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

He's really sweet and goofy, very earnest. We were talking about gender roles and what "girls/boys should like/wear/do" and he made his announcement. That was it. I didn't find it undignified at all tbh. I only wished anyone aside from me knew what he had said. He has a tshirt and everything. It hasn't come up again, though.

I don't mean to take my boggling at stuff like the letter posted in here out on your student, he doesn't deserve that

OTOH I'm still boggling like a mug

that letter, jeez

Why would someone announce they are a brony? Whatever happened to dignity?

Grown male friend of mine who likes Friendship Is Magic will only look at Equestria Daily on his ipad on 3G, because he doesn't want it to show up on logs at work

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can't say i do

― goole, Monday, March 25, 2013 10:51 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dont worry, I got you covered

http://www.lurkmore.com/w/images/7/7f/Andy_sweetie.png

Frank Sidebottom found love before he passed away.

Can't believe it's brnykon time again already it seems like it was just yesterday that we experienced all that luscious wonder the flowing means a beauty

Brony con 2013

Props and Cosplay Policy
We love to see our attendees dress up in all sorts of creative and interesting costumes! However, for safety's sake, we have some rules about what costumes and props are acceptable at BronyCon. When planning your costume, please keep the following rules in mind:

• Decency and Appropriateness: Congoer attire must cover all areas normally covered by a swimsuit. Costumes and props must also be PG-rated. Hate speech is not permitted on attire or props in any language.
• Costume Safety: Costumes must not be dangerous to anyone who bumps into them accidentally.
• Volume: Costumes and props that make noise must have volume controls and should be kept at an appropriate volume. The owners of such props and costumes must turn down or mute the volume when asked to by Security.
• Live Steel: Live steel props are any props crafted from metal with a pointed end or blade-like edge, whether blunt or sharp. All such objects are strictly prohibited in convention spaces. This rule does not apply to objects with only the appearance of metal, such as wooden swords wrapped in aluminum foil.
• Weapons: Real weapons such as maces, axes, or batons must be tightly peacebound or otherwise disabled, and are not allowed if they cannot be disabled. Projectile weapons such as bows, slings, or crossbows must be disabled and unloaded. Bows must be unstrung or strung with a flimsy and loose material such as twine. No bolts or arrows may be carried as part of a costume unless they are fake, not fireable, and not sharp or dangerous.
• Gun-like Props: Gun-like props are required to have orange tips. Airsoft guns must never be loaded and must be disabled, and no ammunition may be carried on the congoer carrying the airsoft.
• Guns: Real firearms, even if disabled or unloaded are strictly prohibited in all convention spaces. If you are an off-duty law enforcement officer carrying your sidearm through convention space, please come see the Head of Security when you enter the con so there are no unfortunate misunderstandings.
• Any prop being used in an unsafe or threatening manner may be confiscated by Security. Security may ask you at any time to put a prop away or change out of a costume based on its acceptability.
• The Head of Security has the final say as to the acceptability of any prop or costume.

I'm imagining "tightly peacebound" also appears in brony fanfic quite often.

I feel like those rules are also good rules of thumb for life in general.

those rules are actually basically standard cosplay rules

I am trying to decide if it is funny or terrifying that "don't bring live, dangerous weapons" comes AFTER "don't put hate speech on your costume"

"peace-bonding" for instance derives from old-line sci fi cons, here's a citation from 1987

oh jesus christ i feel so bad for the security guys having to work this. fuck. what must they think.

most of the security staff are probably thinking "I never thought I would see so many men in pastel pony costumes at once", with one person thinking "this takes me back..."

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lob2qyktYJ1qbye1fo1_500.png

I'm just glad bronycon exists to make anime, comic, and gaming cons seem safe, sane, and mainstream by comparison

xp lol

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i like bronies because we all get to be that guy, at least for a moment

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/l_zpsd4fe513b.jpg

Have we finally figured out what Bronies are yet? Are they like doofus steampunkers or are they some sort of new and weird self-selecting band of misogynistic ultraconservatives who sooth their cognitive dissonance with cartoon pony fluff.

And how closely connected is it to Furries? Seems pretty close... A lot closer than like, adult tabletop gamers who I've found mostly to be into the tactical/warfare "I am a military genius! you are now overwhelmed by my chaos marines bwahaahaa!" aspect of those games. Or comic book collectors who are equally addicted to male "soap operas" like Dexter and stuff and also collect DVD sets.

I mean they're just chibi horses. How has that developed into a whole "thing"?

theres no mystery about who they are

they're dudes who want to fuck ponies.

The difference between bronies and furries as I can see it is that bronies are usually younger and a lot more "in-your-face" with their reddit/4chan "LOL TROLLED U" aesthetic while furries tend to not want people to know that they are furries.

gotcha. ok.

they're just dudes who like a cartoon, pretty wide spectrum of dudes who fit that criteria

^

weirdos/assholes of any variety are always more fun to talk about

lol @ 4 ass

To be a pro knee has many meanings I'm glad you asked a question. Have you ever kissed to do for the sunset on early morning I felt a beautiful rapture sweet pony kiss and nuzzle? You may be a bro nie if you can appreciate a warm caring eyes the gentlemen a swish swish tale of my little pony

Why would someone announce they are a brony? Whatever happened to dignity?

Grown male friend of mine who likes Friendship Is Magic will only look at Equestria Daily on his ipad on 3G, because he doesn't want it to show up on logs at work

― Devendra Bumhat (sic), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 00:46 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

pat0?

Also re: the Bronycon rules; are there actually any weapons in the MLP cartoons? Or are these just C&P'd from standard cosplay meeting things.

Security guard photo is amazing.

http://www.xojane.com/entertainment/it-happened-to-me-im-more-into-my-little-pony-than-my-kids-are

Adult tabletop gamers/adults who watch MLP or Adventure Time or any other cartoon actually = literal worst people on earth

as far as i can work out (i took part in a skype interview with some bronies, but they were none of them male) the ones who get erotic/romantic feelings about the ponies are sort of like dudes who are into moé? this mix of identification/protectiveness/desire/etc/etc/etc.

"the ones" = the males you weren't talking to or the fems you were?

(did any identify as pegasister not brony?)

Also re: the Bronycon rules; are there actually any weapons in the MLP cartoons? Or are these just C&P'd from standard cosplay meeting things.

Uh, I don't think so? Not that I can remember, anyway. Any villains on the show usually get defeated by magic.

the men i wasn't talking to, as described by other bronies, seemed to be like dudes who like moé. None of the bronies I talked to were into sexy ponies, or at least didn't admit to it. irc a couple of them did the prim "well, i would call myself a my little pony fan" thing, but 'pegasister' was not a word that was used.

will I ruin my day if I google moé?

ehhh, it's a reasonably SFW g-image search

ah okay so the girls weren't self-id'ing w/ "brony" (?)

oh, no, sorry, they mostly self-ID'd as "brony" but the fact that it's got "bro" in the name meant caveats from all? So one said something almost exactly like "obviously i'm not what you think of when you say "brony" - i'm not a cis white straight dude who etc", but was still ok with "brony" as the fan term. And then there were one or two who said something along the lines of "well, i would call myself a my little pony fan, rather than 'brony', but i don't mind".

anybody more familiar with the phenomenon than i am wanna explain this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9l-jW0d_H8

He's really sweet and goofy, very earnest. We were talking about gender roles and what "girls/boys should like/wear/do" and he made his announcement. That was it. I didn't find it undignified at all tbh. I only wished anyone aside from me knew what he had said. He has a tshirt and everything. It hasn't come up again, though.

Okay, that makes sense. I thought it was some sort of obnoxious announcement like "OH HAI EVERYONE I AM A BRONY" but in context it doesn't sound bad.

http://i.imgur.com/7fOvxaJ.jpg

aaaaand

http://i.imgur.com/Gdc9rhS.jpg

O_o

happy Easter, everyone

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