Lampshade, on 10 June 2012 - 01:06 AM, said:
Re-education begins with season 1 opener and ends with season 2 closer. As far as getting it, we are just fans of a well written show. There is no real difference between fans of MLP and fans of any other kids show like spongebob, adventure time, or CCS. We are the new fandom, and we are growing exponentially, so we are the new target. Combine that with the fact that we formed out of troll-havens such as 4chan and SA, causing a web civil war in these locations early on and we catch more flaming then Neil Patrick Harris at a gay bar.
I would love to think there is something special about us, but honestly there isn't. We are trolls and internet folk who really like a show for its content and find strong bonds of community within it, even to the point of 'reforming' some of us of our trollish ways. We show up in places like this because we were already here to begin with. We are as integural to the internet as HTML and as big a part of MWO (and MW and BT) as actuators and heat-sinks. We don't show up to ruin anyone's fun, we are already here. So if there is something special to us, its that we set aside differences and find community among ourselves, like Jade Falcons or GDLers.