Ponies a question does it lead to enlightenment?

[Harmonious Emptiness]

Okay well, sorry if I hurt your feelings. But any seemingly straight man with hair under his arms should expect odd reception to saying he's in love with this show. That's just the facts of life, which maybe one of these ponies made to look like sexed up 8 year olds neglected to tell them... Sorry if that is too dark for the prouncing pink ponys, but this is not the nickelodeon channel either.

[Flolfolil]

mlp is on the hub. Nick hasn't been very good since the 90s imo

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

AAAaaah! Real monsters, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, Pepper Ann, and Rugrats...


That's the sum total of Nickelodian.


Course im missign a few but it doesnt matter you get the idea.

Camp Onomotopoeia.

[Protector]

KENAN AND KEL, ALL THAT, HEY ARNOLD, ANGRY BEAVERS, AS TOLD BY GINGER, REN AND STIMPY, ADVENTURES OF PETE AND PETE, CATDOG, KABLAM

 

 

Ah! I said end of discussion and you nick me back

 

FIGHT THE PATRIARCHY!!!

[konchog uma]

haha thanks i asked my bf to make it for me The chinese is supposed to say "A new low". We used google translator so idk if it is correct lol

 

thats the first pony phenomenon that i like btw... i guess im just too serious or something

 

i mean its never too late to learn about love and friendship but i don't see the big deal, or why its a cult craze. Im not much into entertainment of that sort but i like your sig because its genuinely funny both ways you could take it

[konchog uma]

ren and stimpy, now thats a real cartoon

 

guaranteed to lead straight to enlightenment or at least cure space madness

[Cat Pillar]

 

i mean its never too late to learn about love and friendship but i don't see the big deal, or why its a cult craze. Im not much into entertainment of that sort but i like your sig because its genuinely funny both ways you could take it

 

It's a cult craze because of who works on the show, and how it's written.

 

Lauren Faust (Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) took the lead on re-engineering the brand for the new series, and animators from shows like Samurai Jack are involved in the development. The show contains a lot of geek/nerd culture references as well as popular media references. In essence, it's just really well done on a lot of levels.

 

Hasbro and the MLP creative team took advantage of the show's initial popularity among non-target audiences and started including references to fan created memes in the show, which pretty much set up a feedback loop that solidified the fan base.

 

Obviously I'm a fan, but I don't derive a whole lot of spiritual inspiration from the show - some of the Aesop's are pretty weak, actually. I think it's important to acknowledge that the show was created to sell toys.

[Protector]

The way to grow is to grow with the characters, that's why books were popular. Imagine what you would do if you could simply walk into Mordor or help Sherlock. I think one of the reason why Harry Potter is so popular is because he is so bland as a character what the reader wants to take his place and make his own decisions.

Now that we have movies and visual media, we see the characters and we let them move without our help. Identifying with characters makes them likable and makes us see ourselves in them, and if they can grow then so can we. That's why Avatar is more acceptable here then My Little Pony, I made even more random threads about Avatar here and they are not in the Off Topic.

We can identify with Aang as a student who is on a spiritual journey but there seems to be a problem when the journey is taken by a cute little purple horse, even when they both have glowing eyes. It's the same show the boys would love if the characters were male, but when they are girls and horses to boot, dormant sexism shows itself. It's even more relatable when it's about normal life but your own ego blinds your eyes, again.

 

DAMN YOU EGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[Immortal4life]

There's been a big clamp down on strict definitions of what is or is not "appropriate" for every single section here lately.

 

I oppose extreme thread segregation.

Edited February 19, 2013 by Immortal4life

[Cat Pillar]

The way to grow is to grow with the characters, that's why books were popular. Imagine what you would do if you could simply walk into Mordor or help Sherlock. I think one of the reason why Harry Potter is so popular is because he is so bland as a character what the reader wants to take his place and make his own decisions.

Now that we have movies and visual media, we see the characters and we let them move without our help. Identifying with characters makes them likable and makes us see ourselves in them, and if they can grow then so can we. That's why Avatar is more acceptable here then My Little Pony, I made even more random threads about Avatar here and they are not in the Off Topic.

We can identify with Aang as a student who is on a spiritual journey but there seems to be a problem when the journey is taken by a cute little purple horse, even when they both have glowing eyes. It's the same show the boys would love if the characters were male, but when they are girls and horses to boot, dormant sexism shows itself. It's even more relatable when it's about normal life but your own ego blinds your eyes, again.

 

DAMN YOU EGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

 

I agree with a lot of what you're saying, and I'm not saying there's absolutely no spiritual lessons that can be learned from MLP (or any other form of media for that matter). I'm just saying that it's a leap to attribute spirituality to the show itself, as some kind of intrinsic characteristic. The show was created to make money, not adepts. Same with Avatar: The Last Airbender. Whatever spiritual lesson is learned is completely individual (and I will say I don't see what the big deal is about people discussing something they've learned from a show in General Discussion, as long as spirituality is the core of the thread). The problem comes when this turns into assigning inherent spiritual qualities to the show or its characters - there is nothing inherently spiritual about it. The spiritual lessons are individual reflections from a brightly colored and entertaining mirror...but the mirror itself is empty of any such spiritual characteristics.

 

Well, that's my opinion, anyway.

[Protector]

Spirituality always comes from the person, TTC is just a book with bunch of Chinese characters and it's kinda worthless until you get the message and it's worthless again. Some crazy people use the bible to exorcise evil out of them teenagers like it's magic but it's also worthless.

Everything is less then worthless but humans can give value to everything. They can see beauty in a rock and chisel out a statue. Meaning in the movement of water and the god of the ocean. Spirituality doesn't happen in the physical plane, it was just a rock until you give it meaning.

 

 

So smaaaaaall

[konchog uma]

It's a cult craze because of who works on the show, and how it's written.

 

Lauren Faust (Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) took the lead on re-engineering the brand for the new series, and animators from shows like Samurai Jack are involved in the development. The show contains a lot of geek/nerd culture references as well as popular media references. In essence, it's just really well done on a lot of levels.

 

Hasbro and the MLP creative team took advantage of the show's initial popularity among non-target audiences and started including references to fan created memes in the show, which pretty much set up a feedback loop that solidified the fan base.

 

Obviously I'm a fan, but I don't derive a whole lot of spiritual inspiration from the show - some of the Aesop's are pretty weak, actually. I think it's important to acknowledge that the show was created to sell toys.

 

thank you, that helps me understand it a lot better

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

Spirituality always comes from the person, TTC is just a book with bunch of Chinese characters and it's kinda worthless until you get the message and it's worthless again. Some crazy people use the bible to exorcise evil out of them teenagers like it's magic but it's also worthless.

Everything is less then worthless but humans can give value to everything. They can see beauty in a rock and chisel out a statue. Meaning in the movement of water and the god of the ocean. Spirituality doesn't happen in the physical plane, it was just a rock until you give it meaning.

 

 

So smaaaaaall

 

 

 

You are somewhere inside something like that.

 

 

And something like that is also somewhere inside you.

 

 

What is small?

 

 

 

 

Edit: who all is in that pic?

Edited February 19, 2013 by Northern Avid Judo Ant

[Protector]

Everything in comparison to infinity or nothing, nothing cannot be measured unless you could zero. Nothing is everywhere and nowhere.

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

thats exactly what i saw, but i wasnt surely sure. found myself in there too


Seriously too.

And additionally, i mostly see samurai, street fighter karateka types, kissing, and muscular angry builds in poses of pride and dominance.

Looks like mostly serious business (srsbsnss) videogame fighter matchups. a dragon here and there, etc. very impressive.



I am scared to ask: Is this (cg/pro)art or a photo?

Edited February 19, 2013 by Northern Avid Judo Ant

[Protector]

It's a photo of Tarantula Nebula

 

SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

then i am stunned beyond belief.... can you actually see all the stuff i am talking about or is it just me?


I literally see my face in the center. my beard, my cheeks, my brow, my forehead, and neck, lips barely visible, eyes hinted at with contours from my brow... and light flooding out from pockets in my cheeks and face.



Am i really that much of a stoner?!

[Protector]

I see a giant scorpion with a white body and red/black everything else

 

Speaking of stones, I haven't mentioned the horse stance in a while

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

hells yeah i see the scorpion! my face is right on its left shoulder (his left, our right).

[Owledge]

It's a cult craze because of who works on the show, and how it's written.

 

Lauren Faust (Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) took the lead on re-engineering the brand for the new series, and animators from shows like Samurai Jack are involved in the development. The show contains a lot of geek/nerd culture references as well as popular media references. In essence, it's just really well done on a lot of levels.

 

Hasbro and the MLP creative team took advantage of the show's initial popularity among non-target audiences and started including references to fan created memes in the show, which pretty much set up a feedback loop that solidified the fan base.

 

Obviously I'm a fan, but I don't derive a whole lot of spiritual inspiration from the show - some of the Aesop's are pretty weak, actually. I think it's important to acknowledge that the show was created to sell toys.

 

Sounds a bit like the World of Warcraft of TV shows.

Well, I'll give the show another try, but you phrased it well why I didn't like it. The whole style is like "How a modern girl is supposed to act" combined with some very obvious and unrefined moral lessons.

 

If I can stand it, I'll watch some more episodes to get a more accurate picture.

[zerostao]

'Speaking of stones, I haven't mentioned the horse stance in a while '

 

" If I can stand it, I'll watch some more episodes to get a more accurate picture."

looking forward to your report.

 

prancing pink ponies, both cartoons and ferraris, are probably just more fascist marketing ploys placed into the

socio-economic arena by the evil elite forces controlling the bourgeois agenda. i went to a local socialist meet-up

with some folks i met at I Love Mountains Day, does it show? haha

they did listen to my anarchist ideals,,,,,

ponies leading to enlightenment? i cant say yay or nay. altho nay does sound some-what like pony language

hey its not like bugs bunny coz bugs for sure leads one to enlightenment, maybe not the quick quick path tho.

also there is not a quick quick path

not to say that the cowboy archetype riding off into the sunset on his pony is not an enlightened being,

either way the road leads on and on

do ponies carry water and chop wood?

 

[Protector]

do ponies carry water and chop wood?

 

Funny enough, after what happened at this season's finale, we will have to find out in the next season.

One of the characters basically reached enlightenment

 

The show became popular in the first place because everyone expected it to be a ploy to sell toys

(skipped to important part)

[Owledge]

That video is hilarious.

 

PS: And it's so easily memorable: Oil Drive See One GT4

Edited February 22, 2013 by Owledge

[Vanir Thunder Dojo Tan]

i bet we could revivify another old kids toy from the '80s and make a videogame out of it next!!!

[Protector]

Been done, Transformers