@Iamslow
When I said humans are boring, I meant appearance-wise. In general, humans aren't terribly interesting to look at unless they've got deformities, scars or an elaborate getup. There's functionally little difference between human and pony on a intellectual and emotional level, so you'll get a similar conversation either way.
Guys can be just as interesting, you know. It's just that society breeds men to be secretive about their emotions and motivations in favour of appearing more "macho", so more often than not you'll have to carefully coax them into talking about the deeper stuff.
The whole point of the thought exercise was that it seems ridiculous at first. It's something you have to get used to. The idea is that you went through the exact same process with bog-standard sex back when you first learned about it, no?
@PopperFett
That's hardly to only case of such a thing happening. Nor is it the strangest, most likely. And it isn't an exclusively Japanese phenomenon. Just check out this woman for a second mind-blow.
Goes to show that love is a force that doesn't recognize such petty boundaries as gender, species, sanity or even reality itself.
@Fridge Logic
Well, I feel you're generalizing quite a bit there. It's true that each individual fanwork become less remarkable when there's an abundance of them, but the same goes for just about anything. If anything, it makes people work harder at improving their works so they'll stand out.
There's still plenty of innocent discussion about the show, you know. And don't pretend the indecent stuff is a new phenomenon, it's been there from the start. It's just a little easier to notice now that there's more people talking about it. How much you see of it kind of depends on who you're hanging out with, but it tends to be that the perverts are the minority. I should know, I'm one myself.
Well, the unfortunate fact is that basically everything is in some way tied to some corporation these days. It's only gonna get worse, too, most likely. But hey, there's ways to stick it to the man while still remaining strictly in line.
I'd say the show is actually trying as damn hard as it can to subvert and mock the whole consumerism aspect while still remaining on Hasbro's payroll. It's a careful balancing act, but they're pulling it off quite well if you ask me.
So the toys are a shameless money-maker, no question about that. But hey, it's not like most bronies even bother with them, what with being wildly off-model most of the time and all. And the usual reasoning is that by buying the toys, they're indirectly supporting the show, which is really all that matters to most bronies.
As long as the show stays intact, folks won't much care for all the politics involved. They're not worshiping Hasbro and their business practices, they're worshiping the show and the creative team behind it. There's quite a bit of a difference there, you know.
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