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[quote][i]Originally posted by PalyNerd[/i] I loved MLPs as a kid. I never saw the cartoon as by then I had grown out of them. When they re released them I couldnt resist buying a couple! Can someone please explain to me why people hate them so much? I recently saw an article someone wrote about people who collect MLPs and I thought it was one of the cruelest, nastiest articles I had ever seen. Then there were a heap of comments by people saying how funny it was. I cant really see the difference between adults collecting MLPs and people who collect star wars figurines, or teddy bears so I am guessing I must be missing something.[/quote] I think people have always hated it for being a little too girly-girlish. Having a sister into it, I never had any bad feelings towards MLP fans. I always thought it was kinda cool how fans would make custom figurines of popular characters like the Gallery link Reboekah posted. [quote]One thing though, in the new version it seems that every pony in "Equestria" is female?[/quote] Nope, just a vast majority are female, there are still Male ponies. The two most notable and popular are Big Macintosh (Eyyyyup) and fan favorite background pony, Dr. Whooves. It's definitely a female dominant society though. Oh and here's something I thought was interesting it's a little chart showing the "evolution" of the main cast, from the original counterparts, to Lauren Faust's original designs to their final versions. [url]http://i.imgur.com/TdsgH.jpg[/url]

[quote][i]Originally posted by Reboekah[/i] There is also an Italian fan artist (of some skill!) with an entire section devoted to MLP... Look [URL=http://www.burningblood.it/marcoalbiero/animemanga/littlepony.html]here [/URL] for Marco Alberio. And if you like Saint Selya - he has a fantastic section![/quote] I find it weird to look at original style now. There's just something so aesthetically pleasing about the artstyle in Friendship Is Magic that makes it worth watching *shrug*

You know how Youtube (or some similar site) will have that viral video that catches on and everyone talks about it? It becomes a meme that's parodied everywhere. The new My Little Pony cartoon series did that. It's actually done by a lot of former CN people, and it's headed by Lauren Faust, the wife of Craig McCracken (the two of them creating Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends). I was rather perplexed, but my sister and I (she being a HUGE MLP fan back in the day) we were both kinda intrigued and gave it a watch and we find the series hard to put down. A girly series about ponies that's FUN to watch for all ages and genders? Who would've thought? I'd check the page on Know Your Meme for more info about it [URL]http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic[/URL] It's sparked a craze on the internet, exploding with a fanbase. Mostly young men, calling themselves "Bronies". We're not talking about a little fanart and fanfics there. We're talking fan-made characters (born from Animation errors) that have been made into the show (Derpy Hooves), [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otu625g2xNg]some AWESOME Eurobeat music[/url] by a fan calling himself "Eurobeat Brony", [url=http://www.zazzle.com/bashamo/gifts?cg=196657557626152945]Fan Made Shoes[/url], [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otu625g2xNg]DJ-P0N3[/url] And well, I just figured I'd pass this on. I know there a lot of ladies and Moms on here, not sure if MLP would be considered a hated thing or not. If it is, I implore you to give it a chance if you can, you MIGHT be surprised ^_~.

I'm a little uneasy as my Mom and Brother live down there. Granted she lives on the opposite coast, but she does visit Christchurch occasionally. Though she SHOULD still be teaching (ie she's not on vacation). We use Skype to keep in contact and she hasn't been online in the past few days. It was the same thing that happened last year during a big quake. I was worried something happened, and it turned out they were in the middle of switching ISPs.

Looks just like the "G-Force Batman" designed for Gotham Knight which I posted about a ways back. Kinda uninspired. I mean, it makes for cute fanart, but for actual designs, it's kinda "meh" IMO (mainly Joker and Harley bug me). EDIT: My bad, I read the actual article and it looks like these were just made on a whimsy as a fun homage, nothing too serious. I thought these were going to be used in an actual running series.