Victoria and Co.

So, before I became a brony, my life was painfully average and seemed to be getting more so. Ever since I had started my freshmen year of high school, my life had become incredible boring and repetitive. It wasn't until this most recent December that my life changed. It was at this time when I discovered MLP: FiM. Now, I won't bore you with the long story as to how I began watching the show, but I can tell you it is pretty weird... Anyway, after watching the first few episodes I almost instantly found myself having a happier disposition, a friendlier tone, and a more tolerant temper. As I continued to watch and enjoy the show, I found myself dancing to music more, caring more for others, eating healthier, and dropping bad habits that I should have done so to long before. It's only been about a month and a three weeks since I first considered myself a brony, and I've already found myself being a better person. I'm less violent (although I do play TF2 quite a bit now), I find it easier to focus on my work (as long as there aren't pony videos to distract me), and I find myself in less conflicts (even if I do still enjoy a good argument with my friends). Being a brony has changed my life a great deal when you consider how little time I've spent as one, I can't wait to see what will happen to me next as I continue to grow, change, and become involved more in the brony community/world around me!

So one of my most recent negative responses of someone discovering my fanship comes from a heated TF2 Control Point match. *ahem* So I was playing on Coldfront and having a grand old time with my friend who was over at my house, when I decided to spray my tag right next to the opposing team's Resupply locker-room thingy (my tag is a Spy Rarity saying "Oh dear, I've made quite a mess..." and I absolutely LOVE it ). Later on in the map, I managed to air-blast an Uber Heavy far enough away from the Medic that was Ubering him, making him lose the Uber (duh). In the disarray, my friend (a Soldier) managed to kill the Heavy before he could reunite with his Medic. He wasn't too pleased to say the least... He cursed for several minutes before calming down. When he respawned, he apparently saw my tag and proceeded to ask who had put it there. I admitted to doing so and he just laughed into the mic. I asked him what was so funny and he said that I should leave the game now. Confused, I asked him why he thought that, to which he responded, "Because bronies are a bunch of- *I'll leave this part up to your imagination since it isn't pretty at all* -and they should all die in a hole." I was all , but I kept quiet, just loving and tolerating the hater, while my friend (a non-brony) was all yelling at him for being a troll and a jerk. The guy just laughed, called my friend names, then continued to insult me, the show, and the fandom in general. I'd like to say I hate judgmental people like that but all I can really say is that I really really really really really really really really dislike them

TF2... I downloaded and installed the game, two days later, I was a brony Now it wasn't all from TF2, Minecraft introduced me to MLP, and Ace Attorney is what inspired me to watch the first episode, but TF2 is what led to me actually being a brony.

So I was playing some TF2 with my dad once (ikr?!?!) right after he had downloaded the game. We were playing on Gravel Pit (on a locked/private server I guess you could say), and I was going to show him how a Spy could easily take down a level 3 Sentry if the Engie wasn't paying attention (or dead). We had just finished a round so we had switched teams. While I was waiting in the Blu Lobby, I decided to see how my new tag looked (a Spy Rarity saying "Oh dear, I've made quite a mess!" ). So I 'painted' it on the wall and was pleasantly surprised to see that all was working and that it looked great! So later, when we went on to the next round, we switched teams again and I had forgotten all about my tag. Apparently, my dad noticed it, and remembered the spot I had put it at as being blank because after spawning in he asked, Dad: Hey, how do I place down a sticker thing like this one here? Me: Um... You just push 't'... But yours will just be this weird purple and black checker board thing, you'll have to mess with the options if you want something different... I braced myself for a question about the content of my "sticker thing" but none came. I have no idea if my parents know I watch MLP but I do know that later the next day my dad saw me making my signature for this site, so yeah... http://mlpforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png