Talk:My Little Pony Friendship is Magic/@comment-66.87.7.239-20120827043443/@comment-2170890-20120827185334

Bronies (the concept, not the name) actually came from G1 My Little Pony, and this is true even if you are a brony who had never watched G1 in his or her life, or even one who doesn't like G1. The first few episodes of G1 was not aimed at just girls or just boys, it was aimed at children even though the toyline was already a girl's toyline. Girls liked the the show more, so they tried to make it more of a girl's show (though the only one that really looked girly was G3, even though I, a guy, like G3). Lauren was a fan of at least the early episodes of G1, and tried to make FIM be what G1 was at the start; she wanted it to be a lot closer (such as having the same characters), but for the most part FIM recaptures what G1 tried to do.

G1 was never girly, it could be enjoyed by both genders, most of us were just too young to know that. We saw FIM as adults so we saw past the stigma MLP had of being a show based on a girly toy, but we should have seen the same for G1.

So the real origin of Bronies is G1.