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| RepentantAnon #888239 6 months ago |
i know i know, wall of text, tl;dr. short version - how did you descover the show and what made you like it? |
| Keyboard #888255 6 months ago |
Let's see... one of my friends "infected" me... I like the show's pureness, so to be honest I don't really like anything that doesn't come from the canon. |
| gashunk #888256 6 months ago |
I, uh... Saw pictures all over Paheal and decided to see what the fuss was all about when I saw pictures from artists I liked... |
| Imdumb #888260 6 months ago |
MASTERLINKX was uploading full episodes and like any teenage boy, I said "wtf is this pony shit?" and deleted it from my subscriptions right then and there. Later some people in Funnyjunk were using pics of the show in their comments like Twilight Sparkle having sunglasses fall on her and say "deal with it" then I decided to watch a random episode: Fall Weather Friends, then I kept watching another and another. |
| Draconequus #888262 6 months ago |
Saw it on memebase and decided to check it out.
Loved it ever since. NOt very dramatic, but what can ya do. |
| marioandsonic #888263 6 months ago |
I was surfing the Internet around mid-April late one night, and on one of the message board I frequently visit, people were talking praise about this new show. I didn't catch the name of the show, so I asked what it was:
Me: Hey, what is this show you people are talking about? Poster X: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Me: LOL are you serious? Poster X: Yeah, why? Me: Really? My Little Pony? You mean that 1980s sugar-coated, diabetes-inducing parade of gumdrops, rainbows, and flowers? Poster X: No, bro, this is different. Poster Y: Yea, this is a reboot that came out about six months ago. It's awesome, man! Me: ...are you serious, or are you just trolling me? Poster X: *posts YouTube link* Go there, watch a few episodes, and see for yourself. (Yeah, it's one of the few times I asked a question on the Internet that didn't result in someone saying that they had sex with my mom.) As you can guess, I was skeptical. But from what I heard, this show had pretty much taking the internet by storm, judging by all of the forum chatter and all of the pictures on DeviantArt. So, I decided to click the link out of curiousity. After the video ended, I thought to myself, "Holy shit, what right does this franchise have to start kicking ass?" ... And that is how I found the show. |
| gashunk #888267 6 months ago |
And there's like four shows I watch on tv so I decided to fill the void with MLP and eventually got hooked. |
| Anonymouz #888269 6 months ago |
I was downloading Transformers Prime episodes into my hard drive. FiM was related so I downloaded those too. |
| BattleGT #888270 6 months ago |
This is about the umpth time I've told it but. I was looking at the Snafu Comics forum in February and saw there was a thread about the show and saw it had multiple pages. I didn't click on it and promptly when about my way. Then I saw people talking about on this other forum I'm a moderator for in the ChatBox. I googled the show and then came back to the people talking about it and asked why everyone was talking about it all of a sudden.(This was the day after Feeling Pinkie Keen Came )
After people gave me some more info and a link. I watched the first episode after opening and closing it multiple times. I then manned up watched it and found myself enjoying it(questioning myself along the way as to why.) But After applebuck season back when AJ was my favorite I was sold. I watched the rest of the episodes 14 at the time in one sitting and here we are today. What got me into the show were the endearing characters,voice acting,script writing(the show doesn't talk down to the audience),and the songs. Not to mention it reminded me of the days I would sit down with a bowl of cereal and watch some Saturday Morning cartoons,and the glory days of Cartoon Network. |
| Anonymous #888272 6 months ago |
I found a bondage pic with Pinkie and Aj by Limpurtikles.
And I got curious. |
| BattleGT #888274 6 months ago |
I should have said Aired instead of came* |
| Natry #888277 6 months ago |
I saw animated pony gifs in the Transformice forum, I didn't know if it was supposed to be a good show or some weird 4chan meme. I searched for my little pony on youtube but unfortunately only saw gen 1 stuff and gave up. But then I saw Pony Effect 2, thought it looked awesome, and I searched harder. I ended up watching four episodes that night. |
| JP #888281 6 months ago |
Something like this:
Phase 1 (Jan-Mar 2011): "WTF are these new reaction images? What are those things even supposed to be? "Ponies"?! Just some stupid new internet meme I guess." Ignore them. Phase 2 (Mar 2011): "Oh, My Little Pony. It still exists? Say, that yellow one looks cute." Phase 3 (Apr 2011): "OK, fine. I'll check it out soon." (Increasing pony memes and reaction images everywhere.) Phase 4 (mid-May 2011): Brony4Life. "Fluttershy is the best pony." Phase 5 (Jun 2011): *Rainbow Dash hate is strong everywhere* "Poor Dashie, everyone hates her. But I won't hate you. You're the best pony forever." Why I like it? It's cute, the animation is good and Rainbow Dash. |
| AppleJackFrost #888292 6 months ago |
It was a tale to be told.
I was viewing the Escapist forums but I saw an influx of pony avatar. Curious I checked out all the Pony related threads and questioned why so many people liked the show. I was never given a clear answer so I browsed TV tropes to view related information about the show. I finally got the courage to watch the show while playing in the Internet cafe near our school. Watched the first episode and I remain unconvinced so I continued viewing in my house with my headset on. I like what I saw and that is how I became a brony. |
| Didjargo #888293 6 months ago |
I was kind of aware of it back when it was gaining internet popularity. At first I was like "Why are so many people posting pictures of Stocking as a horse on Deviantart?" It wasn't until my younger brother force fed me the first episode (he does that whole "you gotta watch this and you gotta play that" a lot until I give in). At first, I was in denial. Telling him that I wasn't into it. But soon I found myself being drawn into it. Eventually I had to begrudgingly tell my brother he was right so that I didn't have to watch ponies behind his back. |
| SteveCharb #888301 6 months ago |
I... don't remember. I think I heard about it several times and thought it was a joke or that they were being ironic. But it kept popping up in different places. Eventually I just thought that the idea of such a girly show having such a large male fanbase was HILARIOUS! I just figured "what the hell, let's see what this is all about".
I think I lucked out, because the one I happened to see first ("Baby Cakes") was a pretty good one that started off strong. Pinky's facial expressions and personal "Tex Avery physics" bubble were what drew me in initially. Maybe if I'd picked a different episode I would have quit after a few minutes and just moved on with my life. Second one I saw was "Lesson Zero" and I was hooked. Hilarious. Favorite. |
| NightGlow #888302 6 months ago |
Someone on youtube faved a music video(the 7artists one)
When I read My Little Pony in the title, I thought "how can something with that show be any good?" Ignored it. My brother watched and got me to watch it. After watching for the millionth time I got curious. Decided "What the heck, Ill watch the first episode. I watched the first episode. Then the next one, and the next one, and the next one, etc. Later a video comment talked about Cupcakes. Said it was grimdark as fuck. I naturally couldn't resist. Through Cupcakes, I discovered Equestria Daily And here I am today! Why do i like it? It reminded of older shows I LOVED, like Dexters Lab, Johnny Bravo, and that era in general. For the first time in years, there was a show I actually really enjoyed! I'm not what really pulled me in, but once i was in, i grabbed on, and i don't plan on letting go any day soon. |
| DaisyHead #888309 6 months ago |
i was watching dan vs. and i had my head turned to the side for some reason and i saw a glimpse of it in a commercial for the shows on hub and played back to see what it was just because of how the animation looked. my initial reaction reaction was " i'm gonna end up watching this." the first episode i saw was ticket master when it aired and i didnt find out about its popularity on the internet until feeling pinkie keen. |
| MisterSeven #888310 6 months ago |
I saw some funny pictures, I checked it out. The rest is history. |
| RepentantAnon #888312 6 months ago |
i forgot to mention. i was dissuaded because of the g3 movies i'd seen. the g1 shows were favourite saturday morning cartoons. addendum wise, any fans of g1 before g4? :D |
| Anonymous #888313 6 months ago |
Read My Little Dashie after a random Google for baww. At first I was like "WTF, My Little Pony?" but read to the end. I was literally crying, and so I talked with some bronies on the Minecraft Forums. They pointed me to Lesson Zero. Boom, brony. |
| WatermelonRat #888318 6 months ago |
I discovered cupcakes on tvtropes and was so intrigued that I began looking into the story behind it. Eventually I somehow got linked to "Party of One" and the rest is history. |
| Anonymous #888332 6 months ago |
^ Only two other Anons so far? Mildly impressed really.
About the time pony reaction images started spilling over into /v/ - before the ban waves - I became aware of it. I understood it was MLP, but I didn't read any more into it until about late summer when I started lurking /co/ to find out what the hell this was. Grew increasingly curious and started exploring the fanworks, and was amazed at just how much content there was already. Didn't actually watch the show itself until after The Return of Harmony Part 2 had aired. Before I sat myself down to actually watch the first episode, I was actually feeling quite a bit of trepidation along the lines of, "Am I really doing this? I almost know I'm gonna get hooked and hooked bad - and it's to My Little Pony of all things." First episode led to the next, then led to the third, and so on until the 12th before I had to call it a night. Finished the rest the following night and been avidly following ever since. Later discovered the irony that I used to nonchalantly watch Gen 1 MLP with my sister when I was much younger and had nothing better to do, and now look at what I'm watching. |
| Digara #888333 6 months ago |
I liked ponies since I was like 4 so once I heard of this new series, I was right in there. |
| ChickNeighney #888336 6 months ago |
At a time when I didn't have a computer, I used a PSP for all my Internet needs, I saw threads of it on 4chan. I liked the art style and how adorable everything was and how people on 4chan of all places was all over it. I got a bit curious and I wanted to watch it, but no computer and no control over the TV kinda made it hard. When I got a borrowed laptop for 2 weeks, I watched it all in about 5 days and kinda got an addiction to ponies. It didn't help when I had to give back the laptop and the only known place I could find ponies was 4chan. Finally got a computer and am now consistently viewing ponies.
As a side note: Pony withdrawal sucks. |
| I_Like_Your_Mane #888338 6 months ago |
This did me in:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tjb14VoWjg I literally didn't even know the show existed. I never followed the cartoon scene (since most are utter trash or just boring) and I stopped visiting Internet Meme Database or 4chan for a long time. Watched a random episode that was airing (Winter Wrapup) and I was instantly hooked. I instantly knew it was a winner. |
| TheOneTrueZephin #888346 6 months ago |
I discovered the show through an article on Escapist magazine about the Fighting is Magic game, then I somehow found myself watching a few clips on YouTube ( "I am NOT whining! I am COMPLAINING")
and then I watched a full episode which happened to be winter wrap-up for me too and I've been a fan ever since. |
| MaroonBunyip #888353 6 months ago |
Watched on a stream from some place I forget.
After 3 or so episodes...  |
| Atiarotias #888357 6 months ago |
I read Cupcakes first, saw Ponycraft2 trailer, other Youtube Pony videos, then finally started watching episodes. Before I knew, I was Brony or something! |
| Anonymous #888383 6 months ago |
Rule34 > Know your meme on Youtube > Equestria girls song > Episode 1+ > My little brony > Ponibooru
I regret nothing! :D |
| Anonymous #888385 6 months ago |
Mine can be summed into a string of names.
Halolz. Ponycraft 2. Know your Meme. Youtube. Equestria Daily. |
| Xevnest #888388 6 months ago |
Okay, how I got into it is quite typical and uninteresting.
I kept hearing that everyone across the internet was into My Little Pony back in like, June or July or so, and I just thought it was funny. I kept hearing about it over and over, and eventually I got curious and watched Episode 1. I got 5 minutes in and something distracted me. Wasn't a brony yet. A while later, like a few weeks or a month or so, one of my friends was posting a play by play comment update on his Facebook page of his reactions to Episodes 1 and 2 of the show, to see whether or not this new fangled My Little Pony cartoon was any good. It was funny to see his reactions minute by minute, and he was sucked in, so I gave it another go. I thought it was okay at first, so i kept going. I was hooked. I found out about Ponibooru by mention of some other site, don't remember which, so I checked it out. I saw all cool art and funny pictures, and thought "Eh, why not join?" And that's how Equestria was made. |
| Anonymous #888399 6 months ago |
I first heard about it in the entry for The Worf Effect on TVTropes...
"My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic is a children's show about, well, friendship being magic, so obviously physical force never accomplishes anything. As a result the frontline fighters (Applejack and Rainbow Dash) are always getting their butts kicked. Twilight also gets worfed in Stare Master, which is a little fairer since she's evidently overpowered compared to the others and has defeated (often single handedly) most of the show's villains." It caught my interest enough to check out the main page and the rest is history. |
| Anonymous #888412 6 months ago |
June. Boring days. Random clicking. TvTropes. After a sufficiently long time, this happened. |
| Anonymous #888419 6 months ago |
I saw submissions from /r/mylittlepony on reddit's top of the queue all the time. Around early-mid August I finally decided to check it out. Also, TURN OFF CAPS LOCK. |
| Anonymous #888465 6 months ago |
I've noticed MLP:FiM first around deviantart but never thought much of it. A year or so later I was letting my little brother watch some videos on youtube while I make sure he doesn't click on anything unsavoury.
We stumbled upon kyrospawn videos and I started to grow fond of the characters... then when I had another day free... watched an entire season in one sitting. |
| ZePassionateOne #888492 6 months ago |
There was a magical time when I used to play TF2 in the Halolz server. We used to do dramatic readings with very bad fanfiction while we played. One night, one of the guys decided to read a clopfic about Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. Everyone was laughing but I was surprised that most of them were fans of the show, so I decided to check it out and ended up loving it. I think that was...in May/June 2011. |
| Gentle_Coltte_of_Leisure #888528 6 months ago |
At the time I figured it was just a Now I've convinced most of my best friend to watch and ready my |
| superichigo #888530 6 months ago |
Well I suppose I could tell you. I saw it on the Directv guide and thought I'd see what all the fuss was about. Then I saw Rainbow Dash flying through the sky, and decided "Yep, I'm hooked." |
| SomeponyTheVectorer #888541 6 months ago |
What first planted the seed in my head was a YouTube video called PonyCraft 2, at first, I had a little respect for the guy for being able to watch like 17 episodes of a little girls show to make something as awesome as that. Sure enough, I watched the video over and over and about a week later, I got curious, so I searched for the first episode on YouTube...
I got until the first line of the intro song and lolnope'd out of there. About five months later, I was bored out of my mind, on Memebase I think, and I saw that MLP had its own section, so again out of curiosity I clicked on there. It was pretty funny, I had a few laughs, but not really getting many of the references. Then on one of the pages, there was a youtube embed for the first episode, so I thought "Eh, why the hell not." This time, I skipped the intro (in fact, I didn't actually start liking the intro until I heard Alex S' intro remix), and watched the first episode. By the end of it, it had me very intrigued, and I just couldn't leave it without watching the second episode. After the second episode, I sort of just wanted to watch more, though I didn't really start liking it until Winter Wrap Up, holy shit, I blasted that song for about a week after I heard it. And the rest, as they say, is history. |
| Wafflecannon #888553 6 months ago |
Although there were a couple of things that had made me aware of the show a little bit before, the beginnings of my pony obsession can be summarized in four words: Dikekike, Friendship is Magnets.
I sort of mulled around with it in my head for a couple months, and didn't really watch my first episode until July, (FPK, because I read about Derpy dropping things on Twilight) but after that I was absolutely hooked. |
| Robomorons #888615 6 months ago |
Story of the blanks.
Nuff said. |
| Solitude #888639 6 months ago |
August 2011 if I remember correctly. I was looking at the Transformers Prime page on Tvtropes which had a link to MLP mentioning it as another revival. Got curious, checked it out, noticed the article mentioned 'self-aware humor, a more streamlined art style and strong characterization', watched the first episode on youtube, kept watching. And here I am. I'm a sucker for good cartoons. |
| INeedPicturesOfPonies #888653 6 months ago |
"Mah birthday, mah rules!"
The characterizations intrigued me. |
| HotFuzz #888665 6 months ago |
I accidently stumbled upon MLP when I was at memebase about a year ago, and that was my event horison - I became a brony before I realised it. |
| Rezak #888692 6 months ago |
I watched MLP:FiM parody "Camaraderie is Supernatural - Episode 01 - Mockery in the Moon", I liked it, then I looked for real cartoon and...
well, that's all, I guess. |
| Dentist73548 #888697 6 months ago |
Who cares? |
| ArcCahlon #888727 6 months ago |
for me I've been a fan of my little pony's since the 80's heard about it being brought back as friendship is magic didnt really give it much thought, brain blackberry had been talking about them and showing off some of his ponies which i thought looked cool so one morning while channel surfing i saw it was on and watched it. call of the cutie and show stoppers, loved it (and the CMC) instintly been watching it ever since then. |
| Mushi #888757 6 months ago |
Know your meme. i got the pony flood there |
| Anonymous #888946 6 months ago |
Throught the "Story of the Blanks" game. |
| Cerulean #889110 6 months ago |
I've always been in favor of candy-colored ponies on principle. I observed patiently as the internet slowly caught onto the idea that unicorns are awesome, always falling back on "irony" to protect their precious manliness. I used to look up the old shows sometimes because I really wanted to like them, but they were so very stupid and the whiny voices were intolerable. Then pony art started looking different and there were a few mentions of the new show such as in Shortpacked. The first glimpses made me a bit disappointed that the round-headed characters didn't really look like horses anymore, but that fell away upon watching the first episode, which started with "See this pony? She's galloping. We're not too lazy to animate how a horse runs in a goddamn show about them." I watched all the episodes at once, Bridle Gossip being the most recent at the time, which was before 4chan exploded and all that. Was super impressed with the jokes and stories in a kids' show often going outside the bounds of the predictable. |
| Regiskyubey #889153 6 months ago |
I remember that I finished watching P&S W/ GB and then there was a photo comparing Applejack and Twilight with Panty and Stocking back on their Facebook fan page |
| Anonymous #889392 6 months ago |
Was looking for Skyrim videos on youtube and saw the MLP:FiM version of the trailer and thought the show looked kinda awesome, so I watched all the eps I could find. |
| ZeroJanitor #889416 6 months ago |
One of my online friends was talking about the new MLP cartoon, and I assumed it was one of his elaborate jokes since he's actually prone to it, but then he said that it was actually good, so I thought, "Oh, I'll check it out, then." |
| PonyFlea #889574 6 months ago |
Was getting into 4chan 'round about the end of '10 or beginning of '11. Fell in love with the pony threads, and later decided to start watching. The pony pics filled a void in my life that had formerly been occupied by lolcats, before they got too sweet and stupid... |
| ssjpony #889589 6 months ago |
Lurking /co/ around when the show began. there were only the 2 first episodes back then. I liked how it had a story but then I found out that the other episodes weren't like the pilot but still decided to give it a chance. |
| Anonymous #889947 6 months ago |
I wasn't getting on the internet a lot, before I watched the show.. And like most people, I was just curious why ponies were popping up all over youtube, 4chan and everywhere else. I'm a MAN, the only reason why I knew My Little Pony before was because my older sister watched the 1st generation when she was a little girl. I thought the entire internet was trying to troll me. So I watched the first episode. Bucking loved it. The animation, the storyline, the characters, everything about the show was absolutely AMAZING! I had weird feelings about it. Started to question my own manhood. But eventually just didn't care. And now here we are, on pony websites, watching it on the Hub every Saturday, buying the episodes on Itunes and purchasing other MLP merch. My sister and I have been more close than we've been in 15 years, and I'm happier than I've been in a long time. :) |
| PVRyohei #890098 6 months ago |
Discovered the show after seeing the VGCats CMC comic. 3 days later I was already a brony, and in 2 weeks I was already up to date with the show, right before the The Best Night Ever. |
| CKSM96 #890139 6 months ago |
"Friendship is Magic Bitch" on the front page of Newgrounds for like a week, finally gave in to these ponies I'd been seeing everywhere. |
| TBTabby #890154 6 months ago |
I saw a Youtube vid of the suiting-up montage from Dragonshy, and then the first Pinkie Pie compilation. That led me to watch a couple episodes, and from there I was hooked. |
| -Lunacy #890437 6 months ago |
Just a normal day on e621 and ponies start popping up, then there was this one image with a discussion in the comments with a link to episode 15. I watched that in 1080p and enjoyed it, so I checked out the rest of the episodes and they made me laugh at lot.
Myskinsoft Pony Remover was also one of the first things I had seen and listened to with an unfamiliar yet familiar tune. |
| Anonymous #890441 6 months ago |
Cool story, bro. |
| Cipher #890558 6 months ago |
I was bored and wanted to see what the fucking deal was with all the ponyfags on 4chan. I'm now a ponyfag and proud. |
| Dragoon #890888 6 months ago |
Internet that's what got me into the show. People were saying it's a good show and then I got sucked into it like you |
| Anonymous #890934 6 months ago |
Ironically I've learned about the show while trolling /co/ for being adults still reading comics.
What made me give it a try was a tendency of hipsterism and the Ponycraft video in youtube. |
| TheLoneLampman #891438 6 months ago |
Long story short: Watched 2 episodes on TV, watched the rest online, discovered the community, hooked. |
| Agila_77 #891522 6 months ago |
Well it started in June for me.
I don't know how, but through clicking on a few related videos I ran across a few clips from the show. Found it really interesting and curiosity got the better of me. So I decided to check out the first few episodes and the rest is history. |