tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post2977680496239503260..comments2023-10-16T07:51:35.575-07:00Comments on Old School/New School Mom : My Son is a BronySarah Faderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-88190444356015796162014-01-16T05:48:23.066-08:002014-01-16T05:48:23.066-08:00Just to clear a few things up as a real brony. A m...Just to clear a few things up as a real brony. A more accurate definition for the term "brony" is of an adult or teen that enjoy's the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Generally a brony is a male, but many adult females also identify with the term brony. "Brony" was also a term invented by bronys to identify other fans of the show and proclaim their love for the show. Some reasons your son my like MLP: FIM is that the characters are some of the most three dimensional characters of any cartoon ever and break many girly tropes, also the story is very well written.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-49876546207250052502014-01-14T13:17:47.445-08:002014-01-14T13:17:47.445-08:00They usually chose ponies AND that:
http://www.yo...They usually chose ponies AND that:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km1YqjzIsJE<br /><br />Boys will be boys. And you would not like Fluttershy when she gets angry...<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpTX4rWOpESarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-70040074230366438532014-01-14T12:59:27.681-08:002014-01-14T12:59:27.681-08:00There are some surprisingly macho fans of the show...There are some surprisingly macho fans of the show, like military men, and firearms officionados. Google "My Little Pony"+"AR-15" (or whatever other gun) and be surprised at cutie mark-emblazoned stocks, etc. Irony may be part of this (i.e., cute and girly meets action), but the fact that characters like Rainbow Dash and AJ are action heroines--which men tend to like--is probably behind the macho male fan love.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-32595776286858411842014-01-13T22:48:39.171-08:002014-01-13T22:48:39.171-08:00I, too, was nonplussed...until I watched a couple ...I, too, was nonplussed...until I watched a couple of episodes:<br /><br /><br />http://files.sharenator.com/memes_it_has_begun_brony-s500x1022-152558-580.jpgSarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-4106921250229393882014-01-13T22:44:49.620-08:002014-01-13T22:44:49.620-08:00MLP:FIM is a far more wholesome animated show than...MLP:FIM is a far more wholesome animated show than, say, South Park, or even the Simpsons, with good life lessons, and the animation is far more appealing. But the charm of the program lies in the characters, who are not only good role models for young women, but eminently likable in their own right, which is probably why so many men (and little boys) like the show. They make the various Disney princesses look like two dimensional characters. Take Twilight Sparkle, who is a brainiac, vaguely aspergian cross between Temperance Brennan and Rory Gilmore, with a touch of Samantha the Witch thrown in. Or Pinky Pie: ditsy, vivacious, ebullient, with a photographic memory and the intellect and skills to build an aircraft from scratch. Ari seems to like Rainbow Dash, who is the Danica Patrick, or fighter pilot of the Mane Six--he is in good company, as Dashie has a large fan base in the armed forces fighting for us in Afghanistan.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-9154946378838948372014-01-08T23:46:20.728-08:002014-01-08T23:46:20.728-08:00Awesome! If anyone else is on the fence about the ...Awesome! If anyone else is on the fence about the show, I wholeheartedly recommend it. Its just simply a great deal of good clean honest to goodness fun.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-19472425897409299182014-01-07T11:56:43.416-08:002014-01-07T11:56:43.416-08:00Brony is a gender neutral term for a fan of the sh...Brony is a gender neutral term for a fan of the show. Happy to see your son enjoys the show though!Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-52571572096261263022014-01-06T22:24:20.367-08:002014-01-06T22:24:20.367-08:00I got into the fandom by just randomly seeing it o...I got into the fandom by just randomly seeing it on Netflix and going "click", because why not? Strangely I got into it the exact same way your son did... And I'm pretty close to the stereotype for that show, but I like it just as any Brony would.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-38921841456037070992014-01-06T21:44:02.372-08:002014-01-06T21:44:02.372-08:00"Everypony", like a pronoun."Everypony", like a pronoun.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-64796416880940736882014-01-06T19:32:51.987-08:002014-01-06T19:32:51.987-08:00This is just touching. Award for best mom?This is just touching. Award for best mom?Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-3033056786533084272014-01-05T21:26:57.986-08:002014-01-05T21:26:57.986-08:00Yeah, Dashie is awesome.
https://www.youtube.com/...Yeah, Dashie is awesome.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmYDVNWaARUSarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-9268911555120881202014-01-05T21:20:18.746-08:002014-01-05T21:20:18.746-08:00Good choice. The moment I was irrevocably hooked w...Good choice. The moment I was irrevocably hooked was seeing Dash breaking the sound barrier, circa March 2011.<br /><br />I enjoyed the older shows back in the '80s and still revisited them as a guilty pleasure as a man, but seeing such an awesome feat of physical prowess (set to Guile's Theme in that particular vid) I decided from that moment I would never be ashamed of liking ponies.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bjkM_y-WpsSarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-90332233104885122852014-01-05T21:15:27.805-08:002014-01-05T21:15:27.805-08:00I didn't know there was another one. Or do you...I didn't know there was another one. Or do you mean the Unreleased Tapes?<br />http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bronies-the-unreleased-tapes<br /><br />For the Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony, which came out last year, obviously there were a lot of subjects merely glossed over, but they could only cram so much into an hour and a half. If you haven't seen it, it recently got put up on netflix.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-82963096376632628902014-01-05T17:26:57.486-08:002014-01-05T17:26:57.486-08:00What do you guys think of the upcoming documentary...What do you guys think of the upcoming documentary movie on Bronies?Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-67466817594247768842014-01-05T15:31:59.808-08:002014-01-05T15:31:59.808-08:00I will admit that I became a fan of the show in la...I will admit that I became a fan of the show in late 2012. At that time, I had seen G1 and G2 of My Little Pony. P.S: I'm a 29 year old male here. The fact that I remembered the older generations of My Little Pony (especially G2 which is like the black sheep of cartoons that I've seen in my life so sorry fans of G2), I felt ashamed of admitting that I have seen them.<br /><br />And here I am, after watching various clips of it on YouTube, various fanarts on DeviantArt when it started around 2010 and drifting away from it after getting flashbacks of G1 and G2's My Little Pony, one clip did it in for me that made me go: That's My Little Pony??? I watched the episode from that clip and thought, "meh, it was alright." Then I saw another one. "whoa, okay THAT was really good." After watching the Season 1 premiere, I got hooked and I haven't looked back going into Season 4. It's like you said: "It's not weird at all to enjoy a show that has morals and cool unique characters." And that's why I like G4's incarnation of My Little Pony: it has something that cartoons had back then that what cartoons today DON'T have.<br /><br />But.....sadly. Only two people know of me being a brony and that's my younger brother and sister who would tease me about it, in good fun of course. I am actually scared of letting anyone else know about me being a fan of the show, especially family which is quite frankly the worst type to tell. I know the whole "if they are [insert family member/friend here], they should respect your opinions" cliche but still.....Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-4905815676363497132014-01-05T14:13:23.087-08:002014-01-05T14:13:23.087-08:00This made me so happy to read! You're story hi...This made me so happy to read! You're story hit me right here! *points to heart*<br /><br /><br />Absolutely lovely!Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-15310563077176691952014-01-04T14:48:14.464-08:002014-01-04T14:48:14.464-08:00Yep, ponies. Though they technically have a term f...Yep, ponies. Though they technically have a term for girls (mostly women, i guess) who watch the show too. Slightly less common "Pegasister" XD<br /><br />Both my boys watch MLP, and they're 2 & 4. makes for good saturday night TV time, because even my husband likes the show.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-68574151271926308862014-01-04T13:09:05.501-08:002014-01-04T13:09:05.501-08:00His favorite pony is Rainbow Dash!His favorite pony is Rainbow Dash!Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-3971144803189079482014-01-04T12:09:46.754-08:002014-01-04T12:09:46.754-08:00I'm not seeing any sign of anyone asking, so I...I'm not seeing any sign of anyone asking, so I'll be the first to ask it...Who is his favorite pony? As to the article itself, good on you for being so cool about it! My own mother gives me odd looks whenever the subject of ponies comes up, but at least she doesn't outright express displeasure toward my bronyhood, so I guess that's something. ^_^; And I'm mostly with RandomBrony: The term "brony" doesn't specifically mean a boy who likes ponies, more just people who love the show, and/or enjoy the company of the fanbase. But it's not just for people outside the target demographic who love the show...I've met/heard of young girls who identified as bronies!Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-53818697392167742692014-01-04T11:30:15.054-08:002014-01-04T11:30:15.054-08:00Even though as someone mentioned that there are se...Even though as someone mentioned that there are separate names for male and female fans (Bronies and Pega-sisters) Brony is also gender neutral and is used for the whole fandom so you could have both girl and boy Bronies, I don't call myself a Pega-sister even though I'm female, I always refer to myself as a Brony :)Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-51328337834467435052014-01-04T11:29:15.602-08:002014-01-04T11:29:15.602-08:00Even though as someone mentioned there that there ...Even though as someone mentioned there that there are seperate names for male and female fans (Bronies and Pega-sisters) Brony is also gender neutral and is used for the whole fandom so you could have both girl and boy Bronies, I don't call myself a Pega-sister even though I'm female, I always refer to myself as a Brony :)Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-81268563062187570912014-01-04T09:41:49.808-08:002014-01-04T09:41:49.808-08:00I certainly hope you don't get too overwhelmed...I certainly hope you don't get too overwhelmed with all the bronies coming out of the woodwork to cheer you on o_o; The fandom is *kind of huge*. It's long surpassed that point of critical mass where loud and objectionable minority factions have started to form, and I hope you'll pay them no mind; the vast majority of us make friendliness the very core of our personality, so I apologize in advance if you encounter any off-putting oddities. <br /><br />Some nice stuff to look for in MLPFIM is moral compass: the show does its very best (most of the time) to teach about integrity, courage, empathy, patience, optimism, and leadership -- if you watched the very first episodes, you might know them as "honesty", "loyalty", "kindness", "generosity", laughter," and "magic", though! It can prove to be an excellent tool to promote good social habits. When I have kids, I'm hoping MLP will be helpful to me as well.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-28956229815622682472014-01-04T08:31:12.979-08:002014-01-04T08:31:12.979-08:00Of course, saying something is "one of the ki...Of course, saying something is "one of the kindest fandoms" is a lot like saying something is "one of the most generous corporations" or "one of the most peaceful empires".Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-88399342459942532632014-01-04T07:56:20.961-08:002014-01-04T07:56:20.961-08:00Timberwolves, mó garbhán.Timberwolves, mó garbhán.Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-881889234584131192.post-64112079890665148972014-01-04T05:41:30.264-08:002014-01-04T05:41:30.264-08:00Our enemies are trees?Our enemies are trees?Sarah Faderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130247223287762814noreply@blogger.com