I’ve had people who are not Bronies tell me it’s some sexual fetish, but I want to hear from actual current or former Bronies, what it’s really about, what’s so appealing about My Little Pony, and whatever else you want me to know.

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  1. I think it just a random thing really weird dudes ended up bonding over. Could have been anything

  2. It’s just a light hearted cartoon with characters they like

    Every fandom has rule 34 artists, doesn’t mean everything is sexual

  3. I liked the show till I learned what clopping was then promptly left that community before the bronies got too bad.

  4. I think it’s been over for years, I haven’t seen it around like I used to at least.

  5. I think the creepy aspect of it was over memed and most of them genuinely enjoyed the show.

    I’m 30 and I quote SpongeBob SquarePants daily.

  6. I’m a woman but my husband and I love MLP. We’ve got kids and it’s one of the few shows we don’t mind watching and will even end up accidentally watching even after the kids are in bed. It’s heartwarming, hilarious, and easy to digest while still being exciting at times. There’s enough conflict but it’s not hard to watch conflict, ya know? I think for a lot of people they really do just like the show and aren’t weird about it.

  7. It’s not like I’m into it but a while ago I knew it to the depth because of my child. Now we all moved on, I should say I don’t remember it clearly.

  9. I was a casual fan for a while, the show started pretty good and was something the adults in the room could enjoy with the kids. Even early on in the social scene it was largely just chill memes and jokes. Then at a local anime convention I was wearing a parody shirt involving mlp and Pokemon. Two dudes tried to lambast me about the design being from the old show…

    I think at one point the whole brony thing was a bunch of chill animation nerds and guys with kids in their lives who enjoyed a pretty entertaining show with a lot of talent behind it. I also think that most of the reasonable fans back then have moved on to other things (Gravity Falls comes to mind). Either because the kids the were sharing that experience with grew out of it, or because the show didn’t to continue surprising people to where it was a big thing to talk about.

    Originally it was like any weird Internet trend, but I’d have some reservations about anyone who’s super into it now. Maybe that’s unfair, but I don’t think the bronies now are the same sort of people as when it was a new thing.

  10. I loved MLP when I was a young boy, of course society last century would never let me continue to enjoy it past youth…but that’s changed over the decades, so it’s actually a mildly acceptable thing now as opposed to something I wouldn’t been beat up repeatedly for during my era. Cabbage Patch Kids too.

  12. Came for the fun and engaging music, stayed for the fun and engaging character development and story. It’s overall wholesome.

  13. Recovering. (Aka, watched it all then didn’t really care after)

    Tldr: saw some people getting hardass pro or against it. Figured I should try watching it to form my unbiased opinion. It was cute. I can see some of the charm – was surprised that it wasn’t as “girly” or “childish” as it seemed at face value. Probably something more like sailor moon or totally spies but with horses and unicorns. After seeing what it was all about, I decided “hey that was a pretty decent show and I don’t feel bad for watching the whole thing”. Then I went on the internet and found there was a very vocal subset that was into it just for the porn (roughly on the level of the “Sonic fandom”)

  14. Not one myself, but I think the main draw is the shows focus on emotional literacy (which a fair number of guys are missing). From what I’ve seen of it, the show is very frank about the kind of compassion, bonding, and drama that can exist in friendships – which makes sense, establishing these models of behavior for a young audience in ways that are engaging and entertaining. But to some men who were poorly socialized in their youth or grew up in emotionally distant environments that same appeal exists because they are immature in that regard (no offense meant) and the so the show has novelty that likely wouldn’t exist for virtually all adult women (or the majority of men) because of how we are raised.

  16. I watched nearly all of it with my daughter when she was little. And honestly those ponies displayed more moral values and true struggles for how to deal with issues than any other kid show I have ever seen. Along with having funny and unique characters to represent a variety of diversity.

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