Meet 'bronies' -- grown men who are fans of My Little Pony

one can still be down w/ people flying their freak flag and STILL make fun of them for doing so.

i'm not one for tough guy/drill sergeant rhetoric, but this is an exception -- some people just need to grow a pair.

I'd guess that a smaller percentage of bronies needs to "grow a pair" than many other subcultures

just because "growing a pair" may not really be necessary for their chosen occupation and lifestyle

Treeship are you putting together a proposal for a postgrad thesis?

i was gonna say, is this a seminar about bronies? as i have mentioned, there was a guy in my class who declared that he was a brony -- no one knew what he was talking about except for me, so the topic was kinda DOA but clearly it's not hard for me to imagine that there are real people who identify in this way.

it's pretty condescending to feel "sorry" or embarrassed for them imo.

^^^ it's essentially being the asshole dads from the documentary

just all chin-strokingly

i did read a defense of the show once (linked here maybe?) along the line that the show is an extended demonstration of/meditation on the value of friendship, which is always an undervalued and under-explained quality. and just as hard as romance, in a way, and just as important to life, especially to kids obviously

this is the actual text, and does not require any deep-thinkpiece internet analysis to reveal it. it's in the TITLE OF THE SHOW ffs, if ppl can't be bothered watching a whole, single episode.

Duke/Bronies easy enough since they're about the same thing.

fp'd u

xp loooool "This show called 'Friendship is Magic,' what secrets does it hold under the surface?'"

if ppl can't be bothered watching a whole, single episode.

i really can't!

the thing i'm dimly thinking of wasn't a "defense of the show" as i said but a defense of non-child fandom of it.

Most bronies are bronies because they enjoy the show and find it funny. And enjoy interacting with other bronies and making fanvids and being part of the fandom and stuff. There has been a backlash against them on various internet hangouts recently - not because they want to fuck ponies (that's definitely a tiny minority), but mostly because they never seem to shut up about MLP. The show still seems to generate an awful lot of discussion with each new episode on general geek/sci-fi/TV forums and message boards that I'm part of (or just read sometimes), and I'm, like, "guys, there are other shows".

On the other hand, some MLP fans now no longer identify as bronies due to bad association, especially since all that Derpy business...

if ppl can't be bothered watching a whole, single episode.

i really can't!

― goole, Thursday, February 13, 2014 4:31 PM (15 minutes ago)

this is some weak poseur bullshit. you can certainly watch a single episode. it's 22 minutes long + far from unbearable.

it's not weak poseur bullshit if i only get local channels and am away from home during daytime hours

here ya go, took about 30 seconds of googling:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmzo82_my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-episode-1-friendship-is-magic-part-1_shortfilms

oh thanks. i might check that out when i'm away from the office.

you can certainly watch a single episode. it's 22 minutes long + far from unbearable.

the five minutes I watched way back when were unbearable

tbh you don't really need to watch even 30 sec of the show to afford other people the right to enjoy it

please show me where I am abridging anyone's right to enjoy the show

you're not! i'm just saying that it's not a requirement. geez!

La Lechera otm

someone who repped for Drawn Together calling this unbearable however

yeah because they're so similar tonally and I never decided Drawn Together was unbearable

try harder

Jeff and I watched an episode after we watched the brony doc bc those dudes were so into it and their enthusiasm was contagious. I was fully prepared to love it but it just didn't do it for me. Probably for the best all things considered.

Since the rise of this whole phenomenon I have watched some episodes. It's very cute and funny. Would watch again, but not something I would seek out or want to write constantly about on MLP forums and buy merch and stuff. Bronies are about as obnoxious as those Supernatural super-fans, or any obsessive fandom type.

Not as bad as buffy fans tbh

except the want bonus points for obsessing over something so ~unconventional~

they*

Supernatural super fans seem worse because that show is mostly garbage.

def need to try harder on my lighthearted zings cause that obv didnt bother you at all!

DEF disagree that boys (not 35 y/os) getting into this show is patriarchal appropriation - i think it's great tbh; however def also agree with dp that if grown men are getting into it so they can fuck it (lol) then that def is symptomatic of patriarchy obv

is it okay for grown men to like JEM

kind of a must

alright then

My best friend and I watched JEM together every day before catching the bus to middle school. I was under strict instructions never to tell anybody about it ever.

btw, happy hearts and hooves day tomorrow! hope you've all found your special someponies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCbSo5cqMw

TRIVIA CHECK: we all know Jem's singing voice was Britta Phillips of Luna RIGHT?

love that trivia.

Adults being into this is no weirder than people watching CSI-style crime shows glamorizing the most nightmarish and violent aspects of society. Or any 24 Hour News channel fwiw.

xp duh, but Britta Phillips was the best in Satisfaction.

now that is 1 fun fact

Maybe a little weirder xp

have these 309 new answers really been about whether it's okay to zing bronies?

we found out that hurting is irl friends with furries also

ok, that's worthwhile to know

Misfits are the greatest btw. Any excuse to post this proto-PJ Harvey track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHgBgMlar8c

oh what i wouldn't give for a full album of HAIM Misfit covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW5YsQcqpUA

they were on netflix recently, but then they were yanked away

The Misfits are composed of petulant rich girl Pizzazz (real name Phyllis Gabor) and her cohorts: no-nonsense Roxy (Roxanne Pelligrini) and kind-hearted, sensitive keytar player Stormer (Mary Phillips).

keytar!

I named my childhood dog after Roxanne Pelligrini.