A Brony Tale Page #3

Actually, people like to think,

okay, Bronies,

The name "Bronies" came from

"bros" and "ponies."

That's not where it came from.

It came from the "/b/"

message boards, and "ponies."

So that's how they combined it.

It was 4chan "/b/" and "ponies,"

so Bronies,

but I kind of like

the "bro" one better

because it feels a little more,

you know, "Hey, bro!"

So that's just me.

So yeah,

voice-over work is my job,

and I just, like, love...

love what I do,

love that I get to be a cartoon

for a living,

but my main passion is music.

In Hey Ocean!

There's two other members

besides myself,

Dave Vertesi

and Dave Beckingham.

The three of us have been

doing this music thing

for almost seven years now,

and over the last couple months,

we've been feeling the presence

of the Bronies.

Bronies by the dozens

have been coming to concerts.

I didn't watch

the first episode

and then just suddenly

get drawn in or anything.

I don't wanna be mean,

but, like, I don't care

about My Little Pony.

All we do is mess around

But I know that it's love

we've found

I think it's kind of difficult

for both of them,

because there's this whole

other fanbase that's, like,

kind of latching themselves

onto our music.

Yeah, it's weird,

like, 30-year-old dudes

liking a little kids' show

about female ponies, you know,

that fly or whatever,

but that said,

weird can be really rad

and really good,

and it's important.

I love people who are genuine

and who are, like,

"This is who I am,

and that's what I like."

I like the Bronies for that.

Baby

there's no time to waste

Sing until you have no voice

Ooh hoo whoo ooh

Sing

because you have no choice

Ooh whoo ooh ooh

There's nothing

that can compare

to standing on a stage

and singing with an amazing band

and some of your best friends.

It's what I love

more than anything,

and it's the dream, for sure.

Don't tell me

that we've come this far

To start again

or fall apart

Sing it

when you're lost at sea

Love will bring you

back to me

Sing until you have no voice

Ooh hoo whoo ooh

Sing

because you have no choice

Ooh

Our love

is like a big blue wave

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

I just discovered Hey Ocean!

Through finding out

about Ashleigh

and the other Bronies,

it was like,

"Oh, hey, you know,

she's in a band, you know."

"Wow, really?"

So you check it out, and

then you find out it's awesome.

Mandopony is sort of the persona

that I developed

to release music online

based off of My Little Pony:

Friendship is Magic.

The show generates

so much positivity,

it makes so much good happen,

and yet it meets

such disappointing, like, venom

from... so many people

are so venomous towards it,

and so hostile and destructive

towards it.

It just disgusted me

and made me so sad.

That was why I wrote the song.

We're a long way

from Equestria

A long, long way

I think, you know, saying

we're a long way from Equestria

is just a way to surmise

the fact that, yeah,

all things considered,

we're so far from this world.

Like,

the characters in the show,

they learn, they forgive,

they share,

and they celebrate

friendship and kindness

instead of mocking it,

and that

we are so far from that,

but it's getting better.

I think it's getting better.

A long way from Equestria

A long, long way

I'm just kind of trying

to decide right now

to go or not to go.

That is the question.

And it's just kind of

at a crazy time.

Like, I'm really busy

with work right now

and touring with the band.

I don't know

if I have the energy

to go into

one of these conventions.

I've heard crazy things

about conventions.

For someone like me

who's pretty new in the game,

I might not be able

to cope with it.

I don't know.

I didn't really expect

to have fans, per Se,

in the voice work that I do,

and it's pretty crazy that I do.

I'm nervous.

I'm definitely nervous.

I've got, um...

I don't know,

something about it just gives me

kind of an uneasy feeling,

but I'm just going

to go for it.

You gotta do things

that scare you in life,

and I think that

this is going to be

a really, really weird

and wonderful opportunity,

so...

I'm gonna do it.

I'm gonna go to BronyCon.

BronyCon

is a convention for Bronies,

fans of My Little Pony:

Friendship is Magic,

or any generation

of My Little Pony,

to come together and just share

their interests...

art, music, or just

the best of the show itself.

There are people flying in

from California,

flying in from Europe,

because Ashleigh Ball

will be at BronyCon.

Voice actresses, in a sense,

are the stars of the show,

because they are the voices

of the characters people love.

You know,

to hear some of the Bronies

Talk about Rarity...

oh, they would love

to meet Rarity.

The role in the community

is they are

the biggest celebrities.

They are the biggest draw

to these conventions

because people want to have

that kind of, like, one on one

with the closest thing there is

to the characters.

I think we have near on

a thousand preregistered,

and we have the capability

to let people pay at the door.

We're looking at basically

hitting fire code limits

For the convention.

Military Bronies are

just people who enjoy the show

And are in the military,

and it can be from the extent

of somebody

who watches the show regularly

and maybe has a few pieces

of art,

And other people

who liked the whole thing.

That's a Mark 46 machine gun.

It's a semi auto version,

but shoots 223 ammo.

My friends were making fun of me

For being a Brony for years,

and so I told them

what could be more manly

than going around

with all the friends

with the machine guns

and all the tactical gear

and everything else

Than go out with Brony gear?

The definition of a man

is a human male

with an X and a Y chromosome.

That's it.

It's as simple

as it really gets.

My name is Bryan Mischke.

I'm predominantly an artist

by hobby,

and everything like that

has been

pretty much

my one and only real passion.

I have a long time history,

six years of service

in the National Guard,

the Army National Guard,

so I think that pretty much

is the gist of who I am.

When I was 16,

I was in school still.

I dropped out

at about 16 and a half.

17, on my birthday,

I joined the military.

I swore in that day

my recruiter got me,

and at 18, I was in Iraq.

Best allegory I can

possibly use to describe Iraq,

um, came recently

when I saw the movie Tron,

and it's very interesting,

because basically, when

you go out to the world of Tron,

Everything is really barren,

everything is really organized.

It just kind of... it feels

real, but it's not real,

and devoid of real, like, life.

It's just feels like that.

Everything is devoid of life.

That's the desert.

It was desert for me

when I was down there.

Every tough experience

is only gratifying

after the experience.

I guess I would say

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