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My understanding of bronies
9 years ago
a bit too high, look a bit lower.
(Oh boy am i gonna regret this)
I talk to myself, alot, and from time to time i see a comment or it's just a passing thought train that involved this subject, i, in no way despise or dislike bronies, i do however find these people confusing/interesting to think about.
This is how i see it, don't bother correcting me by saying i got it all wrong, i probably am waaay off base with this and I'm not implying what i say is fact (although i tend to sound matter-of-fact-ly at times) I prefer to say stuff like this without writing it down and i just end up repeating myself and it's getting obnoxious, and writing it on some notepad on my desktop would either be deleted, forgotten or lost, forcing me to write it all over again.
Reply if you want, i don't care either way, just throwing it out there so i don't sound like a broken record to myself. Opinions are meant to be chucked into the wind anyway, otherwise it's pointless oxygen I'm wasting.
I think the reason men use brony as a 'title' is to empower their masculinity, feeling the need to
call themselves a 'bro' in some way so that they remain manly. The word brony was first created
as a joke on 4chan but for whatever reason people inherited the word as a serious group name,
it's a word useless to women but for men is a badge of honour, able to sit through a girly show while
keeping their manhood intact. while the reboot is meant for everyone, those who grow up in the 90s
(reason why they are in the 20 age range) have this instinct to feel cringy while watching a show
called 'my little pony' similar to 'barbie' or 'sailor moon', because their upbringing taught them what
a boy show was and what a girl show was. With most heterosexual parents wanting their children
to stay as straight as an arrow from birth, we grew this itch that told us that we are meant to be
embarassed or feel wrong by doing/watching certain things.
Wearing pink clothes, buying dress up dolls, these were unheard of for boys to do, why did
this change? well we're in the age to prove something, given how the internet not only wants to
point out our flaws and stroke their own fragile ego, but to treat their opinions like they were
written by einstein and view others as garbage to further stregthen their superiority complex.
I feel some men felt the need to break the stereotype, let everyone know how metro they are, because
lets face it, mlp isn't any more epic than steven universe, avatar, gravity falls or even pokemon.
Celesister never caught on because their pride as women would not be crushed because any casual viewer
that spot screenshots, clips and adverts would immediately assume it was for girls anyway (history with name,
mostly girl characters and rainbow colors)
I think that If mlp was called something else, had different creatures but the same adventures, no new word like brony would exist. there was no trending grouping names with the other shows mentioned, why is that? i am honestly asking because i don't see why they are seem below the towering pedestal that mlp has. Their merits in script, humor, animation and messages are just as strong (sometimes stronger) than mlp and although steven uni is pretty big in some places, i don't see his images appearing in nearly every search of anything irrelevant to the show pop up compared to the limitless pony OCs sneaking in.
I talk to myself, alot, and from time to time i see a comment or it's just a passing thought train that involved this subject, i, in no way despise or dislike bronies, i do however find these people confusing/interesting to think about.
This is how i see it, don't bother correcting me by saying i got it all wrong, i probably am waaay off base with this and I'm not implying what i say is fact (although i tend to sound matter-of-fact-ly at times) I prefer to say stuff like this without writing it down and i just end up repeating myself and it's getting obnoxious, and writing it on some notepad on my desktop would either be deleted, forgotten or lost, forcing me to write it all over again.
Reply if you want, i don't care either way, just throwing it out there so i don't sound like a broken record to myself. Opinions are meant to be chucked into the wind anyway, otherwise it's pointless oxygen I'm wasting.
I think the reason men use brony as a 'title' is to empower their masculinity, feeling the need to
call themselves a 'bro' in some way so that they remain manly. The word brony was first created
as a joke on 4chan but for whatever reason people inherited the word as a serious group name,
it's a word useless to women but for men is a badge of honour, able to sit through a girly show while
keeping their manhood intact. while the reboot is meant for everyone, those who grow up in the 90s
(reason why they are in the 20 age range) have this instinct to feel cringy while watching a show
called 'my little pony' similar to 'barbie' or 'sailor moon', because their upbringing taught them what
a boy show was and what a girl show was. With most heterosexual parents wanting their children
to stay as straight as an arrow from birth, we grew this itch that told us that we are meant to be
embarassed or feel wrong by doing/watching certain things.
Wearing pink clothes, buying dress up dolls, these were unheard of for boys to do, why did
this change? well we're in the age to prove something, given how the internet not only wants to
point out our flaws and stroke their own fragile ego, but to treat their opinions like they were
written by einstein and view others as garbage to further stregthen their superiority complex.
I feel some men felt the need to break the stereotype, let everyone know how metro they are, because
lets face it, mlp isn't any more epic than steven universe, avatar, gravity falls or even pokemon.
Celesister never caught on because their pride as women would not be crushed because any casual viewer
that spot screenshots, clips and adverts would immediately assume it was for girls anyway (history with name,
mostly girl characters and rainbow colors)
I think that If mlp was called something else, had different creatures but the same adventures, no new word like brony would exist. there was no trending grouping names with the other shows mentioned, why is that? i am honestly asking because i don't see why they are seem below the towering pedestal that mlp has. Their merits in script, humor, animation and messages are just as strong (sometimes stronger) than mlp and although steven uni is pretty big in some places, i don't see his images appearing in nearly every search of anything irrelevant to the show pop up compared to the limitless pony OCs sneaking in.
