We did this poll way back when EQD was 1/12th the size it is today, and I've been asked to run it again, so lets do it! All of you summer break bronies are completely different than us oldtimers, but in what ways? Hit it up on the right hand side bar!
183 comments:
Crap I'm on my iPhone... I'll do this right when I get home to my computer, tho!
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ReplyDelete*Clop* *Clop* *Clop*
ReplyDeletexD
the kind that stays up late and blames my insomnia on ponies
ReplyDeleteyay
ReplyDeleteAwesome, a poll! Let's get votin' and stuff...
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what the results are this time around.
24%
ReplyDeleteFair amount of clopping...
There's no button for "Ponies are adorable catharsis."
ReplyDeleteWell I voted. I checked off 6 of the 10 choices :P
ReplyDeleteWatchs it and adores everything pony, except R34
ReplyDeleteThe kind that comments on things
ReplyDeleteHuh. I don't really feel like there's a spot for me. I watch the episodes, read and write fanfiction, but I don't spend all my time on it either. Neither do I annoy people about ponies. Hrm.
ReplyDeleteThis will never be as perfect as the first time.
ReplyDeleteWe got 34% for *clop clop clop*
That was an amazing poll.
I've read/written fanfic, seen every episode three or four times at least, and go to every BMN. I don't talk about it in public anymore. Nor do I shove it in people's faces.
ReplyDeleteNever talk about it in public. Don't bug people about the ponies on non-pony websites (though I've made one somewhat pony-related video, poking fun at haters only to have, ironically, the haters think the video was on their side). I read fan fiction a lot, help Pen Stroke with his, and I have a few things in the works that will probably not see the light of day until next year after Season 2 for a variety of reasons.
ReplyDelete...that's about it, actually. I will say that pony has helped me to be a more cheerful, less cynical person and generally allowed me to appreciate more "cute" things without gagging.
...okay, so I technically have a fan avatar but again I don't flaunt it where it wouldn't be welcomed.
my other is that I spend my not-free time doing pony stuff as well, when im not supposed to be, ie skipping class for ponies and stuff :(
ReplyDeletei have a problem
@earthrise
ReplyDeleteHey, I'm pretty much the same as you.
New arrival here, so it's "other" for the time being. Time will tell where exactly this goes.
ReplyDeleteThe kind that watches ponies, reads fanfiction (not much of a grimdark reader though sry), comics, randomly puts up pics of rainbow dash 20% cooler and twilight loving and tolerating the shit outa you posters in tf2, and watches parody vids on youtube :D
ReplyDeleteBtw, guys let's remember.
ReplyDelete*Clop Clop Clop* is not the silly, pointless hipster answer. It means you jack off to ponies.
whoa, my drawing on the front page! *Squee*
ReplyDeleteI love you guys
22% for clop clop clop? Geez...
ReplyDelete"Days left to vote: 34"
ReplyDeleteThat's...quite a long time to see the results.
deuueaugh, I didn't know there were that many cloppers D:
ReplyDeletePony music is my favorite part of the fandom. <3
ReplyDeleteA lot of people are just going to vote for the "*clop* *clop* *clop*" one simply for shits 'n giggles. Some of them will vote for it because it actually rally fits. lol XD
ReplyDeleteAll and all I'm pretty open about my love for the ponies, but I don't talk much about it. I mean if someone found out I don't deny it and I make references all the time, so it's not like I'm ashamed or anything. I just like to be mysterious about it I guess.
ReplyDeleteI collect fanart I like (there's a lot of it), have over a hundred wallpapers for my computer (not my cell phone), and have downloaded that CMC point-and-click game demo.
ReplyDeleteAs for the whole clop-clop-clop thing, I actually consider pics of that nature to be heart-breaking.
People who collect pony toys aren't really hardcore Bronies in my eyes since those ponies are nothing like they should be.
ReplyDeleteI annoy everyone with how obsessed I am
I spend all my free time doing pony related things
All of my electronic devices have pony wallpaper/themes
My ring tone is pony
My mp3 player is filled with pony
Other
Im the anonymous, music, art, and pony loving, commenting brony who IRL doesn't let anyone know that i'm a brony
ReplyDeleteOr, rather, i'm the kind of brony who is secretive about it, despite being a huge fan
ReplyDeleteI download a ton of pony-themed game mods!
ReplyDeleteYou should see my Team Fortress 2.
My MP3 player has some pony songs, not a lot, just my favorites that I heard on here.
And I won't shut up about MLP to anyone that will listen.
Although I marked "Toy Collector" despite not owning a single toy related to MLP, here is the reasoning:
ReplyDeleteI never thought I would watch a show called MLP. Never thought I would set every background, screensaver, and poster I have to MLP. Never thought I would pay the $50 to get two MLP shirts from welovefine. Never thought all I would do with my free time is watch MLP, talk about MLP, and read this site.
Considering all this, the moment Hasbro develops quality MLP toys, I am sure my wallet will be $50 lighter.
Conclusion: Lauren Faust can take anything and make it good!
Who else read the title to the tune of What Kind of Pokemon Are You?
ReplyDelete*checks 6 of the choices*
ReplyDeleteOthers:
The kind that stay up late every bucking night reading fan fics. And makes anytime pony time... somehow. I only annoy people that I know or that I'm related to.
I annoy everyone with how obsessed I am
ReplyDeleteI spend all my free time doing pony related things such as listening to music, reading blogs and wanting the tee shirts (cant afford right now) :P
All of my electronic devices have pony wallpaper/themes
Just my iPod touch, iPhone, iPad and Laptop are Pony! I have a picture of RD's Cutie Mark set as my DSi-XL's Homescreen Picture and my Xbox Dashboard contains Ponies.
My ringtone on my iPhone is pony
My iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is filled with pony
My whole family knows and none care except my 9 year old brother. (He makes fun of me)
I absolutely adore that picture of Littlepip.
ReplyDeleteClop clop clop? seriously guys?, I hope you are just joking around.
ReplyDelete@cityflyer502 Well if you're looking for some awesome fandom, just ask =)
ReplyDeleteI'd say I'm a casual fan? I mean, I tab here every so often each day, check tumblr for pony blogs, read a few stories, etc... but I don't really let it intrude my daily life that much.
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of just another thing I like to do. I haven't bought any merch, I haven't decked out anything I own with ponies (aside from a Pinkie Pie desktop wallpaper), and I rarely make references because no one else would get them.
That being said, I'm typing an essay for my English class about why Pinkamena is a scarier character than Twilight from Lesson Zero. Derp dee doo!
I don't say much till somepony else brings it up, but when they do...
ReplyDeleteAlso, let's see, ponies on the mp3 player, both mobiles, toy ponies hanging off my monitor and hiding around the desk, icons/wallpaper/browser skins/screensaver on the windows laptop, and my login on the Linux one is L. Heartstrings, I got a second scarf so both me and my Pinkie plushie would have our own, I've got two shirts a wristband and some pins I wear fairly regularly, and I'm in the EqD comments at 2:30 in the morning. That should say everything everypony needs to know and more.
*spasm* I don't have a sidebar!
ReplyDelete@General Mike I'll keep that in mind, thanks.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea there were kinds.
ReplyDelete@The Numberman thanks! I might do more for the asklittlepip tumblr
ReplyDeleteAlthough I don't annoy EVERYONE, I do annoy some people, so I chose that one.
ReplyDeleteI would have picked toy collector if I actually had any money, as there are a few blind bag ponies I wouldn't mind having.
I definitely spend most of my free time these days on pony related things.
My desktop has it's share of ponies.
Didn't pick it, but that is a disturbingly high number for clop clop clop.
@Select Few the results are there, just scroll to the right
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that Seth is presenting something nice to the public by putting in wacking it to ponies as one of the check boxes.
ReplyDelete@General Mike I dunno, being man (or woman!) enough to willingly seek out and buy Pony toys seems pretty hardcore to me.
ReplyDeleteive bought most of the currently US availible ponys.(but ive been in bc and looked for blind bags)....on a road trip i actualy stopped at EVERY target and toys r us hunting for dashie....all the way up I5 from california to portland only to find her a week later at a k-mart..id say im hooked HARD lol....and ive brainwashed my 60-yo monther into watching it ...she is a huge aj and shy fan......ive gone so far as to shy up her phone!!!
ReplyDelete- I annoy.
ReplyDelete- I spend all my time on Pony time.
- Yep, every electronic device I use is ponified. Well, almost everything; one background is a Lakitu, another is Yahtzee (zero punctuation), but the rest is pony.
- 1/3 of my music is now pony. ~120 songs. Dead serious.
- Clop.
WHAT KIND OF PONY FAN ARE YOU
ReplyDeleteHOW DO YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO
I voted "I annoy everypony with how obsessed I am" and "I don't talk about it much".
ReplyDeletei should also note my htc has 3 seperate alarms for waking up....alarm 1 winter wrap up, alarm2 equestria girls, alarm3 CMC dubstep
ReplyDeleteHmm, I'm not sure if the poll created in Equestria Daily is considered deep enough, or is too specific. For example, the two options, "I annoy everyone with how obsessed I am" and "I don't talk about it much" if picked would simply contridicit each other. In addition, I feel that there's no option to tell how much or how little you put emphasis on what concept; like the amount of songs you play - how many do you download per say?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I can't really participate in this because of how the poll is set up. :( Well maybe, but how so? I'm probably thinking too hard about this but I'm somewhat bothered.
@Firespikez Please do!
ReplyDeleteAnyone that knows me well enough has probably heard me say, "I hate creative writing." I've never written a story, poem, song, etc. I'm not even good at writing creative essays. But this fandom has made me consider writing fiction twice now. My inaptitude ensured that neither fic was finished, but it says a lot about my obsession with ponies.
ReplyDeleteother for being into ponies when rainbow dash was called firefly :P
ReplyDeleteAll the pony songs on my mp3/iTunes are most played. Fanfic making regarding ponies is challenging, yet self-gratifying. I'm also a clopper.
ReplyDeleteSuck my cupcakes.
Electronically if I can ponify it then it'll be ponified, I've brought up being a brony to almost all of my friends - some of them have checked out the show themselves, I don't own any toys, I don't own any merch yet - that'll change pretty soon, I've got about 10 pony songs out of 1700, I do read fanfics, and I do not clop.
ReplyDelete@naahdude
ReplyDeleteWhich, to some people, makes it the silly, pointless hipster answer.
I don't spend all my free time on pony, but I spend too much of it. The only electronic device I own that I can ponify (my netbook) has been ponified. And I chose "other": I enjoy watching and re-watching the episodes, I adore the characters, and I love perusing the latest fanworks.
@jodyjm13
ReplyDelete"I don't spend all my free time on pony, but I spend too much of it."
Too much? Improbable!
(*~*)
ReplyDeletemfw when some actually voted on Clop clop clop
Erm... pretty much all of the above except for the ring tone and the episodes-and-little-else/silent-about-fandom answers. In other words, head over heels in every possible direction with PONIES, and won't shut up about them to family, friends, and anyone who is too slow to escape from my pony-related gushings. Have a couple hundred bucks worth of just -official- merch alone, have ponified almost everything, have 8+ gigs of pony music, am writing my first fanfic, and spend every waking second thinking about ponies. Clop clop clop.
ReplyDeleteVoted on other and spending free time on ponies. I'd have put the wallpaper bit, but only my lappy has a pony background (and it had to be good enough to overtake a 1993 McLaren F1 image from Forza 4!).
ReplyDeleteI guess other for me is trying to write a fic crossover... very slowly. I get easily distracted!
Blargh... My android does not approve of your poll... Will have to wait till I get home.
ReplyDeletewell, i have pony MP3's but i'm not exclusive to pony music. i read/write fanfiction but not much else. the only reason i have MLP toys is to show my support for the wonderful show because without the toys, we wouldn't have the show. i'd like a fourth season, so i buy some of the silly toys. i tell anyone interested but i don't annoy them. i also don't talk much anyway, people scare me. i don't spend all my free time pony, but most of it.
ReplyDelete*rant cut*
anyway, i've tried to clop to ponies and i really can't. i don't really know why. i still browse, if only for the humor potential in it. especially the fiction, oh my. such silliness trying so hard to be mature and raunchy.
Sweet Celestia, not this one again. The first was, well... Interesting, to say the least. Not many votes, either.
ReplyDeleteI mostly just watch the episodes and delve into the music and art every once and a while. I'm writing a story and making some art for practice, but it's entirely for selfish reasons.
ReplyDeleteI never talk about ponies outside of the internet, and rarely talk about it on the internet either.
(I made this Google account specifically for pony stuff and commenting on stories. Last time I said I don't pay much attention to ponies I got flak for the Google account.)
Embrace the pony...become one with the pony.../)^3^(\
ReplyDeleteLittlepip I just noticed this but... What's going on with your horn?
ReplyDeletelets see, well due to being a regular on Synchtube iv watched all the episodes a ridiculous amount of times, and I read fanfics on occasion (though at the moment less than I used too). however I don't actually talk about the show outside of the fandom, the most "pushing" of the show i will ever do is that iv recommended it to a few friends, some of them liked it others didn't and then we went off to play more Video games.
ReplyDeleteI do have a pony wallpaper, and a ton of pony images saved, but hell I have a ton of everything images saved.
I don't clop, find the very idea of it to be very very weird and concerning (seriously they are PONIES, not exactly something you should find a attractive) however I do sometimes look at R34 and read clopfics cause I do find them hilarious in just how ludicrous they are.
@Minalkra
ReplyDeletebecause they are cartoon ponies and you just aren't that twisted.
Do not clop
ReplyDeleteI usually have at least one pony-related tab open.
ReplyDeleteIcons, background and screensaver are ponified on my computer and my phone has a pony background as well.
I enjoy GOOD pony music. I will not put songs on my mp3 player simply because they are related to pony.
I read a decent amount of fanfiction, and am currently following 3 series. I also follow many visual artists on DeviantArt and tumblr.
Clop pictures do next to nothing for me sexually but I do enjoy reading clopfics.
I fit about everyone of those, cept toy collector. Over half of fanfics I follow happen to be clopfics too. Clopptiy clop.
ReplyDeleteI like to show support for the things that I love and MLP:FiM is no exception. I have a few keyrings, a subtle t-shirt (I put the steampunk AJ sticker on my car and the welovefine.com sticker on my motorbike), and a few miniatures at my workstation. I don't try to convert people although it would be nice to know some fellow bronies. Also, every time you clop Hasbro releases another piece of inaccurate merchandise, so we have few of you to thank for that. Jerks.
ReplyDelete@Loyaltycard lol, your last comment is so true
ReplyDeleteA lot of anti-bronies apparently have complaints about this particular behavior.
ReplyDelete"I annoy everyone with how obsessed I am"
Just a thought.
IM FUCKING PONY CRAZY XD
ReplyDeleteheck my mind is usualy full of pony fuck XD
AND I LOVE IT XD
SO MANY CLOPPERS
ReplyDeleteBRONIES
I AM DISSAPOINT
Hm... Modern browsers allow me to have ~50-100 pony tabs open at all times and check them every now and then. Some thread on various forums, EqD, chans, deviants and especially fics I follow.
ReplyDeleteI also flood a little gaming community I'm a part of with lots and lots of pony stuff but it's always passive like links in irc channel's topic, poni pictures added to post on its forum etc.
That doesn't count as "being obsessed", right?
And stop clopping to ponies. Even wet mane ponies.
Done!
ReplyDeleteEvery single one of those 1068 bronies who said '*clop* *clop* *clop*' can go burn in the hottest flames of hell. I don't think I've ever been more disgusted with Rule 34 than I am when MLP is involved.
ReplyDeleteAs an old school fan and collector ( think My Pretty Pony old school, dearies. As in 1981. Been a fan since they FIRST came out. XP ), I've been driving friends and family nuts with talk of ponies for a loooooooooooooooooooooooong time.
ReplyDeleteI collect ponies from every generation ( almost 400 in the collection ), I draw ponies ( because I want to AND for commission orders ), I create customized ponies ( mostly insanely resculpted customs that SHOULD send me to the loony bin ), I watch the G1 and G4 / FiM cartoons, I do have the original G1 theme song AND the season 1 FiM theme song as ringtones on my Blackberry.
And because I have no problem talking about my collection to friends and coworkers, it seems to help others break out of their fear of collecting and loving stuff that they themselves love.
But clopping to ponies... dear God, no. MLP is not meant to be sexy in any way. Yipes!
"Selects other" - because married with a purple unicorn that isn't here :(
ReplyDelete@Maquabra
ReplyDeleteYeah, man. Guys, I understand how hard it is to resist clopping to wet ponies. I really do. But ya really have to--- (pretend as if you don't clop to ponies...)
(no don't take this post seriously. I'm just trying to be funny and failing.)
Easier to say what I didn't check.
ReplyDelete>My ring tone is pony
Nope, at least not currently.
>My mp3 player is filled with pony
It has a few, mostly dubstep. But, really, it's mostly a random range of non-pony including a ton of Big Band music.
>I don't talk about it much
My co-workers wish this were true :)
>I silently watch episodes and not much else
I vocally watch episodes. My son watches them quite often too, his current favorite is Sisterhoof Social and those annoying "pony goes crazy" episodes.
>Other
I actually checked this one. Does running a MLP fanfiction fan website put me in a different category?
People wondering why there are votes for 'clopclopclop'... come on, is it that hard to understand?
ReplyDeletePoint one... humans have a libido.
Two... sexyness is, for a very big part, in the eyes. Same reason anime chicks are so popular: big, expressive eyes with long lashes.
It's almost the oldest trick in the book. How do you make any cartoon character more attractive? Big eyes, long lashes. The artists behind Betty Boop already had this figured out.
Add to that that these ponies are very likable characters and that they have pretty awesome voices, it's not too hard to understand that some people might like them enough to seriously check the 'clopclopclop' option in this poll.
I didn't by the way. Raunchyness takes away from the cuteness for me. But I can easily understand why someone would.
Here's the thing with this poll and the clop option; it's really biased.
ReplyDeleteI love this show and visit EQD every day, so I'm full on brony and proud. I know at least four other people that like the show and consider themselves bronies too, but none of them are core enough to visit EQD. I chat with them every weekend about the new episode and show them a few things that I thought were really cool from here, but it's all casual because they treat it just like any other good show.
They definitely do not clop. They also definitely would not vote in this poll because they wouldn't even know it existed. Cloppers will, though, because they're deep enough in the fandom that they check here constantly. Because of this, the actual percentage of bronies that clop will likely be MUCH lower than the polls say.
Granted, my small example can't be extended out to an entire community with complete accuracy, but the logic remains sound. A higher percentage of cloppers will vote in this poll than percentage of bronies because more cloppers are likely to see this.
Oh and if you cared, I don't clop but I don't care if others do it as long as they keep their pics to themselves. I don't want to see it and as long as that's respected, we're cool.
Why is there no option for fanfics because that's pretty much the only thing i do :P
ReplyDeleteI also miss the option for "avid fanfiction reader", because that would describe me the most. Music and other stuff is fine, but I mainly check this page for fanfiction updates and pony news. I don't even care that much for the episodes ^^
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ReplyDeleteI derped, curse the lack of an edit function.
ReplyDeleteI voted for ponied devices, toy collector (as I own a few things) and other.
Ponies don't take up all my time but they are part of my browsing. I don't annoy people with things though I exchange links occasionally with others who like it and I read things though I read very quickly so it doesn't take me too long.
I'm not sure all those options are showing us in the best light though, perhaps some could be rephrased?
I would have ticked 'toy collector' but the amount of toys actually available in the UK, without importing, is extremely limited. For example: in the Hasbro shop itself. In the US, 117 MLP items, 42 of which are G4. In the UK, there are 25 MLP items, 7 of which are G4. Not to mention the fact that the broadcaster's never shown any episodes from Suited for Success onwards, I think it's just going to end up getting cancelled over here.
ReplyDeleteThis poll lacks lots of options! :(
ReplyDeleteIt's been mentioned before, but: this poll needs additional options for reading and writing fan fiction.
ReplyDeleteWrite clop, read clop, clop clop clop.
ReplyDelete*clopclopclop* I'm sorry, what? >:D
ReplyDeleteSeriously cloppers! Why?
ReplyDeleteI'm an old-timer, but I've just recently gotten into the fandom enough to join ED. I still have one of my G1 ponies from when I was a tiny tot, and now that it's gift-shopping season, I can buy a few figurines without people staring at me. :3 I'm also tempted to order one of Hasbro's blank ponies so I can have a 3D version of my OC.
ReplyDelete--Zena
@The Numberman
ReplyDeleteUnless you get it during the Christmas shopping season, so you can pass it off as being for your daughter/niece/cousin/etc.
I'm in the brony closet big-time, since I teach for a living and don't want this to in any way affect my career. >.>
--Zena
If you've chosen option 1, 3 or 9, you should really stop for a moment and think about your priorities in life.
ReplyDeleteI think by now I'm pretty obsessed, surprising since I didn't join the herd until Oct.
ReplyDeleteI watch the episodes, buy the toys for my two girls, and read a few fanfics here and there. What I really like doing, however, rebuilding Equestria and all the ponies in D&D. Fun Fact: Pinkie Pie's crazy fourth-wall-breaking movement and future predicting can easily be explained with psionics.
ReplyDeleteMy harddrive is getting fuller and fuller of pony pics! Potentially even moreso than the show itself, I love reading comics and looking at LOL-type pics. I really enjoy visiting the brony memebase site on a regular basis. I stay away from fanfic, though I'm interested in reading Past Sins. I've bought two shirts and some stickers thus far (one of which I've put on my laptop, that's definitely helped in me "coming out" as a brony), and earned a Cheerilee McDonald's figurine as payment for a paint job (painting a small handheld-type item). I'd buy Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie figurines if I could afford them.
ReplyDeleteOh get over it, people. You don't have any right at all to be judging other bronies based on what they voted. That's just stupid. Why should you even care what others do?! It doesn't effect you in the slightest of ways.
ReplyDelete-Spends free time with ponies
-Ponify all the device wallpapers
-Other: Tells some people all about ponies and nothing to others.
Spends all free time with ponies.
ReplyDeletei love fan musics and drawing , but i hate drawing rule 34 ,if peoples think all bronies are perverts => less games , less musics and less good drawing because less peoples join the bronies
ReplyDeletemy other: I watch it with my kid and geek out over it with her. She's two and loves everything "Ony". She's allowed to play/chew/ruin the toys except for my Rainbow Dash... ;)
ReplyDelete@Acriaos
ReplyDeleteyou are the worst kind of fan.
even worst than the cloppers and self insert OC idiots.
@*XKatz* I hope they are only joking around too. Where is the option for "Confound these ponies they drive me to insomnia"?
ReplyDeletePlease tell me the people who clicked *clop* *clop* *clop* are trolling....
ReplyDeleteHaha, I remember this poll too, over 30% picked clop that day, good times.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I am seeing a lot of negativity towards the bronies who clop in the comments here as I skim through. You know it always perplexes me, how is it so hard to just think "Hey, that guy enjoys something I do not, and as long as it isn't hurting anyone then that's fine by me, I shall look the other way" Seems like a really easy mind set to adapt to me. But apparently the frothing rage R34 gives to people is too much for them to contain calmly, ah well.
And uh, beyond that I guess I am an avid fan. My mp3 player is filled with pony mixes, backgrounds have pony wallpaper and... that's it? This is a rather incomplete poll, but I guess it's called vintage for a reason haha.
@Basharoonskis
ReplyDeletewe don't want to be associated with people who fap to cartoon horses...
cause you know it makes us all look all bad like
@Basharoonskis Yeah, it really annoys me seeing all these comments that are so hateful towards cloppers. It surprises me the double standard a lot of bronies live by when it comes to love and toleration.
ReplyDeleteI really don't get why people hate people who Clop/fap. I mean seriously Its there own business.
ReplyDeleteI don't clop, but I know some people who do and they still have my respect.
Whatever happen to the love and tolerance? You guys are turning into the trolls we hate! You are literally telling people to burn in hell because of something you don't like.
I'M Ashamed of you guys!
@Mojo
ReplyDeleteyou want to know what makes us look bad? Not following love and tolerance. You suppose to not care what other people think and just ignore them.
I don't 'clop' and, despite Darkfoxx's explanation, still don't understand why people do (unless it's anthropomorphized quite a bit, at which point to me it's not really pony any more, but furry). The only thing that bothers me about it, though, is if anyone stumbles across rule 34 pony fanworks and think all bronies are into 'clopping'. (Well, and 'clopping' to the CMCs or similarly-aged characters; that's just plain wrong.)
ReplyDeleteAnd I suppose now's a good time to mention that I find the use of the term 'clop' to be amusing in and of itself, since it's supposed to be the sound of a hoof striking something hard.
@Mojo
ReplyDeleteJust because he enjoys fanfic but NOT the episodes?
About clopping, another "lapse in the tolerance and love", uh?...The percentage is unexpected indeed, but c'mon, there's need to whine about that?
Personally, I don't, but I respect the ones who do so, as long as they keep the pics for themselves.
"I spend all my free time doing pony related things"
ReplyDeleteAs in eating cupcakes, performing magic and flying?... heck yes I do!
lil' piiiiip :3
ReplyDeletei have one thing to say. all of you who go out and annoy people with pony is what helps make people hate ponies more. stop your crap and just leave people alone about it.
ReplyDeleteDunno why people care what people clop too. I personally don't give a damn what anyone does to get off and I see no harm nor wrong in it.
ReplyDeleteIt's of course okay to feel disgusted, but I really don't think you guys should really get upset or angered by it. Just chill~
I think people care a little too much about stuff that doesn't really affect them in any shape or form. I sincerely doubt that many people would inadvertently come across clop stuff.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, look at those sexy, sexy statistics guys (and gals), I'm a little surprised that Toy Collection is only pulling in 10% of the vote. I wonder how far that would jump if it was Merch (or Official Merch) instead. That would give a reasonable idea of how much the Brony community supports the show.
Maybe the next poll should be along the lines of 'how much official merchandise do you own' or something. Mmm statistics...
I run a youtube channel that is solely dedicated to 1080p MLP full episodes and songs. What category does that put me under?
ReplyDeleteI only learned about Bronies 11 days ago, somehow and got hooked. My bro came down and watched a few episodes with me and then he got hooked as well. Our mom was kind of in an "oh god, what's happening to my kids" mode and my dad didn't really care. I have no intention to buy the toys, because I do not like them much, they're too different from the show, but I got two "20% cooler" t-shirts and will totally wear them in public. I'm hoping to get that Fluttershy t-shirt as well, to further express my pony love.
ReplyDeleteI've read some of the comics and laughed, but have never been big into reading fanfiction and probably will never be, but there is great music to be found.
I don't clop to ponies, ponies are too quadrupedal for such things. However, ponies are avatars of positive emotions, and good loving sex is way up there on the "causes positive emotions" scale. And because this fandom is crazy and loves to brutally subverting /everything/ the opposite is also true.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Rule 34 doesn't have to make sense. Best either be the kind to embrace it or not care, because it's not gonna go away, and squabbling over it only makes it more visible.
"I spend all my free time doing pony related things"
ReplyDeletenot all of it, but most of it =P
Let's see... I spend quite a bit of my free time doing pony related things, but not all. I check Equestria Daily multiple times a day, I love fan animations, comics, games and music, and I've watched every episode at least twice (and the season 1 episodes at least 4 times each, my favorites getting much more views that that). The background on my desktop is obviously pony, while the background on my laptop (which I use at college) is very subtle pony, and on a ton of sites with comment systems, my avatar is a pony.
ReplyDeleteI don’t talk about it very much outside of the internet, though. My family knows I watch it and that’s about it. I have no need to annoy people about it.
Each person has their own kind of porn. So what if I'd rather get off to ponies instead of humans?
ReplyDeleteI feel sick at the thought of how many people immediately shun anyone in the clop crowd.
ReplyDeleteI understand that it "makes us look bad" but the thought of pristine and world-over acceptance for bronies is just fantasy and I've worked very hard to keep myself sane enough to know that, despite all my love for the show, and all wishes that it could be real someday, or any other pony-related dreams...
If you are upset at people who judge bronies for their personal interests, and then turn around and do the same thing yourself...well, yeah, there isn't really an end to that sentence.
...and if I'm to be considered a hypocrite because I'm speaking against clop-haters...like, if that's ACTUALLY how it works? Whatever. So bet it, I guess. I'm just one dude in this big crazy thing.
ReplyDeleteI really only bring it up if anyone asks, or when I'm with close friends. Other than that, I'm relatively quiet about myself.
ReplyDeleteBUT pretty much all of my free time is taken up by watching pony videos on YouTube and screencapping random moments for captioning or just for the sake of capturing it :3
Let me reiterate.
ReplyDeleteIf you clop, I don't care. Whatever it is, really, I don't care. I think it's more of a hate towards the people who make the clopping material. Those who enjoy it are just encouraging it and making bronies as a whole (or 30%, either way, makes us) look bad.
Double standards are the ultimate paradox.
"I don't care what people clop to. I love and tolerate everyone. Those people who are free to express their opinions are going to get berated by me for expressing their opinions about others' opinions."
Really, people, stop throwing this double standard shit around.
Found ponies 3 weeks ago. Since, I've rewatched all the eps 3 times (I have no life) and read a lot of fics. And found fan music. But meh, it got me over my depression (along with Skyrim) so I don't feel bad.
ReplyDeleteI personally am attracted to these specific cartoon ponies and I'm pretty upfront about it on here as I'm sure some have noticed.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, I love the show for what it is and would watch it regardless. Wonderful characters, sweet friendships, some cool action and smooth animation. There's so much to love.
I tend to think of it thusly:
Imagine that you're attracted to a specific actress.... lets say Scarlett Johanson for the sake of this example. You think she's hot and maybe you even fantasize about her but that doesn't mean you don't like her films either. So, if you see LOST IN TRANSLATION you can genuinely love that movie AND think about her sexually AT THE SAME TIME.
Well, I choose other, because in some way I'm a fan type of all of them *except toy collector* and I enjoy all the forms of art: music, paintings, digital media, flash animations, etc., oh and fanfics, can't forget the fanfics.
ReplyDeleteReason being I'm not a toy collector: hasbro doesn't get it right and the custom ponies and plushies run up to what between $100 and $5,000 so I haven't bought them yet.
At any rate, this fandom has grown on me for a little over a year now, and I can't wait to see what the future brings for the bronies.
And THANK YOU SETH!! I love littlepip.
All my free time is pony.
ReplyDeleteAlso, my PC is almost 100% ponyfied.
My cellphone is mostly pony-only music.
And... Oh, horseapples, why not. A lil' bit of clopping when I feel like it.
Remember to love and tolerate! We almost lost a fantastic brony due to that.
I enjoy the show itself, read fanfiction (and help with some), and I have pony content on my desktop and phone.
ReplyDeleteThat said, I'm usually pretty quiet about it to other people, inside and outside of the fandom.
Wow that's A LOT of cloppers.
ReplyDeleteEach to their own I guess... But I can't deny even just the thought of clopping disgusts me personally.
Totally ruins the innocent and cute ponies for me.
Oh I picked #4 and #7 btw, I'm a rather shy brony.
ReplyDeleteBut I can't help but ponify my computer and phone.
Ever since I got into it in August, I just quietly watch the show. I also listen to fan music and sometimes read fics.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to start a war on EqD, all you have to do is say the word "clop".
ReplyDeleteLittlePip! Best character to come out of MLP Fandom!
ReplyDelete>sees '*Clop* *Clop *Clop*'
ReplyDelete>>clops
>clicks link, ctrl-f 'clop'
>>hilarity and laughter ensues
I watch the show and read fanfics and videos and stuff like that. Unless I'm with my freinds, I never talk about it.
ReplyDelete...ok, and a bit of clopping. I am as ashamed of it as you are.
I watch the new episodes, but I find more enjoyment in the fan made content then the show itself.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, nothing seems to really fit where I stand. I checked 'spend all my free time', although it is not really ALL of it and 'don't talk about it'. The second one does represent me, though, because I am on hell of a closet brony (but I would love to find a Montreal meetup). Also, I do watch the episodes (duh), but the 'not much else' part... nah, not for me.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else notice the percentages in the poll add up to like 270%
ReplyDeleteI didn't used to clop... the slugbox happened. Why are brightly colored humans with poofy hair so sexy!
ReplyDeleteOther than that I spend most of my free time on ponies and video games( I need to get pony mods.
P.S. Im from the late September bunch of bronies. Michel(Rage Quit) from Roosterteeth sent me.
It can happen since you can choose more than one answer (they could all be 100% if all 13000 or so respondents were to check every option).
ReplyDeleteNever understood why people get so mad about Rule34 stuff. I personally find it hilarious, but then again I love brutal subversions which is why I like grimdark fics. Maybe I've just been on the internet so long that not much shocks me.
ReplyDeleteAlso, reasonable theory about clopping, they're attracted to the character personalities first and foremost. The fact that they're ponies is insignificant past maintaining the character.
@Mojo
ReplyDeletebetter a late reply than nothing. uhm, actually i am that twisted. i actually, uhm ... write clop. sorry if that disturbs you. i don't post my cloppy stuff anywhere, mainly because it's worse than my non-cloppy stuff and my non-cloppy isn't good enough to get on EqD.
oh, and before you ask, i'm 29 and married. sorry again if i disturb you. i'm usually not very vocal about what i do. people scare me.
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ReplyDeleteSeriously? Clop? Anybody who makes that stuff is disrespecting the characters and being an asshole. That stuff will always spread to places where people don't wanna see it. Its sad that people don't respects others work and would destroy Fausts vision for her characters. In fact objectifying and sexualizing strong female characters is exactly the kind of thing Faust fights against. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
ReplyDelete@John M.
ReplyDeleteFuck you.
I can not do this
ReplyDeleteThe kind who makes fun of the "Fanon" despite being a fanfic addict.
ReplyDelete@John M.
ReplyDeleteThis. +1,000,000
There's something wrong with you if you get off on cartoon horses. The cutesy art where they hug and at most kiss each other on the cheek (the ask pinkie pie and fluttershy tumblr thing) is fine, but when you start writing stories and drawing art depicting adult themes with characters from a children's show which are horses, THIS IS NOT A CASE OF NOT LIKING WHAT YOU LIKE, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU.
I don't even know which of all the above to pick as my nominee for senseless close-minded judgemental blanket statement of the year, but on the happier end of things I do wanna give a high-five to DJB123 for his post a few above this one.
ReplyDeleteJesus Christ, it is getting more and more difficult for me to be a part of this fandom every day. I'm saddened beyond words that even in the brony community there are people who don't understand art, creativity, and personal freedoms and orientations.
But I'm also thankful beyond words it won't be hard for me to make sure I never have to be near those people (more like wolves in sheeps' clothing) in real life.
Ho ho, summertime was whack. Thanks for the civil unrest, internet. Cuts through the boredom right good. XD
ReplyDeletethere are a lot of missing options here
ReplyDeleteMost certainly everything of mine has pony wallapaper/theme. My Android phone has MyLittleWallpaper, this computer I'm on has nothing but MLP wallpapers and even my iPod classic. I got one of those Pocket Ponies and put it in the back of the case.
ReplyDeleteOh, and another insomnia brony here. Was up until 2:30 am to watch the new ep...So tired...
@Batty Gloom A big thank you again for 'Hitler Hates Bronies' parody. The 'translations' were bloody spot on.
ReplyDeleteI try to watch the show whenever I can. I haven't been a brony since the very beginning, but I'm still a die hard one. I look for new fan material to use from episodes and I love to think up pony parodies to popular stuff.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, I too was a bit shocked by how many ticked the "clop" box. On the other hand, I don't really find it very surprising.
ReplyDeleteSome others have said it better than I can, but I don't think many people here who clicked clop clop clop are actually turned on by ponies, but more about their personalities and the fact they have huge eyes that work in tandem with fantastic facial expressions that give a sense of soul to the character.
I'm sure most bronies have a particular character they most closely associate themselves with. I'm sure most bronies who love Twilight would love to have a girlfriend with that same type of personality.
Sexual attraction is a weird thing that's often misunderstood, but I'm sure most people here can agree that sexual attraction is not just visually based. If it was, you wouldn't see instances of that smoking hot chick with that ugly dude.
So in the end, I don't find it particularly surprising some people are sexually attracted to the characters in the show.
The R34 could at least be humanized... If it's seriously just their personalities, it shouldn't matter to ya guys if they were humanized. At least that way, we can confidently say we don't watch pony porn, because we technically don't.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm going to be a bit more tolerant of this than I think I should. I just think people shouldn't say it out loud. People judge you--- no, all of us that way, like it or not. You're kinda harming us. Yeah, this can end up being seen by a non-brony who'll from then on be disgusted at us. But more important is fellow bronies seeing this and just completely lose their confidence in the fandom. I'm one example. I used to be very proud of this fandom. I started denying I'm a brony among my friends.
And for the way you word it, some of you say as if it's weird and unnatural for people to be disgusted by the fact that people watch porn of ponies from a little girls' show. Not important whether it's actually bad or not. It's that it sounds bad. Really sick. It always will. You just gonna have to understand that.
Meh, I'm done with this fandom now. Not the show or the great and creative things that come out because of it; but this community... fuck it. It's dead to me now. Be happy bronies; I'm done.
ReplyDelete@DeRockProject
ReplyDeleteYou sort of have a point, and I do agree with a couple things you said, but let me present my side of the argument once more.
Now I do understand that finding ponies sexually attractive is weird, it's definitely... different, I'm just saying some people should be more tolerant about it than they are, and especially should stop dismissing people who enjoy it right away, that's what grates on me the most. As I said before, I don't see why it's so hard to look the other way as long as it's hurting nobody, but that's just me I guess.
Now with that being said, there will for sure be some bronies who are turned off by the mention of R34, that's extremely apparent in this comment section, and if they decide to leave the entire fandom because it exists then... well good riddance. I feel bad for them as they are missing out on something truly special here because they couldn't take the fact that people have differing interests. Oh well.
However, I do agree with your point about being vocal about said interest, to a degree. Shoving your fetishes in other people's faces is no fun for anyone, be it ponies or whatever. There are places for it, FiM Chan or your own personal blog or anything that allows this kind of content sharing and interaction, I completely agree with that. I don't agree, however, with your point of not saying it out loud. As I said above, there are places where it can be discussed and places where it can't, but don't expect the guys who partake in R34 to just be silent and treat it as taboo, it'll only make you and them angry.
And finally, we are watching "pony" porn, and although I do kind of wish it wasn't phrased like that, there can't really be another way lol. If it was just their personalities I'm pretty sure it would be strictly humanized but man, it just ain't haha. I'll also quickly add here that we bronies who indulge in R34 are not monsters, I'd like to think I'm a pretty nice guy and I know some really swell dudes who enjoy clopping now and then, it is really no big deal, I feel kind of bad myself blowing it up like this but some things I suppose need to be said so people can come to an understanding.
So there are my thoughts on the matter, hope I didn't come across as a douche at any point as I understand it's fairly easy to do so through text. Also, this wasn't just a reply to you specifically so much as it was a reply to everyone in this section, can't we all just get along no matter what we find sexually appealing? It's such a small part of who we are as people and as a fandom.
Wow. That is a sh*tload of clopping.
ReplyDelete@DJB123
ReplyDeleteI think I'm not far behind you.
I know I haven't commented much on here (and I know you and I don't know each other). I realize now I was enjoying MLP much, much more before I even bothered to read comments on EqD, let alone comment myself. I've felt like twitchy, angry shit all day with pains in my gut.
With so many people discriminating against artists, writers, and their audiences, based on ignorance, bias, and just plain making shit up...I'm starting to feel like I can't call myself a brony. Not if people like that go by that term.
@Gareth Infinity
ReplyDeleteTotally agree bro. Thanks for posting that before I head out tonight, I appreciated reading it.
The sad thing is so called "clopping" used to be such a very small part of my love of the fandom anyhow. I would say the ratio of "sexy or suggestive" pony stuff I viewed or read was about 5 percent tops of all the pony stuff I enjoyed.
But, I have a dumb ass personality and I jump to the defense of anyone's right to make or enjoy art or whatever else they like with far too much gusto because it feels like there is a constant stream of hate towards it. You know? But, I think maybe both of us will be happier when we stop posting and reading here.
@DJB123
ReplyDeleteSee?! See what I mean?!
...Actually I feel like this is kinda my fault. Dunno.
@Basharoonskis
Na don't worry, you're cool.
I know you want people to be more tolerable, but it's just human nature. No matter what, you can't even hope to change human nature. Not unless you start something huge.
I'd like to say that to some people, the brony fandom actually isn't that great. I used to love the fandom, and even now it's truly something special. It's produces a sizable amount of entertainment for me, and it's the cause for pretty much all my stress. Never in my life have I been so concerned of a fandom's appearance.
But I can say anyone leaving is not missing out on anything. I mean, they already experienced it. What exactly did they miss out on? They saw it and they just saw that it's not for them. That's just all there is to it.
I know what you think about what I said that those people have to hide their fetishes no matter what for the sake of the fandom. But it's just culture. Unless you want to go out there and change it, you're just going to have to either adhere to it or get mocked at for going against it. No one made the world like that, and you're just going to have to choose one or the other.
I know you're not monsters. I can't change that you'll be seen as such anyway. I personally think it'll be less stressful if you just hide it. We all have something a bit fucked up, and I find it much easier to just hide mine.
Also, this is going to be harsh. Cloppers are the main reason this fandom is worse off than it should be. I go to an anti-brony club, and their main insult to bronies is the clopping. That's... just something people should think about. Yeah? You gave them a lot of fuel. They can easily convert normal people to brony hating by just mentioning that one subject.
Btw. Less people have a pony ringtone than clop. What's with that? Maybe I'll see to getting a pony ringtone! XD
24+10+38+45+15+40+26+23+22+25=268%
ReplyDeletethink there is a problem with the poll
@mrsteroids
ReplyDeleteNo. There's nothing wrong with that statistic.
Actually, that's really good information.
By average, each person checked about 3 options. Interesting.
I feel sad that I'm a new Brony considering the fact that I started back in October but have become a big fan. Man and i think back to the first video I watched of the show it was of applejack saying "well you should have tried harder" and the rest was history. Well I should try this poll on Monday when I'm at my computer. Yay ponies. Brohoof /)(\
ReplyDeleteI am ashamed of all of the anti-clopper hate going on. What is wrong with you people? I thought this community was based on love and tolerance and you can't even extend it to fellow bronies (bronettes). If I stopped following a fandom because of every explicit picture I found I wouldn't be following anything, ever. Suck it up and calm down, this is the same thing that was trying to tear apart the disney vidding community on youtube.
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ReplyDeleteFair greetings, Colts and Fillies!
ReplyDeleteTo answer the question, I'm the kind of brony that watches the seasons multiple times without being fed up of them. I grasp onto the lessons provided at the end, and honestly, I get emotional during the episodes (no joke, Ikr?), no matter how many times I've watched them over and over again. It just gets to me! I also learn all the songs by heart and sing 'n' whistle them everyday non-stop, including "Find a pet" (with the dialogues XD). Though there's a lot of "Brony Hatred" around these days, don't despair, ladies and gentlemen. I always keep one concept in mind: "Love & Tolerance" in a way of saying it, yes. With it, I remain calm in situations that would have people pitted against me in being a brony and watching My Little Pony. But, by showing no hatred whatsoever and a strong desire to love and respect others and the thoughts of others, I see those that bash me either become curious and see what I see, or respect me back! It's important to show Love, especially. Stay strong, my fellow brony friends, and take care!
Keep in mind that friendship is indeed a "magical" thing, if I may say so myself, since I've seen its effects in the works.