What you were like before

[SolyWack 482]

I used to HATE Mlp for no particular reason than it was cool to hate on little girls shows. I remember watching am Equestria Girls TV commercial some 2 years ago, and i was DISGUSTED, i was like "oh just another bratz, but based on my little horses"

 

I was so wrong. That was 2 years ago and recently, i watched the first episode and i was hooked. I'm now an avid fan of the show, watched all the episodes, all the movies, converted most of my friends, and am now using a forum for Mlp.

 

Its just funny to think back on how different you used to be. Anyone have a similar story?

[SFyr 1,982]

To be honest, I think I was a bit curious but put off because I thought it was a shallow, childish show. It struck me as a bit stupid and annoying, but not horrible or anything like that. Though, I admittedly warmed up and saw the appeal, so.

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

How different I used to be?

 

Well, before I became a fan (not brony), I was more tolerable of people. But I chalk that up to bad fandom luck.

[shy0wl 484]

I used to hate the show too, but that was before I even gave it a chance.  I was always curious though why it was so popular.  But here I am now, talking about small horses on a small horse forum watching said little horses have fun adventures.  And I don't regret a thing.

 

If the show taught me anything, it was to be more tolerable and open minded

[thirty-thirty 36]

I would have pointed and laughed and made derogatory remarks about the sexual orientation of the brony in question. 

[MLG4Ever 876]

When I first saw it on TV (October 10, 2010) I said to myself that "Nah, I don't wanna watch a little girls show" I would of been the World's youngest brony if I have watched the show then!

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,161]

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Just letting you know I moved your topic to Sugarcube Corner; which is more appropriate for briny-centered topics like this. Show Discussion is largely for threads relating to the show.

 

Thanks.

[Splendormane 203]

I didn't really chnage other than i became a brony. I guess one of the characters ,spike, has helped me grow alot and see my self worth. .

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302]

I collected pre-FIM MLP figures. x )  Considering some of the ridiculous magical girl nonsense I used to watch, FIM isn't really that unusual an interest.

[Mjctechguy 193]

Used to hate the show. I never really thought i would like but where am i now..

[Binary Blast 27]

I never had a problem with it, but I got into the show probably the same reason I think a lot of bronies did, lied about being a brony because a girl I liked was into it, figured I should watch the first two episodes just so I had a bases for my bullshit, fell in love with it, seen every episode.

Edited May 19, 2015 by Binary Blast

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,350]

I am not a whole lot different than what I was before I discovered the show, though I do think I am a much better person in some ways, and somehow more depressed in other ways. The show has given me a passion and a strive for self acceptance, yet at the same time I feel like that has gotten much harder to do. It's really weird.

 

I never hated the show before though. I actually seen things for it back in 2011 and was fascinated by it, for an entire year. Then I finally watched it in 2012 and was hooked. I have most hated the obvious 'girly' stereotype shows because a lot of them are usually pretty terrible, this one I knew something was different right from the beginning.

[Little Red 1,529]

Well, I actually got into the show recently, so it's too soon to tell for me.

I never had a problem with it, but I got into the show probably the same reason I think a lot of bronies did, lied about being a brony because a girl I liked was into it, figured I should watch the first two episodes just so I had a bases for my bullshit, fell in love with it, seen every episode.

That's actually seriously cute XD

[Steve Piranha 29,419]

I never really hated FIM before, but I used to think it was a stereotypical girls show ala G3 or Lalaloopsy

[Christmasy Britty 2,553]

honestly before i got into mlp i never really felt any hatred towards it, i just felt like it was a very lighthearted kids show but then my bf showed it to me and i got hooked on it :3

[colt_following 169]

I used to UTTERLY DESPISE that five-note jingle they've had for years.

I really didn't know about the show or about bronies until my brother (a sort of anti-brony) told me about it maybe two years ago. I thought I was just sort of a weird fandom, and went on, business as usual.

 

I spent a LONG time *seeing* the characters after that but I think at some point I wanted to see why there was such a hype about this show. I started watching from the beginning and then successfully fed my addiction for the following 4 weeks. I LOVE MLP

Edited May 19, 2015 by colt_following

[Axel 1,059]

Every day was just the same for me. Go to school, kill it in sports, go home do homework/watch tv/ play videogames/ eat dinner. Didn't have much excitement to look forward too, and I was kind of a social outcast in high school. Now that I watched FiM and discovered it isn't a bad show, since most TV shows now suck I was a lot more cheerful and talkative. 

[Guest]

I used to be a much more closed minded person and I used to never give things a chance before 2012... I've change a lot as a persona and for the better.

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

I use to be an adventurer....

I was pretty much the same as I'am now..... I never hated ponies.... but I didn't always like them.....

Edited May 19, 2015 by Snowflake Frostflame

[zombienixon 330]

I used to have some masculinity.  It was the first casualty.

[Daring_Do 552]

I used to be totally supportive of bronies and the show and was planning to watch it for over a year before I did. I defended bronies online, and thought the "bronies sexualize MLP" idea was just a load of hot air from a bunch of close-minded folks who couldn't see why else guys would enjoy a girls' cartoon.

 

Then I found out it was all true and I'd been living a lie all this time! Ha ha... ha...

 

...

 

[Superstars111 79]

I'm not any different. Or rather, I am different, but not because of or in reference to the show. I never went long with the stereotypes one way or another. Never hated on it, never loved it. Had friends that liked it, had friends that didn't. I wasn't a big fan of the first few episodes, but I don't make my descision about a show until I'm about 1.5 seasons in, at least, so I kept going. I found I liked it, and that's that.

[Nightfall Gloam 18,258]

I wasn't that much different before I watched MLP: FiM. If anything, when I first heard of Bronies, I was a little confused about why so many men way above my age would like a show that is primarily made for little girls.

[Rainboom Dash 1,056]

I don't think the show's really changed me much, although I did find it strange it was so popular at first.

[Envy 6,144]

I had no opinion toward MLP one way or another before I watched FiM. I most certainly did not hate it. A long time ago I had an online friend who liked MLP, and she made the first real impression of the series on me. So I never had any negative feelings for it.

 

I didn't even know that MLP had cartoon series. Lol. Having been into cartoons for a long time when FiM started blowing up in popularity, and seeing Faust's words about FiM being a show meant to show that there's no wrong way to be a girl, I was excited to watch it!