HRogge Wrote:People building custom fandoms to control what the Fen would make of them... what could go wrong!
Well, mainly I'd go off of what happened IRL, which is 'scary organized artesians/savants'. Emphasis on the 'scary'. Mostly because of an unsavory element which would be much more militant due to the biomodding abilities of Handwavium (ugh), but also because they're about as organized as the warsies/trekkies in their own way. Given that in three months from the premire of the show they already had most of the initial elements of the fandom up and running, they're... impressive. (EqD, a lot of the artist groups on forums and other spots, a few more months to FiMfic.net, the first cons organized by the end of S1), etc. But at the same time, it's more ad-hoc than trekkies or warsies. Everyone can get in touch with the important fan organizers if they look a little bit online, and then get through to them and organize through them. At the same time, a lot of the espoused ideals of the show match pretty well with trekkie ideals, while still being accepting of any other ideal as well to extents. That also probably comes with a bit of the trekkie arrogance (especially in certain elites, who would best be described as annoyingly obnoxious jackasses who are tolerated because they're really, REALLY good at keeping things running)
I'd call them artesians because, well, they're massive artists. Seriously, the 'there IS pony of it' internet rule came up for a reason. And brony/pony-fen who come up would likely try to at least partially hyper-specialize or do something like the show. They'd probably really try to help sponsor the arts in general because of their roots.
And... they'd probably be fairly heavily militant in their own way, given that the Grovers Corners rising took place during the height of the initial rise of the fandom, probably leading to the government cracking down on them, suspecting entirely correctly that a lot of them would be fen in the making and forcing them Up to escape. Up, and right into the Boskone War... ick.
I'd call them artesians because, well, they're massive artists. Seriously, the 'there IS pony of it' internet rule came up for a reason. And brony/pony-fen who come up would likely try to at least partially hyper-specialize or do something like the show. They'd probably really try to help sponsor the arts in general because of their roots.
And... they'd probably be fairly heavily militant in their own way, given that the Grovers Corners rising took place during the height of the initial rise of the fandom, probably leading to the government cracking down on them, suspecting entirely correctly that a lot of them would be fen in the making and forcing them Up to escape. Up, and right into the Boskone War... ick.