when i was in another forum, someone had a pony pic in their siggy, so i searched it on youtube, then i loved it
As I'm so fond of reiterating, my Bronyism started with this pinball: http://www.gopinball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1106 Pinball always makes a licence look good ^^
The first time I found out about MLP:FIM was either in February or in March. I came across this video on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zHZj8Xp-Ik I was curious because I sort of remembered MLP from when my much older cousins. All I really knew was that it was a girly show made in the 80's. So when I came across this video I didn't even want to look at it. I would scroll up only for a second and then scroll down very quickly. You see, part of me wanted to know, but another part of me didn't want to know. It took me about 30 some minutes before I was able to watch it. I formed this thought in my head that the show looked to be about high school ponies. Since they looked to about teenagers and because the anime with mostly girls is usually about them in high school. I also thought that Twilight was one of the popular ponies(As in she was popular at high school), Rarity was just the girly one, Rainbow Dash was picked on, Applejack was the silly one, Pinkie Pie was the happy one, and Fluttershy was the Snobbish one. This was based on what the character looked like and their facial expressions. I didn't understand it so I just Favorited it, and decided I would look into it more when my mind nagged me enough. Sometime in March (Most likely the 20 or the 24) I decided to watch an episode because I kind of wanted to know more about it. You see, after watching the video I believed that the person who made the video was just making fun of the show. It never occurred to me that someone could actually like MLP:FIM. I put on the Suited for Success because it was the first link on youtube. I then took out my math homework. Keep in mind that I had the video scrolled down so I couldn't see it, and I was home alone so no one would know what I was watching. I zoned in and out of listening, but I remembered the characters name and remembered some of the dialogue. When I was done my homework I decided to watch a little bit of it,and,to my horror, I kind of liked it. I was shocked and couldn't understand how I find ponies and dresses to be interesting. I told myself that I shouldn't be finding this interesting, and I just closed the page down and didn't think about. In May 7 or 11 I came across Reimagine: the game and I created Rainbow Dash. I was like "Oh you could create Rainbow Dash from MLP:FIM. I'll just create her just for the heck of it." So I did. Next I saved the picture to my laptop, and posted on facebook just for the heck of it. But, I didn't put down it was Rainbow Dash. I just said it was a character I created from Reimagine: the game. In the early part of June, I was in class and my friend next to me showed me Know your Memes. He showed me the memes for MLP. If you are wondering, no he wasn't a brony who was trying to get me into the show. He just liked going on Know your Memes and poke fun at the fact that people could like MLP. I was like "OH I know this show"(with annoyance in my voice). So I just scrolled down to the bottom and looked at the memes. It was then that I started to slowly get into it. I just sat there looking at the memes and dying of laughter. Then there was some that made me feel surprised and sad about. When I got home I wanted to find more stuff and that's when I came across the parody videos that people made. I loved them. It was then that I realized it, "These people love this show. They weren't making fun of it." Since I realized that people cared about the show because no one waste their time making a video unless they cared. Eventually I came across Otaku Ascended's video where they review the show in great detail. After watching that I then went onto TV tropes and eventually came to the Moment of Heartwarming section. There was where I found a link to all the people who wrote letters to Lauren Faust. Most were just telling her about how great the show is, and to keep up the good work. Then there were some who said that the show turned them around, and that now they are happier. That now their siblings are getting alone. I read every single letter because I felt that I needed to. Around the late part of, June I was thinking about watching the show, but I was afraid. I didn't know what people would think about me, and I was afraid that the show was overrated. So I sat on the fence for sometime, but then I remembered C.S Lewis quote(I first found the quote on March 19) about being an adult. I felt better after that. My fear of it being overrated i got rid of it by watching the show because at the time I was going to read fanfic like I did for the anime Lucky star. Since I could blame the fanfic for not being good instead of the show. On June 24/25(the day I graduated from high school), late at night, I watched the first episode. It wasn't bad. For the next few days I would watch reviews of the episodes I already saw, and then would watch an episode that night. When I could of course. Then on July 6/7 I watched episode six, boast busters. That was the moment when I considered myself a brony. Since that episode was great. All the episodes before it was decent or good, but nothing special. Then I finished the season shortly afterward and finally came to this site in December.
http://bronies.memebase.com/2012/01...iendship-is-magic-brony-hnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggg/ My Little Brony. I was bored,curious you may say.Either way,I was confused on "plot", a yellow pegasus called a tree,or 20% cooler in 10 seconds flat. I decided to check it out,the way the plot moved(ACTUAL plot) was great. It wasn't girly,it was remastered. I liked it,so for weeks I watched each episode. It was so funny,Rainbow Dash was my favorite,then Fluttershy,now Pinkie Pie.Now I wait along side other Bronies for new episodes,always watching it on the computer,never watching it when it premieres.Of course,Bronies ruin it,so I need to watch the episode straight away.
I've been a member of Kongregate and hanging out in the Prinnyland chat room for several years now. I always find friends on there to talk to and there are always so many fun games to play on Kongregate. Over time several of my friends on there started talking more and more about MLP and how great this or that show is or about the various characters. I didn't think much of it because I'm not a TV watcher. I didn't find it any more strange than someone talking about a reality TV show or Pokemon or anything else that people like that I'm just not interested in. I asked a little about why so many were so into the show and obsessing over it. I agreed to watch one episode. between the two or three bronies that were chatting at the time they told me to watch "Party of One". Unfortunately I didn't think much of that episode. After watching it I told them that it seemed like an ok show and the characters seemed very well developed, but the plot was very shallow and cliche' and just not for me. I told them that if I were actually interested in TV watching that it would probably be a show I would watch, but it just wasn't for me. Over the next several months the popularity continued to grow more and more and I found references in many other places. In late December I decided I would watch the first episode and maybe a few others if the show kept my attention. Based on fan art, at this time I had decided that Rainbowdash was my favorite pony. I found the first episode to be much more enjoyable than Party of One and of course I had to watch episode 2 because of the cliffhanger. The introduction between Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy was just so adorable that Fluttershy became my new favorite pony with TS coming in a close 2nd. Those two are still my favorites. Episode 3 wasn't quite as good but since the first two were I decided to watch just one more. Episode 4 (which I now know is the point of no return) converted me into the brony you all know and love today. I loved that episode so much, even though it was all about Applejack. It made me see it isn't about the best pony (which is Fluttershy) but it is the entire show that is great. I loved it so much and was so happy that I cried. I logged on to Kongregate immediately and told my brony friends there that I am now one of them. They were so happy and welcomed me officially to the herd. One mentioned that he knew I was turning to the pony ways but he didn't want to push me. I'm glad none of them did push me because it probably would have pushed me away. I felt so proud to be a brony and so happy that I just wanted to share it with even more people. I was so overwhelemd by the episodes I had seen, I wanted to conserve some of them until later, I just wanted to tell people that I had joined the herd. I like forums and decided to look for a good forum to be a part of. I found this one and joined right up. I've logged in at least twice a day every day since. I still have no MLP merchandise, but my life is pony-filled ever since then. I still can't understand this though. How in the hell am I so interested in a kids TV show that advertises toys? What the hell is wrong with me? What is wrong with all of you? None of it makes any sense, yet I'm so happy about it and it has made me a better person. Be proud to be a brony because I am.
My story is quite similar to Flutterbee's in a few ways. Way back in mid-February a bit of talk about ponies was appearing on LBPC (Little Big Planet Central, a LBP forum I've been on for a while now). I didn't really take any notice of it until an actual thread for MLP was posted and even then I never bothered to look at it as, like Flutterbee, I'm not a TV watcher and I just wasn't interested. It seemed to be oddly popular though, and was at the top of the list more often than not, which eventually made my curiosity peak. I finally decided to take a look at what all the fuss was about, and well, I was confused to say the least. I couldn't tell if these people were serious or if this was just some kind of big joke (looking back I think it was a bit of both). Still having not watched an episode yet I continued to read the thread to try and make sense of it all which was a bit of a futile effort really, I was still just as confused as before. To be honest I thought it was, bar a couple of select individuals, all a bunch crap. The only redeeming feature for me was the fact that one quite respected member, who happens to be an animator, voiced her opinion of the show but I was still skeptical, I mean, this is My Little Pony we're talking about here! However, my whole life, even more so in the last couple of years, I've made a conscious effort to try to be as unbiased as possible and try new things without having any negative preconceptions. It's amazing what giving things a fair chance can do for oneself but that's another story. So armed with a peaked curiosity, a confused mind and a willingness to give things a fair chance I decided to watch an episode. Unlike a lot of others the first episode I watched was the actual first episode. I started watching and was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't just another hastily thrown together 3D piece of crap like most shows for kids but had an interesting art style and even plot! So I kept watching, already impressed that I had been watching a show for little girls for more than a minute, ignoring the diabetes inducing intro I watched the whole episode and was hooked. I spent the next couple of days watching every single episode, and have ever since. I'm still surprised I watch and enjoy MLP, I even come enjoy the intro song, and I wouldn't want it any other way EDIT: Wow, this took an incredibly long time to post, mainly because I had SE01-E01 playing simultaneously and kept getting distracted :derpe:
I got interested in MLP:FIM from Known Your Meme and MyLittleBrony and thought the images were cute (Like Fluttershy). I had watched My Little Pony Tales as a girl and it was the only girl show I liked. I collected MLP's as a girl too and had them fight my dinosaurs. I couldn't understand why young adults would be interested in a childrens show that I was sure "Sucked ass" like the old MLP series. I finally decided to watch it and like I always do with new TV series; I'd give it 3 episodes before I decided whether I like it or not. I started with the first episode and before I knew it I had watched all of them. Then I was in agony waiting for the newest episode to come out (Stare Master). I started at season one around episode 16 "Sonic Rainboom"; It was that episode the made my love of the series concrete. I didn't tell anyone in my family for a long time. They are ok with me watching cartoons and anime as well as expressing my inner child (I really do have pink and white hair so they are quite tolerant LOL) but I dont get the sense they are ok with me liking My Little Pony: FIM. I had my Mom watch two episode with me but she was being such a jerk and making so many rude comments that she never gave it a chance. She laughs every time I bring up my love of ponies and this forum. I don't get it, she's ok with me watching Spongebob, Inuyasha and other cartoons but she doesn't seem to approve of My Little Pony. :'(
Broke leg. Got bored. Went on YouTube. Watched random videos. Watched an interesting video called My Little Portal. Thought it was funny. Watched a few more Pony and Portal related things. Watched the first episode. Thought it was good. Watched the other episodes. Loved them. = Brony
A LOT of my friends (on facebook, IRC, and other areas of the internet) were big fans of the show, and I was always hearing people talk about it. People were posting pictures, linking videos, blah blah blah. Then one day, I decided I was gonna see what all the fuss was about. So I went to youtube and started watching. My friend linked me to Ticket Master first, saying that it's the first episode that is how the rest of the show really is, with the first two being EPIC ADVENTURE. I /really/ liked Ticket Master. At first, I wasn't so sure about the first two, but I stuck it out and now I love it. I got instantly hooked. Ended up watching about 5 episodes a night before I went to bed. I'd have watched it all in one go, but I still had work and I was helping my sister out with things because she was SUPER PREGNANT OH MY GOD. And then, partially into the first season, I discovered that my boyfriend's a brony too! Not only that, he even had an entirely separate DA account for his pony works. I asked him about it, and why he didn't tell me about this thing he enjoyed so much, and he was afraid I'd think he was a weenie for liking ponies. So he never told me. The only thing that upset me was that he didn't trust me enough to tell me, and that if he had, I could have gotten into the show quite awhile before I did xD
Wow, what a story. He was a brony and you didn't know until you became one? It is sad that he had to hide it, but I can totally understand. See there are a huge number of females that would do what he was afraid of. It seems to me that women aren't nearly as forgiving of men that do non-men things as other men are. Most men really don't care what other men like unless they themselves are insecure with themselves. Women seem to have a picture in their heads of what a man should be like and any man who falls outside of that picture becomes undateable. For instance any male under 5'8" women won't take a look at because real men are supposed to be taller. It is a shame and I wish more women would be open to what is underneath the skin instead of superficial. Also don't get mad at me for saying these things. It is a sad but true state of the world that will hopefully end. Also the women that aren't hung up by what a man is supposed to be like is much much better anyway and will probably be a relationship that will work out. It sounds like the two of you have an amazing relationship that will go far. Please look past and beyond the fact that he didn't tell you and be understanding of it. It wasn't his fault that society is the way it is. Besides at least he is open minded enough to enjoy a girly TV show, and that is one of the things that makes a real man. I just started watching all the episodes again last night. It is fun to notice things I didn't really notice before.
If you stay on this forum long enough, all the old questions come around again. I think this is the third time I've seen it up here. No big deal, the new people want to share their experiences too, and it's better than digging through umpteen pages of threads. So, for me, it was a bit complicated. I started seeing these pony memes in various places, mostly memebase, of course. I wondered where the heck they were coming from, did a little research, and found out they were My Little Pony, er, ponies. At first, I was, "Oh, is that all." And dropped it. But, something about them started to draw me in, their non-old style I suppose. I watched a couple of PMV's on YouTube, to see if I could figure the show out any. Boy, were my guesses off. But, it was enough to get me to watch the first episode, sometime around 21 June - the Summer Sun Solstice. I watched the first two-parter, and was pretty much hooked by Episode 3. That was the same episode that I realized Rainbow Dash was a girl. *facehoof*
Saw it on the internet, finally decided to give it a go . A lot of my internet pals know the show, it worked out.
I became a brony when I was browsing the DOOMworld forums and found the ponys EVERYWHERE, I didn't know what they were from, so I looked up "Why are ponys posted all over the place?" and soon found out it was "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". I decided to watch the first episode, but I didn't give it a chance and turned it off, that was last year. On 4\2\12 I was playing DOOM online and a group of people had pony names and pony taunt sounds, so I decided to give it another shot, and I loved it. I have watched the first six episodes of the first season, and the last episode of the first season. It is an important show for me, as I was nearly always angry or unhappy before, but after watching MLP: FIM, I became a much happier person. Whenever I get the chance I will try to watch all of the episodes.
26th May 2011 - I was watching videos on Youtube for the game "Portal", and there was a link to a "My Little Portal 2 PMV" in the related videos, so I clicked it for a laugh, and fell in love with the show's animation instantly. So, I searched to find out what it was, and watched some episodes
I suppose I got to watch MLP at first out of some kind of hipster-instinct. I saw the ponies all across the web, looked it up on KYM, an yeah... Let me take this opportunity to create my very first rage comic. That took longer than expected.
I saw MLP memes popping up on forums so after a while I decided to check it out. I walked to my twinbrothers room and told him "We are going to watch My Little Pony. Now." He gave me a look like if he was facing he's doom and then we went to my computer. After the first episode he walked away a few steps and said he was done. We stared at eachothers for a couple of seconds until he suddenly said "Got damnit let's watch another one." After four episodes we decided to watch at least 2 episodes everyday together until we had finished all the released episodes. We were bronies.
I first heard of it when the Hub Network debuted in 2010, and dismissed it as just some show for little girls. Then a year later, someone who I was subscribed to on YouTube gave a positive review of the show. I thought he was trolling, but I decided to give the show a chance. I seen one episode and wasn't really impressed. Then earlier last month, I randomly decided to give the show another chance. I seen a few episodes, and eventually found myself looking for episodes on YouTube.
I'm just reposting this because this is my new account. I became a brony when I was browsing the DOOMworld forums and found the ponys EVERYWHERE, I didn't know what they were from, so I looked up "Why are ponys posted all over the place?" and soon found out it was "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". I decided to watch the first episode, but I didn't give it a chance and turned it off, that was last year. On 4\2\12 I was playing DOOM online and a group of people had pony names and pony taunt sounds, so I decided to give it another shot, and I loved it. I have watched the first six episodes of the first season, and the last episode of the first season. It is an important show for me, as I was nearly always angry or unhappy before, but after watching MLP: FIM, I became a much happier person. Whenever I get the chance I will try to watch all of the episodes.
