorious reputation of being one of the most TOXIC fandom in history.
This is not an unsupported story, it's all over the net (Google it, and you'll see)
In fact there are even blogs all over this site that describe the toxins. (So I'm just adding my own)
This leads to the Fandom having an equally toxic HATEDOM (which, I admit...I am part of) But after all, what goes around comes around, and if people only understand war, stupidity, flames, rudeness, ect, ect... then that's what they'll get in return.
From my point of view, here is what causes a lot of it.
It usually involves Bronies...
In the early years, when FIM was new and young, people began to fan and favor the show like moths attracted to fire. Not that there's anything wrong with that at all, I got nothing against it.
Also, another thing is that grown men are liking a show intended for 4-year old girls. Nothing wrong with that either, and I got nothing against it. (I watch girly shows myself... SAILOR MOON... BRACE FACE... TOTALLY SPIES, there's nothing wrong with it)
People seem to think that I attack Bronies just for liking the show. I can assure you, THAT is a load of crap...
I have nothing against people liking the show, what I am against is the fans of the show taking it way too far!!
I didn't start watching MLP until 2012. so it was 2 years old, and even then it was already chaos.
I noticed people who were supposedly "Fans" of the show were taking it WAY TOO FAR.
-Treating it like it was some kind of cult/religion/way of life
-Bullying other people around the net WITH IT.
They were so captivated by the show and it's teachings of friendship, that they began to RUB IT in our faces, telling us to "Watch the show"
"Like it"
"Believe in friendship" as if it were the ONLY thing that mattered in life.
In other words, it was like the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 (To believe in God made you acceptable, to study science, and evolution made you a heathen)
Those who like me DID NOT believe in friendship, and DID NOT see it as THE ONLY THING were treated very cold and harshly by Bronies, even given death threats. (I'm not making this up, Google it and you'll see)
Bronies were known to Cyber-bully and harass non-fans of the show, which can bet sparked and called for retaliation.
There was one guy (Who happens to be on this site, but I won't give his name) who not only harassed me YEARS PRIOR to the series, but kept rubbing it in my face and insulting me about it.
I already didn't trust MLP because I knew it promoted friendship and moralities in a very overbearing way, one that did not really reflect the realities of humanity.
Still I decided, if I'm going to hate the show, I may as well watch it, so at least I KNOW WHAT I'M HATING.
Worse than that, more and more people were becoming "Brainwashed" by MLP's teachings, still claiming that Friendship is the one true things, which made them lose the grips on reality.
"Believing in friendship will guarantee you a long and healthy life"
Wrong! Friendship is just ONE WAY... it is not THE ONLY WAY. There are ways to get things done that don't involve it.
"Ignore all bad things and they will go away."
They most certainly DON'T! You honestly think that ignoring the possibility of bad endings or unpleasant realities makes them go away? You're only setting yourself up fully vulnerable to an attack, and you may not be able to recover due to being low with alternative plans (You planned for the best, but did you prepare for the worst?)
Nope, in my honest opinion... MLP FIM is as dangerous as BARNEY AND FRIENDS.
The shows do not assist children in learning to deal with negative feelings and emotions, or how to deal with real life situations like Death, abusive parents, poverty, ect, ect.
While I CAN admit, it is a show intended for young children, and they probably wouldn't want to do things that way, that doesn't make it too right.
Sesame Street
Mr Rogers
they showed us those things and more, just as other shows did.
The real danger from the ponies is "denial: the refusal to recognize the existence of unpleasant realities. they give people a one-sided view of the world where everyone MUST be happy, MUST be friends, and problems MUST be solved and that FRIENDSHIP can do it all."
But all the reasoning in the world and attempt make Bronies understand that proved ineffective, they remained just as stubborn, just as hostile, and just as brainwashed as ever, continuing with their bullying, threats, ect, ect.
Then there's this site, which seems to be a central core for the toxins
-riffers
-trolls
-Groups dedicated to insulting others.
-Merciless downvotes of fics and comments (Due to spite for Author/Commenter)
I was a victim of this long before this site was made, and here it was WORSE...
People were making sock accounts of me, which was bad enough. They were copy and pasting my fics and putting them here, and telling people LIES about me and insulting me out of the wazoo.
At least by being here I have a chance to stand up to myself, and keep the bullies from brainwashing others, and let me tell you... they go to extreme lengths to do so.
-I post just ONE chapter of ANY FIC at all... WHOOF... it gets no less than 16 downvotes just like that, because apparently there's some shit rule around that people think fics with HUGE dislike ratios aren't worth reading.
Worst of it is, they admit they do it deliberately out of petty spite for me and my fics.
-I post a single comment, or a response comment, and I get downvotes, and the person I'm responding to gets harassed by the bullies.
I even gets tons of downvotes just for saying "What?" or "Hello" or even "Thank you" or even when I'm answering someone's question.
SERIOUSLY... that is petty spite and outright bullying, but a fine example of how toxic these people really are.
-Whenever someone gives me a nice comment, they get thumbed down, and/or mercifully bullied and hounded by the haters, who apparently think I should not be encouraged or praised for my own style. (They even went as far to bully Nicole Oliver and Tara Strong for liking my artworks and tweets)
Proof right down there in the comments
-They seem to give praise (Up votes) to those who insult or flame me, just like that.
...complete and total intoxication.
and people call ME toxic? Look in the mirror, or who do you think taught me to be toxic? (YOU)
Nope, I and other people on this sight are being targeted by the toxicness of the unscrupulous fans of the show who disregard the show's teachers and resort to bullying, riffing, mocking, to garner laughs (They're as pathetic as the people of Melromarc discriminating against the Shield Hero)
-We're being wrongfully flamed and downvoted
-People target US as people and insult us without qualms.
...and You want us to RESPECT YOU and others?
HA!!!
No, we tried to reason, we tried to be civil, but they want toxic, they'll get it!
But they should note this... They created us Anti-Bronies with their toxic ways and rude manners, and hateful ways of spiting us.
We won't stop because they won't...
But the point is, the fandom is rather toxic, and so is its Hatedom (which I am part of) and the people on this sight are mostly unscrupulous and dishonest people who try to turn life into a big popularity contest.
I can think of no better song that describes Bronies and Anti-Bronies than THIS...
Well, I'm not leaving, especially not because people DEMAND or BULLY me to leave. I'm staying right here, and standing up for my rights.
(Insert clapping gif here)
Well said, mate.
TBF, like OG MLP was meant toz the show was meant to be one families could watch, then execs saw marketing potential
And TBF, while it may not be realistic, optimism never hurt to have
And, while I may not fully agree with many of your fics messages, their quality, etc, I believe you're entitled to have them. And, while I may think many of your fics could use work, you are FAR from the worst fic writer I've read, you're sometimes actually a decent guy
5326901
Agreed, but don't become OVERLY OPTIMISTIC that you fail to see what is OVERLY REALISTIC. (Don't blind yourself to the truth)
5326903
To each their own..sometimes optimism can help people change the world for the better. Like one banker trying to make capatalism more compassionate
5326952
Agreed, but that doesn't mean it's the ONLY thing that matters and you should "Believe in optimism" and you must "Change" or be berated for it.
And just like I said, you and I are getting downvoted out of pettiness (Said Toxins)
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Eh fair, I like debating with people