What moment made you realize MLP meant more to you than being just a cartoon?
>>42718931The community
I have autism and the friendship lessons might actually help me
>>42718931Never hapened to me. I still think it's just a silly cartoon for little girls, nothing more.
>>42718931When I fell in /love/ with mares. Even before I became a maresexual.
Well you see according to totally organic posts of totally constant residents of this board, the show was always shit and this fandom doesn't deserve to exist.
>>42719100Checked.
>>42719100>the show was always shit and this fandom doesn't deserve to exist.Did they really said that or is it just you who can't handle criticism?
>3 am on a weekday>watching an NA friend draw pony while discussing the last episode in chat with the gang>realize that this is my life nowI don't even remember the janky POS website that we used back then but it was a great experience
>>42719100We would all be better off if the fandom didnt exist
>>42718931It kinda just happened. Though I remember listening to "Are you proud to be a brony" and realizing, yeah, I like the term, I'm proud to call myself oneBefore you lolcows ruined it
>>42718931I really like the series. The characters and the content are very cute (especially the mares). But I can't watch it because when I put on the cartoon, I feel like a massive faggot. That's why I don't see her anymore.
>>42719056>>42719173>>42719218>t. Tourist
cupcakes hd
>>42719218Well, actually, I see her very occasionally.
>>42719230If ponies are your utmost focus in life you need to re-evaluate yourself and get some hobbies. Go outside and touch grass it will help you out.
>>42718931Not until relatively recently. I've been watching the show since season 2, but I didn't start delving into my super autistic Equestria fantasy until relatively recently.I think about it pretty much every day.
>>42718931Woke up with the moonlight shining through my window that I forgot to close before I passed out. Stared at it for a bit and thought about Luna. At the time I was certainly not a fan of the show or community. Just knew them from cringe. That few minutes of staring at the moon compelled me to look into the character and after that I just didn't fight it. I never looked back
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>>42718931When Winter Wrap Up made me cry
>>42719480>>42719392It took some time before this really got me, but God, did it get me.
>>42720117The whole sequence is one of the best in the entire show
>>42720264For me it's the storybook intro to episode 1Whenever I hear that opening narration, I almost feel happy for a brief moment.
>>42718931I just had to look at the other cartoons airing at the time.
>>42718931Back when I was young and oblivious, it didn't feel any more special than other cartoons at the time.It wasn't until life got significantly shittier that I came back seeking comfort. Rewatching the show after maturity was a game changer.MLP is the light at the end of the tunnel.
>>42718931When I came back in 2017 during the pixelcanvas wars, and I had a Grand Pear-like realization I missed out on so much and vowed to never abandon them again. I may become distant sometimes, real life calls, but I will never abandon them again.
>>42718931MLP was the only cartoon at the time that still follows the lineage of Looney Tunes slapstick humor instead of drama.There's zero competition.
>>42718931The Fluttershy wants to be a Tree scene. I liked the show up until that point. But at that point I realized I loved it.
>>42718931when i was 12 on facebook erping pegasus on earth pony buttsex. which was 12 years ago now. now i like unicorns.
>>42718935The Community got me before the show did.
>>42718931For me it was the Royal Wedding, I was very much a fan at this point life seemed genuinely happier with MLP in my life, I was kinda bummed during the days leading up to the premier because I would have to wait a whole day for someone to upload the episode to YT and wait even longer for an actual higher quality video but as I returned home from school that day I noticed that my grandparents were gone (my home was super strict) which meant i could watch actual shows on the Big TV I instantly tuned into the Hub and by some stroke of luck It was mere minutes away from the premier and got to watch it in HD along with other episodes they ran prior to the Royal Wedding thats when I knew this wasnt just some silly cartoon i was into this was the most powerfully positive thing I could ever see
In early 2011 I fapped to this exact image before I ever even saw one second of the show. I don’t know what did it for my autistic brain. It was like “cute=sexy” and I guess the colors and curves as well did it for me. I fapped to other completely safe for work stuff like Hello Kitty and other shit. I think there was something wrong with my brain at the time. I discovered fapping way too young and it’s like my autistic brain needed the visual stimulation of a cute colorful cartoon character to get off because I hadn’t yet developed any sexual desires so I was really getting off due to a huge amount of dopamine from the physical and visual stimulation. Eventually I got older had my sexual awakening and started looking at clop like a normal person. I still wonder what kind of lasting psychological damage I may have inflicted on myself.Also I thought the show was pretty good.
>>42720108Why did it make you cry?
>>42718931Bridle Gossip then Winter Wrap Up.
>>42723174He's a faggot.
>>42718931Probably when I first started posting here. I was a bit of a fag of the fandom before that. I listended to fan music, read fics, and clopped to pony porn, but I didn't have a real appreciation for the show. Watching eps live in streams and being on the board opened my eyes
when i realised i wanted to be a horsei got into mlp by reading a lot of webfiction in general. wandered into fimfiction and got into conversion bureau human victory stories because i was an autist. and then i read some more pony-adjacent stuff and watched some of the show and was like holy shit...
>>42720280And then FiM went to shit. This generation should have been about Celestia and Luna.
>>42720280>almost feel happyalmost?
>>42720280>yfw
>>42724289Yup, almost.Whenever I hear that intro I can almost feel that pure magic "feeling" I felt all those years ago watching this show for the first time.It's almost like a phantom version of that joy I haven't felt in years.>>42724307I relate to him more and more every year.
>>42718931When i felt that wanderlust while watching S1, i knew in my heart that it was special to me.
>>42718931I was doing lawn work for my Dad one summer - mowing, shoveling dirt, hauling big-ass rocks, the works. That summer, I had also, on a whim, started watching My Little Pony. One morning, while laying down some pallets of grass, I thought to myself, "It'd sure be nice to come home to Applejack at the end of the day," shortly followed by "Huh...that was weird." Slowly but surely I thought more about ponies and Equestria until I hit the point of no return. I feel like I didn't have any real direction before pony, and ever since, even when I focus on non-pony, it feels as though I live with meaning.
>>42719392>>42720117>>42720264They really knew what they were doing with these first two episodes.You start out with a character who mirrors the cynicism toward the magical pony world likely felt by the families of any little girl asking to watch this show in the living rooms.Whether you know it or not, you start to relate to her, and by proxy you may start to get into the rest of the show as well.The order they're all introduced in is important too.First is Pinkie who just loudly gasps and leaves. This just serves to strengthen your bond with Twilight more by invoking similar confused feelings in you and her.Then is Applejack, who might be the easiest for an outsider to enjoy (at least she was for me). This might be the first part where we see that they're not all dress wearing girly ponies. This one wears a cowboy hat and speaks like a cowgirl. Also a good spot for some easy humor with the family names like Granny Smith, and an attempt to make the audience admit these ponies are cute with Applebloom. It also might be the first point we start to disagree with Twilight with how she initially rejects the offer for food.Afterwards, it's Rainbow Dash just strengthening the idea that they've got diverse personalities. She comes off as a bit less kind than the others, but still helps get Twilight get cleaned up. Like Applejack, she's got generally less feminine demeanor and interests, which can help endear her to us.Now it's Rarity's turn, and her role is proving that even the traditionally girly ones don't have to be annoying or simple. She's got aspirations just like Dash, and will gladly have a conversation about Canterlot while helping Twilight get her hair fixed up again while playing dress up.Then it's Fluttershy hoping for another chance at convincing the audience that the ponies are cute, while also trying to go for some more relatability points. I'm sure a lot of us remember feeling like her unable to say our own name when talking with someone new. Then she opens up when seeing Spike, and that just drives the idea home even more. It really speedruns the arc of a shy girl learning to open up that's so popular in some anime.Finally it's Pinkie pie again to tie it all together. When Twilight gets to the Library, I think we're supposed to in some subconcious way feel disappointed that we're done meeting the cast until we get surprised with a surprise party. This really pulls together the idea that all of the compassion and friendliness they were all showing was to a complete stranger, and that just helps you feel more likely to root for them.It's not quite that easy though, which is why Twilight is still unconvinced at this point. It's supposed to keep you latched on to her so you can follow the rest of her arc.Then next episode they pretty much do it all again, giving every character a chance to shine and show that they're entertaining and likable in their own ways until it all culminates with Twilight admitting it to herself.
>>42718931I think it was DragonShy for me.I started out in the fandom by watching Josh Scorcher's early reviews. I would just watch them over and over until I realized that I wasn't watching for the commentary, but the clips of the show in between.I still haven't found a series with such a good mix of atmosphere, humor, character, and world building.Fantasy stories tend to put a lot of importance on the world and what makes it special, and the actual events going on. There's a singular goal and the whole story is centered around achieving it.This show is different. It can have fantastical elements as plot details and set dressing, but the important thing will always be the characters and their interactions. One episode they're climbing a mountain to convince a sleeping dragon to take a nap elsewhere. The next, they're trying to do a fun slumber party with nothing special going on.Even in Dragonshy, the point wasn't the dragon, but Fluttershy overcoming her fear when the need arises.
>>42724741>>42724801I have nothing to add, I just wanted to say that I appreciated your writeup.
>>42720280>>42724355I know exactly how you feel. Once the book opens and the music starts playing, and Celestia starts narrating as the clouds part to reveal Equestria, for a split second it feels like I'm really there. https://youtu.be/oFhdDnvpnRo?si=h9J4wJLGX3MayW9gIt is without a doubt the greatest scene in the entire show, at least in my opinion.
>>42718931>What moment made you realize MLP meant more to you than being just a cartoon?It is just a cartoon, and if ever it becomes more to you than that you very clearly have some kind of mental illness. Enjoy it for what it is, and never make it a defining part of your life or personality. And that goes for ANYTHING you enjoy, be it a hobby, television show, or your sexual orientation.
>>42724986Here's that attention you wanted.
>>42724986https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeX0xOx-mLQ
>>42724811God, I miss the prime years of this fandom.Felt like the last time the internet was able to genuinely have fun and be friendly without being blanketed in irony or "wholesome 100 kind stranger take my upvote" performance.
>>42724986They hated him because he told the truth
Was in deperession, and that changed everything.heh it's fun.Lol cute ponies, jesus you guys are faggots.tell me you're furries lurking at the plot alone why do I love these fuckersI love itI'm not gonna kms anymore.
>>42724986Trvth nvke
>>42724986>mental illnessIn Brony fandom?I find it hard to believe.
>>42719312What the fuck *should* my life be about mr dumb faggot? You think I just pick and choose what's important to me like a fucking supermarket?
>>42724986>>42725285>>42725294Autism and ADD/ADHD. Every single horsefucker has one or both mental disorders.
>>42724986>>42725144>>42725218faggot tourists get >>>/out/
>>42725375Janny are you ok?
Bump
>>42718931Giggle at the ghostly, seeing all of them pointing out singing in this situation is ridiculous, yet it managing to help. Made me like pinkie right away. They all knew singing is off, yet, through genuineness of sharing a fun moment, and not just being puppetted by a singing moment since the plot called for it. This is what ticked me onto liking poni and spiraled my love for the caring fun pink poni.
>>42718931When I first heard SGAP.
>>42719056>it's just a silly cartoon for little girlsI'm a 37 year old man...
>>42718931I dunno man, it just sort of happened and now I'm stuck here with you faggots and in love with mares who human women can never compare to and I don't know how I got here or how to leave
>>42718931It was less the show and more the community
>>42726621>how to leaveSimple. Tie a noose and kill yourself. Nobody will miss you.
>>42726639This, coupled with the fact I want to fuck these ponies.That's literally the main reason for my continued interest. The ponies are more attractive than anime girls or other shit characters I used to cope beforehand.
>>42726670the designers brought this upon themselves. they could have kept the style from older generations but instead curved their back, made them thin and gave them big ol' eyesand i'm all for it
>>42718931It was a combination of the cuteness of the actual show and some amazingly good fanfiction and art. Also it's one of those cases where it's just fun to think about how to fill the gaps in the world that the show never fills.
>>42726656I would miss him
>>42726656Don't listen to him!I will miss you anon!
>>42726751yeah you'd miss the time when you'd suck his cock before sucking another anon's cock, faggot.
>>42718931When I realized I really do love mares a lot.
>>42718931I was in a sad, apathetic period in my life; I had inquired very deeply in search of the meaning of life and found nothing at all. I suppose I had been at that impasse for long enough that it had just settled into a dull grey nihilist depression. What other way to explain it? I was just into pony as a matter of inertia, I thought about Rainbow as just a matter of inertia, to get my mind off of it. I just liked her - I didn't realize how momentous it was to like something, at the time - it felt like just a ghostly, hollow preference, to be with her. But those moments were the glints of starlight in the moonless night; she illuminated my life in little flashes at first, like fireworks inside a tomb, and that was enough for me to find my way. I realized that I love her - that she wasn't just best pony, or my le waifu, that love was something gravely serious, worthy of actual respect; and if I tried to just put it back on the shelf and forget about it, it would probably, literally, actually kill me. I made the choice, then and there, to embrace this reality about myself, to embrace her - and let my screwed-up fears and anxieties about being normal fall away. As soon as I accepted that, it was as if some great catapault-winch of tension inside me relaxed, and I knew that I made the right choice. Even now, a decade later, when I think about Rainbow in the right way, my eyes well with tears and the hair on my arms stands on end.The show is pretty good, the board is a fun community, but primarily I'm really just here because it's one of the only places where any number of people might empathize. I've found alt religious/spiritual/occult communities where they understand, but they're very rare and even then it's only a handful of exceptional people. Same goes for /mlp/, frankly, but at least nobody here is prejudiced against me for ponies in the first place.
>>42726824I'm glad what I wrote inspired you anon but please do a little thinking for yourself. That post isn't even related to the topic at hand.https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42230435/#42231593
kek I didn't notice it's a copied reply to the same copied OP, whoopsLooks like the strategy is like, trying to make people be suspicious about all the nice and genuine posts here by flooding with copied old ones?
>>42719056If this is true....then you should probably not be on here. Clearly it means more to you than just that if ur ass is on/mlp
>>42718931Honestly I still have no clue, if I had to guess maybe when the CMCs got their cutie marks it was the time I cried for any show in my entire life. I still remember when thay episode first came out and it just made me so proud of them. Id guess thats what stuck with me the most is this cute horse show for girls could make a grown ass dudes cry and be so happy....its stayed with me ever since tho ive always really loved this show even if it took a few episodes for me to actually get into it when I first ever watched it , the music is a huge part of it for me as well I really loved like 90% of the songs in the show
>>42726621Dude honestly.... I know some of you probably meme that women can't compare but to me saddly apparently ive wired my brain to truly think so. I have a LS Fluttershy and I have pics of her on my phone and I actually get all giddy/happy to see her cute face. I've very rarely felt that like honestly if at all with any of my exes and even recently had a chick want to get wirh me and I just turned her down because id rather just cuddle my Fluttershy ... yay.... yeah i really don't know what to do long term cuz even if I do get with a chick this will be something that ill never ever tell her or anyone for that matter me being a Brony has been my secret for fucking 12 years now.
>>42727118Love is much rarer than casual dating would have you believe. It's a shame things have flipped so that sex comes before getting to know and appreciate one another.
>>42726751You've got to ignore this guy. (I would miss him too.)
>>42726888off-topic but is desuarchive the only archive site for /mlp/ in particular? Any other archive that managed to save images from the oldest threads?
>>42718931When i first saw Princess Luna
>>42727144Hyper sexualization in our culture destroyed love for the most part. Without rampant degeneracy and the discrimination of healthy family units , love would be an easier thing for women to accept. Escapism into ponies doesnt help the issue at all.
