Date: 2024-11-30 03:48 am (UTC)
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Perhaps even if they are successful in their studies, they'll be shot down by every professor and colleague for such a bold claim? Sweeping statements like those tend to be laughed out of the room in many academic circles, as far as I've seen (again, mind, I'm not in the paleo-sphere).

Yeah, that’s what I figure will happen at some point—here’s to hoping, at least…

Ah, Molestia or Little Miss Rarity? XD

Both, actually! Though more so the former; mini-me was a bit too squeamish at what little I did wind up seeing of Lil Miss to want to dive much deeper at the time, my sense of morbid curiosity being exceptionally cowardly back then (I don’t even remember giving Cupcakes a read until I was already out of high school).

…Meanwhile, mindlessgonzo’s ‘performance’ for the Princess (etc.) herself is practically embedded into my brainfolds, for how long it’s been since I listened to such repeatedly.

On bronies though, I do greatly miss the glory days of them... certainly the most accepting, thoughtful fandom I had been a part of since the golden days of furries. Or perhaps my glasses are rose-colored because I was younger, and less people made discourse their entire life. Ah, well.

For what it’s worth, I feel the exact same way (except without broader furrydom as a frame of reference beforehand)—granted, I definitely had an easier time fitting into places in general back then, but the heyday or hayday, even of the brony community truly seemed to me like it had a place for all sorts…

…Even if some of those places (expectedly enough) wound up at each others’ throats for whatever reason. As one of my first big fandom scenes, this was also my first big exposure to fandom drama—and honestly, part of why I look back on those days so fondly is probably because my (more) conceited and myopic ego let me stay comfortably detached from a lot of the more involved/‘meta’ discourse throughout (which I could in turn just sit in front of my screen and laugh at snarky recaps of).

…Not to say I wasn’t personally invested in at least some of the pot-stirring, though; this was also around the time the allure of ✨critical analysis✨ started appealing to the aforementioned ego, so I soon enough found myself with a firm stick up my ass courtesy of whatever internet critics came off as funny/well-articulated enough for my liking: Twilight’s wings, Equestria Girls, Discord’s redemption(?) arc, Starlight Glimmer in general—you name it, I’d probably made it my personal 9/11 at some point before the oxymoron that is “objectively good writing” started to crumble against my increasingly opinionated psyche.

Long-form blogging and forum communication doesn't need to be instant... Which I quite prefer at this point, honestly.

Same here—one of my most consistent sources of remorse is not giving myself enough time to formulate my thoughts properly, so it’s nice to not feel as put on the spot as I would be on, say, Reddit (or especially Discord).

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