One Introduction Among Many

[Ponder Sketch]

Hello everyone, it's nice to see a non-imageboard forum for ponies and bronies. Not that I have anything against Ponychan and FiMchan. Well, the rule 34 stuff you sometimes see at FiMchan creeps me out. It just doesn't feel right to do with MLP. Uh oh, tangent. Moving on.

I'm 24 years old, male, an INTP, and only recently have had anything to do with ponies. When I was in elementary school, MLP was what the girls were into while us MANLY MEN discussed stuff like Power Rangers and Transformers. I outgrew almost all of the things I enjoyed as a youngster (I'm still kind of a Nintendo fanboy) and got into heavy reading. By fourth or fifth grade, I was doing more reading than watching tv. It started with books like The Castle in the Attic, then moving up toward stuff like Raptor Red and the Dragon Blood series in middle school. Nowadays I read mostly Terry Pratchett, Niel Gaiman, Rudy Rucker, and various other sci-fi authors.

Drawing's always been a pleasure of mine, and over the years I've moved from crayon on the walls to doodling in my notebooks during class to sketchbooks and my wacom tablet. I'm not as good as I could be, and I recognize that I don't practice as much as I should, but I enjoy it nonetheless. Ponies has prompted me to pick up a pencil again, and I will probably end up producing mostly pony-related pictures for a while. But I'm alright with that.

I still play games, and I enjoy the ones with clever writing and/or the ones that make you stretch your brain muscles. Some of my favorites are Grim Fandango and the Myst series, but occasionally I enjoy the twitchier kinds of games, like Team Fortress 2. Speaking of, it was TF2 that led me to ponies in the first place. I was in one of my go-to servers, when someone named "Rainbow Dash" joined. I didn't think anything of it, but then someone said, "oh great another ponyfag". "Another?" I thought. "This is a thing?" I saw their avatar, and it was indeed the Dash, but it was unfamiliar. I don't go to chans, with the exception of 420chan sometimes, so I was blissfully unaware of the drama going on at 4chan. Eventually I saw more people with pony avatars, and started to get a feel for the art style of the show. Being kind of an art nerd, I liked what I was seeing. So I did some further research, found out that "ponies" was "My Little Pony" and became a bit apprehensive, but watched an episode on youtube anyway. With my door locked. And with headphones on. And with nobody else home.

Here is where my story ends up being almost identical to the rest. Watched ponies, fell in love with ponies. I can't remember how I found Ponychan, though. I think it was in a comment under one of the youtube videos.

If you want to know anything else, feel free to ask. Although by this point you probably know more about me than you cared to. Haha.

tl;dr: I like thinking and drawing. Hello!

[Tam]

Hey there, Ponder! Welcome to the Equestria forums.

I think I was in middle school when we were discussing Power Rangers, and I'm pretty sure I was in high school by the time Beast Wars came around... But admittedly, I still check out each season of Power Rangers even today -- and recently had "Bulk" reply to me on Facebook. That, of course, sent my inner fangirl squealing.

It's funny; I never played TF2 until Ponies came out -- Ashi invited me along when a couple of online friends of HERS got her playing, and MLP was everywhere...

Also hey, another artist! We're pretty lucky to have you!

[Tam]

Hello and Welcome to the world of Equestria! Our forums here are still warming up to all the new guests but I'm sure we will all find a home here. Now that you've officially introduced yourself be sure to check out the Equestrian Rules! And while you're in the "getting started" area you might wanna take a look at some freebie graphics if you find yourself bored with your current icon.

If you're into RPing and want to help get the ball rolling faster in that area for big adventures and epic quests be sure to stop in the Questions and Suggestions area to add your ideas in the map making process and species list. C:

We hope you stick around!

>Well, the rule 34 stuff you sometimes see at FiMchan creeps me out. It just doesn't feel right to do with MLP.

I feel you. I don't mind porn, heck I even draw it. It's laughable most of the time. But when I see porn+ponies I criiinge.. I do my best to avoid it. What better place than here?

Always glad to see more people interested in art here.

I just recently started playing TF2. Mostly prop hunt, I'm terrible at it but it's soooo much fun! lol