User:ToskiHero

Welcome to my profile page, viewer. I'm ToskiHero, and after much previous "hesitation" (actually laziness), I've finally decided to create a profile for myself on the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Wiki. If you're actually interested in what I have to say for myself, then sit back and I shall enlighten you all about me.

 How I became a brony:

Dear Celestia... where do I even begin?

So yeah, not long after My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic began to grow in popularity, its "brony" fandom exploded all over the Internet. And it was only a matter of time before I realized what the heck was going on. My earliest memory about the show was an image of Nightmare Moon, with a quote from the show below (where she's talking about how she's going to plunge the world into eternal darkness and the like). That was the first sign I ever saw about the show. I knew what My Little Pony (the OLD My Little Pony) was before, but I... I was confused. Why were people suddenly becoming obsessed with this franchise? Not just girls, but guys too?

What just happened? I didn't know. I though it was a joke at first. I was wrong. Dead wrong.

And at that point, it was the year 2011. I was a freshmen in high school, and I did not expect that one of the friends I made at school (who just happened to be a senior, to my fortune). He told me all about the bronies and the show, and this sudden revelation left me worried, confused, and curious. We're still friends, but if I only knew better back then...

Why have I resisted until now? Well, fear that the very idea of myself being affiliated with this show would damage my "masculinity". But that did now keep me from trying to learn more about the show and its fandom. And of course, I found quite hard about which side I wanted to take. Should I "join the herd" and accept my fate as a brony, a hater dedicated to the everlasting ridicule of the brony fandom, or stay neutral? Until November of 2012, I chose the neutral path, and never put enough about the hate option. I was neither for the show, nor against it. But ever once in a while, I would try to research the show itself and why the bronies loved it so much.

However, every attempt prior to watching the show didn't last long. In fact, I had no idea what was going on, or who anyone was. I was trying to put the pieces together of the puzzle piece by piece. I tried watching some bit and pieces from some episodes, such as "Friendship is Magic" (sans the first part), "The Cutie Pox", "Winter Wrap Up", "Hearth's Warming Eve", and even "Sisterhooves Social". But I just couldn't watch a full episode... How would I learn the truth then? What was keeping me away from this show? Obviously, the hatedom and fears of losing my "masculinity". So yeah, becoming a brony was not easy for me.

Then came that one fateful night, where my brother (who was also trying to avoid the show as well) out of sheer boredom, decided to watch one episode of the show. Then the next thing I know, he finally convinces me to watch one full episode, which was "Putting Your Hoof Down". At that point, I already knew some degree of knowledge of the show, such as the Mane Six (including Spike, I guess), a couple of the villains (e.g. Nightmare Moon and Discord), and some of the background ponies as well (especially Derpy Hooves).

After watching that first episode... I was somewhat impressed. It wasn't as bad or dumb as I thought it would be. But I still wasn't a brony yet. As the weeks went by, I watch a few more episodes with my brother. And soon, something had happened to me. I was actually beginning to like the show. But how? Why? Then it all made sense: I was joining the herd and becoming a brony. Nearly a year and a half later, I had completed my prolonged initiation, and accepted my fate. And just like that, me and my brother decided to become bronies. And just in time for Season 3 to kick off.

So here I am now, writing about my brony origins. I've accepted this show now and its wonderful fandom, and as long as we continue to love and tolerate, as well as having fun in what we do and with each other, I'm not backing off from this show anytime soon, no matter how much people bash on us, and how extreme we can be at times.