brony?

Pretty much any male adult/young adult fan of FiM (G4); however many female fans of FiM refer to themselves as bronies as well. But I'd say in the general populations's pop culture sense of the word, outsiders understand bronies to be males. Hope that helps.
 
Personally, I define a 'Brony' or 'Bronies' as a person/people who are huge, and somewhat obessive, fans of the MLP: Friendship is Magic television show. Mostly it refers to guys, but I've met quite a few girls who I would call 'bronies' as well. (I have seen some girls call themselves 'Pegasisters' as opposed to the male 'Brony' term.) They are almost religious in watching the show and freaking out about it. Some of them defend it as if it was the best MLP generation ever, and that the previous generations should be completely disregarded as 'non-canon'. This is what majorly sets them apart from most fans and collectors.

There are, of course, less intimidating Bronies who are just really interested in the show and nothing more; they don't care for previous generations, yet don't dismiss them as complete rubbish, either. I believe the main point is the obsession with the G4 show and that's it.

I would not consider myself a Brony, for example, because although I do enjoy the show and excitedly waited for the next episode every week, I don't think it is any better than G1 through 3.5 - it's just another stage in the evolution of all things MLP.

Also, as DialgaBritesMom said, it is generally not children who are defined as bronies but more people in their teens/early adulthood.
 
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The official term is defined (as I've seen it in a few articles) as "Bros who love ponies."

But personally, I think Derpy and DialgaBritesMom have hit it right on the head. :)
 
Derpy said:
Personally, I define a 'Brony' or 'Bronies' as a person/people who are huge, and somewhat obessive, fans of the MLP: Friendship is Magic television show. Mostly it refers to guys, but I've met quite a few girls who I would call 'bronies' as well. (I have seen some girls call themselves 'Pegasisters' as opposed to the male 'Brony' term.) They are almost religious in watching the show and freaking out about it. Some of them defend it as if it was the best MLP generation ever, and that the previous generations should be completely disregarded as 'non-canon'. This is what majorly sets them apart from most fans and collectors.

There are, of course, less intimidating Bronies who are just really interested in the show and nothing more; they don't care for previous generations, yet don't dismiss them as complete rubbish, either. I believe the main point is the obsession with the G4 show and that's it.

I would not consider myself a Brony, for example, because although I do enjoy the show and excitedly waited for the next episode every week, I don't think it is any better than G1 through 3.5 - it's just another stage in the evolution of all things MLP.

Also, as DialgaBritesMom said, it is generally not children who are defined as bronies but more people in their teens/early adulthood.
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I have to agree with you completely. Every single thing you said is exactly what I would say. You just took the words outta my mouth.
 
DERPY!!! give Marinakirby her words back, right this minute... *taps foot*

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The very original term brony was first brought up in ******. From there, it gained popularity in web comics and fan sites and soon it gained quite a large group of people that were proud to call themselves "Bronies". However, like many things that suddenly have a cult like following, some people held it as a hallowed term, only reserved for the "true" bronies. It soon esculated into a fight of, "I'm a special snowflake, you can't be one too" with people suddenly becoming rude, combative, and otherwise, not a nice person. Which is a bit odd since the original message that bronies brought to the table was "love and tolerance." From there, the term was tarnished with some people not wanting to associate with people calling themselves bronies because of the image of that they were elitist jerks. Also, with something that gains popularity, the sickos and freaks come out wanting to fit into a sub-culture clik. So, some people thought it was funny while other people really are sick and twisted; they made several inappropriate and disgusting images, stories, and videos and passed it off as brony material.

So..... the others are correct in the terminology of what a brony is. However, there has been a backlash of resentment and hostility against those calling themselves bronies. Which only stands to mean those who follow the original standards of love and tolerance are the ones who work harder to clean up the image and to gain acceptance into the general community of pony lovers.

I'm sure I've injected some of my own beliefs and views into the observation above, but I consider myself a person that generally looks at the bigger picture and doesn't rush to a conclusion. I will say this, it's best to never start up a conversation with, "So who here is a brony"? It's often the catalyst on a rather volatile argument of who is and isn't a brony. No good can come from it.

I hope that everyone finds that special pony to call their own and good luck with your collections.

Nightmare_Knight
 
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k thanks guys was just wondering since ive started see the word all over and was like huh?...i thought maybe it was like some kinda special edition of ponies or pony friends lol
 
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