A Brony Tale Page #8

A lot of pony voices tomorrow.

It needs to be about

20% cooler.

Okay, that'll be my go-to line

for tomorrow.

It needs to be

about 20% cooler.

Bronies, you're gonna have

to work on your cool factor.

"Rainbow Dash, Sparta Mix."

Oh, this is gonna be good.

Let's try this.

Awesomeness!

It's a whole, like,

techno remix

made from that one line

that I say.

Who is behind all of this?

The Bronies, they're behind it.

Ooh...

Who makes these videos?

Oh, man.

Okay, I'm over it.

Let's go get pizza.

Time step,

Times Square.

It's just gonna be crazy!

It's all about friendship.

Life is a culmination

of mistakes

that you've learned from,

and pain is a good teacher.

You can't believe

you're going to fail.

You know, those people who are,

if you ever talk

to those people

who are, like, really rich

and really successful,

failure never even occurs

to them.

It never occurs to them

that they can fail

at what they're doing.

That's almost, like,

a beautiful thing.

That ain't me, though.

Um, to me,

life's the experience.

You try, you try and become

a better version of yourself

Every day.

I'm not saying

you need to change,

you need to become

a different person,

just a better version

of yourself.

I just think that once

you stop working on yourself,

the only way you have to go

is down from there.

They say people fear

what they don't understand.

Maybe I just have

a lot of fears,

and I just need to understand

to feel secure in life.

Like, I know I'm a different

kind of person.

Like...

I've gone through so... life

just... just not fitting in,

not really...

You know,

everything has always kinda been

A one-size-fits-all society,

you know, a formula

that I never...

I was always outside of.

You gotta know what helps you,

and I feel like, you know,

I had a lot of crap in my life,

but I don't feel like

I'm any worse for it at all.

And I love, I mean,

I love my life.

People regret the things

they don't do.

You only regret the things

you don't do,

and I don't have

a lot of regrets,

because I go after...

I'm not a "don't do"

kind of person.

I think...

that's the only way to live,

but maybe most people

aren't like me.

Maybe most people aren't willing

to just...

you know, willing to go

on that everlasting quest.

So we are on our way

to BronyCon.

It is 9:
30...

I think it might be

a little after 9:30.

We're a little late.

Um, it's an exciting time.

All right, BronyCon,

here we go.

What's your favourite episode?

The first episode

was pretty phenomenal.

All right, so...

Bryan?

Yeah, just Bryan.

This is Bryan, just Bryan.

How you doing?

I'm really sorry...

you guys are going

to hate me for this,

But I haven't drawn in a year...

Show it to the crowd!

Show it!

Show it to the camera!

There we go.

How does it feel

to be awesome?

Okay. Okay.

F-forget you.

I can eat all these apples.

He goes, "What is that?"

"A puppy? A kitten?"

And, like, one guy in the back

goes, "It's a pony!"

And I said, "I want that guy

to do my tattoo."

Whoo!

Go, ninja, go!

Go, ninja!

I feel like my life

is sort of changing in a way.

Like... not totally,

but just...

there's a lot of people

out there

That really love

these characters,

and, like, I'm by no means,

like,

in charge of what

they say and do on the show,

but I'm kind of giving them...

I'm giving you life.

I'm giving them,

you know, a voice.

Presents!

Yay!

And it's Applejack

and Rainbow Dash

singing together,

and it looks like they're

recording a pony script.

"Dear Ashleigh,

thank you for bringing an edge

To My Little Pony.

You rock!"

A conch shell!

Piggy's got the conch!

And... oh,

with a note inside of it.

"Your new Shell Phone.

I have an incoming call

for a Mrs. Atlantic Ocean.

She wants to say hello.

Will you accept?"

Hello?

Yeah, I guess I feel like

I'm a part of something.

I'm a part of this movement,

like...

I'm not a Brony, but I'm...

I'm, uh...

I'm a part

of these people's lives

because I voice

these characters.

Yeah, before I left

for this convention,

I really wasn't sure

what I was getting myself into.

I was a little nervous.

I wasn't quite sure

what to expect

and who these people were...

like, who are Bronies?

I'd had a couple interactions

in the past,

But not at this capacity at all.

To get this response

from any group of people

is incredible,

and it just happens to be that

this particular group of people

are mostly grown men

who are into this series

about girl ponies...

which is pretty bizarre,

when you think about it,

but at the same time,

they're not doing

anything wrong,

and they found each other,

and I think it's an honour

to be a part of that.

- Yeah,

- it's a beginning of something.

It could fizzle out.

Things like this

have happened before.

There's a big rising tide,

there's a force,

and then it doesn't go anywhere

because nothing

picks up the torch,

and I really hope that something

comes along that will do that,

because

this is not selfsustaining.

It can't carry on forever.

But it has so much potential

to just shape the way

that we think about things,

and make people be like,

"Oh, well, maybe it's just

if something is good,

Then we can like it."

People like to think

it's just a TV show,

It's not that big of a deal,

and at the end of the day,

maybe that's all that it is,

just a small footprint

in history.

But so many people's lives

have been bettered by it.

I think the best part

about being a Brony

is that it just really is,

you know,

like, it's more than a fandom.

It's more than a community.

It really is like a big family.

It's not about My Little Pony,

it's about

"Friendship is magic."

You know what I mean?

And about that sense

of solidarity,

That sense of community,

and all those different things

that really

bring people together

under a really wonderful

umbrella.

It's not cynical, that it's

just this positive oasis

in a sea of sarcasm and cynicism

in modern society.

The characters

are well developed.

They try to accomplish goals.

If they fail,

they learn from their mistakes.

They move on.

It doesn't become this big,

you know, ironic to-do.

Give Bronies

the benefit of the doubt

that they're all good people

that like a kids' show

for what it is.

They aren't weird, deviant,

you know, people.

All they are are people

who like a cartoon show.

That's it.

You've noticed how big

the fan base has gotten so far.

My question is, how much bigger

do you think it's going to get,

and for how long?

As long as My Little Pony

exists,

There will be Bronies.

You remind me of a boy

who once left me destroyed

When he cut me like a saw

with his back and forth

And I remind you of someone

you loved when you were young

She tossed you like a stone

into the ocean

We thought

we'd never dance again

So scared of second chances

But now

there's something happenin'

You make me wanna dance

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