MLP: FiM fandom terms revisited.

  I've vented about this before so I'll keep this brief. I think the term brony is a bit of cute wordplay that if it were just relegated to those who want to use it would be fine. However many, many, MANY FiM fans have objected to its use as a catchall term for FiM fans for a variety of reasons. Usually the most cited and most passionately defended is that it invalidates the long time female fans of MLP with the implication being that "guys like it, it must be cool because tee hee, boys rule the world!" Needless to say, this rubs people the wrong way. They have explicitly stated why on more than one occasion and your argument that it's not a gendered term is wrong. I DON'T CARE that your little sister and your grandmother both self identify as bronies and to you (you special, special snowflake you) it's simply what MLP: FiM fans are/should be called. I call everyone dude, but I'm not going to try and say that it's genderless. :P If you ask me to not call you dude, I will attempt to not call you dude. Given how frequently I say it, it may take me a while to fully stop, but I will try.
   Just because you say it/think it does not make it true.

  Given the way the thread over on equestriamlp blew up (seriously. It went from like, 18 posts to 185 while I slept), I'd say that it's a pretty contentious issue. Especially since by the time I went to sleep, the kerfluffle had stopped and they'd moved onto "sales posts: yay or nay?"

  Here's the secret: I think pegasister is cute, but that's a two-fer. One, it is cute. Brony is cute. But pegasister isn't going to catch on anywhere near as much as brony did so it's not really... something I worry about. Thus it may remain cute. If this makes sense to anyone else, have a cookie.
   Not the secret. The secret? I don't want a cute fucking name for this fucking fandom because it doesn't need a fucking nickname. As far as I know, MLP fans didn't have any majorly cutesy nicknames previously and you know what? I don't fucking need one now.

  If a part of your fandom says "no. I do not want to be known as this because I find it to be degrading/wrong/whatever" and backs it up with a semi-valid reason as to why they feel this way, guess what? Continuing to insist that it's all harmless fun and cute is telling them to shut up. Which is just rude. Rarity would not approve.

We interrupt my PMS for this important announcement

Guess what?!

For the first time since I started my job, I have Thanksgiving off. You may share my joy. It's okay, I've got plenty. I'm thinking this calls for chocolate crack pie after all.