Kurt, I never knew of your existence until today but reading your recent Big Hollywood article I felt the need to reach out to you. You noticed the phenomena of men who have become fans of My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic and lashed out. I don't wish to say I am certain, but have the strong suspicion from your reaction you're hiding something you can't talk about with your friends there at Big Hollywood. I want you to know that it's okay.
I could see the instinctual projection from the very beginning. There wasn't even time to research this 'brony' phenomena. You didn't want to understand or learn about bronies. That's not what a real man would do who loves women and does manly things, or at least that's what you repeated in your head over and over. There was no place for research. You needed to do a google image search for My Little Pony, grab one of the pictures on the first page of that search which was unrelated to the current show, and type away.
But perhaps you were too quick, too instinctual in your posting. You are extremely defensive as you project
But should Hollywood really be enabling this phenomenon?
Hell no. It’s a freaking embarrassment.
All the while, as these pathetic sissies giggle like school girls over magic unicorns that spray rainbows from their horns, real men – and women – who have put aside the temptation to retreat into a frivolous fantasy world are tromping through the wilds of Afghanistan. Such young adults, some younger (in years) than the “bronies,” are protecting all of us – including these pathetic weirdoes.
It makes me want to wretch.
It's what feels right to dismiss them as sissies and weirdos and to retreat into thoughts of real men who do manly things like join the military and aren't
interested in such sissy stuff. But your projection starts to show. Is this really so much to make you wretch? Is men watching a show that doesn't fit into tradition male gender roles enough to make you feel physically nauseous? It's almost like there is some deep self revulsion that this phenomena peers at.
The important thing is to be honest with yourself. I mean, your first instinct when thinking of My Little Pony was "unicorns that spray rainbows from their horns." Is there any doubt where your mind actually was when those words appeared on the computer monitor?
I understand, you can't afford to reveal this side to your bosses at Big Hollywood but the real tragedy is you can't seem to reveal it to yourself, and eventually deception like that eats a person up.
A story like My Little Pony Friendship is Magic may be a bit outside the stereotypical male demographic– I mean, it has a pink pony– but the lessons there, about the need to overcome one’s fears and to sacrifice one’s self if need be to defend your friends and country, are as vital as ever.
The most impressive thing about bronies is we enjoy the show for it's well rounded interesting characters and ability to give morals in fresh interesting ways. And we do this despite the closed minded impressions or projections of others because we are true to ourselves and comfortable with who we are. You could take a lesson from us. #Caring.