When you first became a brony, how did you deal with it initially?

[Homura Akemi 974]

I didn't need to "deal" with anything. I realized I was now into a show that I'd known about for 5 months prior. I was pretty glad I was.

[Rainblow H. Ash 5,091]

Before I became a Brony, I always knew the show was quite big, and I knew Bronies existed because FiM stuff was all over the internet. I was never judgmental or anything, I just thought "Oh that's cool, it must be a good show", so I gave it a try and watched Friendship is Magic part 1 & 2. 

I thought it was good, but it wasn't really enough to get me hooked, but after hanging out online, I knew of the characters and the basic plot.

Then, right around Halloween 2012, I sat down and watched it all, and that was it, I was hooked.

 

I wasn't against being a Brony or anything, it just sort of happened, and then I told my friends, and got involved online, and never looked back :3

Now, my life and day to day activities revolve around FiM xD

 

You know, your story is very similar to mine, because I had known about Bronies since April 2011 and watched the first two episodes all the way back then and then just completely forgot about it for a long time.

 

I then came back to it at the request of a friend in the Summer 2012, and I got mega, mega hooked on it.

 

Now, how did I deal with first becoming a Brony...

 

Well, I definitely went through a phase for about four months where nopony but me knew, not even friends I had made online, save for the one friend who had recommended it to me on DeviantArt. I refused to tell anypony because I was super scared of what others would think of me. I already had one Brony friend in real life and my friends gave him a hard time about it all the freaking time, so I refused to tell any of them. But... one by one they all found out, and it turns out they didn't care, so then I quickly got over it.

 

And I never really was in denial that I was a Brony at any stage of time, but I just simply didn't want to tell anypony else about it out of fear. Now, I'm as chill as an ice cube, baby.

Edited April 9, 2013 by Rainblow Hash

[Paleopony 703]

When I first watched MLP I couldn't believe how good it was and I thought to myself, "Why are you watching this? You're a 16 year old guy!". I dealt with it by hiding any evidence of my fandom, and if I was found out I would have been like Rainbow Dash in the clip below:

 

Edited September 22, 2021 by Paleopony

[Tom Gallagher 33,590]

I was ashamed of it at first because I actually thought that I was regressing and not going in the right direction!  I eventually realised that there’s nothing wrong with it!

[EpicEnergy 23,222]

At first I tried to keep it hidden from even my family, but eventually I stopped and showed that I was a brony to my family and even in public. I stopped showing it in public though.

[Flying Pencil 3,024]

Mostly hidden it from my family, especially from my older sister. I soon told my mom and she was ok with it. 

[Pentium100 2,147]

It's just another TV show I found that I like. Just like some anime TV shows and such. I don't feel the need to talk about it with people IRL (unless the conversation goes in that direction naturally).

[Astralshy 27,086]

well ... when I realized I like this so much my first thought was:

Oh my.. what have I found here

I haven't been ashamed of it. Why should I be anyway? There is nothing wrong in enjoying a good show show.

This was really special for me really fast, so I didn't think it was just another show.

So there was not much to deal for me. I just enjoyed and consumed this show while being under a corona lockdown/curfew

[Splashee 28,566]

Very conflicted. It was like my whole personality had shifted. I think it was at a time in my life when I felt I needed a chance. I had lost my identity.

Okay, actually, I became a brony pretty late, and I had no problems with it. I have always had a soft spot for my childhood MLP G1, so becoming a brony was just as easy as.... saying it out loud. It is also slightly shorter than saying I am a "My Little Pony Fan"