Introducing My Little Pony to My Family

[Lyra's Pants 154]

G4 My Little Pony is an excellent, optimistic show filled with valuable morals, rounded characters, catchy tunes, and beautiful animation. It's such a refreshing alternative to the relatively cynical programming that pervades channels like Cartoon Network. In fact, I believe that even though My Little Pony may or may not be the perfect choice for everyone, people should at least respect the quality of the show and the brony demographics. So, as a result, I have decided to introduce my family to the wonderful world of Equestria and all of its denizens. I'll explain how everyone I knew thought of it.

 

My father: As evidenced by his remarks, he is not and will not be a brony at anytime soon. He continually makes derisive comments, jokingly questioning if bronies treat MLP as some sort of a fetish (which, admittedly, is true for a minority of bronies). Regardless, he still accepts my status as a brony, even buying for me a Build-A-Bear Fluttershy for Christmas 2013.  He was also willing to listen to Fluttershy's backstory, as I told it to him along the way home.

 

My brothers: My 11-year old brother Danny and 8-year old brother Victor stray pretty far away from the brony demographic, especially Victor. Danny appears to be undecided about the show, frequently changing his favorite pony and getting a kick out of some Youtube clips, but would rather watch shows like Teen Titans Go! or Regular Show. He is tolerant about bronies, however. Victor on the other hand, hates the show despite only watching brief Youtube clips, constantly deriding to be strictly for girls. He, too, would rather watch other cartoons, especially Pokemon. Not even the aforementioned Youtube clips can fully convince them to be bronies. They both got a kick out of seeing Pinkie Pie cartwheel kick a background pony in A Bird In The Hoof, laughed their butts off at Flutterguy, and loved Fluttershy's rage at the gala. However, not all clips were a success. For example, when I showed Danny and Victor Flutterhulk from Power Ponies, they both just found it stupid; Danny thought The Hulk didn't fit Fluttershy's character and wanted her to be Aquaman instead, and Victor hated her design and how weird it looked. They also gave me a "WTF am I watching," reaction when concerning Pinkie Pie rapping in "Testing 1, 2, 3." However, they continue to love me for who I am. Incidentally, Danny's friend, Steven, is a brony himself, as he's a fan of the .Mov series.

 

My mother: She enjoys how colorful the ponies are and enjoys Pinkie Pie, but is overall pretty meh about the show. She would rather watch crime shows and The Walking Dead than watch an episode of MLP, as much as she likes the art style.

 

My cousins: I am proud to see that they liked the show a lot. I showed them several Youtube clips and episodes while chatting on Facebook, such as the "So awesome" face Rainbow Dash makes in "Applebuck Season" and "Swarm of the Century." Michelle got a kick out of the clips, singling out Pinkie Pie as her favorite of the bunch. Rachel gave sort of a "LOLWHUT" reaction to seeing Pinkamena Diane Pie in "Party of One." Kevin had only seen several minutes of "Swarm of the Century," but was impressed by the "graphics." Jackie saw the first episode and enjoyed it as well, deeming Fluttershy to be her favorite. My aunt Patricia stated that another cousin of mine watched the show; her favorite was Fluttershy.

 

So, these are my family's views of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. What does your family think of the show, and how did they react when hearing about it? Let me know in the comment section, please.

 

 

 

 

[Alex Z 849]

My family honestly dosen't care about the show or that I watch it.

[SteveMorison 408]

My sister watched Lesson Zero at my request, still felt it was a show for toddlers. :sigh:

[Lord Bradley 1,319]

Here's a small list explaining how it happened.

 

1: Gather family into living room

2: Awkward speech/confession

3: Commence laughing of family

4: Show an episode of the show

5: Commence the ratings. Mostly consistent of "Meh" "Kinda good, not really" "It was fine" "Nothing speciał"

6: Walk of shame out

7: Next day, they tell you that they don't really care what your watching. They're fine with it

8: Profit

9: Never Repeat

[camsterman101 160]

In all honesty, it is a great TV show, and you do not need to worried about what other people think about you, you seems like an awesome person!

 

They should be supporting you in what you do, this is a great fandom with great people and they have nothing to worry about!

 

-camsterman101

[zombienixon 333]

Here's a small list explaining how it happened.

 

1: Gather family into living room

2: Awkward speech/confession

3: Commence laughing of family

4: Show an episode of the show

5: Commence the ratings. Mostly consistent of "Meh" "Kinda good, not really" "It was fine" "Nothing speciał"

6: Walk of shame out

7: Next day, they tell you that they don't really care what your watching. They're fine with it

8: Profit

9: Never Repeat

 

You live, you learn, my friend.

[Silver Letter 1,832]

It sounded like introducing the show had its high and low points. It's good to want to share one's interest with one's family. It's certainly not a bad thing in any sense.

[[NULL] 907]

I didn't realize that liking a TV show had to be a big coming out ordeal.

[TheDashingRainbow 134]

My sister found out that I was watching it one day.. she made fun of it for a few days then stopped and doesn't care anymore. But not before she let my entire family know. Everyone was fine with it and didn't care. They occasionally purchase MLP merchandise for me as well. Doubt any of them will become bronies.. but happy knowing they accept it. 

[shy0wl 484]

My sisters (11 and 14) found out I watched the show and eventually told my parents, which they seem absolutely okay with.  Both my sisters really like the show.  My 11 year old sister got MLP toys for Christmas.  We don't really talk about MLP that much when we are together because my younger sister and I both feel it's really awkward, and the older sister is just really quiet

[RainbowTashie 379]

i'm not sure why it's such an issue. You can watch cartoons at any age any why should mlp be any different?