Greetings and hello to all of the MLP fans here at my little Pony Arena. I'm Firehooves, a male MLP fan who was directed to this board by a G1 MLP fn over at FIM fiction. It is a pleasure to meet you all.

I consider myself a big brother pony instead of a Brony, because of my history with MLP. when I was little, I inherited my older female cousin's MLP VHS tape collection of the two specials and the entire original series. One viewing of 'rescue at midnight castle' and I was hooked.

I loved Firefly and her tomboyish attitude, I loved Wind Whistler and her spock-like logic, I loved Gusty and her bravery, and North Star and her whole 'explorer' thing. At age nine, I always envied Danny for getting to go to an enchanted land with talking ponies and a cool pet dragon, and help fight monsters like Tirek and the Lava Demon king Levan. I even inherited my cousin's old Queen Majesty toy and Dream Castle playset. (Okay, I wanted it to use it to put my he-man figures in since mom wouldn't get me a castle grayskull, but still...)

As I got older, however, I forgot about ponyland... until a year ago when the whole brony thing infected my college D&D group. I watched a few episode of FiM and thought it was cool, but whenever I brought up the old show to them, I got mocked. I had to carry out a battle to get them to sit down and watch midnight castle... which all the way though I got to listen to "AGH! My eyes! Kill it with friendship!" they won't even touch Quest of the princess ponies or the tambleon episode.

It was at that point I realized something about bronies; I'm not one of them, I'll never be one of them. So a Big brother pony of the G1 herd has come seeking refuge amongst his own kind. Here's to a ponyland where the Ponies will kill thier enimes if they can't make friends with them, and Darkness and Beauty go hand in hand!

Thank you, and I look forward to the oppurnity to talk with you all!

welcome to the arena! so nice to meet you!

Welcome to the arena~!

And you have no need to worry. Everypony here is welcoming of every generation. I consider myself a 'brony' since FiM is what got me back into loving ponies, but I respect the older generations and have toys from all gens.

Thank you, Both of you! ^^

Don't get me wrong, I've met quite a few bronies online, and they think they're awesome, and I lke FiM as a show. I just choose to reject the 'brony' title for myself due to my experiences.

I think you have a right to refer yourself as whatever kind of pony collecter/fan you think you are. :3

Will... will you marry me?

^ lol saply

Welcome to the Arena, Firehooves!! We love all the gens around here, so you'll fit in, no matter what you are!

Welcome *home* Firehooves! You will find a wonderful and caring group of awesome people here:) There are a ton of us G1 collectors here who love hearing about old pony stories from the 80's. I'm so happy you found your way here, and I look forward to chatting with a Big Brother Pony!! Welcome again and I know you're going to love it here.

Oh, and you'll probably have more marriage proposals (but you were first one Salpy:)!!

Welcome to the Arena, Firehooves! I really enjoyed reading your intro.

Lol, thanks for the warm welcome, everybody! Your all very, very kind! ^^

Someone is popular with the ladies already~
Haha. I think you will really fit in here.

Hello Firehooves! I think you will like it here!

Lady Moondancer! Good to see you again! ^^ And thank you for inviting me over here, very kind of you!

michelle53 wrote:

(but you were first one Salpy:)!!

That means I'm THE BEST.



And don't I deserve the best?!

*hehe*
You'll definately be a popular guy around here ^^