If you are a cartoon enthusiast or follow topics on the internet concerning TV shows and their fandom, you have probably heard about the term “brony” (bronies - plural form). If that word was presented in a sentence but nobody actually said what it means or the context it was placed in gave no additional information, we can explain exactly what it refers to. A brony is basically a fan of the TV animation series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, who is outside the target demographic of young girls. Most bronies are teenage and older males who simply enjoy the show because of its aesthetic value, the ideas it shares among viewers, the highly humoristic jokes and the feeling of happiness it manages to trigger.

Despite popular beliefs, MLP aficionados are not effeminate individuals, but regular men, who come from different backgrounds, and can appreciate the talent and effort put in the rendition of the cartoon. From voice artists and music composers to writers and drawers, the new My Little Pony series which was released in 2010 was truly a work of art! As a result, people of all ages could not keep their eyes off it. The brain behind this whole team was Lauren Faust, an American animator who also worked on The Power Puff Girls and Fosters Home For Imaginary Friends. Her main purpose was to create a modern cartoon, which told stories that were appealing to all age groups. Faust did her best to steer clear from the previous version of the cartoon, which was poorly written and overly-girly and managed to completely change the My Little Pony franchise.

When the MPL fan base was formed, those who were really crazy about show started spamming image boards such as 4Chan with pictures of ponies or print screens from the show. The bronies attitude created a mass of people who became strongly hateful of the show and who later forced the administrators to ban pony images from the site and name anyone who talks about MPL guilty of abuse. But the Pony-craze did not tone down. In fact, the oppression made it stronger and fans ended up creating their own image board (PonyChan), where the whole content of the site was MLP related. Similar websites such as bronysquare.com and everfree.net later appeared, and have managed to sustain the movement up until present times. If you’re at the begging of the “bronization” process, you can find the show on websites such as iTunes, Netflix or YouTube.

When you have finished watching the series, you can start developing all the activities a regular brony does. You should know that the fans of this show are not only known for their loyalty to the animation series, but also their creative works. Sites which are dedicated to MPL will often contain music, art, animations and fan fictions created by those who visit the website in tribute to the whole show or their favorite characters. In addition to that, My Little Pony fans spend significant amounts of money on merchandise or do their best to come up with the most beautifully crafted hand-made MPL items. They organize and participate at Bronycons and other meetups, where they wear pony costumes which they have personally created. Last but not least, bronies across the globe united to help other people and raise money for charity by organizing various campaigns.


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