greg wrote:usamimi wrote:I was then told that I shouldn't describe any put-down that wasn't referring to a minority a "slur" because I would then be "insulting minorities" by "belittling their plight". I was then told that being a woman was also the same thing as being black/a minority, and that I was stupid, ignorant, and that I should "read more".
Oh my gosh. I bet this was coming from some high school or college-aged dingus who fills her head with all sorts of crap. She probably compares gays to blacks too, which in my opinion is completely belittling the plight of blacks in America and I am sure most African Americans object to being compared in that way.
I really don't understand the rabid fanbase of MLP. I have a friend who is designing a retro-style RPG featuring MLP characters (most are original characters, though). I saw the pilot and wasn't too impressed, but I'm told that the pilot just establishes the characters and that it gets much better after that. I was really into Power Puff Girls back in the day. Sure, they're cute, but the writing was witty and the show spoofed all sorts of American comics, anime, tokusatsu/kaiju shows, and even sometimes Monty Python. I assume that this MLP show has the same allure, so I can understand and respect that. However, I don't remember PPG ever turning fans into raving lunatics like this new MLP show. I think part of the reason is because the MPS fandom is shared with Furries, thus much of the stupidity. My friend is also into furry as a genre, and has furry friends. He even visited a furry con a year or so ago. Plenty of eye rolling, since he's actually not psychotic.
Yeah, the majority of the people who jumped all over me were young, college-aged girls. I just assume that they're going through that phase were they've had that "realization" that they need to be more involved in "the real world" and have now dedicated part of their free time to feminist movements or whatever's trendy enough to make them look like they care...I mean, shit, I'm all for feminist stuff, being a woman; but sometimes I think younger girls take things a bit too far with their over-enthusiasm, to the point where they themselves are coming off like the very bullies they're trying to eliminate. Telling people that being a woman is akin to being a black person? Shouldn't we be telling women that they're strong and can do anything? Y'know, supporting each other? O__o I don't see what the point of putting other women down and yelling at them accomplishes at all, but maybe that's because I'm "old"! ;P
MLP does have some fun nerd references hidden here and there, but not NEARLY as many as in Powerpuff Girls, or even Foster's Home of Imaginary Friends (which Lauren Faust also worked on, it's a great series if you never saw it). I do agree that I think one of the main reasons the internet picked up on it so quickly was that furries also embraced it. (Which is funny, as far as I knew, they wanted nothing to do with the older cartoons...) And while I have had my instances of creepy dude-bros trying to "impress" me with the fact that they like it ("I know, it might sound weird to others, but I guess I'm just unique!
I like a
girl's show!"...yeah, ok, buddy, you don't see me making a huge deal that I've loved shit targeted towards men for YEARS but that I happen to have a vagina, do you?! You don't get a trophy for something ladies have been doing for ages, sorry.) I usually don't care, because like I said...I seem to have more run-ins with female fans than male, for some weird reason.
The show isn't even that good anymore, now that Lauren Faust has left to pursue other projects; but geez don't tell THAT to any of the random fans online unless you want an earfull.
