[ SECRET POST #2680 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2680 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Doctor Who]


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[Caroline Forbes, The Vampire Diaries]


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[Once Upon a Forest]


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[Samurai Flamenco]


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[Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN]


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[British comedian Sue Perkins]


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[Monsterkind]


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[Game of Thrones]


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Notes:

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

F!S, or the internet in general, didn't decide that, a lot of male fans who embrace the term brony ruined their reputations all on their own. and on what universe do all adult fans call themselves "bronies". most women don't refer to themselves as "bros."

[(Anonymous)]

In the universe of the MLP fandom. Women don't call themselves bros generally, no. But "brony" doesn't really mean "bro".

I assume you haven't been in any MLP fandom. Go there, and yes, most fans (who are adults), and of both genders, call themselves bronies. Some women use pegasister but brony is still the most popular term.

Okay, some fans are loud and obnoxious. Le gasp, I've never heard of that happening in fandom ever before. So that... represents the entirety of the fandom and the generally accepted fan-name how..?

[diet_poison]

But "brony" doesn't really mean "bro".

It comes from "bro", though, and was originally used to specify male fans...so it's hard to not make that (very recent) association.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, it does come from bro. Yes, both male and female fans use the term. I don't understand why this is a problem?

[diet_poison]

I didn't say it was a "problem", I pointed out that "brony = bro" is a very strong association and one that isn't just going to stop being a thing for me

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah no, the term originally included both, pegasister did come up fairly quickly by those female fans that didn't want to use brony, but it was always supposed to include both, and I remember female fans having arguments way back in the beginning that fought over whether brony was should be exclusively masculine or not. Some female fans saw it as separating themselves from a default male nomenclature, hence the birth of pegasister. Others saw it as a pointless distinction and unnecessary division of a moniker that was mostly supposed to be a joke to begin with, I.E. splitting the fanbase over silly reasons.

Eh, honestly, they are both stupid words, and not ones that I would ever use often off the internet, the entire argument was silly when it started, and I'm glad most people have just decided to stick with whatever term makes them the most comfortable, whether it's a girl calling herself a brony, or just people calling themselves fans, fandoms tend to get way too hung up on stupid made up words as it is.

[diet_poison]

for the first paragraph, curious to know if you have recorded history of this because everything I've heard about it is that dudes started it as a special word for male fans.

for the second, I see where you're coming from, and I agree people should use whatever they're comfortable with, but I have had people tell me it's stupid to call myself a pegasister and brony should be good enough for me, so I'm a bit touchy about it lol. that's the word I prefer because brony = male in my mind, wrong or not, that's the association I have, and I don't need to try to fit in with the male fanbase to be a real fan.

[(Anonymous)]

Nothing I can post unfortunately, I remember because I am a regular /co poster since before the MLP fandom was even born, I was on the original threads when the term was born, it was originally a term created as a joke, and then adopted as the name for both male and female fans. Some female fans wanted a separate term since they considered brony a gendered word. Other female and male fans disagreed with that and argued that brony should remain the gender neutral moniker for the whole fandom. The argument settled down pretty quickly as some female fans stuck with brony while others used pegasister, brony being gender neutral still exists, but most fans just use whatever they want.

Equestria Daily did a few articles on it way back at the start, dunno if you can still find them, but they reported on which term female fans preferred, at the time, the majority of those polled (it is an internet poll so take it with a grain of salt) preferred the term brony as an inclusive term for both genders.

But yeah, it started as a gender neutral term, that's probably partially why people question the pegasister moniker when you use it, as it's sometimes seen as an unnecessary split for those that consider brony gender neutral. Well, either that or they're just assholes, really you should be able to call yourself whatever you want, it was a silly argument back in early 2011 and it's still a silly argument.

[(Anonymous)]

"Brony" comes from a mash-up of "bro" and "pony."

Gosh, can't imagine why anyone would like that "brony" has something to do with "bros."

Hey you kids, get offa my lawn!

[(Anonymous)]

FiM fandom =/= the entirety of MLP fandom. It's only in the G4 fandom that people really felt the need to have a special name for themselves.

The fandom for gens 1-3 also never developed the same sort of reputation for being completely heinous.

[insanenoodlyguy]

the same universe with Narutards.