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Bronies, We Are Disappoint
by the_gneech
Anthro Artist
13 years ago
EDIT:
Michelle Creber, the underage VA who allegedly had horrible things thrown at her at EverfreeNW, posted to her Twitter account that no such thing happened, and in a scenario like this, where the accuser claims to have witnessed something firsthand, but the alleged victim says "nothing happened," it all quickly falls into doubt. If the core of the argument is false, the rest is immediately suspect.
So, I'll come right out and say it. I may have been taken in by a troll. I don't think it's as simple as that, but I have nothing to base this on but my own gut instinct and the general tendency of all fandoms to circle the wagons where issues of gender, race, or basically not being a jackass are involved.
But I have to admit here that, as a commenter pointed out, I have my own confirmation bias to account for as well. I have on occasion been treated like crap by people flying the "brony" flag myself; I have also facepalmed at complaints about humanized Twilight being depicted as black, been creeped out by horribly fetishized pony art that I stumbled on while looking for references, and groaned at self-appointed (and apparently unchallenged) spokespeople for the fandom shamelessly egging on Lauren Faust/John De Lancie/Tara Strong to "Tell us MORE about how awesome bronies are!"
So yeah, it was very easy for me to believe the OP. If she is a troll just expertly pushing my buttons, then shame on her for pushing them and shame on me for allowing them to be pushed. But the fact remains that those buttons are there, and they didn't come from nothing.
Anyway. I didn't want to just leave all this hanging there. Michelle Creber has said that she was treated nothing but wonderfully at the con and I believe her. The rest is all hearsay.
-The Gneech
ORIGINAL POST BELOWSo, yeah. Not cool.
For more details, see http://mjolkk.tumblr.com/
Keep in mind that the fandom is not the show, and the show is not the fandom. Don't let one spoil your love for the other.
NOTE: Not my art. Borrowed from http://aman692.deviantart.com/art/A.....rshy-312579604 and http://starshinecelestalis.devianta.....ctor-301083655
EDIT: Removed some unnecessarily harsh comments.
Michelle Creber, the underage VA who allegedly had horrible things thrown at her at EverfreeNW, posted to her Twitter account that no such thing happened, and in a scenario like this, where the accuser claims to have witnessed something firsthand, but the alleged victim says "nothing happened," it all quickly falls into doubt. If the core of the argument is false, the rest is immediately suspect.
So, I'll come right out and say it. I may have been taken in by a troll. I don't think it's as simple as that, but I have nothing to base this on but my own gut instinct and the general tendency of all fandoms to circle the wagons where issues of gender, race, or basically not being a jackass are involved.
But I have to admit here that, as a commenter pointed out, I have my own confirmation bias to account for as well. I have on occasion been treated like crap by people flying the "brony" flag myself; I have also facepalmed at complaints about humanized Twilight being depicted as black, been creeped out by horribly fetishized pony art that I stumbled on while looking for references, and groaned at self-appointed (and apparently unchallenged) spokespeople for the fandom shamelessly egging on Lauren Faust/John De Lancie/Tara Strong to "Tell us MORE about how awesome bronies are!"
So yeah, it was very easy for me to believe the OP. If she is a troll just expertly pushing my buttons, then shame on her for pushing them and shame on me for allowing them to be pushed. But the fact remains that those buttons are there, and they didn't come from nothing.
Anyway. I didn't want to just leave all this hanging there. Michelle Creber has said that she was treated nothing but wonderfully at the con and I believe her. The rest is all hearsay.
-The Gneech
ORIGINAL POST BELOWSo, yeah. Not cool.
For more details, see http://mjolkk.tumblr.com/
Keep in mind that the fandom is not the show, and the show is not the fandom. Don't let one spoil your love for the other.
NOTE: Not my art. Borrowed from http://aman692.deviantart.com/art/A.....rshy-312579604 and http://starshinecelestalis.devianta.....ctor-301083655
EDIT: Removed some unnecessarily harsh comments.
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Don't lump me with those bronies that were doing all that sort of thing and that think MLP is the greatest thing on the planet. -_-
The biggest hazard to any fandom has to be the fans themselves.
I have seen it way too often now.
The only thing to do here is to really ignore them. Sooner or later they will fail (hopefully) on their own.
so yeah i can only say. Don't let your fun be spoiled by such people, they are not (should not be) the rule.. they are the exception.
https://twitter.com/MichelleCreber/.....27204377194497
https://twitter.com/michellecreber/.....27204377194497
End of story.
Maybe it's a divine warning. Or just a coincidence. DERP.