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One of those crazed weirdos
13 years ago
#!/bin/sh
printf "%s " "shouting into the void..."
( cat << HERE
printf "%s " "shouting into the void..."
( cat << HERE
"Finally, a MLP fan who isn't one those crazed weirdos. >.>"
That was a reply on someone else's journal. It doesn't matter who wrote it; what matters is why.
Is bronydom so fanatical, are fans of the current My Little Pony series so rabid, that fans can't be fans without being thought of as weird? On my desk at work, I have no fewer than 10 ponies (including the Pinkie Pie RC car ["And that's how Equestria was destroyed!"]), and I occasionally play Celestia Radio at a respectably low volume. Does that make me one of those crazed weirdos by general standards or brony standards, either one?
As a brony, am I required to use pony words and sing about made-up holidays at every waking moment? Am I required to turn myself into a billboard for Hasbro? (To say nothing of a creepy one at that.) In being a fan, am I supposed to stop being a civilized and reasonable person? Am I instead required to be as a rule what should be a shunned exception? (Side note, the video behind that link is either funny, horrifying, or both.)
Are there really more obnoxiously loud brony wingnuts than there are respectful fan bronies? I don't know; I've never met one of the former.
I guess the main question is, are there really so many crazy people out there that such an observation could be true?
And every time I ask that question, no matter what fandom or group it's about, the answer I get invariably knocks my faith in humanity down at least a full notch.
That was a reply on someone else's journal. It doesn't matter who wrote it; what matters is why.
Is bronydom so fanatical, are fans of the current My Little Pony series so rabid, that fans can't be fans without being thought of as weird? On my desk at work, I have no fewer than 10 ponies (including the Pinkie Pie RC car ["And that's how Equestria was destroyed!"]), and I occasionally play Celestia Radio at a respectably low volume. Does that make me one of those crazed weirdos by general standards or brony standards, either one?
As a brony, am I required to use pony words and sing about made-up holidays at every waking moment? Am I required to turn myself into a billboard for Hasbro? (To say nothing of a creepy one at that.) In being a fan, am I supposed to stop being a civilized and reasonable person? Am I instead required to be as a rule what should be a shunned exception? (Side note, the video behind that link is either funny, horrifying, or both.)
Are there really more obnoxiously loud brony wingnuts than there are respectful fan bronies? I don't know; I've never met one of the former.
I guess the main question is, are there really so many crazy people out there that such an observation could be true?
And every time I ask that question, no matter what fandom or group it's about, the answer I get invariably knocks my faith in humanity down at least a full notch.
TheIceMan
~theiceman
It was funny yet horrifying.
Toraneko
~toraneko
10 ponies on a work desk is still kinda much tbh...
ArielMT
~arielmt
OP
That depends on the size and contents of the desk and the size of the ponies, the way I see it. None are taller than three inches, and they're standing in between significantly larger gifts given to me by my customers over the years. I understand fully how it could seem like too much, though.
