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[Will]

Who had Jim in the Regular-pretending-to-be-a-pony pool? Was it Jake?

Ahem.

Oh that Jim.

I thought you meant THE OTHER JIM.

[Miqque Loveland]

What's with the pony hate? His (or, shudder her) parents might simply have been a bit eccentric.

So, bounties? Posses? A nice witch-hunt and Marshmallow Bar-B-Q?

What you're saying then, is that since we have to sign up on MW with our own real names, signing in with something other than our own real names is some sort of a BAD thing.

How much, exactly, are these bounties?

(May was intense at the old comics shop.)

[stephanie familiar]

What's with the pony hate? His (or, shudder her) parents might simply have been a bit eccentric.

why the shudder? personally, i think it would be less creepy if hardcore my little pony fans were female.

[Will]

why the shudder? personally, i think it would be less creepy if hardcore my little pony fans were female.

I have to admit, this is the picture I have in my head of hardcore my little pony fans:

[stephanie familiar]

I have to admit, this is the picture I have in my head of hardcore my little pony fans:

this is what i imagine:

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[Miqque Loveland]

I do not want to see inside your heads any more, thank you.

[Will]

[MyLittlePony877]

I have to admit, this is the picture I have in my head of hardcore my little pony fans:

Why would you say something so mean? Is that you in that picture? I bet you're just not cool enough to like an awesome series like My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. You should watch it though. Bullies like you could do with a little more sparkle in your life.

[Todd Gross]

Since Comrade Tegler began the upgrades, I have been getting a lot of Russian bride offers and it turns out, a lot of them are into My Little Pony:

[Will]

Why would you say something so mean? Is that you in that picture? I bet you're just not cool enough to like an awesome series like My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. You should watch it though. Bullies like you could do with a little more sparkle in your life.

That's not me. I'm much fatter and my back is hairier. The mullets are the same though.

[Todd Gross]

Oh, Tegler! Why did you have to get involved with the Russian mob?

Now I'm getting this as a pop-up:

[David Chapman]

Whoever went for the pony account sure put in the research (I assume it's accurate) for which they should be commended.


Wait, I mean committed. Always getting those two mixed up.

I'd go with "excommunicated", myself.

[Todd Gross]

Guys who like My Little Pony gather for 'BronyCon'

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Dale Fjordbotten is a proud "My Little Pony" fan, with the shiny blue body suit and yellow lightning bolt, blue wings and blue tail to prove it.

Like many "Bronies" — boys and men who like the cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"— the 25-year-old college student turned out over the weekend for "BronyCon Summer 2012" at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, which drew 4,000 men, women, boys and girls, many in colorful wigs and costumes.

"I thought about what people would say. 'It's creepy. It's weird. It's a ... show for little girls,'" said Fjordbotten, from Staten Island, N.Y. "It's just a great show ... the story line, the plot, the beautiful animation."

Bronies say they're a misunderstood lot who've gotten a bad rap from the media. They're all about the show, friendship, love and tolerance, and they have no bad intentions, they say.

"I discovered that there's nothing to be ashamed of being a Brony," said 19-year-old James Penna of Mastic in Long Island, N.Y. "People are into what they're into."

Outside the convention center, young men danced and sang along with songs from My Little Pony cartoon that blasted from loud speakers as a video screen on a large truck showed the show's characters. One observer said it almost felt like a Grateful Dead concert.

Inside, vendors sold stuffed ponies, pony accessories, pony signs, pony hats and just about every pony item imaginable. Stars who do the show's voices signed autographs and gave speeches.

Staff appeared to be a little overwhelmed at times. It was just over a year ago when BronyCon attracted about 100 people to some meeting rooms in New York City. Now there are thousands of Bronies across the country.

Hasbro released the first My Little Pony toys in 1983, and they led to television specials, a film and the first TV series from 1986 to 1987.

The brand stuck around through the years. But along came animator Lauren Faust, who was hired by Hasbro and sparked new life to My Little Pony when she created the "Friendship is Magic" series.

Faust had worked on "The Powerpuff Girls" and "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" before dreaming up the land of Equestria, where My Little Pony characters like Twilight Sparkle, Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie get into all kinds of adventures.

Faust told The Associated Press at BronyCon on Saturday that she never imagined the show would be such a hit with teenage boys and young men. She said her main target was little girls, but she hoped to draw in moms and perhaps some boys with strong characters and compelling story lines.

"We live in a society where saying that something is for girls is the equivalent to saying that something is stupid, or saying that something isn't worthwhile," Faust said.
"I think that's awful and I think that kind of attitude needs to be changed," she said. "And these men are doing it. ... They're proud that they're forward-thinking and modern enough to look past this misogynistic attitude."

Faust said she, like the Bronies, is disturbed at the negative images some people have about men who like the show.

"There are a lot of people who when they first hear about men watching a show for little girls, they're taken to a creepy place," she said. "They think there's something wrong with that, something devious about it. I think that's unfortunate.

"I don't think you have to have bad intentions to like little girls or to like the things that they like," Faust said. "And it's upsetting to me that people jump to those conclusions. I think it's unfair to men and I think it's unfair to girls and women."

To set the record straight about Bronies, Faust, John de Lancie and others are producing a documentary that filmed over the weekend at BronyCon. De Lancie is the voice of Discord on "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and is perhaps best known for playing "Q'' on "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Zac North traveled from his hometown of Dayton, Ohio, to be with fellow Bronies in New Jersey this weekend. He dressed as his favorite character, the antagonistic Discord, wearing a hooded and multicolored costume complete with a dragon tail, since Discord is a pony-dragon hybrid.

Why does he like the show?

"It's colorful and innocent, which is something I don't have in my life," the 26-year-old Sam's Club worker said. "I like the community away from the show."

Twenty-year-old My Little Pony fan Gabby Pantaloni of Hershey, Pa., said she was kind of shocked that so many guys like the show, as she stood in a line at BronyCon to get her picture taken with other enthusiasts dressed like her favorite character Rarity.

"After watching the show, I could see why anyone of any age would like it," she said. "I think it just makes us all feel like kids again. Some of us are afraid of growing up. We're all just kids at heart."


There are pictures in the link.

[Miqque Loveland]

Okay, an admission. When I think of My Little Pony, it ain't the cute pink ones. It's the folks who pair up, guys usually as ponies and gals usually as riders. With whips. It's a ... a ... divergent lifestyle. Yeah, that's a good euphemism. Sometimes I pay more attention to my trade than to pop culture. (Comics are not pop culture, they are ART.)

There was a TV episode about this. (Bones? Could be.)

IOW - Unless you have a birth certificate naming you "MyLittlePony616" or whatever - use your real name!

After all, it's MillarWorld that set the example for Facebook. (MW is older!)

We may now proceed to terminally derail this thread.

[MyLittlePony877]

I find it funny that a bunch of grown men who still read about Superman and Spiderman and Batman complain about Bronycon and what my bronies and I get up to in our spare time!! Try looking in the mirror guys!

[Ricardo_C]

I find it funny that a bunch of grown men who still read about Superman and Spiderman and Batman complain about Bronycon and what my bronies and I get up to in our spare time!! Try looking in the mirror guys!

http://www.regretsy....my-little-yoni/ (NSFW)

Comic book nerds don't get to be above many things, but we win this one.

[Todd Gross]

Okay, an admission. When I think of My Little Pony, it ain't the cute pink ones. It's the folks who pair up, guys usually as ponies and gals usually as riders. With whips. It's a ... a ... divergent lifestyle. Yeah, that's a good euphemism. Sometimes I pay more attention to my trade than to pop culture. (Comics are not pop culture, they are ART.)

There was a TV episode about this. (Bones? Could be.)

IOW - Unless you have a birth certificate naming you "MyLittlePony616" or whatever - use your real name!

After all, it's MillarWorld that set the example for Facebook. (MW is older!)

We may now proceed to terminally derail this thread.

It was an episode of Bones.

[stephanie familiar]

Guys who like My Little Pony gather for 'BronyCon'

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Dale Fjordbotten is a proud "My Little Pony" fan, with the shiny blue body suit and yellow lightning bolt, blue wings and blue tail to prove it.

Like many "Bronies" — boys and men who like the cartoon "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"— the 25-year-old college student turned out over the weekend for "BronyCon Summer 2012" at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, which drew 4,000 men, women, boys and girls, many in colorful wigs and costumes.

"I thought about what people would say. 'It's creepy. It's weird. It's a ... show for little girls,'" said Fjordbotten, from Staten Island, N.Y. "It's just a great show ... the story line, the plot, the beautiful animation."

Bronies say they're a misunderstood lot who've gotten a bad rap from the media. They're all about the show, friendship, love and tolerance, and they have no bad intentions, they say.

"I discovered that there's nothing to be ashamed of being a Brony," said 19-year-old James Penna of Mastic in Long Island, N.Y. "People are into what they're into."

Outside the convention center, young men danced and sang along with songs from My Little Pony cartoon that blasted from loud speakers as a video screen on a large truck showed the show's characters. One observer said it almost felt like a Grateful Dead concert.

Inside, vendors sold stuffed ponies, pony accessories, pony signs, pony hats and just about every pony item imaginable. Stars who do the show's voices signed autographs and gave speeches.

Staff appeared to be a little overwhelmed at times. It was just over a year ago when BronyCon attracted about 100 people to some meeting rooms in New York City. Now there are thousands of Bronies across the country.

Hasbro released the first My Little Pony toys in 1983, and they led to television specials, a film and the first TV series from 1986 to 1987.

The brand stuck around through the years. But along came animator Lauren Faust, who was hired by Hasbro and sparked new life to My Little Pony when she created the "Friendship is Magic" series.

Faust had worked on "The Powerpuff Girls" and "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" before dreaming up the land of Equestria, where My Little Pony characters like Twilight Sparkle, Apple Jack, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie get into all kinds of adventures.

Faust told The Associated Press at BronyCon on Saturday that she never imagined the show would be such a hit with teenage boys and young men. She said her main target was little girls, but she hoped to draw in moms and perhaps some boys with strong characters and compelling story lines.

"We live in a society where saying that something is for girls is the equivalent to saying that something is stupid, or saying that something isn't worthwhile," Faust said.
"I think that's awful and I think that kind of attitude needs to be changed," she said. "And these men are doing it. ... They're proud that they're forward-thinking and modern enough to look past this misogynistic attitude."

Faust said she, like the Bronies, is disturbed at the negative images some people have about men who like the show.

"There are a lot of people who when they first hear about men watching a show for little girls, they're taken to a creepy place," she said. "They think there's something wrong with that, something devious about it. I think that's unfortunate.

"I don't think you have to have bad intentions to like little girls or to like the things that they like," Faust said. "And it's upsetting to me that people jump to those conclusions. I think it's unfair to men and I think it's unfair to girls and women."

To set the record straight about Bronies, Faust, John de Lancie and others are producing a documentary that filmed over the weekend at BronyCon. De Lancie is the voice of Discord on "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and is perhaps best known for playing "Q'' on "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Zac North traveled from his hometown of Dayton, Ohio, to be with fellow Bronies in New Jersey this weekend. He dressed as his favorite character, the antagonistic Discord, wearing a hooded and multicolored costume complete with a dragon tail, since Discord is a pony-dragon hybrid.

Why does he like the show?

"It's colorful and innocent, which is something I don't have in my life," the 26-year-old Sam's Club worker said. "I like the community away from the show."

Twenty-year-old My Little Pony fan Gabby Pantaloni of Hershey, Pa., said she was kind of shocked that so many guys like the show, as she stood in a line at BronyCon to get her picture taken with other enthusiasts dressed like her favorite character Rarity.

"After watching the show, I could see why anyone of any age would like it," she said. "I think it just makes us all feel like kids again. Some of us are afraid of growing up. We're all just kids at heart."


There are pictures in the link.

count me in as one of those who thinks it's creepy and weird.

[John Brook]

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