Your picture is miss leading Thats a crow. Not a seagull

The american version sounds like a seagull. This version sounds like a crow cawing. Sorry for the misleading comment.

I think anything in excess will become a bad thing in time. Doesn't matter if the series at hand is about ponies attempting to find the meaning of friendship, or an epic warrior who kills dragons (e.g. The 'Arrow in/to the Knee' joke originating from the Skyrim fanship)

If Avatar gets excessive posts about Korra's tits, then that will be annoying as well.

I don't think the line would exactly be crossed when someone enjoys Rule 34 of the series, but when they start assimilating their own identity, internet or otherwise, to a character of a show (something I've seen in ponytime and the Brony board quite a few times).

Post wasn't targeted against MLP specifically, but just the executions of a fanbase in general. Even Twilight would be tolerated if the fans of that weren't trying to assimilate their lives and fantasies to that. But when it goes into this excess, it becomes a problem, and eventually it will just be buried in hate.

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I don't like pony posts because I don't watch the show, therefor I don't understand pony-jokes.
I don't find this rock amusing, I rarely do find 'funny' content on FJ, rarely laugh, just lols and go on.

Just because you worked hard on something doesn't mean that it's good. Besides, I kind of like the self-irony.

True, people aren't always funny even if they try. But a rock isn't funny either. The logic of the post above is the same as me posting this picture here, and getting one of the top comments.

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holy cow, thats op. <.< how are you supposed to beat that D:

I never fought it, but my friend has. You jump on his back and break open the plates on his back, then split open the tendon that's under it. Then you have to fight each part of his body as he enters a different realm, from foot to foot until you fight his head. He has tendrils and tentacles that sprout up to fight you as well, so you have to kill those at the same time. Gotta have a lot of focus to know everything that's happening, and if you don't have a well-devised strategy and group with you, it can all go to hell pretty quickly.

And by staying back in the world of life, this terrible world, you hold up a candle that can unite with others who know your pain, who are here for you, who want to see your flame glow brightly and outshine the shadows. They want to see you stay here, and love, help, and respect others. They want to see your flame shine brightly enough to light the path for others, and they want to see you become a guiding light for those who have none. I know that I certainly do.

For there is no joy greater than helping others, and by restricting yourself with your negative thoughts, you are holding back your wonder and beauty to the world that needs you. You are a hero. You are a human. You can help others. And by doing that, you will see that life is worth living. The people you know who killed themselves - they needed a friend. they aren't the only people like that. You can be the friend for those who need one. But not if you value your own life lower than dirt.

Remember: Even though it may seem futile to stay here and try to help a world like our own, every bit counts. Helping someone in need may not matter to a mass - but at least it helped that person, and helped you.

They were random episodes but maybe it has to do with maturity level.... There are plenty of other ways to escape without having to watch a show like that

“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”
― C.S. Lewis

I agree with C.S. Lewis. If you're mature, then you shouldn't care about whether something is "immature" or not, because you're confident enough to enjoy it. It's exactly what I say to people when they ask if I'm gay because I watch My Little Pony. I just tell them "I'm secure enough in my manhood and my heterosexuality, that I can genuinely enjoy a show about 6 multicolored ponies learning about friendship. If it's a girls' show, oh well, I do plenty of manly things anyway.

But I do agree with Eiza, I love it because it's friendship, and innocent. It isn't borderline kid-friendly, it's innocent, pure, and just a fun show.

As for escapes... most escapes are going into extreme versions of the world. Games where you're practically unstoppable and killing thousands of enemies, movies about blood, violence, and rape, shows about murder and drug abuse, news about these things happening in your neighborhood.

These aren't escapes. They're being infatuated with one terrible feature of life and focusing on it to avoid the stress. This is coming from a guy who loves the things I listed. In the end, who really cares?

It is borderline kid friendly though...lol... Its fine to want to escape from reality but why can't people do it through something more age appropriate or something less childish to me mlp is no different from lazy town or dora whenever i see it i feel like i'm being talked down to like i'm a kid all over again i don't see why people like that but I can understand if you're around 8-10 but people 16-? should have grown out of it. IMO Its not about sexuality i think its more of a mental status.

Well, if it helps, I usually can't stand people who are my age, because they're all so damn immature. But I don't mind hanging out with nieces and nephews, because they're young, and they're allowed to act childish. It's not trying to act more mature than it really is. It's a fun show, and an innocent one. All 'mature' ways of escape are really just delving further into the shit that causes us to want an escape in the first place.

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