Clop (erotic fan art)

Clop is a slang term for fan-made pornography or erotic art based on the animated children's television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and can be viewed either as a subset of brony fandom, furry fandom, or both.[3][4][5][6][7]

An example of an eroticized depiction of a character from the show (Rarity). Art by yokku11nyan.[1][2]

Etymology

The word itself is a pun or wordplay based on the slang word "fap", meaning "masturbation".[8][9] The word is also used as a verb, to refer to the act of masturbating to clop. Other related terms include "clop-fic" for erotic fiction/slash fiction centered around My Little Pony characters, and "clopper" for a person who enjoys this type of material.[10][11]

History

My Little Pony-inspired erotic fan art reportedly first began appearing on the web around 2012.[9] The topic has received ample scholarly attention.[12][13][14][15][16] To some in the fandom, "clopping" (masturbating to clop) is frowned upon.[17] On the other hand, in 2015, the Guardian reported that in the Brony community on 4chan, having sex with a real person was seen as a negative, and not clopping as a form of heresy.[4]

A survey from the porn site PornHub revealed that users from Russia and Ukraine were particularly over-represented when it came to perusing search terms relating to My Little Pony on said website.[7] The Ukrainian ransomware known as "cl0p" was likely named after this phenomenon.[18][19]

See also

References
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  2. "Sexy Rarity on seat by yokku11nyan on DeviantArt". www.deviantart.com. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  3. DeCarlo, Gianna. "The problem with bronies: a look at the corruption of "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"". baltimoresun.com.
  4. Gabbatt, Adam (12 March 2015). "What a masculinity conference taught me about the state of men". the Guardian.
  5. "Nel mondo dei fan nazisti di My Little Pony | Rolling Stone Italia" (in Italian). 24 April 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. Bridges, Rose (30 May 2012). "My Little Pony: Lesbianism is Magic". Autostraddle. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. Fellizar, Kristine. "Millennials Are Masturbating To 'My Little Pony' Porn, Says New Survey, And Rainbow Dash Is The Fan Favorite". Bustle.
  8. Dark, Stephen. "State of Brony". Salt Lake City Weekly.
  9. "The Terrifyingly Violent New Genre Of "My Little Pony Fan" Art". BuzzFeed News.
  10. Mullis, J. ""All the Pretty Little Ponies": Bronies, Desire, and Cuteness" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. Jones, Bethan (1 April 2015). "My Little Pony, tolerance is magic: Gender policing and Brony anti-fandom". The Journal of Popular Television. 3 (1): 119–125. doi:10.1386/jptv.3.1.119_1.
  12. "My Little Brony: Connecting Gender Blurring and Discursive Formations" (PDF). Colloquy. 9 (Fall 2013).
  13. Schimpf, Kaitlyn Elizabeth (22 October 2015). "Straight from the Horse's Mouth: A Case Study on the Adult Male Fans of My Little Pony". MacEwan University Student eJournal. 2 (1). doi:10.31542/j.muse.192.
  14. Robertson, Venetia Laura Delano (January 2014). "Of ponies and men: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and the Brony fandom". International Journal of Cultural Studies. 17 (1): 21–37. doi:10.1177/1367877912464368.
  15. Burdfield, Claire (1 April 2015). "Finding Bronies – The accidental audience of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". The Journal of Popular Television. 3 (1): 127–134. doi:10.1386/jptv.3.1.127_1.
  16. Bailey, John; Harvey, Brenna (April 2017). "'That pony is real sexy': My Little Pony fans, sexual abjection, and the politics of masculinity online". Men and Masculinities. 20 (1): 27–48. doi:10.1177/1097184X15613831.
  17. Raethel, Thomas. "The Mysterious World of Bronies". Critic - Te Arohi.
  18. Zappone, Chris (1 July 2021). "Pirates of the cyber seas: How ransomware gangs have become security's biggest threat". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  19. "Ukrainian police arrest multiple Clop ransomware gang suspects". TechCrunch.


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