Imagine yourself as a very helpful person. Imagine yourself getting shunned from humanity only because you watch a certain T.V. show. How would you feel? Angry? Depressed? Hated? All of these things are how Bronies feel when they’re shunned from the world. Bronies are one of the most charitable fandoms in the world, and should be recognized for their contributions to the world, not for what they watch.
On October 10, 2010, the first episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic aired on the Hub network. This new generation changed the face of the pastel coloured ponies, and changed the franchise from the overly girly style of the previous generations. Lauren Faust, the creator of Friendship is Magic, wanted a more “family friendly” show, and made it more mature. These changes sprung up an unexpected Fan-base, that call themselves, Bronies.
You may ask, “What is a Brony?”, well I’ll tell you. A Brony is a fan of the T.V. show called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, that is outside the particular target group of little girls. Many people’s first impressions about Bronies, might be that Bronies are creepy or gay, but that’s just a typical opinion.
The benefits of being a Brony is that, through the fandom, they meet new and interesting people that usually have the interests, and they become friends, “My little Pony helps fill a gap for some men”-Mike Brookhoff . Bronies have done hundreds and thousands, if not millions of charities worldwide for the disabled, sick, homeless, Haiti and even Chili. There are Bronies in the military; in the marines, air force, and the front lines. The Bronies in the military don’t kid around when it comes to defending their country. The men have seen the show lift the spirits of stateside soldiers. A mutual friend became depressed after losing a buddy in Afghanistan, they said -- until he started watching “My Little Pony.” But even though they do all these things, they still get hate from people who don’t understand.
Ever since FOX New’s attack on Bronies, they have gotten more hate than when they first started in 2010, but since 2013, that hate decreased dramatically. Why that is, is because the haters actually gave the show a try, and they started to like it. Other news broadcasters have also helped decrease the hate by the request of Lauren Faust and John DeLancie (Q from Star Trek).
Roseanne was a hit sitcom that debuted in the late 80s and continued into the late 90s. It was one of the most watched shows of its time despite the controversy that surrounded it. The series still airs on popular television networks today but, because it functionally paved the way, it is not considered questionable in today’s society. Although the show had its share of controversial issues and what was then thought to be “inappropriate” dialogue, the America population continued to tune-in to Roseanne and empathized with the weekly problems the Conner’s would face. The show depicted life much like people actually experienced it (and still do) and therefore captured the hearts of America, which translated to a better acceptance of the material folks found inappropriate or unacceptable. Over time, as people were more often exposed to the matters that Roseanne felt were pertinent, the disputes became fewer and the issues surrounding them became irrelevant. Dealing with issues such as sex, homosexuality, and a not so functional family, Roseanne proved to be very functional to society as a whole.
Charles “Chuckie” Finster, the orange-haired, bespectacled freckled face, buck teeth toddler in the Nickelodeon Series, “The Rugrats” was often known as a pessimist, scaredy cat who always approached situations with full awareness and attentiveness. He was always seen with his bulky pair of purple-framed glasses, a blue shirt with the planet Saturn on it, his green shorts with light green squiggles, yellow-orange socks and his red shoes that were always partially untied. Chuckie was raised by a single parent, Chas Finster, and just when he was three months old, his mother, Melinda passed away from an illness. Chuckie and his friends, including Tommy, Angelica, and the twins Lillian and Phillip embarked on day-to-day adventures unfolding the
Media is a powerful agent in entertaining children. It also influences and teaches the youth of society the suitable and appropriate gender roles that they inevitably try to make sense of. The power of media is very influential especially in the minds of the youth. Disney movies target the youth and plant certain ideas and concepts about social culture into the vulnerable minds of children. Media uses gender to its advantage, just like Disney productions. Humorous caricatures reveal some harsh realities about the portrayal of Disney Princesses in many movies made by the Walt Disney Company. Disney mixes innocence with the ultimate form of fantasy to capture an audience. Predominantly, Disney helps highlight the gender roles by showing the audience simply what they want to see. In the attempt to stick to the norm and portray stereotypical female characters, Disney created Princesses. Presented as damsels in distress and inferior beings to men, Disney Princesses give children an inaccurate portrayal of gender roles at a young age. Through Disney’s social success and intriguing films, such as The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast, Disney Princess movies portray stereotypical representation of gender roles through the denigration of the female image, targeting and ruining the perception of youth today.
His parents died when he was young. He was nurtured by his older brothers. Pony has to struggle at the bottom of the social ladder. Like the people around him, he has to fight, steal and scare little kids. However, Pony remained a pure heart, a golden heart. He only fights when he has to defend himself. He kept his heart of sympathy, understanding of others and think for the others. Like in when the church was burned, he understands the situation of the teacher and children. So he risked his life to safe the kids. The most straight forward example and conclusion of Pony’s good heart is the word of Johnny, “Stay gold, Ponyboy, stay gold…” Moreover, Ponyboy is a thinker. He can think for the opposite side of his gang, the Socs. Although the Socs almost drowned him, he can still understand the Socs and didn’t be blinded by the hate. He in the chaos and impulsive world can see through the surface of the conflict and see the core of the world that people are the same. That is really amazing and Ponyboy does have the board mind of a hero.
Despite what the stereotype suggests, Ponyboy feels deeply, even when so many say he should be solid with no emotion. Unlike thousands of people, greaser or not, he is not afraid to show his feelings to others. On page 8, after being beaten
The force of a fandom is very powerful when dealing with large fandoms. One should refrain from offending fans because if one offends a fan or insults their interest then they will defend their fandom by all means. Fans tend to be very loyal and endearing when it come to their fandom. “Although they were stereotyped as brainwashed consumers, the fans were far from passive- when they screamed they were celebrating themselves, their freedom, their youth, their power. Screaming didn’t drown out the performance: it was the performance” (Lynskey 5)
Throughout the novel, Ponyboy’s brother Darry tells him that he needs to use his head more and think for himself. Pony’s friends and family are more of an influence in Pony’s life than Pony himself. Being known as “‘...Soda’s kid brother…’” (42) in the gang, Pony is not forced to make his own decisions very often so he has no practice in doing so. When the
“I went on walking home, thinking about the movie, and then suddenly wishing I had some company. Greasers can’t walk alone much or they’ll get jumped.”(Hinton 2). This quote shows how Ponyboy he could probably get hurt out in the streets because he’s alone. But if he has a weapon, he will be able to protect himself. He can defend himself which he has to learn eventually so he can go out whenever he wants and nobody goes with him. That’s why he shouldn’t be sent to a foster home because then he would never learn to use self
Ponyboy and others know subconsciously that they need to hammer away. Through dreadful living conditions, family issues, and the deaths of friends, they just chip away until they can’t no more. When the end is there in the distance they all lean on each other and support the others. Ponyboy and his family endure through the thick and the thin. S.E. Hinton shows this so perfectly and inspires the rest of the world to do so. At the end of the day, the reader can understand how important it is to persevere through
To begin with, Ponyboy felt alone when he was with his friends, yet he was still in a group. The reason he felt this way was because he liked to read books, and he feels that no one likes movies and books the same way he does. Furthermore, he even thought for a while that he was the only person in the world that did, so he “loned it” (pg 2). But even though he felt alone when he thought he was the only person who thought of things differently in his group, he was
Many believe the purpose and application of these stereotypes further reinforce the standardized conceptions of various groups/communities; claiming,stereotype sitcom characters are Hollywood creations made to attract an audience rather than encompassing a true member of a stereotyped community. Others argue stereotypes ,used in the sitcom format, can be utilized as a method of exposure to the public to build familiarity or support for the community. The exposure would also enable the development of awareness for the group being addressed in the program. The purpose of the use of stereotypes in sitcoms created in the late 90’s through the 2000’s has changed from the sitcoms created in the 70’s through 80’s. Instead of being used as a source of discrimination and comedic relief, stereotypes in modern sitcoms are now employed to display diverse lifestyles to audiences; also to challenge and diversify the current traditional stereotypes. The use of comedy weaved into
Holling’s friend, Doug, took a black eye for him from his brother because Doug’s brother made something embarrassing about Holling and he would not help his brother so his brother punched Doug in the face. Holling is thankful for Doug taking a black eye for him. “Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.” This shows that Holling’s friends can sacrifice for him. Sometimes Ponyboy’s friends do not take him seriously. Ponyboy is explaining that has friends do not take him seriously. “My friends---they’d think I was off my rocker or turning soft.” Ponyboy is saying that most of the time his friends won’t take him seriously or pay attention to what he is saying. The friends of the main character treat them
He is told “you’re too young” to be smoking by Jerry. Ponyboy doesn’t realise that he’s too young because he’s use to seeing all of his peers smoking, provoking him to think that it’s normal. Another example would be that all his mates had a reason to fight in the rumble, this caused him to wonde why he fought in the first place if it wasn’t for self defense. Sometimes the problem with having a peer group, can be that those around the individual can start to cause peer pressure.
It is understandable that people may think that Darry is too young to take care of a 14 year old boy, or that Ponyboy should be taken care of by someone he doesn’t fight with so much. People in a gang do have a greater tendency of getting in trouble, however putting Pony in a home could cause him to act out, which would
Every summer, thousands of young adult’s head to the Jersey shore to take part in the East Coast rite of passage, in which a group of people will come together and share a house for the summer. In 2009 a new reality show called The Jersey shore first aired, on the MTV network. There were eight Italian American cast members who came together for the summer to live and work in Seaside Heights, the show was based on real world-type situations, and as any other reality show, it features a lot of absurd, immature behavior, a festivity of party-culture, anti-intellectualism, and capitulation to the pornification of American culture. Through these show viewers observed the glorification of the party life-style, bad behaviors, public drunkenness and