09-08-2017, 04:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2017, 04:32 AM by CPsSecretLover.)
Mine's a really strange story.
So, sometime in the winter of 2010, I was at my church's youth group hanging out with the normal crew. One of the guys I hung around with at the time was a genius mathematician and a proud member of nerd culture. I mean, dude had NO issues revealing his power level, and oddly enough he was popular with just about everybody at our high school specifically because he was into so many different fandoms. Anyway, he shows up on this night draped in a t-shirt with a My Little Pony character on it (pretty sure it was one of those Twilight Sparkle "We Must Science This At Once" shirts they sell on welovefine).
I ignored the shirt at first, but later in the evening he made some sort of a joke about ponies, and so I finally turned to him and I was like "so you watch My Little Pony?" and he was like "Yep, it has some really good references and humor in it". Needless to say, I thought it was weird on the surface, but deep down I wanted to give the show a go.
Fast forward 3 years to the spring of 2014. I had FINALLY got access to wifi (I grew up in the country, so going to the community college in my hometown and, consequently, moving into town, gave me my first chance to experience internet culture). I had surfed all the websites I knew about, and I was bored out of my mind. Then that night at youth group came back to mind and I thought to myself "I should search MLP on YouTube and give the show a shot". First video I saw was actually Epic Wub Time by Alligator Tub Productions, and I kind of knew then that the fandom was going to be a thing I would be involved in. My first episode was the newly released "Testing, Testing, 1,2,3". I've been a Brony ever since.
So, sometime in the winter of 2010, I was at my church's youth group hanging out with the normal crew. One of the guys I hung around with at the time was a genius mathematician and a proud member of nerd culture. I mean, dude had NO issues revealing his power level, and oddly enough he was popular with just about everybody at our high school specifically because he was into so many different fandoms. Anyway, he shows up on this night draped in a t-shirt with a My Little Pony character on it (pretty sure it was one of those Twilight Sparkle "We Must Science This At Once" shirts they sell on welovefine).
I ignored the shirt at first, but later in the evening he made some sort of a joke about ponies, and so I finally turned to him and I was like "so you watch My Little Pony?" and he was like "Yep, it has some really good references and humor in it". Needless to say, I thought it was weird on the surface, but deep down I wanted to give the show a go.
Fast forward 3 years to the spring of 2014. I had FINALLY got access to wifi (I grew up in the country, so going to the community college in my hometown and, consequently, moving into town, gave me my first chance to experience internet culture). I had surfed all the websites I knew about, and I was bored out of my mind. Then that night at youth group came back to mind and I thought to myself "I should search MLP on YouTube and give the show a shot". First video I saw was actually Epic Wub Time by Alligator Tub Productions, and I kind of knew then that the fandom was going to be a thing I would be involved in. My first episode was the newly released "Testing, Testing, 1,2,3". I've been a Brony ever since.