Meet 'bronies' -- grown men who are fans of My Little Pony

slow news day I guess

The latest incarnation of the My Little Pony franchise has attracted an unexpected demographic: Adult men. The men, who call themselves "bronies," have formed an extensive online community, including a roughly 100-member group in Portland.

They're self-described geeks, nerds or video gamers in their teens to mid-30s. They discovered My Little Pony after noticing a glut of pony-related activity while browsing Internet forums. Curious, they checked out the show and got hooked.

"I've gotten raised eyebrows from friends," says Jim West, a 20-year-old brony from Olympia.

But don't call them girly men. Yes, some bronies are sensitive types. But they also rock climb and play sports, have girlfriends and maintain active social lives.

http://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/09/seriously_my_little_pony_grown.html

oh dude we have been lolling at these guys for a while

TS: My Little Pony vs. Care Bears

Jesus you're fast. I was coming here to write - "Dan P to thread".

E! - I summon you to Pulp top ten 0_o

ha - I should have known that you guys would already have these goofballs on your radar

let me try that link again: TS: My Little Pony vs. Care Bears

when these dudes get into reggae, they're called jah bronies

or pot bronies

#savederpy

http://savederpy.tumblr.com/

fake copypasta is fake

https://twitter.com/ichlugebullets/status/174252689650225152

i have a student who is a "brony", he looks and acts like a cross between data and wesley crusher. he receives educational support for asperger's syndrome but he really doesn't need it, he seems less disabled on a social level and more disinterested ... anyway he spends all of his spare time in class - which is quite a bit, he's super bright - drawing male my little ponies and writing fan fic about them

the weirdest part about it is that he doesn't seem to catch any shit about it from other students

he looks and acts like a cross between data and wesley crusher.

the calls are coming from inside the house...

wait I thought this whole thing was like an ironic thing 4chan people did

no this student is doing this in earnest

more like boneries

i liked sailor moon when i was a pre-teen, that's not so far off being a bronie.

http://i.imgur.com/RbvFL.jpg

not a single wet dick amongst them

http://bronies.com/map/

i think at least two of them are girls.

after the whole d3@thdr0ne revelation I wouldn't count all of these guys as sexless

one is sort of hitable.

swim goggles girl is pretty cute tbh

there's always a fedora guy, isn't there?

alright. we're in agreement that's a girl then

this bronie dude will hit it:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y123/Eisbaer29/kingofalldouchebags.jpg

I like guys who really play the absurd and goofy hat card bcz they frequently contrast it by wearing the world's blandest of casual wear.

fedora guy is so wrong, in so many countless ways ...

how many of the guys pictured in this thread qualify as "grown men" tbh?

the amazing thing about fedora dude is that he manages to pull focus from the dude in the center wearing a Nightmare Before Christmas raver hat

I mean, just ponder that

I am considering becoming a brony

tbh i don't believe this is real.

after the whole d3@thdr0ne revelation I wouldn't count all of these guys as sexless

What was the "revelation"?

I haven't watched any of these, but Powerpuff Girls definitely had crossover appeal and in-jokes for adult audiences. There are also dudes who are really into animation stuff regardless so... this doesn't seem that odd considering the writer and context.

There has to be some sort of version of Rule 34 that also states that if there's an entertainment media, there is a group of men into it somewhere.

that he existed and occasionally had sex. sometimes even consensual.

xpost

thank (or blame) cankles for the bronies convention pic (he posted it on the OG my little ponies thread this summer).

dan OTM about fedora dude.

For all of your gift giving needs: http://bronymerch.tumblr.com/

I am seriously considering sewing plush my little ponies because the bronies are willing to fork over mad cash for them.

raver hat guy seems to be a bit of a media whore

http://media.oregonlive.com/ent_impact_home/photo/10010749-large.jpg

Just imagine how disgusting the inside of that hat must be after wearing it around all day at these awesome brony events.

he's just happy that he's not being upstaged by Fedora Dude. Fedora Dude just abides, man.

"yeah yeah, you have a wacky hat with ponies glued to it; could you tell us more about the dude with the tie and fedora?"

"Chewing on a pen" is my favorite brony in that picture.

I like so not gonna happen guy at the left end, in the green shirt.

is that j0rdan s. next to the pen-chewer?

Me too! There ought to be a poll. xp

"chewing on a pen" is the only one i'd guess has ever had some stank on his hang-low.

Some serious underestimating at what goes on at these kind of conferences. I guarantee a scary amount of those guys have gotten some play with their fellow enthusiasts.

"chewing on a pen" is the only one i'd guess has ever had some stank on his hang-low.

I think you mean "sex-related stank on his hang-low" because I may be prejudging but, based on this picture, I am pretty sure a good number of the people in that picture are familiar with stank all kinds of places on their bodies

http://theblaze.com.co/icp-announces-alliance-with-brony-community-large-brony-presence-expected-at-2015-gathering-of-the-juggalos/

brb gotta start making my faygo dash costume

Sometimes I think people read ILX and then work hard to make our dreams come true.

The post ICP Announces Alliance With Brony Community; Large Brony Presence Expected At 2015 Gathering Of The Juggalos appeared first on National Report.

http://nationalreport.net/

Yeah, death to fake news clickbait

there are so many fake news websites now - can the market really support so many?

http://nationalreport.net/advertise-nr/

guess i'm gonna have to shelve my faygo dash costume for now ;_;

live your dreams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaKa4zzFzDc

sad that Bronies and Juggalos can't get along irl

friendship is magic, after all

and icp love miracles

Bronalos

Juggalonies imo

ALSO BOO FAKE NEWS SOMEBODY PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

Juggalonies imo

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, July 23, 2015 6:20 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the word "clopper" appears in this article

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-my-little-pony-sex-fetish-child-porn-20150806-story.html

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/10/16/worlds-first-my-little-pony-cafe-opens-inyou-guessed-it-japan/
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQ2jdvyUcAAl-6Y.jpg

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRKsK8aUAAATiYA.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q

we don't have an ongoing thread to clown fdb, so this goes here i guess

No, it's not. I enjoy things very deeply. They're adult things. They may not be what you enjoy, which is fine. But I enjoy them.

https://twitter.com/freddiedeboer/status/741850162079793152

Like just imagine saying out loud: "I enjoy things very deeply. They're adult things."

What things do you describe as "adult things"?

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/theflophouse/images/1/1f/Red_shoe_diaries.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140304234151

so . . . you're an adult?

yes

yes

i enjoy things very deeply

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/577/MI0001577529.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

http://i.imgur.com/c4dTX7B.jpg

i know a few bronies these days. one of them's the only person i've ever met, to my knowledge, to have an active restraining order against him.

@blowryontv
RNC's Sean Spicer just quoted Twilight Sparkle of "My Little Pony" in defending Melania Trump plagiarism charges. Did not see that coming.

you didn't?

http://67.media.tumblr.com/c1c7a4010dc63ffdf21c48ce6abd9d21/tumblr_mqm7uw8P4S1r62kifo1_1280.png

http://67.media.tumblr.com/52f626237253070da5cc2549cead08aa/tumblr_o73kfzEnJf1rmerh9o1_500.jpg

I predict great things for this kid

that profile was discussed upthread - it's a spoof, sadly

Meet 'bronies' -- grown men who are fans of My Little Pony

This is it.
The screenshotted first use of brony.
The beginning of our sins. pic.twitter.com/Fct04u80j2

— Snoopledoops (@SnoozySnoozie) May 20, 2017

saw a dude in a brony T-shirt walking out of a Festival Foods with a handgun on his belt

Have we discussed that female bronies are called "pegasisters"?

oh dear

y’all

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/06/my-little-pony-nazi-4chan-black-lives-matter/613348/

"It's just cute, funny, sexy, art."

saw a dude in a brony T-shirt walking out of a Festival Foods with a handgun on his belt

the article about the reddit revolt linked in that piece is also a good read

This idea of what counts as political and what doesn’t is another thing the fandom took from 4chan—where racial slurs are just jokes but anti-racism makes you a “social justice warrior.”

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2021/04/the-indianapolis-fedex-shooter-was.html

"I hope that I can be with Applejack in the afterlife, my life has no meaning without her. If there's no afterlife and she isn't real then my life never mattered anyway."

I have questions

i'm opting for not asking

i dont get it guys https://t.co/mgStiJtQKq

— hayley from Paramore 🥀 (@yelyahwilliams) August 3, 2021

(I had no idea she sang that song!!!)

This is amazing.

Federal agents in Moscow have raided and ended a My Little Pony convention on the grounds that it constituted "gay propaganda." Even painting the animal's mane in the Russian tricolor couldn't save this one. https://t.co/KIv00sKoeN pic.twitter.com/p68hiFCmWm

— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) February 17, 2024

just to be clear a lot of those "grown men" who were into MLP did in fact turn out to be women because, you know, There Were No Signs. i guess when russia is raiding MLP conventions for spreading "gay propaganda" that's pretty obvious but i do want to say it for the record.

i got a friend who writes genuinely actually good MLP fanfiction. people shit-talk fan-fiction but i respect people who do it well. it's really hard to capture the voice of a character when it's not your character. it's also a good way of getting your writing actually read - people want to read stories about characters they're already invested in. i've tried to write fanfiction occasionally but i'm never really satisfied with the results. (yes i do hold my writing to an unreasonably high standard.)