1. See ponies everywhere on a forum I frequent. 2. Google it, then watch first episode. 3. Is hooked on animation. 4. Exclaims to family that my long-lost pony addiction is back. 5. Stay up to 5am watching ponies.
I went through denial for weeks. I thought I would never join. then anger for more weeks because the people who I subscribed had became bronies too. bargaining went on for a week or 2 or 3 because I had to hide it from other people. I decided to see what the hype is all about. After a few days, my sanity went down so low, it went to negatives which means I started to like it. Each time I look at pony pictures, I don't freak out anymore. Depression lasted for a day. then acceptance. And that's how I became a brony.
Mine was a really short downfall. 1. Starts seeing ponies everywhere 2.Facebook friend IM's me and tells me it was great (About 1 AM) 3.Slight denial stage, knowing how the last seasons were 4.Bargaining stage. "Fine fine. I'll watch the first episode and get back to you" 5.Watches episode 1. Wasn't sure how much I liked it until pinkie pie came in with that gasp. That hooked me. I watched the rest of ep 1, thourougly enjoying and laughing out loud. 6.Well... I can't just stop here! Total cliffhanger! Watches episode 2. "Wow! This is really great!" Tee hee.. it was under EEEeeee. By this point, I must've had a huge goofy smile on my face. 7.Watches episodes 3- 14, almost instincively clicking the next button LATER THAT MORNING 8.Friend IMs me. "Where the heck did you GO last night!!?" Me:...."ponies.." Them:"my job is done" We both continue to gush about ponies 9.Bronyism complete. Initiate fan art, google/youtube/tumblr searches, Fan forums.
... forrrrEEEVVVVEEEERRRRRRR! Hehe. I don't care if people still think we're crazy years from now, I'm just so proud to have been a part of this fandom! A fandom which I hope lasts for a VERY long time to come. "It was under EEEeee!" was the line that converted me to bronydom. Ah, Pinkie, you are SO random!
1. Having no life, I was lurking some forums and noticed the grown men talking about work, when suddenly ponies. Found it amusing but forgot about it. 2. Two weeks or so later, a friend *cough cough* mentioned them in a conversation. 3. The morning (well probably evening, since that's when i usually wake up) after the convo, I got bored of trolling so I decided to try out ponies. 4. Didn't like the opening at first, but found the episode amusing so I spent the rest of the day cramming every episode. 5. Now, like another week or two later, I decided to join the forums here. Replaced my crappy 70gb library and used the EPR radio for some music while I sleep.
I'm still REALLY new here & too the series so.... Stage 1: Denial. I had this while lurking things like My Little Brony on Failblog just reading the meme's. I watched about 10mins of an episode & joked about it on Facebook. Thing was as a kid, I loved MLP the original. Stage 2: Anger. I didn't really get to this stage and I don't know any other Bronies outside of EPR who could entice me. It was more of "I'm not gonna watch this no way" Stage 3: Bargaining. I lurked this forums for a few hours an joined and got a huge warm welcome from people, which made me feel better about it & wanted to get into it. Stage 4: Depression. Again I didn't or haven't got this yet. Stage 5: Acceptance. After watching 2 episodes I accepted I liked it & love the funny / quirky side of it, I can't say I'm full Brony yet, but I keep telling myself I am.
Stage 1 - Denial Some of my friends watch it and I couldn't really see why they'd enjoy something like that. Stage 2 - Anger Didn't really get into this stage. Stage 3 - Bargaining After watching first 2 episodes I thought "why the hell am I watching this?" to myself. Stage 4 - Depression Didn't really have any because I knew that loads of other people my age and older watch this show. Stage 5 - Acceptance Acheived this stage on the day I started watching. Went to school as a brony the next day. Finished watching the rest of the episode in 2 days later. Joined this forum a few days after watching all of these. Loads of people say that its stupid but I just say "Haters gonna hate". There's enough bronies in my year to feel comfortable being one anyway.
1. Watch clips. I've heard so much about this that I guess I'll check some out. Hmm... Fluttershy? She seems cute. Aw she's so soft spoken and adorable. Pinkie Pie? Wow she's hyper and random. I guess I can watch this. *Watches the clips repeatedly* 2. Watch episodes Has a nice a feel to it. Good animation, good humour, and fun characters. What? Created by Lauren Faust? Didn't she create Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home? I can dig it. 3. Must watch more Hmm it's been awhile since I've watched that pony show. I think I'll check up on it. OH MY GOD RAINBOW DASH SAVES PEOPLE AND DOES A SONIC RAINBOOM!? SO AWEEESSSSOOOMMMEEE!!!! 4. Join a forum I'm still kind of new to this but I think I'll join a forum so I can learn more about the culture. 5. Get over 800 posts on said forum in less than a week 6. Order Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack dolls 7. Order brony shirts 8. Obsessively download pictures of Lyra and Bon Bon. 9. I might have broken my computer
I like that Grief and Brony Metamorphosis is almost exactly the same... I seem to have skipped the anger bit and just got down to watching it. Meh, I'm a hobbying critic. If I can't just watch something regardless of my preconceptions, I'd have very little to write about. I still hate the opening credit theme but enjoy the show as well as picking it apart like everything else. I'm still happy it can make me laugh too. I may have scared a guy sitting next to me on the bus when Spike grows a moustache for no reason at all.
1."Mmh pony memes on mylittlebrony.com are really cool, I need to watch an episode now." 2.*Watch 1st season* 3.*dl pony dj music package* 4.*dl pony fan-art package * 5.*Look in buckle at the season 1* Optional : - trying to convert my friend (fail) - Buy dolls of Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle
I was introduced to FiM when I saw the word "Brony" on some random Facebook post. Something along the lines of "Confound these Bronies." I looked it up in Urban Dictionary and about a week later rolled across the episode where RD and Applejack are competing against each other and it killed me when I didn't finish it. Naturally, I thought it was stupid, but I suddenly saw myself comparing it to Canadian cartoons and from there, things seemed so much brighter in such a gloomy world. I was a recognized Brony by Nightmare Night.
My transformation was very short, as I usually try something before hating it.. it showed up in another forum I go on, I said "lol wtf", but I watched the first episode anyway. Then watched two more. Then a few more. Then I realized I just watched pretty much all of S1 and became a brony.
I became a brony through Robot Chicken :O I discovered the show through watching "Apocalypse Pony" (Robot Chicken Skit) on Youtube and a related video was a MLP:FiM version of it. At this stage, I had no idea about bronies or anything. I watched the FiM version, and thought it was alright, but nothing too great "'cause its a girly thing". A few days later, I wanted to see a bit more this pony thing, and started watching little clips of the show, mainly from kyrospawn and mlprandom. I think the thing that attracted me to watch more of them the most was fluttershy, Especially her Squeaks and Cuteness Overload videos. I finally decided about 3-4 days ago that I would start watching the series, as i couldn't get enough of those little snippets and the cute ponies. Because of this, I was fully prepared for a couple weaker episodes at the start, understanding the development team finding their direction or something. The story arc of the first two were a great opening to the series, but at times I felt it was a bit rushed. Since then, I have been powering through the series and have nearly caught up to where everyone else is at (I think i'm up to s2 ep 7). I am at a stage where I don't understand why I pay so much more attention to this show than other shows I really enjoy. I get the feeling it's because of the irony of watching a "little kids" show.
This is how I became a brony about 4 months ago (I'm a female, so it took me about 10 minutes to become a brony ) 1. I saw alot of ponymemes on the general chat forum on Warrior Cats RPG (RP site for a book series I read) and became curious, but never flamed or hated them. Just simple, modest curiousity. (I'm sort of naive when it comes to what's popular on the internet) 2. I watched the first episode, then continued to watch them. 3. It all goes on from here. I have been a brony for 4 months, but have never gotten a brohoof. Brohoof anyone?
*Brohoof's Valley*/) Denial-Huh, people are talking about My Little Pony? That's weird. AngerAmusement and Bemusement-Oh wow, these guys are hilarious. I dunno what about My LitltePony inspired this crazed religion, but they are funny as heck. Bargaining-You find me the episodes, and I will watch. Anger/Self-Defeating Curiosity-*ended up watching the shows on his own anyways* Depression-Oh god, I've stayed up way late watching this show and I gotta wake up early in the morning! Acceptance-Oh. Crap. I've watched 12 episodes in one sitting, I'm a fan. Huh, cool. And now I'm left to wonder what to do with myself.
1. Denial: I avoided confronting myself about my Bronyism and watching further episodes for months. This lasted quite some time for me. 2. Anger: I was never really angry about anything. I skipped this stage. 3. Bargaining: I told myself, "There's no way I actually like this show." This happened alongside my Denial stage, but not after. 4. Depression: I was a little sad when I first realized how much I liked it, because I thought I would never meet anyone IRL that I could share it with. I was wrong. 4 1/2. Denial (again): I went through a short week of Denial before moving on to Acceptance. 5. Acceptance: I found other Bronies. I realized the true magic of friendship.
My stages of Brony Development were somewhat different than normal. I had heard of My Little Pony, and I had heard rumors and stories that people were starting to become obsessed with both the toys and the show. I simply shrugged and thought it was just one of those weird things that people become fans of, it is the Internet after all. Then November 2011 rolls around and a new friend of mine showed me images of ponies she had drawn. Then she showed me a fan fic she had written. Then finally she pulled up the Winter Wrap Up episode. I thought nothing of it at first and then put it off to the side of my mind as nothing worth remembering. This began step 1. 1. Confusion: Later that night as I was trying to fall asleep, Winter Wrap Up started playing loudly in my head. Then it started playing again later the next day in the middle of class, which made it hard to focus. I had no idea what was going on and why the song, albeit it was catchy, was still stuck in my head. Then came the worried thought: "Why am I thinking about My Little Pony all the time?" Over the next few days my friend showed me the episodes Lesson Zero and Owl's Well that Ends Well. This lead into step 2, where I began to realize that I was beginning to like the show. 2. Extreme Denial: Over and over I kept saying to myself: "NO! No! I cannot like this! What is wrong with me?! MUST RESIST! MUST FIGHT!" 3. Depression: As MLP stayed in my thoughts and I had the occasional dream about MLP I realized I was fighting a losing battle. I knew I would eventually succumb to the "Virus" as I called it and was doomed to become a Brony. I told my friend, and she thought it was funny. She also linked videos from youtube when we chatted on facebook. 4. Bargaining: During Winter Break I decided I would watch a few episodes myself, starting from Season 1 Episode 1 and maybe I overcome the "Virus" that I had been infected with. 5. Acceptance: Several episodes into Season 1, I finally gave in and acknowledged that from that point on I was a Brony. FOR THE HERD! ~Hawk
1 laugh at the thought of liking MLP (lasted from my first brony encounter at MTAC till about a month latter after watching it) 2 end up watching it (long story) 3 liked it a lot 4 became an open brony (was already used to shifty glances for being an otaku so not much changed) 5 began to convert friends (sadly no current success but I'm getting to them) 6 joined the community
