CupcakeEmpire

BOOB CANNON! What? I watch a lot of anime :okiedokielokie:

Haven't named my OC yet, but she's an inventor whose special talent is memorization. Famous Last Words: "Now if I just connect this red wire....."

I'm always happy when anything (magazine, TV show, etc.) portrays the fandom in an unbiased or neutral light. Some of the major news stations that have done (and I am reluctant to call them this) REPORTS on Bronies do it literally from the completely uninformed side of your average anti-brony and then dare to say it's all "facts", despite them looking no further than a few risque pictures of Rainbow Dash on 4Chan. I'm thrilled that Playboy actually wrote something that doesn't sound like the irate babbling of an Internet hater.

Wait for it to be posted on the Internet (which is undoubtedly will be within at least two weeks). Then I'll gather all my MLP figurines and plush toys around me and watch it with a big bowl of microwave popcorn and a glass of root beer.

Probably not. I don't think I'd be as into the show if every episode insisted on literally shoving a comb down my throat.

I honestly prefer "Cupcakes". "Sweet Apple Massacre" seemed to be trying its best to be as messed up as possible (and it succeeded), which automatically ruined it. It's not really a story at all. It's just a bunch of disturbing scenes created for the sole purpose of getting a reaction out of people. No real substance to it, just attempts at shocking the audience. As such, I'm not a fan of it in the slightest.

That's what all reviewers do with literally any media. It's basically their job.

Because of the whole thing about there not being romance in the show (or at least not a lot of it). In nearly every cartoon I've watched in my lifetime, males and females were only allowed to be friends if it was going to eventually develop into a romantic relationship. It has been well-established in fiction that any female friends will eventually fall in love with their male friends, and vice versa, by the end of the series, unless they're related. It's annoying and cliche as hell, but its a trope that appears in a lot of cartoons. It's very rare for me to find a cartoon where males and females are allowed to remain as mere friends without any romantic implications whatsoever.

Does this include "passive" magical abilities, such as pegasi being able to fly and the enhanced physical strengh of Earth ponies? If so, I'd imagine that Rainbow Dash or Rarity, who both know martial arts, would emerge victorious. If it's just an all-out brawl between them with no flying or such, I imagine one of the two ponies who actually know martial arts would excel.

Nope, but it did help. I believe one of the first pony videos I ever saw was Fluttersy saying "Yay!". I at the time had no idea what episode it was from, who the characters were, or anything. But seeing that clip made me even more curious than I was already.

Even though I'm an adult now, I still like to sleep with something. It used to be a teddy bear, but once I bought my first MLP:FIM plushie I abandoned Mr. Teddy xD I now sleep with my Fluttershy plushie, which is the only MLP:FIM plushie I currently have.

A few things, actually: 1. Cancel the series without warning or a proper finale. 2. Everypony gets a coltfriend out of nowhere for absolutely no reason. 3. The characters are flanderized to the extreme (ex. Rarity becomes a super-feminine damsel in distress and stereotypical girly girl). 4. Flash Sentry marries Twilight. And, to make matters worse, he's given even LESS personality than he had in either movie. 5. The show completely abandons Lauren Faust's vision and devolves into a ridiculously girly, pink-laced world with absolutely no conflict whatsoever, constant references to pop culture and boy bands, and characters whose only goal in life is to make cupcakes and kiss cute bo-- Excuse me for a minute, I need to throw up 6. It is revealed that Princess Celestia is Twilight's real mother........even though that messes up a whole host of continuity and canon. 7. Hasbro releases a soundtrack of MLP: FIM songs.......all sung by Justin Bieber. 8. All the background characters are given canon personalities.....and Vinyl Scratch hates dubstep! BLASPHEMY!!! 9. Hasbro claims that they invented the term "Brony" and therefore own it. :okiedokielokie:

I'd shake my head sadly and never watch the show again. It pisses me off when writers assume that the only way to appeal to adults is to saturate their episodes with as much sex, drug references, etc. as possible. The reason I like MLP:FIM is because the humor is simple, the storylines are interesting, and it can appeal to people of all ages as a result. The writers understand that you don't need sex and massive violence to pull in an adult audience. If the writers suddenly abandoned that mindset entirely and went the same route as shows like "Brickleberry" and "Mr. Pickles", that would be the end for me. Few things could redeem the show in my eyes if they did that.

Unfortunately, I doubt there would be "no violence, no racism", etc. The truth is that, even though a lot of Bronies do try to "love and tolerate", the simple fact is that the Brony fandom is massive and it's made up of all kinds of people, just like any other fandom. Not all Bronies take the lessons from the show to heart. Some of the fandom are blatant hypocrites or racist, sexist, homophobic (which is ironic, considering the stereotype surrounding the fandom having to do with homosexuality). I'm sure at some point there'd be some kind of war of Bronies vs. Cloppers, with the Bronies that absolutely cannot stand cloppers battling against the cloppers themselves and those who support them. And be aware that some Bronies and/or pegasisters despise other Bronies and/or pegasisters. It's not very common, but I have seen people claiming to be in the fandom stating that they hate the fandom as a whole or certain aspects of it. Giving Bronies their own place to live is about the same as giving homosexuals their own island, an idea someone actually proposed: It wouldn't accomplish anything and it suggests that the group is somehow a race that should be isolated from others.

I wondered about this when I recalled my first ever Markiplier video (which happened to be "My Little Foundation"). During one of the videos in the series concerning that game, Mark mentions that he's not a Brony and he will never watch the show. It sprang to my mind that he probably just saved himself from a bunch of people unsubscribing to him with that sentence. Considering how Bronies sometimes get treated on forums (being banned for having a pony icon, for example), I imagine it would cause a major stink if a popular YouTuber declared he or she had joined the herd. So, opinions? And please don't say "If they don't like them being a Brony, they'll just ignore it unless it pops up in their videos". Sadly, that's not how the Internet works. You can devote 99% of your channel to everything else under the sun, but if a pony pops up anywhere there's going to be hate comments. I've seen the comments posted on some major YouTube channels that made one (literally ONE) video concerning ponies, as opposed to their thousands concerning other stuff. Needless to say, there was much swearing and cursing those "dang-blasted pny fgts fr infectin evrything!!!".

You might be a Brony if....the majority of your Christmas wish list is pony stuff.

Morty from "Rick and Morty", although he'd probably hide it. I can imagine him sitting in his room with his computer, relaxing with some pony videos after a long day of adventures. After all the messed up, bizarre stuff he's seen on a daily basis, I'm sure he'd like something as relatively "normal" as talking ponies having magical adventures. Rick would of course know about Morty's love for the show, but he would be totally indifferent to it. Chris from "Dan Vs". Obvious reasons. And Dan himself, although he'd pretend to hate it. L from "Death Note". Imagine the first official encounter with him in the series, except his room is filled with pony merchandise and he has music from the show playing while they all discuss the Kira case Mordecai from "Regular Show". Rigby would probably mock him endlessly for it, but Mordecai wouldn't care and would just keep watching the show. Tootie from "The Fairly OddParents". A small ray of sunshine in a world ruled by her evil sister. Steve from "American Dad". Secretly, of course, because his father would probably freak out over it. Hailey would be the one person who knows and she'd agree not to tell because she likes the show as well. The two of them might even watch it together when everyone else is out. Steven from "Steven Universe". He seems like the kind of guy who'd like to watch ponies. The Gems would probably be confused Anais from "The Amazing World of Gumball". She's shown to love ponies. Gumball and Darwin, however, absolutely despise ponies, as seen in the episode where they have to rent a movie about ponies for their sister. Also Carrie, since she confessed to liking the pony movie after watching it by accident. But she would be hesitant to admit it to herself because she's a goth.