I Hate Everything*
It's a fact of life that we all have to live with whether we like it or not, such as Bears shit in the woods, Justin Beiber still draws breath and for some reason or another, My Little Pony is still hanging around like a sparkly turd that just won't flush.

I am not normally roused to anger. Anybody who has met me will know that I am possibly one of the most tolerant people going. I am nice to a fault, ladies and gentlemen, but there are times when I am irked and today has been one of those days. Woe betide.

I don't expect to be taken seriously by the individuals with whom I have umbrage, and that is really not the point of this Journal. I don't expect to change anybody's opinion. I could belittle my opposition by referencing their views as a mild-verging-on-serious delusion, but I won't because I am trying to be serious as well as satirical here. My point in writing this journal is simply to put across a point.

Again, I don't expect the more hard-core members of the opposition to actually get all the way through this. I would be firmly staggered if the majority of the comments following this are not ill-informed hate-responses and trolling, but if I had even the slightest shred of respect for the views of the people who leave those kinds of remarks, it might actually bother me. Serious, well-worded and critical responses I welcome. Trash and trolling doesn't deserve the IQ points that I would lose reading them.

Anyhow!

I do not name names and I shall not break that trait but an artist whom I am quite close to posted a picture today which dared to suggest that there are persons within/without the fandom who do not think that My Little Pony is the very greatest thing to claw its way from the primordial ooze. I know, it's a fantastically crazy notion, but if you can find the time to have a break from gasping in horror, there is more.

The submission further suggested that there are persons in existence who would happily not only state firmly and proudly that they hate My Little Pony in all its forms, but that the cult (yes, I used the word cult) who have descended upon this Television Show aimed at -hold on to your seats- pre-teen girls as a demographic audience, are persons with whom they would take some manner of issue. Those issues ranging from mild irritation to homicidal rage. This is where things get messy.

The Submission is not what I take issue with, ladies and gentlemen. In fact, I may possibly lose the more mentally unstable of my watches by saying this but I am actually in wholehearted agreement with the sentiment of that submission.
I absolutely detest My Little Pony. I watched several episodes for the simple reason that it did not seem to be going away and I wanted to make sure that there was a reason for that. I do mean several episodes too. I forced myself because I had managed to gather up some optimism from somewhere that it would -by sheer improbability factors if nothing else- get better.

Now, I will not fault production values. For what it is, the cartoon is well animated as far as it can be with the chosen art style. But as for the writing, script and sheer unyielding, lazy cliche with which the show is driven, I had to draw a firm line and declare that I truly could not see what any and/or all of the fuss was about. I do not get it and to date, not a single person (brony or not) has been able to give me a satisfactory reason as to why this thing is still running riot within the fandom. I would welcome a response to that, but need to stress that personal opinions of the show are not valid reasons.

Is it the sparkles? Is that the very magic ingredient that anything needs to make it an annoying, unstoppable sensation. It has done wonders for Vampires, Werewolves and irritating Canadian dwarves with bowl haircuts. Who knew that I could pour glitter over the most offensive of trash and instantly derive incalculable revenue?


I have asked this question before got "because its awesome" and questions about why I am so intolerant. The first is an opinion, not a reason and as for the second, you are a sub-section of a sub-section of a Fandom, not a race of people. Intolerance is reserved for when it is actually, seriously valid. People not agreeing with you about the entertainment values of a children's television show is not the same thing. The fact that the person who's comments brought about this journal referenced Nazi's oppression of the Jewish people when discussing hate towards MLP was so incredibly offensive to me that I could barely form words. This is nowhere near the same thing. Seriously, how dare you? The fact that you even considered this issue to be in the same realms of reality are beyond my capability to express rage for. Relevant or not, you do not get to reference that in the same context.

I'm getting off-track.
The main issue that I had with My Little Pony was not that it was poorly and predictably scripted, nor was it the research that seemed to have gone into making the most stereotypical of characters to please every conceivable demographic, what annoyed me most about it was that its sole purpose in existence can be summed up in one word. Merchandising.
Like the dead-horse that was once Sonic the Hedgehog that SEGA regularly beat in the plaintiff hope that a few more pennies will roll out of the corpse, this cartoon was created to sell cheaply made plastic crap and clothing produced by third-world residents in sweat shops to first world folks who should know better but just can't help themselves from being lured by the bright colours and cloyness.

Again, getting off track, sorry.
So, unable to find anything of value in My Little Pony, I find myself increasingly and repeatedly perplexed by its popularity. I have yet to un-watch anybody but I must admit a recurring feeling of disappointment each time an artist that I have followed because of their talent and previous work turn their gift to producing this hoofed nonsense. I have seen instances of people rage-quitting the fandom forever (see you tomorrow), especially when FA had an MLP banner, but until now I have been perfectly prepared to sit on the other side of the room and calmly request that it be kept away from my vicinity. I do not generally care what other people get up to. I really don't. There are things that people do that should disgust and offend me and even if it does, I just look the other way with a sense of dignified apathy and up until now I have been doing just that with MLP. Quietly hating but keeping my mouth shut because everyone is entitled to their own opinion, no matter how many times I have cause think those opinions are stupid and wrong. But MLP is being shoved in my face every which way. I know every time I log on to FA there will be MLP art on the front page. It's exhausting. I was even prepared to put up with that for a short time but the near-sightedness of the Bronies has pushed me to speak up.

Now, I am not trying to make this a blog about hating MLP or Bronies -even though you could have picked a significantly less douchy name and saved us all the red marks on our faces from each time we've been forced to slap our hands to our eyes upon hearing it- I am merely stating an opinion. My opinion.

The reason I was spurred into action means going back to the Submission. Because no sooner had the post appeared on the front page was it pounced upon by a Brony who challenged the very idea that people could possibly have negative opinions to MLP and to go a step further and dare to make a submission about said negativity. They persisted, stating -and I'm paraphrasing- that people were seemingly not allowed to say anything bad about MLP or Bronies. This is where I take offence. The Brony demanded an explanation as to why my artist friend hated the show and questioned how and/or why people could possibly get annoyed just because there are FA artists posting MLP submissions. Citing that anti-MLP submissions such as this are perpetuating the "childish hate" against the show.
It is a children's show. Everything about it is childish. If you think otherwise then you have lost your perspective somewhere amidst the Technicolour gravel. Take a rainbow torch and go search for your slender grip on reality.
It is comments like this that force me to refer to the Brony epidemic as a cult because that is precisely the type of behavior that is being exhibited. The flurry of angered dissent upon anybody who does not conform and the single-minded tunnel vision that leaves room only for their MLP-world view despite all rational thought to the contrary is ridiculous. As an exercise, just please take a step back and have a look at what you are defending with a few deep breaths and some serious thought.
The mere fact that this is coming from a member of the furry fandom should turn heads because if a furry is urging someone to find some perspective then something must be going wrong somewhere.

As I stated earlier, nobody can explain to me why it is still here. I don't understand it and the sheer fact that it is everywhere -still- just irritates me. I expect someone below who has not fully read through this and immediately determined me to be a trolling anti-MLP terrorist to ask me the same question. Why do I hate MLP? I have explained why I do not like it above and the mere fact that it is STILL here irritates me because I cannot understand the appeal.
I know why the morons who cannot see the copy/paste marks love Twilight. I know why idiots fawn over Justin Beiber. But I cannot fathom why Furries love MLP. I do not get it at all. You can't even make a fursuit because you would need two people and you would end up resembling a pantomime horse. I do not understand.

But, I have kept it to myself -until now- because I wanted to make a simple point. I have gone off track and I have possibly come across as a really hateful person ... actually, I am a seriously hateful person when I get going but my point is this:
Bronies, you are perfectly entitled to your opinions with regards to MLP. The rest of us, however do not have to like it and when we do not like it, you do not have the right to throw a massive bitch fit about it. In the same manner that I have stayed quiet until poked. I will respect your opinions as your own. I don't agree with them, and even though I would wipe MLP from existence given the power and opportunity -hopefully taking Beiber and Dub Step with it in one fell swoop-, I would not seek to try and change your opinion because that would be me imposing my views forcibly and that's how wars begin.

You have found something magical to fill your lives. Congratulations. But don't expect everyone to like it. You love for My Little Pony is just as valid as other people's hate towards it and unless you want to get into a sparkly dictatorship situation, things will stay that way. So, you will have to expect and respect the artists who want to post anti-MLP artwork just as equally as the rest of us expect the MLP bandwagon to keep trundling along.

I have said my piece and I will not be posting any anti-MLP comments anywhere other than this journal. But I am quite tired of the sheer lack of perspective going on around me and the ridiculous things that cause arguments.
Third World Hunger, Serious Economic Crises, The fact that Jeremy Kyle still has a TV show. There are SO many real issues going on in the world that require attention. The giant icy bits of the only planet we have are melting and people want to throw rage fits about the fact that some people don't like sparkly horse cartoons? Put some of that effort into something that's actually worthwhile. I'm sure I'll be criticized and called a hypocrite because I've spent so much time writing this, but I have had a productive, worthwhile day. I don't feel the need to brag about what I achieved because I m not that sort of person, but an hour once I am home to write a journal doesn't seem like so much time wasted. Plus, I'm in a much better mood now, so consider this therapeutic.

I feel I have outlined my position as best as I can. I am certain that you can pick at all of the holes and call me a hypocrite and ask "well, if you claim that you want to stay quiet about your hate for MLP, why is there now a massive journal where there used to be your supposed silence?" I would retort that again, I stated above -I was irked and took action because I saw something today that annoyed me. I would have stayed quiet this had been kept this out of my vicinity.
Once this is done, bar the probable arguments I will no doubt get into in the comments section that will further develop my lack of faith in humanity, I will go back to quietly hating on my side of the room and ignoring the MLP extravaganza.
I am certain that this journal will spur on numerous responses that won't be worth my time reading. Anybody posting TLDR btw, you will make a fool of yourself and let everybody know that you are a troll. Nobody likes trolls. Not even My Little Ponies, I'm sure. TLDR got old before it knew what was happening and if anything it suggests that you have nothing of value to contribute and therefore should have said nothing at all.
But like I said, serious responses that aren't just demanding my head on a pike will get looked at carefully.

I still seriously doubt that I will have changed anybody's opinion with this -other than making a few people hate me, which is kinda sad if you think about the reasons why you hate me now- and likewise, unless you can answer the ultimate question here (not the answer to life, the universe and everything, of course, we all know that's 42). But if someone can explain why MLP is so popular -and I do mean a real reason that is not your personal opinion- it may give me pause to reconsider.