Whenever I think about being a proud brony in school, my stomach flops. I don't think a lot of people would be very accepting of it, but they might think its cool and funny. Should I just go ahead and be one? I worry about being beat up, but I'm tall and pretty muscular, so I don't really worry about that. Should I? And if I do, how should I do it? I just ordered a tshirt with rainbow dash on it saying "come at me bro". Should I wear it one day and see what happens?
I'm going in to my high school tomorrow wearing a Rainbow Dash shirt saying "BRONY" and I'm the lankiest guy I know. Do it, see what happens.
I'm basically in the exact same situation as you. I'd like to think it'd be cool to be a brony in public, but high school is a much different situation. Everyone is pressured to conform and follow trends, so being a brony in high school would attract negative attention. The only benefit is if there are others who share same interests. If there aren't, it isn't worth the ridicule... This is of course my perspective as I'm a sensitive person and I don't take insult very well. I had my phone out one day and my friend saw a quick glimpse of the Everypony banner at the top. He asked me if I was a brony and my stomach literally did backflips and I said "No." and he hasn't brought it up since. Whether or not I should have said "Yes" still bugs me, because he sounded more curious than wanting to attack me. But I'm too afraid to bring it up myself. Ugh... society sucks, especially in the US. Everyone's got a reason to hate.
There are only 3 out of 24 bronies in my class (the rest of them are still used to MLP being a little girl's thing), but they still respect me as much as they did before they knew, because it's just a TV show. Besides, bullying is illegal where i'm from
I'm a semi-open brony. All the guys at my school know, but not the girls. And I'm not sure if my parents know. Wear the shirt, but bring brass knuckles. Or just be strong. Or popular.
Do it if you feel confident. I'd advise that you tell your closest friends first, as those are the least likely to turn aganst you. My friends thought it weird, but accepted it. Now, there's about nine of us bronies, and we're trying to find closeted ones. Of coarse, be aware that different people will have different reactions. To begin with, just tell those you trust most, and then work on becoming more and more open. Feels good man, being able to log onto everypony in school without being afraid of those around you judging you on it.
The real problem is when Bronies are too pushy about it. I have that problem sometimes myself. I want to be open about it, but sometimes it pushes people away. It is especially bad when your a business owner and need customers. For you, you can't really go wrong with wearing a T-shirt. I guess I'm open enough about it just by having pony blind bags at the store and leave it up to others to bring up.
Heh, you people with friends who are okay with you being a brony are very lucky, you know that? I have a couple brony friends in real life, but most of them don't even seem to know that this show exist's {Probably too wrapped up in Micheal bay, Call of duty, and various other things}, and one of them is a little judgemental. If they do find out, I'm pretty much screwed. I'm doing my best to make sure that they don't find out, and considering they don't even seem to know of it's existence, it's been pretty easy keeping it a secret. But I know that one of them will eventually find out, and I don't know what to do if he finds out.
I'm going to drop as many hints as possible, and then try to explain it as casually as I can. Like today, I was discussing borrowing a camera from college with my friend when he asked me what I wanted the camera for (it was to film the Nottingham brony meetup). I said something like: "Oh, just some guys I know are getting together, sorta like a convention". If he'd asked me for more info I would have told him about the bronies then and there. He didn't ask. I'm stuck in the closet until another opportunity arises.
I always wear T-Shirts about Ponies and nobody really questions just a couple a saying my shirt is awesome but now I am doing a while presentation about ponies and I imagine that I will be made fun of or Shunned only like 5 people know I am a Brony and those are my closet friends.
My method: I don't tell anyone. I let people find out for themselves. It's as simple as that, and I can walk around knowing some people know, as the numbers rise, but truth be known, no one really cares. It's a good plan and I am glad it came to me. The only hints from anyone at school was simply rubbing out my surname on a lunch booking list and replacing it with "Pony Brony". I just laugh, everyone laughs and they all know I'm cool with a bit o' banter. As for wearing a T-Shirt? I'm fine with doing that in public. My only concern is my parents (mildly homophobic father). Ordering and wearing my t-shirt will raise questions soon, and I need to prepare for some excuses.
I'm from Massachusetts, and bullying is illegal. I think the t-shirt will work just fine. It's pretty manly too. Thanks for the advice everyone! Im ordering the shirt, and I'll tell you how it goes.
Bah, those anti-bullying laws don't do jack **** about the problem. Just go ahead and tell them, you if people are dicks about it, sucks for them, it's not your problem.
I know!And the school staff(morons)Won't let you defend yourself! What are we supposed to do if they are holding you down,covering your mouth and there is no one around to help?
... That reminds me I gotta order my own shirt... ... My own SET of shirts... Oh well. I'm kind of open. I told my close friends that I am (and tried to see if they could at least watch the 1st episode) and I did things like liking brony things on facebook and hearing pony music at school. Anyone with a keen eye that WANTS to know if I am or not should grasp it. But then again, people where I live don't even know what brony means, or even that there is a My Little Pony show.
