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My Favourite Mane 6 Pony

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How you became a fan of My Little Pony

It was May 2019. I was just beginning my Junior Cert exams when I became interested in seeing what all the fuss was about a certain show that had a gargantuan number of fans my age. Although I probably should've been studying, I flicked on Netflix and started from... well, the beginning and to quote a certain somepony, a spark ignited inside me. In that first two-parter episode, I saw everything that I needed in my life right there in front of me.

And it all changed from there. Over that summer, I had kept all of it to myself. At the time, I was sort of afraid to tell anyone about it. The truth came out though when on holiday in Fuerteventura, my sister walked in on me when I was watching 'Fall Weather Friends'. After a long-winded explanation full of lies that I regretted about simply clicking the wrong thing, it blew over for a few months until one time when I was on Netflix with my parents and I let it slip that I was a brony. Understandably, they didn't know what it meant and thought that I had gone crazy. It wasn't until my mother looked up what it meant that they began to understand and support me. 

I was having a miserable year at school with rehearsals for a show that I wanted to be in going horrendously, a trip to a hostel leaving me emotionally drained and in pain and days of being completely ignored or bullied by fellow students. One day, all those feelings of isolation reached a peak and one day, I found myself on the top floor of the school building aching to dive head-first out the window and putting an end to all those negative thoughts. All of a sudden, the 'Smile Song' played in my head, followed by 'Flawless' and in that very last second, I stopped myself from diving out that top window. Simply seeing those six faces smiling at me just made me feel so warm inside. All those lessons, all those songs, all those moments, those magical moments, made my life worth living. 

Right now, I'm not ashamed of anything anymore because I know that the moment an episode starts and that theme begins to play, for those precious twenty-two minutes, nothing else in life matters anymore because I know that I am about to have the time of my life. I feel higher than Cloudsdale! In my life, nothing will come within light-years of taking the place that those six friends have taken. I used to wonder what friendship could be until they all shared its magic with me, and to that I say thank you to them all. I love them forever and now everything in my life is worth it. :mlp_smile:

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It was May 2019. I was just beginning my Junior Cert exams when I became interested in seeing what all the fuss was about a certain show that had a gargantuan number of fans my age. Although I probably should've been studying, I flicked on Netflix and started from... well, the beginning and to quote a certain somepony, a spark ignited inside me. In that first two-parter episode, I saw everything that I needed in my life right there in front of me.

And it all changed from there. Over that summer, I had kept all of it to myself. At the time, I was sort of afraid to tell anyone about it. The truth came out though when on holiday in Fuerteventura, my sister walked in on me when I was watching 'Fall Weather Friends'. After a long-winded explanation full of lies that I regretted about simply clicking the wrong thing, it blew over for a few months until one time when I was on Netflix with my parents and I let it slip that I was a brony. Understandably, they didn't know what it meant and thought that I had gone crazy. It wasn't until my mother looked up what it meant that they began to understand and support me. 

I was having a miserable year at school with rehearsals for a show that I wanted to be in going horrendously, a trip to a hostel leaving me emotionally drained and in pain and days of being completely ignored or bullied by fellow students. One day, all those feelings of isolation reached a peak and one day, I found myself on the top floor of the school building aching to dive head-first out the window and putting an end to all those negative thoughts. All of a sudden, the 'Smile Song' played in my head, followed by 'Flawless' and in that very last second, I stopped myself from diving out that top window. Simply seeing those six faces smiling at me just made me feel so warm inside. All those lessons, all those songs, all those moments, those magical moments, made my life worth living. 

Right now, I'm not ashamed of anything anymore because I know that the moment an episode starts and that theme begins to play, for those precious twenty-two minutes, nothing else in life matters anymore because I know that I am about to have the time of my life. I feel higher than Cloudsdale! In my life, nothing will come within light-years of taking the place that those six friends have taken. I used to wonder what friendship could be until they all shared its magic with me, and to that I say thank you to them all. I love them forever and now everything in my life is worth it. :mlp_smile:

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Bastian

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That's great! Welcome to the herd. You became a brony around my time as well!:yay:

Anyway, I hope you enjoy your time here, people are friendly here so don't hesitate to interact. :squee:

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Welcome to this friendly forum @TomDaBombMLP. Very heavy story! Ponies do in fact help a lot of us to get away from life. It is good that you managed to get all of this from starting so late, like 2019 was the last year of the show! What that means is kinda amazing: There is hope for new people introduced to the show and help them in life, even after the show ended. :o

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Welcome @TomDaBombMLP to the forums! ^-^ I hope you will make some awesome friends here! :mlp_yeehaa:

And yeah, l was like you too when l was in the high school. When l want to make some friends back there, they just ignores me, the other students (well almost everyone in the high school) was very bad to me and they beaten me, my life there was miserable, now because of that l am traumatized and almost everynight l have nightmares... 

 

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I think it isn't that uncommon a situation, sadly; this isn't a particularly nice world to live in unless you are old, rich and powerful, and many fans struggle with being overworked, underpaid, and underappreciated.

Who wouldn't want to immerse themselves in a world where positive values rather than selfishness is rewarded, where everypony is appreciated for what they can do and who they are, rather than exploited and then discarded, where friendship really IS magic?

And if you can't be a part of that Ponyville world, then being a part of a community where everyone else values the same things as you do is the next best thing. So.. welcome home.  This is OUR Equestria, and you will have the power to make it an even better place.

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Welcome to the MLP Forums. We're so glad the series helped you so much.

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Welcome!

Friendship is magic!
I would love to be friends with you!
If you have Discord (the app), feel free to send me a sweet little note <3 (this offer counts for everypony BTW) ;)

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