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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

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#68352: May 1st 2014 at 2:08:23 AM

Pfffft

Invasion of Japan continues

Maud

edited 1st May '14 2:13:11 AM by AceOfScarabs

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#68356: May 1st 2014 at 6:30:37 AM

Post of the Day #728

True, but fanservice designed specifically to pander to males tends to be more offensive to women. *

This, on the other hand, is clearly a gentler, more benign concept, but I think it has a few vague parallels to fanservice. (See previous posts.)

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#68357: May 1st 2014 at 6:40:32 AM

Out of curiosity, what's the context of that?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
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#68358: May 1st 2014 at 6:45:00 AM

There's no way to see the previous posts anymore...

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#68359: May 1st 2014 at 6:45:55 AM

Maud would be impossible to beat at poker. Girl has zero tells.

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#68360: May 1st 2014 at 6:46:45 AM

And poor Flam would be scared shitless. tongue

edited 1st May '14 6:48:12 AM by Rinsankajugin

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#68361: May 1st 2014 at 6:48:23 AM

[up][up] Naw, you could probably beat her with statistical analysis.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
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#68362: May 1st 2014 at 6:51:26 AM

-slinks in- Hey everyone. I'm awake, and wondering what I missed.

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Darling.
#68363: May 1st 2014 at 6:51:54 AM

Math looks at the Pie family and just gives up. You cannot win.

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#68364: May 1st 2014 at 6:57:31 AM

But what about the Golden Ratio? It's all about the Spin, Nyo-ho~

NESgamer190 Since: Sep, 2012
#68365: May 1st 2014 at 6:59:34 AM

-blinks- Math giving up on the pie family? Perhaps some... calculus will stop them? (For those unsure, it's basically a far more complex math. I know Trigonometry hates me, and that calculus is probably worse.)

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#68366: May 1st 2014 at 7:08:56 AM

(crashes through window) Hey guys! Sorry I've been away for so long. I divided by zero and got transported to another dimension.

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
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#68367: May 1st 2014 at 7:14:05 AM

Context

What got me into the show was coming across this scene from Owl's Well That Ends Well. Watching the attention Spike gets from several female characters at the same time really drew me in. It seems to have been done to boost the appeal to male viewers in a way that was more family-friendly and less offensive to female viewers than something like fanservice would be. (Not to mention more sentimental and not as crass.)

I'm not sure how you could work that kind of Fanservice into the show.

That's not quite what I meant. I meant, a more innocent, sentimental counterpart to fanservice. Instead of pandering to base sexual instincts like is already abundantly done elsewhere, it panders to the sentimental appeal of seeing a boy so clearly adored by girls, and so clearly appreciating it.

The entire first season was written before the Brony thing. And what exactly is offensive to female viewers?

Doesn't mean that they still weren't trying to appeal to a male demographic; or at least make watching the show more comfortable for guys. I mean, if there wasn't some appeal to males, there's no way the show would be as popular as it is.

You misunderstand. I said fanservice would be (relatively) offensive to female viewers. Having a boy be showered with attention from the girls from time to time is the sentimental, family-friendly counterpart, yet is vaguely similar, except romantic instead of sexual; the connotation of guy getting attention from girls comes across, even though you know it's not romantic either, because you know to that guy the fact that said adoration comes from girls must make it especially special.

It would be offensive to everyone if it were sexual.

Also, talk about a blast from the past. 3 of the top 4 posters on that page are people I remember who are no longer here.

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#68368: May 1st 2014 at 7:28:31 AM

...I remember that discussion.

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#68369: May 1st 2014 at 7:30:08 AM

Good grief that took place quite a while back.

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#68370: May 1st 2014 at 7:36:13 AM

November 2011, specifically. Back before Boobustuber left.

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#68372: May 1st 2014 at 7:45:58 AM

@Story And Boobustuber was a former troper right?

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#68374: May 1st 2014 at 7:52:14 AM

@Marcen: IIRC they left because of personal issues about Rarispike shipping.

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