Kilmarnock Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 My story is a little on the mature side, so I'll try and clean it up a bit for the all-ages appropriate atmosphere, here.My girlfriend at the time (we're not dating anymore) was a big fan of MLP, and tried to get me into it. I gave her the typical response you can probably expect from a guy who doesn't want to deal with any of that frilly froo-froo nonsense. Eventually, when I went to visit her, she roped me into watching it with her in bed. So, there we were, a laptop in between us watching the first two episodes of season 1. I riffed on it mercilessly. Then when episode two was done, I sighed and said 'alright, let's watch episode 3'.Time goes on, and I'm just willingly asking to watch the next episode again and again. I mean, I can't really go anywhere, she's got my clothes, so I might as well. Found out that while Rainbow Dash and Pinkie got on my nerves (I like them a lot more now), Fluttershy pretty much instantly captured my heart. My totally-masculine-guys-I-swear-I-don't-like-ponies heart. When we finally reached Dragonshy, I just stopped fighting it. Bronification go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesh Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm jealous of those of you who have someone over the age of 6 to watch the show with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroHero Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wait, the ponies were hiding? They weren't doing a very good job. D:But yeah, friends on Skype had avatars. For about a month I thought they were just part of some big troll until I found a thread in which they were legitimately discussing the show. You know the rest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmarnock Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Yeh, the girl who got me into the show can go... uh... be loved and tolerated. *grumbles* But by somebody else.I do watch the show with my nieces though, ages 4 and 2, and getting to see the reactions from little kids is strangely refreshing in a way. Little Dehana, the two year old, just laughed at Pinkie when she goes nuts in 'Feeling Pinkie Keen', and they both had a riot at Flutterrage. Oh, innocence, and not corrupting things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accountdeleted Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 About a year ago my parents and I went on a holiday to the flinders ranges for a few days. It's a verrrry long drive to get there, so I loaded up my iPod with podcasts. One of these podcasts was the sceptics guide to the universe, with Rebecca Watson. Rebeca mentioned the show during a segment and spoke highly of it, and scorned the other hosts for not knowing about the show. I thought that it was just a silly show for little fillies, so I ignored it. Skip forward a week or so and I was trawling the interwebz. For some reason Rebecca's comment came to mind, so I checked it outthe first clip that I saw was from "a dog and pony show", where rarity illustrates the difference between complaining and whining. The rest is history. Happy history, but history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIJIN Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 Started watching it on the hub once I heard it would be replacing some other show. I was already in love with other kid cartoons and this one came in and over shone them all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIJIN Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 About a year ago my parents and I went on a holiday to the flinders ranges for a few days. It's a verrrry long drive to get there, so I loaded up my iPod with podcasts. One of these podcasts was the sceptics guide to the universe, with Rebecca Watson. Rebeca mentioned the show during a segment and spoke highly of it, and scorned the other hosts for not knowing about the show. I thought that it was just a silly show for little fillies, so I ignored it. Skip forward a week or so and I was trawling the interwebz. For some reason Rebecca's comment came to mind, so I checked it outthe first clip that I saw was from "a dog and pony show", where rarity illustrates the difference between complaining and whining. The rest is history. Happy history, but history.I've never heard of such a thing, a guide to the universe that mentions MLP ....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiEnte911 Posted December 24, 2011 Report Share Posted December 24, 2011 i just got curious after constantly seeing memes,forums and pics of MLP. i watched an episode on youtube,then another...and another,i finished all of the first series within two days of discovering MLP,best decision of my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePixil Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Literally everywhere I went I'd see something with a pony on it!! I'd always wondered what they're from (Had no idea it was mlp). Then a couple weeks ago I made a new friend who absolutely loves mlp. He showed me the first ep, then the next, Before I knew it couldn't stop watching it. I'm so glad my friend got me into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChancellorPuddinghead Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 I had always seen the memes and liked them a lot. I didn't know if they were from a show or just a children's toy line. When I finally found out that it was from a show that I can actually record on my DVR I started recording the episodes and was knocked over by the amazing quality of the writing.I haven't enjoyed a show this much since I was a kid watching Star Trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashton Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 I haven't enjoyed a show this much since I was a kid watching Star Trek.I think this is the first time I've ever seen the show likened to StarTrek... though I suppose I can see some parallels... *loved TOS and DS9, but not the others*Wait, the ponies were hiding? They weren't doing a very good job. D:LOL +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korok132 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 I think my first encounter with the ponies was from a webcomic I read, El Goonish Shive. The author uploaded a joke about the characters and their reactions to MLP (well, two at least) and said it was a pretty good show. I didn't pay it much mind, but a few weeks later something happened I can't quite remember and I suddenly found myself watching ponies. After the first episode, I was hooked, then immediately spread it to my friends in a manner similar to this: "Dude, My Little Pony is actually a decent show! In the first episode, they start the end of the world!" I know it's really just eternal night but it sounded cooler put like that, shut up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfey180 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Post your stories on how you became bronies! I became a brony after I saw that men were fascinated by a little girls show. So since it's not like me to make fun of something without giving it a fair shot, I watched my first episode!!("Luna Eclipsed"). And I've been a brony ever since! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirShadowdeath Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Let's see...oh yeah. I remember.It was a dark, stormy night and....That's not it.Dang, I honestly don't remember.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfey180 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Oh... =( that's okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunner Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 My story is not interesting at all. haha.The show used to come on about half an hour before I left for school, so one day I had extra time and I sat down to watch it. My first episode was "Fall Weather Friends". I thought it was really cute, and then I saw the Discord episodes about a week later and I knew I had to watch the entire series. That's how I got hooked. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfey180 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Do you have any brony friends at school? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Cakes Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I think we have a topic for this :3 a pretty big one. I'd post it for you, but I can't figure out how to copy-paste with my 3ds XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfey180 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Oh =( well I just wanted this to be my first post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunner Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Do you have any brony friends at school?Nope. I've only mentioned that I watch it in passing though because the topic just never really comes up. My closest friends know I watch it, but they're not into it. (At least, not that I know of. haha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfey180 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Nope. I've only mentioned that I watch it in passing though because the topic just never really comes up. My closest friends know I watch it, but they're not into it. (At least, not that I know of. haha)No one in my school knows I watch it...It's quite sad...And I can't tell anyone either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunner Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Why can't you tell anyone? I honestly don't think it's anything to be ashamed of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfey180 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 At my school it is! No one is open to anything different! over half of them are homophobes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsthmaticPegasus Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 I became a brony when I was an assistant at a summer camp. The teacher of the course, a good friend of mine, had another friend who loved the show. Neither me nor the teacher really understood what all the hype was about, me having heard about it a week or so before on the radio. Finally, my friend watched it, and came in the next day with the news...The show was fantastic.I was a little startled and apprehensive at first, but eventually, he got me to watch it. Needless to say, I loved it as well. But that is not the best part. My friend began drawing ponies on the whiteboard (we taught photoshop to the kids, it wasn't really an outdoorsy camp), and we told our classes about the show. like most, some were unsure, but we got about 3/4 of our students to at least try watching it. That is pretty much the story in a nutshell.Yeah, it was awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stunner Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Oh, I understand. That's awful. I'm so glad my school isn't like that. At least you have the online brony community though! We'll always be here to accept you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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