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Call yourself whatever you like if you feel the need to have a designation. Brony, collector, Fred, awesome-pony-person. You don't need a community to justify, understand or even accept who you are and what you do. And you ' don't need to conform to all the other similarly named people in order to use the word to describe yourself. You can be a brony and love all generations, you can be a collector and only collect one particular pony - its your call. But most of all just have fun collecting ponies and watching the shows you are interested in.I have never and will never understand the need for designated "fandom" orientated names - they just seem a way to separate a group out rather than make it all inclusive. The most pony collectors ever called themselves in the past was "pony collector" or "collector" - really imaginative right? And not even a formal name just more a description of a hobby. We survived 20+ years without having to brand ourselves something. So just enjoy ponies and try not to worry about it.
You can make up your own name for yourself, hehe. Ignore the negative people.
You can make up your own name for yourself, hehe. Ignore the negative people.I could never be a brony or pegasister because I don't relate well to them. I'm much older and I'm a collector more than a rabid fan, (tongue in cheek people- don't take offense). I talk with the local bronies and find them to be a generally friendly group of teens and early 20-somethings. I think they are kind of adorable. hehe. Plus it's fun to have an insane amount of MLP knowledge when I'm an older lady who has no outward signs of being "pony-ish." The shocked looks are fun.
Every other fandom just sticks the word 'fandom' onto the end of what its about.
I refer to myself as a collector too. If you feel uncomfortable with brony, I'm not sure. Another male here on the Arena goes with the Big Brother theme for a name (can't remember the exact wording), you could go with that. But if you want to use brony, just go ahead and use it!
Just "a fan" seems so simple and doesn't convey my passion