Thread: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

That awkward moment when you like a My Little Pony Facebook page, and you have to hide it from your Newsfeed to save yourself from embarrassment, especially if the MLP page has too many sexual innuendos. =(

"I Love Ponies"

"Cool Story Bro, but it needs more ponies"

"Equestrian Mental Institution (EMI)"

Ummm, OK, I'm watcing, but I still don't get it. I'll check back after a while and see if I have become a bronie.

I have to admit, this music is pretty catchy though.

It takes a while, the process of broniefication is not an easy one. It is up to the host to accept the temptation.

My impression is that for many people, watching it is hard.
But resisting the bronification once you're actually watching it is, for many, the hard part. Non?

Also I still don't get it either

Yes, watching the Ponies is indeed hard, I have found. Right now I am trying to summon up my courage for another night at this. I seem to have an odd compulsion to understand this movement, being the kind of guy who ordinarily likes to watch John Wayne and things blowing up. The only way I can fully understand is to become a Bronie myself, which is hard work.

This is day 3 of my project. I'm making progress. One day 1 I could only get myself to watch for about 5 minutes. Last night I watched the entire episode of Look Before you Sleep. I'm trying for two episodes tonight, if I ever stop procrastinating. OK, (deep breath) here I go...

Edit: I just finished watching Wedding at Cantorlot. This changes my perspective a bit. A little light begins to glimmer in my confused mind. But I won't jump to any conclusions yet, having only seen three episodes (one of them a two part episode, so only one really).

Here's a test to take, to see who you're really like.

Bronyland » Pony Personality Test

The results are conclusive: INDY IS BEST PONY!!1



I see myself more as an unholy combination of Dash and Fluttershy, but according to this I've got more of AJ in the mix. Apparently introversion is not weighed very heavily.

Spoiler for Lol, are you kidding me?:

If there's one thing you know you are, it's #1! You tend to be competitive by nature and love to show off your talents at every available moment, but that's often because you've put in a lot of practice to perfect your techniques and want to take pride in your effort. Because of this, you sometimes get a little too proud, fearing competing if you don't feel you can win and getting hotheaded if someone questions your capabilities. You hate losing.

Even though you may be a bit self-centered, you still care deeply for your friends and would stand up for them no matter what. You're deeply loyal to them, even if you may not always show it. Just because they're not as talented as you doesn't mean they're worthless, because you love them for who they are, although you may still joke around and give them a hard time — really, who doesn't like a laugh? You're incredibly brave and will be the first one to volunteer to venture off into the unknown or stand up against an enemy, perhaps letting your impulses get a hold of you before a rational plan is actually thought of.

While a lot of ponies may care how they look or concern themselves over what they're doing, you always want to present yourself in the coolest way possible. Whatever someone else is, your goal is to be 20% cooler. Fashion and style are a waste of time to you, because you know that's not what determines how cool a pony is. And if you think dying your hair all of the colors of the rainbow will make you 20% cooler, hey, guess what, because you don't care about appearances, it does.

Originally Posted by cedward1

Yes, watching the Ponies is indeed hard, I have found. Right now I am trying to summon up my courage for another night at this. I seem to have an odd compulsion to understand this movement, being the kind of guy who ordinarily likes to watch John Wayne and things blowing up. The only way I can fully understand is to become a Bronie myself, which is hard work.

This is day 3 of my project. I'm making progress. One day 1 I could only get myself to watch for about 5 minutes. Last night I watched the entire episode of Look Before you Sleep. I'm trying for two episodes tonight, if I ever stop procrastinating. OK, (deep breath) here I go...

Edit: I just finished watching Wedding at Cantorlot. This changes my perspective a bit. A little light begins to glimmer in my confused mind. But I won't jump to any conclusions yet, having only seen three episodes (one of them a two part episode, so only one really).

You'll get there. It happens to all of us eventually, and for a reason.

Originally Posted by IndieAnthias

Here's a test to take, to see who you're really like.

Bronyland » Pony Personality Test

The results are conclusive: INDY IS BEST PONY!!1



I see myself more as an unholy combination of Dash and Fluttershy, but according to this I've got more of AJ in the mix. Apparently introversion is not weighed very heavily.

Wulp. Surprise.

Although, I wouldn't say I'm quite THAT much like Pinkie, although sometimes I try to be. I try to be as friendly as I can to everyone and can be quite energetic sometimes, but not ALL of the time. Though, hell, I don't think anyone past middle school has the ability to be quite THAT energetic. I tend to get more hoppy and crazy around 1 PM and after. In the mornings I'm dead-weight.

And wait, Rainbow Dash? Haha. I'm not sure what I answered that led to that. For instance, I answered that the purpose to life was having fun and making people smile, as that's been my philosophy since BEFORE MLP, somewhat existential as it is. But I didn't say anything like I liked to be in competitions or anything like that. I think I even said that when I lose I just am a good sport about it. I wonder what question did that.

I'm actually somewhat surprised I didn't have more Rarity on there. My incessant OCD speaks for itself in most cases. @_@

The way I see it, though, each character is an embodiment of different attributes that each human has, in smaller and larger amounts. These attributes come with things that force us to behave in certain manners, both proper and improper. Sometimes our more competitive side comes out and that's good because we succeed at what we're doing, but that can also be bad like in "Mysterious Mare-Do-Well" because we tend to gloat when we do win. Each pony represents one of these pieces of our character, and shows us the extremes of each side, and gives us a reference to build that part of our character up if it's lacking.

Of course, maybe I'm over-reading, but I really do believe that life is best when we all try to be:

1) Clean, neat, and generous.
2) Hard-working and honest.
3) Competitive (not TOO competitive), courageous, and loyal.
4) Gentle, easy-tempered, and kind.
5) Learned (i.e. learnèd), and a little (i.e. A LOT ) nerdy.
6) And last but not least, a big bag of laughter and fun.

And if you can't be ALL of that, that's okay. Everyone's different. Lord knows I'm as competitive as a koala, and as courageous as an ostrich.

It just seems like the ponies really show us the most useful pieces of our character that we should iron out and build up.

lifeinsteps, when I saw your results, I thought, "This dude has it made!"

Can't figure out how to copy the chart image, but it shows that I'm most like Twilight and quite evenly spread among the other ponies.

Pretty much what I would say myself. I just love clouds so much.

I guess it was predictable. Though I didn't get nearly as much AJ as I thought I would.

Well, I think it's happening. The more I watch, the more I appreciate the genius of this show. And here I thought it was some form of TV hypnosis creating MLP zombies.

Originally Posted by cedward1

Well, I think it's happening. The more I watch, the more I appreciate the genius of this show. And here I thought it was some form of TV hypnosis creating MLP zombies.

It's a strange process, I know. I've only been through it very recently myself.

have a favorite pony yet?

Originally Posted by IndieAnthias

It's a strange process, I know. I've only been through it very recently myself.

have a favorite pony yet?

Having a favorite pony is the final frontier. It's the point of no return.

Yeah.

Wow, lots of people are getting Dashie.

No one is as Dashie as I am!

GAH!! What have I done?! This started out as a simple experiment, but it has turned on me and is becoming an obsession. As Dom Cobb would say, "My Little Pony is like a virus - resilient, highly contagious. The smallest seed of MLP can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you."

I haven't yet made up my mind as to my favorite pony. But I think I'm getting dangerously close.

My favorite villain, of course, is Discord. But that's natural being a Trekkie.

By the way, the first post said we could now watch MLP legally on Youtube for free. Is that still true?

You can still find the episode on there if you search for them.

Originally Posted by Taffy

Wow, lots of people are getting Dashie.

As long as we're posting videos, have you seen this video, Taffy? I was listening to my iPod earlier when it came on and your Applejack siggy actually popped into my head... ._."

Originally Posted by lifeinsteps

As long as we're posting videos, have you seen this video, Taffy? I was listening to my iPod earlier when it came on and your Applejack siggy actually popped into my head... ._."

I haven't, it's awesome. And I'm rather picky when it comes to music. straight to the iPod it goes.