For starters, a "brony" is a fan of the show My Little Pony. Brony is a universal term for both genders, but some female bronies prefer to be called "pegasisters". Bronies are mostly male, primarily in the age range of 20-35, and pretty normal people. The only real difference between them and your average joe is a brony is self-confident enough to be open that they enjoy watching a show with the demographic of young girls. Bronies are NOT perverts and pedophiles, nor are they manchildren who need to grow up.
I am a bit young compared to most bronies, which to be honest (and maybe a bit arrogant or cocky) I think is a sign that I am pretty mature and self-confident, especially for my age group which is normally filled with hormonal young men and women who are unsure of what to do when it comes to many things. I want to keep this paragraph short, as there are many articles and other sources that describe the bronydom more effectively and thoroughly.
I am a bit young compared to most bronies, which to be honest (and maybe a bit arrogant or cocky) I think is a sign that I am pretty mature and self-confident, especially for my age group which is normally filled with hormonal young men and women who are unsure of what to do when it comes to many things. I want to keep this paragraph short, as there are many articles and other sources that describe the bronydom more effectively and thoroughly.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brony
So, me being a brony. I am not going to be formal here and just speak my mind. Also, do not expect perfect grammar here. If I do have spotless grammar, then yay me, if not, then don't be dissapointed. Additionally, I may reuse openers to sentences. Since this is just me speaking my mind I will probably say the word "however" a lot. Sorry in advance if repetition bothers you.
A little bit of backstory beforehand, when I was younger I didn't understand the huge boundry between boys and girls. The two genders were so polarized in elementary school, especially in first and second grade. Honestly, I tended to side with the girls. In my opinion, girls and women are often more fun to talk to. Since I am a guy, I can kind of predict what most guys will say to me when it comes to advice. Obviously I enjoy talking to guys too, but girls are very good to talk to. They give me a lot of perspective since they are so different from me.
I remember several times I would play a Powerpuff Girls minigame on Cartoon Network, secretly loving it but never telling ANYONE about it. I both was happy and was embarrased by the fact that I enjoyed hanging out with girls more than guys. And before you ask, I am not gay. Though I have wondered at times about my sexual orientation, I am very certain that I am either straight or bisexual, probably straight.
Some time I recall in the school year of 2012 (August 2011 - May 2012), I first heard about the brony fandom from a Youtuber I watch who dispises bronies. I dismissed it and thought that it was just some kind of stupid internet thing. Later, in late Spring or early Summer 2012, a brony on a Minecraft server I like called Cobaltium convinced me to watch an episode. I downloaded the first two episodes and watched them. They seemed boring and girlish to me, and once again I dismissed it.
However, once the school year started back up again, I was FINALLY convinced to watch another episode of My Little Pony. The open-minded part of me won over. I watched Episode 13 of Season 2, and it convinced me to watch the next one. Just something about the writing and animation of the show convinced me to watch another episode. So I did. Then another, then another. Then I had watched all of Season 2. After that, I went back and watched all of Season 1. However, I still don't consider myself to have been a brony at that point. I loved the show, every bit of it, but thats all I did. I didn't get on any forums, I didn't look at the memes, and I didn't read any of the comics.
I went through Season 3 and loved it too. It kept me alive during the second semester of school. However, I was a bit dissapointed to find it was only a half season. This half season was perfect, as it made me so eager to see the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls movie when it came out, even if I didn't expect much of a movie that turned my favorite ponies into humans. Then EG came out in summer of 2013. When I finished watching that movie, my life changed. That movie was flawed, for certain, but at that point I became a brony. I started looking at the pony memes on Cheezburger. But even then I wasn't a huge brony, I was only looking at the Cheezburger memes. Then I went to Summerscape. I had gone to Summerscape before and loved it, but my experiences at Summerscape is for another post. At Summerscape, I encountered quite a few bronies. They basically amplified my brony side by about 50. I became a MUCH bigger fan.
When I returned from Summerscape, I bookmarked Equestria Daily, began roleplaying on Legends of Equestria, subscribed to several people who analyzed the world of MLP, and rewatched many of the noteworthy episodes. I also created three new OC's, which you can see the pictures of below. Their stories and personalities are on Legends of Equestria, my username is Zedd. I am not the musician though, sorry. Anyways, upon returning to school I began making friends with some of the bronies at my high school.
That leads me up to now, about a month into school and writing on my blog about bronies. I am a brony, for certain. There are many little stories I could discuss about what I've done because I'm a brony and what would've happened if I wasn't, but I probably won't post them, and if I do it will be later, probably much later.
(Update on October 29: Still very much into the fandom, but I'm not on LoE anymore. I have been interacting with fellow bronies and making my eyes love my brain from all the beautiful DeviantArt with ponies in it.)
Thank you very much for reading, and have a wonderful day.
