Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony (2012) Movie Script

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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.04,0:00:12.94,Default,,0,0,0,,One of my friends, um, called me on Skype one day, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.02,0:00:16.46,Default,,0,0,0,,Hey, have you seen this show? And I'm like, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.46,0:00:19.88,Default,,0,0,0,,She's like, well, it's called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.92,0:00:23.72,Default,,0,0,0,,and it's- the internet is raving about it, you have got to see this show, it's so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.06,0:00:28.54,Default,,0,0,0,,And I was like, My Little Pony My Little Pony
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.94,0:00:31.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm like, isn't that like a show for little girls?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.08,0:00:33.66,Default,,0,0,0,,And she's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's great, it's great, trust me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.66,0:00:36.56,Default,,0,0,0,,I watch it for a little bit, and I think, huh, this isn't too bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.92,0:00:42.10,Default,,0,0,0,,So, I put on another one, and another one, and another one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.52,0:00:45.68,Default,,0,0,0,,The characters would speak, and they would end up with a smile,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.68,0:00:47.68,Default,,0,0,0,,and I would smile back at them because it was just,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.22,0:00:51.26,Default,,0,0,0,,it was such a good, it was such a little thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.26,0:00:53.42,Default,,0,0,0,,but it would make my day just to see them smile.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.54,0:00:55.62,Default,,0,0,0,,It teaches so many good things.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:00:58.70,Default,,0,0,0,,And the next thing I know, I was kind of leaning forward into my monitor,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.70,0:01:01.80,Default,,0,0,0,,and I was like, this, this show is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.80,0:01:05.12,Default,,0,0,0,,And I thought, maybe I'm the only one who knows about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.12,0:01:06.92,Default,,0,0,0,,Maybe I should start telling people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.92,0:01:08.92,Default,,0,0,0,,After at some point, I was like, wait a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.70,0:01:13.88,Default,,0,0,0,,My Little Pony, I am getting excited about My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.66,0:01:17.44,Default,,0,0,0,,So she's like, Okay, so are you a Brony?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.96,0:01:20.32,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm like, Well what's that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.32,0:01:24.22,Default,,0,0,0,,And she's like, There's this huge movement of, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.22,0:01:28.24,Default,,0,0,0,,guys, you know, in high school and college that are just so into the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.24,0:01:32.08,Default,,0,0,0,,And they're goin' to cons, and they're like, making music, and you know, art.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.08,0:01:34.90,Default,,0,0,0,,And so she's like, Are you, would you call yourself a Brony?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.90,0:01:37.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Would you, you know, be willing to like just check out more of this stuff?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.76,0:01:42.90,Default,,0,0,0,,And I'm like, Yeah, yeah! I'd call myself a Brony, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.90,0:01:44.90,Default,,0,0,0,,It was then that I became a Brony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.90,0:01:45.56,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm a Brony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.56,0:01:46.24,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm a Brony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.22,0:01:48.68,Default,,0,0,0,,And that's when I knew that I was a Brony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.68,0:01:50.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I, I want to become a Brony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.48,0:01:51.70,Default,,0,0,0,,And I am a Brony.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.70,0:01:53.88,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm a Brony too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.16,0:01:55.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Another disturbing trend-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.50,0:01:56.16,Default,,0,0,0,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.94,0:01:57.38,Default,,0,0,0,,-uh, Bronies-
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.04,0:01:57.94,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh, wow.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.38,0:01:59.96,Default,,0,0,0,,-grown men, who love My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.28,0:02:01.96,Default,,0,0,0,,I think I'd ask if they were gay.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.96,0:02:03.36,Default,,0,0,0,,Old men, like pedophiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.62,0:02:05.26,Default,,0,0,0,,It's a little mind-boggling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.26,0:02:06.32,Default,,0,0,0,,More flamboyant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.32,0:02:07.34,Default,,0,0,0,,He dresses like a girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.34,0:02:08.28,Default,,0,0,0,,It's pretty weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.42,0:02:09.88,Default,,0,0,0,,Creeps. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.68,0:02:13.26,Default,,0,0,0,,I've never watched a single episode of My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.26,0:02:16.04,Default,,0,0,0,,There's definitely sexual deviancy involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.60,0:02:16.22,Default,,0,0,0,,Creepy. [music]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.14,0:02:19.20,Default,,0,0,0,,There are worse hobbies for a young lad to have-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.68,0:02:19.70,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.24,0:02:20.54,Default,,0,0,0,,-Like, you know, terrorism.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.54,0:02:22.16,Default,,0,0,0,,There's worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.54,0:02:22.16,Default,,0,0,0,,If, am I wrong?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.80,0:02:23.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Bronies, I don't know, that's on the edge.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.34,0:02:23.88,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.88,0:02:24.70,Default,,0,0,0,,Pretty twisted.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.70,0:02:27.64,Default,,0,0,0,,This, this phenomenon of Brony conventions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.70,0:02:30.16,Default,,0,0,0,, clearly was foretold in the Book of Revelation.
, it is over,
!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.94,0:02:40.22,Default,,0,0,0,,[trotting hooves]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.74,0:02:45.34,Default,,0,0,0,,[camera light opening]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.16,0:02:52.80,Default,,0,0,0,,[birds chirping]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.80,0:02:55.98,Default,,0,0,0,,[music starting] [trotting hooves]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.72,0:03:01.34,Default,,0,0,0,, For one to fully comprehend this pony fascination,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.34,0:03:04.64,Default,,0,0,0,, Let me first sum up the previous of pony generations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.60,0:03:06.94,Default,,0,0,0,,[shade rolling] Generation 1 appeared on TV in the 80's.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.94,0:03:10.26,Default,,0,0,0,, It was made to sell toys, plots were hardly very weighty.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.26,0:03:12.86,Default,,0,0,0,, And Generation 2, I do not mean to grouse and gripe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.86,0:03:16.08,Default,,0,0,0,, But these characters fell right into the girly stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.08,0:03:20.08,Default,,0,0,0,, And Generation 3 is just too awful and too tragic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.22,0:03:26.40,Default,,0,0,0,, So let's jump to number 4, where Friendship is Magic!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.58,0:03:30.54,Default,,0,0,0,, All the characters compelling and the stellar storytelling,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.54,0:03:34.56,Default,,0,0,0,, And the lovely animation brought about great dedication!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.96,0:03:37.86,Default,,0,0,0,, This is where we meet the Bronies, for they like My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.86,0:03:41.20,Default,,0,0,0,, Yes the bros enjoy the ponies so let's go and meet the Bronies!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.20,0:03:43.94,Default,,0,0,0,,[music]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.94,0:03:45.18,Default,,0,0,0,,[hoof kick]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.94,0:03:47.34,Default,,0,0,0,,[film strip rolling]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.84,0:03:58.34,Default,,0,0,0,,I love flying. The airport is my second home.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.34,0:04:03.36,Default,,0,0,0,, It's my greatest passion, because it adds a, a third dimension to your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.52,0:04:07.34,Default,,0,0,0,,People who limit themselves to the ground are, are missing out a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.96,0:04:11.76,Default,,0,0,0,,because the world is just completely different, up there and, uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.76,0:04:13.70,Default,,0,0,0,,it's just total freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.26,0:04:20.08,Default,,0,0,0,,What I'd usually be doing right now is grabbing my friend Chris and Ethan,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.36,0:04:24.48,Default,,0,0,0,,we'll just go out to a local pizza joint, we'll just go be teenagers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.34,0:04:28.32,Default,,0,0,0,,We just eat there, and then we'll go to Wal-Mart,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.32,0:04:30.84,Default,,0,0,0,,'cause that's the thing to do around here, is just go to Wal-Mart.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.46,0:04:33.62,Default,,0,0,0,,That's considered a hot date around this area.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.62,0:04:35.62,Default,,0,0,0,,The rednecks will take their girlfriends to Wal-Mart.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.38,0:04:39.48,Default,,0,0,0,,And this is one of the only places I can come and buy Pony Merch.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.60,0:04:44.64,Default,,0,0,0,,I have a, a friend in there, he lets me know when the stuff comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.06,0:04:47.88,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm waiting to receive a text for that White Celestia,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.40,0:04:50.12,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm excited for her.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.30,0:04:56.98,Default,,0,0,0,,It's fun to drive a Mercedes because you,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.98,0:05:00.36,Default,,0,0,0,,you're usually the only one that has one, especially an old one like this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.56,0:05:03.46,Default,,0,0,0,,I get a lot of weird looks from the rednecks, cause you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.62,0:05:06.34,Default,,0,0,0,,they're expecting me to be driving a big truck, or, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.34,0:05:09.30,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm supposed to be competing with them somehow, and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.30,0:05:11.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't, I don't see the fun in that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.84,0:05:17.26,Default,,0,0,0,,My first exposure to My Little Pony was in a, uh, an internet video collaboration,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.26,0:05:21.08,Default,,0,0,0,,and this guy, he had created a collaboration of the good shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.08,0:05:23.60,Default,,0,0,0,,that got a start in in 2010, and,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.60,0:05:27.64,Default,,0,0,0,,I saw the, the ponies on there, and I'm, I just couldn't get them out of my head.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.64,0:05:29.72,Default,,0,0,0,,Like something just caught my eye about 'em.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.00,0:05:32.36,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't know why, so I figured, well, I'll give 'em a chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.96,0:05:34.66,Default,,0,0,0,,I gave it a shot, and I was hooked.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.08,0:05:37.58,Default,,0,0,0,,Spike, take a note please.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.92,0:05:41.54,Default,,0,0,0,,I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.72,0:05:46.44,Default,,0,0,0,,that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.80,0:05:49.48,Default,,0,0,0,,She must continue to study the magic of friendship.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.48,0:05:55.14,Default,,0,0,0,,She must report to me her findings, from her new home in Ponyville.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.28,0:05:57.50,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.50,0:05:59.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh, thank you Princess Celestia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.64,0:06:02.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I'll study harder than ever before.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.18,0:06:05.50,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering] [music]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.50,0:06:09.10,Default,,0,0,0,,I was like, no, there's no way I'm watching this little girl's show.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.10,0:06:12.60,Default,,0,0,0,,I can't be likin' this, you know that's, that's not right, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.60,0:06:14.62,Default,,0,0,0,,But something about it just kept me coming to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.90,0:06:19.04,Default,,0,0,0,,The show itself, of course is about the magic of friendship, hence, Friendship is Magic.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.32,0:06:22.34,Default,,0,0,0,,And what really speaks to me as a grown man is,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.34,0:06:26.46,Default,,0,0,0,,that these characters are so deep and in-depth, and complicated,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.46,0:06:28.94,Default,,0,0,0,,while they each portray an Element of Harmony.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.38,0:06:33.16,Default,,0,0,0,,The spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.78,0:06:39.36,Default,,0,0,0,,Honesty! Loyalty! Laughter! Kindness! Generosity!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.88,0:06:42.28,Default,,0,0,0,,When those elements are ignited by the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.28,0:06:45.24,Default,,0,0,0,,the 'spark', that resides in the heart of us all,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.24,0:06:49.84,Default,,0,0,0,,it creates the sixth element, the element of magic!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.20,0:06:53.50,Default,,0,0,0,,I wanted to have a show about six characters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.50,0:06:55.18,Default,,0,0,0,,six girls, six ponies,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.18,0:06:57.44,Default,,0,0,0,,who were friends with one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.44,0:07:00.42,Default,,0,0,0,,I already wanted Princess Celestia, I already wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.42,0:07:03.48,Default,,0,0,0,,Twilight to be her student who was displaced.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.48,0:07:07.60,Default,,0,0,0,,I had her, in Mork and Mindy style, write letters
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.60,0:07:11.46,Default,,0,0,0,,surmising what she learned about friendship at the end of the episode.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.46,0:07:13.46,Default,,0,0,0,,Dear Princess Celestia.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.46,0:07:16.78,Default,,0,0,0,,This adventure has taught me to never lose faith in your friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.78,0:07:19.12,Default,,0,0,0,,They can be an amazing source of strength,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.12,0:07:22.02,Default,,0,0,0,,and can help you overcome even your greatest fears.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.52,0:07:25.66,Default,,0,0,0,,Always, your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.98,0:07:41.72,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm one of those people who can be attached to objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.80,0:07:45.72,Default,,0,0,0,,particularly one which I had which was a toy aircraft carrier, 'cause
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.82,0:07:49.12,Default,,0,0,0,,I always thought it was just cool, and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.28,0:07:50.88,Default,,0,0,0,,it was my favorite toy for a while.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.88,0:07:54.12,Default,,0,0,0,,But um, it eventually got yard saled, and I got over it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.12,0:07:56.66,Default,,0,0,0,,obviously, because I have to grow up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.66,0:08:00.62,Default,,0,0,0,,I mean I can't, I can't be like 50 or something, and like
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.62,0:08:04.26,Default,,0,0,0,,all alone in my house with just a toy aircraft carrier going, yeesss.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.44,0:08:06.44,Default,,0,0,0,,This, I'm probably never gonna sell.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.68,0:08:13.70,Default,,0,0,0,,Lyle is very creative, very artistic. He enjoys building with LEGO.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.70,0:08:16.80,Default,,0,0,0,,He enjoys games on the computer,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.80,0:08:20.40,Default,,0,0,0,,such as the Minecraft, Halo, that kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.40,0:08:22.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Lyle is a, is an, excellent shot, he's,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.90,0:08:27.12,Default,,0,0,0,,when it comes to target shooting, he's got me beat by a long shot.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.22,0:08:33.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Before I watched the show, I was kind of sad and lonely,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.90,0:08:37.80,Default,,0,0,0,,and then when I did watch the show, it opened up to this huge community,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.80,0:08:42.46,Default,,0,0,0,,because the community's just so accepting, and it's just a really great thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.82,0:08:47.40,Default,,0,0,0,,It's not a show that you'd expect a lot of people my age and older to watch.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.40,0:08:51.12,Default,,0,0,0,,The show does help teach a lot of life lessons.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.12,0:08:55.00,Default,,0,0,0,,There's almost any episode that can help with almost any situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.46,0:08:57.00,Default,,0,0,0,,All this time!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:08:59.16,Default,,0,0,0,,If we just told each other the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.16,0:09:02.34,Default,,0,0,0,,I promise never to keep my feelings a secret again.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.34,0:09:03.38,Default,,0,0,0,,Me too.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.38,0:09:06.98,Default,,0,0,0,,[together] Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.98,0:09:08.28,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.28,0:09:11.28,Default,,0,0,0,,Since I started watching the show, I also feel like I can put up with
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.28,0:09:14.12,Default,,0,0,0,,a lot of situations way better than I could have before.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.42,0:09:17.84,Default,,0,0,0,,He said, What would you think, mom, if I really said I liked My Little Pony?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.84,0:09:20.06,Default,,0,0,0,,And he'd been joking about this for a long time.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.18,0:09:22.22,Default,,0,0,0,,I was talking about how it was a good show,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.22,0:09:24.22,Default,,0,0,0,, but her initial reaction was a bit like ehhh.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.60,0:09:27.06,Default,,0,0,0,,I said, I'd be worried about you, Lyle.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.06,0:09:32.82,Default,,0,0,0,,It made me kind of nervous, like she wouldn't really accept it if I was serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.82,0:09:34.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I didn't think he was serious!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.48,0:09:36.40,Default,,0,0,0,,And so I told her it was a joke.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.84,0:09:39.32,Default,,0,0,0,,I was very nervous about my dad finding out.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.32,0:09:44.44,Default,,0,0,0,,He might be thinking that I'm gay, or a man-child or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.50,0:09:48.98,Default,,0,0,0,,The community has kind of exploded into, um,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.98,0:09:51.72,Default,,0,0,0,,you know musicians and artists and animators,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.72,0:09:53.60,Default,,0,0,0,,and all these people getting behind the show that,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.60,0:09:56.58,Default,,0,0,0,,that they use the content from the show and build off that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.02,0:10:18.28,Default,,0,0,0,,I remember discovering the show, um, about, I think half a year ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.92,0:10:27.12,Default,,0,0,0,,[music from computer]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.12,0:10:29.70,Default,,0,0,0,,The chorus is a bit messy right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.62,0:10:33.42,Default,,0,0,0,,[music from computer]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.42,0:10:34.92,Default,,0,0,0,,It's kind of like messy at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.92,0:10:37.56,Default,,0,0,0,,[music from computer]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.82,0:10:52.46,Default,,0,0,0,,Here we go.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.26,0:11:00.16,Default,,0,0,0,,[intense music]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.80,0:11:03.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Mr. Anderson.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.54,0:11:05.14,Default,,0,0,0,,Surprised to see me?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.48,0:11:07.58,Default,,0,0,0,,So now he's found a way to copy himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.58,0:11:08.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Now there's more than one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.80,0:11:10.90,Default,,0,0,0,,A lot more.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.84,0:11:18.68,Default,,0,0,0,,[tense music]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.68,0:11:20.54,Default,,0,0,0,,[fighting noises]
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.84,0:11:45.76,Default,,0,0,0,,[techno music]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.46,0:12:10.78,Default,,0,0,0,,The show itself is, uh, extremely well done.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.78,0:12:15.00,Default,,0,0,0,,The art is fantastic, the writing is wonderful, and,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.00,0:12:17.72,Default,,0,0,0,,and the voice acting is just, it's impeccable.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.90,0:12:29.76,Default,,0,0,0,,I met Lauren Faust at Cartoon Network,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.28,0:12:32.62,Default,,0,0,0,,and I liked her the moment I met her.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.62,0:12:35.56,Default,,0,0,0,,She was creative and smart, and, and insightful,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.56,0:12:39.38,Default,,0,0,0,,and had real clear vision of what she wanted on different things, and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.92,0:12:41.68,Default,,0,0,0,,Lauren called me up one day and asked me
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.68,0:12:44.10,Default,,0,0,0,,if I had played with My Little Pony toys as a little girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.10,0:12:46.86,Default,,0,0,0,,'Course I did, I had every pony, I had every sticker.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.86,0:12:53.56,Default,,0,0,0,,And she said, it's been her dream to have her vision of My Little Pony be on the air,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.56,0:12:55.34,Default,,0,0,0,,and could she come over and show me some stuff?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.34,0:12:58.28,Default,,0,0,0,,And I said, sure. So we actually went upstairs to my little studio.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.68,0:13:00.34,Default,,0,0,0,,Dear Princess Celestia.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.58,0:13:04.48,Default,,0,0,0,,And I recorded Twilight Sparkle for her and Pinkie Pie and I think it was
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.68,0:13:07.84,Default,,0,0,0,,either Rainbow Dash or Applejack for just the pitch.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.08,0:13:12.12,Default,,0,0,0,,She did say that Pinkie Pie was, you know, the party girl and really happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.12,0:13:17.18,Default,,0,0,0,,and she wanted sort of high pitched, um, really silly girl, girlie girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.18,0:13:21.56,Default,,0,0,0,,And that she wanted Twilight to be a little bit more serious, still likeable.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.56,0:13:26.14,Default,,0,0,0,,She's sort of the leader of the ponies, um, and book smart,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.14,0:13:30.84,Default,,0,0,0,,and a little bit nerdy, but still someone that you'd want to hang out with.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.84,0:13:34.98,Default,,0,0,0,,And knowing that she had to be, you know, bookish, but still cute.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.40,0:13:37.32,Default,,0,0,0,,Um, and it's right in that pocket where it's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.32,0:13:40.22,Default,,0,0,0,,Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.22,0:13:45.06,Default,,0,0,0,,And then she'll talk about whatever it was that her, friendship lesson of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.06,0:13:47.10,Default,,0,0,0,,Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.10,0:13:49.02,Default,,0,0,0,,Once she heard my Twilight, she's like,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.02,0:13:52.14,Default,,0,0,0,,[gasp] Oh my gosh, you're- you're Twilight, that's my Twi.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.68,0:13:55.98,Default,,0,0,0,,My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is about a bunch of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.98,0:14:02.64,Default,,0,0,0,,tiny, little, cute little herbivores, that are facing down these titanic personified evils.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.16,0:14:07.10,Default,,0,0,0,,And, I think some days we all feel like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.10,0:14:11.92,Default,,0,0,0,,We all feel like we're just a little small thing facing down these
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.78,0:14:15.24,Default,,0,0,0,,huge forces that are greater than us.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.46,0:14:30.74,Default,,0,0,0,,Animals I find much more, like easier when I'm trying to relax
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.74,0:14:34.30,Default,,0,0,0,,or that you know, cool down from talking to a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.06,0:14:43.32,Default,,0,0,0,,They don't have any sort of major demands, not emotional demands anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.72,0:14:48.04,Default,,0,0,0,,So I feel like they're much easier to understand and interact with.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.80,0:14:49.58,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.20,0:14:52.64,Default,,0,0,0,,When I took him for his three-year assessment,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.64,0:14:55.56,Default,,0,0,0,,I was talking to the health visitor and Daniel was behind me.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.84,0:14:58.80,Default,,0,0,0,,And she said to me, Does he always do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.80,0:15:03.10,Default,,0,0,0,,And I turned around, and he'd lined all the chairs up in the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.10,0:15:06.46,Default,,0,0,0,,right, really straight, all the way across the room,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.46,0:15:10.58,Default,,0,0,0,,which he did with everything; his toys, video- he used to make a video-
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.58,0:15:15.02,Default,,0,0,0,,a line from the telly, all the way into the kitchen, with videos.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.02,0:15:17.22,Default,,0,0,0,,And, anything he used to line up.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.72,0:15:19.84,Default,,0,0,0,,And so I said, Yes, he always does that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.84,0:15:21.98,Default,,0,0,0,,And she said, I think we need to have a talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.98,0:15:25.08,Default,,0,0,0,,and he was diagnosed with Asperger's.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.94,0:15:34.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Having Asperger's is like... well, I really can't explain it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.32,0:15:39.70,Default,,0,0,0,,It's basically not being able to understand maybe people's emotions, at a time,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.70,0:15:44.20,Default,,0,0,0,,or understand why someone would do something on an emotional level.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.94,0:15:47.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Are they sad? Are they happy? Are they angry?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.34,0:15:51.38,Default,,0,0,0,,Something like that is very difficult for someone with Asperger's, usually.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.74,0:15:55.94,Default,,0,0,0,,Daniel first told me about six months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.36,0:16:00.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I was thinking, Oh, I like this show, I want pony stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.08,0:16:04.70,Default,,0,0,0,,How am I going to go about getting them without telling them anything about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.70,0:16:09.66,Default,,0,0,0,,So I sort of just sat my mom down and said, Okay, I'm gonna tell you something a bit weird.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.66,0:16:11.94,Default,,0,0,0,,And I thought, Oh my God, what is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.62,0:16:16.12,Default,,0,0,0,,Um, and he says, I really like this program, I want you to watch it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.12,0:16:17.70,Default,,0,0,0,,don't say anything, just watch it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.72,0:16:20.34,Default,,0,0,0,,[television] No distractions.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.98,0:16:24.86,Default,,0,0,0,,I was thinking, Oh my God, why does he like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.52,0:16:30.18,Default,,0,0,0,,And after it had finished, I thought, Well [sigh] Yeah, I can see why he likes it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.48,0:16:32.40,Default,,0,0,0,,And I thought, He's gonna get obsessed with this
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.40,0:16:35.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Soon as I saw it, I knew that he was- he would be obsessed with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.90,0:16:39.04,Default,,0,0,0,,The ponies I would most relate to would probably be Twilight,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.06,0:16:42.28,Default,,0,0,0,,because she gets very freaked out when elements don't go her way.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.28,0:16:45.62,Default,,0,0,0,,I mean, I can see a lot of him in some of the characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.92,0:16:49.68,Default,,0,0,0,,And so I, I thought, I bet he can see himself in a lot of the characters.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.94,0:16:53.98,Default,,0,0,0,,If something she's trying to achieve goes out of her control, or that she fails at,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.72,0:16:57.72,Default,,0,0,0,,she gets very anxious, or agitated, or very stressed out.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.30,0:17:01.28,Default,,0,0,0,,Or she has a mental, psychological breakdown, goes crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.44,0:17:04.60,Default,,0,0,0,,It looks like some pony's getting themselves all worked up over nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.02,0:17:07.90,Default,,0,0,0,,[kick] This is not nothing. This is everything!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.52,0:17:11.58,Default,,0,0,0,,I need you guys to help me find some pony with a problem I can fix before sundown!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.76,0:17:14.28,Default,,0,0,0,,[dramatic music] MY WHOLE LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.28,0:17:15.00,Default,,0,0,0,,[exasperated sigh]
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.54,0:17:21.54,Default,,0,0,0,,I can see obsessive, and, um, not coping with certain situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.78,0:17:26.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and I'm- I- I was wondering, of the episodes I've watched,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.30,0:17:31.46,Default,,0,0,0,,whether perhaps one of the script writers were, or knew somebody with Asperger's.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.46,0:17:33.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Because it was, it was so, so similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.48,0:19:23.78,Default,,0,0,0,,And magic makes it all complete!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.04,0:19:26.00,Default,,0,0,0,,My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.00,0:19:32.14,Default,,0,0,0,,Do you know you are my very best friends!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.74,0:19:55.04,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm known as LaserPon3 on the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.04,0:19:57.16,Default,,0,0,0,,And I make the laser pony animations.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.24,0:20:03.14,Default,,0,0,0,,When I make a new show, first I start with a notepad, just a physical notepad
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.14,0:20:08.62,Default,,0,0,0,,and start writing down everything that I hear in the song that I associate with the song,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.62,0:20:12.58,Default,,0,0,0,,like I hear a sad part, I maybe think of violins, I maybe think of this, I maybe think of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.58,0:20:17.70,Default,,0,0,0,,and what write everything down, and I would, eventually I have a whole paper filled with,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.70,0:20:20.74,Default,,0,0,0,,with words, which I then grab and make a story out of.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.74,0:20:25.50,Default,,0,0,0,,And I basically put some characters from the show, I put, associate them with those objects,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.50,0:20:28.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I associate them with the emotions that go on the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.52,0:20:32.08,Default,,0,0,0,,And in that kind of way I start developing a very, very thin storyline.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.08,0:20:37.26,Default,,0,0,0,,Then I start drawing some frames, some test frames to see if, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.26,0:20:40.74,Default,,0,0,0,,it appears so it doesn't flicker too much, like the frame rate doesn't drop too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.12,0:20:45.44,Default,,0,0,0,,From there on I just start making the show and then, it just- my mind goes all by itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.44,0:20:48.04,Default,,0,0,0,,...Yes, you!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.30,0:20:50.58,Default,,0,0,0,,It requires a lot of precision, a lot of work.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.96,0:20:53.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Uh, you have to make sure that the free laser beams that come out of,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.86,0:20:56.76,Default,,0,0,0,,that are in the projector, that combine to one beam,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.78,0:20:59.14,Default,,0,0,0,,uh, are perfectly overlapping each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.14,0:21:04.18,Default,,0,0,0,,For example, a white laser beam is, you're perceiving it as white,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.18,0:21:07.78,Default,,0,0,0,,but it's actually still three separate laser beams just tightly placed together.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.36,0:21:11.90,Default,,0,0,0,,So every kind of small mis-alignment will make a difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.94,0:21:13.44,Default,,0,0,0,,and your audience will be able to see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.98,0:21:16.50,Default,,0,0,0,,The Elements of Harmony, uh, playing a role in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.50,0:21:19.58,Default,,0,0,0,,I think generosity plays an important part.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.58,0:21:24.20,Default,,0,0,0,,You know, making stuff for other people, like for free just gives me a great feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.20,0:21:26.06,Default,,0,0,0,,that, that, people can enjoy what I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.56,0:21:37.58,Default,,0,0,0,,I was just sitting there, I was just livin' day to day, you know, in the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.58,0:21:41.20,Default,,0,0,0,,uh, you know just trying to get by doing work for my father here and there, and
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.20,0:21:45.78,Default,,0,0,0,,I didn't really have anything to look forward to, just you know, to see the sunset,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.78,0:21:48.96,Default,,0,0,0,,and that was it, you know, we'd go to the next day.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.50,0:21:52.84,Default,,0,0,0,,As soon as ponies came into my life, I was like, wow, I never want the day to end,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.84,0:21:57.50,Default,,0,0,0,,you know, it's just such a positive outlook on things.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.86,0:21:59.66,Default,,0,0,0,,And now I have something to look forward to.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.96,0:22:02.40,Default,,0,0,0,,Here we have a strong stereotyping that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.40,0:22:08.44,Default,,0,0,0,,if you aren't extremely masculine and chauvinistic then you're a homosexual,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.44,0:22:11.70,Default,,0,0,0,,and in this area homosexuality is also looked down upon, so
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.20,0:22:14.64,Default,,0,0,0,,I guess it comes hand in hand that if you watch a show that's
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.16,0:22:17.78,Default,,0,0,0,,target audience was children, small girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.78,0:22:22.28,Default,,0,0,0,,then suddenly maybe you're homosexual, and then it's a reason to hate you.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.46,0:22:26.74,Default,,0,0,0,,If you choose to be a Brony in the Appalachian Mountains, you're gonna have problems.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.98,0:22:29.98,Default,,0,0,0,,You might get beat up, you could get cussed at,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.02,0:22:31.88,Default,,0,0,0,,you could get things thrown at you.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.96,0:22:34.80,Default,,0,0,0,,It's not an easy thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.96,0:22:40.60,Default,,0,0,0,,One night there was a, uh, a few rednecks standing around my car,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.12,0:22:44.60,Default,,0,0,0,,uh, there was a truck in front of my car, behind it, so I couldn't move.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.74,0:22:46.70,Default,,0,0,0,,They had tire irons, baseball bats.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.30,0:22:52.20,Default,,0,0,0,,I had just got uh, custom decals uh, for my windows,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.20,0:22:55.86,Default,,0,0,0,,uh, on my back window I had a large Celestia and a large Luna,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.86,0:22:59.36,Default,,0,0,0,,and they were kneeling up together and forming an archway and it was just the coolest thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.02,0:23:02.46,Default,,0,0,0,,Uh, and they went right to my back window,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.82,0:23:05.22,Default,,0,0,0,,hit it a few times and then, smashed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.22,0:23:05.82,Default,,0,0,0,,[breaking glass]
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.88,0:23:08.96,Default,,0,0,0,,The guy, he ran to his truck and came back out,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.30,0:23:11.92,Default,,0,0,0,,with his rifle he had been hunting with.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.58,0:23:14.50,Default,,0,0,0,,Uh, I got pretty scared at that point.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.32,0:23:17.64,Default,,0,0,0,,You know, he was playfully aiming it at me like, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.64,0:23:21.66,Default,,0,0,0,,You gonna stop this Pony, your little gay girly shit! You know, and uh.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.56,0:23:26.26,Default,,0,0,0,,So he pointed it right at me and I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.26,0:23:28.60,Default,,0,0,0,,I freaked out, you know I slammed the car in reverse,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.60,0:23:32.34,Default,,0,0,0,,and, you know, just managed to get the whole side of this car just bashed up.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.54,0:23:35.82,Default,,0,0,0,,And then I come home and then of course my father saw the damage to the car,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.82,0:23:39.40,Default,,0,0,0,,and he was, uh, he was a little angry and I just had to explain to him,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.40,0:23:41.80,Default,,0,0,0,,like, Oh, I ran off the road or something, and
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.88,0:23:43.92,Default,,0,0,0,,you know, to try to cover it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.24,0:23:57.26,Default,,0,0,0,,We were asked to make a two part special.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.60,0:23:59.80,Default,,0,0,0,,And I wanted it to be a great big story.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.24,0:24:04.86,Default,,0,0,0,,We had this opportunity for a new villain, so we created Discord,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.86,0:24:09.62,Default,,0,0,0,,and when we were writing the character and we were pitching our, um,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.62,0:24:14.00,Default,,0,0,0,,our premise to, to our bosses at Hasbro and the Hub, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.00,0:24:17.40,Default,,0,0,0,,we were tellin' em, he's like a trickster kind of character."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.98,0:24:22.18,Default,,0,0,0,,They were a little uncertain at first until, uh, I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.66,0:24:25.22,Default,,0,0,0,,He's like Q, from Star Trek! [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.52,0:24:27.92,Default,,0,0,0,,And they were like, [gasp] Can we get John de Lancie?!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.48,0:24:33.26,Default,,0,0,0,,Keep trying, Twilight Sparkle, maybe the Magic of Friendship can help you!
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.26,0:24:37.02,Default,,0,0,0,,Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some chaos to reap.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.02,0:24:41.12,Default,,0,0,0,,I think the Bronies like Discord because he's naughty, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.80,0:24:42.90,Default,,0,0,0,,And they're guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.90,0:24:48.22,Default,,0,0,0,,And I was looking at uh, Greek mythological characters like chimeras,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:48.22,0:24:50.82,Default,,0,0,0,,and um, uh, manticores.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.82,0:24:56.94,Default,,0,0,0,,I wanted all of his body parts to be from a different animal so that he's, he's not harmonious.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.72,0:24:59.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Ugh, this again?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.64,0:25:01.26,Default,,0,0,0,,[sips]
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.22,0:25:03.96,Default,,0,0,0,,[explosion]
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.86,0:25:08.92,Default,,0,0,0,,My first introduction to My Little Pony was I got a call from my agent saying that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.48,0:25:10.72,Default,,0,0,0,,You have a- a job.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.54,0:25:15.16,Default,,0,0,0,,And I read the material, it was very good, I went in, I knocked it off,
forgot about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.32,0:25:22.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Three months later I go down to my computer and I open it up
emails.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.44,0:25:31.48,Default,,0,0,0,,And they all say uh, My Little Pony, and I'm, I call up to my wife
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.48,0:25:33.32,Default,,0,0,0,,and I said, What do you about My Little Pony?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.60,0:25:36.58,Default,,0,0,0,,And she said, Well you voiced it about three months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.60,0:25:38.58,Default,,0,0,0,,Pretty sure I completely forgot about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.86,0:25:41.46,Default,,0,0,0,,And um, she says, It's a program for little girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.46,0:25:44.06,Default,,0,0,0,,I said well, let me tell ya
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.18,0:25:47.20,Default,,0,0,0,,these aren't little girls that are writing me.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.60,0:25:49.50,Default,,0,0,0,,There's a number of reasons people love him.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.50,0:25:53.24,Default,,0,0,0,,I think they were excited by how epic that episode was.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.64,0:26:07.34,Default,,0,0,0,,It is definitely not a typical little girls' show.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.90,0:26:10.12,Default,,0,0,0,,None of this would be possible without the internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.50,0:26:13.40,Default,,0,0,0,,But Bronies now are starting to get together.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.64,0:26:16.26,Default,,0,0,0,,First at meet-ups and then conventions.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.94,0:26:18.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Germany England
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.86,0:26:21.88,Default,,0,0,0,,and the biggest convention, BronyCon.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.02,0:26:26.26,Default,,0,0,0,,So, when I heard about BronyCon coming up,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.36,0:26:29.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I decided that I really wanted to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.50,0:26:32.86,Default,,0,0,0,,So I came up with this plan, with one of my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.86,0:26:35.08,Default,,0,0,0,,If I am willing to pay for the hotel room,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.08,0:26:38.44,Default,,0,0,0,,he and his dad would drive me up and pay for meals.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.06,0:26:42.74,Default,,0,0,0,,So, I told my parents that I wanted to take a trip with one of my friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:42.88,0:26:44.64,Default,,0,0,0,,They weren't really keen on the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.64,0:26:48.18,Default,,0,0,0,,They don't really trust me as far as money goes, and what not,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.18,0:26:54.44,Default,,0,0,0,,so they insisted that they go, if I'm gonna go at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.82,0:26:58.02,Default,,0,0,0,,So, they kept asking questions,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.02,0:27:00.46,Default,,0,0,0,,and I eventually told them it was a Comic-Con.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.46,0:27:02.58,Default,,0,0,0,,So then that just got them more excited and they were like,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.58,0:27:03.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh, well who's gonna be there?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.70,0:27:05.66,Default,,0,0,0,,And I was like, Well I just kinda wanna go with my friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.82,0:27:11.22,Default,,0,0,0,,But yet I couldn't find anything online about it, as a comic convention.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.76,0:27:15.04,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh no, my parents, they're gonna find out!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.62,0:27:18.40,Default,,0,0,0,,Then eventually, my mom just, the curiosity got the better of her,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.40,0:27:21.62,Default,,0,0,0,,and she looked it up online, with all the information I'd given her.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.62,0:27:23.62,Default,,0,0,0,,She found out about BronyCon,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.62,0:27:26.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and she came downstairs to me one day with a smug look on her face,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.86,0:27:29.78,Default,,0,0,0,, like, asking me to elaborate, and I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.68,0:27:33.40,Default,,0,0,0,,And then she told my dad.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.74,0:27:35.26,Default,,0,0,0,,He's conservative.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.86,0:27:36.94,Default,,0,0,0,,Um
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.38,0:27:40.02,Default,,0,0,0,,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.26,0:27:43.86,Default,,0,0,0,,I guess that's the major word I would use to describe my husband, conservative.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.28,0:27:48.44,Default,,0,0,0,,Well, it's not really a Comic-Con.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.50,0:27:55.74,Default,,0,0,0,, She says, Remember uh, back in the 80's, My Pretty Pony?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.30,0:27:57.82,Default,,0,0,0,,And I went, Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.62,0:28:01.14,Default,,0,0,0,,She goes, it's, like, something to do with that.

Dialogue: 0,0:28:03.58,0:28:05.58,Default,,0,0,0,,My dad is very conservative.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.14,0:28:12.26,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't know how my dad reacts to me being a Brony, 'cause he's very quiet about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.22,0:28:31.06,Default,,0,0,0,,The big reason I'm coming to BronyCon is that
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.65,0:28:44.70,Default,,0,0,0,,I am really afraid that he's going to be, like, live performing in front of the audience, because
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.40,0:29:00.64,Default,,0,0,0,,When I first get there, like when I'm drivin' in,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.64,0:29:02.82,Default,,0,0,0,,I want to be seein' em' all walkin' in there and I'm gonna be goin',
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.82,0:29:03.96,Default,,0,0,0,,Aw man, this is going to be,"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.96,0:29:07.16,Default,,0,0,0,,"like almost like going to a rock concert for your favorite band.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.16,0:29:08.84,Default,,0,0,0,,I was like, Oh man, I'm gonna be so pumped.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.84,0:29:12.52,Default,,0,0,0,,All right, we're going to New York! That's the money!
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.14,0:29:16.08,Default,,0,0,0,,The first convention ever held for Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.08,0:29:17.20,Default,,0,0,0,,there were only 100 people.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.32,0:29:20.80,Default,,0,0,0,,And the current one, it's gonna hit its cap at 4,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.80,0:29:22.46,Default,,0,0,0,,It's become a global phenomenon.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.14,0:29:25.16,Default,,0,0,0,,Well I'm leaving early in the morning for B.U.C.K.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.16,0:29:29.68,Default,,0,0,0,,Now there are dozens of conventions just in the United States alone, dozens more in Europe.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.24,0:29:38.92,Default,,0,0,0,,I first saw the convention on Equestria Daily I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.06,0:29:42.20,Default,,0,0,0,,They were talking about a British Brony con UK.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.42,0:29:46.26,Default,,0,0,0,,I saw that and thought, Brilliant, I don't have to travel to America.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.26,0:29:49.46,Default,,0,0,0,,So I definitely decided straight away I've got to go to that convention.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.66,0:29:56.02,Default,,0,0,0,,He wouldn't have considered going to a convention about something before.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.02,0:29:58.72,Default,,0,0,0,,Pony convention I'm going to see people.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.04,0:30:00.98,Default,,0,0,0,,So yes, that's very ironic because
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.98,0:30:03.62,Default,,0,0,0,,I wouldn't normally go to a convention to see people.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.88,0:30:06.94,Default,,0,0,0,,He's organized everything himself, I haven't organized anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.94,0:30:09.18,Default,,0,0,0,,He wanted to do it all himself, so yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.18,0:30:11.00,Default,,0,0,0,,I think he's- he's looking forward to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.22,0:30:15.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Well I plan on getting to the convention by taking an hour train ride to Manchester.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.66,0:30:20.24,Default,,0,0,0,,This is from getting from the train station to the Bridgewater Hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.50,0:30:22.56,Default,,0,0,0,,where the Brony con UK is being hosted.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.56,0:30:24.98,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't think I'd be comfortable asking people for directions.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.18,0:30:29.94,Default,,0,0,0,,During my trip I'm trying to cut down as much interaction with people as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.80,0:30:35.18,Default,,0,0,0,,If I was in a large crowd, probably paranoia would be quite likely.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.32,0:30:37.96,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm sort of very aware of people around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.20,0:30:41.20,Default,,0,0,0,,because I'm very paranoid about these sort of things like,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.20,0:30:43.70,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh, what if uh, that guy's a mugger! or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.08,0:30:49.12,Default,,0,0,0,,Things Daniel will face I will find, I think he will find very hard, are the train station.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.42,0:30:51.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Stafford won't be too bad, but when he gets to Manchester
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.84,0:30:54.46,Default,,0,0,0,,it's going to be very crowded which he's gonna find quite hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.44,0:31:01.18,Default,,0,0,0,,Walking through yeah, a general area such as Manchester, I get a little jittery.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.48,0:31:03.34,Default,,0,0,0,,I start shaking a bit more maybe.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.92,0:31:06.78,Default,,0,0,0,,I would tend to want to rush, like get places faster.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.44,0:31:12.08,Default,,0,0,0,,Gonna be anxious because it's not a new environment, but it's a different environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.60,0:31:14.96,Default,,0,0,0,,People walking about, doing different things,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.96,0:31:17.48,Default,,0,0,0,,yeah, in an environment I can't control.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.76,0:31:58.98,Default,,0,0,0,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.40,0:32:03.76,Default,,0,0,0,,[chuckling, speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.76,0:32:05.44,Default,,0,0,0,,[Nadine commenting to father in German]
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.82,0:32:07.48,Default,,0,0,0,,[agreeing in German]
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.60,0:32:11.34,Default,,0,0,0,,[In English] He don't like it because he think I'm too,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.34,0:32:14.36,Default,,0,0,0,,it's for small girls, and I'm uh, a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.36,0:32:30.90,Default,,0,0,0,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.02,0:32:31.96,Default,,0,0,0,,[translating to English] Uh same, same crazy person liking-
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.46,0:32:33.40,Default,,0,0,0,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.08,0:32:34.18,Default,,0,0,0,,He knows that.
! [speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.40,0:32:38.16,Default,,0,0,0,,Crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:37.94,0:32:39.76,Default,,0,0,0,,[speaking German]
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.38,0:32:42.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Yes, two, two, crazy persons found each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.62,0:32:43.14,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.82,0:32:52.44,Default,,0,0,0,,I told my wife, No way, just say no.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.74,0:32:55.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I think if my dad was to meet someone at BronyCon,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.44,0:33:00.28,Default,,0,0,0,,if he met someone with similar interests, from the same culture he's used to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.28,0:33:05.48,Default,,0,0,0,,and same generation, um, it would just help to bridge the gap
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.48,0:33:08.96,Default,,0,0,0,,between him and this strange new culture shock.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.18,0:33:12.50,Default,,0,0,0,,Probably see people with purple and pink hair, and
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.16,0:33:16.54,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't know, satin pink costumes. [laugh]
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.96,0:33:18.66,Default,,0,0,0,,If only I could get my dad to watch the show,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.66,0:33:20.68,Default,,0,0,0,,he could understand, and things would be so much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.86,0:33:23.06,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm not interested in watching My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.80,0:33:47.24,Default,,0,0,0,,So this is just people lining up.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.24,0:33:51.16,Default,,0,0,0,,We predict about a thousand to get their early registration.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.86,0:34:07.28,Default,,0,0,0,,My friend Donna did my nails up for me with her [Pinkie Pie's] cutie mark.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.98,0:34:13.82,Default,,0,0,0,,I took uh, two trains to meet up with uh some other Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.82,0:34:15.10,Default,,0,0,0,,and then we carpooled over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.10,0:34:17.52,Default,,0,0,0,,So the total travel time would be about seven hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.52,0:34:19.00,Default,,0,0,0,,I love the songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.00,0:34:22.34,Default,,0,0,0,,And the culture around the show, is amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.56,0:34:26.34,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm in particular looking forward to seeing and hearing Lauren Faust.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.34,0:34:30.30,Default,,0,0,0,,John de Lancie, I am so glad that he decided to voice Discord,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.30,0:34:32.72,Default,,0,0,0,,because nopony else could have done it better than him.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.98,0:34:37.72,Default,,0,0,0,,There's harmony present among all the Bronies here.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:37.72,0:34:41.14,Default,,0,0,0,,There's just positive energy, because
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.66,0:34:44.86,Default,,0,0,0,,everyone realizes that they're among friends here.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:45.10,0:34:47.66,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd cheering] BronyCon!
Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.66,0:34:53.42,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd singing together] My name is Pinkie Pie and I am here to say, How you doin'?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.08,0:34:50.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Hello!
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.42,0:34:58.74,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm gonna make you smile and I will brighten up your day!
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.28,0:34:59.72,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh goodness! [laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.76,0:35:03.92,Default,,0,0,0,,It doesn't matter now if you are sad or blue.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.90,0:35:01.98,Default,,0,0,0,,What's up?!
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.32,0:35:04.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Howdy! [giggling]
Dialogue: 0,0:35:04.56,0:35:09.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Cause cheering up my friends is just what Pinkie's here to do!
Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.88,0:35:15.86,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,0:35:18.02,0:35:21.70,Default,,0,0,0,,The part that I thought was so unusual about BronyCon was the sense of spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.70,0:35:23.32,Default,,0,0,0,,Are you coming in?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.92,0:35:25.12,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.96,0:35:39.60,Default,,0,0,0,,The reason I brought my sister to BronyCon was because
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.60,0:35:43.60,Default,,0,0,0,,I felt that she would be the kind of person who would understand this sort of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:43.60,0:35:45.28,Default,,0,0,0,,And, he can't drive.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:45.28,0:35:47.28,Default,,0,0,0,,[laugh] Yeah, that's another reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.28,0:35:51.18,Default,,0,0,0,,There's just like a whole bunch of really, really happy emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:53.60,0:35:58.06,Default,,0,0,0,,There is so many people dressed in fantastic outfits.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.06,0:36:00.22,Default,,0,0,0,,It's just jaw dropping.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:00.22,0:36:03.58,Default,,0,0,0,,You also get to meet the original voice cast,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.58,0:36:06.54,Default,,0,0,0,,you get to see what they think of the Brony culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.54,0:36:09.66,Default,,0,0,0,,and they are shocked by how many people have come here today.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.20,0:36:12.54,Default,,0,0,0,,How important are these cons, like BronyCon
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.54,0:36:14.78,Default,,0,0,0,,and the other ones that are emerging for the Brony culture?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.78,0:36:16.46,Default,,0,0,0,,I think they're very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.46,0:36:19.04,Default,,0,0,0,,They serve multiple functions in the Brony community.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:19.04,0:36:25.86,Default,,0,0,0,,For one thing, they provide an opportunity for people who might not ordinarily be able to socialize with other Bronies
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.84,0:36:29.42,Default,,0,0,0,,to do so in a non threatening environment, where nobody's gonna look at you funny
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.42,0:36:32.74,Default,,0,0,0,,if you're wearing a Fluttershy shirt, and you're a 35 year old guy with a beard.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.18,0:36:35.04,Default,,0,0,0,,And that's really important.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.04,0:36:38.74,Default,,0,0,0,,A lot of people need to be able to express their enjoyment of the show
Dialogue: 0,0:36:38.74,0:36:41.08,Default,,0,0,0,,in a non judgmental environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:41.58,0:36:46.06,Default,,0,0,0,,There's more to it than just ponies, and people think it's ponies and all for girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.06,0:36:47.06,Default,,0,0,0,,but it's really not.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:47.06,0:36:49.18,Default,,0,0,0,,It's about friendship and having a good time,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:49.18,0:36:51.36,Default,,0,0,0,,and it's pretty much what everybody's doing now here.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.98,0:36:56.24,Default,,0,0,0,,I really love the characters because they're relatable to everyone,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:56.24,0:37:00.42,Default,,0,0,0,,and they have some depth so it's not like they're just stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.42,0:37:02.84,Default,,0,0,0,,So you have dates over My Little Pony?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.80,0:37:04.38,Default,,0,0,0,,We have a date every Saturday at one o' clock.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.88,0:37:05.50,Default,,0,0,0,,Yep. [chuckling]
Dialogue: 0,0:37:04.78,0:37:06.82,Default,,0,0,0,,On the- on the dot.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.28,0:37:07.68,Default,,0,0,0,,Yep!
Dialogue: 0,0:37:08.56,0:37:16.12,Default,,0,0,0,,If you had spoken to me a year ago that I would be at a convention for a show for little girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.42,0:37:18.26,Default,,0,0,0,,I would have laughed in your face.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:18.56,0:37:20.78,Default,,0,0,0,,I would have just laughed at you, and just walked away.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.88,0:37:26.72,Default,,0,0,0,,I feel like I'm in the minority,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.72,0:37:31.74,Default,,0,0,0,,but I also don't feel like it's like where most minorities kind of feel suppressed,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.74,0:37:35.66,Default,,0,0,0,,it's like, oh, there's less of us, but it's not a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:42.56,0:37:46.02,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.36,0:37:50.32,Default,,0,0,0,,Now I'm here, nine hundred miles, the biggest Con,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.32,0:37:53.58,Default,,0,0,0,,four times the population of my town is in this building.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.58,0:37:54.34,Default,,0,0,0,,Wow.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.34,0:37:59.00,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd noise]
Dialogue: 0,0:37:59.22,0:38:03.12,Default,,0,0,0,,When I was diagnosed with cancer, he kept visiting me in the hospital
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.12,0:38:06.94,Default,,0,0,0,,and he showed me the show, it helped me feel happy, and
Dialogue: 0,0:38:07.22,0:38:10.12,Default,,0,0,0,,the most important thing, when you're sick, is to feel happy,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.12,0:38:12.24,Default,,0,0,0,,so you get better, and
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.24,0:38:13.58,Default,,0,0,0,,it just helped so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.58,0:38:15.58,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.86,0:38:22.18,Default,,0,0,0,,LET THE CHAOS BEGIN.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.74,0:38:26.04,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.02,0:38:33.60,Default,,0,0,0,,This isn't just a fad, this isn't just an internet phenomenon anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.00,0:38:37.34,Default,,0,0,0,,That was part of the reason why I started BronyCon, I realized,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.34,0:38:40.48,Default,,0,0,0,,this is a community that deserves a real world presence,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.48,0:38:45.78,Default,,0,0,0,,it deserves what the Star Trek fans and the Sci-Fi people, and the Anime fans have.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.78,0:38:49.34,Default,,0,0,0,,It deserves a robust convention scene, and now it has one.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.48,0:38:58.60,Default,,0,0,0,,This is incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.70,0:39:02.50,Default,,0,0,0,,It didn't take long to bump into a few members of the Knoxville Brony group here,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.50,0:39:04.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and I'm hanging out with them today.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:04.46,0:39:09.60,Default,,0,0,0,,Bringing these people together is what the show has accomplished.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.36,0:39:18.60,Default,,0,0,0,,It's very exciting and really really cool that my dad is okay with this kind of thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:18.60,0:39:24.34,Default,,0,0,0,,cause My Little Pony is like, there's nothing violent about it, there's nothing wrong with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.34,0:39:28.50,Default,,0,0,0,,it's a cartoon that people enjoy for good reason.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.96,0:39:35.08,Default,,0,0,0,,Where's your dad?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:35.92,0:39:38.38,Default,,0,0,0,,I have no idea, probably way back there.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.38,0:39:40.96,Default,,0,0,0,,My son was hell-bent on going.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:40.96,0:39:44.56,Default,,0,0,0,,My wife, she told me one day, she goes, Well, I'll take him.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.08,0:39:47.58,Default,,0,0,0,,And I said, Are you serious, you're gonna go?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:47.96,0:39:51.20,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, I'll go, and I said, Okay, fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.92,0:39:56.56,Default,,0,0,0,,Then after awhile, I, I know she didn't wanna do that trip,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.70,0:39:58.86,Default,,0,0,0,,so I feel like I got roped into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.86,0:40:00.86,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd noise]
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.08,0:40:02.68,Default,,0,0,0,,How do I wear these?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.24,0:40:04.84,Default,,0,0,0,,No you gotta put the string behind your head, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.90,0:40:05.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.76,0:40:07.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, put that down a little bit more- yep!
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.86,0:40:11.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I got an email from a young man named Lyle
Dialogue: 0,0:40:11.86,0:40:14.32,Default,,0,0,0,,who said that his father was very conservative,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:14.32,0:40:17.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and he was concerned about coming to the convention.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.30,0:40:19.52,Default,,0,0,0,,And he wanted me to meet his father.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:19.52,0:40:20.88,Default,,0,0,0,,This is my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.88,0:40:23.44,Default,,0,0,0,,Hi, I'm John. Nice to meet you.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.80,0:40:26.44,Default,,0,0,0,,This is all a little overwhelming, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.96,0:40:27.44,Default,,0,0,0,,A little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:26.48,0:40:27.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.84,0:40:30.08,Default,,0,0,0,,So, should we go in and start taking a look?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:30.08,0:40:32.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Because we're gonna see this sort of through your eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.68,0:40:35.50,Default,,0,0,0,,and actually through, all, all of our eyes, okay?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.90,0:40:40.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Uh-oh. [laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:40:40.84,0:40:44.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I decided that maybe we could have a surprise for Lyle's father
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.18,0:40:49.02,Default,,0,0,0,,and that was that he could meet another father, a father of a young man who was also a Brony,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.12,0:40:54.20,Default,,0,0,0,,and this father actually did know all about BronyCon and wanted to bring his son to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.20,0:40:58.26,Default,,0,0,0,,And we thought it would be very interesting to have these two fathers get together and talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:58.26,0:41:00.26,Default,,0,0,0,,Hello, I'm Michael.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.14,0:41:01.44,Default,,0,0,0,,Hi, I'm Patrick.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.36,0:41:01.48,Default,,0,0,0,,Michael.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:01.48,0:41:03.48,Default,,0,0,0,,Lyle, Michael, this is Hayden.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:03.72,0:41:06.56,Default,,0,0,0,,Did you have any trepidations about coming here?
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.10,0:41:08.80,Default,,0,0,0,,No, not at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.00,0:41:12.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I know when I first found out I was like, "You watch WHAT?"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.18,0:41:14.18,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:41:14.18,0:41:16.98,Default,,0,0,0,,You know, it's pretty much a little girls' thing and I was like, "What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.98,0:41:22.46,Default,,0,0,0,,But you know my son, uh, he said, You know Dad, you know, before you think about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:22.46,0:41:25.40,Default,,0,0,0,,you know, let me explain why, so he explained it to me, and I,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.40,0:41:27.46,Default,,0,0,0,,he actually got me to look at some stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.46,0:41:30.68,Default,,0,0,0,,My son has always never been one who follows the, the crowd.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.38,0:41:31.52,Default,,0,0,0,,Mm-hm.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:31.10,0:41:34.26,Default,,0,0,0,,You know, that's one thing that I always like about him, he's an individual,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:34.26,0:41:38.28,Default,,0,0,0,,which is sometimes hard for him, um, and I know is hard for Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.28,0:41:41.90,Default,,0,0,0,,that they get picked on at school just all around,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.98,0:41:44.80,Default,,0,0,0,,a lot of em don't like to tell people that they're Bronies because of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.80,0:41:46.22,Default,,0,0,0,,especially when they're younger.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:46.40,0:41:50.24,Default,,0,0,0,,My son still has concerns about what other people may think,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.98,0:41:56.08,Default,,0,0,0,,so I expect he's not gonna be buying a pink hooded sweatshirt at this convention.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.08,0:41:59.56,Default,,0,0,0,,My son has friends and he's a little hesitant to even tell them,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:59.56,0:42:02.70,Default,,0,0,0,,he has other friends he's got a number of friends that are Bronies too.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.40,0:42:07.70,Default,,0,0,0,,The fact that my son came to me and he confided in me and felt that he was comfortable to say that,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.70,0:42:08.80,Default,,0,0,0,,I think that's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:08.80,0:42:12.50,Default,,0,0,0,,And I think that you should take that as a good thing that your son has a relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.50,0:42:15.90,Default,,0,0,0,,where he, you know, he took a chance and discussed it with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:15.90,0:42:17.46,Default,,0,0,0,,or you found out, one or the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.46,0:42:19.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Um, I found out through my wife,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.82,0:42:23.80,Default,,0,0,0,,my son was hesitant to mention it to me himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:24.82,0:42:29.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I have great sympathy for Lyle's father because his 16 year old boy
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.48,0:42:31.96,Default,,0,0,0,,wants to watch a cartoon for little girls.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:31.96,0:42:34.80,Default,,0,0,0,,I also understand the fact that he was willing to go with his son,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:34.80,0:42:37.28,Default,,0,0,0,,which I thought was really quite wonderful on his part.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:37.62,0:42:43.14,Default,,0,0,0,,And to walk into a world which was very different than the world that he is used to.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:43.64,0:42:45.88,Default,,0,0,0,,They don't understand how lucky they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:45.90,0:42:49.30,Default,,0,0,0,,My son isn't able to talk, he isn't able to walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:49.30,0:42:54.10,Default,,0,0,0,,he isn't able to do any of the things that I expected him to be able to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.10,0:42:57.64,Default,,0,0,0,,And if he was a Brony, I would think that was amazing because
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.64,0:43:02.38,Default,,0,0,0,,he would be a sweet, understanding, compassionate boy that got that
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.38,0:43:07.54,Default,,0,0,0,,watching girl characters do awesome things is just as awesome as
Dialogue: 0,0:43:07.54,0:43:10.08,Default,,0,0,0,,watching boy characters do awesome things.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:10.08,0:43:16.32,Default,,0,0,0,,To people who feel that, you know, an adult man watching a show that's meant for little girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:16.32,0:43:19.60,Default,,0,0,0,,that they think that that's wrong or that's strange, I think I would say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.60,0:43:23.78,Default,,0,0,0,,I would ask them, Why do you think that's strange?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.90,0:43:27.18,Default,,0,0,0,,And, What about that makes you uncomfortable?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.18,0:43:33.00,Default,,0,0,0,,As a society I think our first reaction is to jump to the conclusion that there's something wrong with that,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:33.00,0:43:35.42,Default,,0,0,0,,but I think that that's what's needs to be changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:35.42,0:43:40.42,Default,,0,0,0,,We need to allow men to be gentle and to be sensitive,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.42,0:43:44.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and to care about one another and not call them weak for caring.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.10,0:43:48.28,Default,,0,0,0,,At BronyCon there was a lunch just for people who were in the military
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.28,0:43:51.52,Default,,0,0,0,,and it was really amazing, because close to sixty people showed up.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.40,0:43:54.96,Default,,0,0,0,,Coming here and seeing so many other military Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.38,0:43:58.30,Default,,0,0,0,,has just been really uplifting, because
Dialogue: 0,0:43:58.84,0:44:02.30,Default,,0,0,0,,as a Brony, I just really felt isolated, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.30,0:44:05.50,Default,,0,0,0,,like I was the only one in the military and that it was so hard
Dialogue: 0,0:44:05.88,0:44:09.26,Default,,0,0,0,,to be so excited about something I loved so much and not being able to tell anyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:09.26,0:44:13.28,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm going to a BronyCon, you know, I wanted to tell everyone, I want to tell my friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:13.28,0:44:16.76,Default,,0,0,0,,and my family, but my friends are all in the military,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:16.76,0:44:20.42,Default,,0,0,0,,and it's like, oh, I can't tell them because, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.28,0:44:21.38,Default,,0,0,0,,Because why?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:21.18,0:44:26.90,Default,,0,0,0,,'Cause of the way that the military in general, would react.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:26.90,0:44:31.20,Default,,0,0,0,,It's like, Oh, you like a little girls' show, oh, well you must be you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:31.20,0:44:34.14,Default,,0,0,0,,feminine, and or gay, or whatever, and it's like, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:34.14,0:44:35.88,Default,,0,0,0,,I want to just sit down and say, no, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.88,0:44:40.88,Default,,0,0,0,,watch the show, watch the animation, and, and appreciate it for what it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.88,0:44:43.44,Default,,0,0,0,,and get past that, cause I mean, are you so afraid,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.44,0:44:45.58,Default,,0,0,0,,of exposing yourself to something feminine,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.58,0:44:47.14,Default,,0,0,0,,that you're gonna suddenly turn gay,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:47.14,0:44:49.26,Default,,0,0,0,,you're gonna catch the gay by watching the show?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.30,0:44:51.16,Default,,0,0,0,,The Elements of Harmony, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.16,0:44:53.42,Default,,0,0,0,,Loyalty, Kindness, Generosity,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:53.42,0:44:56.22,Default,,0,0,0,,Magic, uh, Laughter and Honesty,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:56.28,0:44:59.00,Default,,0,0,0,,coincide with some of the Army values of uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.00,0:45:03.38,Default,,0,0,0,,loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:03.82,0:45:07.02,Default,,0,0,0,,I was so excited to meet all these Bronies who serve in the military.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:07.02,0:45:10.38,Default,,0,0,0,,I surprised them, and I brought them autographed slap bracelets.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.86,0:45:12.44,Default,,0,0,0,,Who wants to be slapped?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.06,0:45:12.92,Default,,0,0,0,,I do!
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.74,0:45:13.88,Default,,0,0,0,,Hai-yah! [slap]
Dialogue: 0,0:45:13.36,0:45:14.22,Default,,0,0,0,,Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.60,0:45:17.22,Default,,0,0,0,,Yah! Yah! Yah!
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.22,0:45:21.38,Default,,0,0,0,,One of the things that I think was really important for them to find out was that they were not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.38,0:45:22.54,Default,,0,0,0,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.72,0:45:24.04,Default,,0,0,0,,Thank you guys, for everything that you do,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.04,0:45:25.72,Default,,0,0,0,,it's all very Twlightlicious of you.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:26.12,0:45:28.56,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd singing] T-W-I-L-I-G-H-T,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.56,0:45:32.32,Default,,0,0,0,,and ain't no other ponies troll it down like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.36,0:45:34.22,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm Twilightlicious!
Dialogue: 0,0:45:33.54,0:45:35.56,Default,,0,0,0,,Yes you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:35.56,0:45:37.56,Default,,0,0,0,,[music starting]
Dialogue: 0,0:45:40.36,0:45:43.22,Default,,0,0,0,,Though the growth in pony fandom might simply seem absurd,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.22,0:45:46.20,Default,,0,0,0,,True fans adore the show while others gallop to the herd!
Dialogue: 0,0:45:46.20,0:45:49.28,Default,,0,0,0,,For hipster Bronies watching pastel ponies has appeal,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:49.28,0:45:52.18,Default,,0,0,0,,though first it seems ironic, soon enough it's very real!
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.18,0:45:55.08,Default,,0,0,0,,For moderates the start was humble, finding it through hype,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.08,0:45:58.08,Default,,0,0,0,,when the Bronies did invade their favorite forums and websites.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:58.08,0:46:01.24,Default,,0,0,0,,And though first a little skeptical these moderates inquired,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.24,0:46:04.38,Default,,0,0,0,,and once they finally saw the show their love for it caught fire!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.44,0:46:07.10,Default,,0,0,0,,The core of the meet-ups and conventions that you see,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.10,0:46:09.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Are the social groups that come to BronyCon and Everfree.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:09.90,0:46:12.78,Default,,0,0,0,,Yes the moderates and hipsters are the big groups of the Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:12.78,0:46:16.20,Default,,0,0,0,,They're the dudes that are the bulk of all the men who like the ponies.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.20,0:46:18.20,Default,,0,0,0,,[music ending]
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.02,0:46:23.38,Default,,0,0,0,,What we did is we defined Brony fan behaviors,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.38,0:46:26.56,Default,,0,0,0,,and we also looked at the different types of Bronies.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.56,0:46:29.18,Default,,0,0,0,,One of the things we wanted to really do was to
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.18,0:46:32.86,Default,,0,0,0,,look at some of the myths that people had about Bronies.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.86,0:46:35.10,Default,,0,0,0,,A lot of those stereotypes would say, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.10,0:46:37.78,Default,,0,0,0,,They're 30 year old, unemployed males who
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.78,0:46:40.64,Default,,0,0,0,,live in their parents' basements and watch cartoons all day.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.64,0:46:46.86,Default,,0,0,0,,This was not the case, that in fact they are highly educated, group of heterosexual males.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:46.86,0:46:52.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm a biologist, uh, I work at uh, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.08,0:46:54.30,Default,,0,0,0,,The average age is around 20.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.30,0:46:57.56,Default,,0,0,0,,In the stressful environment that is college, it's a fun escape for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.84,0:47:01.18,Default,,0,0,0,,The Bronies tend to be open to new experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.18,0:47:04.20,Default,,0,0,0,,but they also tend to be more introverted.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.20,0:47:08.88,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm a Brony because the fandom creates a sense of security and acceptance
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.88,0:47:11.64,Default,,0,0,0,,in an uncertain and troublesome world.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.64,0:47:14.44,Default,,0,0,0,,There are a group of Bronies who are more extroverted,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.44,0:47:17.00,Default,,0,0,0,,and we call those the Social Bronies.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.00,0:47:21.02,Default,,0,0,0,,I sometimes have taken to call them our Evangelical Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:21.42,0:47:26.06,Default,,0,0,0,,because these are the Bronies who are out there, trying to uh, increase the herd.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:26.06,0:47:29.38,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm a Brony because this fandom is freaking incredible.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:29.38,0:47:31.10,Default,,0,0,0,,We're Bronies!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:31.10,0:47:35.20,Default,,0,0,0,,Because it's a show about colorful ponies in a magical land of sunshine and rainbows.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:35.20,0:47:36.66,Default,,0,0,0,,And awesome.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.66,0:47:39.10,Default,,0,0,0,,The show breeds genuineness.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:39.10,0:47:42.42,Default,,0,0,0,,When I realized they weren't being sarcastic or ironic, it was amazing!
Dialogue: 0,0:47:42.42,0:47:44.88,Default,,0,0,0,,And that has actually really impacted me.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:44.88,0:47:49.74,Default,,0,0,0,,And the fans, now it's, now it kind of belongs to them now,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.74,0:47:52.20,Default,,0,0,0,,and they're, they're making this movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.20,0:47:54.82,Default,,0,0,0,,and I think it's refreshing.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:54.82,0:47:57.90,Default,,0,0,0,,I have watched all the episodes of My Little Pony,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.90,0:48:01.04,Default,,0,0,0,,in part, because when I'm interacting with the Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:01.04,0:48:05.70,Default,,0,0,0,,I like to know what they mean by terms like uh, 20% cooler.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.70,0:48:06.72,Default,,0,0,0,,[music]
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.36,0:48:07.78,Default,,0,0,0,,Do you not like the color?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.78,0:48:10.32,Default,,0,0,0,,The color's fine, just make it look cooler.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:10.32,0:48:11.60,Default,,0,0,0,,Do you not like the shape?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.60,0:48:15.38,Default,,0,0,0,,The shape's fine, just make the whole thing, you know, cooler.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:15.38,0:48:17.72,Default,,0,0,0,,It needs to be about 20% cooler.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:17.72,0:48:21.92,Default,,0,0,0,,We are post 9/11, with uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.92,0:48:25.72,Default,,0,0,0,,worrying about terrorism, worrying about aggression,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.12,0:48:30.42,Default,,0,0,0,,and in a lot of respects, I believe that this is a flight from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.42,0:48:34.60,Default,,0,0,0,,That it's a retreat to something which is happier,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.60,0:48:37.52,Default,,0,0,0,,which stresses getting along with others,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.52,0:48:43.40,Default,,0,0,0,,and is an escape from the worries that these young people are facing.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.72,0:48:49.22,Default,,0,0,0,,My Little Pony Friendship is Magic is sort of letting them know that they're not alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:49.44,0:48:51.94,Default,,0,0,0,,One of the other things that we did look at,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.94,0:48:54.94,Default,,0,0,0,,was what was the function of being a Brony.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:54.94,0:48:57.14,Default,,0,0,0,,The first one was a social function.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.14,0:49:01.10,Default,,0,0,0,,The second function, and the one which surprised us the most,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:01.10,0:49:04.40,Default,,0,0,0,,is that it's also served a guidance function.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.72,0:49:07.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Because cartoons are little parables,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:07.76,0:49:12.30,Default,,0,0,0,,and we have begun to call this the WWPD factor:
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.30,0:49:13.90,Default,,0,0,0,,What Would a Pony Do?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.08,0:49:17.92,Default,,0,0,0,,It's a show that has actually created a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:18.38,0:49:21.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I think it's a visceral thing that's happening here,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.08,0:49:23.54,Default,,0,0,0,,I think it's connected to the heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.54,0:49:25.72,Default,,0,0,0,,and I think the show is a show of excellence.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.34,0:49:29.06,Default,,0,0,0,,I think I made up stories right out of the gate.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:29.38,0:49:31.52,Default,,0,0,0,,With, when I got my first pony toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.52,0:49:33.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Um, it was just the way I played,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.86,0:49:37.34,Default,,0,0,0,,and I actually think that the way I played with ponies,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:37.44,0:49:39.36,Default,,0,0,0,,with Strawberry Shortcake, with my stuffed animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.36,0:49:44.24,Default,,0,0,0,,I look back now and I know that that's kind of where my creative mind started,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:44.24,0:49:47.28,Default,,0,0,0,,and what lead me to writing stories for a living.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:47.28,0:49:50.04,Default,,0,0,0,,There's something about the color combinations,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:50.04,0:49:52.56,Default,,0,0,0,,the picture on their butt, their cutie mark,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.56,0:49:57.46,Default,,0,0,0,,that just made my brain automatically start putting those puzzle pieces together
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.46,0:49:59.26,Default,,0,0,0,,and creating personalities for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.26,0:50:00.92,Default,,0,0,0,,And then once I had my cast,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.92,0:50:06.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I would put them in different areas of my room, so like my dresser drawer
Dialogue: 0,0:50:06.18,0:50:09.90,Default,,0,0,0,,I would put the castle up on top of that and that was the castle up on the mountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.90,0:50:12.88,Default,,0,0,0,,and I'd put the cloud somewhere on my bed,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.88,0:50:16.16,Default,,0,0,0,,and the whole bed was just like the expanse of where the Pegasus lived,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:16.16,0:50:21.14,Default,,0,0,0,,and my whole room would become the world that they lived in,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.14,0:50:25.74,Default,,0,0,0,,and the stuffed animals I played with would be the creatures that they encountered,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.74,0:50:30.50,Default,,0,0,0,,and make up these adventure stories for them to go on.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:30.50,0:50:34.12,Default,,0,0,0,,[music starting] [trotting]
Dialogue: 0,0:50:39.78,0:50:42.58,Default,,0,0,0,,Creative Bronies are the final bunch you need to know,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:42.58,0:50:45.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Making music, art, and stories all inspired by the show.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:45.82,0:50:48.64,Default,,0,0,0,,While counting down the days from Season 1 to Season 2,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.64,0:50:51.88,Default,,0,0,0,,The musicians wrote funky little songs like Pinkie's Brew.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:51.88,0:50:54.94,Default,,0,0,0,,The pony generators churn out many new OC's,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:54.94,0:50:57.84,Default,,0,0,0,,And the artists put their art on Tumblr blogs for all to see.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.84,0:51:00.94,Default,,0,0,0,,The writers pair their favorites, voicing charming little quips,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:00.94,0:51:03.98,Default,,0,0,0,,And although they face some critics they will go down with their ships!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.98,0:51:06.62,Default,,0,0,0,,Their talent is their glory, ever growing never stopping,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.62,0:51:09.80,Default,,0,0,0,,From the music to the stories and the artwork and the clopping-!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:09.80,0:51:11.36,Default,,0,0,0,,[music stops abruptly]
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.36,0:51:12.24,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh dear.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.66,0:51:14.50,Default,,0,0,0,,[music continues]
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.64,0:51:15.76,Default,,0,0,0,,But let's steer away from that one and get right back to the ponies,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.84,0:51:19.16,Default,,0,0,0,,while Creatives are the final bunch in the wacky world of Bronies.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:19.38,0:51:25.48,Default,,0,0,0,,Creatives, and Moderates, and lastly Hipster Bronies,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.98,0:51:29.78,Default,,0,0,0,,Are the groups that are quite proud to watch the show,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.28,0:51:33.92,Default,,0,0,0,,My Little Pony!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.04,0:51:38.30,Default,,0,0,0,,[music speeds up]
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.74,0:51:39.38,Default,,0,0,0,,[music stops abruptly]
Dialogue: 0,0:51:38.74,0:51:39.38,Default,,0,0,0,,HEY!
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.00,0:51:42.50,Default,,0,0,0,,Forgetting somepony?
Dialogue: 0,0:51:43.56,0:51:48.04,Default,,0,0,0,,It seems your little lessons left the fairer sex neglected.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.12,0:51:52.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Well, when girls like Little Ponies, that's very much expected.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.92,0:51:57.16,Default,,0,0,0,,Even so, you can't ignore these filly's contributions.
our inclusion!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.22,0:52:05.42,Default,,0,0,0,,We attend all the conventions, create art and music too,
dudes do!
, but we're Bronies!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:13.46,0:52:16.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Though some prefer Pegasisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:17.12,0:52:23.54,Default,,0,0,0,,And we also are Creatives, Moderates, and even Hipsters.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:23.90,0:52:27.00,Default,,0,0,0,,Well there you have it. All the Bronies!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.32,0:52:29.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Anypony else I missed?
!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.60,0:52:38.78,Default,,0,0,0,,[music ends]
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.90,0:52:40.04,Default,,0,0,0,,Hey, how's it going?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.04,0:52:42.12,Default,,0,0,0,,We're Equestria Daily, we're worldwide.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.12,0:52:45.56,Default,,0,0,0,,We constantly get fan music, fan art, fan stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:45.62,0:52:46.28,Default,,0,0,0,,Hey.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:46.28,0:52:48.02,Default,,0,0,0,,Seth, I have something for you!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:47.16,0:52:49.50,Default,,0,0,0,,You have something for me? Yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:52:49.50,0:52:53.40,Default,,0,0,0,,It's a huge fandom, we have musicians, we have artists, and they're all professionals.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:55.68,0:52:58.16,Default,,0,0,0,,The music is amazing, we have a lot of fan fiction out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:58.16,0:53:01.66,Default,,0,0,0,,there's a massive website, dedicated specifically to fan fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.08,0:53:05.86,Default,,0,0,0,,In general, we're just- we love creating things and we're good at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:09.36,0:53:14.04,Default,,0,0,0,,I watched other artists on DeviantArt, and one of them had a journal featuring JJ,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.04,0:53:15.84,Default,,0,0,0,,and they're like, Oh, check out his art, he's really good.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.84,0:53:17.64,Default,,0,0,0,,So I went and I checked it out and I was like,
!
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.64,0:53:23.90,Default,,0,0,0,,As a kid, I used to draw military vehicles because my dad was in the Navy.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.26,0:53:26.70,Default,,0,0,0,,My father passed away and I stopped drawing.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:27.24,0:53:30.66,Default,,0,0,0,,When the ponies came along and I started drawing again, they inspired me.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:31.14,0:53:34.42,Default,,0,0,0,,A lot of people try to get drawings that are show accurate,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:34.42,0:53:36.20,Default,,0,0,0,,you know try and look like they're just right from the show,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:36.20,0:53:38.12,Default,,0,0,0,,and he does a little more stylized.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.16,0:53:42.56,Default,,0,0,0,,I decided to come to BronyCon because Lauren Faust is going to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:42.86,0:53:45.14,Default,,0,0,0,,If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.14,0:53:46.74,Default,,0,0,0,,I have to thank her so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:46.74,0:53:50.40,Default,,0,0,0,,He takes the characters from the show, a fan asks a question,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:50.40,0:53:53.22,Default,,0,0,0,,and he draws the response that character would make.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:53.44,0:53:57.54,Default,,0,0,0,,When I draw, and I see the smile on their faces, I'm so happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:59.00,0:54:02.92,Default,,0,0,0,,The Brony community is very into, like, making their own content.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:02.92,0:54:06.80,Default,,0,0,0,,It means a lot to them to be able to become a part of the community
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.80,0:54:08.34,Default,,0,0,0,,and expand the community more.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:08.34,0:54:11.50,Default,,0,0,0,,And so one of the things that had started happening was
Dialogue: 0,0:54:11.50,0:54:13.00,Default,,0,0,0,,they started making their own games,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:13.06,0:54:15.10,Default,,0,0,0,,and they started making their own animations.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.78,0:54:20.56,Default,,0,0,0,,It's kind of brought out a creative side that I haven't used in almost 20 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.56,0:54:24.34,Default,,0,0,0,,So, when I was growing up there was a lot of creative, creative outlets,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:24.34,0:54:27.30,Default,,0,0,0,,that I would have, like with my singing, and the playing of the clarinet,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:27.30,0:54:30.18,Default,,0,0,0,,and marching band, and then my family moved to Texas,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:30.18,0:54:33.14,Default,,0,0,0,,and I joined the military, and that all went away.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:33.14,0:54:38.42,Default,,0,0,0,,And so, here, after you know, 16, 17 years, here I am, I'm practicing my singing again,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:38.74,0:54:42.42,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm helping animators with artistic projects, I'm writing a story,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:42.46,0:54:45.24,Default,,0,0,0,,and I've kind of surprised myself with it to be absolutely honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:46.30,0:54:48.12,Default,,0,0,0,,BronyCon means to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.12,0:54:51.44,Default,,0,0,0,,a place where people can go and be tolerated and accepted,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:51.44,0:54:55.64,Default,,0,0,0,,it doesn't matter your age, your gender, anything about you,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:55.64,0:54:58.08,Default,,0,0,0,,no matter who you are, you can find a place in this fandom
Dialogue: 0,0:54:58.08,0:55:00.34,Default,,0,0,0,,and you can be accepted and I think that's really cool,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:00.40,0:55:02.90,Default,,0,0,0,,because a lot of other fandoms are restrictive.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:39.50,0:55:41.54,Default,,0,0,0,,We're cosplaying, as uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:41.54,0:55:43.66,Default,,0,0,0,,Mr. and Mrs. Cake from My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:43.92,0:55:46.18,Default,,0,0,0,,Everything is fine, Mr. and Mrs. Cake.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.18,0:55:47.50,Default,,0,0,0,,I really like dressing up,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:47.50,0:55:49.90,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm I'm really good with the sewing machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:49.90,0:55:53.04,Default,,0,0,0,,we both went to art school, so it was really easy to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:55.06,0:55:55.94,Default,,0,0,0,,Hey guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.78,0:55:57.78,Default,,0,0,0,,Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.36,0:55:58.28,Default,,0,0,0,,Hey!
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.86,0:55:58.38,Default,,0,0,0,,Hi.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.16,0:55:59.14,Default,,0,0,0,,How you doin?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:58.86,0:55:59.78,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm good, how are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:59.86,0:56:01.90,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm pretty- I'm pretty good!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.82,0:56:01.96,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm- I'm good! Yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:01.36,0:56:02.26,Default,,0,0,0,,You having a good time?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:02.26,0:56:04.26,Default,,0,0,0,,Yes, having a great time.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:02.26,0:56:04.80,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah! [nervous giggling]
Dialogue: 0,0:56:04.08,0:56:06.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I love your outfit.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.10,0:56:07.18,Default,,0,0,0,,Ah, yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.68,0:56:07.42,Default,,0,0,0,,Thanks!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.72,0:56:08.24,Default,,0,0,0,,You just happened to walk off the street, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:56:08.82,0:56:10.50,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, yeah! [laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:56:08.22,0:56:10.50,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:56:10.50,0:56:14.80,Default,,0,0,0,,Wow, it's like an honor to meet you. So cool.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.00,0:56:15.80,Default,,0,0,0,,Well, enjoy yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.16,0:56:17.32,Default,,0,0,0,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:15.36,0:56:17.44,Default,,0,0,0,,Okay, bye!
! Oh my God!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:21.60,0:56:25.52,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,0:56:26.84,0:56:28.68,Default,,0,0,0,,This is called the music workshop.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:28.68,0:56:32.82,Default,,0,0,0,,All the Brony music celebrities are gonna explain how they remix their music,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:32.88,0:56:35.96,Default,,0,0,0,,and uh, the magicks behind how they make it work.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:36.54,0:56:39.74,Default,,0,0,0,,Well, basically right now I'm going back to the show to focus back
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.74,0:56:41.90,Default,,0,0,0,,on the remix album I've been planning for so long,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.90,0:56:44.06,Default,,0,0,0,,so yeah, expect more stuff to come soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.06,0:56:45.16,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah.
! Whoo!
Dialogue: 0,0:56:47.70,0:56:49.46,Default,,0,0,0,,About the music community, you know, you got your big names.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.46,0:56:53.06,Default,,0,0,0,,There's Tombstone, you know, there's Forest Rain, Bronyfied,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.06,0:56:55.62,Default,,0,0,0,,uh, Mic the Mic, I Bring Da Lulz.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.62,0:56:59.16,Default,,0,0,0,,The most music I have is from The Living Tombstone.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.16,0:57:05.90,Default,,0,0,0,,[group singing] I curse the name, the one behind it all, Discord
Dialogue: 0,0:57:05.96,0:57:08.20,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, discord, harmony, there is no apology,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:08.20,0:57:10.58,Default,,0,0,0,,Shine like a Wonderbolt, strike like a thunderbolt.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:10.58,0:57:13.10,Default,,0,0,0,,And he has a very interesting O.C. and
Dialogue: 0,0:57:14.56,0:57:18.32,Default,,0,0,0,,You know, his song September when he actually animated his O.C.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:18.32,0:57:21.20,Default,,0,0,0,,That was uh, it was just amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.20,0:57:23.20,Default,,0,0,0,,[music starting]
Dialogue: 0,0:57:21.62,0:57:25.60,Default,,0,0,0,,I can't remember, what happened in September,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:25.78,0:57:30.38,Default,,0,0,0,,When everything is gone, when it's dark and I'm alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:30.94,0:57:34.64,Default,,0,0,0,,It's been forever, since I could have remembered,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.64,0:57:39.04,Default,,0,0,0,,Where the hell is everypony, I just want to know the story
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.04,0:57:43.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Of what happened right before, I became so alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.74,0:58:46.48,Default,,0,0,0,,It's really crazy!
Dialogue: 0,0:58:46.92,0:58:48.92,Default,,0,0,0,,Just gone. All the plushies are gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.92,0:58:51.58,Default,,0,0,0,,[background chatter]
Dialogue: 0,0:58:54.06,0:58:55.58,Default,,0,0,0,,I need to make more stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:06.74,0:59:09.20,Default,,0,0,0,,All right, I think I know where I'm going.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:09.20,0:59:11.80,Default,,0,0,0,,[overhead announcer]
Dialogue: 0,0:59:16.02,0:59:17.68,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh there's a better map there.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:23.88,0:59:26.10,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm feeling quite nervous at the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.38,0:59:30.08,Default,,0,0,0,,Pretty, pretty uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:31.08,0:59:32.68,Default,,0,0,0,,There's a lot of people around.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:34.72,0:59:36.78,Default,,0,0,0,,I think I'm going the wrong way Already!
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.66,0:59:39.66,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm getting slightly agitated already.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:40.46,0:59:43.26,Default,,0,0,0,,I might have to actually ask for directions.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:46.52,0:59:48.68,Default,,0,0,0,,Go back to one of the shops and figure it out.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.22,0:59:51.70,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't know, it just seems a bit awkward
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.70,0:59:53.86,Default,,0,0,0,,asking people for directions on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:54.00,0:59:56.72,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't know why it's less awkward asking someone in the store,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:56.72,0:59:58.44,Default,,0,0,0,,I guess maybe they'd know a bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:58.44,1:00:00.90,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't know, it just feels right.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:03.28,1:00:07.02,Default,,0,0,0,,I think I'll try in here or something.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:07.92,1:00:09.14,Default,,0,0,0,,It's a little busy.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:10.70,1:00:13.24,Default,,0,0,0,,It would have been better if we'd asked those people outside the train station
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.24,1:00:14.52,Default,,0,0,0,,while we were walking out.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.48,1:00:18.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Wasting more time. It's just- why, why?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:19.76,1:00:21.88,Default,,0,0,0,,Google Maps you have failed me!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.88,1:00:22.84,Default,,0,0,0,,For the last time!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:24.74,1:00:26.62,Default,,0,0,0,,[heavy sigh] I have no idea what to do.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:27.78,1:00:31.04,Default,,0,0,0,,I can see, I can somehow see the spirit of Discord,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:31.04,1:00:34.46,Default,,0,0,0,,somehow floating behind me as a little devil, laughing his head off.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:34.46,1:00:38.16,Default,,0,0,0,,Excuse me, do you do you sort of know your way around here?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.70,1:00:38.62,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, go on.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:38.62,1:00:42.30,Default,,0,0,0,,That's into the, see these orange buses?
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.92,1:00:43.30,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:42.66,1:00:45.82,Default,,0,0,0,,There are three buses, and those will get you around the city center.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:45.56,1:00:46.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Right.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.28,1:00:51.50,Default,,0,0,0,,I was an idiot, and- well, no, I was a sensible person and asked for directions
Dialogue: 0,1:00:51.50,1:00:53.50,Default,,0,0,0,,which I should have done straight away.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:54.86,1:00:57.52,Default,,0,0,0,,The show was finished one day before my flight,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.52,1:00:59.40,Default,,0,0,0,,so I haven't got time to check everything out.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:59.40,1:01:01.58,Default,,0,0,0,,These kinds of things are prone to mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.20,1:01:03.30,Default,,0,0,0,,Why is this thing not turning on?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:04.00,1:01:06.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Uh, it's always very much of chance, that's why it's very rare
Dialogue: 0,1:01:06.54,1:01:08.54,Default,,0,0,0,,that shows are being done in a different country,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:08.54,1:01:10.40,Default,,0,0,0,,instead of just something local.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:11.02,1:01:12.24,Default,,0,0,0,,Did someone spill water on here?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.40,1:01:15.88,Default,,0,0,0,,No, my laptop.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:15.96,1:01:16.54,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:16.30,1:01:17.44,Default,,0,0,0,,It's not turning on.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:17.44,1:01:19.08,Default,,0,0,0,,This could be very bad yes,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:19.82,1:01:22.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Cause it's actually burning, says the indicator's burning, so-
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.82,1:01:23.72,Default,,0,0,0,,Just, uhh-
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.16,1:01:24.68,Default,,0,0,0,,WAIT, wait, stop stop stop, STOP!
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.40,1:01:25.44,Default,,0,0,0,,There yeah?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:24.82,1:01:25.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Wait, wait.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.46,1:01:28.84,Default,,0,0,0,,What did you just do? Try that again.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:28.84,1:01:30.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah! I know what's going on. Get some tape please.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:31.86,1:01:34.44,Default,,0,0,0,,So the cable and, like, snapped, cause it was kind of bent.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:34.72,1:01:36.92,Default,,0,0,0,,I had to bend it back, I'm kind of worried about that,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:36.92,1:01:40.38,Default,,0,0,0,,maybe one of the senior cables has got broken because of it, but we'll see.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:40.84,1:01:43.24,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.46,1:01:46.58,Default,,0,0,0,,I feel like this is something I can relate to, this sort of crowd,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:46.80,1:01:49.12,Default,,0,0,0,,Because we all like My Little Ponies.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:51.40,1:01:52.50,Default,,0,0,0,,Amazing.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.22,1:01:58.00,Default,,0,0,0,,Gives you a weird feel, right? Seeing all those people watching, or
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.60,1:02:03.70,Default,,0,0,0,,I mean there's gonna be 500 people watching my stuff. It's amazing.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.34,1:02:07.54,Default,,0,0,0,,I can already feel like that the, the energy it gives you.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:09.20,1:02:11.26,Default,,0,0,0,,It's really exciting now to get in,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:11.26,1:02:14.90,Default,,0,0,0,,especially after getting lost on the way, which was bleh, but
Dialogue: 0,1:02:14.90,1:02:17.12,Default,,0,0,0,,[sigh of relief] Oh I feel so much better to just be in here now,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:17.12,1:02:20.84,Default,,0,0,0,,and now we can have free reign to explore and just say hello to people.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:21.10,1:02:22.80,Default,,0,0,0,,Does anyone want this box?
Dialogue: 0,1:02:22.46,1:02:23.66,Default,,0,0,0,,I'll take it!
Dialogue: 0,1:02:24.40,1:02:27.02,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah. Hooray!
Dialogue: 0,1:02:29.38,1:02:33.66,Default,,0,0,0,,That's, uh, a Pinkie Pie plushie, that's just amazing. I really want one of them.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:33.66,1:02:35.70,Default,,0,0,0,,I want six of them, one for each character.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.88,1:02:37.24,Default,,0,0,0,,There you go.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:37.36,1:02:40.72,Default,,0,0,0,,I think I have to call a truce with Discord.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:43.06,1:02:45.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I made a video and put it on YouTube,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:45.08,1:02:46.66,Default,,0,0,0,,and it's called The Manliest Brony in the World,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:46.66,1:02:50.06,Default,,0,0,0,,and it was a dig on uh the, the Dos Equis commercial.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:50.06,1:02:52.28,Default,,0,0,0,,[traditional Latin-style music]
Dialogue: 0,1:02:50.88,1:02:53.34,Default,,0,0,0,,I don't always watch cartoons for little girls,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:54.36,1:02:55.44,Default,,0,0,0,,but when I do
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.12,1:02:58.70,Default,,0,0,0,,I prefer My Little Pony.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:58.98,1:03:01.76,Default,,0,0,0,,And so it took off, it got huge,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:01.76,1:03:03.66,Default,,0,0,0,,it basically went viral, okay.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:03.66,1:03:06.66,Default,,0,0,0,,So I kept doing them. I did a few more.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:06.66,1:03:08.48,Default,,0,0,0,,Stay manly my friends.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:08.48,1:03:12.28,Default,,0,0,0,,And now I've got a fan base of people who send me questions.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:12.60,1:03:14.62,Default,,0,0,0,,Basically, I'll get one or two a week asking me,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:14.62,1:03:17.56,Default,,0,0,0,,I had one last week where a 13 year old boy was going on a date,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:17.90,1:03:19.18,Default,,0,0,0,,and he asks me, what do I do?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:19.52,1:03:22.14,Default,,0,0,0,,And it was basically, dude, don't over think it.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.14,1:03:25.26,Default,,0,0,0,,If someone asks me a question, you know a real serious question,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:25.30,1:03:28.16,Default,,0,0,0,,I do my best to give them a decent bit of advice.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:28.30,1:03:30.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Sometimes, there's battles to fight,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:31.16,1:03:32.98,Default,,0,0,0,,and that area of the country where you're at,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.38,1:03:34.74,Default,,0,0,0,,maybe it's not a battle you can fight.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.88,1:03:36.98,Default,,0,0,0,,Oh I've told em', I said, "you can try as hard as you want I'm not goin' anywhere."
Dialogue: 0,1:03:37.08,1:03:39.88,Default,,0,0,0,,Well, you know, wait until you go to college,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:39.88,1:03:41.88,Default,,0,0,0,,then give them all the flying wahoo.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:41.98,1:03:44.74,Default,,0,0,0,,Because you don't need them, and they don't need you.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:44.74,1:03:47.82,Default,,0,0,0,,You don't need to impress them, they are just gonna do this.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.82,1:03:50.56,Default,,0,0,0,,Move on. You don't need that kind of hate in your life.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:51.22,1:03:56.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I started off this show thinking people were gonna think it was lame, no matter what,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:56.08,1:03:59.74,Default,,0,0,0,,and then having little friendship lessons at the end, where we wrap up and
Dialogue: 0,1:03:59.74,1:04:01.54,Default,,0,0,0,,talk about why we're all friends that like
Dialogue: 0,1:04:01.54,1:04:03.56,Default,,0,0,0,,people would think that was really corny and silly,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:03.56,1:04:06.82,Default,,0,0,0,,but these Bronies are taking these lessons to heart,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:06.82,1:04:10.82,Default,,0,0,0,,and consider the mantra of their community
Dialogue: 0,1:04:10.84,1:04:12.70,Default,,0,0,0,,to be Love and Tolerate.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.70,1:04:15.78,Default,,0,0,0,,And the themes of friendship we have in the show, they're,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:15.78,1:04:20.46,Default,,0,0,0,,they're expanding out, to their lives and their world,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:20.46,1:04:23.44,Default,,0,0,0,,and I think the most amazing thing they've done,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:23.44,1:04:25.04,Default,,0,0,0,,and I think the, the biggest thing that they've done
Dialogue: 0,1:04:25.04,1:04:28.88,Default,,0,0,0,,in the name of this, like, Love and Tolerate and spreading the magic of friendship,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:29.52,1:04:32.56,Default,,0,0,0,,is the amount of money that they've been able to raise for good causes.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:32.56,1:04:33.66,Default,,0,0,0,,It's been incredible.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.12,1:04:36.52,Default,,0,0,0,,I do art every single day actually.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:36.98,1:04:44.24,Default,,0,0,0,,Grayson is my 12 year old son, who um, was diagnosed with a brain tumor, at 6 years old.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:44.24,1:04:48.60,Default,,0,0,0,,I was, like, one of the fastest kids, in my, at my school.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:49.44,1:04:51.26,Default,,0,0,0,,He had a terminal diagnosis.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:51.26,1:04:52.90,Default,,0,0,0,,So tell me the names of the ponies.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:53.80,1:04:55.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Rainbow Dash, as you know.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:54.56,1:04:55.82,Default,,0,0,0,,Rainbow Dash.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:56.46,1:04:57.32,Default,,0,0,0,,Twilight Sparkle.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:57.46,1:04:58.38,Default,,0,0,0,,Mm-hm.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:58.48,1:05:01.12,Default,,0,0,0,,The Bronies have huge hearts. They sent him messages.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:01.38,1:05:06.62,Default,,0,0,0,,Okay, do you want me to read you some of these, some of the messages?
Dialogue: 0,1:05:06.62,1:05:07.48,Default,,0,0,0,,All of them.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:07.48,1:05:08.46,Default,,0,0,0,,All of them.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:08.46,1:05:13.02,Default,,0,0,0,,To know someone out there that doesn't know me is thinking about me.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:14.16,1:05:16.24,Default,,0,0,0,,That really means a lot to me.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:16.44,1:05:20.88,Default,,0,0,0,,You're an awesome kid, and I really hope that you feel better, and make a full recovery.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:20.88,1:05:25.02,Default,,0,0,0,,Stay strong and stay Brony. Here's a Brohoof just for you.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:27.18,1:05:28.42,Default,,0,0,0,,Hi guys!
Dialogue: 0,1:05:28.78,1:05:34.22,Default,,0,0,0,,Today we are gonna go visit Grayson, and I'm surprising him with a giant pony.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:34.70,1:05:37.36,Default,,0,0,0,,Just goes to show you how generous this community is,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:37.36,1:05:41.24,Default,,0,0,0,,I put on my Twitter that proceeds from these little hats we made will go to him,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:41.24,1:05:45.12,Default,,0,0,0,,which we sold 500 dollars worth of hats so I gotta give his mom that check,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:45.12,1:05:48.46,Default,,0,0,0,,and then there's a $6000 dollar check, just from donations online.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:48.46,1:05:51.32,Default,,0,0,0,,This is one of the things that they made me.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:52.24,1:05:56.56,Default,,0,0,0,,People who don't like, or hate Bronies, have no idea what the group is about.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:56.56,1:05:59.48,Default,,0,0,0,,They look outside of themselves,
Dialogue: 0,1:05:59.48,1:06:01.26,Default,,0,0,0,,and they're doing good things for other people.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:01.88,1:06:03.58,Default,,0,0,0,,You're Twilight Sparkle.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:02.74,1:06:05.18,Default,,0,0,0,,Okay good. [laughs]
Dialogue: 0,1:06:06.10,1:06:08.18,Default,,0,0,0,,This poster has been in my possession since December,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:08.18,1:06:12.08,Default,,0,0,0,,and I had decided a while ago that at or after BronyCon
Dialogue: 0,1:06:12.08,1:06:15.04,Default,,0,0,0,,I was going to contribute it somehow to some charitable cause.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:15.64,1:06:20.12,Default,,0,0,0,,So, I'm sad to see it go, but I'm happy to see it go
Dialogue: 0,1:06:20.12,1:06:22.48,Default,,0,0,0,,because I know that it's going to go to a really good cause.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:23.16,1:06:28.62,Default,,0,0,0,,Charity is part of the show in that we all help each other without expecting anything in return,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:28.62,1:06:32.66,Default,,0,0,0,,and at every convention, there's always a big auction to raise funds for a worthy cause.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:35.86,1:06:37.64,Default,,0,0,0,,[auction announcer] Going once...
Dialogue: 0,1:06:38.06,1:06:40.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Five hundred dollars!
Dialogue: 0,1:06:40.90,1:06:42.90,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd cheering]
Dialogue: 0,1:06:43.10,1:06:45.04,Default,,0,0,0,,Sold, for five hundred dollars!
Dialogue: 0,1:06:45.04,1:06:48.38,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,1:06:53.96,1:06:58.42,Default,,0,0,0,,Three, two, one...
Dialogue: 0,1:06:58.78,1:07:01.62,Default,,0,0,0,,SOLD!
Dialogue: 0,1:06:59.68,1:07:03.94,Default,,0,0,0,,[tumultuous applause]
Dialogue: 0,1:07:03.46,1:07:08.14,Default,,0,0,0,,Purple Tinker's poster ended up selling for $4,050 dollars, which was amazing.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:08.14,1:07:10.14,Default,,0,0,0,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,1:07:11.06,1:07:12.60,Default,,0,0,0,,The message is really good,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:12.60,1:07:15.76,Default,,0,0,0,,because it's aimed at sort of a fundamental thing about human behavior,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:15.76,1:07:17.34,Default,,0,0,0,,which is just, be a good friend.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:17.34,1:07:19.16,Default,,0,0,0,,Which is something you're trying to teach your children
Dialogue: 0,1:07:19.16,1:07:21.28,Default,,0,0,0,,when they're at the age that that demographic is about.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:21.28,1:07:24.12,Default,,0,0,0,,There's something really attractive about getting that message again.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:24.12,1:07:28.90,Default,,0,0,0,,It is a time in society when people are breaking from stereotypes,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:28.90,1:07:31.38,Default,,0,0,0,,and treasuring their individuality.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:31.38,1:07:36.14,Default,,0,0,0,,Today's world of utter chaos needs actual messages of integrity and harmony, and
Dialogue: 0,1:07:36.14,1:07:37.86,Default,,0,0,0,,it doesn't. Have. To SUCK.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:41.92,1:07:45.40,Default,,0,0,0,,When I was invited to BronyCon, um, you know,
Dialogue: 0,1:07:45.40,1:07:48.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I had a lot of mixed feelings 'cause I had already left the show.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.02,1:07:50.82,Default,,0,0,0,,[announcer] Lauren Faust!
Dialogue: 0,1:07:49.94,1:07:52.54,Default,,0,0,0,,[tumultuous applause]
Dialogue: 0,1:07:52.46,1:07:57.06,Default,,0,0,0,,So I wasn't entirely sure if I should do it.
Dialogue: 0,1:07:57.06,1:08:10.60,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:08:11.20,1:08:16.36,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm... I'm humbled, and astonished, and I just...
Dialogue: 0,1:08:16.36,1:08:20.22,Default,,0,0,0,,I, I can't thank you enough, I love you guys... SO much.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:20.22,1:08:26.84,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:08:29.00,1:08:31.52,Default,,0,0,0,,It was hard, I regret that I had to leave,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:31.52,1:08:34.98,Default,,0,0,0,,but I don't regret the decision TO leave; I had to.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:35.52,1:08:38.02,Default,,0,0,0,,But it's really sad to see it continue without me.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:38.92,1:08:42.48,Default,,0,0,0,,I just want to thank everyone for being here,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:42.48,1:08:45.22,Default,,0,0,0,,thank everyone for supporting the show,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:45.54,1:08:48.88,Default,,0,0,0,,thank everybody for showing that little girls
Dialogue: 0,1:08:48.88,1:08:53.42,Default,,0,0,0,,and the things that they love are worthwhile, you know.
Dialogue: 0,1:08:53.42,1:08:55.70,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:08:54.84,1:08:57.92,Default,,0,0,0,,And whether or not people can continue to write them
Dialogue: 0,1:08:57.92,1:08:59.86,Default,,0,0,0,,or continue to let them live, with or without you,
Dialogue: 0,1:08:59.86,1:09:04.72,Default,,0,0,0,,they, they were, they were conceived of and created by me.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:04.72,1:09:10.62,Default,,0,0,0,,The world, all of it, I, I started it, I built it, and, and
Dialogue: 0,1:09:10.62,1:09:13.72,Default,,0,0,0,,it's nice to know that, that everybody knows it.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:13.72,1:09:15.76,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughs] It's really good to know.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:16.22,1:09:19.86,Default,,0,0,0,,We would like to present you with this gift.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:19.86,1:09:24.30,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:09:34.78,1:09:36.80,Default,,0,0,0,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:36.90,1:09:41.64,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:09:44.76,1:09:46.52,Default,,0,0,0,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,1:09:49.34,1:09:53.68,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd chanting] Lauren! Lauren! Lauren! Lauren!...
Dialogue: 0,1:09:54.76,1:09:57.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Are you trying to make me cry again? Are you?!
Dialogue: 0,1:09:56.48,1:10:01.66,Default,,0,0,0,,[louder cheering]
Dialogue: 0,1:09:59.28,1:10:00.72,Default,,0,0,0,,'Cause I will!
Dialogue: 0,1:10:02.52,1:10:04.00,Default,,0,0,0,,I love you, thank you.
Dialogue: 0,1:10:04.00,1:10:07.46,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:10:07.48,1:10:15.78,Default,,0,0,0,,[slow waltz music]
Dialogue: 0,1:11:15.32,1:11:18.20,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering]
Dialogue: 0,1:11:26.40,1:11:29.58,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd] ...Four! Three! Two! One!
Dialogue: 0,1:11:29.58,1:11:31.58,Default,,0,0,0,,[music starts] [cheering]
Dialogue: 0,1:12:58.60,1:13:03.34,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd chanting] Friendship! Friendship! Friendship!...
Dialogue: 0,1:13:07.80,1:13:15.26,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:13:17.96,1:13:21.28,Default,,0,0,0,,It's been absolutely fantastic, it's been so fun,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:21.42,1:13:24.32,Default,,0,0,0,,just coming here and seeing everyone and having a massive party,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:24.50,1:13:26.08,Default,,0,0,0,,rocking out to all the music.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:26.40,1:13:30.76,Default,,0,0,0,,I, I don't feel anxious at all now, I feel completely serene.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:31.10,1:13:31.78,Default,,0,0,0,,Hey!
Dialogue: 0,1:13:31.52,1:13:34.90,Default,,0,0,0,,Hey, um, I was wondering if you could sign my DVD.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:34.48,1:13:35.84,Default,,0,0,0,,Of course I can!
Dialogue: 0,1:13:35.52,1:13:36.10,Default,,0,0,0,,Thanks!
Dialogue: 0,1:13:35.62,1:13:38.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Someone actually came over and asked me to sign a DVD.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:39.42,1:13:40.20,Default,,0,0,0,,Which I've never done before.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:40.94,1:13:41.86,Default,,0,0,0,,There you go.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:41.62,1:13:42.58,Default,,0,0,0,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:42.72,1:13:47.42,Default,,0,0,0,,This was wonderful, I'm never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever going to regret that.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:47.50,1:13:49.34,Default,,0,0,0,,Been the best day of my life so far.
Dialogue: 0,1:13:50.34,1:13:56.08,Default,,0,0,0,,[arena music]
Dialogue: 0,1:13:53.42,1:13:56.36,Default,,0,0,0,,Since the morning I've been signing pictures and autographs and whatever,
Dialogue: 0,1:13:56.36,1:13:58.84,Default,,0,0,0,,and giving hugs and shaking hands and everything,
Dialogue: 0,1:14:01.86,1:14:08.70,Default,,0,0,0,,[announcer] All the way from Tel Aviv, Israel The Living Tombstone! [cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:14:09.62,1:14:15.34,Default,,0,0,0,,[instrumental music starts playing to a cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:14:23.84,1:14:26.22,Default,,0,0,0,,[music starts playing]
Dialogue: 0,1:14:10.44,1:14:12.44,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd starts cheering wildly]
Dialogue: 0,1:14:26.82,1:14:28.46,Default,,0,0,0,,C'mon, BronyCon!
Dialogue: 0,1:15:38.12,1:15:49.38,Default,,0,0,0,,[cheering crowd]
Dialogue: 0,1:15:50.34,1:15:54.62,Default,,0,0,0,,[chanting crowd] John de Lancie, John de Lancie, John de Lancie!...
Dialogue: 0,1:15:54.80,1:15:58.90,Default,,0,0,0,,[tumultuous applause]
Dialogue: 0,1:16:06.92,1:16:10.80,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah, come on, everyo-EVERYONE, C'MON! MASS BROHOOF!
Dialogue: 0,1:16:10.96,1:16:12.12,Default,,0,0,0,,BroHOOF!
Dialogue: 0,1:16:13.54,1:16:14.18,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,1:16:14.18,1:16:17.24,Default,,0,0,0,,[laughing] I went insane for a second and started
Dialogue: 0,1:16:17.26,1:16:19.06,Default,,0,0,0,,brohoofing a couple of people,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:19.06,1:16:22.16,Default,,0,0,0,,and then it just escalated, there were more people joining in.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:23.38,1:16:25.06,Default,,0,0,0,,YEAH!
Dialogue: 0,1:16:24.30,1:16:26.70,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd] YEAH! [cheering]
Dialogue: 0,1:16:26.42,1:16:29.18,Default,,0,0,0,,Well, I feel like this whole um, this whole event has
Dialogue: 0,1:16:29.18,1:16:32.98,Default,,0,0,0,,helped me to maybe approach people who I wouldn't normally or wouldn't know,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:32.98,1:16:36.62,Default,,0,0,0,,and um, yeah, I could do it a lot more easier I think because
Dialogue: 0,1:16:36.62,1:16:40.62,Default,,0,0,0,,this is, I have done it so much in the past two days,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:40.90,1:16:43.02,Default,,0,0,0,,so I feel like I could do it a lot easier.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:44.20,1:16:46.92,Default,,0,0,0,,So, if I happen to get lost... again...
Dialogue: 0,1:16:47.24,1:16:50.18,Default,,0,0,0,,I feel like it would be a lot easier to approach someone for directions,
Dialogue: 0,1:16:50.18,1:16:53.32,Default,,0,0,0,,rather than spinning around in a circle for fifteen minutes.
Dialogue: 0,1:16:53.32,1:16:54.36,Default,,0,0,0,,I'm going to save you!
Dialogue: 0,1:16:54.02,1:16:55.30,Default,,0,0,0,,Ahh! Discord!
Dialogue: 0,1:16:55.02,1:16:57.22,Default,,0,0,0,,You don't have to do it anymore!
Dialogue: 0,1:16:56.64,1:16:58.42,Default,,0,0,0,,Save me Discord!
Dialogue: 0,1:17:01.48,1:17:03.88,Default,,0,0,0,,I may watch the show when I get home,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:05.04,1:17:08.52,Default,,0,0,0,,check it out, just to try to piece it together.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:08.82,1:17:10.08,Default,,0,0,0,,YEAH!
Dialogue: 0,1:17:10.34,1:17:11.24,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,1:17:10.88,1:17:12.12,Default,,0,0,0,,Yeah!
Dialogue: 0,1:17:12.28,1:17:13.82,Default,,0,0,0,,YEAH!!
Dialogue: 0,1:17:14.14,1:17:19.08,Default,,0,0,0,,I believe this movement is something that can be more than what it currently is,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:19.08,1:17:21.42,Default,,0,0,0,,and I think it's going to turn into something like that,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:21.42,1:17:25.40,Default,,0,0,0,,it is a way of dealing with human interaction.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:25.40,1:17:28.86,Default,,0,0,0,,Every individual should know these core values,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:28.86,1:17:31.88,Default,,0,0,0,,just being able to be kind, courteous,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:31.88,1:17:33.34,Default,,0,0,0,,something you don't see these days.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:33.46,1:17:35.54,Default,,0,0,0,,It may have been intended for little girls,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:35.54,1:17:37.34,Default,,0,0,0,,but it ended up transcending that.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:37.90,1:17:41.78,Default,,0,0,0,,I wouldn't be surprised if My Little Pony has a hand
Dialogue: 0,1:17:42.18,1:17:43.94,Default,,0,0,0,,in changing how people see things.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:43.94,1:17:48.90,Default,,0,0,0,,I think it makes these little tweaks on people to sort of go, Oh, okay. [laugh]
Dialogue: 0,1:17:49.32,1:17:53.30,Default,,0,0,0,,A lot of people find something healing in it, that,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:53.62,1:17:56.16,Default,,0,0,0,,that makes the world brighter, and makes you go,
Dialogue: 0,1:17:56.16,1:17:57.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Okay, it's not so bad.
Dialogue: 0,1:17:57.86,1:18:03.06,Default,,0,0,0,,Bronies are not just fans that are interested in watching a cartoon.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:03.08,1:18:04.20,Default,,0,0,0,,PONIES!
Dialogue: 0,1:18:04.20,1:18:06.90,Default,,0,0,0,,What makes them special is they're willing to take
Dialogue: 0,1:18:06.90,1:18:11.96,Default,,0,0,0,,the lessons from this show, and they're lessons that were intended for children,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:12.40,1:18:18.54,Default,,0,0,0,,and turn them into adult lessons, and it's STILL the same lessons that we need to be applying as adults.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:18.54,1:18:22.94,Default,,0,0,0,,And that we're really talking about being nice and kind and generous, and loyal,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:22.94,1:18:27.48,Default,,0,0,0,,and we don't have many things in our society right now that does that.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:27.68,1:18:32.24,Default,,0,0,0,,My Little Pony might be opening some people's minds
Dialogue: 0,1:18:32.24,1:18:36.44,Default,,0,0,0,,about what is acceptable in behavior for men,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:36.44,1:18:38.08,Default,,0,0,0,,and what it means to be a man,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:38.08,1:18:43.78,Default,,0,0,0,,and whether or not being sensitive and being caring is part of being a man.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:43.78,1:18:48.96,Default,,0,0,0,,Maybe those are like little seeds that are being planted into the world and into society
Dialogue: 0,1:18:48.96,1:18:53.64,Default,,0,0,0,,that in years to come, might, might make a difference somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:54.40,1:18:56.14,Default,,0,0,0,,That would be wonderful if it did.
Dialogue: 0,1:18:56.60,1:18:59.44,Default,,0,0,0,,I just had the best weekend of my life,
Dialogue: 0,1:18:59.74,1:19:02.70,Default,,0,0,0,,uh, you know it was almost a whole weekend of partying,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:02.70,1:19:05.18,Default,,0,0,0,,hanging out with people that were you know, passionate about the same thing
Dialogue: 0,1:19:05.18,1:19:07.56,Default,,0,0,0,,and we share the same interests, open minded.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:07.56,1:19:12.24,Default,,0,0,0,,I've had a smile on my face for the, past 48 hours, and it's just been incredible.
Dialogue: 0,1:19:12.68,1:19:15.74,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd singing] C'mon everypony, smile smile smile,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:15.74,1:19:18.74,Default,,0,0,0,,Fill my heart up with sunshine, sunshine,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:18.74,1:19:21.68,Default,,0,0,0,,All I really need's a smile smile smile,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:21.68,1:19:24.64,Default,,0,0,0,,From these happy friends of mine!
Dialogue: 0,1:19:24.64,1:19:27.66,Default,,0,0,0,,Yes, a perfect gift for me,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:27.66,1:19:30.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Is a smile as wide as a mile,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:30.64,1:19:34.88,Default,,0,0,0,,To make me happy as can be,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:34.88,1:19:40.66,Default,,0,0,0,,Smile, smile, smile, smile,
Dialogue: 0,1:19:40.66,1:19:43.62,Default,,0,0,0,,Smile! C'mon and
Dialogue: 0,1:19:43.62,1:19:46.64,Default,,0,0,0,,Smile! C'mon and
Dialogue: 0,1:19:46.64,1:19:48.76,Default,,0,0,0,,Smile!
Dialogue: 0,1:19:48.76,1:19:53.52,Default,,0,0,0,,[music starts]
Dialogue: 0,1:19:48.60,1:19:54.86,Default,,0,0,0,,[crowd cheering]