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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Being anti-brony is a symptom of toxic masculinity. The Internet went after that fandom in a way I haven't seen since furries.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You gotta admit part of it was probably deserved.

Like the fact that people were trying to create imaginary friend ponies using Buddhist meditation techniques, the existence of Cupcakes (and all attendant media), and the popularity of “clop” flooding Google images such that a lot of little kids probably saw pony porn while looking for pictures of Twilight Sparkle to trace….

I saw this as someone with a homemade Applejack perler bead on my refrigerator.

It is endless amusing that this whole thing started because some journalist lambasted Friendship is Magic for using Flash, /co/ got intrigued, and then the rest is history.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just learned a lot about the pony fandom

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Did you know that one of the longest works of fiction ever written is a MLP/Fallout crossover fan fiction?

I think it beats Henry Darger’s Vivian Girls. Darger totally would have posted to /mlp/ if he was alive though, so it balances out.