Being judged?

[Fluffy Pinkie 417]

[quote name=Zygen' timestamp='1357178730' post='1048012] I'm still a closet brony, Yeah I'm afraid of being judged because to be honest i'm pretty sure most of the school already thinks of me as weird. My parents and my brother don't even know because I have that feeling my parents will surely not take it well, and my brother might just go around trying to embarrass me.   I already have enough trouble having friends or a social life because I'm so shy, I don't need something else that people are going to judge me for. Besides I don't really see a point in bringing up the fact I'm a brony other then simply because. Keeping it hidden from my parents and my brother isn't really a big deal, because I pretty much hide most of the stuff I do online anyways.(Its not because I'm doing anything they might hate actually. Its just because I don't like people being up in my business :/ )   Also I know for almost a fact that one of my closest friends is atleast somewhat a hater or at very least doesn't like the show, so I don't have plans to really stop being a closet brony anytime soon. Its not really my parents or my brothers business and I know that theres a few people who exhibit alot of symptoms of being haters in some form. Some of which are of the few friends I have. If you call it that.   To be fair I don't really have much in the way of  friends really. I mean I never hang out with anyone(Last time I went to someones house was before school started) So idk. I don't wanna make it any harder then it already is I guess.   Its nobody's business what I watch, so I don't really care to keep it secret. All telling people will do is make things more complicated and people will give me more weird looks. I'd like to have atleast a chance of having a social life through highschool. And I certainly don't want to be rejected by my family.   Just my perspective, call me scared or whatever but theres no way I could do it, considering I can hardly even do simple things like tell my crush Hi, or sometimes even start conversations with others.   I'll spare you my self pitty, I'm just offering a closet brony perspective I guess. [/quote]

 

I can understand that sometimes it's hard to be yourself but you gotta be strong. Imagine the first bronies how hard it must have been to admit watching a show that's target audience was little girls. Even just posting on the internet how scared you are of being judged is stronger then most people can do. I hope you know that many of us I hope or truly here for you. I was always scared to be myself, but all iI got in return was conflict, which is why i now try to always be myself so be yourself. It may take time but strive to be yourself because you only live once, so why not live in happiness. One day you'll find that the sun will shine on you. Just remember where here for you.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_6TFzEGRTI

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

I have only told one person that I was a brony (my sister) and she eventually joined the herd.  However, my sister is not quite as closed as I am about my personal life, so more people know...  Luckily though, my parents are not among them (I'm sure that they would be fine with it, but I don't like taking chances especially since my dad's a bit homophobic).  We have a group of friends who know, but they don't really judge me (openly).  Of course they joke about it, but that's because we all torment each other.  It's an odd sort of friendship.

[Fluffy Pinkie 417]

 

 

 

I'm still a closet brony, Yeah I'm afraid of being judged because to be honest i'm pretty sure most of the school already thinks of me as weird. My parents and my brother don't even know because I have that feeling my parents will surely not take it well, and my brother might just go around trying to embarrass me.

 

I already have enough trouble having friends or a social life because I'm so shy, I don't need something else that people are going to judge me for. Besides I don't really see a point in bringing up the fact I'm a brony other then simply because. Keeping it hidden from my parents and my brother isn't really a big deal, because I pretty much hide most of the stuff I do online anyways.(Its not because I'm doing anything they might hate actually. Its just because I don't like people being up in my business :/ )

 

Also I know for almost a fact that one of my closest friends is atleast somewhat a hater or at very least doesn't like the show, so I don't have plans to really stop being a closet brony anytime soon. Its not really my parents or my brothers business and I know that theres a few people who exhibit alot of symptoms of being haters in some form. Some of which are of the few friends I have. If you call it that.

 

To be fair I don't really have much in the way of  friends really. I mean I never hang out with anyone(Last time I went to someones house was before school started) So idk. I don't wanna make it any harder then it already is I guess.

 

Its nobody's business what I watch, so I don't really care to keep it secret. All telling people will do is make things more complicated and people will give me more weird looks. I'd like to have atleast a chance of having a social life through highschool. And I certainly don't want to be rejected by my family.

 

Just my perspective, call me scared or whatever but theres no way I could do it, considering I can hardly even do simple things like tell my crush Hi, or sometimes even start conversations with others.

 

I'll spare you my self pitty, I'm just offering a closet brony perspective I guess.

 

 

I can understand that sometimes it's hard to be yourself but you gotta be strong. Imagine the first bronies how hard it must have been to admit watching a show that's target audience was little girls. Even just posting on the internet how scared you are of being judged is stronger then most people can do. I hope you know that many of us I hope or truly here for you. I was always scared to be myself, but all iI got in return was conflict, which is why i now try to always be myself so be yourself. It may take time but strive to be yourself because you only live once, so why not live in happiness. One day you'll find that the sun will shine on you. Just remember where here for you.  

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_6TFzEGRTI

Edited January 3, 2013 by Rainbowswag4

[Retro*Derpy 3,185]

I haven't ever been OPENLY judged about being a brony, though I consider myself a semi-brony. Very little people know about it, and that is because they are bronies themselves. Though I know they silently judge me, everyone does.

[Scootalove 10,689]

I don't really care about being judged as a brony. It might affect me in a way, but I won't care about what other people think.

I just ignore them and move on.

[Tav of Paradise 16]

I'm going to be completely honest. About 10 months ago, I was the biggest pony hater on the planet. Then I decided to see what I was knocking on, and fell in love almost instantly. When I told my pony-hating brother about it he started flipping out and such. Honestly now I think he likes it, but doesn't admit it for understandable reasons. When my dad walked in on me watching season 2 one day he kind of laughed about it. My sisters don't really care, and my mom either doesn't know, or doesn't care.

 

After I told my friends, I'm sure some of them looked at me differently. Most if them know I'm shy and girly in nature, and they respect that I have no shame wearing my Internet pony shirt in public.

 

Poster above me, that story made me really sad. Call me a dreamer, but I'm waiting for the world to grow up.

 

In all, this is one of the best things to happen to me. I'm an introvert who talks about as loud as a mouse farts, and I don't know what to say. After watching this I've learned to fly and let my wings catch the wind.

Tav.

[Dreadmallon 353]

I have told my closest friends that I am a brony through hints, although it took them awhile to connect the dots. They were and are okay with it, surprisingly. However they will tease me about it here and there, but yet they keep it between us, which I appreciate.

Edited January 3, 2013 by Fallen Dusk

[Phoenix237 353]

My younger sibilings know and they are okay with it. Exept for one of my brothers who thought it was wierd, but he got over it eventually.

 

I wore a pony shirt to school (because in that point in my life, and true today, I didn't care what others thought. Surprisingly only 2 people said something about my shirt and they were complements. I wasn't judged badly and if I was it was probably in secret.

 

So no I haven't been judged harshly yet for liking MLP, but when that time comes I have already prepared for almost every situation in the event that things get ugly. I am not one who is easily affected by insults.

[SOHCAHTOA 51]

Well, my friends see me as quite confusing. While around them I tend to act as a cloudcuckoolander, so whem I told them I like MLP, and tried to get them on the show they just dismissed it as my usual random nonsense. Thankfully, they didn't judge me, but only because they already expect me to say things they consider crazy, and so didn't take me seriously when I tried telling them that it was a cool show

[Soviet Spy 31]

Yeah I get judged sometimes, but I really don't care. I've learned to ngaf from my years as a troll (not trolling to be mean, but for fun). I have absolutely no reason to fear being judged by anyone I know. Mostly because I don't care about their opinions and thoughts on the matter of me liking ponies.

 

I tell people all the time that I'm a brony. I wear my pony shirt once a week at school, and at the beggining of school when they have introductions I said that I liked MLP in every single one of my classes. Sure, some people called me gay and some who hated me hate me more, but the majority of people just don't care at all and get over it. I have quite a few brony friends at school, and I even turned my brother into a brony. It's not a big deal.

[Bohtty 1,775]

I think i've been judge before, but I don't really care so I don't usually remember.  One time when I told someone and they took it badly I threw them an empty plastic bag and said "quick! close the bag. All of my fucks are escaping." They just rolled their eyes and then I told them to fuck off unless they have something important to talk about.

[MeowLord Noraasha 135]

Yeah a bit but seriously... not much. My best friend is very intelligent and understood right away and also after me explaining a bit better the full enlightenment has come. Ponies have good impact on me and I'm trying to share that impact with others and especially with that friend. Some friends joke about this and try to make me feel ashamed but it's not working.

 

Some people are not very intelligent, and don't even stop for a moment to think why we shouldn't like this or that. You know when you ask them. "Why shouldn't I like MLP?" "You know it's just like this. I don't know. I don't care. It's the way the thing's should be." Somehow we have set a natural order how thing should be... and we are bound to it. Our own creation limits us... pure stupidity. They don't have a single argument against us. Don't expect people to get smarter, little chance most of the time. What is a bit annoying that some smart people are haters and play stupid just to have easier life... kinda sad.

 

Another thing is that I'm proud of who I am and what I'm doing. And everyone should be. I don't announce that I'm a brony publicly because it makes no sense but I don't mind people knowing. Stand up tall and if someone starts picking on you for being a brony... come at me bro show me what you've got.

It's a lot harder for haters when they face a confident person, keep that in mind. Make them feel that they're NOT normal for not watching MLP! (jk )

 

But anyway, you know what I'm pointing out.

Even if you're facing though people be confident. You don't even have to respond or be aggressive or whatever. Even shy and quiet person can be confident. You don't have to change yourself.

 

Ooops   I had to write about my experience with judgemental people and ended with writing a guide how to deal with those people ( 1400 chars)

[Zygen 6,066]

I can understand that sometimes it's hard to be yourself but you gotta be strong. Imagine the first bronies how hard it must have been to admit watching a show that's target audience was little girls. Even just posting on the internet how scared you are of being judged is stronger then most people can do. I hope you know that many of us I hope or truly here for you. I was always scared to be myself, but all iI got in return was conflict, which is why i now try to always be myself so be yourself. It may take time but strive to be yourself because you only live once, so why not live in happiness. One day you'll find that the sun will shine on you. Just remember where here for you.  

 

I know, but honestly I'm pretty sure those guys where much more.. Socially comfortable I guess then me . Like I said even if I ever do reveal i'm a brony, it would be a while seeing as I still have to work baby steps that way anyways, heck i really don't like revealing anything personal to people most of the time, revealing myself as a brony would be 10x's harder.

 

And again I just feeling like the chance hasn't really come up, and it doesn't even feel necessary when it does.

Maybe I'll change sometime, but for now I'll probably remain a closet brony. It doesn't particularly bother me that much to be fair.

 

Thank you for the kind words, and encouragement though .

[ApexHunter 166]

Well my parents don't mind me being a brony although my sister thinks I shouldn't be watching it (like I care what she says...) My best friends also don't mind me being a brony...hell I even got one of them to watch the show because I had Twilight as my profile pic on Skype xD As what everyone else is gonna think of me I'm about to find out. I just ordered some pony t-shirts and will wear them in school as soon as they arrive Although I'll probably get a lot of hate but NOT A SINGLE F*** IS GIVEN! xD (it's easier said than done) Anyway, I just hope I'll get some other brony friends. Even though there's like 5000 student's at my school and most of them are pricks, there has to be at least a few bronies in there...

Wish me luck

[PoniesPlease 365]

Jeez, guys, you're not coming out as gay or anything, you're just saying you like a TV show. Lets not try to cross the two over.

 

 

Then again, it may be a bigger thing in some parts of the world to like something like that, and you're all different personally.

 

 

You know what? I came across as rather harsh there. It's not my place to tell you how to act as bronies. Sorry!

Edited January 3, 2013 by PoniesPlease

[Zoop 8,384]

Of everyone I know, only one person I knew online has ever tried to give me any real shit over it. No big deal, and nothing worth losing sleep over - I just blocked him and moved on with my life. That said, I do know a lot of folks that have been judged surprisingly harshly by their friends and/or family for being into ponies. 

 

Honestly, the fact that so many people get judged harshly for liking MLP that I have to wonder why so many MLP fans judge people that like NSFW pony fanworks so harshly. I'd think that if you're used to being given shit over something that you enjoy, you wouldn't be so quick to give it to others for the stuff that they enjoy. 

[SOHCAHTOA 51]

I forgot to bring up, that I'm from Brazil. Brony is still not a mainstream thing, and we don't even have a wikipedia page for it :/ the one of my friends that showed some interest in watching it, I had to show him the english wikipedia Brony page through msn. And he laughed at it, until I told him I watched the show and liked it, at which point he said he might watch it later (though he hasn't done so, as of yet. At least he didn't dismiss it as me being weird, as he read about adults watching mlp in the us).

[angels_gal 204]

no I haven't ever been judged  but I will say this, i don't care what other people think about me. They have no right to tell me what i can and can't like or watch. 

[Galex Dj 173]

Well only two people have ever judged me for liking the show. And the first one ended up like the show just a few months later after that, and the second one is now a good friend of mine but still judges me a little for liking the show a lot. So no one really makes fun of me for liking the show at all. If anything they usually like the show as well, or just accept the fact that I like the show a lot.

[Flicker 141]

Well, yeah actually. But here's the funny thing: I've been kind of judging myself. 

I love the brony fandom. If it hadn't been for ponies I wouldn't have any friends. I used to be really closed off and did nothing but read. But recently I've been much more open and I've discovered that I'm the life of a party. But it seriously took a TV show to teach me that? Oh well.

Also I got my brother in the fandom. I know he loves being a brony, but I'm worried about what others will think of him. He's really sweet, and I love him to pieces and I don't want him to get hurt. Maybe I'm just overprotective.

And there was one time I told a friend and he gave me this weird look and I could tell he was thinking of the cloppers :/ They give us all a bad name.

And a guy on memebase, but he's fun to mess with.

Edited January 4, 2013 by Amber Sands

[AutisticBrony 47]

Well, yeah actually. But here's the funny thing: I've been kind of judging myself. 

I love the brony fandom. If it hadn't been for ponies I wouldn't have any friends. I used to be really closed off and did nothing but read. But recently I've been much more open and I've discovered that I'm the life of a party. But it seriously took a TV show to teach me that? Oh well.

Also I got my brother in the fandom. I know he loves being a brony, but I'm worried about what others will think of him. He's really sweet, and I love him to pieces and I don't want him to get hurt. Maybe I'm just overprotective.

And there was one time I told a friend and he gave me this weird look and I could tell he was thinking of the cloppers :/ They give us all a bad name.

And a guy on memebase, but he's fun to mess with.

That first part sounds alot like Twilight Sparkle. You know, nothing but read, then she is the life of the party. Except maybe in her case the death of the party. o.O

[Flicker 141]

That first part sounds alot like Twilight Sparkle. You know, nothing but read, then she is the life of the party. Except maybe in her case the death of the party. o.O

Yeah, I had a friend like that. She used to be like the current Twilight (friendly, smart, etc.), but now she's extremely antisocial. Honestly, I'm kind of intimidated around her, which is strange because she used to be my bestie. It's kind of a reverse "Elements of Harmony".

[morethanicecream 116]

Mum calls me gay, two of three of my sisters calls me gay, my dad? "Y'know, the show isn't bad at all."

 

 

 

wat fak

I am confused by this logic. My dad is a big Star Trek fan. So, if he finds out, I can show him S2 Ep 1. Woman are confusing though. Show them an episode or two. See where it takes them.

 

dad is supportive, females aren't

 

no I haven't ever been judged but I will say this, i don't care what other people think about me. They have no right to tell me what i can and can't like or watch.

If I wasn't bullied for around 9 months, maybe it would be the same. I don't really care much. I mean. I mean, my dad is one of my biggest worries. But that is why I want to buy pony stuff, so my dad can catch on.