SanityNotIncluded

Am I weird for thinking this? To most people, this stuff is outrageous. To me, it's comedy gold.

What would be my thoughts on Princess Molestia? Probably something like this: "Well, I don't like this, but being on her certainly beats being under her"

Wrong way around. They don't think he's gay. They're gay for him, ya know. :comeatus:

As I said in a previous thread, just always keep a porn tab open whilst doing anything MLP related. It's easier to explain to people who walk in you.

I could sort of see it given the whole Royal Canterlot Voice and transforming into Nightmare Moon thing. In any case, as I said in my reply to EarthBendingProdigy, it was probably a misunderstanding of something I read a long time ago. Also, for the record, I agree that Luna is very wuvable.

I'm sure I heard it somewhere a long time ago, but I just Googled it and the closest I could find was a joke EqD article about Luna not being pink enough. That wasn't about her scaring kiddies though, which I'm sure was the reason, but I can't seem to find anything... Grrr... Either the source is very elusive or I badly misread something long ago (possibly a forum post). You're right though, it does seem unlikely - I mean, she's in the intro now and some of the NM imagery in season 4 was probably some of the scariest stuff the show has ever done. So, in reference to myself, I believe the technical, scientific term is 'plonker'.

Meh, I'll admit that I laughed at some of the image captions. At the end of the day though, Smosh are comedians. They might not be good comedians, but that doesn't put them on the level of Howard Stern to me.

Remember when Hasbro said "no more Luna because she's too scary". Remember how long that lasted? All hail her majesty Princess Luna! Conqueror of Hasbro Executives!

Probably Pinkie Pie - most likely to have...... eccentric world views.

It's obvious: It's another box. We all know Princess Celestia.

I would say send her to the moon, but......

- I prefer the community to the show itself -I honestly liked Boast Busters -I think I watched a G1 episode as a kid -I also really liked the pilot - it was actually what got me into it -I either don't like or am apathetic towards most of the songs

I apologise if this post comes off as condescending or idealistic, however, I've had somewhat similar experiences to yours and they led to me developing a thought process which I find very helpful to counter anxiety. Hopefully, this might be useful to you. The first part is to understand that we are brought up to value self-responsibility. This is a good thing, however it has the unfortunate side effect of presuming that everyone is able to control each and every aspect of themselves. As far as anxiety and other unwanted emotions are concerned, this leads to the damaging idea that we are all born with some 'magic switch' which just allows us to 'turn off' unwanted feelings and irrational thoughts at the drop of a hat. Therefore, if we're having irrational thoughts which we can't instantly turn off, we tell ourselves that we must be inadequate, deranged or hopeless for not using our supposedly innate 'don't panic' button. Of course, we don't want any of these implications, so we might do a number of things to stop them from occurring. These include denying the existence of the unwanted feelings, attempting to remove the anxiety's source (i.e by thinking of removing the pony stuff) or by blaming others for what we're experiencing. I'm certainly not saying that these are all bad or 'evil' strategies for dealing with anxiety... However, the truth is that we humans are very much irrational. Regardless of the truth, we tend to form strong emotional attachments to our beliefs and in more dangerous times, would have needed a certain amount of overreaction to survive. Consequently, I find the solution to anxiety is not to deny or distance myself from it, but to embrace it and allow myself to build something better on top of it. By challenging irrationality and anxiety, we are not going from something 'inadequate' to something 'acceptable' but from something already good to something even better At first glance, this might seem contradictory. Surely, by accepting our irrationality, we condemn ourselves to it right? Well, no, not at all. By understanding that we are irrational, we gain a more honest and comprehensive understanding of how our thought processes work. By gaining a greater understanding of our thought processes, we get a better understanding of how we end up irrational in the first place - and by understanding that, we can individually learn to challenge our irrational and anxiety-triggering thoughts. This is the second part: Developing a method to counter your own irrational/anxious thoughts. For me personally, I know that much of my thinking tends to revolve around materialism (that is, the idea that everything which exists is either a physical object or is caused by some physical reaction). Therefore, my anxious thoughts tend to take an "if this, then that" form: "If I do this, I will be judged", "If I try to catch that cockroach, it will crawl on me", etc. Consequently, I am able to reduce my anxiety by finding flaws in the logic underpinning the anxiety. Finally getting back on topic, if this were the problem I were faced with, I might've come up with something like this: This is the logic: 1. There is a chance that my family could find out that I am a Brony/watch the show 2. This will force me to explain why I like the show 3. I will be judged negatively for this explanation 4. This judgement will negatively affect me forthwith This would be my reply to each point: 1. I'd start by addressing the ponified social media accounts. You mentioned that you'd been a Brony and had the offending username for around 2-3 years, right? Given that you made all this stuff some time ago, I would assume that the discovery anxiety didn't exist then. Additionally, if your friends knew your username all this time, we could assume that the likelihood of them looking it up 'for kicks' is the same now as it was when you weren't as worried about having your pony stuff discovered. Therefore, if you didn't need to be worried about the accounts then, there is no need for you to increase your anxiety now. On top of that, if the name has existed for that long and no one has looked it up, then it would suggest that the chance of anyone doing so is exponentially low. There was also the chance of your parents discovering MLP via Netflix suggestions. You mentioned that them passing over it makes 'your' blood run cold, however as far as I can tell, your parents don't really seem to bother with it - meaning that the chance of them commenting on it is quite low. Even if they did ask, you could always put it down to a glitch or something if you wanted to. 2. This one is probably the most logical, but there are still some things to pick with it. For starters, you are not immediately forced to explain why you like the show. There are two situations in which you would want to do it though: Firstly, if you are asked to, and secondly, if you want to avoid judgement. Wanting to avoid a situation in which you'll be judged doesn't make you 'bad' in any way. However, by using the word 'forced', you create a self-fulfilling prophecy which can only foresee a negative outcome (amongst several positive ones). 3. Put simply, unless they say so outright, we really can't tell whether or not people are judging us - particularly not when we have already made up our minds. Why? Because we all suffer from a Confirmation Bias. This is our natural tendency to actively look for information which supports out current hypothesis and reject that which does not. If you believe so strongly that your family is silently judging you, then, given this well-documented phenomenon, it is likely that you would subconsciously look for information which confirms your belief that they are judging you rather than trying to see the situation in terms of what you can truly deduce - that is to say, nothing particularly concrete. Indeed, given that your parents didn't seem to show vehement opposition to Bronydom itself, Ii would think such judgement unlikely 4. Okay then, worst case scenario: Your family/friends find out that you are a fan of the show and they show upfront disapproval and say some pretty nasty things to you. What would you do? Well, were any of those things they claimed true before they said them to you? No, of course not - so would they be true afterwards? *Cue Big Mac Voice* Ehhh.... nope! So therefore you would be punishing yourself for absolutely no reason. I apologise if all that came off as harsh, but remember, that rebuttal wasn't necessarily how you should try and think about the problem - it's just how I would. You may find a completely different method to what I use and there is nothing wrong with that whatsoever - go with whatever helps you. Hopefully, I provided you with something useful and not just a ranty diatribe. I wish you all the best in solving your concerns.