A Brony Tale Page #4

is that the last five months

in Iraq

was probably one of the hardest

experiences I had,

if not the hardest.

Actually, you know,

to be honest,

The hardest

actually came after that.

I went through probably

a really good year and a half

Of a pretty deep depression

after I got back from Iraq.

For some reason, I don't know

why I felt this way,

and I still can't

put a finger on it,

but I felt a tremendous amount

of shame after a while,

just for everything,

even for the military, maybe.

I don't cry, I don't,

and I just remember

this one time,

I just went for a walk,

and so many things are going on,

and I just broke down

and called my mom,

and I cried

for, like, three minutes,

and it's kind of getting me

a little emotional right now,

But, like,

I just let it all out.

I talked about everything

that was affecting me,

And I don't really talk

about those things.

Life was just so much simpler

when you were out in the desert.

Everything was planned out

for you and everything.

Now you're back

in the real world

trying to figure it out.

Art stopped doing for me

what it used to do for me.

I just kind of stopped drawing

altogether.

I didn't really see the point.

It didn't really make me money.

It didn't really

make me feel happy.

I didn't really feel

like I had a purpose anymore

In that area.

And then I discovered ponies.

I discovered a reason

to draw again,

Now here I am,

making art again, so...

don't underestimate

the things that make you happy.

You know, if drawing ponies

makes you happy,

there is no reason to feel bad

about that.

Yeah, I've been drawing this,

or I guess

I say I drew this drawing.

It's a pretty detailed drawing.

This drawing took me

probably about a week.

It's the first drawing

I've drawn

in a very, very long time.

It was kind of the catalyst

to me getting back into artwork

after probably about a year,

year and a half hiatus.

Princess Celestia is amazing.

Princess Celestia

rules over the kingdom,

and she raises the sun,

and she is like

a surrogate mother

to Twilight Sparkle,

which is the main character

of the show.

Of all the characters

on that show,

that's the one

I come to admire most.

She's lived a thousand years,

and it feels like it.

Like, she's just

kind of seen it all,

and really just knows

what to say at the right time.

Any adult who has really

gone through it all

and has been really thoughtful

and really caring

and everything like that

Is going to be

a Princess Celestia.

You know, I mean, your mother

should be a Princess Celestia,

In my opinion.

Nicole Oliver,

which is the voice actress

of Princess Celestia,

is going to be doing a panel

at BronyCon,

and I really want to give

this image to her,

this drawing

that I made of her character.

I think it's really important

that I give it to her,

because I really want her

to know

That she's able

to change lives.

It's really important to me.

I really need her to know that

and just thank her for being

a part of it,

and I hope it

really goes over well.

My name is Phoe.

I'm a blog author,

and I'm an admin

on Equestria Daily,

which is the major pony

news blog and media hub

for the fandom,

for the Brony fandom.

It's basically...

we do what we think people

are interested in seeing.

More or less,

it turns into a fan hub,

because most of what we do

is post things

that other people make

that we think are cool.

We also like to get interviews

with actors and writers

and directors

and stuff like that,

and talk to them

about their experiences.

If anything happens,

like if Hasbro releases

a new toy

Or there's an announcement,

or anything at all like that,

we report on it

as soon as we possibly can.

Any speculations,

any rumours, any, just...

any news at all.

It's like a gossip column

with a newspaper stuck on

with a staple.

Anytime anything comes out

related to the show

that could produce fan work,

within, like, three hours,

you have, like,

professionally made songs.

It's absurd,

it's amazing and wonderful,

and I can't get over it.

When we were first starting,

we made a huge deal

out of getting, like,

a thousand page views,

and then, like, 10,000 was like,

"Oh, my gosh, amazing."

I mean, that took, like,

months to hit.

And then we started climbing up,

getting 100,000, 200,000...

skipped over 300,000,

because it was going too fast.

Got to half a mil.

And it was like, "Oh yeah,

wow, we're really making it."

Then a million happened

in a blink of an eye,

and now we're at close

to 260 something million views,

and we hit a million more

every month...

More than a million...

like, two or three million

a month,

And it's just like,

"Ha, remember when a thousand

was a big deal?"

Like, "Yeah..."

I guess the ideal goal

would just to be, like,

an animation media outlet,

just have it all in one place,

and then sort of be

the CNN of silly cartoons.

I decided that I needed a break.

I needed

to get away from the city,

and one of my best friends

lives on Saltspring,

and she invited me

and a bunch

of my really close friends.

I'm working a lot.

I'm doing a lot of series,

I'm doing a lot of the stuff

with the band,

And it's important, I think,

to get away from it all

for a little while

and just kind of escape.

Apple fritters...

Apple rhubarb pie...

Apple turnover.

I feel like I'm myself right now

in the truest form.

Some people can just, like,

really hone in on that.

They just, like,

know you so well,

they just bring you back

to yourself,

and it's important to have

those people in your life.

My name is Stephen Carver,

but I go by the name

of SaberSpark online.

I have a channel on YouTube

called SaberSpark,

and I do top 10 lists,

I do reviews,

I do shows

where I talk about Bronies

And how they act in the fandom,

and just things like that.

I am somewhat of a sociologist,

and that was something

I studied a lot in college,

and that's where my Brony,

you know,

Interest really piqued.

There's a term we use

in sociology

Called the Pink-Blue syndrome.

When a boy or a girl

is born,

they are automatically given

a little pink cap or a blue cap

to say,

"You're a boy, you're a girl."

Culture is designed around that

where guys play sports,

girls play

with their dollhouses.

Guys are tough, girls cry.

Take, for example,

My Little Ponies.

These toys have been designed

to be sold to little girls.

That's the weird thing about it

is guys love the show,

and they want to actually

buy merchandise.

You have an audience

that is younger girls

who still love the show,

My Little Pony,

And then older guys,

and you have both

of those people

Showing up

in the same aisle

that's designed

for little girls,

so it's kind of the bizarre,

you know, gender roles conflict.

Just me standing in this aisle

to begin with,

There might be a mom

and her daughter walking by

and look down this aisle

and see an older guy

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