So, I'm interested. I heard over the internet stories of mlp being banned in schools, people getting bullied for being bronies, and variety of negative stuff. While, meanwhile, in Croatia (at least Zagreb city, where I live). Completely opposite situation. Bronies and MLP is considered cool here. So cool that non bronies have started joining Croatia Bronies group and attending brony meetups. You can find mlp merch almost anywhere and in Muller stores (Muller is biggest retailer of mlp related stuff in Croatia) people working there will help you find what you want (no strange looks or embarrassment). Last week, one mayor mainstream night club in Zagreb city used Pinkie Pie to promote their Saturday night out (I won't post the poster since they used kinda questionable (nsfw questionable) Pinkie Pie picture (but still ponies)). From what I know, no one in Croatia was bullied in school/work/college for being brony (only one member had problems with her parents, but her parents are complete nutcases in every aspect of everything). So, I'm interested, how are bronies and mlp accepted in your corner of the world?
Here in Kansas there are few Bronies, but I'm friends with them. No one really cares for MLP here, I know my brothers are Bronies, my uncle and a few of my friends (Like I said.)
I only know of one other brony where I live. I was at the comic store here in town and bought the newest issue and he started talking about the show. His 2 co-workers had that WTF look on their faces!
Not sure. I live in a somewhat conservative district within a very liberal state, and although I imagine most hippy-dippy Californians wouldn't have any problems with bronies, there're sure to be a few judgmental folks in my area. But if I've ever run across any, they were most likely too scared to tell me anything. Sometimes it pays to look like a serial killer. At any rate, I can wear pony shirts in public without getting negative comments or awkward stares (that I'm aware of), and on a couple of occasions I've gotten some "You're into My Little Pony? D'awww!" comments from girls, so yeah, nothing venomously negative that I've personally experienced. I'm sure the story would be quite a bit different if I were a kid, though. On a side note, my friend called me over to visit her at a toy store yesterday where she gave me a Build-a-Bear Pinkie plush she found at the Goodwill, sort of as a much, much, much, much belated birthday gift. There were a bunch of nerds playing D&D at a table, and I was walking around the store while cradling my Pinkie without getting so much as a raised eyebrow, so I'd say the nerd community is at least pretty chill about it.
I have yet to see discrimination towards bronies in person. Mostly because I don't see many bronies in public, though, how can you be sure someone's a brony? Not all of them have ponies and every article of clothing they own. (Me being on of them) Anyways~, there was this brony on my bus and in one of my classes. He was pretty cool. Wore shirts and brought toys to school. No one ever gave him any problems, or at least that I'm aware of. I kinda thought it was weird before I got into it, (And I still do to some degree) but I never thought it was wrong to like what he liked, and be comfortable with it. In fact, I thought he was really cool for doing what he enjoyed and not being afraid of getting flack for it. I personally think it's lame to hide it, but with how many judgmental pricks are out there, I can't really blame people who do.
I live in New-Brunswick, Canada and so far I haven't really met any other Bronies aside from myself. I'm sure there are some in my area, but I jut haven't found them yet. as far as I know, we don't get much hate down here... which is pretty good
I've seen a gamut of reactions here in Montana. There are several cities with groups of bronies, so we all at least have a support base. We've created an online forum and a Facebook page for us as well. Obviously there's no judgment there. Interactions I've had online with friends who identify as furries seem to be on the extreme ends of either loving the show or hating everything and everyone involved with it. I personally find furries having the most vehement hatred I've seen of the show really strange and hypocritical, but whatever. As for people not familiar with the show here in Montana, most seem ok with it. We came close to having the Equestria Girls premiere sell out, which says something. The only negative thing I've personally experienced was hanging out before the Equestria Girls premiere blasting pony tunes from the car of one of the bronies, and some folks parked near us in the parking lot and tried to get in an argument with us. We pretty much just ignored them.
I really don't know... The subject of MLP does get brought up every once and a while at work, and it's always been negative. They all seem to think that the idea of a grown male adult watching MLP is just wrong. Not only wrong, but they can't really even fathom it. They go further and take the most extreme examples of the fandom - those who date/want to marry pony plushes and act like all Bronies are like that. Yet, in the shift right before mine (which overlaps with mine by a few hours) there was a guy (he quit a few weeks ago) who would nonchalantly came into work with a Vinyl Dash hoodie on frequently, and I never heard anybody even discuss it. They would discuss other things about him, like his supposed sexuality (which was not actually assumed from him liking MLP), but I never heard them say a word about his MLP hoodie. So, that was interesting... I'd expect them to be all vicious about it, considering how irrationally they approach the subject. I mean just a couple of weeks ago, one of the girls doing returns (it's a grocery store) had to take some MLP objects back to where they belonged that had been misplaced near the department I was working in, and she was literally repulsed by the idea of even having to touch them. I do not understand. I have my qualms (some quite deep) with aspects of the 'Brony' community, but this attitude that guys shouldn't be able to watch the show at all is sad.
