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Wow just switched from iPhone to Nexus 5X and this game is so slooooow on the Nexus. Panning around Ponyville is like trying to run through treacle, and the dance game only registers "perfect" if you're kind of 'late' to the tap as if the whole thing lags behind. I thought the 5X had a fairly respectable GPU. Is this game just terrible on Android? Any tweaks that can be done to speed it up a bit? Edit: Seems to be the issue with the Snapdragon processor where the faster cores (5 and 6) very quickly go into thermal shutdown. Bummer. You get what you pay for I suppose - just can't justify paying twice as much for Apple stuff every couple of years!

Keep the stories coming as I'm keeping an eye out for ideas I often wear the t-shirts, and have a small keychain (modded blindbag) on my jacket. But it's not always appropriate. Please state the name of the pony or something when spotting other Bronies, so that they know? Like "hey, nice Derpy!" or something. At the town carnival earlier in the year I wore Pinkie Pie (Portal one.. I'm in the UK but imported some WLF shirts :3) and some girl - of typical Brony age, mid to late teens or so - shouted "I love your t-shirt!" but the thing is on the extremely rare occasion anything gets attention it catches me off guard and I get flustered ^^; It's lucky I noticed as usually when out and about my mind is about a million miles away. I'm my own worst enemy, really. All I did was say "oh, thanks!" and keep walking, and it never occurred to me to follow up with "so you a fan?" - it only registered as a general compliment from someone impressed to see a guy wearing something pink. Makes me wonder now, as thinking about it.... she may have been one of the people I met at the Rainbow Rocks screening. Wish I knew, just out of curiosity . I'm not sure - one thing that really sucks about me is that I don't really remember faces. Add in that I'm a bit older and don't really want to be some weirdo going around staring at teens (in the hope they're wearing some subtle pony thing or I recognise them), and I probably miss Bronies all the time. I need something that is blindingly obvious to fans but not to others. Saying "20% cooler" is quite hard to shoehorn into things, and I think it's a phrase that "other non-Bronies who are aware of Bronies" probably know by know, so it's less covert nowadays.

Although it's not special in itself, I do however think the community/fandom is a good confidence booster that at least contributes to it and gets people talking about it, so whilst it's not as revolutionary as some bronies make out and that we're not suddenly heroes of equality or something, I do think it has an effect and focuses our attention on it, which can only be a good thing. We just get a little overexcited in, I think, well meaning but misguided pride about it. In terms of boosting confidence, I don't think I'd have been brave enough to wear some of the very cute and feminine t-shirts I've been displaying recently. I won't lie: frankly my reasons are selfish - a "busting down gender roles" mission was never really at the forefront of my mind (though I do think it's an excellent thing), I just like cute things, love that I have an 'excuse' (that I shouldn't need) to wear them and like flipping the metaphorical middle finger to anyone who laughs at me for it (it happens, walking past kids or whatever) and do my very small part towards normalising things like that. So whilst I think we have a bad habit of exaggerating what we do for breaking down gender roles making it more acceptable for people to subvert gender roles if they choose to, I don't think we're completely worthless with it and that it does make a reasonably valuable contribution. (I changed my mind and crossed out "breaking down gender roles" because some people prefer to have them for themselves and that's fine, that's their choice. Transgendered people, for example, benefit from gender roles to help them assert their desired identity - I know as I'm friends with one. She hates the idea of making everything totally equal as she struggles enough to get people to accept her as female already without also doing away with "feminine things". The difference is in society finding it more acceptable for people not to follow the roles if they choose not to).

Some very interesting points in the thread. Indeed, I myself have said that this generation is "a bit more gender neutral" and in hindsight it's when I've been trying to defend myself for watching it (which I shouldn't do. It's my right, people can think what they want). But when you really think about it - it's created by a feminist who wanted to do a show FOR GIRLS that doesn't suck, is a story about some female friends in a matriarchal society etc. Of course it's for girls. Hmm.. perhaps what I mean is that it's more inclusive in addition to being for girls. And also that it's not your typical low quality stuff that people stereotype a "girls show" to be: which is not a reflection on the gender in any way, just the second class way they've sadly been treated in toys and entertainment. You're right, we're not entirely subverting gender roles. Many of us have the little plastic toys, the plushies and even the brushable ponies which some of us even sit there brushing... but gotta admit, it's mostly just a desire to hoard merch (which is... I'd say mostly a male thing). You still won't see many of us wearing pink (unless it's pony related), wearing skirts dresses or feminine footwear, taking a keen interest in let's say knitting, or many other 'traditionally feminine' things that aren't related to the herd. And I'm really not sure that "being secure enough in your masculinity to do feminine things" even makes sense, heh... that's just going back to the requirement to be masculine and somehow saying that doing something feminine with confidence is manly. However, I do think we're dipping a toe into it. It is one thing that is a bit "girly" that we're (for those who are) openly enjoying in public, which is an improvement on 0 things, and big changes like that don't necessarily make a full scale change overnight.

Blush and return it They were just friendly kisses on the cheek of course She's too sweet.

It's a girl's show, because that's how Lauren Faust envisioned it. As something for girls that doesn't suck, to summarise her comments on it. However that doesn't mean boys or men aren't allowed to enjoy it And I think it's kind of evolved to be taken as gender neutral, even if it wasn't and isn't intended to be.

I had suicidal feelings sometimes as a teen. It's no fun, and it's definitely a thing and fairly common. The important thing is of course not to take any action and remember that it's a permanent solution to what will probably only be a short term problem and rob you of potentially many decades of good times (along with giving your parents something to be deeply and frequently sad about) The best thing to do with haters is ignore them and NOT try to reason with them. It'll never work - haters don't attack because they're looking for a debate or to learn something, they attack because they want power over you - so they'll never concede as that's just not their mission. You'll just end up frustrated trying to make them see your side and getting more counter-arguments than you know what to do with. (It is quite difficult to ignore it, to be fair - I still fall into the trap of responding sometimes and I'm ancient in comparison) It is getting too far these days with death threats and such, and it sucks, because it'll eventually mean the internet gets regulated. It's only a matter of time.

It depends entirely on whether I want you to know or not Day to day you'd have no idea. I'm your average guy. Mildly shy, but fairly good at faking it, except when I slack at eye contact. Out and about though I'm often wearing pony t-shirts. And as for online.... yyyyyeah you'd have to be blind

Clop is a kebab? That explains why kebabs are so nice, eh eh eh

I say "poni" or "pones" sometimes just... I don't know, to be cute? :3 Harmless fun.

It is what it is, I'd leave it alone. Its has its... colourful aspects... but that's always going to happen unless we become some really unfriendly people who are always yelling at the ones we don't like and trying to chase them away - which is the complete opposite of what I like about the fandom.

I think for me personally, my definition is roughly, teens (i.e. 13) and up. i.e. the sort of age where you start to rebel a bit, where you're into something that is "meant" for someone younger than yourself but are refusing to "grow up" about this thing, and where you're starting to develop the individuality and personality that you'll be taking into adulthood. Or like me, you're already an adult. This also helps to retain a separate definition when talking about situations like say if you've been to the cinema and "I saw several girls and their parents, a few boys, and a row of Bronies at the back". You just sort of know who is considering themselves to be "along for the ride" so to speak. However, everyone is welcome to call themselves one or call their kids one! We're a welcoming community, and if a parent is comfortable with their 6 year old girl identifying with that label, knowing that it's generally considered to be mixed gender and mostly older folks, then I see no harm in it. This is not taking into account fans who don't like the Brony label. But presumably we're talking about "the community that generally, to make it easy to identify them, calls themselves Bronies" rather than getting into semantics

The fandom is immortal! I know enough people who are very heavily invested, that there will always be someone. Even when the fandom tails off a bit, there will always be a hardcore group of followers. Hypothetically though - I'd find something else similar to get into, based on looking at what defined the fandom. I've seen it described as a part of "New Sincerity" so would maybe look at what else comes under that umbrella, or get into some reasonable corner of the furry culture, something like that.

Sorry princess Just commenting that it reminded me of one as it stands, as seemingly relevant in the conversation topic *shrugs*

Hmm hard to say, I'd say not that many. From my perspective: I'm certainly a very rabid Brony, I won't lie. Though it's not my sole interest, I have a lot of others! I guess if you looked at my internet presence or my bedroom as of late you might wonder though xD Having said that, I don't know about religion. I don't believe it's real or actively try to convert others (not that all religions do that either). I certainly take inspiration from it and enjoy the "love and tolerance" thing that we (mostly / arguably) have going on but it's also not a rulebook. Subculture, sure. Bronies have generally tended to find that we're very like-minded, so it's quite understandable that people (including myself e.g. with the t-shirts) use it as a visible part of their identity - it's pretty rare in my experience to meet another Brony IRL and not get along with them famously like pretty much "instant friends" so of course, people will make it a visible thing so they can find others.

I already consider it kind of like one, the art style is similar and actually when I first saw it (my first glimpse was of someone's animated Derpy-trying-to-look-innocent avatar) I didn't even know it was MLP - I thought it was some random anime. But in the Pokemon style where it's cute and positive. Also it is one, in the form of Tomodachi wa Mahou I don't think I'd want the typical shonen type stuff where it has dark moments and deaths and whatnot. They have some great messages, they're extremely wholesome, but MLP is my "sweet (without being ridiculous) world".

Saw the original G1 movie with Spike and Tirek etc that was interesting (similar story to S01E01/02, too) but didn't really inspire me to watch more. Last year I decided to be brave and try the G3 movie "A Very Minty Christmas" (Yep, they had Christmas in G3. And Santa Claus. I know.) and... I actually loved it. The intro / first act (which is like 10 minutes long and has a lot of smiley smiley happy singing) is rather vomit-inducing and I actually nearly gave it up as a bad job, but then without spoiling things too much "things start to go a bit wrong", the story kicks in, the saccharine drops, and you end up following a character you really empathise with. Minty is kind of a "beta" Derpy and you're constantly caught between laughing at her and wanting to hug her and tell her it'll all be ok. You will find that the theme of Friendship is certainly not new to G4, nor are the warm and fuzzes that go with it. It's a lovely thing to warm yourself up with on a cold Christmas Day, if you can get past the first 10-15 minutes or so and have faith in it. I'd recommend any fan to give it just one try, like we did with the original show (and many did with EQG) Also. Extremely minor spoiler: Minty loves socks. G3 made ponies in socks canon! Not seen anything else of the other gens. Maybe one day.

I wear the t-shirts quite a lot (cute ones from WLF, which I imported to the UK) When I went to the Gadget Show I got quite a few "nice t-shirt" compliments (and this was a mane 6 one I "designed" myself) - it was a fairly new thing then... think it was the 2012 one. So whether people knew what it was, I dunno. I did spot one other pony t-shirt (from the back, got to love Pinkie Portal) but he disappeared before I could work up the courage to say hi (yay shyness) Random other adults are, I don't know maybe 70% unfazed, 30% you can see their eyes follow your shirt as they're walking past. A couple of young ladies at a beer festival complimented that same pony shirt (maybe I'm a good designer :3), however they were going around seeing how many people they can greet, so obviously the t-shirt was a pretty obvious ice breaker. Kids/teens - quite often burst out laughing after I pass. Which makes me feel a bit embarrassed to be causing embarrassment to whoever's with me (often my dad as we go drinking together), how he puts up with me I don't know. Oh well whatever. As for me I couldn't give two hoots at them laughing. One said "a brony." and her friend said "yepp... a brony" after they passed me getting cash out, so seems kids are well aware of us, at least the ones they let out into town in their droves on a lunchtime (only in the last year or two of school). Surprised me a bit, but makes sense. One girl on her dad's shoulders: "Pinkie pieeee! Dad look, Pinkie pie!" - d'aww. I told him she has good taste. He didn't seem weirded out really - bet he was a bit of a fan himself if he watches it with her Lad at the supermarket checkout said: ".. Brony?" - turns out he's not one himself but is a Tara Strong fan so has heard of them. No other supermarket staff have said anything or given any funny looks, I guess they're well trained I saw out of the corner of my eye the staff who was serving me at PC World sidle up to his colleague and point out the keychain Derpy I had on my jacket and overheard her respond with "...(something).. why do I know that, I'm on tumblr and deviantart too much", heh, they didn't seem to be laughing at me. Good job really, considering I was dropping a few hundred on a tablet. (I may have made my acute hearing more obvious if they were!) That's about every reaction I can think of!

The crowns had bloomin' well better still be intact, given that I paid £900 for them! (Don't cycle over black ice and faceplant the road, kids! That gets expensive yo)

Sorry what I meant was, not mentioning EQG or its world in the main series (aside from that one glance from Flash)

Hmmmm...... I'm going to give it an 8. I'd give it a 10+ because I've been to two conventions, wear pony t-shirts quite often, have pony blind bag herds taking over two desks, plushies taking over the side of my bed (steady. They're watching over me and I have nowhere else to put them and are nice to hug sometimes ), pony avatars everywhere and constantly posting on pony forums. minus 1 for the fact that I don't actually rewatch the show itself much - I watch the episodes when they come out and that's it, and I don't watch/read much fan stuff either. minus 1 for the fact I don't really shove it down the throats of people who have no interest in it or anything outwardly annoying like that.