I somewhat regret making Conversion Bureau stories. · 9:44am Oct 16th, 2020
I do regret making stories related to the Conversion Bureau. I hated the concept so much that I wanted to make fun of it. Or even make a 'hatefics' towards it.
They were always pro-human. Don't get me wrong, I could never write... a pro-conversion bureau story.
But the simple fact I even made anything related to said stories. In my view, TCB was basically pony imperialism in the form of colonialism of Earth, and the transformation of human beings into no longer human beings. And being told over and over, again, that I am, as a human being am a bastard by default and deserved an unprovoked invasion by ponies. Who wish to save us, by transforming us into them. But possibly brainwashing us unconditionally to love them, even though many humans would react with extreme violence.
The ponies don't even seem... really alive? Where are the SJW Ponies that are mad at fellow ponies? Or even ponies that violently lash out at the way humans are being treated?
I dare say even in a far-flung future world like Fallout or Mad Max, humans would not welcome these ponies with open arms.
Princess Celestia in said stories is an arrogant prick, that uses the 'superior species' excuse to be a softer version of the Dark Lord Sauron. Basically hates free will and is an tyrannical asshole.
man I can dig what you are saying.
Gods I hated TCB with a passion, so glad it seems to have gone out of fashion.
5378957
Yeah. Is there anything of note you dislike about the Conversion Burea series?
5378959
Yeah. It's mostly dead these days.
Did you dislike it for a similar reason to me?
5378960
now you need to know it has been years from the last time i read a Conversion Bureau story. but the (look i suck at spelling and my brain is not giving me how to spell this word so cut me some slack if the next word is miss spelled) car-ick-tor pa-trail. so much effort to say so little.
The only story that I would even give attention of TCB is the one where the ponies lose, the summary is that twilight finds out from a UN ambassador about Celestia's plan. And by god was it satisfying to read. Celestia being exposed for the xenophobic bitch that she is was so good.
Its called negotiations.
5379066
Yeah. That one was awesome.
5378960
Pretty much. I feel as though it was written by people who are either psychopaths or hypocrites in the extreme.
i.e "all humans are evil because a small number of them have done terrible things! Ponies committing genocide and mind rape is ok because ponies are good and if they are doing it then whoever they are doing it to must deserve it!"
....That way of thinking really makes me angry, if it doesn't instantly set alarm bells off in your head then just imagine the same example but make it two groups from the real world and you start to see ware that line of thinking leads.
P.s yeah I know it's fanfiction but it still makes me mad
5379066
I think I might have seen that one, I read one or two fics where the ponies lost or some of them realised that genocide is bad, they where ok reads from what I can remember.
I liked your Skeletor story.
5379382
Yeah, that was fun to write.
Where in canon have ponies showed that level of real-life nuance over an issue? ("Fame and Misfortune" was the closest but fans agree it wasn't handled well.)
The problem instead seems that the anti-TBC fics require doubling down on the OOC misanthropic portrayal of ponies that was the problem about the original TBC such fics were supposed to "fix". In fact it became so fundamental that actually fixing it by having ponies in-character would change the conflict to the point it isn't TBC anymore.
The cognitive dissonance behind that must have contributed to the burnout.
The cognitive dissonance behind