well, one thing: (mostly to Storm Bolt and Setzertrancher) no person on earth is so much straight forward. you liking mlp is just PART of who you are. I'm sure there are other things you're interested into, and like, and do, and ponies are just one of them. If some people who would judge you for being a brony, and overlooking everything else that makes you you, then sir, I think they have some issues and you'd have to ask yourself if they are such good friends. yes, there's problem of society, but society is made of people. every person has something that he/she maybe hides in side himself/herself. no one is perfect. full stereotype people don't exist. well, I can only go on my own example: I like electronic music, if someone that would pick on my just on that would think that I'll all about drugs and all night parties (which I'm not, I just like the music). I'm in extreme sports (snowboarding), stereotype is that I'd suppose to be lazy to do anything that I don't feel like, be bad in school (don't go on collage at all), and always have problem with police. on other hand I'm going to rather elite collage in europe (FER (it's like european MIT)), and stereotype of it's students is that they are workaholic nerds who would rather do math problems all night then spend day with girl of their dream. so as you see some of those stereotypes are very contradictory, and I'm yet still involved in all that. just that I'm not straight forward, and I like many things, and simply do what I like, and am not ashamed of that. since I like mlp yes, i'm brony as well, and that all makes my personality complete, not just that one single thing. people shouldn't look you trough fact that you watch mlp, they should watch you for your whole personality. (you do look other people that way too.). if you know some people little better, you may find out that they may not be as they first seemed.
My parents know that I like this show and accept this fact too This is because I explained that the show was from the creators of Foster Home for Imaginary Friends... and they used to like that show as well as myself! xD However, I haven't told my friends yet as I'm already the outcast of the group due to my "overwhelming nerdiness" >:/ But I do prove to be useful when one of them has computer trouble x) The day will come where My Little Pony will be accepted as a social norm in a sense Most new and unusual things are never accepted at first but keep pushing it under the noses of the public and we'll soon have them conforming
That's what I'm hoping for Mango. Social acceptance not just of ponies, but also of guys being able to have sensitive emotions and be able to cry at a movie or call something adorable, even wear pink not be assumed to be gay. I have always keep these feelings lock away, but now ponies give me hope.
As I've said before, I don't hide my bronism, but I don't go around announcing it, either. If I could afford it, I'd get all sorts of merchandise, wear it in public, although I think I'd leave the little figurines at home, decorating my bookshelf or something. It has nothing to do with being embarrassed about it, but simply that I don't have much of an opportunity to talk about it. Nothing's more annoying that have some one come up to you out of the blue and said, "Say, have you tried Band X? I use it, and I love it!" One of my co-workers likes Doctor Who as much as me, so I mentioned Dr. Whoof to him, but that was about it. He thought that was funny. As for family, well, I'm already the black sheep outcast, so I don't worry about them. About the time I was 25 or so, I realized I had to stop worrying about making them proud of me, and just live my life as best as I could. Hasn't always worked out, but if I did everything my family told me, I'd probably be more neurotic than I am now! All hail ponies! All hail bronies!
Eh, there are some people that I tell EVERYTHING, and people that I tell nothing. There's just a lot of people in the "nothing" area. My very best friend also loves the show though, and we've talked about it on more than one occasion. There are just some details about myself that I don't like others knowing. In terms of secrecy, MLP is pretty similar to me as my sexuality- a few of my friends, particularly new ones, know, but the ones I've had forever along with my parents, I just don't want them to know, regardless of the fact that they wouldn't care. The main reason that my best friend is my best friend is because we've only known each other for about seven months, and by then I've already told her EVERYTHING. With my family and older friends, though, the secrets keep piling on.
Here's an idea for Lauren Faust's team of animators and writers... Add more male ponies for the next season! (I assume this will happen due to the unexpected 'bronies') Maybe even add an episode for valentines day when 'everypony' finds there male equivalents xD It might provide some support for the bronies in a conformity dilemma <.< I don't know.. It was an idea >.<
BRONY CONVENTION! In all seriousness, having to hide the fact that you like a TV show that wasn't directly targeted at your age group yet readily accepts, acknowledges and the older fans really does reveal how good your friends really are. I have nothing against any of my friends, but a few have got quite angry with me for some reason. Maybe they're trying to avoid being connected with something girly in fear of seeming feminine. It's funny, the more mature someone is, the less determined they are to seem mature. There's a C.S. Lewis quote touching upon that, but I can't remember it and I'm just too lazy to google it.
Ohmygodyes Amazing as it is, the show definitely needs more males. I'm sure the actual little girls who watch the show aren't THAT hominophobic.
I have always been mature for my age, when I was in high school I always considered everyone around to me missing a few years of intelligence. I was always the sensible I didn't take dumb risks and I normally like to spend time on my own then with friends, at least in High school I found a few people I could hang with but only a few. They were the school nerds. Even today I have several housemates who are older then me and they behaving appallingly, they are loud and obnoxious and I don't even consider it worth my time talking to those idiots. Now people twice my age I tend to be able to have a conversation with. Maybe I just haven't met the right people my age. I mean everyone here seem like real cool bros. I suppose I'm unfortunately stuck in this house as a student with are bunch of meat heads who got nowhere in their life. Same can be said about me, being in this house and all, but for me it was because I am a moron when it comes to money and impulse buying and I dug myself here. Wow what a tiraid. I'll shut up now. @Nai, I dunno I like the amount of females in the show, but I'm a bit of a feminist, yes a male feminist, because the amount of yayholes I meet that are male are overwealming, make me lose faith in my own gender.
Me being that i'm 20 i find most of the people in age completely irritating, They have to do all the cool popular stuff of the time so they don't lose facebook friends. So when i tell them I watch MLP that not being the cool thing i'm instantly classified as a loser, I happen to like rainbows not manly called gay. There are several older people i work with (26-40) they know i like Mlp and they see me as a hard worker nothing has changed. The immature people spoke of earlier always classify not popular or different things to be some taboo subject. My examples Ska music, it has horns so it's uncool Video games, nerdy so it's uncool MLP, it's got rainbows and ponies, so it's uncool
You know what's ironic about this whole thing is the the more mature you are the more likely you are to embrace ponies. Younger people try too hard to appear mature.
Setzertrancer Your right and the people that claim to be the most mature are the most closed minded cause of the whole gender separation thing, saying whats manly and girly.
Well gee. So far only me mam and me counsellor know about my Bronyism. It did come to my attention that there were a few Bronies present (they had Rainbow Dash tees!) when I turned up at Project SOS. Well they're the lucky ones! I fear that if someone catches wind of my obsession, my college will drop me like a brick. Provided, of course, there isn't at least one fellow Brony in the class I get put in! Having to cope every day with Asperger's does not help my predicament a bit, either. Although, if it comes to something, I did watch a bit of The Powerpuff Girls when I was little, and I even went to a fancy dress party as the professor, and as far as I recall, nobody seemed to mind.
"A children's story that cannot be enjoyed by adults is simply not a good children's story." That quote, by C.S. Lewis, can apply to us a lot. Being mature does not mean giving up what we enjoyed when we were younger. It is the immature that deride those who do and believe that men should all be burly strongmen and other stereotypes are the only ways people should act as.
Indeed, there's nothing wrong with grown men enjoying a show that is designed for little girls. But I wouldn't call it maturity to enjoy something outside of your demographic. If that were the case then everybody would be mature because honestly, who doesn't like this show? No, what I see as mature is the people who realize that the show is way out of their demographic but could care less what others think because it makes them happy, and happiness is the key to life.
Well it'll be interesting to hear some accounts of brony revelations some time, I'm still toying with the idea of telling one person or another.
I honestly just told everybody that I was a friend with. If they were really my friend then they wouldn't care either way. Turns out most of my friends were already bronies and the people I don't know found out I like ponies now. They're cool with it, though it can be different for other people (I realize how lucky I am).
Related story here. This happened just now about 15 minutes ago. I was in my room watching the Hub when my brother walked in. It was during a break of a Transformers: Prime episode and what should come up but the "there's a pony for that" promo. My blood actually ran cold for a bit and I visibly fumbled with my remote. I brought up my DirectTV menu and pretended to look for another channel (also trying to shrink the screen showing the promo). I don't know if my brother noticed my unusual jolt but he watched the promo and all he said was "erm..." I don't know why I acted so scared....*sigh* I'm a bad brony.....
Well... I gotta be honest. Doubt I would've acted differently. =\ Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk
I feel awful that some, perhaps most of you, have to hide liking a show. Tell me, is it down to you not knowing what people's reactions will be? Or is it you know what their reactions will be, and it won't be good?
