I have come out as a brony (whether or not they know the term is irrelevant, they just know I like the show) to exactly 3 people: My mom, my dad, and a friend/roommate of mine whose permanent address is in Virginia, but is staying in Colorado*

^{Unless he somehow ends up in Raton, or back in Kansas (which is unlikely)}

until mid-December. This third person did not bring it up in the 5 weeks we were together basically 24/7, although I made a few stealth references here and there...

A fourth person who is a huge fan of many things Western Animation will inevitably discover the show and probably come to like it, but that won't happen until at least mid-May 2012.

edited 11th Oct '11 10:47:11 AM by AweStriker

http://equestria-prevails.deviantart.com/art/I-LL-TURN-THIS-DAMN-CAR-AROUND-262776014

Words fail me. This is so hilarious.

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http://puzzle-of-life.deviantart.com/art/I-Move-the-Stars-for-No-One-262758524

Best Bishiest humanised Discord yet.

edited 11th Oct '11 12:27:30 PM by Kerrah

Discord as Jareth? Yeah, i guess - OH WAIT YEAH.

My dad knows I'm a fan and thinks that's kind of funny. So does my brother but he recently admitted he was considering watching it himself. I don't think my mum ever noticed; the other day she said My Little Pony was a pretty dire show and I said that Friendship is Magic was pretty good. She was pretty incredulous, like she couldn't believe what I was saying.

Oh and I told one of my brother's friends. He used to be a brony but apparently since I last saw him he's turned into a massive hipster and thinks the show is "gay" and "too mainstream".

I got one of my friends into MLP yesterday. :D

I think the least girly Cutie Mark shirt is Applejack's, and even that's pushing it.

I was considering buying the Twilight Cutie Mark T-shirt. Then I saw the price.

TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND SHIPPING? Screw that.

It's orange with red apples.

Last I checked, both are completely acceptable "masculine colors."

Oh, and Derpy mark shirt is very non-girly. It's grey with some bubbles. Bubbles are gender neutral, unless it's a name.

Wait, I can't find the AJ cutie mark shirt on that site?

Also, is Discord supposed to be Pony!Faust's teenaged son or something on that car picture?

edited 11th Oct '11 3:15:48 PM by KuroFox

@Kuro It's only pushing it because the apples are so cartoony.

Happy Lauren is happy.

Lauren the alicorn is awfully cute...

Happy Faust is happy.

...Did we ever agree on a term for a female brony?

I think they're typically considered bronies too.

"Bronette" doesn't sound half-bad either.

I hear pegasister is a popular term, but I'm not sure how I feel about it, personally.

UGH TOO MANY CHOICES

You! Decide what I'm called!

Trish.

HOW IS "TRISH" A CLEVER PONY PUN

YOU DIDN'T SAY IT HAD TO BE A PONY PUN! D:

DETENTION FOR YOU YOUNG MAN

I vote we all just agree that "brony" is gender-neutral. It saves us the trouble of having to say "bronies and pegasisters", or something like that, and it means that all references to bronies include references to female fans of the show, which for the most part, is how they're intended (at least from what I've seen). There are also relatively few times during which separating the two genders is called for, relative to how often it's more appropriate to just refer to the fandom as a whole, so it makes sense to use the more widely-known word in a gender-neutral fashion. Yeah, the term "bro" and its roots aren't gender-neutral, but as someone pointed out in this very thread not too long ago (conversation on "everypony", etc.), the roots of a word need not necessarily determine the word's current meaning.

If you simply must have a distinct term for female fans, then I vote "pegasister". Fairly clever and already the most widely-used term for them in existence.

Of course, if we do decide that "brony" is gender-neutral, we might want to come up with a term that exclusively refers to male fans of the show. Hmm...

Manicorns?

I also like the idea of "brony" being gender neutral. Seems more inclusive, somehow.

Besides, I think we're rapidly approaching the point where "bro" gets applied to women without irony, never mind "brony"; especially on the Internet where gender is almost wholly divorced from biological sex.

I approve this message.

I also approve of the Faustpony gif.

edited 12th Oct '11 4:47:57 AM by Kerrah