GeekySonic 1,150 June 26, 2015 Share June 26, 2015 (edited) I'd like to think so, but in reality, probably not. Watching it and participating in the community made me much more open-minded and accepting, and that's a good thing. Most of my friends, upon learning that I like MLP: FiM, were content to block me from their lives, or forget about me altogether. My family often makes fun of me for it (but to be fair, they probably don't mean to do so in a mocking way. They probably think they're just teasing). Even just being accepting of the LGBT community was enough to make me feel unwelcomed in my church by the churchgoers there. So no, I can't say it has helped me. It may have improved my social skills, but it definitely hasn't improved my social life. Edited June 26, 2015 by GeekySonic Check out my voice-acting demo reels on Casting Call Club, if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest June 26, 2015 Share June 26, 2015 Nah, not really - my social life is just as dandy as it was before I started watching MLP, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,650 June 26, 2015 Share June 26, 2015 It has a little bit for sure but my social life is kind of a disaster so there still is not much going on there. I think really MLP has improved my self confidence a bit which at least has helped with my online social life. My regular social life is about the same as it was though, nearly nonexistent at this point. There are many circumstances that go into that though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love//Hack 819 June 26, 2015 Share June 26, 2015 On the Internet, yes. However, I was pretty anti-social before watching MLP when I was 11 so it didn't improve my anti-social (or asocial depending on your own meaning of anti-social) nature. A few people knew I was a Pegasister/female Brony at my junior high and only two girls knew about the show and were fans. (I had Pinkie Pie on my binder and a girl who hated pink said she hated the color but loved Pinkie Pie and another from one of my classes also loved it.) So I guess it kinda improved it for me at jr high. Starting 8th grade when summer is over. Ask A Pony Who Is "Just Gold"~ https://mlpforums.com/topic/129695-ask-a-pony-who-is-just-gold/ Fandoms: MLP:FIM, 5 Nights At Freddy's, Gravity Falls, Vocaloid/UTAU, Steven Universe, Over the Garden Wall, Creepypasta, Littlest Pet Shop, Star Vs the Forces of Evil, Adventure Time, and many more. Overall favorite fictional character is Dipper Pines from Gravity Falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velcorn 279 June 26, 2015 Share June 26, 2015 Simply put, no... I've been more active online and met some people due to watching the show but nothing in real life... I mean in how far would watching a show improve my social life? Maybe if I met other bronies in real life but I'm not too keen on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velcorn 279 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 There isn't anything in MLP that I haven't already learned in my early years of life. But I think it's still a good thing to be reminded of some valuable lessons once in a while... There's been many lessons learned by Twily and her friends where I've thought to myself that it would be nice to actually "use" them in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APegLegPirate 168 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 MLP has probably ruined my social life to an extent if I had to say. I'm constantly on guard hoping no one finds out that I have had anything to do with the show. To be honest, if given the choice to go back in time to the point I ventured into MLP for the first time. I think I'd rather have never looked in to it and remained ignorant to it's existence. It's helped me a little with small amount of depression but that's the only real good it's done me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GearheadWilliams 64 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 MLP helped me make many friends and ever discover things I had never heard about before through it's community. My social life in general is prettly sloppy and cold, but MLP helped me mantain it. I would barely have any friends without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowed Watcher 183 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 Errr... how can one improve on something that doesn't exist? Simple, you can't~but you CAN create it. Woo social life ftw. *misplaced laughter* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 MLP has probably ruined my social life to an extent if I had to say. I'm constantly on guard hoping no one finds out that I have had anything to do with the show. Sounds as though a case of Closet Broneritis is to blame. Though there is an effective treatment: A regular dose of Dongivadam. Yes, watching MLP has helped me to make friends and to socialize more. More precisely: Rainbow Dash has helped me to do these things. It was my interest in her that led me to join this site and watch the series. It was my continued and increased interest in her that led me to other sites and helped me to identify with certain other members, both here and elsewhere. She's also made me braver; more able to express and to be myself. 1 "It uses the faculty of what you call imagination. But that does not mean making things up. It is a form of seeing." - from "The Amber Spyglass" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Pea 2,682 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 Haha not really, but it has helped me mold my personality and mature on some level. 1 ℓ٥ﻻ ﻉ√٥υ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotoriousSMALL 1,984 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 No and yes? I mean when I first joined the fandom it was just another thing to suck me into the computer. I was waaaay too into it for my own good. BUT I did make a friend off it when I saw a chick wearing a 20% cooler t-shirt. But that's just about it... If anything when I stopped watching it helped me (although I let go of many other things too, and obviously now that I have a lot more self control and respect I've returned to the fandom). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skysweep 541 June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 I see it as a place to go back to. A warm comfy home with loving people. Some squabbles here and there, but its a home, when the IRL social life gets too out of hand. I dont know if it really helped me in my social life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest June 27, 2015 Share June 27, 2015 Not really, even since I left high school I've been pretty sociable, despite having asperger's and general anxiety. FiM, for me, is just a cute and funny show that I love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexamena 391 June 29, 2015 Share June 29, 2015 In real life, no. In Internet life, we'll I'm just getting started on this forum but i feel comfortable and like I fit in, which I can't say about other forums I'm a member of. So, I like that and I thinks it's made a bit if an improvement, yes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frecklesareblooming 225 June 29, 2015 Share June 29, 2015 It's improved it a bit. I met someone at my school who likes ponies and we sometimes had conversations about it, but he was more of a acquaintance. I'd say it's had more of a impact on my happiness. I wasn't in the most joyful spot before I discovered ponies, and simply watching it or listening to the music makes me smile, even after the most horrible day. This is why I truly love the show. 3 "When you're rife with devastation, there's a simple explanation: you're a toymaker's creation trapped inside a crystal ball." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyandrenewed999 106 June 29, 2015 Share June 29, 2015 Yes, it has! especially now that I've joined the fandom Happy and Renewed <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They call me Loyalty 1,948 June 29, 2015 Share June 29, 2015 Not at all. Personally, I'm taking distance from friends and many other aspects in life. Beautiful human beings, each one of them, by the way.Realizing that the old concept of friendship, as with any other relationship, either it be friendship or love, is part from an old paradigm I'm not part of anymore. It feels very conditioned.On the process of self-discovery, exploring my wholeness. This peaceful lack of need. Actually, I never felt like I needed friendship, it was more a case of aiding those human beings along the way.My friends, and other close people couldn't understand me. "Don't you feel alone?" No, quite the opposite, in fact. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormdustPony 471 July 1, 2015 Share July 1, 2015 The show... Not so much. But the MLP Fourms and a lot of the fanmade music has really helped me. Mainly not care what others think of me and just b3 myself. Signature by ME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Note 2,748 July 1, 2015 Share July 1, 2015 Slowly, but surely, I'm making progress. The show has helped a bit on me getting back on track. 1 (coming soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daring_Do 552 July 1, 2015 Share July 1, 2015 I'd like to think so, but in reality, probably not. Watching it and participating in the community made me much more open-minded and accepting, and that's a good thing. Most of my friends, upon learning that I like MLP: FiM, were content to block me from their lives, or forget about me altogether. My family often makes fun of me for it (but to be fair, they probably don't mean to do so in a mocking way. They probably think they're just teasing). Even just being accepting of the LGBT community was enough to make me feel unwelcomed in my church by the churchgoers there. So no, I can't say it has helped me. It may have improved my social skills, but it definitely hasn't improved my social life. Out of interest, what denomination are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordz112 2 July 1, 2015 Share July 1, 2015 Yes, yes, and a thousand times yes! you would not believe the budding brony community that is growing in my school ever since I became a brony. Oh, and I forgot to add that I have been more social using lessons from the show itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribbonfree 2,383 July 1, 2015 Share July 1, 2015 It actually did quite a bit, which is one of the reasons I might be so hesitant to leave the fandom even at the times where I grow bored of the show. I've made a lot of good friends through the show and had many good moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucia 100 July 1, 2015 Share July 1, 2015 Not in the true sense. Sure, I have one more fandom and thus friends, but I wouldn't say it has 'improved' my social life. I can't see how a show or any fandom really, can transform somebody so much. I think it can only so the opposite; turn somebody into a fanbrat, queer baiter, or elitist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeekySonic 1,150 July 1, 2015 Share July 1, 2015 In response to Knight Dash: Catholic, until recent months. 1 Check out my voice-acting demo reels on Casting Call Club, if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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