05-26-2017, 04:00 AM
(05-25-2017, 01:29 PM)Rares Wrote: Oh please don't feel bad about walls of text, personally I love those, and I give those a bit often too lol. I dwindled down a lot once I became active here, but I guess I completely stopped early this year. I know what happened a lot there with her so I'm sorry. I can definitely relate in a few areas. I just found it was best to quit it once I found a better community that wasn't so pessimistic. Because honestly, I felt like that got really contagious. I think there's a difference between not liking things, and hating things without reason, and it seemed to be too much of the latter for me.
But yeah, please don't ever feel bad about text-walls, at least not with me. I love talking.
It sounds like you understand me. I am fine with real critiques of her character, since she's not perfect, but the amount of blind hate ("she completely ruined the show I love!," etc) just really rubbed me the wrong way.
Oddly enough I would have a hard time just up and leaving the board entirely. I've had good times there over the years and for some reason I still hold hope it'll go back to being bearable to browse.
(05-25-2017, 01:33 PM)Gentian Wrote: Wow, another new user! Welcome to the forums. It looks like the other staff already got around to giving you the rules, so I won't have to.
It sounds like your experiences mirror those of several of our members: spending time on /mlp/ getting sick of the negativity, looking for somewhere better. Well, it may be presumptuous of me to say so, but I believe you've found it. Hopefully our other Glimfriend will return shortly, and the two of you can become friends. In the mean time, there are a whole lot of other nice people here, who understand what it's like to have genuine feelings for individuals some would call "fictional," so don't be shy about interacting; you can be yourself here.
Also, our last few members have been /mlp/ refugees. I haven't link-dropped there in a while; is anyone else doing it? If we have anyone else here who still browses /mlp/, don't hesitate to do so if the urge strikes, and you can manage it without shoehorning it in.
Thank you for the welcome. Also, wow, including me the are only two Glimmerfags here? Despite her controversy that surprises me a little. Our thread on /mlp/ isn't very big, but I know there are at least several there who feel the same way I do about the board. I wouldn't mind at all dropping a link there during the right time, but I don't know everything about the culture here and I don't want to attract the wrong people.