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Holiday Requests 9/29: Akko and Sucy for @tommyoliverblogs

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Stop Liking Art

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Did a pretty nifty art interview with and @shrineart @tommyoliverblogs this morning at super early times cuz we’re super professionals!

This is a lil bumper thing for the thumbnail whenever he’s done editing and posting it.

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andromedastarcomic 

[unparchedbutter]

thoughts on the MLP analysis community

A prologue that Stephen King wrote for an edition of his book, “Danse Macabre”, which is a survey of the horror genre, and weird fiction, in general, says that those of us who come equipped with what, arguably, could be called too much imagination, also come with more worries than the average person. We have a tendency to fret about minor details until our hearts are about to explode from the stress of it.

This is true of myself, and it’s something that I’ve been trying to get away from.

Before I continue, I want to say that nitpicking media is fun for me. I liked MST3K, I like RiffTrax, I like podcasts like “The Flophouse”. It’s a blast. There’s a joy that comes from examining a scene in, for example, “Birdemic: Shock and Terror”, wherein the main characters park their van behind a truck owned by a man stranded because he’s run out of gas, and then seeing said man hold the main characters at gunpoint, in an effort to give them money to siphon some gas, after declining an offer for a ride, and then taking the gas, and backing away in the opposite direction of his truck, and thinking, “Where’s he going? Wait, WHERE ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS GOING?!?!”

So, you’d think, I would be keen on joining the MLP analysis community. For a while, I was. Sure, there’s a bunch of them, but this looks like fun, I do it anyway, and I’m not concerned about my being popular. There’s a few scripts I’ve been working on and will be retooling for blog purposes. I like the analyzers I watch, and even support a few of them on Patreon. A couple have moved on from pony stuff, but I like their content, anyway: Tommy Oliver, Digibro.

But . . . 

Lately, with the exception of DrWolf, I’ve kind of felt too much of the mentality I’ve been seeing from bronies being butthurt about the nature of the show changing, about the fandom deteriorating (the latter of which is bullshit and a rant for a different time). I don’t blame the reviewers for this, and I’m not saying I need everybody to agree with me. Taste is taste, and, obviously, when a piece of media no longer suits your taste, you should feel free to move on. I’m just saying I’ve seen too much of that sort of “Waaaaaaah change!” from the bronies I associate with, and the analysis community reminds me too much of it, so I need a bit of a break from that content.

I’ll continue writing my own reviews, but it’ll be written, only, and, please, please, please do not think I’m trying to dictate what you should and should not like.

[unparchedbutter]

Review of S506: "Appleoosa’s Most Wanted" (spoilers, duh)

Well. That was interesting. Before I say anything, I should say that, yes, I did like this episode, but it took me a few viewings to make up my mind about the fact, and I do not expect to see many other positive reviews. Granted, the only review I’ve seen, thus far, is the one Dr Wolf made, and when the world’s most soothing critic doesn’t really seem to like something, well . . . woof.

Why does this bother me? Surely what I think of a given piece of media is not, should not be affected by anybody else?

Speaking for myself, and my own entertainment needs, I don’t have an answer, but I recently asked Tommy Oliver, one of my favorite media vloggers, why he thought people were worried about whether he was leaving the brony fandom, and what he told me is that he thought people felt that they were losing a friend. I didn’t really understand this until the recent death of Terry Pratchett, which, for me, was a giant punch in the gut. Season 5 of this cartoon that we all love seems to be focusing very, very heavily on just what a cutie mark is, how they work, and what happens if you get yours and it’s either wrong or you don’t understand it. This is especially true of today’s episode, which features a character who gets his cutie mark and completely misinterprets it until the CMC help him out.

This is too easy to relate to, to me. If it were up to me, my cutie mark would be a rainbow-colored tenor clef. And it wouldn’t mean shit because me being a professional bassoonist in (as I would love) an opera orchestra just isn’t going to happen. And that knowledge hurts like you can’t believe. Troubleshoes Clyde (”Clyde”, by the way. I know it’s probably a pun on “Clydesdale”, but the idea of a pony just being called “Clyde” is hilarious to me.)

Just what do you do when you know exactly what’s right for you, and you know it can’t work? What if it can work, and you never find out? What if you do find out, and nobody understands?

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With Love.

[foximalfox]

Crystal Fair guest Tommy Oliver. A cool guy to meet.