![]() In fact, one of the main attractions at Bronycon is Bronypalooza, a massive concert spanning twelve hours over two days and featuring fifteen musicians. Aside from the expected slew of fanart and fanfics, people have made pony-based video games, hangouts, websites, and a metric ton of pony music. There’s an old, apocryphal rule of the internet that says, “if it exists, there’s a pony of it.” It’s partly a joke, but also partly a testament to how widespread and creative the MLP fandom is. What hasn’t changed is my love for the fandom and the culture. While I still enjoy the show, “brony” isn’t really a key part of how I identify myself anymore. I’ve mostly stopped responding to things with pony memes (except to annoy Wyatt). I don’t watch every new episode the instant it comes out I’m happy to wait until I can see them on Netflix. These days I don’t brony quite as hard as I used to. Also, in comparison to video games, where most problems are solved with a machine gun or deadly weapon, My Little Pony let problems be solved in much happier, upbeat ways it is relentlessly positive, and the assurance that problems would always be solved and things would always be okay was something that I really needed back then. My Little Pony let me spend some time in a world that was brighter, happier, and more fun than the real one. I discovered this show at a time when I was unemployed, single, and depressed. If you get right to the heart of it, I think I was drawn to My Little Pony for the same reason I was drawn to gaming: the escape from reality. ![]()
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