A Brony Tale Page #6

And when I came to Northwestern,

I swore I was never going

to join a fraternity.

The whole fraternity aspect

kind of puts the whole "bro"

in Brony.

I mean,

it's all about the community.

You can share it

with other people,

and that's, you know,

the magic of being a Brony.

There should be like,

a book about packing a suitcase.

Going to BronyCon...

Yeah, it's exciting.

Is it?

What am I doing?

I'm getting my Rainbow Dash

full costume

shipped to me tomorrow,

actually,

so it'll be here

in the morning.

Just kidding.

I'm not gonna do that.

To be honest,

I don't know what the convention

is going to be like.

Um...

I kind of have an idea,

but...

yeah, I'm not totally sure.

Like, these people could be...

they could be really scary.

Maybe I should be packing

bear mace or something.

But...

I did have a stalker

a little while ago.

I believe it was a male.

He called me

with, like, a vocoder thing,

something,

a distortion on his voice,

so it sounded really low

and scary,

kind of like the "Scream" voice,

like... uh...

"Hello, Sidney,

are you alone in the house,"

that kind of thing,

but, like, really low,

and... yeah,

just asked me what I was wearing

and what I was doing that night,

and, yeah,

it was a little bit weird,

just kind of

invading your privacy.

It's a weird feeling,

but nothing came of it.

People were, like,

"You should call the police.

You should do this and that,"

and I just kind of let it go.

Um...

Bronies were not

on the radar at this time.

The Bronies that I've met so far

have been really nice.

They're really enthusiastic

about the show,

and it's definitely going to be

interesting to be in a room

full of just, just Bronies.

Maybe I'll find my soulmate.

Oh, man.

You know, my whole philosophy

in life

Is do what it takes to be happy,

as long as you don't hurt

anybody else, you know.

Some people call me a big kid.

Me and my wife,

we're just big kids,

And we're happy.

You know, I own my own house,

but I love video games.

I have Transformers,

My Little Ponies...

We like to do things

that make us smile, you know.

I'm not really worried

about, you know,

What she'll think of us.

Like, she's being brought up

in all this.

We just want to bring them up

with this happy,

You can like anything.

It doesn't matter

if you're a child, an adult,

A girl, a boy...

if it makes you happy,

there's nothing wrong with that,

you know, you just do it.

And if that makes

people uncomfortable,

that's their issues

that they have to work out,

because if you're walking down

the street smiling,

Ponies on your shirt,

nothing can hurt you.

It has such a positive message,

and it can...

it's great at appealing

to every end of the spectrum,

both kids and adults alike.

There's no bad

this show can bring.

We had a particularly

bad thunderstorm

about a month or so ago,

so the next morning,

she told me,

she said, "Daddy,

there was a big thunderstorm,

and it was really loud,

and I got scared.

I fell off my bed."

And I said, "Arianna,

why didn't you come

and wake us up?"

And then she told me,

I'll never forget, she said,

"Oh, well, Daddy,

Pinkie Pie came out of my TV

and told me to giggle

at the ghosties."

Pinkie Pie taught her

to deal with these fears.

You know, it's not about

loving a little girls' show.

It's about loving

these messages,

and quite frankly,

if all these people

are following this show,

Which has very strong

happiness morals, you know,

be kind to your friends,

always be honest...

Like, this is all good stuff,

and people are following this.

My name is...

my real name is Martin.

The name I that go about

online is Rommel.

I helped co-found a group

by the name of Bronies for Good.

It's a solidarity

support organization,

not a charity organization,

because we haven't filed

a 501(c)(3),

and we don't plan to.

So Bronies for Good

as an organization

within the Brony community

Has raised 80,000 to 85,000

US dollars,

and that has gone

to the Children's Cancer

Association,

And to Your Siblings,

which had

three different projects

That we helped fully fund.

The first one

was a clinic in Uganda,

the second one was a sustainable

village in Burundi,

and the third one

was the expansion

of an orphanage in Uganda.

Bronies for Good

definitely really shows

that, you know, you can take

what this fandom has

and apply it

to a very altruistic purpose.

Bronies for Good really hammers

on the social change,

on the "helping others" part.

It's not just

a good thing for America,

It's a good thing for the world.

The world needs it.

We need to get out

of this sense

that everything

is individually done

and the world is, um...

is not subject to change,

because it is subject to change,

and Bronies

are making that happen.

Uh, it's pretty good,

but can you make it 20% cooler?

It needs to be

about 20% cooler.

20% cooler.

20% cooler.

Needs to be about 20% cooler.

So I guess

in one of the episodes,

Rainbow Dash talks

about something

being 20% cooler.

I'm not even sure

what she was referring to,

But the Bronies found that line,

I guess,

and found it

really entertaining,

or there was something about it

that they latched on to.

I mean,

it's just an awesome phrase.

It's just...

who says "20% cooler"?

How do you make

a percentile out of cooler?

There's, like, shirts I've seen,

With shirts that say,

"make it 20% cooler."

Or, like...

people always write on

our YouTube page for Hey Ocean!

Like, "This band is 20% cooler,"

or whatever, like...

So you know this "20% cooler,"

or, you know, Bro-Hoof,

you know,

those are all signals

that groups, fandoms use

to recognize,

"Ah, we've got another."

Yeah, it just

became this thing.

20%.

Not that much cooler.

Sometimes people are puzzled,

and if people are puzzled,

hey, it's a chance

to spread the word.

It needs to be 20% cooler.

20% cooler.

20% cooler.

Like, 20% cooler, seriously.

20% cooler.

20% cooler!

No, baby,

it needs to be about 20% cooler.

Mmm.

I am a Brony.

I am a Brony.

Like, it's not like

an unsure thing.

It's not like an,

"Eh..."

I watch the show,

I look at the art,

I read some of the fanfics,

but most of all, like,

beyond any of that,

I listen to the music.

I'm Silva Hound.

All I've done

is DJ pony parties.

I make music.

It's Silva Hound.

Silva Hound...

I-I-in the mix!

I used to wonder

what friendship could be

Until you shared all its magic

with me

Big adventure

Tons of fun

A beautiful heart

Faithful and strong

Sharing kindness

It's an easy feat

And magic makes it

All complete

Yeah, my...

I just do it.

It just

Whether that's because

of a result of my creativity

or the show's creativity,

or both

working together as one,

I can't... I don't know.

My Little Pony

My Little Po...

This fandom has some good music,

better than anything

on the radio now.

I find it a great pleasure

to sample a lot of the stuff

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