Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony Page #9

Dialogue:
0,0:37:26.72,0:37:31.74,Default,,0,0,0,,but I also don't feel like it's like where most minorities kind of feel suppressed,

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0,0:37:31.74,0:37:35.66,Default,,0,0,0,,it's like, oh, there's less of us, but it's not a bad thing.

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0,0:37:42.56,0:37:46.02,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughing]

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0,0:37:47.36,0:37:50.32,Default,,0,0,0,,Now I'm here, nine hundred miles, the biggest Con,

Dialogue:
0,0:37:50.32,0:37:53.58,Default,,0,0,0,,four times the population of my town is in this building.

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0,0:37:53.58,0:37:54.34,Default,,0,0,0,,Wow.

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0,0:37:54.34,0:37:59.00,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd noise]

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0,0:37:59.22,0:38:03.12,Default,,0,0,0,,When I was diagnosed with cancer, he kept visiting me in the hospital

Dialogue:
0,0:38:03.12,0:38:06.94,Default,,0,0,0,,and he showed me the show, it helped me feel happy, and

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0,0:38:07.22,0:38:10.12,Default,,0,0,0,,the most important thing, when you're sick, is to feel happy,

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0,0:38:10.12,0:38:12.24,Default,,0,0,0,,so you get better, and

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0,0:38:12.24,0:38:13.58,Default,,0,0,0,,it just helped so much.

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0,0:38:13.58,0:38:15.58,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]

Dialogue:
0,0:38:19.86,0:38:22.18,Default,,0,0,0,,LET THE CHAOS BEGIN.

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0,0:38:21.74,0:38:26.04,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]

Dialogue:
0,0:38:29.02,0:38:33.60,Default,,0,0,0,,This isn't just a fad, this isn't just an internet phenomenon anymore.

Dialogue:
0,0:38:34.00,0:38:37.34,Default,,0,0,0,,That was part of the reason why I started BronyCon, I realized,

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0,0:38:37.34,0:38:40.48,Default,,0,0,0,,this is a community that deserves a real world presence,

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0,0:38:40.48,0:38:45.78,Default,,0,0,0,,it deserves what the Star Trek fans and the Sci-Fi people, and the Anime fans have.

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0,0:38:45.78,0:38:49.34,Default,,0,0,0,,It deserves a robust convention scene, and now it has one.

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0,0:38:56.48,0:38:58.60,Default,,0,0,0,,This is incredible.

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0,0:38:58.70,0:39:02.50,Default,,0,0,0,,It didn't take long to bump into a few members of the Knoxville Brony group here,

Dialogue:
0,0:39:02.50,0:39:04.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and I'm hanging out with them today.

Dialogue:
0,0:39:04.46,0:39:09.60,Default,,0,0,0,,Bringing these people together is what the show has accomplished.

Dialogue:
0,0:39:11.36,0:39:18.60,Default,,0,0,0,,It's very exciting and really really cool that my dad is okay with this kind of thing,

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0,0:39:18.60,0:39:24.34,Default,,0,0,0,,cause My Little Pony is like, there's nothing violent about it, there's nothing wrong with it,

Dialogue:
0,0:39:24.34,0:39:28.50,Default,,0,0,0,,it's a cartoon that people enjoy for good reason.

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0,0:39:33.96,0:39:35.08,Default,,0,0,0,,Where's your dad?

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0,0:39:35.92,0:39:38.38,Default,,0,0,0,,I have no idea, probably way back there.

Dialogue:
0,0:39:38.38,0:39:40.96,Default,,0,0,0,,My son was hell-bent on going.

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0,0:39:40.96,0:39:44.56,Default,,0,0,0,,My wife, she told me one day, she goes, Well, I'll take him.

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0,0:39:45.08,0:39:47.58,Default,,0,0,0,,And I said, Are you serious, you're gonna go?

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0,0:39:47.96,0:39:51.20,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, I'll go, and I said, Okay, fine.

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0,0:39:51.92,0:39:56.56,Default,,0,0,0,,Then after awhile, I, I know she didn't wanna do that trip,

Dialogue:
0,0:39:56.70,0:39:58.86,Default,,0,0,0,,so I feel like I got roped into it.

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0,0:39:58.86,0:40:00.86,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd noise]

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0,0:40:01.08,0:40:02.68,Default,,0,0,0,,How do I wear these?

Dialogue:
0,0:40:02.24,0:40:04.84,Default,,0,0,0,,No you gotta put the string behind your head, yeah.

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0,0:40:04.90,0:40:05.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Okay.

Dialogue:
0,0:40:05.76,0:40:07.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, put that down a little bit more- yep!

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0,0:40:07.86,0:40:11.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I got an email from a young man named Lyle

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0,0:40:11.86,0:40:14.32,Default,,0,0,0,,who said that his father was very conservative,

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0,0:40:14.32,0:40:17.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and he was concerned about coming to the convention.

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0,0:40:17.30,0:40:19.52,Default,,0,0,0,,And he wanted me to meet his father.

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0,0:40:19.52,0:40:20.88,Default,,0,0,0,,This is my wife.

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0,0:40:20.88,0:40:23.44,Default,,0,0,0,,Hi, I'm John. Nice to meet you.

Dialogue:
0,0:40:23.80,0:40:26.44,Default,,0,0,0,,This is all a little overwhelming, isn't it?

Dialogue:
0,0:40:25.96,0:40:27.44,Default,,0,0,0,,A little bit.

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0,0:40:26.48,0:40:27.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah. [laughs]

Dialogue:
0,0:40:27.84,0:40:30.08,Default,,0,0,0,,So, should we go in and start taking a look?

Dialogue:
0,0:40:30.08,0:40:32.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Because we're gonna see this sort of through your eyes,

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0,0:40:32.68,0:40:35.50,Default,,0,0,0,,and actually through, all, all of our eyes, okay?

Dialogue:
0,0:40:35.90,0:40:40.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Uh-oh. [laughing]

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0,0:40:40.84,0:40:44.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I decided that maybe we could have a surprise for Lyle's father

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0,0:40:44.18,0:40:49.02,Default,,0,0,0,,and that was that he could meet another father, a father of a young man who was also a Brony,

Dialogue:
0,0:40:49.12,0:40:54.20,Default,,0,0,0,,and this father actually did know all about BronyCon and wanted to bring his son to it.

Dialogue:
0,0:40:54.20,0:40:58.26,Default,,0,0,0,,And we thought it would be very interesting to have these two fathers get together and talk.

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0,0:40:58.26,0:41:00.26,Default,,0,0,0,,Hello, I'm Michael.

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0,0:40:59.14,0:41:01.44,Default,,0,0,0,,Hi, I'm Patrick.

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0,0:41:00.36,0:41:01.48,Default,,0,0,0,,Michael.

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0,0:41:01.48,0:41:03.48,Default,,0,0,0,,Lyle, Michael, this is Hayden.

Dialogue:
0,0:41:03.72,0:41:06.56,Default,,0,0,0,,Did you have any trepidations about coming here?

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0,0:41:07.10,0:41:08.80,Default,,0,0,0,,No, not at all.

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0,0:41:09.00,0:41:12.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I know when I first found out I was like, "You watch WHAT?"

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0,0:41:12.18,0:41:14.18,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughs]

Dialogue:
0,0:41:14.18,0:41:16.98,Default,,0,0,0,,You know, it's pretty much a little girls' thing and I was like, "What?"

Dialogue:
0,0:41:16.98,0:41:22.46,Default,,0,0,0,,But you know my son, uh, he said, You know Dad, you know, before you think about this,

Dialogue:
0,0:41:22.46,0:41:25.40,Default,,0,0,0,,you know, let me explain why, so he explained it to me, and I,

Dialogue:
0,0:41:25.40,0:41:27.46,Default,,0,0,0,,he actually got me to look at some stuff.

Dialogue:
0,0:41:27.46,0:41:30.68,Default,,0,0,0,,My son has always never been one who follows the, the crowd.

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0,0:41:30.38,0:41:31.52,Default,,0,0,0,,Mm-hm.

Dialogue:
0,0:41:31.10,0:41:34.26,Default,,0,0,0,,You know, that's one thing that I always like about him, he's an individual,

Dialogue:
0,0:41:34.26,0:41:38.28,Default,,0,0,0,,which is sometimes hard for him, um, and I know is hard for Bronies,

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