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amapofsorts replied to your post: …are the #pewey shippers actually maki...

sorry what does that stand for ._.

it’s a portmanteau for the Mayor Dewey/Pearl ““ship”“...which, yes, was brought into existence for some bizarre reason.

8anter replied to your post: …are the #pewey shippers actually maki...

I don’t know how they get their list but apparently I’m on it and I’ve never spoken about Pewey? It’s sort of weird. Does any other ship do this??? Is any other ship this confusing and surreal.

nope. I’m pretty sure the #pewey fans have a solid monopoly on the confusing, the surreal, and the extra in this fandom. blocking/adding random bloggers like you to their “list” is probably just the tip of the iceberg for all that mess.

evonee replied to your post: …are the #pewey shippers actually maki...

lmao incredible. They need to understand that people have a lot of legit reasons for not liking pewey.

tamaness replied to your post: …are the #pewey shippers actually maki...

pewey just makes me soooo uncomfortable. Dewey is the only one who’s shown an interest. I can even get behind pearl/jasper for now - pewey is just so squicky to me tho

I wish I could say that I’m surprised that #pewey...exists--but silencing female and non-male characters’ voices and invalidating their identities on the word of a Single (One) (1) Male and ~His Feelings~ are nasty traditions that have been alive and well in many a fandom for as long as I can remember.

though, yeah--exactly. it’s not even just because Pearl is coded as a lesbian--though that would certainly be enough.

on top of that, it’s that Pearl has never shown any interest in Dewey...it’s that Pearl has reacted to Dewey’s advances with swift and unapologetic rejection...it’s that Pearl was and still is so in love with Rose and is still grieving her, and that Pearl’s relationships with Garnet and Amethyst are so clearly brimming with intimacy and meaning...it’s that Dewey’s ~feelings~ for Pearl are superficial and based on idealized physical attraction, yet they’re enough to override everything else.

amsel333 replied to your post: …are the #pewey shippers actually maki...

I’m not sure why that would ever be a thought in someone’s head. …

so, yeah--neither am I....

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I recently met some "nerdy" people in my hick town. And for the 1st time ever I was embarrassed to like ponys. Has this ever happened to you?

I’ve never been embarrassed to like My Little Pony, even if the fanbase has done a few several tons of cringe-worthy things over the past few years.  I’ve learned to separate the people who like a thing from the thing they like.  And besides, it’s a fun cartoon with cute characters.  What’s embarrassing about liking that?

Of course, it helps that I’ve never had a bad experience regarding the show in real life.  A lot of people know I watch the show, but all of those people are into dorky shit, too, so they can hardly give me crap for liking horse cartoons.  The worst thing that’s happened was that I got a friend/co-worker to watch the show and he told me he didn’t like it.  I think he saw “Look Before You Sleep”, if I remember right.  He said he didn’t much care for the prissy one, and that the ending (with AJ and Rarity kinda-sorta made up but not really??) weirded him out.  His sister loved the show, though.  I remember telling her that Equestria Girls was happening, and she was mad about it for a whole week.

Actually, come to think of it, that girl was probably the closest thing to a stereotypical brony I’ve ever known.  She got really into the show really quick, wore T-shirts of the show all the time, and would actually call her friends by the names of the pony they were most like.  According to her, she was Rainbow Dash, her friend was Pinkie Pie, her brother was Big Macintosh, and I was Fluttershy.  I wasn’t exactly thrilled at that.