I thought we roasted Harry Potter because of libs bringing it into politics all the time (DAE Drumf is Voldemort??), not because it’s targeted towards kids.

You’re the one who’s acting like a single media property people enjoy is their entire identity.

Also, as someone who grew up loving Harry Potter, I can safely say that the treatment of adult MLP fans is wayyyyy more vicious than that of adult Harry Potter fans.

Swaths of adults being obsessed with children’s media and basing their identities around it is a symptom of late stage neoliberal daycare treaty treat brain and I refuse to normalize it

This is a fair argument. I think an adult playing with children’s toys, so to speak, is by definition childish.

However, you seem to me like the guy who reads, “Religion is the opium of the masses,” and walks away saying, “Destroy all religion!” Childish things, like religion, are a salve to rub on the limbs weary from capitalism, the burdens of life. Attacking them isn’t attacking capitalism, it’s attacking its victims. And unlike religion, childish things seem mostly harmless to me.

I’m someone who thinks most media is utter shit. “90+% on Rotten Tomatoes? Let me try it…” and then I cringe at how poorly it’s written for an hour before turning it off. As I said, I thought MLP was wholesome and decently written, but I it was too boring to keep watching. If someone manages to find something they like, even if it’s odd, why the need to ostracize them?