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ponies-n-things:

thepoeticpony:

For fuck’s sake guys, see what all this hate for a show that hasn’t even come out yet has done? Will you all just shut the fuck up about what a catastrophe you think Equestria Girls will be, and actually wait before making a judgement?

You think, that after all DHX Studios has done to show it’s appreciation of it’s fans, they’re going to let it fall to shit? You guys call yourselves fans? MLP FiM was a big “fuck you” to traditional little girls shows, which are usually bland and have little character development beyond brushing hair. This has the possibility to do the same, except this time THEY’RE GOING TO CHANGE WHAT’S WRONG WITH ALL THOSE SHITTY BLAND HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS. 

Why can’t you guys just bloody wait and have faith in those you’ve fucking obsessed over how good they are in the past?!

Jesus Christ…

/rant

repost for that rant 

Guys.

This.

This is not okay.

Just give the show a chance

According to Wikipedia, Tom Hiddleston was a middle child.

Tom Middleson.

cosmicspacefrog:

The Backlash Over Equestria Girls

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Stop it.

Just stop it.

Yes I’m talking to you. Stop it.

Yes you, the poisonous person who thinks that just because something does not appeal to them personally…it gives you the right to abuse and harass the people behind it to the point of them wanting to leave the production.

As some of you may know the recent trailers for Equestria Girls…a new movie for the set in a humanized (ish) world of MLP…has sparked a cavalcade of backlash among people who claim to be fans of the show. These “fans” have then gone so far as to send abuse and death threats to the creators, prompting many of them to either leave or consider leaving.

This is just like that Derpy voice fiasco all over again. Here’s a little wake up call directed at anyone who has sent or considered sending their outrage to the inbox’s of the movies makers……

YOU DO NOT OWN THE PROPERTY! IT IS NOT YOURS TO BEND AND MOLD AS YOU SEE FIT! YOU ARE NOT THE CENTER OF THE FUCKING UNIVERSE AND YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WRITE, DIRECT, VOICE, OR ANIMATE YOUR WAY OUT OF A WET PAPER BAG YOU HYPOCRITICAL PARASITE!

I think I speak for the majority of the known universe when I say Micheal Bay is a tosser and he should really just stick to making gun fetish videos for the American military….but you know what? I dont want the guy dead. I’m not sending him mutilation threats just because the plot of the upcoming Ninja Turtles movie makes about as much sense as an octopus performing classical theater on the moon. He is free to make what he wants, and I am free to not like it and state in an acceptable manner that I do not like it.

But what I am NOT free to do, is jump up and down and bitch and moan and whine like 16 year old prom queen who is unhappy because her new Mercedes Benz didn’t come standard with an exhaust that dispenses skittles instead of fumes.

How goddamn disgustingly ungrateful do you have to be to actually send threats and demand the EG creators change their product into what suits you? You unbelievable scumbag……do you have any idea how lucky we all are this show got so popular in the first place? This franchise had absolutely no right whatsoever to have as much time, thought, effort and talent poured into it that it did…and frankly the fact it turned out the way it did is nothing short of a miracle. And now….at the apex of its popularity…when the creators are trying their hand at going off in new and exciting directions….you are going to sit there and shoot them down over nitpicky bullshit? 

Alot of people forget that although its a brilliantly made show, it isn’t perfect. It has plenty of loopholes and bad jokes and weird gimmicks that dont go anywhere. How were you able to overlook all that and then all of a sudden chuck a hissy fit over THIS?!

Look, dont get me wrong, there’s things I would have done differently with Equestria Girls if I were in charge too. I dont see why every single one of them has to be locked into a skirt. Yes their outfits look like the scraps from a Fisher Pryce bargain bin and a church picnic. And yes their faces do possess this kind of discomforting uncanny valley feel…..but so what? I can overlook the strange stuff I dont like because I dont NEED to have anything proven to me for me to give it a chance. This show has proven its worth to me a million times over so I’m not going to make myself look like an ungrateful cunt by screaming about shit I personally find a little odd. At the end of the day, this has still got to sell to little girls, and skirts, big wide eyes and stick arms must be the easiest way to do that. We just have to trust that MLP will do what it has always done excellently and strike a middle ground between genuine creativity and what the suits at Hasbro want to see.

It’s ok to SAY you disagree with some aspects of something. It’s NOT ok to send the staff death threats because of it.

Think your a fan of the show? You are most certainly NOT if you are pulling this shit. You dont have to lick the writers boots to support them, they are adults who work in the entertainment industry, they can handle (and welcome) constructive criticism on their work.

But if I were the one busting my ass and sweating bullets to make a brand new vision for a franchise that doesn’t deserve it in the first place only to get shot down in flames by a pack of ungrateful vitriolic cunts who wouldn’t know talent if it slapped them in the face…..then yeah I’d probably throw up my hands, declare “fuck this” and walk out too. 

They dont get paid to put up with this shit.

While I have stated the things about the trailer that I disagree with and am very nervous about, I feel like I need to reblog this. No matter how bad a movie is or looks, there is absolutely, positively no excuse to do this sort of thing.

It’s perfectly fine to voice WHY you’re upset. It’s another thing entirely to personally threaten and attack those involved.

economistderpy:

pegachess:

darklyspectre:

pegachess:

cyrilmusic:

YOU ALL MUST WATCH THIS. Show you’re rabid brony friends.

I like how one of the biggest reasons people judge bronies is because people think MLP looks stupid and inane. But when fans actually get upset over something that actually is likely to be stupid and inane, we’re “rabid bronies”.

Well yeah.

Remember when MLP was just freshly announced. “HAHAH KID SHOW WHAT THE FUCK HAHAHAH THIS IS GONNA BE STUUUUPID”

and then “wow this is great”

people are destroying equestria girls based on one trailer. 

being fucking rude assholes to the people who worked hard on it.

That is being a close minded hypocritical idiot.

• “don’t insult the show because of what it looks like”. 

*enter EQG trailer*

• bash something based on the show because of what it looks like. having no idea what the storyline will be

If Equestria Girls ends up being good, I’ll be the first to admit it. But based on everything we’ve seen so far, it’s looking like it’s going to take MLP and turn it into a stereotypical high school drama.

I’m sure some people worked hard on it, but it’s not coming across as something that has had a lot of heart and love put into it. For example, when you see these versions of humanized ponies, do you see designs that an artist put a lot of imagination and personality into, or do you see designs that a board of directors dictated to artists?

Why is it that the writers had to forego everything that the universe of MLP offers, and instead try to convert it into a human, high school setting where the greatest threat is some group of stuck up, preppy girls?

You might say it’s hypocritical to judge something before you’ve seen it, but that’s essentially what you do with every movie you ever see a trailer for. That’s the point of trailers in the first place. It’s not like I’m saying “This looks dumb, so I’m not gonna give it a chance.” All I’m saying is that I have little hope for it. I’m still going to watch it to see if I’m wrong.

The biggest thing to keep in mind I think is that the trailer is supposed to look stupid and sappy and cliche for all the little girls who for them, these tropes are not overused and panned out yet. The trailer will appeal to what has always been Hasbro’s main target audience. We never needed Hasbro’s marketing to appeal to us to appreciate MLP and start watching a show that outwardly looks girly, but then turned out to be great. And we don’t need their marketing now.

It’s the same deal with the Cadance episode and how everyone saw the trailers, thought it would be really stupid, and then the episode turned out alright even though they had to throw in a bunch of new characters we’d never seen before and all those shortcomings blah blah blah. Now bronies are doing the same shit all over again of condemning something for looking too girly, and I say there’s more than a little irony in that attitude, as the brony fandom has tried so hard to encourage people to not judge the masculinity of an item for quality.

I’m not a fan of the art style. Being put in a high school setting sounds unappealing for a bunch of autonomous ponies that are able to live independently on their own. But Twilight will go in with her friends to try and stop a thief from breaking shit up with the space time continuum across two different parallel universes. No really, go read the description for the trailer. Just maybe! The writers are smart enough to subvert a lot of the usual tropes and overturn our expectations. Even if the art isn’t the best, you can still put heart into emotions and story. The creators have certainly tried to do so for us in the past, knowing that not only we will be more satisfied, but they find intrinsic value in the labor they put into the movie.

Yeah, I know they’re aiming it at the little kids who have never seen these tropes before (though I don’t see how that’s much of an excuse to be cliche). But sometimes, a little marketing to give us SOMETHING to be hopeful about would be nice.

We can already tell from the character designs that this is a project that Hasbro is particularly lording over, and probably giving the creative minds minimal freedom with. (I mean, I doubt Rainbow Dash would actually dress that way, as opposed to something tomboyish or athletic.) Not only that, but the character designs alone spit in the face of a great deal of what the show stood for, with it’s “Just be yourself and you’ll find people who accept you!” message. True, the story of the movie might have the same message as the show, but keep in mind that the target demographic IS children, who are particularly impressionable. To them, they’d be seeing that message from a franchise where all the human girls make Barbie look obese. Which just might give them the idea that the “Just be yourself!” message has an asterisk next to it.

That says nothing of the actual story itself, but it does say something about Hasbro’s carelessness towards the actual content of the movie. And I think you’re avoiding asking WHY Hasbro forced the writers to convert a fantasy realm into a high school. Why was such a clunky premise chosen for a feature-length MLP movie? Well, probably because the idea opens the possibility for a lot of very marketable chliches and tropes. Sure, there’s going to be fantasy elements in there somewhere. (I haven’t been able to find anything about the space time continuum, but I’ve known about the “chasing a thief who stole the Elements” bit for a while) But Hasbro would have to allow those to a small degree. I mean, Twilight needs a reason and a means to go to this high school, right?

But I think it’s pretty naive to think that this project hasn’t been lorded over by corporate heads, moreso than the actual show ever was. Yes, we had “A Canterlot Wedding”, but “A Canterlot Wedding” never hinted at the idea of cramming Equestria into a human high school setting for no reason, nor did it boast character designs that could render the message of the show null and void in the eyes of it’s target audience. Yes, I trust the writers… when it’s evident that they have SOME freedom. With Equestria Girls, the opposite seems evident.

Yes, bronies are getting upset over this movie even though they expect other people to give the show a chance. But obviously, once the movie comes out, we’re all going to watch it. And those who don’t will probably leave the fandom. When a brony asks a non-brony to give the show a chance, he’s not saying “Stop bashing the show and just assume that it’ll be good!” He’s saying “I understand where you’re coming from. Please watch and episode or two, because I think you’ll find that it’s actually awesome.” Though, granted, most bronies aren’t so eloquent.

It’s not that I’m bashing Equestria Girls for being girly. I honestly don’t care if it’s girly. I care about if it’s good, and if it stays in the spirit of the show. I’m not hopeful for it because it’s looking like it’s not GOOD.

darklyspectre:

pegachess:

cyrilmusic:

YOU ALL MUST WATCH THIS. Show you’re rabid brony friends.

I like how one of the biggest reasons people judge bronies is because people think MLP looks stupid and inane. But when fans actually get upset over something that actually is likely to be stupid and inane, we’re “rabid bronies”.

Well yeah.

Remember when MLP was just freshly announced. “HAHAH KID SHOW WHAT THE FUCK HAHAHAH THIS IS GONNA BE STUUUUPID”

and then “wow this is great”

people are destroying equestria girls based on one trailer. 

being fucking rude assholes to the people who worked hard on it.

That is being a close minded hypocritical idiot.

• “don’t insult the show because of what it looks like”. 

*enter EQG trailer*

• bash something based on the show because of what it looks like. having no idea what the storyline will be

If Equestria Girls ends up being good, I’ll be the first to admit it. But based on everything we’ve seen so far, it’s looking like it’s going to take MLP and turn it into a stereotypical high school drama.

I’m sure some people worked hard on it, but it’s not coming across as something that has had a lot of heart and love put into it. For example, when you see these versions of humanized ponies, do you see designs that an artist put a lot of imagination and personality into, or do you see designs that a board of directors dictated to artists?

Why is it that the writers had to forego everything that the universe of MLP offers, and instead try to convert it into a human, high school setting where the greatest threat is some group of stuck up, preppy girls?

You might say it’s hypocritical to judge something before you’ve seen it, but that’s essentially what you do with every movie you ever see a trailer for. That’s the point of trailers in the first place. It’s not like I’m saying “This looks dumb, so I’m not gonna give it a chance.” All I’m saying is that I have little hope for it. I’m still going to watch it to see if I’m wrong.

cyrilmusic:

YOU ALL MUST WATCH THIS. Show you’re rabid brony friends.

I like how one of the biggest reasons people judge bronies is because people think MLP looks stupid and inane. But when fans actually get upset over something that actually is likely to be stupid and inane, we’re “rabid bronies”.

becuzbacon:

prepaganda:

Educate thyself…or at least, know enough to fake it ‘till you make it.

Cake fork is all I need.

My view: Do ya have everything you need to eat and not get all messy? Cool. That’s all ya need.

chocolatepony:

(I just saw Blink for my first time last night)

I warned you!D:

sallymon:

I’m not really good at anything Anthro or Semi-Anthros, bleh

but here’s a Lyra tho

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE CHARACTER DESIGNER FOR EQUESTRIA GIRLS.

It’s still shaping up to be such a bad thing, though! I mean, the marketing says it all. “Twilight faces her biggest challenge yet: HIGH SCHOOL!” Do you realise what kinds of movies use the “(awesome character) faces his/her biggest challenge yet: (something mundane and stereotypical)” line?D: The kind that hasn’t had any thought or heart put into it. I’m still gonna give this thing a chance, but I’m not hopeful>.> And personally, I thought the human CMC were  adorable, at least=)