brianblackberry

They spring up like weeds! Isn't there another furry convention down in Atlanta the following weekend? A few of my friends were talking about that one.

Ohh. Well that's for uploads, which have been disabled for now. BUT! to help clear up some of the confusion, it should read 32kB, which I think is a better limit. Thanks for bringing that to my attention! I was curious about that, mine is linked but is far over 6k. Thanks for answering that question!

That comparison is pretty much spot on and so accurate you could apply it to almost any fandom. Heck, when I go to Sci-Fi conventions, most cosplaying Trekkies I meet are there to just have fun and relax, and do it for the conventions. I never meant any who take it to some extreme level (no doubt there are a few). Same with friends of mine who are into fursuiting; I personally don't get it, but I realize they do it just for fun at conventions and the like and nothing crazy like "fursuit sex" (but again, no doubt there are a few people who do that too).

Man, haters are going to hate, using an old meme; besides I have no doubt there is a larger crossover between furry and FiM fandom (and 4chan) than most people realize mainly because furfans, like more other "geek" fandom participates, don't go around announcing it to people (heck I don't yell "I'm a B5 fan!" to anyone ). Heck half of the art I see on ED's drawfriend posts are from folks who are furry and just post the images to both FA and DA. *shurgs*

Yeah, there is no way I could tell the folks; they are rather old fashioned biker hillbilly types. I think they would be pretty stunned by the entire concept, especially the old man.

I agree with Faust that most girl cartoons generally sucked. I do remember the one cartoon considered "for girls" my sister really liked and that was Jem, I don't know if you remember that one. It honestly seemed alright. Still at that time I pulled her into my world of Transformers and turned her into a hard-core fan of that series. I wonder what she say if she knew I suddenly liked MLP, Thanks about the art, I'll post as soon as I put up anything public; I love feedback. As for the RP thing, rather nervous, it isn't something I am used to but here it all seems innocent fun and more relaxed, so I'll likely be more inclined to participate. Last did RP, oh 4-5 years ago and left after people would solicit my character all the time.

As far as opposites go I probably would use Treachery for Loyalty and Avarice for Generosity.

There is nothing wrong with being a furry; every fandom I ever been involved in I always discovered is a lot different than the stereotypes.

Applejack - A friend (and fellow bronie) bought me one as a gift from target. Derpy - Really nice custom one I got in a trade for a color commission.

My friends are responsible for dragging me into the herd. Once I was in I was pretty shocked how many were FiM fanboys and fangirls. Of those who are not, I was surprised by the positive reactions such as "Wow, that is cool you found something that made you so happy, you are usually cynical". Some friends just chuckle and say nothing, or poke fun in a manner friends do; no one has actually given me any friendship threatening grief over it, I suppose because each of them are also into something odd for their age as well (such as Pokemon RP or something similar). My family though I haven't mentioned this to. I really doubt they be nearly as understanding and already have a negative opinion of all the "geeky" fandoms I am involved in; this may be a bridge too far with them. Since I don't live with any of them though, they won't know unless I come right out and tell them.

Not sure what to say. I guess I am one of those people who thought they would never be sucked into a My Little Pony fandom. Guy, in his thirties, into Science-Fiction, football, and action/horror flicks, someone you would likely think I'd be the last person who would be interested in MLP. Truth be told before FiM I thought nothing of the pony franchise other than remembering my sisters collecting them growing up. The only Pony cartoon I was aware of was the original from the Eighties and I remember it being bland enough that even my pony collecting sisters didn't bother to watch it (good news, more Transformers time for me! ) However I have always been a cartoon fan and a couple months back a few friends of mine told me about Friendship Is Magic and that I should "check it out". At first I was pretty dismissive; My Little Pony? C'monnn, be serious! All those "girl cartoons" I remember have always been terrible. They persisted, so one day while coloring on Photoshop I decided to que up the episodes on Youtube and listen while coloring. I was hooked pretty much instantly with the art, the characters, the writing.. and OMG the cute, I have always been such a sucker for the cute. Even with my new found love for FiM, I was pretty closet about being a bronie, but the more friends discovered I was into this, the more I discovered they were all pretty cool with it and several turned out to be bronies themselves (well my male friends, not sure if you call female friends who are fans bronies too or not). I guess now I can't get enough of FiM, so I am pretty hooked. Bad enough when a friend got me an Applejack and a custom Derpy I was stoked (yeah I have an innocent "crush" on AJ ); the rest of history. Anyway I figure this be a cool place to be. Been lurking on Equestria Daily & FiMChan as either Brianblackberry or BMcP for a while, but always felt on the outside in the fandom and I wanted to change that. Hopefully I can show some arts, and even try the RP thing (I admit I may be rather shy with that) and generally have fun.