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Friendship is Magic

Discussion in 'Ogres Breakfast' started by quinn, Aug 11, 2011.

  1. quinn

    quinn Starcatcher Ogre Veteran

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    Yeah, I don't see any negativity or behavior based on nothing but social norms. Oh wait, I do.

    I'm simply asking, do you have any actual reasons for disliking the show?
     
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    You just don't get it do you?

    Hint:
    Visit one of the Rebeca Black songs on you tube...
     
  3. quinn

    quinn Starcatcher Ogre Veteran

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    You haven't answered the question.
     
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    I dislike it because i'm not a 10 year old girl. I'm 21, and even when i was 10, i doubt i would be watching something like this and not Transformers, Digimons, Pokemons or Mado King Granzot. Im more into "boys" stuff :)
     
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    quinn, just let them be, don't start fighting here ;o
     
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    Oh, must resist the urge to start quoting sociology journals and papers involving heteronormative juvenile marketing and animation media.

    My biggest problem with a lot of what I watched when I was extremely young, including My Little Pony and another story that I loved like Strawberry Shortcake (I have an entire sheet set from that as a child) is that the writing was drippy, brainlessly moralizing, and sometimes failed to actually produce a clear outcome. Although my favorite character in Shortcake happened to be Blueberry Muffin (although I didn't like her dog) she was portrayed as a "scientist" and their world obviously ran on a sort of simplistic modern magic.

    Annie and The Sound of Music, shugo? Is it because they're musicals? -- I always found the subtext of both of them to be somewhat world changing -- well, the WWII subtext for The Sound of Music much more-so than the rags to riches story told in Annie.

    I was much more of an Oliver Twist and ...another story that involved an orphan girl and the name escapes me right now... childling. :)
     
  7. Rageaholic

    Rageaholic Epic Llama Farmer The Pit

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    Avoid flaming wars please.
     
  8. quinn

    quinn Starcatcher Ogre Veteran

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    Just because people are debating something does not mean they are flaming.
     
  9. Lions

    Lions Clubbed for Drama

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    Okay first of all, you're acting like you didn't expect this to happen. I'm not stupid and you're not stupid. We both know that this was posted because you wanted a debate, so we might as well have one.

    No, I do not have a reason for disliking the show. If you're a teenage male and want to spend your time watching My Little Pony because you think it has a good story.. all the power to you. But let's be honest, you know that many people are going to disagree with it due to society's stereotypes, and can you really blame them for that?

    Personally though, I feel that My Little Pony is a nice show for little kids, mainly because older people will generally be interested in other things.

    I myself would rather watch something like
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    Rather than something like
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    It is perfectly easy to believe something like my little pony can be well written. Anything can be. Just depends on whether or not the people behind it have the skill to.

    However, I choose what I watch not based simply upon the skill of the writing, but also on the setting and all other factors. At the end of the day, I simply cannot find myself watching ponies with unicorn magic prance around. It's not something that appeals to me. (and yes, I did take the time to watch the pilot so I wasn't dissing without watching. I also sent it to my cousin, because her kids are into that sort of thing)
     
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    I loved strawberry shortcake too! and also had the bedsheets lol! My mom recently moved and I even found a bunch of my old strawberry shortcake stuff packed away in her storage :D
     
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    Ah thank you, I agree with everything here. :)
     
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    quinn i made this as a sign of our friendship :)


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    Vocal サーベル 青 The Pit

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    ponymons,gotta catch them all
     
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    While I generally dislike musicals, I don't it's musicals perse that makes me dislike those. I mean Monty Python had musicalish scenes and subplots in most of their films and I think those are incredibly witty. Kind of makes you want to watch Spamalot.

    On another note.... If I had to compare todays cartoons with those from the eighties and nineties, then it's my opinion that todays cartoons are even more brainless. And I don't think that is because I'm getting older.

    Perhaps that is why quinn likes my little pony, because it is an old cartoon.
     
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    omgwtfbbq its ponyta and that zebra thing!
     
  17. Lions

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    I now want to sing The Lumberjack Song.
     
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    shugo Elite Ogre Ogre Veteran

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    o' he's a lumberjack and he's ok
    works all night works all day
     
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    Lions Clubbed for Drama

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    he cuts down trees, he skips and jumps
    he likes to press wildflowers
    he puts on womens clothing
    and hangs around in bars
     
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    shugo Elite Ogre Ogre Veteran

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    *background choir

    and hangs around in bars????
     

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