Top story: New brony joins fandom.

[Nightweaver20xx]

About myself.: I'm an editor at a semi-large newspaper in Western Massachusetts, USA. I'm in my early 30s, haven't really found anyone special (yet), but it's OK because most people know me as someone who can handle problems pretty well on his own. I've actually been a "furry" (whatever the definition of that is now, it keeps changing) all my life, almost literally. Once I saw Don Bluth's "The Secret of NIMH" when I was 3 for the first time, I was hooked for-EVERRRR. That then blossomed into a love for the Sonic the Hedgehog Saturday morning show when I was about 13, then the online furry community once I got online for the first time in 1997. It hasn't been easy for me -- let's leave it at that. But I'm altogether genuine and honest.

I've drawn a good amount of art in my life, too. I have a bachelor's in it (natch) but am still learning and my random attempts can be seen at various galleries around the 'Net.

I'm also a devout fan of Evangelion -- I'm staring at a figure of Asuka Langley Soryu right now. Like FiM, I felt that show defied expectations and brought something new and fresh to the animation industry.

And anypony who really knows me well know I'm big into symphonic metal, especially Nightwish and Epica. It's just such sweeping and powerful music that makes you think of stuff like fighting dragons and going on quests for ancient swords and... well. yeah. Nothing beats a good round of Skyrim with NW in the background.

How did you hear about Canterlot.com?: Equestria Daily made regular references to you guys.

How did you became a fan of FiM?: Looking for Skyrim parodies, found Fluttershy and off I went.

My one favourite main cast pony?: Rainbow Dash

So, now that you know a little more about me, hello everypony! I have absolutely fallen in love with this show. I came to it late -- it was just early November when I found out about it. But oh the things I've learned since then. I've been through the ups, the downs and everything in between. I've seen the love, I've seen the hate, I've seen the world that we cr... well anyway. You get the idea. I browse around image boards like Ponibooru and blogs like Eq Daily almost every day looking for new pony goodness. There's just so much that can be done with this world, in my opinion. It's an open sandbox universe, with so much epic content and wonderful little personal stories just waiting to be told. Between the humor and the heartfelt warmth I get from the show, I just can't resist the ponies. I deeply respect Ms. Faust and the creative team behind the show -- this is a phenomenon that comes around once in a lifetime, maybe twice, and they've worked their flanks off to make it magical. I love all the little memes we make, the unique spins on characters, the mashups, and just how we've basically taken this show into our hearts and snuggled it close. I even managed to rope my mother into the show -- she's seen up through S1E24 at this point, and i suspect she's becoming a closet pegasister. I even found out at my newspaper the other day that I work with two people who know about the show and may be fans.

So I'll be hanging around as my schedule allows me to. Feel free to ask me anything about my opinions on the show, why I do what I do, how many ponies it takes to screw in a magical light bulb, etc.

Nice to meet everypony!

[Guest EoLPinkie]

That IS a top story! This just in everypony: I'm editing for a much longer message!

Welcome to Canterlot Nightweaver! You're the first news pony I've ever met! How many ponies does it take to screw in a magical lightbulb? Does it sparkle or glow? Do YOU sparkle or glow? Do you like to sing? I know you like cupcakes, so I'm not even going to ask. There's so many ponies here that I know you'll love and get along great with! Since you're a fancy editor and stuff I bet you'd like correct syntaxy typing but I just don't have time! I'm too excited! If you want my welcome song, the price is a smile and a joke that I can share later. If you ever want to talk about aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanything you know where to find me!

[BrownclownMC]

WELCOME!

I'm Brownclown and I'd LOVE to see some of your art sometime!

Just In!: Your avatar is AMAZING

[knight]

WELCOME WELCOME WELCOOMME!!!

TOOOO.....

CANTERLOT!!!!

*DOOT DOO DOOOO!!!*

(yay!)

[Nightweaver20xx]

All credit for my av goes to Braukoly:

http://braukoly.deviantart.com/

I did not make the image it comes from, and if he notifies me that he wants it removed, I will do so immediately.

[Brauner02]

Welcome to canterlot. 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.

[Armony]

Welcome to Canterlot, hope you enjoy your time here!

[MyLittlePonyTales]

Hi there! I'm a little later than usual with my welcome, but here it is!

I'm MyLittlePonyTales, but I just go by Tales around here. I'm one of the many great staff here at Canterlot.com. Please feel free to message any of us with any questions or concerns you have, or you can just leave another comment here!

If you didn't already, please take a moment to check out the rules section, just so that you're up to speed! You'll also need to make at least 3 comments anywhere in the Introductions section before you can post on other parts of the site.

There's hopefully something for everypony around here! If you're looking to meet new Bronies, a good place to do that is the Chat Room & live roleplay. The Creativity section is the place for artists, musicians, and writers! Oh, and what kind of forum would this be without the MLP Discussion area, hmm?

If you're looking to Roleplay, check the Canterlot RP Rules and the Applicaton Form. Unless you're going for the FiM Free-For-All section, then you don't need either of those things! But if you're going for Equestria Crossovers RP, you just need the Application Form, then you can make your crazy cool pony! The Equestria Mane RP, which is a really cool Roleplay area, requires you to read both the Canterlot RP Rules and the Applicaton Form.

Wow, that's a lot of links! Feel free to explore the site yourself at your own pace, and let myself or one of the other staff know if you have any questions.

Welcome to Canterlot!