remember that naive period when the mlp obsession seemed weird but all-in-good-fun, before bronies swept the nation as the horrifying cultural phenomenon they now are

cornerof5thandvermouth:

pinstripehourglass:

rincewitch:

“maybe the wider than expected demographic appeal of my little pony is a bellwether for the destigmatization of femininity” — me, in 2011, being the most wrong about anything i’ve ever been in my entire life

yeah I thought the exact same thing at the time

same

its really sad having been around when friendship is magic first came out and hearing about how it was supper cute and had a feminist creator and was a good show that was aimed at little grils but anyone could enjoy

but then bronies happened…