brainrotting

My Little Pony:

"look, i know, "cartoon made for 5 year olds" is technically true about it. HOWEVER. it is the best damn kids' show i've watched so far ... it's got good characters, great music, and a well-thought-out, touching ending after 9 seasons. there's queer and disability representation ... everyone who watches mlp can find someone (somepony?) to relate to!! trust!!!!"

"Brony drama aside… The show is good and we all know it 😤"

"even as someone who doesn't explicitly look for mlp content on here I've seen some really good memes and art about them"

"MLP is the only show in which I have seen a southern/country character portrayed in a way that isn't really hurtful to me as a southern girl. Southerners (ESPECIALLY when they are one of the only southerners in their show) are often portrayed as being stupid/backwards/etc and that is a stereotype that has bled into real life. It hurts when someone assumes I'm stupid or bigoted just cuz I'm from the southeast US. Major props to MLP for not doing the same"

"but propaganda time: this show was the first time little me felt like a young girl's show was respecting me, and bronies paved the way towards modern cartoon fandom by both proving that intelligent family media was a worthy venture for creators and taking a hammer to cringe culture by defying both gender roles and superficial conceptions of maturity. yes there was some nasty people as all fandoms do but very few fandoms compare in terms of the sheer amount of quality fan creation, the art. the stories. the large but tight-knit analysis community. the MUSIC. And tying the fandom back to the show itself: the magic of being in the target audience at the beginning was that it grew up with you the lore got more complex and the characters acted more mature as the writers tried to appeal to the adult audience more and more, the reason i stuck with mlp for most of it's run was that the current episode seemed to always give me what i needed after a long week"

"look, who hasn't had an mlp hyperfixation at one point in their childhood, it would honestly be slanderous to let it lose"

"for better or for worse mlp changed the game."

The Golden Girls:

"was a revolutionary show about old ladies and their experiences with money problems, death, divorce, health problems, regrets in life especially with their kids, all while being humorous"

"multiple canon lgbt characters: Dorothy’s lesbian friend, Blanche’s gay brother, Gil who some say was the first ever trans man character on tv"

"the show had good conversations (especially of the time) about safe sex, not being ashamed of sex (and kinks), not outing lgbt people, dropping a friend that was ok with a club that was antisemitic, and more"

"the show also talked on cosmetic surgery and how it’s not shameful also added ‘hopefully you get it done for you, not for others to find you attractive’"

"Pro-gay messaging in the 1980s, HIV/AIDS acceptance waaay ahead of its time, so. much. sass, slut-positivity, 4 women who don't need no man, and Betty White"

"It was a show about old people and their unique problems. Unheard of at the time. This included their sexuality. At the time, the idea that old people could be sexual was completely unheard of."

"It dealt with issues like elder abuse, ageism in the workplace, PTSD, found family (and the confrontation with biological family), the AIDS crisis, homosexuality, infidelity, Alzheimer's and dementia, child abuse, death and what comes after, fear of medical procedures, the travesty that is state-funded elder care facilities, immigration, racism, being proud of your heritage when that heritage has hurt people, organ donation, sperm donation and being a single mother, being unashamed about your sexual practices, abusive relationships, and coping with the death of a child. It dealt with all of these issues sensitively and sympathetically. Yes, it was the 80s so that needs to be taken into account, but a major network television show actually came out and addressed AIDS, and saying that it's not a bad person's disease."

"It's such a funny and wonderful show. It holds up, and each character is so essential to the humor working and it's a show that centers old folks living their best life and being happy. It's so so good."