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#101 Matthew_Winston

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 01:56 AM

I was.. well... Surfing /b/ on 4chan...

I heard all of the hate about the show, and started to feel animosity towards it as well, until I caught myself and thought...

I must judge for my self. I must see it to hate it. I will watch it to see just how stupid it is.
It deserves to speak for itself, however frail it may be.

This plan backfired 100%. I was flooded with nostalgia, echoes from the shows I watched in the 90's.
I began to spread the show around my cell of friends, and it expanded from there.

I think my judgement was sound.

#102 Shiroe

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 02:11 AM

My girlfriend got me to do it. xD
She bugged me to watch one episode.
After watching 5, I was hooked faster than Rainbow Dash's Sonic Rainboom.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 03:05 AM

Before I became a brony, I used to be a hater. I hated the show as if other haters did, by judging the book by it's cover. Then one day, out of sheer curiosity, I decided to watch one episode. It was "Read it and Weep," and in the episode, Rainbow Dash said a quote that was so hilarious, it translated to my whole experience of watching the episode.

"I hate to admit it to myself, and would really hate to admit it to my friends, but, I love this story! I love reading! *relaxes* *opens eyes in shock* I'm an egghead!"

After that episode, I was hooked.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 08:52 PM

I used to be a hater since I judged the book by its cover like so many others and pretty determined to never watch it (didn't hate on people who did watch it mind you but it was a strict "Make me watch this, and we're not friends anymore").
One I'd been subscribed to on youtube put out this:

And I think that is were I started to cave as it drew me into the Derpy issue.

Watched The Last Roundup to find out if there was any claim to the complaint that she was offensive
(am technically mentaly handicapped myself so it was a big deal even tough I know it realy is not)
Liked the story and ended up watching the first 5 on a promise to myself that I could drop it with a
good reason if I'd at least tried watching it so far.
Didn't stop liking what I saw so around ep 10 I was proud to call myself brony

Edited by Lazaruz, 20 June 2012 - 08:53 PM.


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Posted 23 June 2012 - 11:53 PM

I was a hater but i approached it with an open mind one day out of the blue and watched the first 2 episodes

THEN, IN LESS THAN A WEEK I HAD FINISHED THE FIRST TWO SEASONS!!!!

I wonder why this appeals to so many people but who am I to argue with a such a good show? :)

Edited by Golfmann14, 24 June 2012 - 03:30 PM.


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Posted 23 June 2012 - 11:59 PM

I have never hated on the show nor the bronies I have almost never hated at all Im a person who Dislikes things rather than hating. To make me hate! You will probably need hurt my feelings, Family or something related. I became a brony after hearing this song!
I have always liked Twilight Btw ^^

#107 SkyBlitz

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Posted 24 June 2012 - 06:59 AM

I started to see MLP:FiM references around the Interwebz. At first I thought, "well, this is weird" and just carried on as usual. I started seeing more and more of Rainbow Dash and began to think that she actually looked pretty cool.

I decided to watch some of this bizarrely-popular cartoon and, much to my surprise, became really hooked after watching the pilot double-episode. Ever since then I've become more and more bronified, discovered this awesome MLP-themed server (having been a fan of Minecraft for a while) and here I am!

My mind is now full to the brim with MLP activity. :shock:

I started to see MLP:FiM references around the Interwebz. At first I thought, "well, this is weird" and just carried on as usual. I started seeing more and more of Rainbow Dash and began to think that she actually looked pretty cool.

I decided to watch some of this bizarrely-popular cartoon and, much to my surprise, became really hooked after watching the pilot double-episode. Ever since then I've become more and more bronified, discovered this awesome MLP-themed server (having been a fan of Minecraft for a while) and here I am!

My mind is now full to the brim with MLP activity. :shock:


Same, though I was hooked the first episode

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Posted 04 July 2012 - 12:16 PM

when i was 3 i found a classic dvd of it and i wached it. LIKA A BOSS. then i heard of fim and i got exited and i tried it out. best idea ever! :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P reading is so manestream.png

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:36 PM

when i was 3 i found a classic dvd of it and i wached it. LIKA A BOSS. then i heard of fim and i got exited and i tried it out. best idea ever! :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P reading is so manestream.png

actually reading is for hipsters, everyone watches tv and dvd's. I read, therefore I am a hipster. Reading is relaxing. Egghead? Maybe.

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:47 PM

I first found out about it because I used to use membase quite a lot. The new sections for "bronies" was quite intriguing but I payed little attention to it because I really didn't get what it was about or where it came from. A while later, my friend came to school and started spreading the word around so several people of what they were to see how we would react. A week later he came back and said he was one. I reacted pretty viscerally at first, but he was still a fun person and a great friend. As I was continuing to hang out with him, another one of my friends decided that he wanted to watch the show. They kept telling me over and over again to watch it, and made references to it quite commonly. It got to the point where if I saw the outline of one of the Mane Six, I could identify them by name. I then decided to check out the perpetually re-posting memebase again and see what it was like there. I didn't get most of it, so the temptation began to build. One day on a vacation after a long day of snowboarding, I found myself with hours on end with nothing to do, and nothing but an iPod touch. An iPod touch with YouTube.... needless to say I was hooked in a matter of hours. I came out on it to my brony friends by basically asking the original brony in my school how to find episode 10. And there you have it :3

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Posted 05 July 2012 - 11:36 PM

one of my friends sent me a link to a minecraft map, the map was really cool but the pic was twilight, i didnt even know who she was or something i was just like ''meh'' back then. 2 years later the show came to my country and i was like randomly watching and loling :D not even sure why.. soon every monday i was watching it till the end of season 1.. after that, i googled season 2 and wa waiting for the wery last 2 episodes (the canterlot wedding). and from that time i am a brony /)

#112 DudeGuy676

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 05:25 PM

I became a brony because of a friend I met who had moved into the house next to where I lived one day. The next day, I also found out he went to school with me. Eventually I found out he was a brony, and I thought that was unusual, but I never did what any of those stereotypical haters do. Anyway, I one day decided to watch the show to find out what he was going on about. The first two episodes were good, and the third was OK, but what really hooked me was the forth episode with applejack. I have lots of common traits to her, like I'm very modest and extremely hardworking. I started paying more attention to the characters and their many characteristics, and that's what mainly drew me in.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 05:42 PM

Youtube... Thanks to Aviators and BronyDanceParty. The absolute first video was "Loyalty - Aviators Remix"
Their music was AMAZING, but couldn't understand the meaning behind them. So I decided to check it out.
Watched the entire season one and two in just one week. When I saw Rainbow Dash, I liked her attitude and spark in her unlike everybody else.
When I saw Discord, I absolutely loved his personality and voice. That's when I am officially declared a brony.

Dang Discord even his face means Chaos to my life.

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 09:39 PM

I was busy on Tumblr one day in September 2011. Then pony memes popped up on my dashboard, and I followed my first pony ask blog "askapplebloom" and then out of curiosity I decided to check out the show in late October and well when I saw fluttershy introduce herself in Episode 1.... I was HOOKED braahhH!

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 11:07 PM

One day while I was playing around on Fanfiction.net I found the My Little Pony sub topic and me being a troll I was I went on it to troll some of the stories I trolled a bunch of the stories the slept for a few hours. When I woke up someone sent me a youtube link
and a message saying "Just Watch It" I clicked on the link and it as the first episode after watching it I watch the rest of the season.
Now Im friends with the guy

#116 SilverOtter

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Posted 06 July 2012 - 11:45 PM

1.Overheard siblings.
2.Watched.
3.????
4.PROFIT.

On a related but out-of-topic note, the entire grade I was* in was completely anti-brony.

*School ended a while ago for me.

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 02:03 AM

For me I discovered it last year, I hated it, thought it was the dummest thing (until Level Up [UGH]), I hated it, hated it for all that time. I screamed in pain at the sight of any pony. But last thursday I couldn't sleep, I couldn't sleep and all my subconciounse (SP) would let me think of was ponies. The next day I went on the internet and watched dragonshy. I was finally converted, though when I was an Anti-Brony I convinced everypony I know that bronies are loons, and so I am in the closet. (Oh, that and also if anypony in my town found out it would be GAME-OVER I would be picked on, hated, and teased more than I already am. Only 2 of my friends are bronies and, yes they did try to convert me in the school year. But I have to be silent)
Invader Dookie, Signing off! (Yes I am also a S.I.R)

#118 Cleminjon

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 03:49 AM


Stumbled upon this, the rest is history.

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 05:04 AM

Pinkie Pie's singing. No, seriously. First thing I saw of ponies was Pinkie's 'Giggle at The Ghosties" song. And then the one where Flutterguy sang Pinkie's Zecora's song. I got interested, found out it was MLP, and spent a few months trying to ignore the urge to listen to it some more. And then I put off watching the first episode for about a month. And then watched all of season one, and all that had been made of season two in the span of...about another month.

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 10:05 PM

My story is a long one, so sit back and start popping the corn. It all began when I had spent my first three weeks in college as an Interactive Games Design Student. On that third week I saw a class mate watching Friendship is Magic Bitch. I found it kind of funny, but I didn't quite understand because I'd not been introduced to the series yet. I shrugged my shoulders and continued as normal. About four months into my college course, we had a few transfers from another group, this is when I met Markus (Volvonski).

Many of you may know that Volvonski is an admin on the server, but back then I didn't even know what brony meant. I remember how I was sat in group next to Markus, he was showing me all these pictures of candy-coloured pink ponies. I have a saying 'don't judge if you don't know.' After seeing these pictures and showing a small amount of interest, I said to myself "I'll just watch an episode or two, no harm in that, I'd probably not be able to face even one anyways."

Of course I was wrong. Later, at home after college, I sat on my bed, brought out my phone and searched for the first episode on YouTube (we're all pirates c'mon!). Looking at the introduction scene made me cringe and I had trouble making myself look. I watched through the intro sequence anyway, just because I made a vow. Then the episode actually took off, and for the first time I began to wonder, 'these ponies... they have something.'

I then watched part 2 of episode 1. I could begin to see the different characters forming. The personalities, the design. The way it made me begin to smile, not derisively but with a feeling of damn good entertainment. It took me until episode 3 to admit I liked, no loved this series! After that, I watched most of series one that day, through to night.

The next day I came into college saying to Markus, 'what have you gotten me into?'
A bautiful show that grasps the watcher's imagination instead of lulling them to sleep. Witty remarks, hyperactive and joyful behavior, problems and solutions. Every story drew me further into this fantastic world.

This Equestria.

When I finished the entire episode one and got started on episode two, I admitted to myself 'I guess I'm a brony!' I got talking to people in my group at college, found out that there were more, no alot just like me and Markus. And not just men, we had some awesome pegasisters :)

I'm glad I ran into this 'herd' indeed it is the best community I've ever found online. Also, my girlfriend became a recent addition to the herd, lovely. She ended up buying us some MLP figurines to share, I don't 'play' with them, they are just good memorabilia and helpful in art.

I suppose I'll end in saying, look out for my oc, dovahpony or fleetfire. BROHOOF to y'all!

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Posted 07 July 2012 - 10:44 PM

^ Brohoof

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Posted 10 July 2012 - 04:31 PM

A freind of mine first, hooked me on minecraft. He then told me about this mod in which it turns you into a pony. So i got that mainly because it was hilarious, and said "Hey I wonder what the server is like!"
So I went on the server and made myself look like and idiot in front of a bunch of bronies. Then, i decided i'll watch a couple episodes of this show. Got hooked on the first episode, and have been watching ever since. B)

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Posted 12 July 2012 - 05:37 AM

I forget how but I ended up watching My little Pony one day. I was curious so I then proceed to watch every singe episode on you tube. Then I was introduced to the brony community and ever since then I've been a brony.

Not much of a story but hey thats the way it went.

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Posted 12 July 2012 - 07:20 PM

I had no idea what a brony was until I saw Verdana's pony mod, through the Yogscast series. Being an IRL horse fan, I instantly checked it out. I noticed the name of it (Mine little Pony), and recognised it from when I used to have dolls of it when I was little. I just used it anyway thinking: 'It doesn't affect me why it was made, I'll just get on and use it.' . I used brohoof.com, as a guest, to run around, frolicking in the knowledge that I was a horse, running in the various races that were being held. When I noticed people being kicked for not being bronies, I decided I ought to watch the first episode, just so I knew the basics. As you can probably guess, I continued to watch the series. Later, I decided maybe I should try actually getting somewhere on the server, for when the races weren't on, so I signed up on the forums, made intro post etc. Then became CMC, etc.... It was at this point that I admitted to myself I was a brony. And then continued to watch about 3 episodes a day xD

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Posted 13 July 2012 - 04:09 AM

I first got intrested after watching DEATH BATTLE! Starscream VS Rainbow Dash. The outcome of that (Sorry no spoilers) was truely shocking to me. As I put it latter I learned way too much about Rainbow dash for any guy from that video.(did not know bronies exsisted at the time) My sister then "forced" me to watch a few episodes and well my experience from there kinda went like Episode 16 of season 2. You can see where I ended up after that. using episodes as quotes... What happened to my life? lol XD

Edited by IronDruid, 13 July 2012 - 04:10 AM.


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Posted 22 July 2012 - 07:47 AM

When i became a brony...i was watching youtube. Then i saw a video that looked cool, guess what it had in it...PONIES. So i as soon as i saw that i got off of youtube thinking "what the hell was that." So then i was watching some MAD on CN with my little brother and it did a spoof on my little pony. In the middle of the episode it had the word "Bronies." So i did some research on them and it turned out that they were males of any age who like MLP or My Little Pony. So soon enough i figured out my friend was a brony...i thought it was insane at first...but then he showed me some videos on youtube and i started watching the actually show more and more. Then eventually i became what I'm proud of being today...a brony. And thats my story of how i became a brony.

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 10:01 PM

Well.... my brother was surfing the memebase one day when he was on a page called "My little brony" I was like "What the hell?" months passed by.. one day I was extremely bored, so I watched one episode to know what all the fuss was about.... I loved it. I had no idea how but... I loved it... I never felt something like it. So i decided to watch all the episodes... 15 episodes a day, 2 days a season. So I finished watching them all in 4 days. Then I asked my brother why there were no season 3? He was like "Lol it wont come out for a looong time"... And that was (one of) the saddest day of my life.

After a few days I showed ponies to my sister . She was like "EEEEEWWWW" after some time of me repeating of showing them to her. After a few days, in the evening, my sister was like to my mom "WHY ARE THEY WATCHING THIS SHOW? ITS FOR ADULT MEN!" Me and my brother were like "what?" after some time.. well after some time we all started watching the first episode of the first season.. me and my brother couldn't stop laughing... my sister said... "who made this?" I was like "Hasbro!" Because I has a bro!

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Posted 26 July 2012 - 04:23 PM

One day i was dared by my brother to watch it and now i love it.

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Posted 02 August 2012 - 04:55 PM

When i first heard the term brony and saw what it meant i thought it was weird to like a show for little girls, but then i saw the show and i was like. "this isnt bad, its a little girly but overall its a good show". Then i thought to myself no i'm not a brony the show is just cool. then i watched another episode, and then another, and then another. until i had watched all of season one and was waiting for season 2. It wasn't until after i watched some of season 2 i accepted that i was a brony. And then i listened to the music read fanfics and now i consider myself a brony fully.

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 07:37 PM

I was in one of my first internet adventures. It was mostly on FunnyJunk back then, because I was unequipped. I kept seeing lots of pony posts and stuff but ignored them. However some of them I liked. I had pony favorites a long time before I was a brony. As I said, I was adventuring, then saw the link to mlp-fim.com. I bookmarked it for no reason. Then, some time later, when I was a much better adventurer and I was checking my bookmarks I saw it, clicked it, and decided "WELL WHY THE FUCK NOT?!" and started to watch. It was pretty cool show and I liked it shortly after starting to watch. When I was at the half of season 2 I didn't hide anything anymore. That is my amazing story.

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 09:01 PM

I used to run into Pony stuff all the time on the internet in places such as /b/, memebase, and other related websites. I eventually checked it out and found out that it was a great show. I met a few other guys at the high school I went to that were into it. At some point after I got into the show I read a fanfic called "My little Dashie," which you can find on Google if anyone hasn't read it. Anyway, probably the most heartbreaking thing I've ever read and whoever wrote that deserves many medals. ^ That was a little off topic but that's basically everything. Go ponies!

#132 Flare Pie

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Posted 03 August 2012 - 09:09 PM

I had heard of bronies and i found a TF2 server of it. Back then i thought that bronies did what they did to troll people. My friends and i did it. Then my friends started watching the show. I couldnt believe them. I watched it and liked it. Now we are all 3 bronies. Thats my story

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Posted 04 August 2012 - 12:57 PM

I used to be a hater:) in all the generations of ponys they all sucked! Until my friend who was a brony tied me into a chair and made me watch 3 hours of my little pony... I watched season 1 that night.

#134 Jaylex

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Posted 05 August 2012 - 10:01 AM

One of my friends showed me a short vid of a sonic rainboom with music behind it and i said, "Hey i thought that show was for little and was taken off". He replied "No it isn't, well not really, just check it out you'll understand." I was a bit skeptical but i didn't judge him. two days later youtube didn't have anything new and i didn't feel like sleep so i thought. "Meh why not, if my friend likes it I like it (one thing to note my "friend" believes he is that antichrist, that's why i was skeptical)." I saw hurricane fluttershy and i knew after that the show was pretty good so I watched anpother and another and another... fell asleep. Watched more the next night. Didn't tell anyone I was a brony until 2 months after. most friends accepted it, except one but hes Mr. Prejudice McDouchefuck who dislikes people who watch anime.

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 12:51 AM

Well basically, me and my friend were browsing Bluexephos' channel (or the Yogscast) when we came across Sunshine of Israpony.
Being the kid without internet (literally, until a few months ago), I had no idea why the Yogscast would be using a mod involving a show for little girls.

My friend, being the internet-savvy chap he is, showed me a "meet the scout" parody with Scootaloo, told me all about Bronies and what they were, as well as telling me that he was one. I called him out, saying "You only watch the parodies, and not the actual show, right?". Turns out that he didn't even watch the show XD.

A while after, we were browsing Know Your Meme and we happened upon Derpy Hooves. I was intriuged, and, out of boredom, drew a rough image of her on memory and pinned it up on my corkboard.

I moved house, to a place where we could finally afford internet. I got the pony mod, and became involved in a lot of brony activities. I finally got bored enough to watch an episode one fateful afternoon, fell in love with it, and the rest is history.

Now I'm the one trying to get my friend who introduced me to Bronydom to watch some episodes XD.

And that's how Equestria was made.

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 03:59 AM

It's interesting to see how some of your stories are more recent. I already posted mine, which happened sometime in November I think. I can't believe how much the fandom is growing.

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Posted 06 August 2012 - 05:37 AM

This was how i became a brony.

One day, looking around on youtube's featured section, i saw the video called "what pinkie's song really was" I hadn't heard of bronies or my little pony, but i watched it. I was confused. I went to know your meme and saw my little pony as a popular page. I watched the episode about it and was curious.A few days later, I watched my first episode. It was Secret Of My Excess. As soon as the theme song started I was hooked. Later I got my little brother to watch it, he became a brony too. Most of my friends are bronies now because of me.

#138 UnknownLlama365

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Posted 09 August 2012 - 05:26 PM

Meant to youtube search Slenderman and somehow put an "e" at the end(producing the result "Slendermane"). Several links and an episode of MLP:FiM later, I became a brony.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 09:37 AM

I caught my brother watching My Little Pony, and I proceeded to tease him like the haters usually do. After a good dosage of "fag" and "lmfao gay" insults, he convinced me to watching an episode or two. Needless to say, I never again insulted him, and now I'm probably more obsessed with the whole thing than he is.

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 07:04 PM

I wish I'd found this thread sooner. xD

I myself hated MLP for the longest time, to be honest. Everything about it rubbed me the wrong way and got me fed up with it. I gradually got into it because a friend showed me funny fan works based on the show, and I soon found the infamous .MOV series, as well as creepypasta and fan music from artists like WodenToaster and TheLivingTombstone.
I started watching a couple episodes, though I still remained unfazed by the franchise overall, swearing my disdain toward it.

And then I watched more.

And more.

And more.

It sort of took root somewhere in me and I realized the show was actually pretty well-made, the morals were good, the characters were interesting, and the setting was fun and pleasing to watch. I honestly enjoyed it a lot and decided it was just stupid to keep fussing about something that wasn't all that bad. I do feel a bit silly for liking it at my age, but I'm still obsessed with Pokemon, so screw it.

Brony GET.

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 10:57 PM

One day i was watching epic meal time and epic wub time apeared, so i thought "why the hell not". It was awesome. After several more videos i started watching the real thing.

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Posted 31 August 2012 - 02:39 AM

before i became a part of this extended family i had friends who were bronies and it didnt bother me at all and they got me into watching videos and listening to music. it didnt effect me that much until my friend got me into watching a episode A party of one. i was instantly hooked and ive been a proud brony now for a few weeks :)

#143 AntoineDepardieu

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Posted 31 August 2012 - 02:17 PM

Ah yes, how I became a brony. Season 2 had already started when I became a brony. One night in January, I was sitting in front of my computer, browing deviantART, looking at the front page, and I come across a stamp of Fluttershy yelling, "You're going to love me!" Now of course, I had no idea what My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was, so I looked up her quote. I found video after video of ponies. I couldn't stop watching them. Then, I found the pilot. I was absolutely hooked.

#144 Quoth the Raven

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Posted 02 September 2012 - 06:33 AM

Well, I'm not a brony, can this be my story of how I became a pegasister?

Well, to start I am in my preteens so when I was about 6 I was watching the generation 2 (I think) so I remembered that fairly well. I actually became a pegasister about 1-2 months ago. I was never really a hater of the show, and I had NO idea what a brony was. The whole thing started for me when I was watching thefinebros channel, there was a video called Teens React to My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. (If you want, here is a link to that vid )

Initially after that I was a little skeptical about the show, but sort of forgot about it for a while. I was quickly reminded when a friend from a server I play on went brony. He had a Derpy skin, his forum pic was Pinky Pie, and he posted this AWESOME video here.


Let me tell you. Wanna know what really got me started? The sonic Rainboom. At that point curiosity got the best of me, and I watched the first one. And you know what? I spent that entire night, up until 5 in the morning watching those videos. I then proudly announced to the minecraft community that I AM A PEGASISTER. Sadly though I have not admitted this to anyone in real life but my brother. I don't think he will EVER become a brony, but I've caught him watching some of the fan videos I've shown him.

So guess what? Rainbow Dash helped me get my Cutie Mark too! XP

#145 Jaylex

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Posted 02 September 2012 - 07:16 AM

Well, I'm not a brony, can this be my story of how I became a pegasister?

Well, to start I am in my preteens so when I was about 6 I was watching the generation 2 (I think) so I remembered that fairly well. I actually became a pegasister about 1-2 months ago. I was never really a hater of the show, and I had NO idea what a brony was. The whole thing started for me when I was watching thefinebros channel, there was a video called Teens React to My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. (If you want, here is a link to that vid https://www.youtube....h?v=FzozSSGETJo )

Initially after that I was a little skeptical about the show, but sort of forgot about it for a while. I was quickly reminded when a friend from a server I play on went brony. He had a Derpy skin, his forum pic was Pinky Pie, and he posted this AWESOME video here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCFV7jT9ho

Let me tell you. Wanna know what really got me started? The sonic Rainboom. At that point curiosity got the best of me, and I watched the first one. And you know what? I spent that entire night, up until 5 in the morning watching those videos. I then proudly announced to the minecraft community that I AM A PEGASISTER. Sadly though I have not admitted this to anyone in real life but my brother. I don't think he will EVER become a brony, but I've caught him watching some of the fan videos I've shown him.

So guess what? Rainbow Dash helped me get my Cutie Mark too! XP

Oh sweet celestia. that's the video that got me interested.

#146 Quoth the Raven

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Posted 02 September 2012 - 08:24 AM

woah awesome!

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Posted 02 September 2012 - 09:40 PM

The teens react to MLP video didn't show what the brony community was about, mainly. Apparently the main thing we do is create image macros of pictures from the show.

#148 tyytedde

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Posted 04 September 2012 - 07:58 PM

I used to hate the idea of bronies, but once I was watching one of the people I'm subscribed to on youtube and he mentioned ponies now I thought he was joking, so once, when I was watching one of his monthly livestreams I asked him if he actually liked ponies, he said it was a really good show, so I said to myself "He got me to watch futurama (One of my favorite shows) so fuck it" searched for an episode and I thought that it was stupid. The next day though, I decided to give another chance and continued watching and eventually thought to myself "so this is why the bronies love this show" and took back everything I ever said about bronies by officially loving everything that has to do with the show.

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Posted 05 September 2012 - 08:09 AM

my friend showed me Ponies: The Anthology and then the pilot. I got hooked

me too (BROHOOF)

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Posted 06 September 2012 - 10:03 PM

My Friend sent me the MLP mod as a joke and i thought it was hilarious! Then i found a cupcakes reaction video. I absolutely had to watch it. I laughed went to school told a (kind of) friend about it she said she was a Pegasis. i watched MLP and got hooked after the first what? 12 seconds?!? found Brohoof and Here we are today!
(this happened 3 days ago!)

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Posted 07 September 2012 - 02:41 PM

I was standing in my school's cafeteria one morning before school. My friend (who has since dropped the brony lifestyle) came in and said that he had started watching MLP:FiM. All of my friends reacted how you would expected 17-year-olds to react, but I said "Sounds cool, send me a link!". He did, and that night I started watching the show we all know and love.

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 07:39 PM

*Le ian wondering on youtube* *founds a video called when im luna*

O MAY GAUSH

*goes to mlp first ep*

after days....

the last ep YESS

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 08:11 PM

it began to be one of my friends from school were talking about that there were many mlp picture all over the place on the wep
so I went and saw e1 and then 2 days after måter I say that I had been looking all seson 1 and

and now I'm a pegasister

#154 Flip-Flop

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 09:57 PM

KnowYourMeme was the first one to touch me. In a video about the word 'Derp' wich showed a VERY quick picture of derpy..... I'm like, ok, what's this. I then found out that 'Derpy' was part of a show called My Little Pony, the name sounded Girlish at first but then after 20 or so episodes i thought it was better than skyrim,,halo,(any other epic game insert here) combined.

Then I was curious about a comment that said "well, fluttershy has vanquished a dragon, stricken fear into a cokatoo, "wrestled" a bear. oh yeah, and killed R.D"
That got me curious about the .MOV And from MOV to cupackes. I hated both.

Then I came here. And that's the story of my ENITRE bronyhood, well up to this point.

#155 Quoth the Raven

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Posted 24 September 2012 - 10:08 PM

Well, I'm not a brony, can this be my story of how I became a pegasister?

Well, to start I am in my preteens so when I was about 6 I was watching the generation 2 (I think) so I remembered that fairly well. I actually became a pegasister about 1-2 months ago. I was never really a hater of the show, and I had NO idea what a brony was. The whole thing started for me when I was watching thefinebros channel, there was a video called Teens React to My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. (If you want, here is a link to that vid https://www.youtube....h?v=FzozSSGETJo )

Initially after that I was a little skeptical about the show, but sort of forgot about it for a while. I was quickly reminded when a friend from a server I play on went brony. He had a Derpy skin, his forum pic was Pinky Pie, and he posted this AWESOME video here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVCFV7jT9ho

Let me tell you. Wanna know what really got me started? The sonic Rainboom. At that point curiosity got the best of me, and I watched the first one. And you know what? I spent that entire night, up until 5 in the morning watching those videos. I then proudly announced to the minecraft community that I AM A PEGASISTER. Sadly though I have not admitted this to anyone in real life but my brother. I don't think he will EVER become a brony, but I've caught him watching some of the fan videos I've shown him.

So guess what? Rainbow Dash helped me get my Cutie Mark too! XP


All right time for me to add on to this.

(1) There is still hope for my brother. HE admits that he enjoys the brony community and did participate in Running of the Leaves, and he has the ability to sit through an episode. There's still hope!

(2) I now have other people who know of me becoming a pegasister. When my brother told my mother, she just shrugged and said she watched them when she was younger. So no worries :D
And my two BFF's I have told, luckily both my gal pals are just as weird as me. They fully accept it and one of them said she may try watching an episode. WIN :D :D

#156 Snowkitty24

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 12:09 AM

I used to diss MLP but of course I was curious as to why everyone was so interested in it. Went on netflix. From the first episode I fell in love with it. And it helped me find out that other friends of mine were bronies too! Yet to find a fellow pegasister.. :/

Before I became a serious brony, I was a vehement /x/ user. Thus, I was absolutely obsessed with creepypasta. I was practically living and breathing it. Then, one day, I was browsing Knowyourmeme, and I found the entry for Cupcakes. Now, it was my initial belief that apparently Cupcakes was the scariest creepypasta in existence and could make grown men pass out. So, naturally, I was attracted to it. Long story short: I found the fic, read it (ignoring the fact that they were ponies), and became incredibly ill afterwards. However, after a week of recovering from my slight daze, I realized that the characters were done extremely well. It was just biting at the back of my mind.

So, I looked up the show, watched the first episode, and was hooked. I've been exploring the fanbase and writing my own fanfiction ever since.


You? Ill? Cupcakes? Whats with all the people saying that? I read Cupcakes and a bunch of the sequels. Am I the only pony who isn't effected?

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Posted 25 September 2012 - 04:27 PM

Here is My Story! :D
I Had A friend who is a brony and well, at the time thought it was strange. but then watched the .MOV series and it was great! So about a month later i got curious and

searched "What is a brony" on google and came to this site

Site http://whatisabrony.com/

Then Watched the 2 videos on the site.

So I got more curious and searched on youtube for the first episode.
I watched the first 2 episodes they were Great! then watched the first 5 that became the first season then the second season. And wow is the show awesome.

And Stumbled upon the huge community behind this show and everything about it.this community is awesome!

And Cant Wait till Season 3!

Brohoof! /)

Edited by PureStyleD, 25 September 2012 - 04:29 PM.


#158 Natimus_Primehoof

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Posted 26 September 2012 - 12:36 PM

I've answered this one a few times, but if anyone's still interested, here it is again.

Up until I hit junior high school (coincidentally around the time my family moved from Florida to Illinois), most of my friends were girls. I played house a lot more than I played army, and my toys and TV habits tended to reflect that. I grew up on a combination of G1 My Little Pony, Transformers, and Disney shows. When ratty mentioned he was thinking of starting a pony-themed server, I had flashbacks to the good old days of Dream Valley and Paradise Estate, and immediately grabbed episodes 1 and 2. By the time the intro had finished, I was already hooked, and I lucked into having the day off to marathon all 21 episodes that were out at the time, and then stayed up to watch 'A Bird in the Hoof' after that. About a week later we opened the server, and you all know the rest.

#159 John Smith

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Posted 11 November 2012 - 12:42 AM

Well I was just minding my buissness on facebook and my friend danny decided 2 talk to me he bought up the subject of bronys so i googled it and found out about it

i then went on this server me and him used to hang out on (charliecraft) (it sucks) and i found out about a brony named ushallburn i asked him a few questions he then told me i sounded like a hater and i should watch the 1st episode i denied him and went off, etleast 4 weeks later i had a urge to watch it and thats what i did so i watched season 1 and 2 within the course of 2 days or so and i actually enjoyed it i was shocked with myself and talked to my friend aimee on xbox i told her about mlp and she said she was a brony too and said i should stop resisting and join the herd and stuff like that i refused and was apparently in denial she said eventually i gave in and accepted myself as a brony and well here i am today

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Posted 11 November 2012 - 02:09 AM

My story was actually kinda funny, you could say it was an accident.

I was playing Garrys Mod on a TTT server, i seen tag, and it was all these ponies, mane 6.

I already knew about ponies on the internet, but not of the brony fad.

So i talked to the guy on the server, asked him why his tag was small horses, he said brony, so my natural instinct was: This guys a freak....

But in a week, my curiosity got the better of me. I was talking to my friends, and asked them if they knew what a brony was, they all said yeah, but they are freaks.

I went home that day, and watched something on youtube called Ballad Of the Brony.

After that, i wasnt a hater, i just did not mind the bronies, i knew the character names.

But, as life goes, you get a bit nosey, so i watched the first 2 episodes. At first i was like, what the fuck am i watching...? Then, i actually got into it....

So i went to school, throughout the week i approached my friends thoughts of bronies from hate them, to think they are okay. and it worked.

Then, after a week, i told them. One was like, well, your choice, just do what your doing, dont involve me.

The other one was calling me stupid and shit, told him to fuck off and spammed him with brony dubstep, which i actually like.

Now im pretty sure hes a brony, because he liked watching the show with me on my iPhone, but the main reason i became a brony. Was to annoy my friend, i was pretending but then actually got pulled in.

so yeah!

Oh and an extra, 3 days ago my parents were using my laptop, then they rebooted my machine. I had no idea until the laptop came on that my theme had custom sounds.....

MY LITTLE PONY, MY LITTLE PONY, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH and the full song went on, when it ended, we were all silent. I simply unplugged my laptop from the TV, and walked away.

#161 iluvponies35

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 12:06 AM

so i was browsing the MC forums looking for cool mods (i have MagicLauncher and wanted to try out some cool mods) when i saw the Mine Little Pony mod, i just thought "whats this?" then randomly clicked it. what i saw started my career as a brony. the pics didnt really look that bad so i thought "why not check out the actually show?" 2 episodes in and i was addicted.

#162 Pinksy π

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Posted 12 November 2012 - 12:20 AM

Once upon a late saturday evening...


I was browsing the interwebs...


Depressed because I was a stir-crazy extravert and did not have many friends where I had just moved (from Ohio to Idaho)


Bored out of my mind....


Then...


I discovered...


Pinkie Pie....







basically she is the re-incarnation of me in a cartoon


Nuff' Said

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 10:27 PM

Basicly, the first time I discovered ponies was in january or february I think. I was going to visit my best friend, and she said she was a brony. She explained what it was, and I was not sure if I was gonna laugh or cry. A half year I had to listen to my friend talking about pony related stuff, without knowing how awesome it really was. For like 2-3 months ago, I just said to my friend "Fuck it, I'm a brony". I gave it a chance, and I regret nothing. And from that day, I became a brony.

Edited by Honeypot, 14 December 2012 - 10:28 PM.


#164 iluvponies35

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Posted 14 December 2012 - 10:54 PM

Aaaaand...3rd time youve bumped a 2-month old thread. Don't let it happen again. PLEASE!

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 04:10 AM

My friends were talking about MLP all the time and one day when my parents were not home I decided to watch the first episode and I had to force my self to watch it. I kept watching till episode 7 then I was hooked and that is how I became a brony.

P.S. I have done some of my posts on my mom's iPad


#166 iluvponies35

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 05:55 AM

Did you read my previous post?

#167 ShadowFire14

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 11:16 AM

my story: i just watch the show

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Posted 19 December 2012 - 05:26 PM

One day, im laying in my bed, doing homework. My older brother walks in and says if i watch a certain video, i can hop on my computer sooner and he'll do my homework. He takes my iPod i had with me at the time and loads the video and leaves the room.

That video was Season one's pilot.

I roll my eyes and sit through the video, annoyed im watching a little girls show. By the time the pilot is over, im wondering why i dont hate it to pieces, and decide to watch the second episode and so on and so forth.

tl;dr I blame my brother.

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Posted 27 December 2012 - 11:42 PM

Well, for a long time I knew the show existed and was a big thing and I always loved the art style, but I don't get much into TV so I didn't try to find out what was going on until much later. Then I tried to get the first season from the library but obviously they didn't have it and I gave up for a while after that 'cause I don't have a lot of spare money! Why didn't I watch the streams or YouTube? 'Cause I didn't believe Hasbro would ever actually let that happen, wow was I wrong right? I was so happy when I found out I could watch all the episodes on YouTube and I've never looked back since! Things were... not good for me before then, but in just the one month after I discovered the fandom I felt more real emotions than in the ten years before that and, well, look at me now!

I want to say something about Cupcakes now, so I'm gonna spoiler it for those who don't want to see it. The short version is that from reading it, I learned how to keep my smile no matter how dark things get.
Spoiler


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Posted 27 December 2012 - 11:45 PM

Thank you. *hug*


*hug*

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 07:20 AM

I watched it with my 5 year old cousin i used to hate it until i realized i was watching it for an hour. I looked into it then became a brony. The End

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 02:17 PM

i was told about the show alot and ppl taking the mic outa of it and one day saw it on on demand (bt conectoin thingy mabob) and my sis was sat next to me and i said he look its your favorite show she laughs then i say lets put it on and see y ppl get adicted to it (like a test of sorts) then i get hooked on it even tho i didnt want to become brony XD my sis isnt a brony but i am gawd damm it lol i do love being brony tho coz if i wasnt i wouldnt have met u guys =)

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:18 PM

i was told about the show alot and ppl taking the mic outa of it and one day saw it on on demand (bt conectoin thingy mabob) and my sis was sat next to me and i said he look its your favorite show she laughs then i say lets put it on and see y ppl get adicted to it (like a test of sorts) then i get hooked on it even tho i didnt want to become brony XD my sis isnt a brony but i am gawd damm it lol i do love being brony tho coz if i wasnt i wouldnt have met u guys =)


...
What

#174 dobbysocks

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 03:27 PM

...
What

i dont have to make sence lol

#175 Haxorizer145

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Posted 29 December 2012 - 06:16 PM

Youtube Poops, many of them.

#176 philomenapheonix

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Posted 30 December 2012 - 03:39 AM

lol mom just found out im a brony she laughed at me........... then she went to watch twilight lol
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you are luccky there are no bronies in my school.. only me xd

me too....

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Oh, and also, me and my five year old sister were looking on Apple TV and my sis found a my little pony show, it didn't look a
Like any of the older ones I noticed but I really didn't care, so she was like "oooh!!!! I wanna watch dat sissy!!!!" And I was just like "sure whatever I'm bored" and so we started watching it, and I started to like it throughout the first episode so that by the end I was like "NEXT ONE, WHERE IS THE NEXT PAAARRRT?!?!??" And so yeah, we watched that, and at first I felt bad because I thought I was the only one and I liked a stupid little girls show ( I am not saying mlp is stupid, it's just most other shows I've seen are) but then I saw that mlp fim was on tv and I was ECSTATIC, I then started searching stuff online and found the whole brony community, after that I started watching all the episodes every week and getting merchandise like t shirts (honestly, I've hated dolls even when I was a little girl) and then.... Well.... The end I guess!

P.s. a friend of mine, skilby, has already posted a topic of this... :/

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Posted 30 December 2012 - 04:12 AM

P.s. a friend of mine, skilby, has already posted a topic of this... :/


This one was posted before skilby's.

#178 philomenapheonix

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Posted 30 December 2012 - 04:16 AM

Oops, had no idea... My baaad

I'm horrible at that kinda thing, I feel bad now.... :(

#179 philomenapheonix

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 03:01 AM

Well, for a long time I knew the show existed and was a big thing and I always loved the art style, but I don't get much into TV so I didn't try to find out what was going on until much later. Then I tried to get the first season from the library but obviously they didn't have it and I gave up for a while after that 'cause I don't have a lot of spare money! Why didn't I watch the streams or YouTube? 'Cause I didn't believe Hasbro would ever actually let that happen, wow was I wrong right? I was so happy when I found out I could watch all the episodes on YouTube and I've never looked back since! Things were... not good for me before then, but in just the one month after I discovered the fandom I felt more real emotions than in the ten years before that and, well, look at me now!

I want to say something about Cupcakes now, so I'm gonna spoiler it for those who don't want to see it. The short version is that from reading it, I learned how to keep my smile no matter how dark things get.

Spoiler

i read it all *hug* and honestly, I feel like how you felt, unfortunately I could never read something like cupcakes and I just simply cannot handle any kind of gore, I actually like darker stories though, well, sort of dark, my 2 faves are past sins and warriors: Bluestars prophecy whitch in past sins have sadness and pain, and death as well as sadness and pain also in Bluestars prophecy. And those stories make me both cry, and be happy which I like, it's a lot like what my little dashie did to me, but, I am unfortunately still in the rut of not feeling like living anymore that you were in before, and yes, it is painful to see equestria and know that they get to live in such happiness while we suffer from pains of the real world, twilight freaked out over a papercut, while I suffer from a new scar almost every year, or two scars.

#180 Twilight Sprinkles

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 12:44 PM

i was dared by my brother to watch it, watched the first episode and i was hooked

#181 Pinksy π

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 01:31 PM

Well, for a long time I knew the show existed and was a big thing and I always loved the art style, but I don't get much into TV so I didn't try to find out what was going on until much later. Then I tried to get the first season from the library but obviously they didn't have it and I gave up for a while after that 'cause I don't have a lot of spare money! Why didn't I watch the streams or YouTube? 'Cause I didn't believe Hasbro would ever actually let that happen, wow was I wrong right? I was so happy when I found out I could watch all the episodes on YouTube and I've never looked back since! Things were... not good for me before then, but in just the one month after I discovered the fandom I felt more real emotions than in the ten years before that and, well, look at me now!

I want to say something about Cupcakes now, so I'm gonna spoiler it for those who don't want to see it. The short version is that from reading it, I learned how to keep my smile no matter how dark things get.

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well thats certainly one way to do it, and thats been my out look on life ever sense my depression! i just do my best to make everypony smile!

#182 -VinylScratch-

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 03:36 PM

Like everyone, My friend told me, watched one episode, then BOOM, total addict to watching more episodes

#183 Captain Inconvenient

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 03:43 PM

I was bored one afternoon and I heard my Brother watching one episode so I started watch and got hooked.

#184 Quoth the Raven

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Posted 02 January 2013 - 07:50 PM

i read it all *hug* and honestly, I feel like how you felt, unfortunately I could never read something like cupcakes and I just simply cannot handle any kind of gore, I actually like darker stories though, well, sort of dark, my 2 faves are past sins and warriors: Bluestars prophecy whitch in past sins have sadness and pain, and death as well as sadness and pain also in Bluestars prophecy. And those stories make me both cry, and be happy which I like, it's a lot like what my little dashie did to me, but, I am unfortunately still in the rut of not feeling like living anymore that you were in before, and yes, it is painful to see equestria and know that they get to live in such happiness while we suffer from pains of the real world, twilight freaked out over a papercut, while I suffer from a new scar almost every year, or two scars.

Oh, yes. I read Bluestar's prophecy, that leader's got such a dark past. (Which is why she's one of my favorites; she's shown she has a lot of strength.) And Crookedstar's Promise is a fairly sad one too. Sorry, I know this is completely unrelated, but I had to say something, the Warriors series are my favorite books.

#185 iluvponies35

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Posted 03 January 2013 - 01:26 AM

Oh, yes. I read Bluestar's prophecy, that leader's got such a dark past. (Which is why she's one of my favorites; she's shown she has a lot of strength.) And Crookedstar's Promise is a fairly sad one too. Sorry, I know this is completely unrelated, but I had to say something, the Warriors series are my favorite books.


Same here :3

#186 Npaws

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Posted 06 January 2013 - 03:53 AM

Well.  Sit back relax and get some fuckin popcorn and a drink!  Cuz dis sh*t gonna be long.  

 

It all started on a friday in mid October of 2012.  The night before I had been having terrible stomach aches but my mom told me to go to school the next day anyway.  The next day during first period at about 8:30 am I started feeling stomach pains again and I found out that it wasn't just stomach pains.  Turns out I had to go home.  My mom came and picked me up and when I was home I curled up in my bed with my laptop and the TV on.  Now a few weeks prior I had been on my favorite forum when one of my friends posted one of the .MOV parodies on their wall.  I checked it out and soon watched all of the parodies.  I was generally intrigued by the ponies but not enough to actually watch the show.  I had heard of bronies before and thought that it was unnatural and all that.  BUT I wasn't an anti brony.  Now back to the sick day.  I was flipping through the TV guide and I found What do you know?  My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.  The episode was hurricane Fluttershy if you were wondering.  Now I was like "Hahaha that show is on!"  And I thought I would give it a try.  Now 2 episodes later and I was hooked.  Also Fluttershy became my favorite pony!  I kept my bronyism a secret for the next 2 months not telling anyone.  But on december 1st I finally manned up and posted about how I was a brony on facebook.  Most people accepted me as I was and didn't ask me if I was gay either.  (Which I'm not.)  I was hooked on the show too.  Hell I even watched Luna Eclipsed on Halloween!  Anyway that is the end of my brony tale.  I hope you enjoyed reading!  BONUS******  Here's my facebook post I made about me being a brony.

 

 

 

My big secret is... I'm a brony, which is a male (specifically between the ages of 12 and 19) who enjoys the show My little pony friendship is magic. Now just take all that in for a second there is more. No this does not mean I am gay. Nor does it mean I am not the same person as I used to be. So let me describe to you in depth what the show is like. The show focuses on 6 main ponies also known as the "mane" six. These ponies are named Applejack, Rainbow dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twilight sparkle who is really the main character. Now I will explain each of the mane six's traits.


AppleJack: Honesty. She never lies to her friends and always says he honest truth.

Rainbow Dash: Loyalty. Rainbow dash is always there for her feiends when they need her. And she is a bit tomboyish but at times she can be girly.

Pinkie Pie: Laughter. Pinkie is a party animal as you would say. She loves spending time with her fiends and throwing parties for no apparent reason. Which is why she is a fan favorite.

Fluttershy: Kindness. Fluttershy is my personal favorite because I feel like I can relate to her a lot. She is shy around new people but once you become friends with her the shyness disappears completely. Fluttershy lives in a cottage on the border of the EverFree forest where she cares for woodland creatures like her pet rabbit Angel.

Rarity: Generosity: Rarity runs her own boutique in Ponyville where she makes clothes and dresses for her friends and her many customers. Rarity is the element of generosity because she is always ready to help a friend n need like when she made dresses for her and her friends for the grand galloping gala.

And last but not least Twilight sparkle: Magic. Twilight is the main character in the show and her special talent is using her magic. She is one of the best unicorns at magic in equestria besides Princess celestia and Her sister Princess Luna.

Spike: Spike is twilight's pet dragon/special helper. Twilight hatched spike from his egg when she was little and she kept him from there on. Spike helps twilight around the library and in the home. Twilight has a sort of motherly relationship with spike and it is considered by the bronies as one of the strongest relationships in the entire show.



Now I have explained the gist of everything but you could still watch it for yourself to find out if you are a brony or a pegasister (girl bronies). If you read this whole thing then thank you very much and have a nice night. *brohoof*



#187 philomenapheonix

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Posted 06 January 2013 - 07:34 AM

*brohoof*

I know that was probably for Facebook but brohoof anyways!!!

#188 Xeadin

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Posted 06 January 2013 - 07:45 AM

Started with another Minecraft community that dedicated a single thread to My Little Pony. I was like, "You've got to be joking..." so I took a quick peek and thought, "Well, this looks better than expected."

 

Watched some of the first few episodes-- was blown away at how well-done they were.

 

Tara Strong was kind of a favorite because of a few games she voiced in-- mainly the Jak & Daxter series (Kiera).



#189 Alto

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Posted 08 January 2013 - 12:43 AM

My kid sister loves the show and secretly converted my partner to a brony, and before I knew it they were ganging up on me to draw their pony ocs.  So...I went ahead and drew them some ponies.  Then I watched a few episodes of the show to try and not be so crap at drawing ponies.

 

Then I couldn't stop drawing ponies.  Or watching the awesome show...As someone that's actually worked with flash and illustrator, the show is brilliantly designed and written for something meant for young girls.  I guess I've always been a sucker for Lauren's work.

 

Honestly, I think mlp was one of the best things to happen to me.  I've been in a major art slump for over 2 years since I had to pull myself out of classes, and then suddenly I'm drawing every day, things I'm sort of proud of again.  I'd forgotten how nice it is to be part of a fandom, not to mention a fandom I get to share with some of the closest people in my life.  :)



#190 philomenapheonix

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Posted 08 January 2013 - 03:02 AM

My kid sister loves the show and secretly converted my partner to a brony, and before I knew it they were ganging up on me to draw their pony ocs. So...I went ahead and drew them some ponies. Then I watched a few episodes of the show to try and not be so crap at drawing ponies.

Then I couldn't stop drawing ponies. Or watching the awesome show...As someone that's actually worked with flash and illustrator, the show is brilliantly designed and written for something meant for young girls. I guess I've always been a sucker for Lauren's work.

Honestly, I think mlp was one of the best things to happen to me. I've been in a major art slump for over 2 years since I had to pull myself out of classes, and then suddenly I'm drawing every day, things I'm sort of proud of again. I'd forgotten how nice it is to be part of a fandom, not to mention a fandom I get to share with some of the closest people in my life. :)

actually, my grandmother hates my little pony because i drew a bunch of ponies for like a month and she says I'm "wasting skills on worthless things" sooo... Now I'm not even allowed to say or how anything mlp in her house

So instead of helping my art like it did with you (I wish it had) it has actually Made it harder for me to draw anything not mlp now

Edited by philomenapheonix, 08 January 2013 - 03:05 AM.


#191 TheOrderlyMonki

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 01:49 AM

I found out through facebook when my friend told me what a brony is. At first i thought it was pretty dumb. So i gave the show a chance and now i like it.



#192 Caventh

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 05:13 AM

I joined the Brony fandom to destroy it from the inside.



#193 High Orbit

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 05:24 AM

I can't draw, but I can write. This pretty much sums it up:

 

Far off in a country called Malaysia,

(Situated somewhere, Southeast Asia)

There lived a boy, his name was Long,

He watched the series, thought 'What could go wrong?'

He watched and he watched, the cuteness he felt,

Those pastel ponies, they made his heart melt.

 

He went to his friend, said "This ain't enough!"

"Find me a place where I can relate to this stuff!"

His friend searched hard and said, "Rejoice!"

"For you, fellow brony, I have the perfect choice!"

For I know of a server, the best of the best,

It's occupants kind, and ahead of the rest!

 

The boy laughed, he smiled with glee,

"This server is the best place for me!"

He joined the game, you know the rest,

Cleared his submission; Finished the test.

But this, my friend, is not the end,

For this has only just began.

 

 

 

Sorry if I'm waay off...


Edited by High Orbit, 11 January 2013 - 05:49 AM.


#194 Linx the Lynx

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 07:41 PM

I became a brony so I could laugh at people.

And to see how many people in the fandom hate Homestuck at conventions.

 

 

aside from that i just saw one of my favorite youtuber upload some episodes so i watched them.



#195 Xeethe

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 07:45 PM

I kind of watched the whole Brony thing grow and I was indifferent about it. But then I made friends with folks who like the series, and out of curiosity I checked it out in Netflix. I got hooked, no looking back since then lmao. 



#196 Member1221

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 08:10 PM

I became brony becouse my friend David was. i began to whatch the show and i liked it... thats it.. lets see.. 1..2.3.4.. 19! words...



#197 SilverOtter

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Posted 13 January 2013 - 12:04 AM

You? Ill? Cupcakes? Whats with all the ponies saying that? I read Cupcakes and a bunch of the sequels. Am I the only pony who isn't effected?

FUUUUU+Rage+face+meme.jpg

 

 

You are not alone.


Edited by Darkotter, 13 January 2013 - 12:04 AM.


#198 Pegasisterz

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Posted 15 January 2013 - 02:20 AM

O.K.

One day I found my old G3.5 Pony toy,(White with pink hair)

and I wanted to find out the website so I went online and saw MLP FiM

And I was like: ? so I checked it out and I got HOOKED on the episodes.



#199 Starlit Blaze

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Posted 16 January 2013 - 03:30 PM

my freinds and i made a bet to see who could watch MLP: FiM the longest we never knew who won because they turned the tv off, it seems they got bored of watching 2 people watch something

i became a brony because of a bet that's surprising even to me



#200 Changeling_Spy

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Posted 18 January 2013 - 12:03 AM

I have known about the bronies for a while and was never a hater. One day I decided to check out some fanfics an episodes and I've been hooked since. ^3^ Brohoof to all of you guys, the greatest fandom on the Internet! /)


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