Peculiar Raccoon Seeks to Join the Herd!

*grins and waves a paw to everypony as he pads in, marshal's baton clutched within it* I am Roketsune, a femboi strategist of the raccoon species. While it should be obvious I'm a furry, I have also come to conclusion that I not only would meet the basic definition of brony, but the brony subculture might be very instrumental in my campaign to alleviate loneliness while avoiding the sorts of needless and destructive conflict I have dealt with recently trying to achieve the former (local furrydom has been far from kind, I'm sorry to say). Allow me to better introduce myself!

I've been appreciative of the show for a while, and I suppose that has increased greatly in the last 6-12 months. The funniest fragments of it I can remember immediately have to do with Fluttershy, as it was just so entertaining to watch her attempt to capture all the animals at the Gala (and Celestia's reaction to the chaos and destruction was even better!), become hyperaggressive by default, and see her friends react with horror when she misexecutes their advice on bargaining in the worst way possible. I think she's my favorite pony despite having comparatively little in common with her. Oh, and, Pinkie Pie momentarily siding with Discord (and Discord himself in general; I also loved Q) was predictable and highly amusing.

Speaking of similarities with the Mane Six, I am most similar to three of them: Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack. I am desirous of learning and use to the greatest degree possible reason and intellect (to the point of infuriating many people with my stances, since I disregard many taken-for-granted positions as foolish). I am prone to arrogance and aggression, but also very loyal to friends. And, I am very forthright (within certain parameters and limits, of course) and virtuous, and tend to stay fixated on my own affairs and responsibilities. I'm sort of a very blunt, self-driven and self-focused (within reason), aggressive version of Twilight Sparkle, I guess, hahahaha. I do wish I had more time and energy for book reading, though. I envy her ability to seclude in her library and research things constantly.

Describing myself very briefly, I'm someone who thinks and speaks strategically and militarily often (which actually caused me to create a second identical version of my fursona, with the marshal/strategist being default), and, of course, has a heightened interest in military history and strategy games. I also love some types of music, particularly anime/J-Pop. I'm very approachable, courteous, pensive, eccentric, and reciprocal (when I can be, anyway). Also, as I am afflicted with autism (though it does offer positive characteristics) and anxiety, I am also ideally situated to lend an ear or give advice on such matters if ever called upon.

Finally, as Love and Tolerate is one of the core tenets of bronydom (I'm great at the latter at least), I hope this won't engender much opposition here or elsewhere. I am very sick of the needless and ill-conceived acts of exclusion and aggression I have witnessed or been subjected to lately, and only seek to be at least tolerated while I attempt to better myself and the community. However, while I'm not a clopper, I'm a perverted and opinionated furry (I have excellent situational awareness and know when/where to refrain from expressing something), which means I'm in league with them. I also am not desirous of adopting a ponysona for myself, though I do love ponies and the MLP-type aesthetics (I actually recoiled upon discovering Equestria Girls, as they should forever be ponies)!

Well, that's all I can think of without becoming needlessly verbose. This is a brand new realm for me and I have great hopes for bronydom, so thank you for welcoming me to the herd!

 

Thanks for the welcomes so far! And, hehehe, I'm highly intelligent (as raccoons tend to be!), so you should be extremely afraid! Actually, unless I'm provoked I'm generally harmless.

 

I actually plan on watching that movie, for no other reason than Rocket's a strategist raccoon. I would prefer to watch it with other people rather than alone, but I might have to just watch it solo.

Heh, I remember an episode of TNG or possibly another series where the Q were fighting a Civil War-style war, now that you mention those. Mmmm, as for my favorites... That's difficult to say. My Literary Grand Strategy entails me researching the French Revolution, Napoleonic Wars, and Sengoku Period, so I guess I could say those of substantial interest to me. I suppose the World Wars and the various major battles of antiquity (especially Greece and Rome) could be called my primary areas of interest currently.

Isn't that a phrase bronies universally use to describe their community?

 

Hehehe, in a way, any of those three identifiers will work since I'm genderqueer. I even imagine half my fursona's officers calling him Lord and the other half Lady, because he's so androgynous and doesn't care what he's called.

Anyway, thank you and everyone else for the greetings!

Ahh, Odo was epic. He was so honorable and, as you said, blunt. I highly value forthrightness, and is the main reason I identify with Applejack strongly. I would want an officer just like that, who will tell me what the situation is even if I'll be furious.

 

Yeah, I remembered very faintly Janeway being involved in that episode, so I edited my post in case that was a Voyager episode. I suppose my memory fragment was correct!