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Soleron on 17 January 2012
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Zim said:
I'm sorry soleron but no. No adult should view the show as having good character development. Give me an example of some character development from it that isn't a simple tale you would teach your children like 'Being yourself is the most important thing, don't worry about what other people think'

That is plot. The plot of each episode is indeed simplistic and the moral annoying. I'm talking about how X character would react in a situation - and they always nail it perfectly, with very expressive facial animation and voice delivery. This forms attachments to the characters by the viewer which then sparks their imagination - that is the goal of all media.

Catchy music yea fine but so is Hannah Montana.

My MP3 player is 75% pony music and fanmusic at this point, over one day of pony-related original music, all genres from dubstep to metal to epic orchestral. Hannah Montana has nothing on this scene.

Fan art surely this is separate from the show. I don't see how it influences you to like the show.

The show is the jumping off point for the fanart, music, and a kind of subculture with its own language and references (you can take it as seriously as you like, but it's complelling once you're there much like a forum about video games is)

Animation puts the rest of the industry to shame..... simply no. Only if you for some strange reason you decided to completely ignore Japanese output. Even just compared to other Western cartoons I would say it is very good but not the best.

It is not the best technically. But it terms of function, serving the content itself, it is the best it could possibly be. The parts that need to be animated perfectly (facial expressions) are perfect. The rest of it sets the scene and tone well. It's the "HD graphics" vs art direction debate but for TV.

It has very simplistic character design and very simple animation with not a lot of nuances etc. Even if we say good animation I don't think that's a reason for a grown man to like a young girls tv show.

It is not targeted at young girls. I can link you to where each member of staff working on it states this.

I mean people forget that MLP:FIM is basically 4chan trolling the internet. The entire like for the show was simply created to annoy someone who wrote a not really controversial piece about how cartoons were moving back to be based on franchises, toys etc.Parts of 4chan decided to like it to annoy him and when other people disliked it to, hey presto! It is the strangest thing, it has to be 4chan's greatest joke on the internet yet. 

The article raised awareness. People watched it  initially so they had something to hate on it but like me they fell in love with the above. I'm not saying everyone should like it but at least agree its production values are high and that the fanbase's love is genuine and not weird.

It's a good cartoon for young girls but that's about it. It keeps the simplistic jokes, simple moral messages, bright simple animation, very safe comedy etc of the industry.

Personally, and I don't expect agreement here, the comedy is very deep and a refreshing change from the sexual "comedy" of modern American television.

I think you're attempting to justify (badly) the part of you that instinctively says "its a show for girls why are you watching this" into a rational argument. Look at how the mainstream media views "gamers" - basement dwelling, socially awkward teenagers. That isn't true at all, right? Same thing.

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I don't take the word "brony" too seriously, it is a convenient label for anyone who enjoys the show more than just 20 minutes of weekly entertainment.