Ashton

Greetings, fellow furry! No need to defend your furrity! :3 We're all pals here, and none of us believe you to be a puppy-phile! Nor am I a puppy-phile! While I am not an 'active' fur, I am not 'in the closet' either, and am more a fur artist than anything....um...totally not about me here, sorry. n.n'

Nother Furry! *nuzzles* lol, dont worry about rambling around me, I ramble most of the time

Welcome to canterlot, i'm sure you'll have a wonderful time I'm sure you'll find everypony to be very nice here and don't hesitate to ask for help with anything! as others may have, or will say there is an irc in the top right. it's the most active i've ever been on and suggest going there.

Well the problem is. that particular fandom is never painted in any decent light. so it's going to be a default to see anyone who's with the fandom to wince in reaction when it comes out.

True. Quite sad since Bronies are really just a subset of Furries (lovers of anthropomorphic animals) though Bronies seem to get less comments about... er... taking advantage... of horses/ponies, than furries do...

Of course Bronies dont have as vocal of a minority as furries do... and the public is too focused on "they like a kiddy show!" to get their heads that far up their plot hole...

I'll be asking plenty about the series, trust me! lol (still trying to work out "magic" in the MLP universe...)

Welcome to Canterlot, hope you enjoy your time here!

Thank you, I hope to!

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Woot, pony emotes! Didnt realize those were automatic! ^_^

I don't understand why furry's think we will flame them here, haha. I've seen several other threads where they expect flame. We're all brony's here, and that means above all else we 'Love and Tolerate!' If you're looking for hate, you will find none here, my good sir :3. Canterlot has a very kind and helpful community full of awesome ponies. I absolutely love it here, and I hope you will as well.

heh, if you follow the media even lightly I'm sure you've seen the "coverage" that Furries have gotten. I've always been open about my furryness and overnight I went from just an "odd fellow" to being a monster who... takes advantage... of animals and children and does nothing but... make love... in a mascot costume (for the record I dont even like the "mascot" style fursuits and imo it would be an act of torture to do anything that active in one) So... less optimistic now about the reception it will get...

I love most of the fanfics I read (mostly on ED) though I've given up reading any marked "incomplete" after reading 13(?) chapters of "A Future Worth Saving" (VERY GOOD, Highly reccomended, but it stops rather abruptly...) and waiting over a month with no new chapters... It also inspired me to write my own - I was resistant at first expecting mostly FFs in the spirit of the show (read: "Short and cute") but after a few like that I realized that serious more "epic" style are welcome too! (my outlines for the 2 stories I'm working on are bulleted and pass 2 pages in length!) Though to be fair I have 2 more ideas that ARE "short and cute" and do feel more like what happens on the show.

Thank you for the welcome, from what I'm seeing so far I think I'll like it here too ^___^

About myself.: Computer Technician, Furry, Writer, Gamer, Reader, Artist (depending on your deffinition), over all NERD

How did you hear about Canterlot.com?: Equestria Daily

How did you became a fan of FiM?: After spending a year hearing how great it was, finally watched it... (more below)

My one favourite main cast pony?: Rainbow Dash

Hello Everypony/Everyone,

I'm new, but I guess that's kinda obvious. I've been around the 'net a few times though so hopefully I'll avoid any n00b mistakes here (if I do screw up and dont realize it, do tell me!)

Guess I should start off with a few facts, since people love random facts:

I'm in my final year of college in Computer Science, I work(ed) as a Computer Service Tech and the "mandatory" job of "Expidited Food Service Technician" (Go ahead an laugh, as one of my favorite podcasters said "your all gonna have to (work food service) at some point in your lives, Either when your young or when your old, everyone does it!")

I'm a furry. Might as well get that out of the way. I hope nobody's going to start flaming me with all the negative media furs have gotten in recent years. For those interested in my furry side: I'm a white tiger, spiritual therioanthrope, RPer, and author. If you count MLP as "furry" then I'm also technically an artist. I have been known to wear my tail in public and if you dont like it, dont look at it (ironically I've never gotten negative feedback)

Related to the above, and the below, I started off online in the Sonic the Hedgehog fandom. Wrote LOTS of fanfics, read many times more, left it when the TV series ended and the comics started veering back into "Game Canon" and beyond (roughly Issue 55 was the last one I read)

It took me a long time to get into MLP:FiM... being a child of the 80s, I remember the original with less than steller feelings. Occasionally seeing flashes of it here or there over the years left a sour taste in my mouth and with the feeling it was a "30 minute toy commercial" (which it kinda was) Thus when FiM came around I was resistive. A lot of my furry friends told me it was good, I didnt listen. What finally got me to reconsider was seeing it's entry on TV Tropes (if you've not been there, it's awesome but it will CONSUME YOUR SOUL!!!) that opened with Faust's words and proceeded to re-iterate that the series was a radical break from the original series.

I finally watched it with a semi-open mind. First, I still remembered the original, Second, it was a "kids show" which to me meant "we can save the world with a hug!"... I spent the first few minutes pleased with it, though when Applejack said "We sho' do like makin' new friends!" I almost gaged and turned it off, Twilight's reaction (along with the following flurry of puns, which I love) kept me watching. Then I met Rainbow Dash. At that point, I was hooked. But I still didnt "love" the series untill Winter Wrap-up. After that, I finally admitted to myself that I loved the series and reluctantly accepted the "brony" tag. Since then I've gotten a lot better. I watch every episode, I tell everyone about the series (without pushing it too hard on them) and I'm even planning a Rainbow Dash cosplay. (Not to mention I'm saving for a few MLP Tshirts and a Rainbow Dash messenger Bag)

I stumbled on this site through a link somewhere in the archives of Equestria Daily, looking for a place to discuss the series and talk about fanfics/ideas I have. While I've been an AVID roleplayer in the past (including building and running 3 now-failed roleplay sites) I'm not expecting to do much of it here (no promises on that not changing...)

Currently I'm writing 2 MLP Fanfics with ideas for 3 more. I also took the plunge into artwork and today posted my first image on DA that's Pony related (a gift to my "curent" Dungeon Master (I say "current" even though I've not been to the games for weeks...)) I'm also toying with animating some vectors to create my own fan series but given my voice-work is poor (I can *almost* voice 2 ponies -fluttershy and Pinky - and I can atleast make a voice recognizeable as Applejack even if it's far from perfect) I highly doubt I'll do more than a few very low-quality shorts... though I'm considering making a few comics if I get inspired...

Ok, loooooooong intro.

Short Version: I'm a nerd who loves MLP and came here to discuss the MLP universe and fanfics with other Bronies!

Catch you all on the flip-side!

-Ashton