It’s not about men or women.
Nobody should ever hit anyone.
Nobody should ever rape anyone.
Nobody should ever murder anyone.
Nobody should ever beat anyone.
Nobody should ever threaten anyone.
Nobody should ever insult anyone.
Nobody should ever make anyone uncomfortable.
Nobody should ever touch anyone without their consent.
Nobody should ever steal from anyone.
Nobody should ever humiliate anyone.
While women usually are the one’s subject to this abuse, it still stands that NO ONE deserves it, man or woman or anything in between.
Tag: Discussion
i swear if all of you dont reblog this i will cry
Reblogging because I really don’t care what you are, as long as you’re nice to others and happy with your choice, that’s all that matters.
Occasionally I edit pictures to avoid doing pressing work.
Source is, of course, xkcd.
My blog is my clop folder.
I have no currency.
http://needs-more-plot.tumblr.com/
It’s not “lurking” since I’ll actually respond to different posts. Lots of good discussion going on.
I wanted this to be a quick doodle.. hmm.
- Rule 63? Check.
- Big Macintosh x Shining Armor? Check.
Yep, this is pretty weird.
Any names for this ship? How about Rule 63 names?
This is how kids reacted when they were shown same-sex marriage proposal videos. Kids these days.
“how will we explain homosexuality to our children” I think maybe they should explain it to you
Well done, you took down a shitty little blog that has no absolutely no relevance outside of tumblr.
Pick your battles, I suppose…
So, word reached me that APM got hit with a C&D after enough people prompted Hasbro to take action on the subject. This is likely to be the only thing I will say in response to it, unless I get prompted for more, so here ‘goes.
Folks, the fandom is changing.
We can no longer conduct ourselves…
I have to ask the obvious question; how, exactly, is it our fault that children are stumbling upon this porn?
I’m no artist, but I do fancy myself as a writer of sorts, and since joining the fandom I’ve written a few stories, including several NSFW ones. And I’ve posted them, on fimfiction.com. Yet it seems to me that I, like other writers and artists in this fandom, have already taken steps to limit the exposure of this NSFW content. On fimfiction, those stories I wrote that contain adult content are labeled as such, and the website automatically filters what it displays for non-logged in users and, for those whose do log in, you have to specify that you want to see NSFW content.
This is the same pretty much throughout the fandom and the internet on whole. That’s why things like Google’s Safesearch exist.
My point being that, in essence, people like myself have already done our due diligence in keeping this material out of the hands of children. The problem seems to be that the other half the of equation– namely the role parents are supposed to play in keeping the content out of the hands of children– is being ignored. You blame us, but we have by all accounts and to the best of our ability as far as I can tell, acted to responsibly on this issue. I don’t see why I or JJ or anyone else needs to take the blame for your kid searching google images with Safesearch off, and so on.
Tl:dr Due diligence has already been carried out– the very thing this post is suggesting the fandom needs to do. The problems that are arising are solely the responsibility of those who are supposed to be looking after children
So, word reached me that APM got hit with a C&D after enough people prompted Hasbro to take action on the subject. This is likely to be the only thing I will say in response to it, unless I get prompted for more, so here ‘goes.
Folks, the fandom is changing.
We can no longer conduct ourselves as though we’re part of some indie, underground, cultist movement. “Brony” is now a word in mainstream cultural vernacular, and whether we want to admit it or not, there are a lot of eyes pointed toward us now.
You are a lot more visible than you think.
This really hit home for me when I was at the most recent Bronycon in August, and a girl, no older than 8, came up to me, and told me she knew who I was.
While the roots of our isolated little culture may have been on 4chan once upon a time — the veritable, scummy “good ol’ boys club” of the internet — we have long-since evolved past that, and can no longer adamantly cling to our ribbing, inside-joke laden, adults-only behavior of yesteryear. The days of being able to openly share adult materials has ended.
That said, I do not, personally, want to see the abolishment of porn, or fetish art, or silly Gmod videos of ponies
making outdoing dumb shit, or whatever else have you — these are things that I feel people are entitled to enjoy at their leisure, however is it also my belief that, in order to continue sharing these things, it is imperative we construct safe spaces to do so.As adult fans of a children’s show, we are obligated to be responsible stewards for our content. This is a duty that can no longer be ignored or skated around.
While most of the DWM rhetoric that went around this last tear had a lot of people rolling their eyes, we can’t ignore that it is all-too-easy for kids to accidentally stumble across suggestive, or even explicit pony images, even with safe search on. So while I’ve come to disagree with most of the talking points of the DWM/PARC bunch, I cannot easily fault them for at least wanting to try to make the public face of the fandom cleaner, and more kid-friendly. While, yes, there is also a certain element of parental responsibility that should come into play as well, I’m not certain how reasonable it is to expect parents to be diligent about filtering porn out of something that ought to be pretty benign, like My Little Pony.
We’ve really been on borrowed time since day one, and the removal of the APM comic should serve as indication enough that we, collectively, need to be more cautious about how, and where adult materials are shared. I’m all for letting people enjoy what they want, even if it’s subversive fetish pony porn, or weird, rapey jokes (whatever floats your boat, man,) but we can no longer remain ignorant of people accidentally coming across those kinds of things, especially when the people that might accidentally encounter it belong to the show’s main demographic.
This whole thing should be clear proof that the show’s target audience matters more to Hasbro than bronies do (as it should,) and they will protect them.
These are just my 2 cents.
I second the motion, anyone who is part of the fandom should read this
Yeah, this is so true… Hey, wait a minute!
My main reaction to this is: You mean, you weren’t already doing this?
I haven’t been in the fandom for that long, but it seems to me that it had become a “generally recognized” Internet phenomenon by the end of 2011. I’m surprised that it’s taken this long for people to understand that such mature content (sexual, violent, etc.) is in fact visible to others. And even if we were still “underground” we would still have the same obligations concerning this content, as any purveyor of not-safe-for-all-ages content does.
(I seriously doubt that Down with Molestia is heavily focused on making ponies family-friendly for children. Yes, that is part of Pinkiepony’s original intention [my reblog]. But based on what I’ve seen, the movement as a whole seems pretty mum about clop or other mature content in general. Even the fact that it’s been renamed “Ponies Against Rape Culture” supports this.)
Now I am a brony who likes to understand both parties of a dispute, in this case the DWM people and the Molestia people. I know some people that are against Molestia and some that like it. They recently posted their thought about the shutdown and are being attacked by Bronies who loved the page. Now I understand if you like the page and followed it but do you really think attacking the dwm people will help bring molestia back or help you in anyway? It won’t, JJ said he’s moving on, everything has to end sometime, like a TV show or book that you loved. You guys attacking the dwm people really wanna be seen as people that attack others for their ideals? You know, I remember when this fandom was about the show and togetherness, but if you guys are attacking others and still calling yourselves a brony then I’m sorry, that’s not brony. A brony respects one anothers ideals and thoughts and don’t attack with curse words, threats, etc. if the mane six saw you guys they wouldn’t acknowledge you as friends or Bronies, they believe in peace, non-violent solutions, and equality. Sorry for this rant, but I’ve had it, this fandom is deteriorating, I just want the old fandom back, the one where we help each other and respect one another.
Thank you for reading this. And I hope you pass the message to others so we may become what this fandom once was.
Thank you.