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  1. Ah, seems I missed my 10 year anniversary. So much has been going on that I forgot.

     

    ...10 years.

    I wonder how the fandom is doing these days? Obviously it's not as big as it once was, but I'd like to see it stay strong.

    It's quite likely to be around my 11th anniversary of actually starting to watch FiM. I never thought to mark the date of course, so it's hard to be sure, but I vaguely remember that I started in February of 2013. I spent months being only an observer of the fandom, watching fan videos and reading the occasional fanfic. I saw videos of conventions, mostly BronyCon, that I desperately wanted to go to. It's unfortunate that the conventions have become scarce and my desire to go scarcer by the time I had the means to do so. Sorry, teen me, you never got the BronyCon trip you wanted.

    Eventually I had to find a place I could actually talk to people about it. I'd learned of the concept of being a "closet brony" and went looking to see how other people would approach the topic with their families, to hopefully gain the confidence to be able to start getting MLP merch. I found a topic on this site about it, and made my first post. I find it embarrassing now, but who doesn't find their internet posts from their early teens to be embarrassing? I never properly told them, by the way. It seems they passively found out? I ended up with a MLP cup. That's about it.

    This place was essentially my internet home for a while. It was probably late 2015 where I started fading, but I could never truly let go. I hold onto those memories more fondly than any real home life I've had so far. Season 5 was still interesting to me, so I stuck around during that. By season 6 I had mostly lost interest in the show and started feeling like everyone I knew had left here. I struggled to find new friends and faded from the forums.

    I can still never forget these forums, this fandom. I find myself constantly drawn back to the familiar songs and videos from my time here. I still get Winter Wrap-Up and Discord stuck in my head constantly. I still love coming back and seeing the familiar faces around the site.

    I may not be around anymore really, but I will always quietly cheer on the fandom from the side.

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    1. TheRockARooster

      TheRockARooster

      Welcome home to the forums, Clod. :LunaMCM:

      Long time no see.

    2. Clod

      Clod

      Nice to see you, Rooster! It's been way too long.

    3. Astralshy

      Astralshy

      We don't know each other, but I'm happy you have such nice memories of this place ♥

      Welcome back!

  2. happy birthday MLP:FiM and MLPF <3

    this place got me through a lot when i was at my lowest as a teen. thank you to everyone who was there with me, even though most of you are gone now. and thank you to the admins for keeping this place running all this time.

  3. Beaned for telling others how they should be coloring
  4. I haven't watched in years. I don't regret a thing. This site and this fandom got me through a lot of bad times. I'll only ever love it, even if I'm not really a part of any of it anymore.
  5. Gen 5 huh? Very interesting. Wonder how this one's gonna be

    1. Evil Pink One

      Evil Pink One

      Kinda interesting as a matter of fact... It seems the magic of friendship failed. In gen 5

  6. Beaned for thinking you were safe from being beaned! I always come back... someday.
  7. image.thumb.png.7cec2efc9b30a4c0c2e0aabb97829859.png

    Aw, this is still here? That's pretty old now. I barely ever was staff lol. Just a part of the Golden Oaks Library thing, though I hardly did anything for it. Heck, I didn't even get the former staff tag in the forum!

    It's kinda sad. I enjoyed doing it when I had a chance to. But my parents decided to bring a new child to life, and... man, small children are so noisy for such small creatures. In the end, I just didn't get a proper shot unfortunately.

    How's the Library doing, anyway? I haven't checked up on it in a long time.

    1. Will Guide

      Will Guide

      When was this chart made?

    2. Clod

      Clod

      Judging by the URL https://buffy.mlpforums.com/monthly_2018_10/Alignments.png.5893c466fb1f9ba23e6b323f4592e7e0.png it looks like October 2018. Makes sense with my avatar at the time too.

  8. Serious question, because I saw it a long time ago. If there really is a new no politics rule, when was it added? Scared to find out I might've messed up a while back by not knowing the rules changed. Not that it matters too much I guess since I never got in trouble, but still

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    2. Jesse Terrence

      Jesse Terrence

      Me as a conservative, now that there is an interesting theory of yours, but I'm not here to talk about your impressions.

      Leaving soon, that's an actually good idea. Tension around here grows in seconds disregard who do you side with or if you stay neutral. Also, being horsefamous within this place grants you far too much power with people. That there makes the forums a minefield. Upset the wrong user, even if you mean to help, and you can expect a mob at your door -and sometimes warns or even temporary bans-. Even befriending people can explode on your face if you're careless. Take your chance and find a better place, or stick to the ones who remain neutral elsewhere.

      And if you ever wonder why am I here, well, I put the blame on being loyal to those who help me up. Despite all the dramas and the thick GoT like plotting, there's still a few decent peeps around. Probably not worth stepping into the minefield.

    3. Clod

      Clod

      image.png.4ee118d277d5013b73ba1ea62715a1fb.png
      i don't really need a lesson on this place

    4. Jesse Terrence

      Jesse Terrence

      Trust me, these last 3 months have been a rollercoaster and I noticed more cynism about such things lately. I think these kind of communities are probably the worst around the fandom and they get worse over time. Amino and this forum roll pretty much the same way with the play nice policies that get bended by a few users. Can't say it is a newbloods thing since we had several problems in those little circlejerks back in 2011 outside friendly communities if not back at 2010 at /co/, but even back at derpy and the IRCs we had less people shitting on each other (if any, usually the troublesome people were Seth and his guys who made it big anyway). Hopefully a couple years ago this forum had no need to shut down entire subforums and ban people over politics. I wasn't here to know anyway.

      It's funny, reminds me of something an anon once said. Is not that we all changed, is just that some people is no longer willing to tolerate each other and that's what makes the fandom fall apart.

  9. hey do you like video games

    here's way too many of them for just $5

    https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality

    not only do you get a fuckton of games for $5, all of it goes toward a good cause

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    2. Clod

      Clod

      You donated something, which is already enough.

    3. Kyoshi Frost Wolf

      Kyoshi Frost Wolf

      Gonna tell my boyfriend about it too, I know he won't pass it up. :) 

    4. Clod

      Clod

      I've been telling everyone I know lmao

  10. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/05/deeply-disturbing-new-york-supreme-court-judge-rules-protesters-can-be-detained

    There it is.

    Under this decision, protesters can be detained indefinitely.

    In the state of New York, you no longer have the right to free speech. You no longer have the right to peaceably assemble. Not that you really did to begin with, clearly, but now it's official. The first amendment is worthless. You cannot protest.

    This decision must be overturned or it will be abused.

    Still, you can't give up. Don't let them win. The future of the country depends on it.

  11. Yeah, ACAB

    A - All
    C - Cats
    A - Are
    B - Beautiful

     

     

     

    Also, fuck the police.

    1. Will Guide
    2. Evil Pink One

      Evil Pink One

      He hates police....all of em.......ALL OF EMMMMM:Cozy:

  12. https://www.antifa.org/ for more information!

    1. Megas

      Megas

      Oh thanks I gotta use this

  13. "Those who make peaceful change impossible make violent revolution inevitable."

    -JFK

  14. tfw you're suddenly a terrorist

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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    2. Evil Pink One

      Evil Pink One

      I kinda see this one coming...i aint saying you are...but you know..mostly all terrorists say they aren't....but i aint saying you are.....but a lot of people do..... its like witch hunt...you say you aint a witch but they still burn you. I suggest you be careful though. Some might go extreme on you

    3. Evil Pink One

      Evil Pink One

      A lot of people mean well... But you guys have to remember that a lot of rich and powerful people also ...do not mean well....so... Be careful. Oh and stay safe.

    4. Clod

      Clod

      I'm not doing anything, there aren't any protests near me or anything. But, I'm against fascism, so I'm "antifa", so I'm now a terrorist according to the president of the United States.

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    1. Woohoo

      Woohoo

      Glitch Gremlin strikes again. :crackle:

    2. Kyoshi Frost Wolf

      Kyoshi Frost Wolf

      @Woohoo He takes immense pleasure in causing game coding chaos. :BornAgainBrony:

  16. lol, america

  17. wow actually going through my old status updates is an adventure

    lots of sadness, bad puns, and weird thoughts

    image.png.1b83a67a0a1f1d62b250fbe3a4591386.png

  18. Quote

    How is it so uncomfortably warm in here if it didn't even reach this temperature outside at any point today

    Ugh I hate this place

    Especially this bedroom

    Me, June 2018.

     

    I've moved since then.

     

    It's still happening.

     

    64F outside, 80F in my bedroom.

     

    We don't even have a heater on.

     

    Help.

  19. Beaned because I've been busy, I couldn't have done anything.
  20. Just updated this old post of mine, containing all of the radio streams affiliated with Ponyville Live! A changed name, some changed links, and a couple discontinued stations. Maybe you'll find something new to listen to?

     

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