I think the point a lot of young bronies realized they needed to high-tale it out of the fandom was when they had to come to the difficult realization that the community absolutely had a pedophilia problem.

Not to say I was ever the victim of this, but I had been in a group chat with, and had several conversations with, someone who had turned out to be a pedophile. If anyone who was into the whole pony analysis cult remembers toonkritic, that& #39;s the guy.

That whole fandom was festering with predators, and the internet was too busy calling them gay to really think about what a mass swath of 18-35 year old men overtaking the internet face of a franchise meant for little girls would actually entail in terms of their safety.

When I was underage and embroiled in petty fandom drama I didn& #39;t see it, in hindsight this is clear as day to me, so I worry about the minors still in the cages of the community. Anyways, end of thread, just had some thoughts.