How and when did you become a brony?

[DoubleRainboom 24]

december 2013. im not a brony,im not a male. i call my self a pegasister. my freind at school drew awesome drawings of twilight sparkle

[Cimarronboy 248]

Somewhere between april and august. Got tired of seeing all this poney "crep" in the mall so I got curious, decided to watch an episode and see if I could find something to use against fans. Well this cat should not have been so curious.

[SpitfiretheScrub 7]

Back in November I got the day off from school because I had to go to the hospital. Wake up in the morning. Getting bored. Then I remembered some cute cartoon I've seen a while back. I couldn't recall the name (it wasn't MLP) but somehow I stumbled into it. Instant 12 episode and humming winter wrap-up in the hospital lobby. Best day ever!

[LunarWave 106]

25th October, 2011, 3:42 PM 

That was the moment I posted on the EVE Online forums that torrented and watched all the episodes that were out at that date (which was few days before Luna Eclipsed aired) 

 

Found the thread about ponies there, and just the very first Pony Anthology was more than enough to convince me that ponies kick some serious arse. 

That's about it really. 

[DigitalRocket 185]

Freshman year on a train after being on a school trip to Experimentarium in Copenhagen when someone in another class showed me the first episode in season 1.

[FlutterShiny 19]

I don't remember exactly when, but it was sometime last year. I was bored and decided to take a look at the show to see what all the fuss was about. Watched the first two episodes and didn't think it was awful, but I wasn't that impressed, either. Then I got Netflix. Kept seeing the show pop up on the front page and went back to watching it again, usually just before bed. It became a source of stress relief/escapism for me. Dealing with customers and the stress of retail all day really wears on me sometimes, and it was just so relaxing to forget about all the angry people saying rude things to me and go into this colorful, happy little world where everything always turns out for the best, and the sweet, innocent little characters. It really grew on me a lot, and then I got the mobile game and got my best friend at work playing it, too. She doesn't watch the show but enjoys the game and likes to look at the characters - her tablet background is Twilight. 

 

Now I have a few plushies, thanks to her and another friend, also Doctor Whooves and Fluttershy Funko figures gracing my shelves together. I kind of want to go to a con sometime soon if I can manage it. 

 

You can never have too many fandoms!

[Stormbringer 346]

I was one of the first generation bronies, I suppose. I remember reading a Foxtrot comic (below)

 

After this, I thought, "Hm. They seem kinda cute." I didn't think any more of it until my then-soon-to-be-girlfriend showed me "A Canterlot Wedding". I fell in love with the show (And her). That's my story.

[PartyWithPinkie 189]

It makes me sad to say I don't remember the exact month when I first watched ponies :/

 

But it was 2011 and I was seeing lots of hype on DeviantART about the show. It didn't seem that odd to me, but I still didn't really get why it was so popular. What exactly did My Little Pony have to it that people were noticing?

Then one day when I was babysitting my little cousin she saw it on Netflix and wanted me to put it on. I was already planning on watching the show at some point, but it wasn't a priority.

So I figured why not do it now. I put on the first episode and was astonished.

There seemed to be an actual storyline, and it definitely wasn't a typical little girls show. The characters had depth and the plot seemed very well put together for a kids show.

 

Ever since then my love has only grown. I've watched through all the episodes so many times that I've lost count.

I've even increased the heard by 2!

[StormdustPony 471]

I used to watch the show with my little sister while babysitting.  it was better than a lot of other kids shows she watched.  Then i joined the army and didn't think anything about it.  I started to see stuff on youtube and thought ... meh.  it was New Years Eve 2013 or the day before that i watched EQG and I thought it wasn't bad.  Seen a documentary on Netflix on Bronies and that's when i first heard about a Bronie.  I watched an episode or 2 and thought not bad.

joined a fourm.

now i have:

2 shirts

2 pins

3 of the vinyl figures

[TheQContinuum 9]

I had a bad night, date gone horribly awry. I had heard some of my guy friends raving about the show recently, but honestly, I'd been giving them a lot of flak about it. My friend posted a "Which pony are you?" Quiz, and I figured, why not, I like personality quizzes. And then I got Pinkie Pie..."PINKIE PIE?! What kind of ridiculous name is that? Probably the dumbest name for a character I've ever heard!" I thought. I had to know how I could possibly be anything like something as silly sounding as "Pinkie Pie". So, with the help of a friend of mine, I found an episode to sit down and watch. 7 hours later, the next morning, I finished the first season, and what was out at the time of the second season. I walked into my Dining Hall with a fierce craving for some apple pie.

[fromsweetappleacres 4]

I became a brony a few months ago, after deciding to watch the show, now I'm just hooked on it.

[DragonKnight 1]

i lost a bet at first i was " meh it is ok" then discord showed up then it was instant HELL YEAH then i rewatched (before season 4) all the episodes and my mind exploded from the funny it was like animaniacs at times especially the episode where twilight is stalking pinky (ie?) pie and and pinky pretended not to know. that episode was great.

[Vertigo_95 572]

I had already posted here once before, but here is a video of me speaking about how I became one. Might have to update it again if I ended up missing something again.

Edited January 23, 2014 by JRex95

[Sobori 46]

My baby sister begged me to watch the series premire on the Hub. I could't say no to her so I watched it (I hated My little pony till then) and I fell in love with it.

[Blossomshy 39]

Before I became a brony I though that it was a stupid show for people who had too much time on their hand but that was before my friend told me to watch an episode on the train home from school. I had heard the songs that they had showed me and they sounded ok. I watched the first episode and I realised that I loved the show and had become a brony within about 30 minutes. At first I was shocked at myself for liking it but then I realised there was nothing to be embarrassed about. That was September last year. Now I have seen all episodes at least. 5-10 times.

[Lagom 204]

I honestly don't remember but it was somewhere back in the start of 2013.. 

[Bold Shadow 23]

August 2013, I watched one out of curiosity, then another one... then another...

[Best Username Ever 211]

August 2013, I watched one out of curiosity, then another one... then another...

Yep that's how it goes i know that from experience   

[SkyHeart 102]

In january a few years ago. I didn't get very into it at first, just watching the show and what not. But it began to inspire me and make me look at things in a more positive way, and before ya know it, I was buying ponies, quoting shows, and drawing ponoes all over the place!

[BassBrony 33]

Started as a hater till August 2012, i'll never forget haha. I was pretty down at the time and the show helped cope with a lot of things. I watched the first four episodes and didn't like it very much. Then i watched "Griffon the Brush Off" a week later and got hooked. I was done with season 2 in 2 days.  

[ThatPartyBrony 3]

Aguest... I first started because My friend liked it, and I was being a follower kinda which i regret >.>.. But then I started watching it on my own, and I Love it

[Onylex 2,837]

I think Iv already posted in this thread but, I guess it wouldn't hurt to post again.

 

It was back in summer time 2012, there were a lot of Skyrim mods that had to do with ponies and I was really curious to find out why.

There where also a bunch of other reasons but, curiosity was the main just of it. 

[WhoAreTheMythsters 7]

Around September (2013) my friends and I were browsing YouTube Poops and found one spoofing the show. I was curious as to what was being spoofed and watched the first episode and found out how awesome it was

[DarkHorseCharlatan 0]

My brother was always on the Bay12 Forums and I just happened to look over his shoulder one and saw a whole bunch of the people had ponies as their avatars. I was kind of curious of why they liked ponies. After that, I found out what a brony was, but hadn't really put much thought into it.

One day I was with a friend of mine and decided to see what all the fuss was about. I watched the first episode, but wasn't super impressed. But since I did want to find out what happened (it was a two-parter after all) I watched the next episode. I didn't think it was that bad anymore, so I kept watching more.

I bought a shirt with Rarity on it when I was at the mall, but that was before I was really a fan. I wore it to school one day and a kid at play practice asked me if I was a fan of MLP. I admitted it and he said he was too. (It turned out quite a few people in the play were Bronies).

I told the kid that I wanted to watch the whole thing but I had very slow internet and really couldn't. He took my flashdrive and began to give me as many episodes as he could fit on the flashdrive so I could watch them without waiting for the internet.

Eventually, I was hooked on the series, and I'm so happy that I decided to watch that first episode.

[Fox801 45]

Ok Ok First of all the Fox is a well you know.

 

The truth is I didn't know about any thing about My little pony at all and the fandom at all. Be one day with my brother we usually see a show in youtube. It was Teen React and one if the episode was about brony after the show end I was a think why did guy like a little girl show. After one month I decided to see on episodes of the show. I one of these person I have to see the first episodes to say it is ok or not. After the episodes one end and have to see how did they defeat night mare moon after episodes two ended I thought it was not bad at all and I start to see all of the season 1 & 2 well you can say that how I be come a brony.

 

You have to love the internet it make it possible to make the show spread all over the word.

 

That all for now Fox Out!!

and one more thing Brohoove all you guys out there and have a good day or Night.