Einbroch said:
I don't want to. I'm sure it's a good show, but it's fans make me not want to watch it.
It's like seeing people at anime conventions. You see them dressed up and acting like their favorite characters (aka acting very strange to someone not-in-the-know) and it makes you not want to have anything to do with anime.
Fair? Maybe not. But it's how it is.
I'm sorry that you feel that way. I'm totally aware that any community will always get evaluated according to their worst elements, specially when it gets to reach a certain level of visibility. There are some weirdos in this fandom, no doubt, as there are almost everywhere. But hey, we're all weirdos to someone according to some standard or other, so, as long as people aren't getting hurt, the best thing to try to do is to raise ourselves above that kind of thinking, don't you think?
Anyway, I really like the show, and it's great to have a place here to discuss it and share stuff with a small but enthusiastic group, and I've yet to see something disturbing posted here (I'm almost sure it won't, since most people here are well aware of GAF's style, mindset and standards - don't be angry at us if we try to push them along a little for our own ends and means, as almost every other fandom OT does). I'm not going to get dissuaded by trolls, so I hope we can all get along.
MLP-GAF's current enthusiasm is just a consequence of the fandom's late blossoming in this forum, and wanting to make up for lost time. Things will simmer down soon, and maybe you'll be willing to give it a try then.
