I remember Cupcakes and Pattycakes. I have Pattycakes on the Claimed Badfic list, as a matter of fact. Truly disturbing, in an admittedly entertaining way.

That's a good question. Maybe they target the MLP franchise because that's where nobody will expect to see it, because of its refreshing cutsie, innocent-ish nature. It's like hiding a bomb. Malicious intent meant for the enjoyment of the planter, and those others out there sick enough to enjoy them, such as myself.

I suppose they are worth commending, in my own opinion. I did some research into the Cupcakes Pinkie Pie, and discovered parallels to the notorious BTK Killer, Dennis Radar, and Ted Bundy. That in and of itself means that the author did some research, some very serious research. I like fan fiction, and regular fiction, for that matter, that has a basis in reality, like Cupcakes did. Now, I'll admit, the torture was nothing more than improbable blood porn, but my point still stands.

... at least around the PPC, that nobody would shed a tear if such 'fics were designated for repair missions. Correct?

I've only read two of his fics sofar, and it's really hard to tell if he's trolling or just doesn't see the world through the same lens as other bronies. Warning, this is his only non-sexual fic and it is a nazi not-bad fic. http://www.fimfiction.net/story/714/whats-good-for-the-goosestep

I think it's got to do with the way guys kind of bash each other for not being tough enough. Like, if a guy dances ballet or bakes cookies, other guys (well, not all other guys, but the nasty sort) will pick on him for it because he's not manly enough or something.

Well, isn't this a lot of the same thing? Guys who like ponies are "betraying" the "man club", so other guys feel like punishing them by writing about the cute ponies getting tortured or raped or whatever. Or maybe they feel threatened by the fact that some guys like cute ponies, and feel like they have to write something like that just to "set things right" and prove they're Real Men in all the wrong ways.

Seriously, as the wiki article on MLP (FiM) states, "Going against the show's themes and tone in fanworks is considered a cardinal sin by some, and some folk [Troll] can't help but use that to provoke negative reactions in others."

Also, DAVD seems well equipped to handle this.

There's been a discussion on this before- something about how the more innocent something is, the more likely people are going to twist it in horrible ways to make it extremely wrong.

I think the reason why people don't target Barney is because nobody would read any fanfics for that. So there wouldn't be anyone to freak out. Most of those fics are more than likely trolls... I hope.

Rather... Well, if you've ever seen the documentary with John de Lance...

Bronies are a bizarre type of people that are misunderstood by outsiders.

People who like Star Trek or AVATAR don't subvert expectations as much, and they don't need the actors to stand up for the fans or talk to their parents. Barney doesn't have any fans that you'd want to show shock fic unless you were a monster.

I have a couple Nazi crossovers on my badfic list, but they're not old enough yet.