some dipshits wanted to turn the whole fandom into an ironic meme
This was a vanishingly small number of “bronies”. Most of them were people who were nostalgic for a show with writing in the style of Cartoon Network’s golden age, and who really liked watching a show that was earnest in an era when every single tv show and movie was extremely ironic.
This was a vanishingly small number of “bronies”. Most of them were people who were nostalgic for a show with writing in the style of Cartoon Network’s golden age, and who really liked watching a show that was earnest in an era when every single tv show and movie was extremely ironic.
Wasn’t this during the early 2010s? I seem to remember plenty of sincerity in tv and movies.
It’s worse now, but I at least remember having this general feeling at the time /shrug
For me, one thing it was was an antidote to a sort of South Park caring-about-things-is-for-losers outlook