Current Events > Do you think a lot of Brony people from a few years back regret it now?

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Literally defined their entire entity by reference to a kids TV show and were made to look extremely creepy in the process.

Do they even still exist to any degree of prominence?

Do they regret that time?
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No
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Even the creator of the show was legit creeped out by the bronies.

It stopped being an amusing novelty to become downright disturbing
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No?
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I still recall a period when I tried to force myself to be a Brony. I'm not proud of that nowadays.
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Pretty sure bronyism is still a thing and has not died out like emos have.

I think they're adorable and it's a cute show

But I'm also a girl, not into them sexually and liking cute things is more socially acceptable on my part than most guys due to western double standards of masculinity
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Those dudes bought like, several thousands of dollars worth of pony merchandise. I can understand liking a show and having a couple trinkets in your house, but filling your room with toys like that was fucking weird.
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gunplagirl posted...

not into them sexually

How does this tie into the topic?
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

gunplagirl posted...

not into them sexually

How does this tie into the topic?

More than a fair share of the people who were bronies after the "I'm a brony but ironically" group left the fandom. Mostly because of the ones who were actually sexually into the ponies.
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MlP is old news.

All about Steven Universe now.
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

I still recall a period when I tried to force myself to be a Brony. I'm not proud of that nowadays.

I could see a lot of people being in the same boat. Big new 'thing' becomes popular, people try get in on the ground floor etc.

At most i tried to be even handed at the time re bronies but they were/are honestly painfully obnoxious. I actually caught a bit of an ep months later and was kinda bemused this has captivated so many grown adults.

I'd love to know what the originating point of the fandom was tbh

gunplagirl posted...

I think they're adorable

I hope you mean the ponies themselves tbh
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MakoReizei posted...

Even the creator of the show was legit creeped out by the bronies.

It stopped being an amusing novelty to become downright disturbing

Wait, what? When did Lauren Faust say anything?
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Yes I mean the ponies

I don't normally judge but body odor is like, the one thing that disgusts me and I went to job corps with a brony who smelled like... Well, it was bad enough that he was forced into a standards contract to shower more. And he didn't.
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When I first heard of "Brony" in highschool I thought it was a gay slang (Bro/horny). I was pretty confused (and a little disappointed) when I searched it up on google.
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UltraDeku posted...

When I first heard of "Brony" in highschool I thought it was a gay slang (Bro/horny). I was pretty confused (and a little disappointed) when I searched it up on google.

Wouldn't that be brorny?

It's been quite a few years since that creepy fad started. Are bronies still stronger than the nazies?
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gunplagirl posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

gunplagirl posted...

not into them sexually

How does this tie into the topic?

More than a fair share of the people who were bronies after the "I'm a brony but ironically" group left the fandom. Mostly because of the ones who were actually sexually into the ponies.

Ehhh...glad I got out when I did. I wouldn't want to be tied to a group with such a stigma associated with it.
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Pfh. Loved the show. Now only like the show.
Certainly never "defined my entire identity" around the thing.

Also remember Lauren Faust being quite welcoming.
Hell, I even got to meet her at Nightmare Nights in Dallas.
I'm sure some stupid overzealous fan in particular may have creeped her out.

Either way, just found it cute and funny at times.
Also was kinda surprised with the first episode having a snarky, bookish introvert, and a legit villain.
I kinda assumed all pony stuff was like G3, aka super hyper girly and devoid of substance.
As for the origin of the fandom, I've heard 4chan.
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Bronies are still a thing for sure, but very few cares to become upset about it like it's 2013.
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Kurumiee posted...

Pretty sure bronyism is still a thing and has not died out like emos have.

emo is still pretty alive, you probably just wouldn't recognize them if you saw them because most of the musicians look pretty normal. mall scene kids have all grown up and died out though.

i have only encountered 1 brony irl, they always seemed pretty rare to me- the internet just inflated their existence.
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There was a brony in my department in college. Apparently he was the leader online of the local Brony state faction or something. I had no idea they had leaders, but I think their status must be proportional to their body odor. Cause... everytime he walked by... sleeves to the nose.
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I hope so
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Bronies were really obnoxious in their heyday.
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Anyone notice how they ended up becoming alt right incels?
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still love the show.

right now the fandom is in a tizz. an absolute ton of stuff was leaked, including knowledge of the end times.

and honestly if anything i regret not being more of a nerd about it and going to a con or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93kBPeH1w8c" data-time="
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The show is watchable. *shrug*

John de Lancie voices a character that is basically still Q.

Not a bronie but I've seen quite a bit of it, my gf watches it.
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there is nothing wrong with a grown man liking a cartoon
there isnt even anything wrong with a grown man liking a cartoon aimed at girls
but its really fucking creepy to call yourself a brony

as for the cartoon ive watched a few episodes over the years but i mainly just go to youtube to listen to the songs they sometimes sing
the show itself it ok but not something id ever get heavily invested in but i really like the musical numbers.

one episode i did watch though was basically an anti brony episode
well not exactly completely anti brony but more anti adults who overanalyze everything and ignore the overall message of the show.

the 6 ponies make a book retelling all their friendship lessons and adult ponies start picking apart everything and complaining but the episode ends with 2 little ponies learning the value of the morals the stories teach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_s0-uzt06c" data-time="
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Villain posted...

Anyone notice how they ended up becoming alt right incels?

honestly ill never understand why so many bronies love a show starring 6 female leads and being the epitome of a girl power show, yet the bronies ive seen ended up really sexist
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I wonder whatever happened to that one user here that hated them so much. What does he do now that they are no longer around.
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yusiko posted...

as for the cartoon ive watched a few episodes over the years but i mainly just go to youtube to listen to the songs they sometimes sing
the show itself it ok but not something id ever get heavily invested in but i really like the musical numbers.

This was apparently a Team Fortress SFM version of an MLP song and I honestly thought it was pretty funny at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-aWgyUHLbk" data-time="
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nope
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Villain posted...

Anyone notice how they ended up becoming alt right incels?

Is this true?

I could see the incel part because well obviously they were involuntarily celibate but I always sort of thought of the right as more of "I'm a man's man and I watch football ya snowflake" whereas liberals were the accepting "toxic masculinity you can like a show for 8 year old girls if you like".
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I've been a brony since February 2011 and I have no intent of ever stopping. I still constantly refer to myself as a brony.

Spidey5 posted...

There was a brony in my department in college. Apparently he was the leader online of the local Brony state faction or something. I had no idea they had leaders, but I think their status must be proportional to their body odor. Cause... everytime he walked by... sleeves to the nose.

I know you live in NJ too, but I was the admin of Bronies of NJ on Facebook for a while and I live in North NJ so it couldn't be me lol. Maybe that was from the Philly Bronies group?
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I imagine most of them do, but at the same time I bet people made a lot of new friends out of the experience. So maybe that part isn't regrettable.
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Wtf kind of grown man is into little girl pony shit, its honestly really weird, im not surprised losers like that joined the alt right.

Villain posted...

Anyone notice how they ended up becoming alt right incels?

I've definitely noticed this. Same thing with a lot of the anime sigs/avatars here.
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I know I regret the time I wasted watching the show and interacting with other fans.

I will always associate "Twilicorn" as the exact moment everything went to complete shit.
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

but at the same time I bet people made a lot of new friends out of the experience. So maybe that part isn't regrettable.

Pretty much this. I watched the show for the first 3-4 seasons and had a lot of fun doing so. I met a lot of other nice users here because of it, some of which I still talk with even to this day. I was only a casual fan, certainly not one of the super fans that bought merchandise, talked about it a lot in public, or took things way too far and lewded the ponies. Unfortunately, there were a decent amount of those, and those bad apples sometimes made the whole fanbase look bad. It's a shame.

Overall, my time as a MLP fan was awkward at times, but still fun. I look back on that time with a smile on my face. The occasional cringe too, but mostly a smile.
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Villain posted...

Anyone notice how they ended up becoming alt right incels?

Glad to see the anime sig/brony rivalry is still kickin'
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Puglia77 posted...

I've been a brony since February 2011 and I have no intent of ever stopping. I still constantly refer to myself as a brony.

Spidey5 posted...

There was a brony in my department in college. Apparently he was the leader online of the local Brony state faction or something. I had no idea they had leaders, but I think their status must be proportional to their body odor. Cause... everytime he walked by... sleeves to the nose.

I know you live in NJ too, but I was the admin of Bronies of NJ on Facebook for a while and I live in North NJ so it couldn't be me lol. Maybe that was from the Philly Bronies group?

Maybe lol. It was south Jersey, about 20 or so minutes from Philly and I think I remember it being a Facebook thing.
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Probably not. Admitting fault and having regrets is not something the new object of their adoration, Donald J Trump, promotes doing

Kurumiee posted...

Pretty sure bronyism is still a thing and has not died out like emos have.

There is a brony social on this very board
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Cool people.
One I know went on to be a kindergarten teacher. Kids love him.

Regret requires self awareness.

Maybe some but I still know some bronies and female fans. I don't associate with bronies much since they oveflap with other fandoms I find alien, and I'm already a weird guy. Female fans I'm cool with, they're not all about it and it doesn't define them. Know alt girls who enjoyed it, but also enjoyed other shit like Steven Universe and Adventure Time because of their messages. They don't regret anything.
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

I still recall a period when I tried to force myself to be a Brony. I'm not proud of that nowadays.

This really made a lot of your post history make sense.
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

I still recall a period when I tried to force myself to be a Brony. I'm not proud of that nowadays.

You'll feel similarly in a year or two about that period when you tried to force yourself to be a diehard redhat
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MacDaMurderer posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

I still recall a period when I tried to force myself to be a Brony. I'm not proud of that nowadays.

This really made a lot of your post history make sense.

How could this relate to other posts. I don't think I ever referenced MLP prior to this topic.
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