The 19-year-old accused of shooting and killing eight people inside and around the FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, was reportedly a part of the adult following of My Little Pony.
bronies started as a 4chan thing. before the show's premiere a bunch of dipshits on /co/ and /b/ started spamming ironic threads because it was a reliable way to troll, then when it came out some of them actually ended up enjoying it, the fandom grew from there and, like everything that's popular enough for long enough on 4chan, it leaked onto reddit and mainstream fandom culture.
actually ya know what it's all stupid no matter how you cut it. just check out fluffy ponies (severe general trigger warning)
bronies started as a 4chan thing. before the show's premiere a bunch of dipshits on /co/ and /b/ started spamming ironic threads because it was a reliable way to troll, then when it came out some of them actually ended up enjoying it, the fandom grew from there and, like everything that's popular enough for long enough on 4chan, it leaked onto reddit and mainstream fandom culture.
actually ya know what it's all stupid no matter how you cut it. just check out fluffy ponies (severe general trigger warning)
Well that was a life scarring experience, though I gotta say some of the extreme fetish stuff I've seen on the fringes of that community is worse.