Flutterwonder

Sooo I'm a bit of an idiot. In my protest, I blurred the video confident that I could just revert to the original since there's a button that says that in the editor, but that button is now greyed out. There doesn't appear to be any way for me to revert back to the original footage.

Hmmmm. How do I fix this? =[

In the meantime, go here to see the original!

[LittleshyFiM]

I'd say the blur was the right call. It allows this video page to be preserved, but with an eternal reminder of YouTube's incompetence. It's a uniquely appropriate protest for a video where the audio and the comments are the most important features anyway.

For everyone confused, YouTube blacklisted this video because it's "too kid-friendly." The blacklist comes with lots of restrictions, but the biggest issue was all of these comments being removed. The uploader blurred the video using YouTube's editor, then sent an appeal to remove the blacklist. The Made For Kids blacklist seems to have successfully been appealed but now they won't let the video be un-blurred. I really hope YouTube would burn to the ground already so some competition can take its place.

[akgda]

These are one of those songs you WANT TO SING...

but you can't, if you do you sound insane.

[TheAdvertisement]

This is what the purest parts of YouTube look like. No drama, no copying. Just amazing editing and work put into a passion project.

[imnotahipster]

Crazy to realize how much has happened between when this came out and now. This type of nostalgia that makes you happy and teary-eyed mixed in with a little ethereal feeling. It’s magic.

[SoundShunter]

Too bad Matt had to blur the video, but at least I know he didn't forget about this channel. I hope he realises how influential his music was to me and many others. Having grown up with Trance and ponies, these tracks hit twice as hard in the nostalgia department. This is the only pony media I still frequent and it puts me in a melancholic state every time. Thanks Matt, I hope you're doing well.

[TrueCrouton]

Even though I've grown away from the fandom and the show simply due to losing interest, this is what started it all for me and to this day still causes me to be at peace.
I'll never stop loving it, honestly.

[LybertyZ]

Somehow the blurred effect is appropriate: it's like the memories of your youth-- blurred out.

[whillmusic]

Everyone here is coming back after years and saying they're having nostalgia, and I'm here for the first time from 2020's quarantine (after of course, I joined the fandom during quarantine) and now I'm feeling memories of a thousand souls pouring into me, memories that aren't even mine... Wow this is powerful.

[-chantillydoce-]

I am suffering from a really bad case of nostalgia

[norre_]

Happy 13th anniversary, Flutterwonder.

[katlikegaming]

I don't know if the artist behind this still checks their channel.
This song saved my life. I was in the darkest pits.. I was a medic in the Army, through OIF... I was essentially torn apart by survivor's guilt. ...I still am, honestly.
But... this song. This song. I came across it randomly, bizarrely, due to whatever algorithm in the dead of night, and.. I don't know. I don't know why. I don't know how.. but it reached me. It connected with me.
It gave me room to think. To think of things beyond.. .. the ghosts. Beyond.. the pain, and the bloodshed, and.. all these things that still haunt me.
I screamed. I cried. I.. I was torn apart. I still am. But. Flutterwonder gave me.. this tiny spark. This tiny, nonsensical connection with.. something. I needed that, at the time. It.. it led to other things, more things.. not greater things, but it led. It connected me with more of life. It connected me with possibilities, and hope, and.. wonder.
I owe you my life.
I hope your life is going well.

[trentr]

this fandom and show helped me in ways the creators couldnt possibly imagine, i can safely say if i hadnt found this show over a decade ago i wouldnt be here today. It taught me so much, helped me grow and made me dedicate myself to helping others. I owe a heck of a lot to this fandom, it pulled me through my darkest years. I love you all, and if any of you are struggling, remember things DO get better, keep fighting, be true to who you are and keep your chin above that water, i am rooting for you

[barrysteakfriessimp_real]

ive always had a sort of relation to fluttershy, basically being the shy dude that hangs around with animals. this is gonna sound really silly, but i feel like i understand animals more than people like her. i find social interactions to be pretty overwhelming too, and prefer to be alone most of the time.

shes basically become my favourite character now.

[fortsink]

man yt always gotta ruin stuff, the video is blurred now:( at least comments are back.

[WingedSupernova]

This takes me back to a simpler time. A simpler time where I hadn't yet figured out much about what life means to me, and a time where I felt free of worry and responsibilities. It's fun to come back and remember those things, but I must also remember that my happiness didn't end with me leaving the fandom, it simply found new things to latch onto and grow. So I look back not to just remember what once was, but to remember to keep moving forward.

[darkdoubloontv]

Heard this song when I first joined the fandom.. 2012, I was 10. Now I'm 21 and in college, and I always come back to this video, it's honestly a work of art, and I can never watch it without tearing up. Still a brony to this day, and I don't plan on going anywhere

[beastmaztr]

OMFG! 7 YEARS?! I remember discovering mlp during my early days on YouTube in December 2011. I was 9 at the time. This video and fluttershys lament were what brought me to the fandom and the show! to think I still watch the show is crazy. About 90% of the fans back in the fandom days are gone now. They’ve grown up and more than likely lost interest of the show. It’s very sad. I remember watching all kinds of fan made pmv’s, music pmv’s, YouTube poops and all kinds of shit. I just wanna give thanks to all the creators and Hasbro for making my childhood be something to remember. I get that the fandom isn’t dead but... it’s not as lively as it once been. It’s not the same. WoodenToaster, the living tombstone and all those other amazing content creators are gone. No one can replace them. Their contribution to the fandom is legendary. I’ve been a brony for 7 years now (almost) and I gotta say; I’m glad I never left. Imma stick around to the end. It’s 2018, I’m 16 at the time this comment was made. Idk anymore. What was once a super creative, awesome fandom is gone now. It’s truly something sad to see for all us brony veterans. Plz like so others can see :(

[sonahbribe]

It's a shame YouTube had to just ruin something that has been untouched for 12 years, this song was a part of my childhood and though there is an archived version I really hope this one can be reverted <3

[hazelnutpeppermint]

I remember I was in my room crying when my parents were fighting, this song helped me so much and made me have a deep appreciation of Fluttershy,

[sunderland]

It's a masterpiece. And a classic. It must be preserved forever. I'm a a Ukrainian guy, writing this drunk as hell. I'm 30. And now I'm smoking at the balcony, broken up with fiancee (well obviously not because of ponies), and find my comfort in this song. Drunk as hell. Soon it will be 10 years old. I guess even PinkiePieSwear (yes, I remember your name) doesn't understand, what he has created. It's a symbol. A marksign. Thank you for this. It stood up and lived all the those years. You removed and brought back your videos. You shouldn't. Let them be. They're unique. They should live. To mark that era that gone, but so many people are happy it.. was. Of course I'm couldn't be f-ing alone in this thoughts (can we still swear in YouTube?).