#can you tell im autistic about ponies

[leakyrectum]

eddie dombrowski would be a brony tbh

[hate-love12]

good morning gamers im here revitalising my hypothetical g6 (again)

i felt weird that all of my previous mane 3 were from g3 so i decided to keep minty but switch out starsong and kimono for two others- mystic moon (a reimagining of moon shadow from g2) and honeycomb from g1.

i've written some descriptions on them but i'll keep them under the cut

Peppermint “Minty” Stockings has a big heart, running a candy store alongside her mother Spearmint. She can be quite clumsy and airheaded, but she always has good intentions. She isn’t a pushover however, having worked in retail for long enough to know how to put on a false smile and work around people. Minty tends to speak rather quickly, having a habit of not thinking about her words before she says them, which makes her fear being seen as annoying or saying something she didn’t mean. She has a sock collection and likes various arts and crafts activities- mostly scrapbooking. Minty is Pansexual and has undiagnosed ADHD. 

Mystic Moon is the one with the brain cells. Though she can seem majestic, she’s truly a huge nerd and loves learning about the world around her. She grew up very sheltered due to her status as a noblewoman but has since left her home behind to travel with her new friends. She has a child-like wonder and curiosity but also knows a bad idea when she sees one and is experienced enough with high-class ponies to be able to tell when somepony is using her, though this leads to her being distant with strangers at first. Mystic Moon is a fan of tarot cards and more obscure sources of magic like artifacts or scrolls rather than her horn’s magic. She is Aro-Ace and Autistic. 

Honeycomb is a queen bee with a strong soul. She knows what she wants and when she wants it, and though she comes off as aloof and snobby she is really as sweet as her name implies. Truth is, coming from a poorer family, she’s trying to earn the life she wishes she could have with her eye for nature and wonderful flower gardens. Honeycomb has a habit of immediately being suspicious of people that approach her unless it’s for business, but once friendship is gained, she wouldn’t hesitate to drop anything and everything to be there for you. Besides her flowers, she also occasionally plants vegetables, fruits, and other such plants- using them to cook delicious meals for herself and her friends. She’s Biromantic and Asexual. 

[girlishwhimsies]

tell us about delusions ponyboy and autistic darry rn!!!

RAGHHEGWHSGW IM SOOO GLAD YOU ASKED i’m being fed fr guys.

okay autistic darry my love my everything. him needing extreme regimens makes me so insane and argh. him hating change then the worst one of all comes with his parents death and suddenly he’s being thrown in the deep end so he tries to keep the things he can the same give them order etc etc. then that fails too and ponys home late so he freaks and then over things overstimulating and man just breaks.

OHO DELUSIONS PONYBOY!!!! full credit on this whole idea to @qprpbj whose enlightened me and now must constantly listen to me, love you dearly. basically pony suffers from an anoxic brisn injury which can cause delusions, confusion, etc etc and basically he hallucinates johnny and thinks it’s his ghost..

[moka-nek0]

Im finally making an introduction post :D

My name is Mocha! I'm 19 years old and my pronouns are she/they/kitty/and any other cat-related pronouns! I'm an IRL catgirl, or kemonomimi! I'm still figuring out my gender, but as far as I know, I'm catgender/nyanbinary. Im also pansexual/demisexual!

I'm in many fandoms, but my biggest one is Senyuu/戦勇! I do digital art here, and I post all of my music (instrumental covers and originals) on YouTube! I don't do any commissions at the moment, but I plan on opening them up sometime in the future. I own an AU of MLP/My Little Pony that's basically just Senyuu but with MLP characters, and it's called Ponyuu! My music isn't very great considering it's not made with a professional program but rather a browser chiptune maker called Ultrabox. I have LMMS but it's very hard for me to learn how to use it,, but at some point I'll be able to make better music!

I am extremely socially anxious and very shy around people, so please be patient with responses to asks or messages!

more serious stuff (mental disorders, triggers and dni) below the cut, tw for triggering topics

I have many undiagnosed and untreated mental illnesses (as you can probably tell lmao), and I know not a lot of people like when others self-diagnose, but until I can actually afford a proper diagnosis (which is extremely expensive), and after a lot of research (and being told im likely this) I'm 99% sure i am either neurodivergent or autistic, it is very hard to tell but until I can get a diagnosis, I'm either both or one of them. I also have RSD (rejection sensitive dysphoria), depression and anxiety. because of this and many more personal problems, I lose my motivation to create fairly often, so please be patient with me!

My main triggers are kitchen knives (especially the emoji), topics about politics, war and the world ending, stalkers and yanderes, and irl gore (art is fine!).

please do not interact if you're any of the following: basic dni criteria (homophobic, transphobic, racist, and zionist), anti-neopronouns and anti-xenogenders, anti-selfshipping/OC x Canon shipping, anti-polyamory, proshippers/darkshippers (basically if you support r4pe, any kind of abuse, incest, pedophilia, zoophilia etc.), and if you enjoy or identify in any way with Sal from Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea kindly fuck off <3

[urfavisapermaregressor]

Stop infantilizing permaregression, it''s not cute or silly. Blogs like this is why people will never take us seriously. You're adding flowers and hearts to everything like it's fun to be a permaregressed or something. I followed the permaregression tag to find more people like me, not stupid headcanons for anime characters.

On that note, a lot of the characters you do are either childish, canonically viewed as stupid, or just characters that have autistic traits (examples - cat valentine, derpy hooves, near from death note) so what exactly are you trying to say? Just stop, this is ridiculous.

im really sorry my blog comes off that way, i'm really not meaning to infantilize permaregression. i just liked the cute banners and i wanted the blogs colors to match the permaregression flag so thats why its pink and has pink, yellow, and blue banners and such. i can see how'd you think that, but it genuinely wasn't my intent to do so and i hope you can understand that.

i tag all my posts with permaregression so age regressors and permaregressors can find my blog. a lot of people have messaged me thanking me for this blog or doing a specific character because without it they would have never found the term permaregression and help them realize that they're permaregressed. that made me really happy to let others finally have an answer for why they are the way they are, as i myself felt that way for years even before realizing i was an age regressor. i'm happy to help, and i'm happy to help while having fun as well. i really love cartoons and anime and characters so i just wanted to do that. i'm sorry.

i understand what you mean with the canon "negative" traits but i will add in by telling you that derpy hooves is NOT canonly stupid and that's very mean to say. her first appearance is outdated "humor" yes, but she is a canonly disabled implied single mother who works as a mail woman. in the times before other disabled ponies started appearing in the show, derpy was amazing representation! and i know what you mean about the autistic traits, i can't say with cat valentine because i didn't rlly watch victorious growing up but i think near is autistic as well. even so, that doesn't mean im infantalizing autistic characters. need i remind you #req is requested characters only. i checked and all three of those were requests.

also i feel like i need to say that im in the process of being tested for autism, my mom is auDHD if that helps you understand at all. i see myself in a lot of autistic characters, thats no excuse for your claims of me infantalizing autism but ive seen it happen constantly in real life to my autistic friends/family and it pisses me off. i know how you feel, so please know that's absolutely not the case here.

if the blog bothers you this much i'm sorry but you should just block me. i get being annoyed that i use the permaregression tag but it's quite literally what the blog is about. i hope you understand.

[arcane-evidence]

I’m looking for artist friends! (I don’t have many friends🥲) Im interested in things like Cyberpunk, Studio Trigger, My little pony, Pokémon, furries and anime! It’s a lot of things, too many to name. First off. I'm an artist! Duh lol. I'm almost 18 (in 27 days) I'm a trans male/ gay and autistic. I have hyperfixations that I cycle through but the main ones have been Pokémon, My Little Pony, Cyberpunk, My Hero Academia, Studio Trigger, Legend of Zelda and Minecraft. Some characters I cling to (it's tells my character a lot)

• David Martinez (Cyberpunk

edgerunners)

•V (Cyberpunk 2077)

• Twilight Sparkle (MLP)

• Pinkie Pie (MLP)

• Sunburst (MLP)

• Lio Fotia (Promare)

• Guzma (Pokémon)

• Link (BOTW)

• Stolas (Helluva Boss)

• Puppycat (Bee and Puppycat)

I'm not very good at discribing myself so that's something you'd have to get to know me on. I guess a few things I can say about myself is, I'm very out there. Bubbly, funny, creative, weird. All those words. But I'm also really quiet and observant. I like learning from watching. I'm very often in my own world, thinking about random things. I'm also very good on catching small details others wouldn' notice. Another thing about me is I tend to obsess/hyperfixate on anything. A person, a character a thing. You name it. So I can seem obsessive when I don't mean to. Other than all that, I don't think

there’ s much else. Other thanI'm a crybaby. Very sensitive and tough shell.

Oh I forgot to mention that I like ✨men✨They're so beautiful

The tiger is my fursona. He’s a blue Siberian tiger named Lune.

If I sound like someone you’d like to be friends with, please hit me up!

[clownwzrd]

mane 6 redesigns but i talk about them for the record i think theyre all some form of neurodivergent (primarily autistic and/or a mix of other things)

from this post

Twilight twilight was born with the intent of being a successor to celestia and luna, they just never planned on her being so powerful. a cutie mark extending down a ponies leg is rare– borderline unheard of, and a symbol of raw power among ponies. twilight never wanted to be ruler but seemingly has no choice, as luna urges her to ascend to the throne as soon as possible to mend celetia’s ways, of course, celestia isn’t a horrible ruler but she was thrown into it at a very young age causing her to make questionable decisions over a millennia. 

in this version, once celestia had sent twilight to ponyville to fix her own mistake with nightmare moon, luna becomes twilights mentor; as celestia grows far too jealous of twilights raw power and call to responsibility to continue aiding her to the proper degree. the more time twilight spent with the mane 6 the further down her leg her cutie mark extended and eventually with a spell from luna and celestia combined she became an alicorn and began her slow rise to the throne of equestria. 

Rainbow dash rainbow dash was born premature and small, while her wings remained above average for a pegasus. this was honestly more inconvenient than impressive at times, causing him to be clumsy for most of their childhood earning him the name “rainbow crash”. he performed a sonic rainboom as a filly during a race which lead to permanent discolouration of her mane and coat, alongside burn marks, scars, chronic pain and partial hearing loss.  this rainboom was also the cause of the mane 6 gaining their cutie marks much like in the show, although slight alterations to the events in some cases. Fluttershy fluttershy, having partial earth pony heritage (1/4) was born with slightly underdeveloped wings, of course they can still fly just to a much lesser degree than most pegasai. she fell from cloudsdale as a filly (yes, because of the race) and discovered their love for animals in ponyville, this urged her desire to move to ponyville and she did as soon as she could live on her own. during the period she couldn’t move she had a variety of pets, some of which terrified her parents half to death.  Rarity rarity had a strong passion for fashion (ha ha) from a very young age, this was further sparked by a series of events leading to rainbow dash's sonic rainboom revealing a large geode to her (basic show lore stuff), though the outfits she made for the play did not contain them just were inspired by them (im sorry but the ones in the show were atrocious you cant tell me otherwise)

her crystal pony heritage is only obvious through faint gem-like patterns on her coat and in her eyes. in this version of the mlp universe only crystal ponies or those related to them are effected by the empires appearance effecting enchantments, so her heritage is revealed to her during the events of the crystal empires return and restoration (cadence is also crystal pony descendant) Pinkie pie pinkie pie is half pegasai, this gives them an airy quality (very bouncy) and an ability to interact with clouds (to a lesser degree than a full pegasai but she still can). unlike in the show her mane doesnt deflate when they become sad– her entire body becomes discoloured and they lose her "pinkie pie" like qualites (no more streamers in her mane :<). fun fact she knows multiple languages and ends up being the sole communicator of the group when they interact with other species (none of the mane 6 knew they could do this) Applejack applejack has an abnormal cutie mark, as it stretches further down her flank than most cuties marks do. it's not quite a symbol of power like twilights is simply due to its nature, she says its a symbol of her dedication and loyalty to her family (shes the element of loyalty in this it makes so much more sense) but twilight suspects something else (possible powerful unicorn heritage) no one takes twilight seriously with this theory though. 

to elaborate on the family thing 3 apples means granny smith, big mac and apple bloom, tree family tree (considering making it so once a new member of the family is added or born into the family the tree extends/grows more apples)

[funeraloracle]

tagged by @softapollo​ tho not really? they just tagged anyone that wanted to do it and i did! so im tagging @gguksostara @faithums @coyoteskies @dramathics @headstronghawkshaw @mercurian-goddess @schoolofapollo @fatherofghosts @aresdaughters @greyscalegalaxie @cloudedaura @witchytinky @withmygoldenmagicslingshot and youuuu!

1. name: listen this shit changes every week but lets go with Miette for the time being.

2. nickname: oh lord any number of things. the most popular ones are Mimi, Crumbcake... i’ve had a few people call me Funeral.

3. zodiac sign: leo sun, taurus moon, taurus rising. 

4. height: 5′8. if im taller than you, reply with your height muahahaha

5. languages: english and some american sign language. i’m supposed to be learning greek but all i know is the alphabet and i barely know that. i’ll get back to it soon;;

6. nationality: american, though i have heavy welsh ancestry. i’m from somewhere in the south but i won’t tell you where. no, it ain’t texas.

7. favourite season: see this is hard for me. there are too many storms in spring and i’m piss scared of storms (sorry zeus). there’s also a lot of thunderstorms in the summer and a higher chance of tornadoes where i live so its no bueno. winter is really cold and very depressing, so i’m gonna have to go with autumn by process of elimination. though tbh the margin between summer and winter has gotten smaller and smaller these days.

8. favourite flower: ohh are you kidding me... sunflowers, lillies of the valley, specifically pink carnations, bleeding heart flowers, angel’s trumpet flower, hyacinths, coral roses, yellow marigolds, red poppies... 

9. favourite scent: it changes all the time because im autistic, and therefore scents can be very overwhelming. but right now im very into thick, desserty scents. all the candles i buy are in buttery pastry or mocha-y/coffee scents. my partners bought me a chocolate chip candle for valentines day and it just finished its burn today ): i also love gasoline for some reason?

10. favourite colour: this too changes! i especially love pink, i have so many things in pink. but i also love yellow, orange, mint green, baby blue, scheele’s green...

11. favourite animal: BEARS!!! bears for sure i love bears so fucking much especially giant grizzlies UGH

12. favourite fictional character: i hate these questions i can’t pick a favorite ANYTHING. so ill go with the characters that i most relate to/most influenced who i am today, in no particular order: bubbles and blossom from powerpuff girls, princess luna and pinkie pie from my little pony, alice liddell from alice in wonderland, hello kitty and mimi from the hello kitty straight to vhs series, harley quinn from the dc universe, bambi from disney’s bambi, ariel from the little mermaid-- have you learned something about me yet?

13. coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: ill drink anything with matcha, whether thats tea or coffee. i’ll go on the record rn to say if you put something with matcha in front of me i will fucking eat/drink it.

14. average hours of sleep: 7-7.5 hours is what i try to stick to.

15. cat of dog person: cats! though im just an animal lover in general, i own a cat of my own.

16. number of blankets you sleep with: one big heavy ass duvet. i cant imagine sleeping with more than one... that’d be so heavy and uncomfortable. sensory hell.

17. dream trip: greece! country ROADSSSS TAKE ME HOMEEEEE

18. blog established: only a few months? i believe i made it at the end of 2019, though this is a sideblog. ive been on tumblr since 2014.

19. followers: 49 on my main @softmiette and 496 on here.

20. a random fact: i have a deer skull on my altar! he’s the best. i also have two unidentified bones that i received from a close friend. i believe one is a coyote rib and the other is a deer’s femur.

[hypereactive]

1. Who was the last person you held hands with? my best friend

2. Are you outgoing or shy? shy

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing? my best friend

4. Are you easy to get along with? depends. i try to be, but im also REALLY picky/have strong opinions on a lot of stuff, and im autistic..

5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you? yeah

6. What kind of people are you attracted to? a caring one, who listens before judging

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now? yeah

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind? my best friend

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable? sometimes

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with? probably my best friend

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say? “o”

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now? uhm. I like A LOT of songs.

billie ellish- bury a friend and you should see me in a crown

rag’n’bone man - human

rebel - black pearl (hes a pirate)

Aladdin soundtrack - Prince Ali and one jump ahead

arctic monkeys - Do I wanna know?

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair? rarely

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles? yea

15. What good thing happened this summer? new job, in my field of study

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? yepp

17. Do you think there is life on other planets? probs at least simple life

18. Do you still talk to your first crush? only if I run into him getting coffee (he works there)

19. Do you like bubble baths? if im in the mood

20. Do you like your neighbors? one i do, one i absolutely dont, the rest i dont interact w

21. What are you bad habits? im REALLY picky, and can come off as ungrateful (if u can’t do it right id rather u just not do it. apparently its more common to think at least you got something/they tried.)

22. Where would you like to travel? Anywhere w the right people. Nowhere without.

23. Do you have trust issues? kinda. More like I understand people wont understand me or meet my needs adequately.

24. Favorite part of your daily routine? morning coffee

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with? my chin/teeth

26. What do you do when you wake up? if I have ResponsibilitesTM i get up and get coffee and leave the house in less than 20 min, otherwise i lay in bed on tumblr until i have to get up due to responsibilities or hunger.

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker? im good w where its at tbh

28. Who are you most comfortable around? my best friend

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up? yeah. 

30. Do you ever want to get married? yeah

31. Is your hair long enough for a pony tail? lol yesss

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with? none?

33. Spell your name with your chin. bdfuds

34. Do you play sports? What sports? not really. i like frisbee and longboarding if those count.

35. Would you rather live without TV or music? TV

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them? no. I cant keep secrets.

37. What do you say during awkward silences? i usu dont. ill just go on my phone/leave/etc

38. Describe your dream girl/guy? my best friend. 

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in? hot topic

40. What do you want to do after high school? lol im not in high school

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance? depends on what they did and why, and if they want to grow as a person/make it right

42. If your being extremely quiet what does it mean? im tired/overwhelmed/content/bored

43. Do you smile at strangers? if i lock eyes with them and they smiled, i might smile back, but im pretty good at Not Looking At People

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean? ocean

45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning? ResponsibilitiesTM

46. What are you paranoid about? having a heart attack and no one being around to help me/not noticing until its too late

47. Have you ever been high? yea

48. Have you ever been drunk? yea

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about? no

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore? black

51. Ever wished you were someone else? no, but i have wished my parents were

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself? my chin probs. idk i like myself

53. Favourite makeup brand? i dont wear makeup

54. Favourite store? this is a duplicate question.

55. Favourite blog? uhm.

56. Favourite colour? black/grey/light pink/raspberry/celery green

57. Favourite food? cheese, cheddar brats, spinach, chocolate chip cookies, milkshakes

58. Last thing you ate? rice w beef, spinach, egg and soy sauce

59. First thing you ate this morning? coffee and nutella

60. Ever won a competition? For what? I think so but i cant remember. Oh i think I won an anti-bullying poster competition once.

61. Been suspended/expelled? For what? lol nopee

62. Been arrested? For what? no

63. Ever been in love? few times now

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss? uh. no. cuz i didnt even like the dude.

65. Are you hungry right now? no

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends? i only have one real friend so I feel like thats unfair

67. Facebook or Twitter? tumblr.

68. Twitter or Tumblr? still tumblr

69. Are you watching tv right now? lol no

70. Names of your bestfriends? no, bc hed not appreciate it

71. Craving something? What? not rn

72. What colour are your towels? grey or floral w pinks and blacks and oranges

72. How many pillows do you sleep with? 3

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals? yes, usu. 2

74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have? total? uh. 8?

75. Favourite animal? birbs prob.

76. What colour is your underwear? why?

77. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate, unless its ice cream. then vanilla

78. Favourite ice cream flavour? berry (any) or cheesecake (also any)

79. What colour shirt are you wearing? grey

80. What colour pants? a darker grey

81. Favourite tv show? uh. i like sherlock.

82. Favourite movie? deadpool probs. or pirates of the Caribbean. or Aladdin. or detective pikachu.

83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2? never seen either

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street? never seen either

85. Favourite character from Mean Girls? n/a

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo? uhm. I cant remember. Probs the black and white one w the scar, or the starfish, or the sea gull

87. First person you talked to today? my sister

88. Last person you talked to today? my best friend

89. Name a person you hate? my past roommate

90. Name a person you love? my best friend

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now? my past roommate and most recent ex

92. In a fight with someone? currently? no? ever? yes.

93. How many sweatpants do you have? 5

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have? 6

95. Last movie you watched? i dont know

96. Favourite actress? i dunno

97. Favourite actor? i dunno

98. Do you tan a lot? no

99. Have any pets? no

100. How are you feeling? i dont know

101. Do you type fast? yeah

102. Do you regret anything from your past? yeah, but not overly

103. Can you spell well? i think so 

104. Do you miss anyone from your past? no

105. Ever been to a bonfire party? i dont think so, but i want to (w the right people)

106. Ever broken someone’s heart? yeah, oops

107. Have you ever been on a horse? yep

108. What should you be doing? cleaning my house

109. Is something irritating you right now? no

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt? yea

111. Do you have trust issues? yea

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of? my best friend

113. What was your childhood nickname? B. as in, just the letter

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state? yea

115. Do you play the Wii? no

116. Are you listening to music right now? yea

117. Do you like chicken noodle soup? not usually

118. Do you like Chinese food? i think so

119. Favourite book? uhm. sherlock (the whole series). the uglies series (scott westerfield). the secret garden. Fahrenheit 451. 1984. 

120. Are you afraid of the dark? no, but sometimes im afraid theres something in it

121. Are you mean? no

122. Is cheating ever okay? no

123. Can you keep white shoes clean? if i want to

124. Do you believe in love at first sight? no

125. Do you believe in true love? im not sure i know what this means

126. Are you currently bored? no

127. What makes you happy? i dont know

128. Would you change your name? no

129. What your zodiac sign? gemini

130. Do you like subway? i cant eat there

131. Your bestfriend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do? lol weve been dating for a while now

132. Who’s the last person you had a deep conversation with? my best friend

133. Favourite lyrics right now? uh. I dont know.

134. Can you count to one million? that would take a month, so no.

135. Dumbest lie you ever told? i dont know. probably that i couldnt go to work bc i was “throwing up from a migraine” when i hadnt thrown up (yet).

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed? it varies

137. How tall are you? i think im like. 5′8″?

138. Curly or Straight hair? curly. but not consistent

139. Brunette or Blonde? i am a brunette

140. Summer or Winter? winter. i can always wear more clothes

141. Night or Day? night. its quiet and calm

142. Favourite month? august and october

143. Are you a vegetarian? no

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate? yes.

145. Tea or Coffee? yes. depends on time of day/year/mood/etc

146. Was today a good day? i dont know

147. Mars or Snickers? mars

148. What’s your favourite quote? “if you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough” -einstien is one of them. but there are more

149. Do you believe in ghosts? i dont know

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it to page 42, what’s the first line on that page? “aunt lillian’s footsteps became more distant, became whispers, were gone.”

@ramblebrambleamble i got bored and answered all of them

[paper--machete]

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD BEAR WITH ME ON THIS

alright lemme explain. you have to first try and imagine being around when family guy was new; yes it's one of the worst shows on tv now but pretend for a moment that only those first few seasons exist. IMO the oversaturation of Seth MacFarlane cartoons (the unending existence of family guy as well as his other shows) has watered down what made the original run of family guy special; sure the prominence of cutaway gags is something most people hate the show for, but when you watch the original run, the cutaways aren't being used as a crutch; it's the show's damn legs.

the original run of family guy is primarily structured around cutaway gags and redirecting viewer expectations, like one character will say something like "i don't know if i can handle it, i don't work well under pressure" and suddenly there'll be a cutaway to a movie reference (like a bomb defusal scene or something i guess) with a bonus joke or two tied in there. but here, the joke isn't "haha movie reference", it's "wait, that's what he meant?" and i feel like a lot of that has become so diluted over time and the setups for cutaways became lazier (hey lois remembah da time i went ice skating with puff daddy) people started to look down on this method of delivering the comedy, when really the show is kinda built around that

i also feel like the characters and world in the show only really exist to serve the gags; the original griffin family is a very basic stereotypical 90s/2000s american family, not unlike that of the simpsons, but these characters have noticeably less depth than their counterparts. i think this is on purpose since the "plots" of these episodes are really just framing devices to slide in as many gags that would make logical sense in that story, whether it's through a cutaway as mentioned above or something tangentially related to a particular moment in the story. do any of the jokes pull from the main character's motivations and perspectives? of course not! this is family guy! but that's kind of the point. as far as I know, for it's time this must have been a pretty unique and fresh way to deliver comedy; rapid fire gags, but having a story to ground them as to not have it just be a random sketch comedy

unfortunately though as the show became more popular, so did the characters, and it's my theory that the showrunners felt inclined to focus more on the characters which led to more established character traits and whatnot; the problem is, when the characters and setting are supposed to be allowed to bend for jokes to land, it means the more often they had peter around, the more likely it was that they'd make him act like a jerk for a joke to land. and the more often this happened, the less these became one off gags and more of his actual character. this could go for pretty much every character in the show that was either a one trick pony or a blank slate, as they gained more screentime they became worse due to character development (if I can even call it that.)

not to say that the original run of family guy is a masterpiece, though; holy shit, it's definitely not. i think it's probably around a 7/10 on average, I mean if I typed this much you can probably tell I have an appreciation for it but even then it's nothing compared to the other shows Fox had at the time. that being said I think the show deserves a second look; since its initial run constantly being compared to the simpsons and its later years going through exponential seasonal rot, i feel like it never got a fair chance to be seen as at the very least decent by anyone other than casual audiences. im sorry for being autistic about fucking family guy of all things. i cannot promise it won't happen again but I will try my best.

if family guy had stayed cancelled back in 2002 the world would have a much higher opinion of it