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My Argument With A Cranky Brony

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Okay so we're on a Kingdom Hearts board on GameFAQs and I notice that the topic of discussion has shifted to My Little Pony's new show. Given my perspective, I was a bit put off. In retrospect, I could've behaved better, but I did have an amusing encounter with a brony, that I will share. Their name not mentioned for protection. Formatting has been edited to be more easily readable on this site. Behold:



Me: The crap? How did we start talking about My Little Pony on a Kingdom Hearts board? Can't I go five minutes online without being reminded of that cartoon? Is that too much to ask?

Them:  No. It's a good show. DEAL WITH IT.

Me: No. I don't care if it cured lupus, I don't need to be reminded of it on every single website. The overzealous fanbase has actually turned me off of trying. There's no way it'll live up, especially since they cry and moan about anything that doesn't fit their fantasies, they don't love me, and they sure as heck don't tolerate me. Why shouldn't I be allowed to voice my disinterest?

Them: You are but a typical MLP hater. Nothing new here.

Me: As if I should've expected any more, given you've named your profile after one of the characters.

Them: Irrelevant.

Me: Maybe a little, I'll admit.

Them: Not even a little.

Me: All right fine. I'll concede that point.

Them: There was no point in the first place.

Me: Look, I agreed with you on something, take your freaking point. I'll have you know that I don't hate the show, I just don't want to see it.

Them: Your loss.

Me: Why? Do I really absolutely have to see your favorite show so that my life can improve?

Them: I never said that.

Me: Then why is it my loss that I don't feel like watching it? It simply does not fall within my interest, is that so wrong?

Them: Yes.

Me: ... So you admit it's wrong that I just happen to not be interested in it. ... Wow. Just... I'm speechless. It's the fans who never shut up about it, claim to be married to the characters, a-

Them: Like so many other fanbases.

Me: Ah but here's the thing: I never had to share any space with them. They did their thing, I did mine. But with ponies, I have to freaking see them everywhere and I think I'm allowed to get tired of things.

Them: No you don't. They are only really popular on certain websites. Also anime fans are MUCH worse about these things.

Me: No I don't? Well I know you're not stalking me, so that just leaves the option that you're pulling words out of nowhere. We must go to different sites. And anime fans? I've never encountered any people who treated anime the way you treat MLP, and anime isn't as mainstream, so it's not an apt comparison.

Them: Whatever.

Me: So I guess I win that one. Anyway, it's also because they get into homicidal rage against people like me. That, I hate.

Them: You hate it because you won't even give it a d*** chance and bandwagon what other pony haters say.

Me: Presumptuous much? I don't hate it, it's the (overzealous) fans that I hate. And no I won't give it a chance, in one sense. I will admit that it is likely a good show, but I do not want to be associated with it. If the fans never overdid it, I might've watched it. And what, just because my reason has been used by others like me, it's not valid? Have you guessed that there are reasons why I'm using these reasons? Maybe because they're true and your show isn't infallible?

Them: Nothing you said is true at all. Just blind hate and bandwagon of other blind hate.

Me: Based on what evidence beside the fact that my reasoning has been used before?

Them: Based on you hating it because some other people do without watching a single episode. You remind me of the idiots on CE.

Me: You think I'm a liar about not hating it because I hate it without watching it like some other people? But... Oh screw it. What's it gonna hurt if you don't believe me? I told you that I honestly, genuinely don't hate it- merely don't want to see it. I felt that way even before the fans came along, they just sped up the decision. I don't care about the show (which is different from actively hating it) and don't want to see it. Do something about it. Call me names, oh boohoo some tough guy on the internet whom I'll never meet thinks less of me. Just add me to your ignore list*, you know you want to.

Them: Your reasoning is terrible. So are your opinions.

Me: What, because we don't agree?

Them: No, because you are wrong.

Me: So... my opinion is wrong? ......  We're not gonna change each other's minds. For a brony, you sure suck at loving and tolerating me.

Them: Some things are untolerable.

Me: Yep. I'm intolerable because I don't want to see the show and don't like a chunk of its fans. No other aspect of my life matters, just my opinion of the show. Is that about right?

Them: Pretty much.

Me: By the way, it's intolerable.

Them: My bad.

Me: No problem. [Now referring to 'pretty much'] ... Wow. Well for everyone else out there who doesn't put the show on the pedestal, or for sane fans of the show who don't believe that there are people who take it too far, then just go and let [their name]'s responses speak for themselves. Or he's just trolling. Either way, I know when to fold them.



And that's when I gave up. I think his words speak for themselves. Sure he'll think he won, but really is the prize worth it?



Side conversation, earlier on:

Me: Am I seriously the only one who thinks this [their name] guy is getting too upset about this?

Third Party: It gets upset over everything. You'll come to terms with it in time.
(*Ignore Lists are the GameFAQs equivalent of blocking someone. Though that may have been obvious, I apologize.)

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That's more or less what happened to me this afternoon. What a crank. Likely a troll.

When I said anime wasn't mainstream, it's because... I don't think it is. You don't hear about it much off of the internet and away from people who like it. And let's be honest, which is more likely- a news piece/Macy's parade float/etc. of an anime character, or of My Little Pony?

But no, I don't hate the show. Just the fans who go way beyond the limits and act like hypocrites.

Edit:
I'm not really sure how this got so popular. No seriously, I didn't even put that much work into it. Is myself arguing with a troll really something people would rather see than something I'd usually write?
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