A Message for Anti-Bronies · 9:53am Feb 3rd, 2020
Ew, you like ponies and you're a dude? That's just creepy! I bet you fantasise about having sex with them and being intimate, you sick freak! It's a show for little girls, not grown up pedophile men, get a life, perv! Brony fag!
And so is the mindset of outsiders of the MLP community. It's more of a massive misunderstanding, if you ask me. Yes, men do watch the show, myself having been included in those numbers, but we're not all like that. True, some of them are a bit, well, perverted and often inappropriate at times, and you do find them occasionally on places like DeviantArt, but that's not to say every single brony is a perverted, sex-crazed pony shagger. That's no different than saying the Welsh shag sheep. (For American viewers, that's a true thing around the UK.)
Seriously, though, people need to stop being so judgemental. If those people stopped judging bronies and got to know some of the people who watch the show and are in the male demographic, then they'd easily see that they are not all the same as they picture them. I guarantee you that not one of those people have even met a real-life brony. The way they judge us and how they portray us is disgusting.
We're a community over here. We're all simple, regular people all coming together to enjoy a show with great morals and a colourful cast of characters. Besides, if you're a parent, you're likely going to be watching the show with your child as a secondary audience member, so chances are that you'll end up liking the show. Is that really so wrong of a parent to take an interest in something their child likes, even if they become a brony? What's so wrong about that?
Maybe you non-bronies out there haven't heard of Lauren Faust and the quote she set -
Show love, tolerance and respect to everyone.
I'll let you know right now about a little something - you anti-bronies strike a bit of a personal nerve with me with how obnoxiously judgemental you can be towards guys who enjoy the show. One of my friends, the person who got me into MLP, was a guy I met over Steam when I was an early teen. Hands down, one of the nicest guys I've met online, he introduced me to all things MLP and what it was about, and I used to be a hater of the show! Consider that small fact and realise now that I'm a fan. Also realise that this friend of mine was taken the piss out of for who he is, all because he was a guy who liked ponies.
He got so upset by it that he ended up changing his name on Steam and generally altered the type of person he is because of that discrimination. It really made me feel sick inside when he told me all about it. That's what we basically know as a hate crime, an act of bullying. I tolerate neither. I will not tolerate people bullying or picking on any of my friends, no matter who they are or what they like. Next time you anti-bronies think about making fun out of those of us whom enjoy the show, you really should consider who you're hurting.
Bullies are the biggest peeve I know on this planet. After my own experiences, I whole-heartedly won't have you picking on fans of MLP. In my eyes, you're the ones who need to get a life. We all have one, and while we're all here together as a community, we're a family.
Nobody here is looking for a fight, so if you're intentionally seeking one, you've come to the wrong place. Leave innocent people alone and let them enjoy something that makes them happy and say no more about it. You can judge us all you like, but we're still going to enjoy the show and we're not going to stop being who we are because of a bunch of bitter comments berating us because we're different. How bitter and dead on the inside do you have to pick on another human being, anyway? That's pretty low.
I hope you find your happiness, anti-bronies. Until you do, us bronies will continue to be bronies, regardless if you like it or not.
Peace. ā®
- FireRain š
Maybe this will change your mind.
I get bullied because Iām a brony, so this hits close to home.
Well said. Sadly, when you say 'brony', most people think of the stuff you cited in the first paragraph, when that constitutes a tiny minority of the fandom.
5196740
They're all a bunch of bitter people looking to make people feel just as miserable. They're some of the worst bunch of people I've encountered on the internet, and the MLP community suffers tonnes of discrimination from them considering we're a part of the biggest fandom on the internet, quite literally.
Pay no mind to them, man. Be proud to be the kind of person you are. Don't change because others don't like that you're a brony.
5196741
Yeah, I specified that. DeviantArt is like a breeding ground for those types of bronies. I'm trying to make haters understand that we're not all exactly as they depict us, as obsessive pony shaggers. That's not what we're about, not in the slightest.
5196743
Exactly. If only more people understood that. Then I might actually be able to be open about it to my folks (not helped by the fact my brother's an anti-brony).
5196744
Fun fact: since I've been here, not one single person in my family knows that I've been involved as a brony and a fan fiction writer - not one. My oldest brother only found out about it and has forgotten now because he went snooping on my laptop when I was out of the room. Of course, took the piss out of me for it, made sure that I wouldn't live it down.
Brothers are mostly all the same, EM2. Especially the eldest. It's pretty much on the agenda for brothers to be a pain in the ass and to take the mick. I wouldn't let it bother you too much. (Myself, I don't plan on letting my family know. I like having a private slice of heaven, the only place I can truly get away from reality. I'd rather not have it jeopardised by my brothers and dad mocking me for it.)
5196746
I'll do the same. MLP is an escape for me, and the same is true for this site. I know that, when the world is dark and grey and I need cheering up, Equestria is always waiting.
5196742
Thank you, my friend!
So it goes for a lot of communities on the internet, sadly.
You like ponies? You're a horsefucker and a pedophile.
You like Steven Universe? You're a cunt and a bully.
You like Game of Thrones? You endorse rape and incest.
You like Star Wars or Star Trek? You're an acne-ridden bespectacled poindexter.
You like Disney cartoons? You're an immature romantic who is doomed to toxic relationships.
I can't say these stereotypes don't exist for legitimate reasons, the sad fact is that fanbases can leave a bitter taste in people's mouths. Applying a fun, quirky name to your participation in a fanbase even seems to make it appear more... well, childish. Doctor Who, JoJo, Homestuck, Undertale, FiM, Steven Universe, etc. all have negative reputations tied to them because of their hyperactive fanbases. Especially the vocal minorities that cling to the fanbases and use their names to excuse their horrible behaviour.
It's why I stopped calling myself a Brony, really. I still openly praise the show, and I'm not ashamed of my investment in it, but I don't want to bear a title that's been vocally absorbed by disgusting individuals. What with the rampant pedophilia and overall sexual perversion in select yet vocal sections the fandom with the excuse of "it's not real and they're horses" and "it's the internet, so your children's well-being doesn't concern us," it's understandable that some people are abhorred by people who just so happen to enjoy a well-made cartoon.
Tragically unfair? Yes, but completely understandable.
And as for the bullying... it's unfortunate. Not really much else to say. There's always going to be the twats that go out of their way to hurt you as much as they've been hurt, all for some cruel subconscious sense of justice because that's "just how the world is."
5196753
Exactly!
It can't be just me that thinks people who stereotype in these ways are the saddest, most angriest bastards on the planet, can it? Yes, some are understandable, as in, Star Wars (of which I'm an ex-fan) is associated heavily with geeks and nerds who sit in dark rooms crammed full of space ship models, have an allergy to vaginas and are socially awkward people in general. Partly true, but the fanbases are bloody huge and full of wonderful ideas and community. They're all people who love the same thing because it's an escape into a world that appeals heavily to them.
Oh, and...if I'm being honest with you, Amethyst, I wouldn't title myself as a brony anymore, either. I'm not ashamed of being a fan, having written fiction, some more intimate than the previous, nor am I ashamed to say I find a fictional, pastel-coloured horse cute, adorable and even loving. I have a spot in my heart for dearest Fluttershy, but that's purely because she's somewhat of my female equivalent in that she's an animal-loving, often anti-social but friendly being, quiet and timid, emotionally fragile but surprisingly strong-willed and she's got the cutest moments in the show! She literally makes my heart melt when she makes cute 'eep!' noises or does that squee sound.
I don't really care what anybody thinks of me. I understand you not wanting to be sucked into that cesspool of label-slapping obsession that this shit-arse generation seems to be pandering in with religious rhetoric, and that's why I hate this generation so much. All people are looking for on the internet is an excuse, anything, to slap a label over your face and appoint you to a corner - ''You belong in the Nerd Corner. You belong in the Retard Corner. You belong in the Fur-Fag Corner. You belong in the Cartoon Horse-Rapist Corner. You belong in the Emo / goth / suicidal Corner. You belong in the Social Rejects Corner.'' I want to slap each and every single one of those closed-minded twats with a bleeding vengeance for how they've made so many lives a misery with their system of isolation, discriminating both left and right for the sake of it.
Everybody is obsessed with doing it like it's the next big thing. I'm sick of that, too - ''That's how the world is.'' Nothing ever gets better because everyone is so hollow, apathetic and lazy about making a change. Society has given up dictating law and are now plundering everyone that asks for help, giving such a bored response to somebody in need and telling them, ''That's how it goes some days.'' Well, it is and it isn't. Nothing will ever be fixed if nothing is done about it. It makes me so depressed and dead on the inside to know that so many have given up to the idiots and scumbags of the world that make life the way it is.
I was often the victim of stereotyping as well for being disabled, for being from a lower economic background & for being in the ED/LD classes in school, the latter of which led to mental emotional and psychological problems, because the teachers and faculty would lay hands on me even though they weren't supposed to so. Now after having been through that hell to the point of where it got so bad that I actually had to quit school, I have been diagnosed by a Mental Health Professional as having post-traumatic stress disorder. I did it actually graduate but I had to do the school or from home and send it back to the school I'm surprised that the fact that I'm disabled and from a lower economic background they even bothered reading it rather than shredding it because the school system in the town in which I grew up likes to screw over the disabled people anyway they can which is why they would often suspend me out of school or even have me arrested on bogus charges that were later dismissed in court.
People stereotype me all the time saying things like "There goes that retard" or calling me a freak, a monster, creepy, ugly, or even telling me that I should kill myself because no one wants me around.
5196762
Indeed. And if anything, the segregation is made worse by those who openly embrace those labels and use them as a life vest in a vain attempt to stop them from being judged.
I'm not saying the bullies are right, not in the slightest, but I think you'll find that a lot of their perspectives are based off of past encounters that stained their perception of those they are cruel towards. People who hate Christians are more often than not people who were abused by people who claimed to know the Lord, people who hate Bronies and furries likely had some exposure to the rampant pedophilia. With any group, title, nationality, community or religion, there are those who use the name for their own gain. And it's often either because of them, or because of outside abuse, that bullies are formed.
That's why the fastest way to defeat your average, day-to-day scumbag is to try and show them a better path by example. Because if we lash out at people who torment us outside of what can be justified as self-defense, we are only contributing to the negativity.
5196926
That's so wrong on so many levels. That disgusts me beyond belief, man. That's what I hate about people on this planet. Somebody is different, they enter a room of people and are the odd one out, so it's naturally them who gets the mick taken out of them, regardless of what it is (physical appearance, personality, disability, etc.)
Sounds to me like a very serious hate crime. They actually took you to court over false charges, too? What a bunch of assholes! I feel your pain - when I was in primary, that was when life was a struggle for me, and because somebody who bullied me for literally no reason other than the fact he's an asshole, he spread rumours about me related to sexual assault, claiming that I had done it. Of course, I hadn't, and it was obvious that I didn't do anything wrong because there was no proof, so the teachers dropped it. On top of that, who the hell would call out a child of maybe eight years of age as doing such a thing?! So, yeah, been there, done that.
It's not your fault for where you come from, either. Nobody with any common sense can blame a person for being who they are or where they are from without sounding like a pretentious douche. It makes me sick to my stomach that schools can turn a blind eye to kids having a very obvious and shitty time with students picking on them all the time for the sake of it, especially if they join in. As somebody who knows your pain all too well, I'm sympathetic, bud. That sucks, big time.
The scumbags who intentionally hurt people with zero regard for their mental health all need to be chained to a wall and given a field day where people can come over and torment them all day long, in the good, old-fashioned way involving tossing tomatoes and other sharp / blunt objects at them. They need to own up for what they did and accept the consequences. I hate mugs like that.
5196965
Everybody on the Earth is afraid of judgement, from one mouth or the other, Amethyst. I admit, even I'm afraid of it, but that's only because I care about what others think about what I do. That's not a quality to be ashamed of, it means you care and are passionate. But yes, others are simply afraid of judgement for who they are. Fact: did you know that anybody you meet, stranger on the street, potential employer, has already formed an opinion of you within the first seven second they've seen you?
Um, actually, think about this: bullies are pretty understandable in how they act. Almost everybody today has got an abuse story or a broken family background, and it definitely leaves a bitter mark and more scars than are accountable for. It shags you up, tears out your heart and cuts off your emotions to the point where the only thing you feel is anger, so they lash out and take their anger and rage out on innocent people, effectively making their lives horrible, too. Not saying it's the right thing to do, because it isn't, but the trouble there is that they only need somebody to talk to but are likely more than afraid to open up. I don't think I need to say more. Anybody in this situation should get the general idea where I'm headed with this and be able to fill in the blank.
Amethyst, not as a judgement to yourself from me, but I do have a bit of a quarrel with Christians. Nothing personal, mind you, but you're the type I can easily say I like because you seem like a regular human being that doesn't preach to the choir, unlike a few Bible-Bashers. If you want to know, I can't stand anything religious, and not just Christianity, almost all of them. I tolerate them, but that's only out of necessity. My reason? The school I went to was full of those nutters. They weren't bad people at all, and they were very pleasant to be around, but each time assembly came around, I wanted to blow my brains out.
We'd sit and sing hymns and assemble a choir (I was part of the boys' choir. T'was fun.) where we'd sing nothing but Christian-based songs like a congregation on a Sunday morning. All my childhood in that school, the teachers were forcing their ideology on us, pretty much trying to tamper with our brains and force us to 'see the light.' I didn't even join in during the hymns; I'd only sing the words up until the name 'God' or 'Jesus' came up and then I'd stop. Sometimes, I would sit there until the song stops while everybody else is singing alone. I wasn't the only one doing it, either.
That's the one thing that strikes a nerve with me - you get these overly-religious types where they say, ''I believe I am God's vessel on this Earth and he has chosen me, for I am worthy of his light'', and it irritates me. It annoys me even more when they act like they're above everybody else and use the Bible as a ballistic vest while preaching that others ''are going to burn in hell for all eternity'' or ''they are not worthy of the light''. I even recall one time where a Christian said that they are a peaceful bunch and that they accept all religions and people for who they are and then they go back on their word by following up by trying to pressure 'godless heathens' into converting to their side.
So, hang on - didn't you just tell me that you accept all people for who they are, regardless of their religion? And even though they are already comfortable in what they believe, you're still going to pressure them into being a Christian? What kind of back-to-front ideal is that? When I meet religious nuts like that, that's when my problems start to arise. There's also a preacher in my town who used to actually get up close in people's faces as they walk by, waffle a load of shit at them, harass them and he told a few people that they were going to spend eternity in hell because they ignored him. This guy actually got punched by a guy one day when he got in his face, and I don't blame him.
Sorry if that was incredibly (and ironically) preachy on my end, but that is my entire peeve with Christianity as a whole. It's only those select few Bible-Bashing nut jobs who get on my nerves, but if they're a Christian like yourself, the not-so-preachy or condemning type, then they're fine by me. For me, personally, I don't like being told what to do, especially when it's down to what I should believe. I'm perfectly capable of choosing my own life and being the way I want to be.
Lastly, I want to clarify that I meant no offence in the slightest. I'm definitely not against anybody here, but that is my formulated and very honest opinion. I have just given you my whole-hearted and honest reasoning for why I don't want to be a part of that life.
5197248 better yet, put them in a locked room with Pinkie Pie to try to figure out just how she defies the laws of physics like she does. Their heads would literally explode in a geyser of brains blood and gore. Because if Twilight Sparkle one of if not the most intelligent Pony in all of Equestria 's history can't figure out how Pinkie does that then one can.
From 2004 - 2007, my ex was going around Telling everyone that I was abusive toward her, when I never laid a hand on her at all. Of course everyone believed her & I ended up getting arrested & spending time in a psych ward. She was even going to couples counseling without me, telling them the same thing & that I had refused to go to the sessions with her, which was crap because I had no idea she was even going to them, or that there was ever a problem in our relationship. Then there was a girl I met online. Who was manipulating me from the day we met, then telling everyone lies about me including the fact that I was a liar, a thief & a pedo. To quote Deadpool, "What in the actual ass?!"
I've had two agencies that work with disabled people giving me assistance. Since October of 1997 and out of all the staff that I've had through both agencies only a small handful were worth a damn the rest of them were just there to collect a paycheck and didn't care about the client. In this case me. In fact One of the supervisors Prior to being promoted to the position above the one she had been in at the time decided it would be a good idea to try to get my mom who is my legal guardian thanks to bullshit with the corrupt crooked court system to sign off on some paperwork for finding me a roommate so that my bills would be lessened exponentially each month, but She in this agency would not let me select the person myself. But they chose for me and what they didn't tell me was that the person was not only a raging alcoholic but a paranoid schizophrenic so I had to deal with that. Constantly being endangered. Not being able to be in my home which All but one of my staff workers at the time and the supervisor were talking Down to me because I wasn't staying in the home. I tried to tell them but they wouldn't listen. So I told someone I knew would listen and they contacted the supervisor who then proceeded to admonish me for "making up stories to get attention" because in their own words I was nothing more than "an angsty whiny emo attentional whoring piece of poor white gutter trash". Things got so bad that my family and friends wouldn't visit me anymore. I wasn't eating I wasn't sleeping. All because this guy said he was going to slit my throat ear to ear while I slept I had. I did call the police, but he pulled the phone line out while I was on the phone with the police. They showed up & arrested him but a few days later he was back out again. When I tried to get a restraining order against him it was denied. The only ones who believed me where are my parents and the few friends I had told about this. Two of whom saw what this psycho was doing. I moved to the town my parents live in. And had to deal with a creepy stalker there who followed me everywhere. I was going including into my parents home because I had to move back in with them when I moved over. To the town they live in and the stalker stole stuff from me. Of course the police did nothing about it but when one of the bartenders and the cook at the bowling alley to say do accuse me of going into the men's room crapping on the floor in front of the toiletl ocking the stall door crawling underneath it and then leaving The police believe them. So now I'm banned from the bowling alley If I had done that I would have gotten cool all over me. Which there wasn't enough poo on me. Besides I was at home sick that day and I have an alibi a friend of mine Stopped by to put A fresh set of strings on my guitar for me. Now everywhere I go in this town people give me dirty looks and they mutter things about me. I was at one of the other bars in the town that I live in now And the cook from the bowling alley was in there. I'd spent most of the night off by myself drinking soda not bothering anyone and as I was leaving. She made a comment about me regarding the incident at the bowling alley. I wanted so badly to force feed her her own teeth. But I didn't I just left Because I know that fact that I'm disabled and poor living in a small town full of hateful bigoted closed-minded discriminating inbred redneck hicks I would have been the one in trouble.
People wonder why I'm so bitter angry twisted depressed miserable. and why I say things like "Life Is nothing more than a crude cruel frass sick twisted evil demented mind fuck of an unfunny Cosmic joke" That's why. I've made it a personal mission to find that the doctors who were In the operating room with my mom the day I was born If they're even still alive so I can make them suffer horribly for their part in bringing me into the world. My parents should have aborted me. I wish they had....
5197250
I'm glad you got that out of your system.