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deviantart, fandom: my little pony, lovers on the astral plane

Just In Time For FW's Anniversary!
My friends:

I have just found a wank that arguably combines elements of three of the classic wanks recently featured in the Deathmatch: His Wife, A Horse, the Snapewives, and My Ponies Hate You Now.

Simply put: Deviant Art member Kevinsano specializes in My Little Pony art. However, another Bronie recently wrote him a letter asking him to curtail his more erotic MLP art, particularly art depicting Twilight Sparkle - because, argued this correspodent, he and Twilight Sparkle were engaged.

I'm totally head over heels in love with Twilight Sparkle. I have been for 11 months now and at this point I'm in a committed relationship with my Twiley.

Actual email reproduced here. MTV coverage here, and the AV club weighs in here.

Enjoy.

Updated: For your convenience, a dramatic reading of the letter, if you prefer podcasts...

Update the Second: The blushing bridegroom's account of his love story on the MLP fandom fora. (I couldn't get the link to the profile to work, so than you for this!) (Update of the update: link now goes to a Googlecache as the forum link proper stopped working.)

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	ekaterinv 2013-03-24 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	Rarity... is above that "soulless consumerism" Does not compute. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

feenix
2013-03-25 03:59 am UTC (link)

The hilarious thing is, out of the Mane 6, he's saying this about Rarity. The clotheshorse. The one with the cutie mark of a diamond. Isn't soulless consumerism her raison d'etre?

The depressing thing is that I'm more outraged by the OOCness of his characterization of Rarity than the fact that he's projecting all of this onto an animated Hasbro pony whose actual raison d'etre is to sell massive amounts of tie-in shit ~~to twenty-something neckbeards watching "ironically"~~.

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cmdr_zoom
2013-03-25 07:58 pm UTC (link)

Isn't soulless consumerism her raison d'etre?

Actually... no. Hasbro meta aside, I was pleasantly surprised by Rarity; in most shows of this sort, the fashion-conscious and materialistic character is a vain and shallow foil for the protagonist, a one-note Mean Girl bitch who serves as obstacle and/or rival for the attention of the male love interest. Rarity is, IMO, a lot more complex and sympathetic, and I appreciate that.

Doesn't mean I want to date her, though. :/

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	varethane 2013-03-25 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	Lauren Faust wrote an article where she mentions that: There is also a need to incorporate fashion play into the show, but only one character is interested in it and she is not a trend follower but a designer who sells her own creations from her own store. We portray her not as a shopaholic but as an artist. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	feenix 2013-03-26 03:05 am UTC (link)
	Shows how much I know about FiM fandom, then! Thanks for setting me straight. I'm still sad that that was my first thought instead of, "oh my god at the end of the day SHE IS JUST A GIGANTIC TIE-IN why are you romaticizing her," though. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tangentialone 2013-03-27 12:43 am UTC (link)
	I think it's fair to say that it's "her raison d'etre" in the sense that it's the (meta) reason the character exists--it's just not a good description of her in-universe since they managed to make her an awesome, rounded character anyway. I don't think it lessens the irony of him saying that at all! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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