FancyPhoenix

Howowowoly buckadilly buck! I'm so NERVICITED!! I sure hope they're planning to start showing the episodes before 2014. I just can't wait! Not after this! EDIT: Also, what comes to Luna turning back into NMM, I don't see that happening. I'd bet that the scene from the video was of Twilight somehow "reliving" the memories of Celestia from the time Luna first turned evil. At least that what I hope...

Was at an anime convention in Finland the past weekend and man was I disappointed... There was barely any pony-stuff there... Now, when I say "barely", I don't mean "not at all" (luckily ) Got these beauties from a vendor for 28€ He even gave me a slight discount 'cause of my Rainbow Dash t-shirt Unfortunately I was a bit late, and he was all out of Rarity's by the time I showed up. He said he sold the last one just a while ago (The wolf-Link was just awesome, so I had to get him too ) There was also a girl selling these stickers. At first I wasn't too excited, but they are kinda cute, even though they're drawn G1-style. (Now I can never again let my brother, who doesn't know about me being a brony, borrow my laptop -.-') This one wasn't exactly something I bought, but I'll just add it here for fun Me and my friend walked around wearing these (She had Fluttershy and I had this) She drew both this and her Fluttershy-sign.

I don't think any of these terms would be unacceptable. Even if you ended up serving Blueblood of all the jerks in Equestria, I'm pretty sure you'd be allowed to meet other ponies. Besides, if Discord was reformable, I don't think Blueblood would be too much of a problem to befriend. you could help him change his attitude, who knows how cool he really is under all that posh? And why exactly would living without meeting the mane 6 be unacceptable? They're not the only ponies in Equestria. I'm sure I could make just as good friends in Las Pegasus (or Los, whatevs) As for any of the options that included serving Equestria or the ponies who live there, why not? I'd love to work with Fluttershy or even Pinkie The only thing that always rubs me the wrong way about going to Equestria is the question "Wll I be able to come back to Earth or at least visit?" I don't think I could leave my friends and family behind, even if it was to live in a place like Equestria.

Oh.. Bu.. I did use the search and nothing showed up D: I guess I just did something wrong then... *ashamed* Well, can't always win I guess Thanks anyway ^^

Just had an embarrassing moment that got me thinking. I was watching the season 3 finale "Magical Mystery Cure" and after a while I noticed my eyes tearing up. Like really bad. I just started crying and couldn't stop. About five minutes before the end my brother walks in and sees me watching MLP. He also sees me bawling my eyes out -.-' He asked me what's so sad, to which I answered "Nothing" and he laughed at me for crying over ponies. I seriously don't know why that episode makes me cry, but it's happened before too! Then I started thinking, and remembered that it's really not the first time an episode makes me cry. The same happens at the end of season 1 episode 2 when Twilight realizes the elements of harmony. Also the ending of season 2 opener and finale both make me cry. Every. Single. Time. Do you have similar experiences? Over which episodes? Or am I just weird..? EDIT: Also, now I have a headache... Dammit...

Yeah, so I have this friend who isn't a brony, but who doesn't really care about me being one (which is a shocker considering pretty much all my non-brony friends give me constant hell about it) We've had a few conversations about the show and the fandom with him, and I've explained why I like the show so much, but he hadn't shown any interest in actually watching it. Today we were chatting about random stuff during a car-ride, and our topic eventually shifted from music in general to brony-music. He admitted that some of the songs I'd shown him weren't actually half bad. So I jokingly asked him if he would come over to my place later to watch an episode. His answer made me choke on my soda. He said "Not today". After getting some air in my lungs I asked if he would actually agree to come over some other day to watch MLP, and he said "Okay"(!) So, I of-course started immediately planning when that could be and most importantly WHICH OF THE 65 EPISODES TO SHOW HIM?? And so, I need suggestions. A bit about this friend of mine. He's 19 like me. He likes sports, music and video games (mostly sports and driving games though) He's not a big fan of cutesy-fluffy-magic-fantasy stuff like me, so the episode that hits home for him will most likely not be the same one as my favourite. He's pretty open minded though, and I think he knows what he's getting into XD so if you have any suggestions for me, I'd appreciate it a whole lot. I already thought of a few episodes that might be good for him. I was thinking either Sonic Rainboom or Wonderbolt Academy. Lesson Zero is of-course too on the list just because it's the one everyone tells to show first. Basically, I have ONE EPISODE to show him that MLP might be something he could enjoy. That one episode needs to be something to make him agree to watch more, and then more, and then some more Thanks in advance!

Wikipedia claims (or at least did claim) that the DVD release date is sometime in August, so luckily we won't (hopefully) have to wait too long for it. Not gonna pay more than $1000 to go to US to watch a movie -.- Oh, and I also remember reading that it'll be on Hub sometime this fall. I'm sure there'll be a livestream ^.^

1.) How old are you? - I am currently 19 years old 2.) What is your level of educational attainment? - I've just graduated from what would most likely be comparable to the American high-school 3.) What groups or cultural identities other than Brony do you self-identify with? - I'm a fan of lots of things, including anime, Japanese culture, furries, the Dr. Who TV-series, etc. However, I don't identify myself as part of any of their fanbases in the same way as I consider myself a brony. 4.) What attracted you to MLP and brony culture? - I first heard of MLP and bronies through my schoolmates who openly hated on the show and the fandom. I too didn't think very highly of it, until I saw some pony-art a friend of mine posted online. That got me interested, and in a moment of extreme boredomness last summer, I decided to give it a go, at this point fully knowing that I'd get hooked the moment I'd lay my eyes on it 5.) Do you consider MLP-related activities to be your primary hobby? - Yes. I do have other hobbies too, like playing music and reading books, but MLP is the most time consuming hobby I have at the moment, so I guess you could say it's my "primary" hobby. 6.) What percentage of your leisure activities would you estimate are related to MLP? - Around 80% I'd say. Pretty much all free time I have is spent reading pony-fanfiction, writing it myself, listening to pony-music, browsing the pony-forums, etc. I spend some time with my friends doing other activities too, so it's not like I'm completely ponified... Yet 7.) What portion of your friends also consider themselves bronies? - I have six friends who I've actually met, who have watched the show. I'm not sure if all of them are into the fandom as much as I am, but they like the show and it was through MLP I actually made friends with them I also have a couple friends who I've only talked with through the internet who are bronies. 8.) If you have non-brony friends, are you ‘out’ as a brony to them? If so, has this affected your relationship with them in any way? - I used to be really closed up about my bronyism to my friends, but when one of them found out, it was like the start of a tidal wave. Now pretty much all my friends know I'm a brony, or at least I think they do. They don't give me too much hate about it, at least one of them is completely okay with it, he just doesn't want to get involved himself. I've always been a bit of an odd-ball in my group of friends, so nothing's really changed My parents and one of my siblings also know and are okay with it. I haven't told my other three siblings yet, but I'm sure they wouldn't give me too much hell about it either. 9.) Do you feel that bronies as a group are put upon or stigmatized on the internet? (Or society as a whole?) - Yes. I think the social standards we have about boys and girls are too strongly embedded for bronies to be 100% accepted, and I feel it shows in the media. So far I've yet to see a news-report or documentary, commercial or Youtube/other free media, that's not made by bronies, that doesn't make the innuendo that bronies are some kind of an odd group of socially awkward or disturbed people. I think lots of this bad reputation (not all, though) is because of bronies themselves. Unfortunately we bronies are the main reason we are looked down upon. Even though not all bronies are those strange, disturbed, or even straight out crazy people, there are those in every group, and somehow the reporters and interviewers always seem to find the odd ones out. Also, I don't know why, but bronies have a tendency to go crazy when interviewed about bronyism o.0 No dirty secret is left hidden when someone asks you questions... So yeah, there is definitely a stigma on bronies, but the again, we are a bit odd, aren't we?