How and when did you become a brony?

[PastelSky 8]

I became a brony (or pegasister) back in sixth grade (I'm in tenth now). I was watching Youtube videos and stumbled upon some clips of MLP FiM and I loved it! I was looking up to see if there were any episodes and once I found them, I was hooked on it. After a while I stopped liking it as much as I did and drifted away from MLP. Now I am back into it a lot! MLP even made my friendships better with some my friends.

[Ganondorf8 11,312]

My joining of the fandom was by complete accident and slightly tragic. Back in October 2013, our oldest dog had to be put to sleep because he had cancerous growths in him--one was connected to his liver--so it was a pretty tough time for my family--I miss him even now after all this time. Anyway, when I woke up on a particular Sunday, I turned on the television to YTV, and the first Equestria Girls movie was on. Immediately, I was mesmerized by what I was seeing, and despite only seeing snippets, I was compelled to watch the rest of the movie online at any cost--I did so within a matter of hours.

 

From there, I decided to watch the first three seasons to get caught up, and it took me about a week to go through them all. I had plenty of free time on my hands thanks to being finally finished with university. I love MLP for what it has accomplished, but my heart will always be with Equestria Girls, as it was that which got me here.

[Baykush 328]

Back in September of 2013. I had been watching the show with my little sister for some time and I liked it, but I hadn't actually considered watching it on my own. I was kind of curious, specially after seeing a part of The Return Of Harmony and thinking that it was really awesome (I actually thought it was a movie). I don't remember exactly how I found out about bronies, I had seen people crazy about MLP in the Internet before, but I also had seen people crazy about Barbie movies and Monster High so I didn't consider it to be too different. I think it was after seeing videos of Minecraft with the pony mod that I realized there was something else to the show, and after watching some MLP videos I watched Sonic Rainboom and The Cutie Mark Chronicles on Youtube, and I liked them a lot. Then I found out about the fandom and I thought it was great, so I checked out the pilot and fell in love with the show.

 

It's kind of embarrassing to admit how much Twilight's speech about how the mane 5 were her friends got to me. It's so cheesy   but that's the moment I realized I was gonna love the show. 

[Blot Von Blue 3]

Late 2014 I saw memes making fun of bronies but I wasn't bothered I found a comp called pinkie pie in 5 seconds it was adorable I followed the show and it's fandom from then on religiously.

[Storm Striker 35]

So the long story of how I became a brony: One day in early  2013 I was in a public library, and while I was reading a book, the MLP theme started playing. I looked up and there was a little girl watching MLP on one of the public computers. After the theme ended I went back to my book and forgot about it completely until the June - July holidays. At this time I had recently acquainted myself with Fanfiction.net, when suddenly an idea randomly popped into my brain. "What the hell Is MLP". I searched it up and found a Fanfic called 'It's all Hooey' by DisneyFanatic2364 (better known for the 'Bride of Discord' series). After reading I searched the web for MLP, found the TV show, watched it, liked it, the end.  

[EmeraldStar04 250]

I saw the Twilight Sparkle VS Tirek video clip, and it looked AWESOME. I ended up watching the whole show out of curiosity. Also, Twilight is best pony.

[GrimGrimoire 4,973]

I just made a few changes to my original intro post since it pretty much describes how I entered this fandom.

 

I did not discover the show nor fandom until well after it was underway. So a couple of seasons had already passed me by before I happened to accidentally catch an episode and give it a chance. Honestly I really had no desire to try the show at all and just was really too biased to look beyond my first initial thoughts when i first heard of it.

Whether by luck or fluke or what have you, I found myself sick and stuck in bed in late 2014 i believe. Channel flipping I ran smack dab into an episode of MLP:FIM... Putting Your Hoof Down to be exact... right at the part where Flutttershy is just attending Iron Will's seminar. I paused and watched just to see how awful the show was because, you know... car crashes and all. I had every intention to loathe the show and swap channels after a few seconds and forget it ever happened... but I didn't. I ended up watching the rest of the episode and became a fan from that moment on.

I went back and watched the entirety of season 1 in order, followed by the rest of the seasons in order until i was caught up. Since then I have gotten into the comics, picked up some of the Funco collectibles and badgered a couple of other random people about this unusual hobby of mine. I have done some fan fiction on the show mostly exploring the areas outside of Equestria proper because as much as I like the characters and concept, the world itself is so full of untapped potential.

[ManaMinori 4,145]

Honestly, I have no idea. I forgot which episode first turned me, or my first piece of Merch

All that I know is that somehow I got sucked in, and now I'm here

[MaybeTomorrow 37]

I did in December 2011, BUUUUT I WAS 13... So after a short break I rejoined last year (funny enough also December) And I mostly rejoined after creating a story I call MLP: Train Of Memories... despite it handle more roads than trains lololol

And honestly I have dream - I don't say lol - but I planned 5 seasons of about 12 episodes from one end to another ^^'

I will say from there i may have been an official brony ^^'

[Vertigo-01 101]

The last week of January 2015, I had an old friend over to my house, and she introduced me to FiM. We watched the S1 premiere episodes and maybe the next one or two after that, then she went back home. Not a day later, I fell sick with a cold and was soon stuck in bed, for the most part at least. So on a whim, and with nothing better to do, I decided to watch some more FiM on my own.

 

So very glad I did. 

[Nullifier 0 37]

How? Doesnt matter.When-same reply.And I'm not a brony,just an avg.fan at most,I watch it more for details then the 'greatness' of the show.

Edited October 13, 2017 by XellosMetallium

[Puddle Duck 142]

Judging by the dates on some of my drawings I would say it all started around 2012. My then boyfriend kept talking about the show and asking me to draw the ponies. I kept saying I didn't really have any interest in that. Then one night after he was deployed to a new location that kept him out of contact I decided to give the show a watch. I ended up watching the whole first season before going to bed and the next day I started drawing ponies and singing the songs. Even after he dumped me I kept drawing the ponies and watching the show.

[Stone Cold Steve Jobs 22,440]

I am not a brony. I am here because I know plenty of anti bronies and neutral folks, but no bronies. I like to bang on all cylinders, so you're suffering me. And then also I plan on shooting a bumper making fun of the recent election using your fandom, which means I first need to know stuff about said fandom.

[BlueStreak98 828]

I had friends who were into FiM circa fall 2011, but I only half-paid attention while they were watching. Interestingly enough, my younger brother found the show around the same time and got super into it (I figure he has an account on here somewhere; I just don't know his screenname). I'm a longtime furry, going back a full decade now at least, and so I'd see the occasional pony artwork over on the furry sites, but other than the sudden impossibility to search for artwork of horses I didn't pay it much mind. I knew enough about it to know the Mane Six and the general premise of the show, but not much more than that. But in the past month or two it's changed; searching for more artwork, little snippets of fanfiction here and there, and really reading into the show itself. The whole thing is incredibly well put together, and the characters are distinct without being entirely stereotypical. Plus, I got into a couple of the more "epic" style fanfictions, and now? Well... here I am.

[Johnny1226 14,674]

I think I became a brony around December at least that was when I remember truly becoming obsessed with it first through grimdarks then other fanfics and I finally had to watch the show and once I started their was no stopping my transition from non brony to brony

[KTAG 4,083]

Yes, I know, Equestria Daily already did it, but this is a different community, so it'd just be a little something interesting! Self explanatory, what month did you officially become a Brony? I can't remember exactly when I did, but I'm thinking it was somewhere around May.

It started with some fan videos from a youtuber called Hotdiggedydeamon. A month after realizing he had some issues to work out I decided to watch the first episode so I could give proper critique. I liked the first episode and watched the second. A few weeks later I felt like watching one more because normally the first episode is pretty good in any show. I got hooked after the third and realized/accepted that I was a brony a few weeks ago.

[Hoppy 699]

when i was in midell school i was a bit clingy to all of my friend's (manly cuz i did not have many ) so when my friend cie introduced me to my friend kellin i got attached one day kellin ask me if i was into mlp well at the time i didn't know what the show was so i said no. He suggested the show to me so i started to wach it well after a while i became obsessed with the show and more clingy to it and Les clingy to my friends. now im not obsessed with mlp but it is still my faveret show and my friends are happy im not super clingy .......................... you think thay did that on prpus?

Edited December 13, 2016 by Hoppy

[pointfiftytracer 10]

I was watching a video on YouTube about episode of children's shows that were abnormally dark and one was Party of one from MLP. I had no desire to watch this "little girl show" and had some rather bad preconceptions about bronys. But my curiosity got the better of me and I watched the episode I had heard about. At first I was like this shows kinda cute, I guess, but that "cereal box's" fake accent really puts me off, (Applejack's one of my favorite characters now) and why does everything have to be a horse pun.

Well several weeks passed and I couldn't get that show off my mind, so I went back and watched another episode, which led to another and another. Then the unthinkable happened, a certain pony who looked oddly familiar said allons-y. After this I knew I had been assimilated into a new fandom and resistance would be futile.

I eventually shiped out to basic and the whole time I was there I had this new fandom on my mind. Then after dropping subtle (some were less subtle) references the whole time, on the last week I walked into the dorm and someone was drawing their OC on the whiteboard. This was my first encounter with a brony and I learned that my preconceptions about bronys were very wrong.

Edited December 30, 2016 by pointfiftytracer

[The Equestrian Brony 182]

My cousin got me to watch the show and I have liked it ever since then. It was 2010 I think. 

[Zachary 5,521]

Alrighty then, This is going to be a Long Post, on August 23, 2015; I was at the mall (Concord Mall) with my Bro and My Dad and We went into Bass Pro Shops to see the Fish (Used to see em when were in the Mall as a Kid) and I encounter a Little Kid who wore a Batman shirt and was holding a Pony Plushie (Don't ask me what Age He is and No I didn't talk to him), and I didn't watched MLP until later on August 30 2015, I want to watched MLP so badly so I download a pirated (Mods/Admins, Is Pirated a Illegal word to say that? If yes, Let me Know by PM and I'll get rid of the word.) folder for Season 1-3 episodes for MLP and While I waiting for it to done, I left my laptop on because they Call my Name just so I can watch Big Brother with em and After I finished, I went to bed, then 1 day Later, I woke up and after Couple of Minutes, It's finally done downloading and I watched the first 2 episodes (I tried to watch the 1st one with Quicktime Player (It works but it's laggy as hell (Please Note I was on my Old Laptop) so I just had to watched the 2nd One on Windows Media Player) and It was a Great show but I didn't became a Brony until I finished the Season 1 Finale and then After I watched Season 2 Premiere Part 1 and 2, I realized to myself that I been a Brony (well not yet, Didn't own any Merchandise, until then I just a Fan for MLP) and since Then, I enjoyed MLP and watched 4 Equestria Girls Movies, Season 1-6 Episodes (Still waiting for Season 7), though I didn't joined this Forum until It's the right time to join this Forum.

 

Short post: Pirated (again still Illegal to say that) Season 1-3 episodes then 1 day later, Watched Season 1 Premiere Part 1 and 2 and thought It was a great show but after I watched Season 2 Premiere Part 1 and 2, Realized to myself that I been a Brony. (Again, Just a fan for MLP without Merchandise)

 

Oh No, I made a Long Post, Now nopony is going to read this.

Edited January 2, 2017 by Zachary

[Bomb Sheep 77]

September 2016, when I decided to watch 2 episodes of My Little Pony (long story, don't ask). I got hooked and started binge-watching it.

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[hicagp 23]

I became one really recently. Less than a month ago. Before I turned into one I hated the fandom. I don't know why, honestly. I hated it for no reason, and hadn't watched the show before. Then, a few days ago I decided to watch it. And loved it. But,sadly,I haven't gotten the courage to tell anyone in real life about it yet...it's much better than I thought it would be.

[Pixel Dusk 207]

Mine is a kinda funny story...
I was making fun of a brony (to fit on :I )
then one day i got bored and just sat down behind him while he was watching equestria girls...
before i knew it I was watching it with him every break till I had seen the entire movie... I asked him so many questions and we ended up watching the entire series from episode 1!
He stopped watching mlp but I kept on watching it!
I watched all the episodes as the came out, fan episodes/animations, made an OC...
finally I just went... looks like I'm a brony then... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I then googled then joined these forums and never looked back since XD

[Sovereign Leader Rarity 12,006]

I thoroughly love lore-centred, fast-paced animated shows, heck Steven Universe may be the most flawless show I've ever seen.

 

It quickly became clear to me that MLP FIM had among the biggest fan bases out there, and despite it's childish demeanour, it was very mature and story-driven.

 

I saw what is credited as the show's best episode-Twilight's Kingdom for the first time about 9 months ago and thought that it was AMAZING. And while I do prefer the more lore-heavy episodes, I quickly fell in love with most of the characters, and the world that the show had tried to create.

 

And after finding out about a place where I could discuss and debate my emotions with over social misfits who wouldn't judge me for liking the show that I wanted to like, I was compelled to join the MLP forums and embrace my status as a brony for the first time.