What is Love? · 3:50am Oct 19th, 2011
A question everypony eventually faces: What is 'Love'?
I'll tell you what it is - in my opinion. It's tolerance. If you can tolerate the shit outta someone no matter how they act, then you love them. If you can't tolerate the shit out of them, then it ain't love that keeps you with them. Twi keeps Pinkie around even though she's crazy, because she can tolerate her. Dashy tolerates Twi's incessant nerdiness because she can tolerate it for her friend. I am one weird guy. Not in the psychotic way, but the socially awkward, more feminine way I am. I also love dirty jokes, Anime, MLP:FiM, Coldplay, Linkin Park, and many other things that my manly ego won't let me put down. I am also heterosexual, hard as that may be to believe. I have felt and enjoyed the love and tolerance that my friends and family lay upon me. But, now I find myself on the brink of being ostracized for the simple fact that I am a brony, and have stated that I think they should watch an episode or two before being so swift to judge. I watched a few episodes of a couple different soap operas before deciding that they weren't really my thing.
I used to have anger issues, but ever since I stopped taking my pills, I've been more than calm enough to get thru a whole year without a single detention related to fighting or other ostentatious acts. My family thought that that was great. But when I try them to sit down and watch an episode of a cartoon that has taught me that violence isn't always necessary, they scoff and cast their eyes back on the past, and when I plead my case I get cut off with the annoying argument that "You're looking for a fight. Shut up. I gave you my opinion, and I don't care to ear your counter opinion because it is irrelevant." I hate this. I hate it, but only because I do my best to look past that, and tolerate them as much as I can. I have come to depend on each new episode of My Little Pony as a comforting and warm security blanket, now that I know that my Family doesn't instill me with a sense of love as it used to. I have lost much of that wall of tolerance as I sit here listening to the shit they say about my preferences in animated television shows and fandoms. The fact that they're so high and mighty about their opinions as to take them as Law, is what started this erosion. I find myself wondering where I can find The first season on DVD, a pack of ten 4 foot strips of thick rope, a handkerchief or two, and a nice sized bottle of chloroform. If any of you know a place, please do tell!
Baby, don't hurt me...don't hurt me...no more...
seriously, though, this is powerful stuff. Maybe you should try explaining to your parents that they're not...being good parents. I told my mom "The brony mantra is love and tolerance, I need the same respect from you."
Maybe that's what you need to say.
May be easy for me, since I've never had anger issues, and have always been a patient person, my advice may be a bit off, but it's worth a shot.
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OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygosh! I started reading Flutterheart, and I've noticed that we are pretty similar, so I thank you for taking the time to read my post! 
