Are they really, because if that's true, that's a little strange!

[PinkyLover 34]

I noticed that in some bronys profile's say that they are married to a certain pony! Now the first thing that came to my mind was that they just really like that certain pony. But I would like it if I acually heard it from an acuall brony!

[1111 1,284]

um this is prob gona start fights people take waifus seriosly

[碇 シンジン 27,437]

I like ponies. I like them alot. They make me smile when I'm sad. No one human does that to me. I got almost no friends in real life but I don't care because ponies brought me this awesome community full of amazing people.

 

I'd rather live my life alone with ponies than alone without them.

[PinkyLover 34]

um this is prob gona start fights people take WAIFUS seriosly

Thanks for the reply, but what does waifus mean?

[1111 1,284]

fictional charecter you married like ponys anime

[Mlpfan185 1,763]

Something was here.Something was here.Something was here.

Edited October 9, 2018 by NONAME

[PinkyLover 34]

I like ponies. I like them alot. They make me smile when I'm sad. No one human does that to me. I got almost no friends in real life but I don't care because ponies brought me this awesome community full of amazing people.

 

I'd rather live my life alone with ponies than alone without them

You seem like a nice pony! My name is PinkyLover, or you can call me by my real name, Devin. I am just starting in this community and you seem cool . Would you like to be my friend?

[1111 1,284]

oh no some are realy into it and fight over it also japan has made legal marriges like this and in america a guy married his car it was a sweet car tho but most are just crushes friends open

Edited September 9, 2014 by flutersparkle

[Starshine 16,335]

Waifu claiming is pretty much an integral part in any fandom, really. You'll also see a lot of it elsewhere, not just this one. In its basest form it amount little more than peeps saying they love certain pony more than other fans, nothing harmful.

But of course this can be taken up to eleven

[boiteporte 591]

I am so glad I came across this topic. I had no idea what a waifu was and now I know.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,304]

Well, I haven't popped the question to Rainbow Dash, but I do possess tremendous, genuine affection for her.  Annnd, upon seeing the OP's age in his profile, I've decided that's sufficient elaboration lol. xD

[1111 1,284]

nopony better try say there with my right hand shes mine

[Pinkamena-Pills 6,840]

In there hearts they feel they are truly married to the spirit of said character,i see nothing wrong with this if it makes them happy. 

[1111 1,284]

im k with it its just thay fight and take things far

[Oblivion 20,279]

It doesn't really mean that they are Actually, or even legally married to said character, like many other ways such as fan clubs it's more or less just a way from them to emphasize how much they love a certain pony, again, nothing wrong with that and I can even relate to where they are coming from as much as I literally love Rainbow Dashie.

[Bunnyhop123 194]

I really can't tell how serious people are right now.  Actually loving a character to the point that they consider them a significant other or spouse?  I mean, isn't marriage supposed to be a mutual experience?

[KokuraiNoSenshi 3,463]

To answer the question, yes, simply put. People do have genuine affection for these characters, & it is not false (or at least not for the ones who don't use the term "waifu" in jest). For a full version of this discussion, I'd like to direct you to an older thread of mine, "Can someone explain Pony Waifus to me?";

http://mlpforums.com/topic/101496-can-someone-explain-pony-waifus-to-me/

 

However there is something I would like to add, since I made a few... Changes to my view since I created said topic back towards my start here on the forums:

 

When people talk about loving a fictional character, people seem to ignore an easy way to answer this; Ask "Is love physical?" Basically, is love (the emotion, in its purest form) at any point, restricted to physicality? The short answer is no. Love, the emotion created by humans to define the attraction for an item(s), person(s), or other(s), is a chemical reaction that causes the brain to react in a (usually) positive way towards another *insert subject here* & is therefore not technically restricted to the physical world. So when people have fallen in love with, say, Twilight Sparkle, there is no reason they cannot. This is because the brain does not go "Is this object viable for me to love?" but instead it goes "Is this object interesting to me?" If the answer is yes, then the person will like or love the object, & if no then they will not. Simple, right?

 

Now obviously all the scientific reasoning's are much, much more technical & long winded, but I want to keep this short as I do not have much time before classes & I want to keep things simple for the time being. If you want, I can always go more into depth later once I get home & I have some free time, heck I'll PM you a reasoning so insane it'll easily take a good chunk of time to create, but for now just understand that love is not physical. Therefore, the recipient does not need to love in return, nor does it even need to exist, for the love to be present, & the desire to have that object exist. The brain will not look at something it loves & say "I do not want that" so long as loving the object does not harm it, & hell even then sometimes the brain goes "Screw that, love it anyways!"

 

As for "Is it strange to love a pony?" Well... Maybe. It is all about perspective, you see. Some people see it as normal, others see it as abnormal. What do I see it as? Well... I think it is both. Love in itself is normal, & it is normal to have feelings towards something the brain considers an appropriate mate. Is having them towards a non-physical entity normal? Not so much. However the idea of loving a pony & marrying them has no real harm in & of itself, it is only when people take things overboard that the situation becomes problematic. So long as the person(s) in question can be respectful of each other's opinions & emotions there is no harm in loving an entity with which you cannot physically hold/feel. Personally, whether the emotions stay or not is really the only difference between people like PegaMister & Ghostie to people who are just regular zealot fans. The former hold onto their love, & nurture it to let it continue growing, whether or not the social norms hold onto it. The latter, those without pony waifus, still will do many of the things that someone like PegaMister or Ghostie might do, such as having tons of merchandise about *insert pony here* but keep their love to what the societal norms would consider "ok." Neither fan is more valuable or crazy than the either, & so long as they can keep their emotions in a safe, controlled way, then I do not see why a person cannot love/marry a non-physical entity.

 

TL;DR version: Love is not a physical entity, nor does its recipient need to be physical for the emotions to be present. Love is, at the most basic level, an emotional construct created by the brain to express desire, interest, & ideals about the object in question, & whether it be a physical presence (a human) or a non-physical presence (a cartoon pony) the love is still a present & undeniable force that some people might ignore or treat differently than others. For the part about loving/marriage, so long as the people with pony waifus can keep their opinions from being too overbearing & the regular zealots can avoid being too aggressive & mean spirited to our waifu having counterparts, where is the real harm?

[CheeryFox 23,824]

It's cool by me.... Hey... I did stuff like that when I was a kid. And if people do it when they get older, more power to them. 

[Bunnyhop123 194]

Very well.  As long as they keep me out of it, I'll hold no grudge.

[Darker 1,352]

They might be joking, pal.

[Twilight Circuits 604]

I assume - for the sake of my humanity - that the waifu thing is some sort of game. If a person is disillusional enough to believe they have married or dating an imaginary friend, I fear their past was turbulent. Only someone with severe distrust or mental problems could fall into such a trap. This is not an insult; my heart goes out for those tortured souls.

You said it a lot nicer then i would have said it. That's all I'm saying about the topic.

[Revy ~ Two Hands 862]

um this is prob gona start fights people take waifus seriosly

Alexander 'Siren' Brandon is mai waifu and you can't have him! It's a purely pleutonic a-sexual waifuism but that isn't the point. Lol. Anyway yes the whole waifu thing was meant as a joke in earlier 4chan culture /a/ to be more exact just like '3dpp' is a joke (as in not wanting to be with real '3d' people only their 2d waifus. Unfortunately as with anything on 4chan people started to take it seriously and the people who use it now are the real deal when it comes to not being able to interact like a normal person, at least some of them are. Do not ever go to /a/ or /mlp/ and talk of waifus it will sadden and disgust. Anyway there was a case of a man who actually claimed a Twilight Sparkle plushie as his wife and then went around telling people to leave his wife alone when they posted TS drawings on deviantart. Someone else might have a link to this, but anyway we have already reached the point where there is real life 'waifu claiming' in the fandom. I don't know how to feel about that, is facepalming an emotion?    

Edited September 9, 2014 by PinkiusPiecus

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

That may not be true, but most every brony on this site has a pony waifu (probably most all the fandom as well). Me included. My personal waifu is Big McIntosh, but I guess I shouldn't have said that seeing this guy's age. He may be immature and take homosexuality in a light of a joke due to that. But I guess the brony fandom has a high concentration of LGBT too. Whatever, what I've already said is probably way too much, but still. I don't believe they mean that they really are, but that they are that attracted to them.

Edited September 9, 2014 by Twilly F. Sniper

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,304]

I assume - for the sake of my humanity - that the waifu thing is some sort of game. If a person is disillusional enough to believe they have married or dating an imaginary friend, I fear their past was turbulent. Only someone with severe distrust or mental problems could fall into such a trap. This is not an insult; my heart goes out for those tortured souls.

That's funny, I - I...  *Pats self down nervously.*  I don't feel like a tortured soul.  People need never be pitied for exercising imagination or exploring feelings that don't necessarily mesh with the societal norm.   And anyone who does feel the need to presumptuously attach diagnoses to others because they don't fully understand or share their feelings is doubtless practicing pity; not empathy.  But hey - Bronies don't mesh with the societal norm, and one would think this or that Brony wouldn't be so quick to toss around said diagnoses.  The fandom itself has been attributed to all manner of ridiculous things.  People in glass houses.

 

And I'd like to point out that everyone has done this (or will do this) to some extent and in some manner.  Perhaps you were particularly fond of the neighbor girl or boy.  And you thought it would be nice to *checks OP's age again* hold hands with them.  Or you thought fondly of being the boyfriend or girlfriend of someone sitting just in front of you in science class.  Giggle giggle blush.  And - I dare say - you may have developed a crush on any number of celebrities.  Who you will likely never meet; much less marry.  To any who deem those with "waifu" weird or out of touch with reality or what have you, I ask: At what point, precisely, did imagination abandon you?  At what point did you decide that one type of love is inferior to another?  At what point does the ostracized choose to ostracize?

 

Love is love.  Just because it isn't a love you share doesn't mean it isn't meaningful or worthwhile or real.  This topic is now officially my *checks OP's age a third time* gooood friend.  So long, topic.

[Banul 3,831]

'Tis true, my friend. You can get married to your waifu right here on this very forum, but our own minister of Celestia:

http://mlpforums.com/topic/98618-minister-kelgryms-religious-services/

 

On the whole waifu thing:

I have a waifu. Not a pony one. For me, it's sort of a game. She's a character that I find not only physically attractive, but also emotionally attractive. So I call her my waifu. It's fun. I don't think it's drastically different that all the people who tell me that they want to go on a date with Jennifer Lawrence or some other celebrity. They might as well be fictional for all the chances that they have for that to happen.

 

Others take it more seriously. I've seen people get some actual emotional fulfillment out of the practice. Do I think it's a little weird? Sure, but I'm a little weird too. Who am I to tell people how to conduct their lives? If having a close attachment to a pony is what makes them happy, than I say have at it.