Right, honest answer. Is this show actually any fucking good. I watched the first 2 episodes and it was okay, standard kiddie fare and wasn't too obnoxious. I watched recommended episodes with "adult pop cultute" references and fair enough that was pretty cool but the actual episodes still seem like they're just for children or adults who cling to easy to digest messages. Someone explain to me why this is so popular?
Ah, the daily "I don't understand the appeal" thread
>>26804916
I'm being genuine
>>26804916
Pone waifus. It's all about the adorable pone waifus.
>>26804916
tell me OP, since you've watched a couple of them
>>26804916
They have nice looking butts
>>26804916
You have to want to fuck the horses, you idiot.
>>26804999
Lying is a sin, sir
basically, the songs suck and half of the voice acting is pretty cringe but the stories are nice and I like the references. I think I could probably watch it but I mean wanting to fuck a pony is gross and you need to get laid by an actual human being
>>26804916
>>26804999
>>26805112
>songs suck
>voice acting is cringe
>i like the references
youre opinion a shit and you a shit person.
Because the ponies are cute.
>>26804916
You've completely missed the point. Watching MLP for pop culture references is like watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for musical numbers. Yes, there are some, but they're mostly in one episode and the show is about something completely different.
We're not watching this series because we think it's trendy or funny, we're watching it because we care about what happens in it. If you don't care about anything that's not a reference, you won't find much here to enjoy.
>>26805349
fair enough
I thought the stories were fine, a bit like the powerpuff girls (which I wasn't huge on either)
guess I'll stick with gravity falls for my light-hearted cartoon
thanks guys!
>>26804916
if you're watching episodes, skip the first season and go back to it later. was kinda shit. think of it like skipping episodes 1-3 of starwars, you should watch them at some point but... not as your first exposure.
90% of the reason people like it is that it's cute as fuck and isn't the usual cynical dark tryhard bs most 'adult' cartoons are. nor does it shove the fucking moral down your throat and beat you over the head with it like most 'kid' cartoons do. there are lots of little easter eggs and references, sure, but catching them is only a small part of the attraction. MLP is 'innocent', although I hesitate to use that term so close to /b/... basically, it's just genuinely fun; the characters are memorable and develop over time, the stories are usually happy and do a good job of playing the characters off each other or off plot points, the music is usually first rate, and the writers pay attention to the fandom. for every twilicorn, there's a twilicane; it's not above making fun of itself.
it's not a cartoon you should watch expecting to learn the meaning of life, rather it's one you can watch after a hard days work to relax and unwind. because it's cute, bright, and fun.
...
the other 10% is the memes, references, animation, inspiration, purdy colors, 'plots', luna, derpy, etc.
>>26805168
plebvoice actings still good through
>>26805112
>the songs suck
I guess I can sort of understand, as a guy who dislikes songs in cartoons IN GENERAL.
But I've heard much much MUCH worse than what's in MLP.
>half of the voice acting is pretty cringe
nigga, wat da fuq
>>26805404
I dunno, just seemed over the top cliche
like snooty, country
very sit-commy humour but dumbed down
I've watched worse
>>26804916
I miss these threads. I hope they and the IWTCIRD threads never disappear.
>>26805457
>IWTCIRD
shouldn't have googled that
>>26805541
Silly, anon....you can exit out , but you can never leave
>>26805418
I actually like the show's humor. The jokes pretty often strike me as not over-the-top silly but genuinely funny.
It's one of the things that drew to me to show.
>>26805637
yeah like it was fine, I probably wouldn't turn it off if it came on
but man this fandom is not for me
I've never been a fandom person but this just seems a bit over the top
not that it affects me but it's just funny
>>26805666
see you in a few weeks when you cant get ponies off your mind.
>>26805686
thank you, but I won't be returning to this board
>>26805666
satan trips
>>26805714
You got trips. You're never leaving
>>26805418
Just about all the main characters except Twilight can come off as one-dimensional at first. Over time, though, it'll become clear that they're anything but.
Pinkie has a constant need to be liked by others, and doesn't know how to deal with people who don't enjoy her company.
Applejack will over-commit to any task that could help her family.
Rarity can get caught up in her own ambitions and ignore the wishes of other people.
Rainbow Dash tries to appear more confident than she really is.
Fluttershy is too worried about the feelings of others to say anything, but when she does decide to speak her mind, she often takes it too far.
You have to give this show time. It doesn't put all its cards on the table at once.
>>26805774
I just want to say I've never seen their character flaws laid out so precisely yet simply before.
Thanks for that. Really puts everything into context.
>>26805241
Funny how the simplest answer is the most accurate.
>>26805774
This is so true
have a small loan of one gorillion dollars
>>26805774
OP's got the ADHD most likely and won't find out.
>>26804916
The longest and most in depth answer as to why MLP got so popular is this.
pastebin.com/mwat380a
Isn't it amazingly precious that they get angry when you ask them why they are into a children's cartoon?
Here's an actual explanation for it all.
>>26804999
That's the problem. None of these bronies are genuine.
>>26805374
>skip the first season and go back to it later. was kinda shit.
>>26806394
>people creating an artificial "in group"
>wanting any attention positive or negative
>allows them to feel victimized and look down on others
>he says this while posting on 4chan
The lack of self awareness is amazing.
>>26804916
Fuck off. If you want to get into it, fucking watch the show.
>>26804916
If you require the topics covered to be adult, you won't be terribly interested by the episodes that don't contain memes or references. But if you enjoy character development and world building, then watch the damn episodes in order, or you'll fail to see the appeal. Also, remember that some of the appeal also lies in the beautiful escape from this shitty reality offered by cute ponies. Frankly, those two psychologists are probably right, our love of the show is a reaction against our cynical post 9/11 world. We wish the world were kinder, more filled with love and peace and understanding and friendship. And for 20 minutes at a time, the ponies allow us to escape to a place where it is.
>>26806420
You probably shouldn't compare yourself to the rest of 4chan considering the rest of 4chan wants nothing to do with you bronies
>>26806482
Considering the "rest of 4chan" is mainly composed of immigrants from Facebook and Reddit who only came here after 4chan got popular, I really don't care what they want. I was here before they were, and I'll still be here after they leave, posting pastel horses to trigger their crybaby asses.
>>26806495
>I really don't care what they want. I was here before they were, and I'll still be here after they leave, posting pastel horses to trigger their crybaby asses.
They'll still never accept you as peers
>>26804916
The show is good. It starts off only decent though. Aside from a few bad episodes, it gets progressively better through Season 3.
>>26806513
And?
>>26804916
Its cute and it makes me feel happy, which I can't say about many things.
If you're genuinely interested, just keep watching from Season 1 and onwards.
>>26806394
>it's only because people are pathetically lonely
What a brilliant deduction.
>they get angry when you ask them why they are into a children's cartoon
You've obviously been talking to morons.
>>26806482
Are you denying that 4channers fit the description of an artificial "in group" of bottom of the barrel contrarians?
>>26806546
Look at how shitty you are.
>>26806552
>>26806552
Calling out bullshit is different from losing your temper.
>>26806549
No because I think that's just a false equivalence on your part
You'll say anything to try and normalize the brony obsession. The anger at being asked OP's question is proof that you are on the defensive about it.
>>26806482
>he doesn't realize that nobody mains this board, they just come here because of GR15
We ARE 4chan you idiot. You can almost never spot us on other boards, because we don't post pony related shit outside of this one, but you can bet that in any given thread on one of the major boards, there's at least one ponyfag posting.
>>26806562
no I mean right in this thread, people are shitty and exasperated at being asked a simple question like "why are you doing this?"
It's definitely a sign of guilt to normal people. You know what you're doing here is regressive and unhealthy.
>>26806567
We know it isn't normal. I derive a sense of satisfaction at knowing that I don't have to do a single thing and people will still get butthurt by the mere existance of people who like something they don't like.
Butthurt only fuels us.
>>26806572
>You can almost never spot us on other boards, because we don't post pony related shit outside of this one
Yes you do
Also people can tell when you post on other boards
Because you have autistic interests like Sonic the hedgehog
>>26806567
>The anger at being asked OP's question is proof that you are on the defensive about it.
You're reading something that isn't there. If there is any genui9ne anger at the question, it's anger at being asked the same question for possibly the millionth time in a row.
I wouldn't know. I stopped counting after 1,550. It just seemed pointless to keep going.
>>26806577
Man, you are getting shitty and exasperated at being asked simple questions.
It's definitely a sign of guilt to normal people. You know what you're doing here is regressive and unhealthy.
>>26806579
>I derive a sense of satisfaction at knowing that I don't have to do a single thing and people will still get butthurt by the mere existance of people who like something they don't like.
you could smear shit all over yourself and get the same reaction
which really is about the caliber of your interest
I suspect it is easier on your self esteem to declare yourself outside normal social interaction by virtue of your weird obsession.
That makes it hurt less when people socially reject you. as they always have
>>26806592
>If there is any genui9ne anger at the question, it's anger at being asked the same question for possibly the millionth time in a row.
People keep asking because you can never give them a straight answer.
>>26806589
>Yes you do
Are you one of those retards who thinks that the guys who post ponies on /b/ are actually horsefuckers? Damn son.
>you have autistic interests
Horsefuckery is the most autistic hobby I have. Otherwise I ride my motorcycle, target shoot, or hike.
>>26806605
>That makes it hurt less when people socially reject you. as they always have
Man you know me so well. Except that I don't share horsefuckery outside of /mlp/. Clearly lots of people do, but lots of us don't as well. Your strawman brony is real, but doesn't apply to me nor plenty of people on here.
>>26806619
>the guys who post ponies on /b/ are actually horsefuckers
They are
That's why rule 15 exists
>>26806577
Not sure if troll or just newfag, but I'll go ahead and give you a serious response.
You obviously haven't been here long.
Threads about not getting the appeal have been made over and over and over in the past. They ended up being a bannable offense.
It's not irritation from guilt, it's irritation from seeing the same shit again and again.
Even delicious cake becomes horrible when you get it a million times in a row.
>>26806608
No shit. If someone asked you why you liked a specific movie every day, you would give slightly different answers each time since the first few answers didn't get the person to stop asking you.
>First you said you liked it for action, now you say you like it for its gritty characters. You can't make up your mind!
Look to >>26806361
>>26806631
Rule 15 exists because m00t was tired of looking at an email inbox full of whining every day.
>>26806634
>It's not irritation from guilt
So why do you get shitty about it?
It's probably because many of you just pretend to like the show to belong to something for a change.
It's not hard to figure out. Many of you haven't even seen the latest season. Many of you admit to not watching the show at all.
>>26806649
>No shit. If someone asked you why you liked a specific movie every day
If I joined as obsessive fandom over the movie Speed, and wrote Speed fanfiction and Speed porn, I wouldn't feel wounded if someone was confused as to this obviously weird behavior. Because it would be really weird.
>>26806656
>Every one of you is the same person
>You're just pretending to like this thing
>A few of you (but I'll say many to get my point across) do X
>>>/out/
>>26806608
The horsefuckery has been going for over five years now, around 2 1/2 to 3ish on the actual /mlp/ board. We see the question enough now that its just mocked. Its like if you went on /k/ and asked "why do you guys like guns".
>>26806631
No, they're fucking around because they know it upsets people like you. Its entertaining pretending to be something you aren't just to get a rise out of people for a laugh. How long have you been on the internet?
And yeah, as >>26806652 said, Rule 15 exists because autistic fucks got butthurt by ponyposting. People getting actually mad over cartoons is what caused other people to shitpost with pone as a laugh.
>>26806671
>>Every one of you is the same person
You're not really as special snowflake as you imagine
>>26806589
>because you have autistic interests like sonic
Oh, well I guess my interest in history and macroeconomics must be pretty autistic, since I'm a crossposter from /his/.
You really don't seem to understand that for most, if not all of us, this is a secondary board.
>>26806672
>Its entertaining pretending to be something you aren't just to get a rise out of people for a laugh.
Or, get some fleeting attention that you apparently were deprived of when you were young.
The depth of your obsession flies in the face of "lol we just do it for a reaction". That is just something to hide behind when you can't be honest enough about your reasons for being a brony
>>26806696
>You really don't seem to understand that for most, if not all of us, this is a secondary board.
Of course it is. It's completely full of garbage so you have to ingratiate yourselves elsewhere
>>26806679
>You're either the exact same person who likes the same exact things, does the exact same things and acts the exact same way, or you're a special snowflake
Wew lad.
>>26806697
>I'm not wrong, you're just lying!
Huh. >>26806361 hit the nail on the head there, didn't he?
>>26806702
t. damage control
>ignore whatever points the person makes to point out the fact that they responded
>the only reason people respond to questions is because they are insecure
>people are insecure because they are manchildren who pretend to like a show to make friends with other manchildren
>next person responds with a counter-argument
>cycle repeats
>>26806697
>You're just liking this thing some of you don't talk about outside of this board so you get attention!
>>26806702
>pic related
>>26806719
Do you notice though that people don't ask pokemon fans that all the time?
Probably because they can give a straight answer: Pokemon has a lot of complexity for a video game.
Might I suggest next time somebody asks you why you are a brony obsessive, try actually being honest about the social aspect and how lonely you are.
I think you'll find people will ask you this less if you tell them the truth for once.
>>26806754
>>26806767
Three whole minutes without a reply must be absolute hell for (You).
>>26806767
That's some massive amount of butthurt you got going on there. I watch the show because I like it. Boom.
>You're just watching it because you're lonely! You don't ACTUALLY like this thing!
First of all, how retarded can you get? Secondly, schizoid, bitch. I can't get lonely.
>>26806767
>your reason is what I say it is
You may be a little disappointed.
I don't really get it.
Why would some one put so much ridiculous energy to kill someone's joy and go to such great heights of shitposting at least 50 times in a thread to prove an un-provable point.
Some people will enjoy something no matter what you do, your efforts are pointless, you're not helping anyone not yourself nor society. Most of us understand that what we do is not normal or approved by the social norm but why should it?
You are basically a fascistic retard who can not stand the sight of people acting out of the ordinary, you are pathetic and a sad excuse for a human being you.
You want the answer?
Fine, the answer is that we fucking love those goddamn ponies, you can't justify love, it's like a mental illness but in a positive way, a sweet misery, a joyful burden.
The show is going to end in the near future anyway so be a little patient. You will see that all of this ponyfaggotry will go away some day just ignore it till then if it hurts you so fucking goddamn much that you care to this degree.
>>26806754
>a straight answer
See >>26806477, you must have been too busy sperging out and shitposting to read it.
I sense Barneyfag in this thread
>>26806796
To be Amish, he's probably just bored
>>26806821
Barneyfag is weirdly accepting whenever he comes and visits, so I don't think it's him.
this thread is so fucking epic
what a time to be alive
>>26806796
>>26804916
Because in a world where you're forced to choose between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sometimes you just wish mankind would go extinct and be replaced by a race of magical ponies.
And because Fluttershy is made of Xanax.
>>26806796
>Why would some one put so much ridiculous energy to kill someone's joy and go to such great heights of shitposting at least 50 times in a thread to prove an un-provable point.
Why do you bronies go to so much effort to annoy people with MLP?
Goes both ways you know
>>26804916
I think the best description of why I like this show is the following:
>I saw the fact that the ponies were everywhere.
>got curious
>watched the first three episodes.
>whatshit.mpeg
>turn it off.
>gay shit, man, why could anyone like this?
>go back to my normal life of being a fat, lazy shit.
>day three after poni.
>God, I can't get them off my mind.
>can't take it anymore
>binge watch the show.
>why can't I get away?
>watch last episode (I joined the ride after season 4)
>do, to this day, what I think to be the cringest shit I've ever done in my life
>I swear to celestia to get my act together.
>get in shape. Not fucking swole, but not overweight.
>make a fair amount of friends.
>do philanthropic and charity work.
>have an internship lined up.
>actually started a bisuness on the side.
>keep asking myself how I can better become the person my waifu would want me to be,
Looking back on my life, thought some stupid, stupid circumstances, MLP actually was the critical turning point that made me get my life in order.
God damnit.
>>26806916
>effort
You losers get mad when you so much as see something vaguely pony related, there's no effort required to piss your kind off.
>>26806931
That's fine since you already have a global rule against you
>>26806916
ah
HA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
>>26806916
>effort
It's almost as though you think a statistically significant number of us routinely violate GR15. If we did, ponies would be inescapable, this is one of the more trafficked boards on the whole site, and our users crosspost EVERYWHERE.
>>26806953
Some of you still can't stop doing it
I suppose it is a substitute for being respected
>>26806938
Ouch, the salt is real!
It's a good thing I have other interests, or I might be upset.
Oh and >>26806652
>>26806965
>Making others mad is a substitute for being respected
Oh the irony!
>>26806966
Moot hated furries, and you are furries. Pretty easy to explain.
That's another thing. If being a brony was a genuine interest and not just an obsession borne out of desperate loneliness, you wouldn't have to flaunt it so publicly.
That's another reason people keep asking you "what's the appeal?"
>>26806394
We're basically all closet furfags and this is a containment board. Deal with it.
>>26806965
And some of you MLP hating cucklords still can't help but come here and post these threads. I suppose it's a substitute for anyone actually caring about your childish whining.
>>26806975
It's true. People who are secure don't need to constantly flaunt something like you bronies do
>>26806984
I didn't even post it. I just found your spittle-flecked overreaction to such a simple question to be very revealing
>>26806987
>constantly flaunt something
Kind of like how you're constantly flaunting your hatred of the show ITT? Funny how at the moment you're demonstrably a hypocrite, while you've provided zero evidence that we even do any of the things you accuse us of.
>>26806987
Keyword: "need"
Also, >>26807000
>>26807000
>Kind of like how you're constantly flaunting your hatred of the show ITT?
Not the show. Nothing wrong with the show.
Talking about you and your obsessive and defensive behavior.
>>26806977
>borne out of desperate loneliness
Name one fandom that isn't.
>>26807010
>Tells someone they're a shitty human who doesn't actually like something they're a fan of
>lol so defense
So why are we still arguing with this fag anyway? It's not like either side will gain anything from continuing.
>>26807027
I'm bored and it's fun to see what kind of bullshit the dork pulls out of his ass.
It's almost exciting.
>>26806994
>I browse /mlp/ to shitpost about how much I hate it
>Or I'm lying about being OP as a form of extremely ineffective damage control
>Or I'm participating in an ebin raid
Pick one, all three end in you being the biggest faggot on 4chan.
>>26807020
I can't. Particularly the western fandoms like undertale, sonic, various furry fad fandoms, steven universe, etc. They're the same regressive behavior.
>>26807044
>I don't like anything so I'm not a lonely chump
Trying to bring emo back, eh?
>>26807057
I like things, I'm just not so emotionally hard-up and desperate that I need to obsess over them.
>>26807035
Fair enough I suppose
>>26807059
You're using the word "need" a lot there, buddy.
Also, just wondering, why are you here?
>>26807059
>obsess
We aren't obsessed, you obtuse fuckwad. It just looks that way because they handed us our own board. Like 80% of the threads are pointless filler because we have no clue what the fuck else to do. If you easily triggered faggots hadn't speeded out back in '11, the there'd be an MLP general on /co/, maybe an occasional waifu claim thread on /b/, and that would basically be it.
>>26807027
I don't feel like sleeping yet.
>>26807077
This.
You wanna know why pastel horse is so big on 4chan these days, OP? It's because of you. You, and all your little crybaby friends.
Ayo, someone hook a brother up with some salt over here!
>>26807077
>We aren't obsessed
lol. Come now.
This is the dishonesty I'm talking about.
>>26807084
You guys get off on feeling fursecuted and couldn't stop yourselves from inviting ridicule from everyone by publicly flaunting it.
That's why you're so disliked and have a global rule against you. Because you couldn't knock off the furseuction.
>>26807090
>unironically using the TIE Fighter emoji
>current year
>>26807090
>logical arguments?
>why read them when I can just pretend to be a retard, address none of the points raised, and then shitpost?
That's the last (you) you'll get from me, Barneyfag Lite. Good night you mega-autist.
>>26807104
>he didn't buy my bullshit so I'ma leave in a huff
lol alright
>>26807112
Alright, one more (you).
Don't feel so self important, I'm leaving because it's 12 AM PST and I'm going to bed. I'd gladly argue with you all night, but sleep is more important to me than arguing with a retard on the internet.
>>26807144
check'd
There is a dangerous lack of good vibes in this thread.
>>26806916
Ever since I joined up with this fandom back in 2011, there have been complete strangers telling me how wrong I am for watching a cartoon, discussing it, and appreciating content based on it. They say that being part of a group built around sharing those interests makes me prejudiced, socially maladjusted, mentally ill, degenerate, annoying, immature, or just plain stupid. They have a grudge I can't even begin to talk them out of. They seem intent on getting me to apologize and see the error of my ways, but there's one problem with that.
I have no idea what I did.
I don't know these people. I never did anything bad to them. I just like to watch a cartoon about ponies and talk to others about it. Those who dislike the cartoon don't have to get involved, they can spend time on their own interests. Why do they go out of their way to be around us? Why do they come back to accuse us time and time again? Why does our enthusiasm bother them at all?
Why do you keep doing this?
>>26807762
>Ever since I joined up with this fandom back in 2011, there have been complete strangers telling me how wrong I am for watching a cartoon, discussing it, and appreciating content based on it.
How did complete strangers find out that you obsessed over it?
>>26807768
Not me in particular. They say it of anyone who's a part of this fandom. I still don't know why.
>>26804916
>adults who cling to easy to digest messages
You answered your own question
>>26804916
Why on earth did somebody make episode recommendations based on pop culture references.
>>26807762
I get caught up in that kind of mindset every once and a while and have to just sigh in disappointment at the thought. Some people just can't fathom that anyone relatively normal could enjoy a show around ponies and stay civil about it instead of dumping it on others obnoxiously.
>>26806916
You have to realize, that's not us. It's trolls from other boards or other sites.
Moot himself said something like 90% of the pony shitposters don't post on /mlp/.
>this entire fucking thread
We really must be extremely bored to respond to some shitty "I don't get the appeal thread" and then actually argue with some anti-brony retard.
Nice to know that even after all these years there's nothing that triggers 4chan more than pastel horses. I'm pretty sure they were getting bored of shitting on furries and simply needed a new scapegoat.
Just don't you faggots ever forget that your butthurt is the sole reason why the brony fandom even exists. If you hadn't started throwing a fit about ponies back in early 2011, this thing wouldn't have exploded like it did. But when the mods started banning all anons who posted ponies because of your ceaseless whining, these anons eventually scattered to all corners of the Internet, drawing the attention of autistic neckbeards from Reddit and other sites who saw this fandom as a great opportunity for "belonging to something" and be part of a "loving fandom" where they can "love and tolerate". Then those faggots started shoving MLP down people's throats, which made people hate bronies even more. It's a vicious cycle.
It's certainly hard to imagine an alternate universe where this fandom would be contained solely to a general on /co/ and nothing more. You know, /co/ has a fucking Monster High general, but I've never seen anyone throwing a fit about it. It could have been just another weird general on /co/ that people would just ignore if they didn't like it, but thanks to the immense butthurt of a few 4chan anons, you have created the most autistic fandom to have ever come out of the Internet. I sure hope you're proud of yourselves. The brony fandom is 4chan's very own Frankenstein's monster and there's no way of denying that.
