Bronze Statue

Yeah, my dad got pretty pissed off when he saw me watching the finale of season 2 on my computer. I guess that using the whole "Discord and Q are the same actor" thing might work with him.

Really, it gets awkward every time my sister mentions me liking MLP in front of my parents. It's just like, *sister mentions my liking MLP*, then there's this silence for about 5 seconds. Each time.

Just give it a bit of time to catch on. If you really want to, post some videos or memes around. Don't be obnoxious about it, though.

My 9-year-old sister is into the show. She is actually the reason I became a brony. I was looking for something for her to watch on TV, and MLP was the first thing that I found. I stuck around, liked what I saw, and "joined the herd," so to speak.

If only people could actually try to tolerate others, then this whole point would be moot. You don't have to necessarily respect the members of the herd that like poorly written fanfics (I prefer the ones that actually had some thought put into them) or the cloppers (whom I personally find to be disgusting), but you must understand that not every briny is that, and your examples are grossly misrepresenting the community as a whole. Now, I agree with you to some extent on many of your points, but look at the Star Wars fandom, for example. There are many who still reject everything that isn't original trilogy as non-canon (official an otherwise) and rudely insult or flame you if you don't agree with them (receive that from someone once. Not very pleasant.) This doesn't mean that ALL Star Wars fans are intolerant jerkwads, and doesn't mean I should label myself anti-star wars. The same applies for MLP. According to you, if a "brony" is reasonable and actually tolerant, appreciates good literature, and doesn't force their tastes and opinions on others, then they are anti-brony. This just seems wrong to me, since that mostly leaves the dregs of the fandom, and any fandom for that matter.