General Chatter (for waifus!)

[Lurker]

Heh, I'm not certain I've given the show much thought in a long time. It served well as the basis for my most recent exploration, but is now no longer required. Now, all that's left is what I originally thought of it; it's a cute show with an interesting fandom. I think the show's funny and uplifting, and the fandom... I try to ignore the unpleasant bits if I can help it. There are a lot of great artists and musicians and writers who've found inspiration in the MLP universe, and that's not to be disregarded along with embarrassingly fanatical fans, regrettably copious amounts of autism, and its sexualization of what was originally supposed to be so innocent. Not that I consider sexualization a bad thing, considering the unexpectedly mature fanbase, at least in age, and not that autism is anything to be ashamed of, but the label does carry humiliating stereotypes, and it's true that this fandom contains a lot of autistic individuals. To clarify: It's not the presence of so many autistic individuals that I refer to as "unpleasant." They're mostly just... quirky. It's just the stereotypes that come along with it and are kind of painted over the fandom as a whole. Yet, not even that matters, since if one does make presumptions so broad without taking into account the purposes of blanket statements and their inherent inaccuracies as factual recollections of a group's general traits, they're not really worth listening to to begin with. Safely ignored.

I'm also not certain what you mean by "my progress" as it pertains to the fandom and love for MLP itself and its characters. Would you care to rephrase that?