Well met

[He-Man]

Disclaimer: I was gonna do my intro as He-Man, but I figured it would be better to be sincere, since this is my first impression and all

I've been a Brony since about 2012, possibly 2011. I first found out about FiM from images and Youtube videos that were pretty much everywhere xD At first, I thought that it was just some fad (even though I remember seeing 1-2 episodes of the original MLP) that would die away soon, and that most Bronies were only in it for the memes, but after finally caving in and watching the first couple episodes, I was like "where has this show been all my life?!", and I found that Bronies are for the most part, very dedicated fans.

Out of the gen 1 ponies, I think my favorite is Minty, or Pinkie Pie. Out of gen 4, my favorite Mane 6 pony is Rainbow Dash (Pinkie Pie a close 2nd), favorite background pony is either Octavia or Pony, and my favorite CMC is Scootaloo (they're all very cute though )

I am very spiritual, although not religious. I simply believe in the good of others, and this world, but I also believe in spirits, and even elves, faeries, gnomes, pixies, brownies, dragons (but not the scary medieval kind, the good natured Chinese kind), unicorns, etc, and believe that all who wrote about them were tapping into their realm for inspiration. I do believe that the ponies as seen in MLP exist in some realm, although not always like how they are in the shows. I believe this because multiple people claimed to have been visited by Princess Luna in their dreams, and she gave them advice that helped them with the next day, and I had a dream where I saw Rainbow Dash and Rarity, and Rainbow Dash gave me a pep talk when I really needed one. So I believe there are ponies out there, or at the very least, good natured spirits who come to us as ponies to guide us and comfort us. Also, I'm not sure how many here believe in tulpas, but many people have tulpas based off MLP characters, and some of their tulpas act mostly like the character, but a little differently, and tell them things about Equestria that weren't covered in the show. So I honestly believe in all of this, and nobody can convince me otherwise

Sorry if I rambled a bit, and I have more to say, but I want to get to know this community first before I decide what things are best to say, and what things are best not to say, and I will go ahead and read all of the rules now

[kiwimlp]

Hi He-Man, welcome to the Arena

Your Screen name takes me back to the day where my brothers MOTU figures would ride my ponies into battle, lol.  Enjoy the forums

[He-Man]

I could imagine that. He-Man riding Firefly into battle 

[okamigirl64]

Welcome to the Arena!

[achab1984]

Welcome to the arena

[himmie]

Welcome to the Arena!

[He-Man]

Thanks all

[Diamond]

Welcome to the Arena.  Did you mean the G3 version of Minty or the G1?  I happen to love both.  Also Pinkie Pie is a G3 gal as well, though she was not as hyper back then. LOL

[He-Man]

I meant g1.

[LunaDehligt]

Hi, Welcome to Arena

[hathorcat]

Welcome to the Arena! Good choice on the intro, although I will admit it would have been cool to read it as He-Man as well

I hope you have a good time around the forums.

[Khema]

Orko was always my favorite character. Welcome to the Arena!

[MoondancerMilkyWay]

welcome to the arena!