Poll: Hi. I'm a brony.

[Tarkinor]

So after all my friends changed their face book pictures to ponies and started to send me messages about how awesome ponies are, I started to think the apocalypse really had happened.

After my brother of all people told me to watch the show, I was quite positive the four ponymen (hehehe)were going to drop by for a cup of sugar next. Grudgingly, I agree to watch the pilot episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Then I proceeded to laugh my ass off.

After the first two I found myself addicted, watching the episodes as fast as I could. When I finished the last episode, I grabbed my brother by the collar and demanded more, much like a crack addict. Like Santa Christ rising from the dead, he told me that there was a second season on its way. So now I spend most of my time listening to My Little Pony songs and remixes on youtube.

I know for a fact I'm not the only one out there, so vote my fellow bronies and all of you who are not blessed enough to become one.


(PS. I didn't use the search bar for another post like this because I felt like having my little speech here.)

 

[DJDarque]

Hi! http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/chat/MLP-Friendship-is-Magic

Join our group! We'd be glad to have you!

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Oh, you are very new here aren't you? Brownies are all over this place. It's an epidemic of sorts. I'm not one, but I know that they are everywhere here.

 

[Mr. Gency]

Welcome to the herd.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Meh. Can't be arsed to look up the episodes and watch it.

 

[Erana]

Please give us some direction for discussion. If the only thing you'd like to speak about is My Little Pony, I'd like to direct you to the My Little Pony usergroup. They're a friendly bunch.

That being said, I feel the need to inform you that My Little Pony has been a joke on the Escapist since Susan Arent joined the team years ago.

Its just that everyone's too new these days to remember all the pony fun of the olden' days!
*Wags cane at the youngins'*
Back in the day, there were no badges! And then there was only one pony badge!

 

[xmbts]

I am not, however people say it's a good show so whatever floats your proverbial boat.

Now then...

*Hides from the incoming wave of anti-pony hate*

 

[Gregnarok]

Im a brony to..i just decided to join the site recently..glad to see there are fellow bronies here. Brohoof?

 

[Jazoni89]

Who cares about My Little Pony, what about the real Ponies, they never get enough real love...

So underrated and Awesome!

Yeah, but you guys might call me hipster now, because I love ponies, and it's all cool and underground like. Also, i don't care if you hate me for posting pony pictures, it's my choice and my lifestyle, okay...Ponies are for blokes too you know, not just little girls.

So haters gonna hate, or derpy's gonna derp and all that.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Congratulations! I tried watching the first two episodes, but I have several problems with it:

1: The Plot is way too boring and predictable.

2: The Characters have been done to death (I agree that they've never been in Pony Form, but they've been done to death). They were kind of boring for me.

3: It was too sugary for my eyes. It's was all sunshine and fluffyness and it was too much to constantly look at. Also, the animation kind of felt... laggy to me. I dunno why, it just does.

4: It wasn't that funny for me or that creative. I dunno, maybe the first two episodes aren't the best episodes to be looking for humor, but I wasn't really enjoying the show. Yes, one or two things made me laugh, but that's mediocre. The show has to pull me in and make me laugh. For Example: The first real episode of Regular Show I saw, about the Keyboard. At first, it was boring: It had some fun jokes, but was boring. When the piano put Skips (The Yeti voiced by Mark Hammill) onto the moon, and then they go to the moon and fight a giant with the Piano, that sucked me in: It has to be interesting and funny to me, not one or the other.

In the end, I didn't like the show. I've tried watching it from time to time, and some other pony related things (The current animations by Max Gilardi I kind of like, but then they really don't do anything like MLP and instead are more like Ren And Stimpy, which I recently have grown in love with) are entertaining, but I can't get invested into it. But hey, different strokes for different folks! Enjoy the show with all your heart! Don't try to convert me and I will not try to convert you.

 

[Aidinthel]

Inb4 someone tells the OP to use the search bar without noticing that the thread is from July.

I know there are already a couple links to the user group here, but I figure it can't hurt.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/MLP-Friendship-is-Magic
Also, the other people who posted the link didn't warn potential new members to disable chat notifications when prompted upon joining, as the group chat tends to be very active.

 

[TipsyRam]

8-( I'm just mad that I can't call myself a brony.

I thought my husband was crazy when he came home one day and said " Hun, don't laugh, but I need to watch My Little Ponies." I laughed so hard cause I thought it was a joke and I hate that girly stuff most of the time... O_O wow was I shocked when I loved it and so did he. We even started a collection of Friend ship is magic ponies and I got him this little pack of the for x-mas with all his favorites... besides Nightmare Moon and AppleJack

Again I was converted, but I don't get to be a brony... just another chick that likes a cartoon... you guys are so lucky.

 

[Spitfire-IX]

One day Bronies will realise that no one cares that they are Bronies.

seriously. no one. ever.
no one cares.

because Adventure Time is better.

 

[NerfedFalcon]

One day Bronies will realise that no one cares that they are Bronies.

seriously. no one. ever.
no one cares.

because Adventure Time is better.

Adventure Time looks like it was animated by Egoraptor.

That's not a compliment.

 

[Berithil]

One day Bronies will realise that no one cares that they are Bronies.

seriously. no one. ever.
no one cares.

because Adventure Time is better.

Sorry. I gave adventure time a fair chance. I really did, due to it hyped as much as MLP. It's just way to crazy and random for its own good. Crazy and random can be good, but adventure time was just too much.

But to each his own, ya know. I like MLP, you like adventure time.

And holy crap, talk about a necroed thread.

 

[Aidinthel]

*snip*

Most people I've encountered use "brony" as a gender-neutral term, and I think that having a single all-inclusive term emphasizes the open and welcoming nature of the fanbase.

Of course if you're really hung up on the word's origin you could call yourself a pegasister, but personally I still don't like that word. It strikes me as representative of unnecessary gender distinctions.

And of course feel free to join the FiM user group here on the Escapist. There's a link to it in my last post in this thread.

 

[Zhadramekel]

I've watched FiM and while I don't think it's bad, I still don't really get what all the hype is about.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

Oh, you are very new here aren't you? Brownies are all over this place. It's an epidemic of sorts. I'm not one, but I know that they are everywhere here.

Ive never noticed Brownies on The Escapist If there were I would be on here all the time. I do notice a lot of bronies though

I watch My Little Pony, but I dont identify myself as a Brony, nor do I recommend the show to strangers over the internet or use pony reaction images when they arent relevant.

[small]seriously I would take brownies over bronies any day, Brownies are yummy and delicious, Bronies arent [/small]