What has the show forum/fanbase done for you?

[deathbycake74 58]

After I started wathing the show I felt like I was a bettter, happier person. To me the lessons the show teaches them actually helps me live them out in my everyday life, to be the best person I can be. Applejack was a big inspiration for me because her dedication to her work help me out when I was slacking in school. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie too, helping me realize to be myself and not think about other opinions of me. Thoughts?

Edited June 11, 2012 by deathbycake74

[Finesthour 7,287]

http://mlpforums.com/topic/19914-how-this-forum-has-affected-my-life/

'Nuff said.

[MVC NVMXD JVRXD 2,406]

Haha

"A giant thread to contain all the "How the forums changed my life" threads"

[Viridian Daybreak 66]

Well, it's given me loads of music to listen to (I just listened to Love Me Cheerilee) and I can't stop shipping and drawing ponies! I'm writing a fanfic too. And of course I'm constantly reminding myself to love and tolerate.

[SpectrumUK_D 45]

Let's just say it has....a lot. I won't go into details as I was (and still am) planning on making my own topic basically expressing my thanks to everyone later this year.

[Xiper 15]

Well, the fanbase introduced me to sexytime RP among other things... XD

 

Firstly, this is one of the few communities in existence that actually do love and tolerate, so that speaks for itself.

 

Secondly, mostly the fandom mostly but the show too helped me to think more humorously about every-day things. I find myself laughing more, and a lot more so.

 

Thirdly, NO OTHER show has made me feel this happy, this good, this lively! Nothing else than Hardstyle and Trance. Thank you. I thank the creators of this so a lot.

[The Awesome One 1,315]

It has made me happy and filled me up with joy. I've watched a lot of other show's and all of them were very good but, there is nothing, and I mean nothing, that can match ponies.

[My little pwny 1,392]

This forum showed me you can like a pony named Twilight and not considered a girly man or gay (not that its a bad thing)

[AIMonkey 197]

I had plenty of places to let go of my doom, gloom, death, misery, grotesque and what else can you think of, things. (Which I enjoy as well)

But up until everything MLP got into my live I didn't have any Public outlet for the opposite side of the world.

A world with friendship, happy magic, happiness, smiles, bigger colour pallet, ponies, muffins and everything else we have here.

The "cuter" side (turning some....o.. thing inside out can be cute too right? right?!)

 

I need both sides of the equation to create my own path and finally I have them.

 

So in short, this public outlet has been great. I'm no stranger to the cute side of this world though, but now I already said to much about that.

[Radiance64 7,053]

I probably wouldn't be nearly as into MLP as I am if it wasn't for this awesome forum giving me a place to talk to cool people about it, I really do appreciate this fanbase very much.

[Lostwanderer 367]

Gave me friends

[Dusty Soul 2,611]

Well, I can't believe how much it helped my social life. I was a very unsocial person until i watched MLP. I just started on this forum tonight and so far it's probably has the nicest community on the web.

[BlueBomber 17]

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

 

actually it did clean up my vocabulary a bit... until the Angry Video Game Nerd came and ruined it all

Edited June 12, 2012 by BlueBomber

[Guest]

^ That

 

... It introduced me to you guys -- that counts, right?

 

... FRIENDS!

[Dragonshy 2,305]

Not much. Saved my life.

 

Just kidding, but to be honest, these forums really did save my life. I even made a thread about it, but I don't want to advertise or anything. These forums are definitely one of the best things to happen to my life. I have made friends for life in the time I have been here, whether they know it or not.

[Spark 101]

What has this show done for me? NOTHING. But it's still awesome.

Edited June 12, 2012 by Spark

[RoadtoEquestria 59]

Both the show and the community make me feel happier and more self-confident than before I was a brony.

 

It makes me feel like I am a part of something constructive and these forums feels like one big family.

[Shadowed Watcher 183]

Since becoming a brony I've really started talking more, like on the forums here. I don't like to admit it to strangers (but no ones a stranger here, right?) but I have asperger's syndrome, which is a a form of autism, so I can't like talk to people and its really hard for me to lead a normal life but talking on here is really helping me alot... and getting new friends is good too

[EWAN 31]

It helped me with my shyness, and now i'm more social. . . and it gives me somthing to enjoy in my spare time.

[Zero Sonic 29]

It really has made me a happier person, any time that I'm feeling down ponies come to the rescue! Been going through a lot lately, and the show and community have really helped a lot!

[Jokuc 8,174]

It has made me obsessed..

[Jeporauta 22]

It has made me obsessed..

 

This. Plus it made me seek out more of the happy lighthearted entertainment. Most of what i have been enjoying recently has been anything but happy.

[Tom 891]

It has made me obsessed..

 

Guilty as charged.

Also it has made me play Team Fortress some more.

[Abstract 832]

Well, TBH, the biggest effect its had is taking up a lot of my spare time. That's not a bad thing in the slightest, mind you. I feel like that even though a lot of people would consider my watching the show and being a part of the fandom a waste of time, its given me something to do other then just sit around and be bored all day. I feel like I'm being a little more productive this way.

 

But at the same time, the show and these forums do a lot for me in terms of how I feel about myself and other things. In a way, the show has made me take a good look at myself and decide a couple of things need to change. Nopony is perfect, and everypony says they want to be a better person, but it seems that MLP has given a lot of people, including myself, a bit of extra motivation to actually do something about it. That's the greatest gift it could give, me thinks.

 

On top of it all, the pure innocence and happy-go-lucky nature of the show provides some positivity in my daily life; whenever I'm feeling down, the answer is simple: ponies. it's almost like a drug, makes you feel good. Except it's waaay more addictive.

Edited June 12, 2012 by Abstract

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

Gave me something to do.