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imho the "brony" movement is the BEST thing to have happened to MLP since... ever, frankly. They are creative, inspiring and above all passionate. They've provided us with video games, animations, beautiful art, songs, song videos and comics. If people are REALLY going to be so narrow minded as to tarnish an ENTIRE fandom or subset of fandom with the same brush because of a FEW bad eggs, then I really don't know how they'll cope in the real world when they find out not everybody in their community is lovely. The world is made of good and bad and sadly the bad always shouts the loudest, and sadder still, the bad are always heard the clearest, too.
I suppose it's very easy to be in denial about the problematic elements of a fandom when it doesn't happen directly to you; e.g. "bad things only happen to other people." Personally, I have seen a lot of horrendous, offensive stuff from Bronies, and that's all I'll say on the subject.
But in an attempt to 'turn around' the thread, I'll share some positive stuff Bronies have done for me, personally! :] (Since it's easy to say "oh they've made X and Y" which isn't really FOR anyone, I'll stick to stuff that's happened directly to me.) For example, when I was helping a Brony get a set of McDonald's ponies at-cost, he sent me $15 extra, just to thank me for helping him out! It was very nice of him, and not something he had to do at all. :]
I also had someone email me and offer me their unwanted pony accessories (the little animal friends!) for the cost of shipping, so hopefully soon I will have a tiny box of pony accessories in my mailbox! :3 And again, they didn't have to do that at all; it was just something nice they felt like doing for me, because they were friendly and I mentioned liking them.
Does anyone have any nice stories about Bronies to share? I'm sure there's more; even though there are a few notable 'bad apples' in the bunch, I've noticed a lot of very friendly, very kind new collectors, too. :] I've gotten a ton of warm comments on photos I've posted of my G3 collection, for example! And when I posted some pictures of ponies I dressed up for contests here on the TP, people said they looked wicked cool! ;] Maybe we should have a G4 dress up contest!!!