"Friendship is forever for the ones that truly believes in it." Very, very well said!! And I'll never stop believing, despite all the negative experiences that happened <3 "And the group has a history of extremist tendencies." Say what, indeed XD I don't know about bronies having a "history" with that, I would hope that is not the case, but yeah, I've seen some happenings first-hand. I've read an article back then about bad pictures uploaded to Derpibooru and bad comments, and also I once found out that a certain pony musician said very bad things in the past and kept causing trouble in the community... It's really crazy, but I guess there are bad apples everywhere. It might just feel extra shocking in our community because of the values of love and friendship and open-mindedness that should (normally) be shared by most of the community (at least I would hope). Many other things happened and I found out the hard way that actually not many bronies are believing in the same brony spirit and values from the show that I believe in, but I'm glad that at least you do <3 Even if we are a few in the whole community to actively spread the brony values, even if there are some bad people out there just like everywhere... we should keep going, and work on making this world a bit more like Equestria every day. Even if it's very small things and if the bad from the world might always unfortunately outweight our efforts... at least we did what we could. A whole show about the magic of friendship couldn't change some people so I have doubts we will manage to change anything to this rotten world... but we should still try. So don't worry, you are not alone, I'm with you, and I'm happy that you're trying to change the world too <3 Same goes for anypony reading this comment and relating to it ^.^ Let us keep doing our best!! Much love <3
@Dandelion & Alex <3 <3 <3 Very, very well said!! That was so so beautiful ^.^ *hugs back* Yes that's the way, just stay away from the bad apples once you've recognized them and try to move on (even though that can be hard to do) and focus on the good people. That's what I'm doing too. And yes you've said it, those values of Friendship and acceptance are what the show is about, and the community too imo, "love & tolerate" is an awesome motto, obviously we shouldn't tolerate intolerance and meanies, but you get what I mean. Let's keep fighting for true friendship!! :D
Thank you Makenshi, very happy for your reply. I'm afraid it looks different in the country in the west. Please overseas ponys, I know you have a bunch of friendly best friends ever ponies there, 99.9% are, but I think there is a small extreme group that has just nurtured the news flow. Here in our regions, there has been nothing at all reminiscent of extremism. The meetings I have been to are, as I said, about inexhaustible friendship, total acceptance and fantastic people with a genuine interest in pony friendship. Everything is just joy, art, music. As you say, there are always "bad apples" where there are people. I have also been treated very badly by some "Bronys" and wanted to leave. But why give up just because some show strange tendencies, I left them and moved on. Today I am proud to call myself Brony again, but may not show it to everyone every day, due to the bad moods it can create. But we can keep our line that friendship is amazing and convey that message to everyone around. For me, FIM is a way of being completely apolitical without values about who you are, where you come from, or what you look like. Total friendship across all borders. We support each other, help others in need. That's what it stands for. And I'm glad we think the same. And I'm there with you too, and any kind of pony that can agree with total friendship HUGS
This piece is outstanding and wonderful i love it, and i agree that the FedEx shooting was indeed terrible and the shooter claimed he was a Brony but he was nothing of the sort, because no Brony would pull a stunt like that but it's not the first time the fandom has had bad people in it.
In the upcomming G5 movie, the pony world of Equestria has lost its magic, just like IRL. Friendship and Harmony have been replaced by paranoia and mistrust, and Ponies now live separated by species. Sunny -- a feisty and idealistic young Earth Pony -- is convinced there’s still hope for this divided world.
-Sunny Starscout will join us togeter again, just wait for the upcomming movie. There is hope for Friendship and harmony YAAY!
Maybe the reality have catched up with the happenings? Paranoia and mistrust between pony species must be avoided, just like in the reality. So the G5 will cope with that problems? Interesting... let's hope the community can come together as it was before, in the early years of of the show.
"Friendship is forever for the ones that truly believes in it." Very, very well said!! And I'll never stop believing, despite all the negative experiences that happened <3
1 like"And the group has a history of extremist tendencies." Say what, indeed XD I don't know about bronies having a "history" with that, I would hope that is not the case, but yeah, I've seen some happenings first-hand. I've read an article back then about bad pictures uploaded to Derpibooru and bad comments, and also I once found out that a certain pony musician said very bad things in the past and kept causing trouble in the community... It's really crazy, but I guess there are bad apples everywhere. It might just feel extra shocking in our community because of the values of love and friendship and open-mindedness that should (normally) be shared by most of the community (at least I would hope). Many other things happened and I found out the hard way that actually not many bronies are believing in the same brony spirit and values from the show that I believe in, but I'm glad that at least you do <3 Even if we are a few in the whole community to actively spread the brony values, even if there are some bad people out there just like everywhere... we should keep going, and work on making this world a bit more like Equestria every day. Even if it's very small things and if the bad from the world might always unfortunately outweight our efforts... at least we did what we could. A whole show about the magic of friendship couldn't change some people so I have doubts we will manage to change anything to this rotten world... but we should still try. So don't worry, you are not alone, I'm with you, and I'm happy that you're trying to change the world too <3 Same goes for anypony reading this comment and relating to it ^.^ Let us keep doing our best!! Much love <3
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@Dandelion & Alex <3 <3 <3 Very, very well said!! That was so so beautiful ^.^ *hugs back* Yes that's the way, just stay away from the bad apples once you've recognized them and try to move on (even though that can be hard to do) and focus on the good people. That's what I'm doing too. And yes you've said it, those values of Friendship and acceptance are what the show is about, and the community too imo, "love & tolerate" is an awesome motto, obviously we shouldn't tolerate intolerance and meanies, but you get what I mean.
0 likesLet's keep fighting for true friendship!! :D
Thank you Makenshi, very happy for your reply. I'm afraid it looks different in the country in the west. Please overseas ponys, I know you have a bunch of friendly best friends ever ponies there, 99.9% are, but I think there is a small extreme group that has just nurtured the news flow. Here in our regions, there has been nothing at all reminiscent of extremism. The meetings I have been to are, as I said, about inexhaustible friendship, total acceptance and fantastic people with a genuine interest in pony friendship. Everything is just joy, art, music. As you say, there are always "bad apples" where there are people. I have also been treated very badly by some "Bronys" and wanted to leave. But why give up just because some show strange tendencies, I left them and moved on. Today I am proud to call myself Brony again, but may not show it to everyone every day, due to the bad moods it can create. But we can keep our line that friendship is amazing and convey that message to everyone around. For me, FIM is a way of being completely apolitical without values about who you are, where you come from, or what you look like. Total friendship across all borders. We support each other, help others in need. That's what it stands for. And I'm glad we think the same. And I'm there with you too, and any kind of pony that can agree with total friendship HUGS
1 likeThis piece is outstanding and wonderful i love it, and i agree that the FedEx shooting was indeed terrible and the shooter claimed he was a Brony but he was nothing of the sort, because no Brony would pull a stunt like that but it's not the first time the fandom has had bad people in it.
1 likeIn the upcomming G5 movie, the pony world of Equestria has lost its magic, just like IRL. Friendship and Harmony have been replaced by paranoia and mistrust, and Ponies now live separated by species. Sunny -- a feisty and idealistic young Earth Pony -- is convinced there’s still hope for this divided world.
1 like-Sunny Starscout will join us togeter again, just wait for the upcomming movie. There is hope for Friendship and harmony YAAY!
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Maybe the reality have catched up with the happenings? Paranoia and mistrust between pony species must be avoided, just like in the reality. So the G5 will cope with that problems? Interesting... let's hope the community can come together as it was before, in the early years of of the show.
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