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Author Topic: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)  (Read 442908 times)

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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1965 on: September 01, 2011, 08:35:42 am »

May I ask why, instead of ponies, every other page on this thread is about deep stuff like the meaning of Sturgeon's Law and dissecting our social norms? I thought this was the pony thread. Not that I mind :P
If you want my opinion, write all the filly clopfics you want, internet. There are people who like that kind of thing; I am not one of them, but that kind of stuff is very private, and whether or not you enjoy that kind of thing has no bearing on how I interact with you. Like you said, FunctionZero, these are fictional characters. Stay away from the stuff you don't like, read the stuff you do. Filly clopfiction becomes a problem when it  becomes real-life child pornography, because then a child has to actually be involved. That isn't the case with some guy writing some fiction, so have at it.

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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1966 on: September 01, 2011, 08:41:33 am »

May I ask why, instead of ponies, every other page on this thread is about deep stuff like the meaning of Sturgeon's Law and dissecting our social norms? I thought this was the pony thread. Not that I mind :P
Bay12 general forums tend to be like that :P
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If you want my opinion, write all the filly clopfics you want, internet. There are people who like that kind of thing; I am not one of them, but that kind of stuff is very private, and whether or not you enjoy that kind of thing has no bearing on how I interact with you. Like you said, FunctionZero, these are fictional characters. Stay away from the stuff you don't like, read the stuff you do. Filly clopfiction becomes a problem when it  becomes real-life child pornography, because then a child has to actually be involved. That isn't the case with some guy writing some fiction, so have at it.
Agreed. No victim = no crime.


But anyway, I do feel the need to mention that I got a warning for talking about this sort of stuff a few pages back. Don't agree with the rules, but whatever. Careful, lest all ye receive a warning as well. Move back to normal ponies.
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1967 on: September 01, 2011, 08:44:48 am »

And in general, I find people equating it with child porn quite offensive.
Sort of trivializes people's real experiences :/

Just my opinion anyways.
« Last Edit: September 01, 2011, 08:55:46 am by The Merchant Of Menace »
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1968 on: September 01, 2011, 09:08:34 am »

It's an image I don't like, but I prolly wouldn't have mentioned it if it were just that. Mostly it's the prior warning and I somehow doubt clopfics have the intellectual merit to overcome the rules against discussing sexual material. I should've just said that instead of bringing up my own reaction.
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1969 on: September 01, 2011, 09:23:24 am »

And in general, I find people equating it with child porn quite offensive.
Sort of trivializes people's real experiences :/

I dont think most are really equating it like that, like 50/50. I'd think that people feel it being linked to child pornografy in a way. I'm sorry I cant really find words to describe what I'm trying to say here...

EDIT: ASD, its impossible to have fun in these forums, everything always turns into so serious. (Fun?) :(
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1970 on: September 01, 2011, 09:28:49 am »

it's less about victimization, and more about it being wrong to get your rocks off from little kiddies having sex.
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« Reply #1971 on: September 01, 2011, 09:57:56 am »

Let's stop discussing sex.

I dare you not to shed manly tears.

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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1972 on: September 01, 2011, 09:58:06 am »

May I ask why, instead of ponies, every other page on this thread is about deep stuff like the meaning of Sturgeon's Law and dissecting our social norms? I thought this was the pony thread.
Because My Little Pony, through the child-friendly lessons of the show combined with the rampant insanity of the internet that has welcomed it warmly into its conscious has created a philosophical (dare I say, filly-sophical?) mess that many people are trying to mentally sort through, and are attempting to do so by general discussion?
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« Reply #1973 on: September 01, 2011, 10:08:10 am »

I dare you not to shed manly tears.

A ninja just shot my eye with a squirt gun. That's the only explanation.
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« Reply #1974 on: September 01, 2011, 10:15:39 am »

I dare you not to shed manly tears.
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1975 on: September 01, 2011, 11:41:05 am »

it's less about victimization, and more about it being wrong to get your rocks off from little kiddies having sex.

But victimization is what makes that wrong. Therefore when victimization doesn't apply, neither does wrongness.
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1976 on: September 01, 2011, 11:52:33 am »

On a different note, here's a clean idea for a fanfiction, or possibly a series of fanfictions (BTW, I probably won't use this idea myself, so feel free to steal it):

A fanfiction set in an evil alternate universe, where Nightmare Moon is in charge, and Twilight Sparkle writes reports to her on why it is better to be feared than loved.
 
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1977 on: September 01, 2011, 12:15:23 pm »

I personally liked my idea that I had from when I did my first impression posts. The one where I assumed their world was like ours so if one side was made eternally dark the other would be eternally in light and I asked if that would mean Celestia was on the other side of the world causing trouble by not lowering the sun. It would make for an interesting kind of alternate universe feel if done right without actually being an alternate universe. It could also be used to explain where Luna was all the rest of season 1. She was on the other side of the planet benignly ruling the ponies there.
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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1978 on: September 01, 2011, 12:34:24 pm »

On a different note, here's a clean idea for a fanfiction, or possibly a series of fanfictions (BTW, I probably won't use this idea myself, so feel free to steal it):

A fanfiction set in an evil alternate universe, where Nightmare Moon is in charge, and Twilight Sparkle writes reports to her on why it is better to be feared than loved.
Eh, I figure Nightmare Moon wants to be loved too, but that is my opinion of it.  Else it'll probably seem like a super villain parody, starring Special Agent Sparkle and comrades putting down dissent and goodwill among the pony folk.

There are so many different ways to go about making an AU where Nightmare Moon/Luna is in charge though...

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Re: When did ponies become awesome? What else have I missed? (take 2)
« Reply #1979 on: September 01, 2011, 02:21:33 pm »

Let's stop discussing sex.

I dare you not to shed manly tears.

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*sheds a manly tear*

RE: The filly/foal clopfic thing, I find that sort of thing a touch disturbing. It edges too close to CP for my taste.
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