barrymanilowswinternightmare:

it’s a little depressing when people in the whole ‘Derpy debate’ say “she didn’t mean badly…” and stuff as if it’s a legitimate argument and say things like “It’s not her fault” or “you’ve hurt her feelings” as a genuine response to people disliking it.

She’s 

not real.

I don’t like telling people what to do with their lives because I don’t want to be some elitist douche who tells people that the way they want to have fun is ‘wrong’, but

when you actually believe that a mass of lines and colours on a screen is real and has feelings

so much so that you actually feel like crying or protecting the actual character itself when someone doesn’t like it/it gets taken off the air

then that form of entertainment has become a deeply rooted obsession.

I know that MLP has helped a lot of people with problems; I don’t think I’ve had an in depth conversation with any brony who has not said something about the show helping them open up and feel better/cope with huge insecurities about themselves and that’s great (in honesty it helped me meet a bunch of brilliant people and start thinking more positively at one point). But the issue is knowing when you or someone else become reliant on the show and what happens in it as a primary (or only) source of happiness. 

I’m not saying this to talk down to anyone, it’s just scary how many people I’ve seen  become completely dependent on this show. And at some point, it will end. I mean sure, keep watching if you love it; its some good entertainment! But know that it is just a show and please acknowledge that there’s more to life than just that.