@dt
I know the feel. It’s sad that I will never see more of the
Time Off series, such amazing comics…
I miss the sense of awe I felt within the first year with the fandom. All the art looked stunning, the music sounded great, and good fanfic was like blessings. Now, we have more artists, writers and animators than before (I don’t follow pony music anymore, so I don’t know about that) and the old ones are definitely a lot better than when I first knew them, but now that I’ve seen so much, it’s harder to be truly impressed, I guess.
I also miss the time when I was not too concerned about the show. Before, I didn’t join much discussion about the show, so I don’t have much to worry about. Now that I’m part of some discussion board, whenever someone speak ill of the characters and I disagree, I just feel the obligation to defend them. And it can become tiring.
I have become too attached to the characters of the show. Not the “waifu” kind of attachment. It’s just that they are as dear to me as real friends. Part of me wish I could have friends like them, I guess? I’m sure plenty people will find that idea revolting, “disgusting male cis scum stealing a little girls’ show” or whatever. Those words have no weight on me enjoying the time I have for myself though.
Tl;dr: I wish I could go back to the time when I was more carefree about ponies.