...Happier and better for it

[IDigAPony 7]

My Favourite Mane 6 Pony: Twilight Sparkle

How did you find MLP Forums?: Looking for the definitive "Ponify words" site...

How you became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Long story.Ninjago-You Tube mashup - "Lloyd is Brony" "What's a Brony?""Dad, it's a guy who likes MLP""You mean those weird horses you had when you were little?""They look different now""Show me... Eh, not as lame as I'd thought...hmmm, pretty funny but not stupid and not a tea party in site...that Rainbow Dash is kind of cool - did she just knock that purple one into the mud? (laughs)...Did the purple one just call them "weird ponies?" Are they drinking Martguerita's? Is Twilight sulking in her bed?...wait, I think I know her...Nightmare Moon?...kind of cool. Wait, Twilight just called that pink one (was still too embarrassed to say name) out on breaking into a song...I love that kind of stuff...she's fighting Nightmare moon all alone...her eyes just went pure white!...yeah, I guess we can watch the next episode...you know I'm beginning to really like them...yeah, I guess we can watch the next episode...yeah, I guess we can watch the next episode..(etc, etc,etc)

..., only my daughter refused to let me call myself a Brony. (Now she's very cool with it) In fact, we watch the show together all the time and love it.. (That and Doctor Who - with David Tennant, of course!!) Look - I'm a 54 year old husband and father of a 13 year old girl. I spent a LONG time wrestling with why I  like love this show and all the characters.  Come on!  54??!!  What the hay is wrong with me?!  I'm a Sr. Network Engineer for cryin out loud!

 

I wear a green M-65 military fatigue jacket with an iron-on Dashie flying over the left breast pocket. I work in NYC and I don't care what anyone thinks.  I probably pass Bronie's all the time...(If you see me, say hi)

 

But you know what?  I am sick and tired of mean humor.  The Simpson's, Family Man, etc. I shouldn't cite only animated shows, but they're what come to mind.  I can't even begin to consider the average sit-com.  It's all humor at someone or something's expense. But... I can't stand sappy stuff either.  It's like walking the razor's edge for the writers on this show.  

 

I love the characters.  They are so real, so genuine and so funny.  The artists, the voice actors, the singers the writers have something that they are probably un-aware of.  There is some kind of magic (I know, I know) going on here that is the animated equivalent of The Beatles. For me anyway,  The last time entertainment bought me this much joy consistently, it was them. 

 

I've got it bad.

How bad?

Real bad.

 

I've published 2 PMV's "[PMV] Dashie Jet" and  "[PMV] Pinky rajun cajun?" I'm working on one for Twilight and one for Rarity.  

 

What about AJ and Fluttershy?  I won't just do them to get the video done.  I'll do them when I find the right song.  AJ is pretty special to me.  Being an orphan and raising her little sister and running the farm. It's a big part of the manuscript.  Oh right...

 

I'm working on "Tomorrow Never Knows" - a fanfic shipping my 2 favorite ponies - Twilight and AJ. (fimfic.com) It's just about 1/2 way finished and I think I'm at about 20K words. 

 

And Fluttershy needs an up-tempo song that's not too harsh.

 

How does a grown man get wrapped up in this?  

As I say, I've been wrestling with that question ever since I fell in love with this show.  My wife says I'm a different person, nicer, happier, and somewhat obsessed. To answer the question - I dont freakin know!!

 

When I write it's like spending time with them. It's wonderful. One of the best parts of writing is how the show writers and I are in complete synchronization with respect to the pony's and who they are.  I spent a lot of time studying each pony's characteristics and watching Season 4. Sometimes I swear the writers have read some of what I've written, which is very cool..  It's not possible considering they wrapped the 4th season production months before I got to work on my manuscript, but it's really great.  When it happens during episodes it leaves me slack jawed

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I could cite a million instances of the show  heading toward cliche cliff, then making a casual right turn into a logical, normal ending.

 

The writers don't touch on the fact that AJ, Applebloom and Big Mac are orphans's they expect that their audience is smart enough to get that and factor that subtly into their characters.  Or that Discord morphed into Hunter S. Thompson. And speaking of Discord, he needs to keep his grubby little hands/paws/whatever's to himself.  Personally I think Twilight should get a restraining order against him. 20 feet is fine.  Did you see him in "Three's A Crowd?"  He needs to find a nice draconequus (male or female - it doesn't matter to me and from what I can tell it woudn't matter to him either) and get a room.

 

Twilight, of course, realizes that if she displays her disgust at his nausea inducing "unwanted attention" he'll only do it more.

Other than that, I like his sardonic sense of style.

 

I guess a big part of it is the writers respect their fans intelligence.  That's it.  

 

Gotta head home...

More later...

[XxConfusedUnicornxX 834]

Hello! Welcome to the forums! man I wish I had a dad like your daughter! Then i can have a mlp marathon until midnight! AMG! my dad would just sulk around with his beer bottle.... Ah wutevs

[Wingnut 7,020]

Welcome to the forum, IDigAPony.    You're going to have a lot of fun here.  There are several active members in their 40s here, myself included.  But I am not aware of any 50 somethings participating now.  It would be nice to see that change. 

 

But really, age is just a number here.  To love a great cartoon like MLP:FiM it doesn't matter how old you are.  I noticed some of your contributions to the fandom as well and I want to say, I'm impressed.   

 

 

And yes, Discord is rather touchy feely with the ponies, isn't he?  :okiedokielokie:

[Gone Airborne 22,007]

Now I got to say how you came about that and your reasons for liking this show as well. Welcome to these forums here and it is a pleasure to meet you. If you ever have any questions about this place feel free to ask me . Also I hope your time is exceptional and there are really awesome people here btw

[IDigAPony 7]

I am SO sorry!! I had no idea that you all had responded!! I feel like such a jerk.  Thank for the welcomes.  Let's see - Tomorrow Never Knows- Just posted chapter 14.  In case you're wondering, no my daughter did not reading chapter 13 or 14. I explained that AJ and Twilight get "romantic."  She raised her eyebrow, shook her head and said "Let's not go there. I know what you're talking about - we had that in health in October.  I know that you see these ponies as having 360 degrees of character (I say that all the time) and that to write about them in a relationship you wanted it to be complete, but I just am not ready to...  I don't think I'll ever be ready since you wrote it, but I'll just skip over those two chapters..."

I could go on for volumes about chapter 13 and how I struggled with it, but it's integral to their relationship.

 

 

It's been so long since I joined and I haven't checked it.  Adding it to my "favorites". 

We just downloaded "Equestria Games."  We really enjoyed it.  Where were the earth pony events??!! AJ and Mac could have headed a kick-tail team with amazing events.  (We had watched fall weather friends not too long ago.- hence the idea)

 

Can't believe that the season is almost done...

 

I have so much more to write here to you all but I need to get back to work.  Since you've been so wonderful I'll share a picture I took today.  No one has seen these yet, so this is an exclusive...

I can say no more...

 

 

More soon...