Talk:Magical Mystery Cure/@comment-112.207.6.163-20130217005321

Argh, why so much criticism? It's a show for kids. Judge it as such, not for what you want it to be. That just comes off as entitlement. It's not made for you. They're not pandering to your fandom; they're writing to sell toys to kids. And if they are, why is that such a bad thing when you are asking for it?

As a cartoon, it's a really good one and this was a decent episode. Most writers don't even bother creating story arcs or foreshadowing or defining their universe's lore because they think that the target audience won't probably understand and appreciate it. I like it that they sort of explain an alicorn's origin. I like it that it ran like a 20-minute musical. Judge it by its own merits and not by some arbitrary standards a certain group of people have created.

I'm probably going to brew up something by saying this, but I think that Bronies as a community are becoming more and more vain and entitled. It's not about sharing love and friendship and tolerance and liking whatever you like anymore. It's more about flaunting that we're better than you for liking something unconventional and tradiationally taboo (for men, at least). It's become so that we're a powerful community, not because we connect people and make new and meaningful relationships through shared interests, but because we are an ascended fandom! They have to listen to us and definitely have to cater to us, despite us being a periphery demographic, because we have branded ourselves a cultural phenemenon solely on the basis of liking a show outside the norm of public expectations.

But guess what, that's nothing special. Bronies aren't nearly as special as some of the special snowflakes who think they are.

The community had a good foundation -- had good intentions as well. But now the underdog is starting to become rabid, and maybe it's time to step back from it a bit.