#no hate on bronies tho

[dissvicious]

nobody, litteraly nobody, like really not a single soul: ...

My brain : if buggy was in MLP I think he would be pinkie pie or discord

[captainzigo]

Hi everypony!

My kofi is ko-fi.com/captainzigo if you enjoy my art, consider leaving me a tip! this is otherwise entirely a labor of love so,,,

you can also send a request with your tip! but if you choose to do so, please read the disclaimer later on in this post**

my non-art blog, where i accept asks is @snapewife-divorce-lawyer and my reblog-spam blog is @3amgaypotion also i am on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/captainzigo.bsky.social

that's a bunch of pictures of my oc(/ponysona) Prickly Pear. she's a cowgirl

Frequent/noteworthy questions below the break

**on donations made to me:

i still dont take commissions currently, but if you send a request with a donation, there's a 99% chance i'll do it. and that remaining 1% i'll probably just ask you for a different request. if you send me a request with a donation you are not sending me a commision. you are making a donation, and i might do you a favor as a result. you do not own the resulting art. and I am under no obligation to complete it or to do it in the way that you like. you do not need to make a donation in order to make a request. i talk more about it here

hello mutuals!

If you are a mutual, DM me for an invite to discord server and subsequently to minecraft server

on sending me asks:

any asks you send me should be like Strongbad emails. one paragraph. no attachments. unless you are sending me refs.

in any interactions, please keep in mind that i am a stranger on the internet and act accordingly.

unless I have explicitly said otherwise, you can safely assume that I do not count you amongst my friends. it is nothing personal, it is in fact the opposite.

why am i like this?

i am autistic. i say this because representation matters, but also because i would like to ask that you please be very frank with me. i don't even really need your patience. just say what you mean and we will get along fine.

can you draw my ocs?

you most certainly can draw any of my ocs. i'd love that acually. tag me

on (re)posting my art:

do not post my art on other platforms. do not repost my art period. I don't really exist on other platforms since i deleted Twitter. So if you see my stuff on other platforms, it's not me. except for my bluesky.

transformative works are obviously allowed, at least here in america where i live. but if you want my blessing, please keep them SFW, and try to keep the spirit of the original artwork

is my blog SFW?

im in my twenties. i keep my blog SFW (as i define it) as a strict rule.

i do not consider the fact that sex exists, that some people enjoy it, or some innuendo to be NSFW. i also do not consider swearing, even as tho a sailor might, to be NSFW.

are NSFW interactions ok?

in short: no. while i have no aversion to to that sort of thing, and often actually enjoy it, i keep this blog SFW. the intention behind my art is to be SFW even when it might be skirting the line. in general, and especially, specifically with mlp, i do not wish to have NSFW interactions on the internet. please respect this boundary.

on shipping:

in my opinion, all romance real or fictional should be between people who are similar in age, doing age appropriate things, not closely related, and all with mutual consent. i am not interested in witnessing or interacting with anything outside of these parameters.

on my blue hair and pronouns:

i am a trans woman. i am also bisexual. i am also poly and demi since im listing things. i am out online becasue i know how important it is to know that you aren't alone.

do i take constructive criticism?

NO 🖕👹🖕 FUCK YOU!!!!!!! GET BLOCKED IDIOT!! unless you are a marginalized person who feels i have unintentionally made you uncomfortable somehow with my art or otherwise. in that case i am sorry and you do me a great favor by calling me out. OTHERWISE FUCK YOU DUMBASS IF YOU DONT LIKE MY ART GO DRAW YOUR OWN 🖕🖕🖕🖕

“i hate bronies”…

i don't necessarily hate you if you self identify with that label. i like to make myself off-putting to keep creeps away. i talk about it more in this post: https://www.tumblr.com/captainzigo/744131513208176640/when-i-say-i-hate-bronies-in-my-header-its

brony?

i don't hold a lot of nostalgia for old brony stuff. infact it's quite the opposite. i was a child when the show came out, and more than that i was a girl. i am not a brony.

do i like g5?

i like all generations of mip including the new stuff. gen 4 is just the one i grew up with

why is my header aurora, bori and alice from the best gift ever?

well that would be because i hate them like a mother hates a child. like the sun hates the moon. like sickly victorian child hates the slightest morsel of bread.

on flurryheart:

i often draw stuff about cozy glow x flurry heart. this is with the understanding that cozy glow spends about a decade turned to stone. nullifying the age gap.

🤓☝️ i think you mean effect, not affect

i am dyslexic. i spell stuff wrong all the time and i type weird. please don't bother correcting me. wooptydoo your brain is wired normally. sending you a medal.

on my username:

i've had the same username since i debuted on the internet. zigo is the name of an oc i made that i dont really talk much about anymore. zigo is a fine enough nickname, and at least one person calls me that irl.

[tiredemzz]

Basically me rambling about my version of Ben in my AU- enjoy :)

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BENJAMIN ‘DOVER’ DROWNED HCS IN MY AU:

- Ben is basically a fan of anything, legit mention exe games and this boi will run towards you and say “YOU HEARD OF EXE GAMES?! So have I!”

- Legit hates his childhood, his dad (I mean come on, who wouldn’t?)

- Do not call him Benjamin, he hates that name bc it reminds him of his dad- who wasn’t a good man towards Ben

- Ben owns a drawing tablet that he hides from the creepypasta’s bc he doesn’t want to be teased about having a drawing tablet

- Drinks soda or juice, hates drinking water. Doesn’t mind drinking chocolate milk tho.

- He vibes to basically FNF music, metal/rock music and video game music. Think of Mic of Time, he loves that FNF mod sm. Also Terrible Fate- that’s also an FNF mod that he likes!

- He legit can’t cook or bake anything, he doesn’t trust himself in the kitchen.

- He’s not a perv, he’s sometimes a gentleman bc slender teached him on how to act like one.

-He’s also 16-17, so basically a teen. Not a 12 yr old.

-Big fan of creepypasta land, laughs at the Ben character that he sees but when he sees the MLP video.. he’s like ‘this Ben guy is a brony? Respect.’ Any RPG maker game would catch this boy’s eye, for example Ao Oni.

-A mama’s boy, 100%

-Bi basically, pronouns are he/them/him. Also he’s 5”6-5”7 basically.

- A childhood friend of Anon’s, also Jeffery! (Please do not ship Ben and Jeff bc Jeff is aroace in my AU.)

- Definitely used to Anon’s rambling and loves it sm.

- Wears fucking baggy clothes, no questions asked.

- Basically acts like a younger brother towards Jeff and Sal :)

- A Sally Face Fan, he basically can relate to Sally Face. Also he relates to Finn from adventure time, he relates to anyone with his hair color pretty much.

-Basically owns graphic tees, he loves graphic tees.

-Favorite weather for him as to be winter and fall, he hates summer sm.

-His parents got sadly divorced and he personally would rather head to his mother’s house, then stay with his horrible father.

-He’s also a sweetheart sometimes <3

-He changed his last name to Dover bc he hates the last name named Lawmen but it slowly came his middle name lel

- He wears precings, no questions asked.

- His voice sounds like a glitch almost, a bit deep but not to deep. It’s a little bit high pitched.

- He still uses cleverbot to mess with the players that uses it to try and summon him.

- He doesn’t go though other people’s electric devices but he would do it to mess with his victims, not the creepypasta’s that are in the mansion.

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And that’s all u need to know about my version of Ben in my AU <3

[twistedcollective]

autism rambles

headcanons i yapped to a friend (@herconfuse im so sorry buddy)

theres a shit ton, some tdas but most are metal family. also these are copy pasted from spacehey, in parts cause i hit the character limit. four times. if some make more sense reading them as a dm, thats why. im so autistic about this show bro.

tw for various types of abuse when talking about glam and his backstory and family, also superrr limited mention of sh there too

theres probably gonna be another part to this at some point

tdas: - mal acted like a villain for the show bc fans enjoy drama and on my LIFE chris is rigging votes based on fan popularity and who he personally likes. so mal was just being overdramatic so he could stay on longer. two steps ahead frfr (ok nikocado pack it up /silly) - vito x anne maria. idc that the show tries to make her look bad, those two are so cute and systems can date different people bro - mike x zoey, obv, but also svetlana x zoey. shes poly for her partner sys ur honor. also, bi zoey. and super supportive singlet zoey. idk i love zoey sm shes so sweet - dawn is pagan, probably works with gaia or some other version of mother earth - cameron is autistic as hell bro thats not even a headcanon thats basically canon atp. that boy has so much tism in him - B is transmasc (yes this is tdroti not tdas. shush.)

metal family: - i think dee listens to white girl music sometimes - he picked it up from ches, who would blare 2000s white girl bangers to annoy his mom during fights - gustav has been to prison and had his record cleared via shady payoff to the govt - mary was married to gustav via some sort of arranged marraige (possibly a forced taxes and traditional conservative values thing cause he absolutely would [i hate gustave with a passion]) - gustav died believing that glam got fully possessed by the devil during that one scene - glam gets nightmares about his dad and/or about becoming like his dad and hurting his wife and kids. his sleep schedule is still ass to this day - nobody knows the full extent of glam's childhood, not even ches - ches probably assumed glam's scars were self inflicted due to location, and he hasnt asked to clarify bc he doesnt really know how - hes absolutely noticed tho - lif and dee consider the rat their adopted son and his theme song is rats by ghost since they both canonically like that band - heavy prefers the metallica version of enter sandman, dee likes the ghost cover better - vicky listens to viking metal and aggressive sea shanties - glam would love chappel roan - ches would love sabrina carpenter - dee would unironically like taylor swift and would tell NOBODY - dee is not only a brony (canon), but also a furry. he has a fursona and a ponysona - dee would be a reality shifter but he doesnt believe it exists - dee does NOT like cats. heavy absolutely loves them. lif likes them, but also draws gore of them (not in an edgy way but she thinks the biology is neat and has an art style where it works) - lif sits in graveyards in her spare time

metal family part 2: - heavy is a theistic satanist, dee is an atheist (canon), lif is an atheistic satanist but likes theistic satanism quite a bit, glam is an atheist, vicky is a norse pagan, ches is in tune with the universe and just calls himself "spiritual, not religious" - dee writes fanfic - i love headcanons where dee is just an absolute fucking nerd cause its SO ACCURATE bro that boy is a GEEK - dee knows the basics of chemical warfare from his chemistry phase - he could and absolutely would nuke someone if he had good reason

metal family part 3: - dee is a controlled pyromaniac - dee steals from big businesses and never from small/independent ones, he taught heavy who only steals food (candy, drinks, etc) bc anything else makes him feel guilty - dee has a spacehey account - hes also very active on the dark web, and holds a paywall on hacker services for people - he has sent things to people who wanted him to hack for shitty reasons. by things, i mean animals. not alive ones. also, small pipe bombs that arent quite deadly but will still hurt pretty damn badly - dee will jailbreak people's school devices, for a fee - hes such a con artist except hes not cause he actually pulls through - his stalker thing with lif was purely genetic, idk how but it was (see: glam stalked vicky too) - both relationships are super healthy tho dwdw - heavy cant work the internet without dees help, but is very active online where hes allowed to be - dee is a dipper personality type, heavy is a mabel personality type, and lif channels bill cipher without the,, yknow,, pure insanity - that one pink haired girl whos name i cant remember is super nice but super sheltered from alt subcultures and queer people, think caitlyn from my creative writing class (ik you dont know her)

metal family part 4: - lif had a dsmp phase and was an e girl in 2020 - she also has a scene phase shortly after - goth isnt her only style but its def her main and shes super good at the makeup and also the dancing - heavy would pierce someone for enough money - dee would give people tattoos at school for money, but he refuses to do stick and poke so he cant (doesnt have a machine) - lif draws art commissions online - dee and lif are both huge creepypasta enjoyers and have loads of ocs - heavy knows the basic ones (jeff the killer, toby, ben drowned, etc) - heavy and dee would write and produce films with shitty production quality thatre somehow really good and post them on youtube - dee takes college level classes and is aiming for his two-year by graduation (omg look its ollie projecting onto his fav characters again) - glam is pan, dee is demiromantic ace, heavy is straight as a fucking board, vicky is straight but was bicurious at one point cause lesbians absolutely love her (anna has a one sided crush one her rip), ches is gay but doesnt date much anyways, lif is bi with a preference for girls (although technically she has a preference for dee) - lif had a pink and girl phase in elementary, complete with the justice and claires stuff - lif is a demigirl (our lif is transfem i think iirc)

[evb0]

procrastinating so u guys get my hatchetverse hcs!!! (these are going to be a lot of shit i picked up from random posts that i dont remeber the ops of so sorry if u made one of these hcs and i dont credit you i love you sorry) ethan green

probably like 23? 25?

hes actually bi he told me himself

afab he/they boyflux sue me

lex is his first and only gf. he's probably had like one bf before but he loves lex sm more (simp) (malewife to her girlboss basically)

orphan sorry i dont make the rules

his dad left like immedately and his mom passed of old age when he was like 17 idk

hannah is basically his little sister. he'd die 4 her actually.

ted spankoffski

like late 20s early 30s at the most ithink

so painfully thirsty for anyone he has to be pan

amab he/him but doesnt really give a fuck

has never had a partner thats so sad. he makes up for this by constantly acting like everybody wants him. they dont. (exepct for me i love him)

doesnt really have a CRUSH on anyone speific but mark chastity is his fav to tease (sorry im a baby for holy bastard)

him and petes parents love them but theyre kinda like.. oblivious and absent. like theyre always on trips and leaving pete to live w ted

max jagerman

im not gonna list all of the teens' age theyre all 16-18

im assimilating with this one he/she pronouns amab

hes omni he told me himself pref 2 women

everybody wants him he only wants the nerd (hes just like me fr)

he isnt dead shut up shut up sHUT UP HES FINE OKAY

his dad is not good his mom died in childbirth

stephanie lauter

genderqueer. they/she/he in order of pref. also uses xe/xir idc sue me

pan thats cannon she told me xirself

does tiktok dances but really badly on purpose

the biggest simp on earth to her one guy and nobody ese

will fluster the living hell out of pete in public for fun

hates being the mayors daughter, feels alienated bcs of it

pete spankoffski

he/they afab i dont make the rules

bi if you argue youre homophobic (/J)

actually loves his big bro but acts like he doesnt bcsaude is ted hears him looking up ted he'll never hear the end of it

nickname seymour from ruth (bcause lsoh)

ex-brony

richie whateverhislastnameis

afab he/xe/nya/zap he would have so many cool neos. one of those people whos neo list is longer than the bill of rights

gay mlm yes

undertale enjoyer

nge enjoyer

discord mod in an anime server

owns several body pillows

xem and ruth have been friends since pre-k so they know eachother like the back of their hand

ruth whateverherlastnameis

afab she/they

omni large large large pref to girls. likes a few boys sorta

biggest theatre kid ever but sucks at acting and singing (the curse)

got ensemble ONCE and cried at the cast list

fav show is heathers

heather m kin i dont make the rules

grace chastity

afab she/her

bi

liked a girl once and cried for a week str8 abt going 2 hell

i dont have alot of hcs for her but i think she would like fire a large amount

not even arson wise but like

a firebug

tinky

i already made my hcs for all the LiBs' true forms so go find those if you want

all the libs dont give a fuc about pronouns call them whatever

i do he/him tho

tinky is really just a 13 yr old girl freaking out abt one specific guy (ted) and making fucked up fanfics with him (time bastard nmt)

the "youngest" of the siblings

boy jerry

i beleive that every character jon plays is related. boy jerry is pauls fucked up brother. which means hes also richies uncle

[secretkittywolf]

Zexal headcannons that appeared out of nowhere. (There's a lot btw)

Cathy and Shark bite people. Cathy mainly nibbles or nips you, whilst Shark will full on bite you. The Numbers Club are covered in nips from Cathy and bite marks from Shark. Cathy tends to nip Tori a lot on her arms and occasionally Rio too. Shark will just bite Yuma a lot and Rio to annoy her. Cathy only bites if she's in a bad mood (Yuma witnessed it firsthand) also Shark loves to bite shoulders. He sees a shoulder (mostly Yuma's) goes up behind them and bites.

The only people that Shark will ask to bite is Tori and Trey. Tori because he once bit her and drew blood which made him feel bad (he'll never admit to that tho) and Trey, mostly cause he's sweet and he doesn't want to hurt him (he will deny that too!) despite Trey telling him its fine.

Shark goes feral from time to time. He tends to growl and chomp people, but the worst he's ever done was to Vector, where he bit his arm hard, that he tore the flesh and didn't let go. Despite Vector wildling shaking his arm.

Yuma and Shark like to climb tall people (Flip would be included, but cause I don't really like him much, he doesn't get climbing people privelages) Yuma mostly climbs either Kite or Nistro whilst Shark climbs Chris and Thomas. Shark always kicks Thomas in the shins before climbing him, just to piss him off.

Yuma also likes to climb on Astral. He'll never forget the day when he climbed Astral, back when his friends couldn't see him, and they freaked out on how Yuma was floating. The only person Yuma never climbs is his sister because he accidentally kicked her and she flung him off her back.

Shark files his canines. He started when he first got the nickname "Shark" and still does to this day.

Astral collects shiny objects. Anything that shimmers and sparkles, Astral will pick up. There's a pile of shiny things in the Emperor's key where Astral keeps his treasures. It definately has gotten larger when he got a more solid form since he got Yuma to collect them in the past.

Mizar makes bird noises. Everytime a bird chirps or tweets, Mizar does it back. His favourite bird is the canary and one time, he squawked after Vector scared him and is not allowed to live that down.

Alito & Girag are bronies. They discovered the show whilst flicking through channels at the BARian and fell in love. They both cried like babies when the show ended. Alito's favourite pony is Rainbow Dash and Girag's is Fluttershy.

Dumon curses people in Latin. Not "fuck you!" or "You asshole!" in Latin, I mean actually CURSING people. He only does it if he's extremely pissed off and Alito once got cursed by Dumon, he had the aboslute worst day ever and nearly died on 5 separate occasions.

The Tenjo brothers have one secret: Kite doesn't read Hart bedtime stories, Hart reads them to Kite. Ever since Hart got sick and Kite dying on the moon, the older Tenjo brother has nightmares, so Hart reads to him every night before bed.

Ever since "Sharks" by Imagine Dragons came out, Shark became obsessed and Rio is already sick of it.

Despite being the biggest klutz, Yuma is a pretty good baker. He learnt from his grandma Haru, and tends to bake for his friends and when he stressed, since it's the only thing that calms him down. The whole kitchen became a bakery once the Barians started attacking and even more so when he lost Astral.

Even though he's seen as the sweetest Arclight sibling, Trey loves to wear leather and is a heavy metal fan. The only one who knows of his secret is Shark.

Rio hates flowers, especially being gifted them because of her allergies. Due to her being popular, she's had many guys confess their love to her, shoving flowers in her face and it makes her furious and sneeze a lot. She now carries around a pair of scissors so if someone gifts her flowers, she can cut them.

Quattro is a botanist. He found various books on plant life and decided to learn everything about them. He takes it very seriously (a shock to the rest of the family) and if being a World Duelist fails, he plans on taking his studies further.

Dextra gives up dueling full-time to be a Lepidopterist (someone who studies butterflies and moths). It was a shock but Kite, Nistro and Hart fully support her and do whatever they can to help her out with her career change. She still duels, but it's sparingly due to her new career.

Quattro & Dextra are besties. It was the biggest shock but there was a reason behind it. Dextra was at the library, looking for books on butterfly anatomy and bumped into Quattro as he was looking for more books on plants. The two became fast friends after Quattro helped Dextra out with some of her research. They both are planning on opening a butterfly sanctuary where Dextra can let the people of Heartland City know about various butterfly species and Quattro on the various plant life. Quattro will continue on entering tournaments to provide some of the funding for their project.

Nistro owns a café. He opened it once Mr. Heartland left since he is a big fan of cosy cafe's (he'll deny it but Dextra has seen his browser history)

Shark has an alter ego: Yumi. Yes, he loves to crossdress. He wears a pink wig, green contacts and has a hidden box full of girl clothes. He's even trained his voice to sound like a girl. The Numbers Club have met "Yumi" but are stupidly oblivious to not realise that Shark hasn't met her face to face but Rio is suspicious tho.

Bit of a dark one but Shark hates the cold. Mostly because when he was looking after Rio, he got snowed in their house alone since Rio was visiting Tori and he nearly died because the power went out if Yuma didn't show up for a random visit. Because of this, every winter, he never steps foot outside and makes sure he has everything he needs in case something like that happens again. (Heated blankets, candles, hot water bottles etc.)

(There will be more added so do keep an eye on this because it will be expanded whenever a headcannon forms)

[farasen]

Geeky who’s more likely to ..” let’s goo

Who's more likely to listen to vocaloid songs I think Raban would listen to some intense hyperpop stuff in order to calm down his mind, so him.

Who's more likely to be a brony Vanessa maybe? But exclusively when she is like 13 to 16.

Who's more likely to be a metalhead Markus! His father absolutely hates it tho.

Who's more likely to be into e-girl/e-boy style Jojo? He’d rock eyeliner n nail polish for sure.

Who's more likely to watch anime Mhhh maybe the fandom has influenced me too much, but I’d say Deniz.

Who's more likely to be a cosplayer I have no idea. I’d honestly say none of them. I don’t think they have the cosplayer’s spirit.

Who's more likely to be a furry It’s gotta be Jojo.

Who's more likely to review films/cartoons/series Marlon? He seems fancy like that and I think he has a very analytical mind, but then again, I personally don’t see him to be super big on movies. I think he is very much a classical art (paintings, sculptures) and literature kind of guy.

Who's more likely to become a streamer No idea ... Maybe Leon? I think his anger issues would make him entertaining to watch for a certain audience, and he’d probably really really like the attention.

Who's more likely to use 4chan Leon. I think he is big into internet forums of that sort. I could see him also spending a lot of time on reddit.

Furry Jojo and reddit user Leon so real

[1liivers]

also my coworkers hate furries lmao. did also learn that last night. including the other transgender. so. silly. tbh tho one of them is totally a furry they gave off a vibe of being uncomfortable during the furry convo. they also tried switching the topic to bronies.

[weaselbeaselpants]

Deepest apologies to OP as their baseline argument is true and I think a general rule to follow. Real, actual people > fictional blorbos and the feelings you attach onto them. Good. Good post.

But man oh man the replies...I'm sorry but this got me going on both sides of the "accept media criticism/stop using criticism as absolutism" thing.

Just a lot of assuming no media literacy for every situation ever whenever someone gets heated about media and how people react to it.

I'm gonna just leave out that "never trust someone who tells you to police ur thoughts thing and simply reply with this convo from the otherside of that coin to explain how "kill the cop in your head" is a bad mandate to sign onto, especially for people who are suseptible to being taken advantage of.

((tbf, I don't completely agree w this argument either. before you say anything the artist replying here is an nsfw artist tho))

I'm more hopped up on the 'classic' "why are you reading/watching/listening to this thing if it bothers you" claim. Like, NO DUH if I'm reading Lolita or some shit and getting disturbed that's on me hun ur right. OBVIOUSLY, fiction and media is meant to make you feel uncomfortable sometimes or challenge you somehow. What you're missing is the fact that I AM just sticking to my fandoms and comfortzones and my problem is when sinister shit is being said and done in front of me, it's being ignored because of these excuses. I've had this problem since my Brony days. It's NOT that any kind of fictional act = bad/endorsing irl bad behavior. Or at least, it shouldn't be that way in media comprehension. It's that other people within these spaces are using these arguments to get away with their own bad behavior that may be predatory and/or bigoted...and the rest of the community aren't willing to stand up to it because they think stating the obvious is a "call out" on them as a whole.

Again, sorry OP. Again, your statement is correct about fictional characters should not mean more than real people. In the sense of judging other people's fantastes and being "traumatized" cuz someone hated on their blorbo which means they 'endorse abuse' or some shit, yeah that tracks. My issue is how this attitude is extended beyond to just any kind of fandom interaction and media analysis EVER, and how any attempt to be critical of harmful behavior MUST be an attempt at policing others, and not, you know, saying that something makes you uncomfortable on your own damn blog on your own damn time.

Looking at Lolita again, there you have a fictional story that is meant to make you think and consider real life situations; and which has unfortunately been used by people reading it who don't get the point to abuse real-life people --most media, even stuff that's meant to be constructed but still enojoyed (Avatar, Disney, Marvel and DC) isn't anywhere near that extreme and media literacy is being used to bully other people into submission, or ''cop'', their personal wants.

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I'm sorry to people reading this and trying to make sense of my word salad clippings. I'm just really put off by the unironic use of "purity", "police" and "pedophile" to refer to people bullying others about fandom. Bullying sucks. It's not fair to do even if you have a reason to be mad. But at best, ur conflating your fan-tiffs of small potatoes with some really dangerous shit.

Annoying Anti whining about how Reylo destroyed their life because reasons =/= purity culture and puritans

Someone shipping aged-up characters or adults with age gaps/uneven dynamics =/= pedophile

Someone telling you to think of other people in your fandom who aren't you =/= policing your thoughts or the thoughts of others.

I feel like you'll know for sure when those things happen and when someone if honestly using purity, predatory or police tactics to shut up/keep others in line. I feel like this bitching that I'm now taking part in is just keeping us fighting rather than actually calling out the nasties around us who are getting away with their heinous shit with our own in-context reasonable alibis....and I'm tired. Tired of other hurt people putting up walls of DNI to protect their emotional selves but obstensibly lash out at other people while they do so. Tired of conflating people you dislike with legit people. Tired.

I will say though, I think the og point can be a "rules for thee but not for me"-thing. Like, no shit people will value fictional characters and the emotions grafted to them over people they don't know. That's what happens when fandoms have this "x character is me"-view on representation and kinning ur fav. That's something literally everyone does ever. You can be removed from it and practical and point out that these aren't real people, but it's impossible to completely remove urself from that mindset.

There's no B-all end-all argument to all of this, only to certain ethics which we then try to apply to this discussion.

I really think everyone needs to truly internalize this:

Fictional characters are objects.

They are not people. You cannot "objectify" them, because they have no personhood to be deprived of. They have no humanity to be erased. You cannot "disrespect" them, because they are not real.

[captainzigo]

what was the point of making G5 a sequel? who was asking for this? was it bronies?

i love G5. its fun and cheeky. the absolute worst parts of it by far are the lame nods to G4

if you don’t care about anything they did in g4, any of the themes they had, and of the changes they made to the world, any of the characters they made any of the world they made, any of it at all,,, then why make a sequel? why not a reboot or a remake or starting from scratch or anything else? its not a bigger world with more lore if you disregard litterally all the world and all the lore.

was it for brand recognition? you can literally use the same characters tho. literally put twilight in there as just a new character with the same name and then tell a different story. that’s what all the other generations of mlp did. old fans will like seeing twilight again even if she is deferent. and new fans will get a new character made for them that has a bigger presence if and only if they want to see it.

the way g5 presents g4 actually just feels like a fuck you to g4. the characters you love? they died and nothing they did ever mattered. the togetherness they created with other creatures? gone. completely gone. the togetherness the litterally made with the three pony tribes? nonsense. even just their legacy? undone. the litteral cities they built? ash. no crystal empire. no ponyville. it’s all gone and it never made a difference. ponies still hate eachother. they still lack any shared identity. they don’t even remember a time when they did. there’s no yaks. dragons are reclusive and feared. no griffons. no changelings.

yeah sure there’s one girl who remembers, and she can like talk to twilight posthumously, but they don’t seem to want to do anything with that. and that kind of grand save-the-world plot doesn’t really fit the genre they seem to be going for

it really feels like they hate g4. the whole thing reads like a bitter mockery of it. if i saw their treatment of G4 by itself, i would assume it was like a hit piece. or atleast some edgy brony nonsense. G5 to me is a fun silly and sometimes exciting cartoon because i choose to just ignore all the G4 stuff. that twilight sparkle? no relation. big coincidence.

i’m not even trying to glorify g4 id just like to say. it really wanted to be something grander than the cartoon it was and it pulled it off to very mixed results. it had a lot of major flops, and some very questionable decisions. like their full time commitment to a colonialist fantasy in the last few seasons? but i still love it. and im not really interested in watching a sequel that hates it. hence my cognitive dissonance

[weaselbeaselpants]

My official list of NOTP and my intolerance level for them each:

JackFrostxElsa. (low. dumb tumblr teenager straightisms)

LydiaJuice (high. Every fan I've personally known who's been into the pairing only does so when Lydia is an adult, but even then I find it cringe and gross and I know there are people who don't care/hate the musical for fanning the flames and making it even creepier with a faux-self awareness song.)

Fluttercord (mid-high. Fluttershy deserves so much better and so does fandom Celestia. Have to stop before this turns into a Brony-rant tho so just know that I hate s3- Discord and the fandom's adoration of him and this pairing.

Stolitz (low-mid. One of the many cases of a purposfully unhealthy dynamic getting retroactively written to be cute = makes my kind of shipper actively icked out. No, don't do that. Commit to your awful people)

Charlostar (low. Considering the potential leak it makes all too much sense why Viv herself doesn't like it, but I also lowkey always kinda disliked it.)

HorsexRider (mid. She's a talking horse and I don't blame people for seeing it as gay especially since it stands opposite a destructive romantic couple in canon. But nah, sorry I just really dislike their sister vibe, owner/pet dynamic being interruptec. bleh)

Frosmerelda (high. no.)

Zutarra (low. If you think they could have had more chemistry and Katanng did not have as much romantic chemistry; that's alright, just find your own coping mechanism)

GordonxHuman Kimberly. (mid, but only because it could have so easily been written to not be creepy. Literally my go-to example of "I don't have to ship it just cuz it's canon." Wtf Catscratch??)

Pairings that will get you on a DNI list if I see you support, especially with enthusiasm.

Elsanna

Any incest ship, really. No characters who knew eachother as children//automated characters who were created = incest. Use your head.

Canonical petxowner porn where the pet doesn't talk. You know who you are.

[skrillien]

Pony waycest is based. I'm lowkey afraid to make any more myself as it always seems to end up spread around with people hating on it, but like, they somehow also don't know its me who made it even tho I am looking right at them? Any other incest I make tho, no one sees to care or notice. I guess as it's less well known or popular. Of course, I'm sure those people spreading it around probably looked for it as I tag things very well.

...based just on your note about pony waycest, i think i know who you are, and if you are who i think you are just know you were my fucking hero even BEFORE i got out of that cult.

and again on the assumption you're who i think you are- the first time i saw it was genuinely by stumbling across it on google. but i later went seeking it out on derpibooru.

all in all, i think you shouldn't be so afraid. it's easier said than done, but being a brony in the first place is about being cringe and not giving a damn. people will hate on ANYTHING. and it doesn't matter because if you like it, it's yours to enjoy.

and hey, if anything else, you're allowed to make art and not share it if you're scared of being made fun of- or hell, only share it with a select group of people. there are definitely some good-sized waycest discords that are invite-only where people will love whatever you have to share. :)

[hometownrockstar]

mlp 🤝 warrior cats (childhood special interests that i often think about getting back into and drawing fanart and making a whole new blog for but never commit to because im focused on something else at the moment and also bc im embarrassed abt not being able to draw animals good anymore)

[buffspidey]

yes I saw the my little pony movie and YES I LOVED IT

[astralwaifu]

May I have an MHA/BNHA matchup? :0 if ur matchups are closed by the time u see this, or u just don't feel like writing one, you can ignore!

I'm an INFP/J (last time I took an MBTI test I was equal on this...idek 😬) and my zodiacs are sun Leo, moon Aquarius, rising Capricorn

I'm introverted and quiet irl, but I get told I'm rude and have an attitude around ppl I don't like lol (mostly just a-holes like homophobes and racists), but I'm friendly around nice people :) Most of the time I have a pessimistic mindset but that changes a lot.

I also have ADHD and possibly PTSD

My kins are Aizawa, Deku, and Tokoyami. (Or Todoroki, Jirou, and Bakugou, too.)

My hobbies/passions are drawing, music, making stories (in my head cuz I forget to write everyday lol). I also like gaming, watching Youtube or Twitch streamers, and eating 🌮🎂🍕 I'm also a huge nerd and love to research pointless topics lmao (and I like research mental health :>)

I dislike really toxic people (like ab*sers or hateful people), talkative people (ppl who can strike up convos and keep them going are fine, but ppl who can't stand silence and always have to talk about something all day just annoy me :l), loud noises and alcohol cuz they're triggers for me. (I also hate the cold, idk if that's relevent tho lol)

My fashion sense is pretty much anything alt! Mainly goth, punk, kawaii, scene, and a lil emo (+kidcore and hippie 💖) I don't have a main fave so any of those are fine to me

Random facts about myself? I grew up around metal/death rock (and punk rock...pretty much every genre of rock lolol) so any types of heavy, energetic music genres are always my faves.

I used to be a brony-creepypasta fan and I still kinda am deep inside lmao, so my partner better get used to me talking about Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory...😂😬

I've been tryna regain my childhood for months now 😔 sad fact lmfao

Aaanddd I'm a geography freak :) I love learning about different countries and unique languages

Last fact! I admire alt ppl so much lol, for example everytime I see a fellow goth by baby bat ass just wants to be besties with them but I'm too shy and awkward to talk to them 😭

Again, if u don't feel like writing or ur matchups are already closed, feel free to ignore! I hope you have an amazing day 😊

I honestly didn’t know I had such cool moots 😭 Literally where have you been my entire life people?

I match you up with:

Kyouka Jirou!

Hc:

- When she saw you she instantly fell in love. On the moment she knew you were perfect in every little way, with every quirk of your personality and action. Even if you come off as rude for most people, she has literal stars in her eyes as she watches you. Will also defend you to the end of the world (it’s not your fault M*neta is being a scum again)

- Was and still is nervous around you, always blushing like crazy and fidgeting with her ears. At first, she brushed off the feelings she had, hoping they would fade away. Wrong. The moment you hit her with a geography fact, she was done, lost the war and now had the word ‘love’ tattooed all over her brain.

- How did she confess to you, you may ask… She. Wrote. You. A. Song. And sang it to you. Just imagine what happened in her heart when she found out you were just as down bad for her as she was. (Kyouka started that day to write more songs about you and by now she has enough material for an album)

- You are almost always in eachother’s presence, even if you are not really interacting. It’s just being in the same room that is comforting.

- You also go on shopping dates together and basically go through every alt shop you find, buying endless accessories and clothes, sometimes even matching things. You know the lego half heart necklace thing? You both have one of those, and never take them off (except for bath ofc)

- She help you throughout every ptsd attack. When smth triggers you, she is fast to get you out of that place and comfort you in small ways. Jirou knows that is better to not suffocate you right now, but still stays with you until you feel better. She doesn’t want you to ever feel sad or depressed again, and be sure that Kyouka makes it her goal to bring a little light in your life. In return, you always comfort and praise her when insecurity hits, reminding her of how much love you have for her, and how you’ll never let the thing you have go.

- You listen to music together, obviously, but also watch a lot of videos on youtube. When either of you comes over to the other’s dorm you do this and it’s honestly so cute (and domestic?) and i want it to.

- 10/10, easily the best gf there is.

[saethepaperclip]

My friend’s opinion of the obey me bros

-Happy Holidays Everyone!!-

-sorry this got kinda long, i put a cut to help-

Lucifer- 

“My bish is like 60 years old I know they’re demons and are probably immortal but what happened to him. Can we talk about his feet? Like those are some ugly feet sir. the coat im kinda digging tho. He kinda reminds me of a villan in like a Disney movie that all the girls had a crush on. OMG, i got it he looks like a human version of like Scar or something, maybe curella de vils dog in the live action movie that is really small and mean. He got big d*ck energy, he probably is the oldest and the head of all of them, ima take a wild guess and say hes the oldest but idk anything about this game”

Mammon-

“Is he gay? Hes gay, ok now that we have established that he is definitly that one gay that every girl had a crush on because hes so pretty, i like the sassiness of the pose. The hair is kinda messing me up tho. Hes a middle child, but like an older middle child, and probably talks crap about 1 brother, but just 1 tho. I KNOW WHY HE LOOKS SO GAY! its because if you take all of the Yuri on Ice characters and mix them together you get him. Hes definitly a huge flirt, he still flirts with women even tho hes gay. Those nails tho idk how to feel about them.”

Leviathan- 

“ hahahahaha, his motherfricking hands! I can’t i’m dying! He got really big shoulders and can’t cook for shizz, can’t decide if hes a tsundere or a jacka*s, probably had a one direction phase, it takes his hours to do his hair but hes like i just woke up like this bish no u didn’t don’t lie you didn’t, hes definitely not emo but definitely not happy just sad a lot, hes definitely touch starved, very serious, a tiny bit gay like sir look at that nail polish, he probably has multiple snakes, you know how in the last one i said that mammon bullies one of his brothers, well this is him. Yeah, definitely. He is the next child after mammon, but since mammon is an fboi leviathan has to step up. He probably has a daddy kink let’s be honest here. Hes a secret brony, always talks about how much he likes wine and white wine is his favorite because he wants to be quirky but he secretly likes red wine, the type of person where they feel like they are always being shown up by their siblings, the way to his heart is to validate him, he prolly got some ugly toenails tho. Like he has really nice feet but those toenails are so gosh freaking ugly. 3 out of 10 im not into tsundere like bish just tell your feels im not gonna be playin this and the toe nails are a deal breaker as well.”

Satan- 

“I love this man, hes a narssisistic a**hole but i love him. Those eyes are beautiful, that ombre under the shirt, beautiful. The confidence to wear that green cardigan, immense, the shoes, THE SHOES! The jacket matches everything and im living for it, the belt i would 100% wear, the pants are the only thing i would change but his beauty can pull it off. He is definitly flamboyant, was probably the first person to flirt with mc, an actor/superstar, was featured in Hanna Montana when he was like 8. He gives everyone gay nicknames just to piss them off. He gives me 22 year old vibes, lives with the delusion that he has a fat a*s but he flatter then tooru oikawa. He is asian, you can not tell me he isnt asian. Was a super cool preschooler. So gay he straight. Has a million wigs and just flips it around, I give him an 8/10 i would have given him a higher score but i need more of dad material not daddy material, but minor details.”

Asmodeus-  

“This is Hisoka’s long lost cousin, that hair is working for him tho. The gayest thing alive, makes James Charles quake. You know he wears corsets to look snatched. Hot topic, I think yes. Red isn’t his color, but pink sure is. I don’t have much to say as i kinda described him in the last one, but I do have a bone to pick with those cuff things on his pants, like sir no just stop it looks stupid and you will never get a boyfriend that way.”

Beelzebub- 

“Oh, oh no. Ok so is there a word for a furry but like a bug? Cause that is him, his neck makes me uncomfortable, but he is thiqqqq. Very agressive and emo, but like mad emo not sad emo. I really hate his belt. He for sure has a size kink. His man boobs are huge. I would only marry him for his jacket, that’s it. This man has pet cockroache. I give him a 2/10 I really don’t like his design and I can’t deal with those wings like boi what are you 3? Hes probably soft tho.”

Belphegor- 

“OK now onto Belphegor, first of all I love his name. He give off questioning his sexuality vibes. Favorite movie was Titanic. A fricken pro at eyeliner, like sir teach me your ways. He definitely started a cult when he was 15, OH MY GOODNESS!! he was that kid that wouldn’t eat his sandwich unless the crusts were cut off and it was cut into triangles. He just learned how to tie his shoes like last year because he always wore Velcro sneakers. He needs to turn that frown upside down. Does this man have freaking hip dips? KYTCKG I can’t he has hip dips, omg i love him lol. He is very relatable. Actually pretty smart, isn’t super out there but will catch you off guard by flirting with you out of the blue. I don’t really like his vibe but I would for sure adopt him. 7/10 i really like him a one of my children, but i wouldn’t date him but 100% make his lunch for school. I do get slight cow vibes tho.”