I really don't know what to talk about. I certainly don't want to talk about the stuff I've been talking about for the last few months because of how boring and repetitive it is, but since I haven't talked about much else than that for so long, I don't know where to start on talking about something else. Hmmm.
Recently, I've gotten into the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" series, but I'm not sure why I like it. The stories are obviously meant for children and usually predictable, but they're still extremely endearing and entertaining to watch. Most kids shows annoy the hell out of me, but this one is different somehow. It seems to be immune to being annoying.
When I started watching the show, thoughts like, "I can't believe I'm doing this." and "This is so childish and stupid." and "Oh, I guess that's a little funny." ran through my head during the first four minutes or so, especially during most of the character introductions. It made me cringe so much, for instance, when Applejack was introducing her entire family to Twilight. It felt so cliche, like the show was trying really hard to be funny by copying an age old method of introducing a bunch of characters that wasn't even humorous the first time it was used. Another cringe-worthy moment was when three ponies asked Twilight if she wanted to hang out with them, and she ran away toward the library causing one of them to say, "She must think books are more important than friends." Ahhhhhhh, it was so stupid! It made my eyes peel open like lemon juice had been poured on them constantly for a week. Almost all of the other character introductions were just as cringe-worthy.
But then Fluttershy came along and changed everything. At first her intro seemed like it would be just as stupid as the rest of them. She was teaching birds how to sing and giving one of them advice. Ah, the one who loves music and little critters; okay whatever, lets get this over with. Twilight appeared and said "Hi," which made all of the birds fly away. Okay, now that the birds have flown away, there's two ways she could possibly react in a kids show like this: either she'll be angry, or she'll be sad that the birds flew away and... Twilight apologized to her for scaring away the birds, then said that she was just checking up on the progress. I'm guessing she'll be sad based upon her character design. Twilight asked Flutter her name, which made Flutter become extremely shy, and say it as quietly as possible. Huh. I didn't see this one coming. Twilight didn't hear Flutter's name and said that she didn't catch it to Flutter, so Flutter said her name again, even more quietly. Oh my god. How the... Twilight noticed how shy Flutter was being and tried to let her know more gently and nicely that she couldn't here her name. Flutter went into a tiny high pitched whimper, squinting her eyes sadly and frowning. She's, just... tooo... cute. .ahhhhhhhh. Too cute...to compute..ahh. ahhh Ahhhhhhhh, she's so cute.
Then a sort of compartment appeared in my mind, a section where all likable characters go, and Fluttershy instantly appeared in it. Moments later, Twilight appeared in it because of how nice she was trying to be to Flutter. The dragon, who's name I don't remember, appeared in it soon after because of the comparison between Twilight and Flutter's reactions to him. The rest of the characters followed in a the same sort of way by connecting to characters already in the likeable characters compartment, and, by the end of the episode, every character had something likable about him or her.
Sorry to leave you hanging, but I'm done.
Duh.
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