How open are you about ponies?

[BritishBrony2012 795]

Not sure how I'm open about it but do wear Brony/pony t-shirt and had pony keyrings on my backpack & Manbag and stickers on my tablet & laptop. And had pony posters on my wall. Even had picture of me next to my oc pony of myself on picture profile on tumblr.

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

People know I like ponies but I don’t try to go crazy with it.

[lua 106]

I only tell close friends about it, but when I first became a brony (may 2017) For some reason I tried to tell all my minor friends from school about it, To be honest whenever I think about it I cringe lol

Edited January 13, 2019 by Jakeduhcreeper

[LordRichard9 9]

As open as a Republican in Los Angeles. Wich is to say not at all. Most of my friends openly joke about messing with Bronies, so I stay quiet about it.

[LucasB 196]

On 10/3/2011 at 1:26 PM, EmbodimentOfCringe said:

I always put my hood up in walmart or target when I am looking at MLP toys. y'know, so no one will reconize me???

I would hold out a flyer or my phone and pretend I'm just shopping for a little cousin XD

[Cash In 22,220]

I'm not somebody who would deny it, though I don't randomly open my mouth about it.

[The Kaeya Simp 13,988]

everyone who knows me knows I'm a brony

[bytester 1]

Only a small few of my friends know about me being a brony. I try to show how much I like the show, but unfortunately most people around me are not very open to the idea of anyone above the age of 5 years old watching the show. I love the show and wish I could discuss why I think it has so much more merit than just some girly show to sell toys.

[Latecomer 439]

My family know since a couple of years ago. Anyone who thoroughly searched my room could find several pony books, but no-one who comes in does. I wouldn't show anyone the pony stuff I do online, but that's cause a lot of it is not the kind of thing I'd want to show anyone in rl.

[Pentium100 2,120]

I am not really hiding it, but not really advertising it either. If you come to my room you will see plastic ponies, the wallpapers on my PCs (including portable ones) have ponies on them. If you ask me whether I watch the show, I will say yes.

However, if you just meet me on the street, you would not know that I like MLP, well, unless I happen to be wearing my T-shirt with the cutie marks of Twilight and Starlight (a fan of the show would recognize them, but to everyone else they would just look like random designs) or you see my keychain with Twilight on it. Both the T-shirt and the keychain are recent purchases, simply because I could not find a T-shirt with long sleeves or keychain style that I wanted.

I do not really see a reason to get in people's faces with the shows that I like. Though I am not completely opposed to a T-shirt with a picture of Twilight on it...

On 1/22/2019 at 8:18 AM, Egg-3 said:

I would hold out a flyer or my phone and pretend I'm just shopping for a little cousin XD

When I was buying blind bags in a local shop, I just bought them normally. Everyone who knows me personally could just ask and I would say that I am buying them for myself, but to the cashier and others who do not know me I may look like I am buying them for my (non-existent) kids. Or, more likely, nobody cares.

[Adorable Lovestar 243]

Someone recognized me as a Brony because of the Starlight Glimmer wallet I was carrying. I don't do anything to hide it, and if anyone had a problem with it, I would laugh in their faces about it. I went to Bronycon, also, which is where I got the wallet.

[ToastedScone 395]

I don't have any brony friends, but they're all accepting of me; sometimes they'll even text me saying they've found a Twilight doll I don't have and tell me where it is 

I've always been SUPER open about everything I like, even if it annoys people; it's more of a detriment than a positive, but my friends are as bad as me for singing their fandoms' praises!!

[TotallyNotNyx 15,566]

Not very open at all 

[Splashee 28,563]

4 hours ago, Princess of Luck 🍀⚡🔥 said:

Not very open at all 

Open up your window, and shout at the top of your lungs, let the entire West London hear you: "I AM A PONY!"

It will make you very open

[TotallyNotNyx 15,566]

Just now, Splashee said:

Open up your window, and shout at the top of your lungs, let the entire West London hear you: "I AM A PONY!"

It will make you very open

They'll also think I'm crazy 

[Kevin Tang 2,426]

I used to be a closet brony

 

But now Im pretty chill with it

Probably a bit too open....

[Splashee 28,563]

3 hours ago, Princess of Luck 🍀⚡🔥 said:

They'll also think I'm crazy 

But that's the point

 

I think being open about ponies and being crazy go hand in hand (that's why I am a Closet Brony) (and I am crazy anyways, doesn't make sense)

[Solar Power 294]

Outside the internet I'm totally in the closet as far as my interest in the show is concerned. Only you internet people know about my Bronyness.

[Tom Gallagher 33,581]

Probably a little too much and it probably gets me into trouble. 

In my school, it isn't cool to like anything other than anime or what's trending right now. To them, a brony is bottom of the barrel. But to be completely honest, I don't care. I wouldn't be here without this show. End of story. 

[Splashee 28,563]

2 hours ago, TomDaBombMLP said:

Probably a little too much and it probably gets me into trouble. 

In my school, it isn't cool to like anything other than anime or what's trending right now. To them, a brony is bottom of the barrel. But to be completely honest, I don't care. I wouldn't be here without this show. End of story. 

You are brave.

I would only flag that I am a Brony if it was needed in order to mess with people. Otherwise I try to stay away from conflicts.

[LionPonyNerd 50]

My mother knows about it. She’s been with me when I’ve bought pony figures in stores sometimes and she’s seen me watching the show on Netflix before. I usually keep it more hush with friends and on my personal social media’s though. 

[Savy 5,075]

My family knows about it, and are pretty chill about it too. I tend to only be open to family, close friends, and people I really trust.

 

[dead account 2,710]

I didn't make "any" experiences in real life yet. My mother and friends are open-minded anyway and they are happy for me. And online people outside of our fandom don't care so far. I'm open with it and everyone would recognize it immediately. But that's about it. I don't annoy others with it, I don't even talk about it. It's the same as always.

[MasterofChaos 120]

I HONESTLY AM HALF AND HALF.. I TEND TO KEEP MY "BRONIENESS" TO MYSELF. BUT I ONLY LET THE PEOPLE I FULLY TRUST KNOW ABOUT MY SECRET FANDOM. TO THIS DAY THEY HAVE NOT BETRAYED ME AND HAVE ACCEPTED ME FOR WHO I AM. IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE PERSON YOU ARE JUST BY THE CONTENT YOU DECIDE TO WATCH AND BE FANS OF. MY TRUE FRIENDS UNDERSTAND THAT. WHICH IS WHY I CAN TRUST THEM WITH ANYTHING I SAY TO THEM!

[Envy 6,143]

My closest friends know about it from years back. I have not made a big deal about it in the last 6+ years, though (where I posted some of the G3s I was collecting). In general, I don't hit my friends over the head with my interests anymore. I posted *some* Animal Crossing, but I try to limit that.

In the past, I probably said I would always keep it from my parents because of me being afraid of them judging me for collecting toys as an adult that I didn't even play with as a little girl. But one day last year we were in an antique/vintage shop (my mom and I loved to visit those occasionally before the pandemic) and a booth had a collection of G1's, and after some thinking I was finally like "Hey mom, I like those toy horses". It's funny how this played out, actually. We were already in the car. She had no idea what I was talking about, she thought I must have been referring to some kind of toys that were more like real horses but she hadn't seen any, but then it dawned on her and she was like "What? The My Little Ponys?". I was temporarily floored, because she actually knew the brand right off the top of her head. She then explained that my sister and I had some when we were really young and played with them.

And because I shared that, I learned something, that My Little Pony has roots to my early childhood! And she doesn't think I'm silly for collecting them either! I now have them in my room, no longer hidden.

Edited June 27, 2020 by Envy