A Brony cries with joy. The Brony Blog experiment.

Well, I'd just like to say 'likewise'. I follow the same story as him.

 

I would like to say that I'm happy to find alive and healthy community of people where I know people are nice and open heart. Interesting thing how simple thing like a cartoon can open people so much and make them nice to be around, and people who were nice from before can freely make new friends without fear.
MLP:FiM is cartoon that was intended to teach true values in life, and somehow it not only thought kids that, but adults too. As my dad said after watching "Over the Barrel" with me and sister: "These kind of cartoons should be shown to everyone in the world, then maybe world would be nicer place to live in."

 

well that was completely awesome. not surprising, though. it seems that bronies have created for themselves a sanctuary in this fandom where we don't have to pretend we are all a bunch of emotionless robots like the mainstream pop-culture media society wants us to be. here, you can just be a human--just a regular person, with all your flaws and imperfections, and all your unique talents and awesome personalities too! I figure most bronies were searching for a community like this all along, we just didnt know it yet. that was a nice read so thanks for posting it - im new here, but it seems to me this forum has the same open-minded, optimistic attitude of most of the bronies ive met so far.

 

This is the same way I felt before MLP. I had very little in the way of friends didn't need them didn't want them. I came to this forum by accident, I lurked a bit then decided to join. I now realized the value of friendship and found a place among a community that I have actually stayed with longer then one week. I have actually shed a tear at some of the fanfics, I got a huge smile on my face from listen to fan music. What caused such a big change in me? A little simple show about ponies. I'm glad that Glocken was able to feel that way and share it with everypony. *hugs for everypony*

 

This truly is a most amazing community. We're judged so fiercely for doing what we do. What we love. It's this combined with the morals hidden behind the attractive animation and witty scripts that give bronies that level of respect, love and Tolerance. As an admin on a forum for this community I can only say I am honoured to provide a hub, home and sanctuary to each every pony. Your a credit to yourselves and humanity as a whole. Bless the man, bless you all.

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^ My message thread, summed up from an admin's perspective.

 

I can't say I was as shut down as our good friend over at the ponychan boards, but I understand his sentiments. I've stood emotionless as well, watching people die around me. I just thought that was how you deal with emotional problems, y'know? If it's an unpreventable issue, just make it stop being an issue to yourself.

But since I came into bronydom, I've seen amazing things. But amazing things happen all the time, so that's normal, right? No, I've seen amazing steps in human relations on the internet, the realm of hatred, loathing, and destruction. I can't count how many depressed bronies I've witnessed get their spirits lifted by their bronies. I've seen people admitting their feelings. I've seen a confession of love. I've seen a lack of brony trolls. On the internet. I can't stress that enough. In the land of anonymity and apathy, I am seeing the kind of human relations that I've seen a lack of in the real world.

What's more, up until the last three weeks of my life, I don't recall shedding a tear in the previous three years back. Yet this community has brought me to tears of sadness, pain, happiness, you name it. They broke into something I had trained for years not to allow anything to get near. And it only took about two days to start that process.

And this all occurred under the stress of the outside world pressing in on bronies. The greater part of the world doesn't understand, or just plain hates, bronydom, and causes strife for bronies as they try to be true to themselves. Yet bronydom stands tall. It stands unwavering against the world behind its invulnerable shield of respect, love, and tolerance.

I'm sure you can tell, I'm not much of a writer. What I suppose sums this up is that bronydom is a powerful force that has broken most of my ideas and perceptions of the world, over one of the most unforgiving mediums known to man. And I must thank my bronies for that.

 

In a nutshell:

[size=+3]I am not alone.[/size]​

 

This has only further anchored the love, respect and honour I have for this community.

I can relate to Glocken in terms of emotional output. All my life, I've practically been emotionally dead. Everything I've ever felt, from happiness to sadness, I've bottled up inside. To be honest, I don't think this will ever change. However, the brony community has, for the first time in my life, allowed me to open up in some way. As a 'lone wolf' kind of guy, I have battled with depression and lonliness for years, despite being surrounded by loving friends and family. My lack of emotional expression made me feel isolated.

Yet here, in a community formed on the simple basis of a children's TV show, I have finally found a place to express myself. It's taken 17 years, and I really didn't expect it to be based on My Little Pony, but I couldn't care less. It doesn't make sense, it's just a show. We should have nothing in common, we shouldn't be this loving. Yet, against all the odds stacked against a clique so densely populated by teenage males and adults, we have formed, frankly, the single most loving, tolerant, friendly and just plain nice community on the internet. We never argue, we never hate, we never even feel anything less than love. When a brony is in crisis, we do everything within our power to help them. When two bronies disagree, we have a pleasant and mature discussion. When someone comes along hating us, we treat them with the same love and tolerance we would one of us.

We are the very embodiment of impossibility. Any other fandom of a similar nature and fan demographic would be completely different, yet here we are.

I can fully say, with all the good within me, I love every single one of you. It's you guys and girls that make me proud enough to tell anyone I'm a brony, even at the expense of my social standing. I couldn't care what people think of me for liking a little girl's show, because at the end of the day, I'm the one in the single most loving community there is.

I don't know whether we are how we are because of the morals of the show, the fact we all come under the same scrutiny, or even because we have similar personality types. Frankly, I don't care, because male or female, black or white, gay or straight, everyone here is loved by everyone else, and I wouldn't want to be part of any other community.

Brohoof for life, everypony.

 

A more established description for me:

In the years before FiM, I was a cold-natured, bitter, isolated sex maniac. That habit I've curbed now, but back then it was a little more outrageous. I made every mistake known to British civilisation, and I had everything to show for it. Why, I even stood way out from my own family! I was everything they weren't - although I did indeed inherit a collection of traits from them.

When the show started, I had no idea about it at the time, but around the middle, I was beginning to reform. I had a fixed idol for once, and a bundle of friends to go with it. Still, I continued to battle against the twisted face of modern society.

I don't know why I never tagged along sooner, but when I was introduced to MLP:FiM via a pinball project, my whole world was changed! It took a few weeks for me to adjust to it, but then I realised: I was HUMAN again! I could laugh! I could cry! I could stick up for my fellow Bronies!! And now, here I am! History has concluded a vital project: to produce me, at this exact time! And now that history's brought me, I can share my love with millions and millions of others. It's people like YOU that make me proud to be the black sheep of the family! ^^ Or is that "grey sheep"? Ah well. My mind isn't that strong yet.

 

For me the story is different. It's from the other side of the spectrum of showing emotions. Before becoming a part of this community, I never thought that anyone could express any sort of emotion without the risk of being ridiculed, trolled or hated on. In the forum I was previously a member of, whenever anybody expressed feelings, or posted topics about serious personal issues, they'd normally be flamed for it. Although not the only one, I was one of the select few that actually showed genuine concern for these people. It's almost as if people forgot that behind the screen name is a real person, or simply forgot how to care for others. All they did was spread anger and hatred. I felt like I was the odd one out.

In the brony community, it's the polar opposite. Here we spread love and tolerance. We are compassionate and empathize with those within our community. Instead of shunning those that express their feelings, problems or concerns, we embrace it. We are an open-minded and nonprejudicial group. We welcome everyone with open arms. We even go as far as to tolerate those that hate us. It's a refreshing change from what I normally see. I never thought I'd see the day that an online community could make me question my own kindness. Sometimes I wonder if I'm even nice enough with a group as great as you guys around. It truly is humbling.

I'm glad that I took the opportunity to watch MLP:FIM. I remember the reservations I had before watching it. I never would've thought that I'd become part of a great community such as this. I sincerely hope that this isn't going to be some fad that'll fade away into obscurity. That's a thought that actually concerns me, but for now, I'm proud to be a part of it. I may have not been a brony for even a full month yet, but it doesn't even take that long to realize what a great group of folks bronies are.

Thank you for mentioning my name, Setzer. For what it's worth, that actually means a lot to me. Although that may be insulting to Jaret and Grey.

I'm nowhere near as awesome as they are. Not. Even. Close.

 

Why haven't I responded to this thread before?! I must be going mad....

Well, since I'm so late to this topic, everything that I wanted to say has been said.

For what it's worth, I do consider all of you my friends. I may not hang out with you on a day-to-day basis, I may not live in the same country, I may not even know your face or your real name. However, I still love you guys all the same. This show has shown me that being putting yourself in self-isolation and hating other people for rejecting you is not any way to live. I know that keeping your emotions bottled up and hiding from the world in fear of ridicule is practically a death sentance in a way. I have never felt a more happier sense of belonging until I joined this place. I wonder what would've happened if I didn't click that first pony link and if I never logged in to Everypony....it's quite awful for me to think that.

However, when I read things like what you first posted Setzer, it reminds me that I'm not alone. Hundreds of others have felt the same way as me, and I feel blessed to be a small part of this community. I never knew that a group of relative strangers can support and unconditionally love others has possible. No matter what anyone else says or does against us, I know I got bronies that have my back.

Thank you, all of you. It's strange to say this and you may not believe me, but you guys (and our little ponies) saved my life.

*hugs*

 

Is that so? Well, I was never good with deadlines. Thank you Trance!

 

...Re-submitting my message that, kinda, got lost (not really resubmitting the same message, but something I am writing from scratch right now).

"When I started becoming a brony, when I set my avatar to a pony, when I began watching the show, it was all before the pony "craze" even began. Or was in progress of developing, I don't know. Unlike most people, I did not start watching the show because I heard it was awesome and great (there were about 9 episodes at the time) but because I saw my friends on the Hive putting Pony avatars up. I uploaded a pony avatar as well, and ironically, it was Fluttershy, which I found, from the beginning to the end, adorable and being my favorite pony of them all.
It was an interesting experience - I did convert a lot of people to the bronyhood/fandom, some of which were strictly against the show's name. It is hard to get them to watch the show, but once they start watching, they begin feeling some kind of joy while watching it. The same joy we all felt in the process of conversion. This kinda seems more like a scientific message than an emotional one, so I'll cut the scientific part out.
I'll not say much other than the other guys around here, but I'll say something I said on another thread: I will enjoy the moment of being a brony, and will enjoy it for the years to come. It is an extremely emotional bond between all the bronies and the show, which I can see in myself and a lot of other guys out there. The huge amount of Fanfics, Blogs, Videos, Song-covers, Original Compositions, Drawings, Pictures, and the like just proves our huge number in the comunity. The over and over again referrence of the media towards us is a great thing too. When all this ends, I'll let the ship sail forth, for I have come to the dock I was sailing towards - the end of this show. I'll pick a new ship, and stick with it for the next few years. I think I'll reach my maturity before this show ends, and so this show will most likely present a chapter in my life I call "The Teenage-hood : The end of Childhood". I know once in a while I'll shed a tear for the good ol' time, and think about it. The name "My Little Pony - Friendship is Magic" would be carved in my heart for centuries to come afterwards. The best thing is I'll remember, I'll breathe, and I'll know that I am the from the group of Bronies that watched this show before the whole massive pony craze even relatively began. I'll be one of those who weren't against the name of the show, and whom watched it out of curiosity.
About the fandom and Bronyhood in a whole - The guys who become bronies automatically become nice and respectful. I have yet to meet a rude brony, someone who does not like his breathren (the Bronies). I could have not imagined that I, as an Odd one, could have belonged somewhere like here. Neither did a lot of other guys, obviously. The fandom itself is something one would not believe upon hearing - I thought, in the beginning, if people were to watch this show, they'd be just a random group of people whom have nothing in common. I was utterly wrong, and I am happy i was wrong. The bronies is the nicest community to date, and I can just hope the G5 MLP to come will be just as great as G4 was. Lauren Faust has proven that the name is of no matter - the material is what is important in the end."

 

i think one of the main reasons vryone is so nice to each other is because the focus of show that we all love is mabout being better to eachother,guess friendship really is magic