Exactly. 

Not sure who you're talking to. I'm not volatile. Melodramatic, maybe, but not over ponies.

I've remained the same person I was when first checked out the show.

A decent, slightly spacey lady. And I'm nothing if not consistent. XD

I haven't really ever gotten involved in any drama.

But that's probably because, despite being part of the "herd", I'm very much a solo kind of fan. I watch the show, and form my opinions, make my own headcanons and art, and no one bothers me about it.

And at the end of the day, I just remember it's a cartoon.

MST3K Mantra: "It's just a show; I should really just relax."

People exercise their right to "freedom", and this is the result: All rhetoric to avoid conflict, and protect each other from hurt. The untested truths spun by different interests continue to churn and accumulate in the sandbox of political correctness and value systems. Everyone withdraws into their own small gated community, afraid of a larger forum. They stay inside their little ponds, spouting and listening to whatever "truth" suits them. The different cardinal truths neither clash nor mesh. Nobody is invalidated, and no one is right.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I'll start with myself. I was firstly an anti-mlp dude, because it was cool to troll bronies (reactions were and still are priceless), then I became one a year later outta pure joy for the show. I used to watch many violent and horror movies that later gave me panic attacks, combined with depression and wrong people in my life... I found my way out in MLP, I guess. It reminded me of the freedom of innocence, of being a child.

I'm a skinny socially-awkward dude trying to make a living in this lonely meaningless world.. This community helped me big time, and I thank y'all kindly for it !

My opinion on the fandom: Many of us don't realise this "war" with haters is meaningless. We are fans of a cartoon show, nothing more, and we tend to lose contact with reality and live in imagination in Equestria (and it is kind of weird to obsess over MLP as a grown up, but so are a shitload of other things). I used it as an escapism too, but we need jobs and educations in order to survive. Many of us get our bills payed by our parents, just so we can imagine ourselves as perfect beings (ponies). 

A part of the fandom consists of kids, that need to realise that gay and autistic are not insults, and stop giving in to trolls. A lot of folks need to get in touch with their real selves,to watch in the mirror and not on their online persona. 

Yeah.. That's how I see it, this is my opinion. I don't mind the cloppers, only the perverts posting pics of them having sex with plushies. It shouldn't bother me really, because it's not like they are in the same "family" I am, we're just talking on a forum about a passion we share. But expectations screw me over too !

"People both among us and outside from us wouldn't find us to be such a joke."

People will always find you a joke and hate you even if you are "normal" by social standards or not. History proved this over and over. Why do you care so much about what people care ?

"The reason for such disappointment is that I entered into this fandom with high hopes only to see it torn to pieces over multiple events."

This is a forum of people having a common interest, loving a show, for different reasons. That's all. You sound like you think of it as some imaginary family, reason to feel proud or whatever.

"If it comforts you, though, I will take the blame for this. I should not have entered this fandom expecting people to be anything other than people. I was naive - plain and simple."

Sounds passive-aggressive as hell but okie dokie lokie! If you really thought this, you wouldn't post it, complaining about how people don't respect us and treats us as a joke.

"Let - us - not - pretend - that we are anything that we in fact are not."

Yeah, so everybody can like and respect us, so you can be proud of the fandom ! Not because it is unhealthy to play pretending game on the internet, which you are doing right now.

You have to remember that no one on this earth wears a white hat and that we all do bad things in our lifes. It's just human nature and Bronies are not different. I learned that the hard way in 2013.

Did i do something bad once or Twice? You can be damn sure that i did. But at the same time, i always try to better myself for my friends and family.

Yeah, so everybody can like and respect us, so you can be proud of the fandom ! Not because it is unhealthy to play pretending game on the internet, which you are doing right now.

And from this I can conclude that you very much missed the point I was trying to convey. Despite it being a misrepresentation/misinterpretation of the message, it is nonetheless a pretty comforting thing for people to hear in a place with a very uncomfortable message. It may not be logically sound or even honest but bronies will eat it right up and come back asking for more. In other words, comforting words sell even if they are nonsense. Keep at it and you could become very popular among bronies.

The whole point of escapism is to find comfort. Everything that threatens it be damned.

Well I'm sorry. I just thought you agreed with the whole "imaginary comforting thing" but you might've just slightly dodged the truth in order to reach out a bigger audience.

Your experience speaks for itself, you have been longer part of this fandom, than I was.I wasn't damned by many bronies because I don't post much on this forums. But when I do, I usually weigh my words carefully in order to avoid unnecessary conflict.. This is the most honest post I did on the forums I guess. 

@@LucianZ, I was a brony even before joining here. It was at the end of September 2011 when I joined my first brony forums. By the end of the month, it would be four complete years since becoming a brony. 

So you were in touch with other bronies before the end of Sep 2011? I became one at the beginning of January this year. But in the sense of being fan of this show, not being part of the community. I still am,but I don't care much (at the beginning I was deluded too, thinking bronies will be my buddies,we'll all accept ourselves etc etc), I just kill boredom once in a while now by coming here.

As for you, I get it that it might be harder for some to accept the truth. You might place more importance on this whole thing than I do, you might care more. But why not settle for waking up a few close brony friends instead of the whole fandom ? It's not like your it is your burden to be smart for others, unless they want it themselves. And if you don't succeed, why don't just leave the expectations (or the people) behind and focus only on your passion for the show ?

I find the whole thing pointless to be honest. Then again, you have the experience with the community, you might've seen something more than just another fan community in this thing, you might've contributed to the developement of the fandom.I just like the show.

Again sorry for being rude or if this is rude. These were my honest thoughts, I find your whole subject refreshing and pretty rare. I hope you succeed in bringing truth at least to some folks !

@@LucianZ, it's more that I feel lied to and betrayed. At least back then, the community advertised and promised itself to be this paragon, something completely different and I simply fell for it. I used to see potential and tried my hardest to help realize it but not only did I fail, I even got scorned for it. All things considered I would advise that you never ever step outside the boundary of just being someone who enjoys the content because you'll be sorry if you make the mistake of getting attached or invested. You don't want to end up bitter like me, do you?

And really, all this bile that I am spitting, I do not expect to get anywhere with it because I KNOW that bronies will reject anything and everything that threatens their comfort. So why do I do this? Simply to vent that anger.