[ SECRET POST #1954 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1954 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 040 secrets from Secret Submission Post #279.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[drunken-clowns.livejournal.com]

I've seen a few kids' shows with some pretty big fandoms. I was really into Teen Titans back in the day, and so were a lot of people. On the younger side, stuff like Pokemon (at least the show is pretty much just intended for kids) and some shoujo/shounen for younger audiences is pretty well-loved. Ponies is a pretty special case though.

I'm also pretty bwuh? over people taking it ultra seriously and having these huge arguments over it. I've seen a lot of it that's mostly lighthearted and fun, and kind of in the know that it's pretty ridiculous. I wouldn't really care if you undermined it, I just don't see how shipping stuff is an automatic badge of seriousness? The people I know who ship ponies are pretty cool about it and don't shipwar or anything. I think if you're having an argument about marshmallow horses that isn't entirely just for fun, you need to step back and take a look at your priorities or something.

I'd avoid the fandom if you really don't want to see any of the dumb fights, though. The loud disagreeables are gonna be pretty loud and disagreeable.

[yunho.livejournal.com]

Yeah, i know what you mean in terms of some shows getting bigger fandoms but for kid's shows, like you said, it was things like pokemon and anime i think is a little different because despite being appropriate for kids, most anime is still marketed toward a really broad demographic.

lol yeah honestly that was my main point. Idk, based on the secrets it just seemed like people were taking a show that looked pretty clear cut so seriously. Based on the artwork, I kept picturing myself arguing with someone over the powerpuff girls or dexter's lab.

shipping isn't 'an automatic badge of seriousness' on it's own, in my opinion it just depends on how far people take it. i mean, as a kid i used to subconsciously ship spongebob and squidward, despite not really even understanding the concept. to get really really heated over something like shipping ponies seems a little silly imo (but i suppose i feel that way about every ship, if i'm honest. at some point i think people just need to sit down and think about how upset they're getting over a fictional couple).

anyway! yeah, you and all the others got me curious now, so I think i'll watch a few episodes. haven't watched any cartoons in years and i used to love playing with mlp as a kid lol.

[drunken-clowns.livejournal.com]

Well, that depends on the anime. I think some kids' anime is marketed toward a broad demographic, or at least deliberately inclusive of a periphery demographic, but some, at least in Japan, would get you the same reaction if you liked it as somebody who likes ponies gets here (not necessarily hostile, but definitely "you do know that's for little kids, right?") And some of those ones have huge fandoms here- it's really just the difference between kids' shows that come from here, and kids' shows from somewhere else that can be rationalized as not really kids' shows?

IIRC pony fans started out being pretty chill about their fandom, but as soon as a weird little subculture started to form around it, they got kind of stupid.