Bronies TRAUMATIZED a Generation

WARNING: VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. THIS VIDEO IS NOT FOR KIDS.
Being a fan of my little pony was a dangerous thing back in our childhoods. Entering a community filled with grown men making content for each other lead us to see a lot of disturbing stuff. In this video I uncover and discuss the ways that the Brony Fandom Traumatized Generation Z.
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[@EatitHarvey]

I am disturbed by the fact that a lot of children probably had their first introduction to pornography when they simply wanted to Google their favorite pony.

[@Heezbungus]

Yeah

[@andrewjennings7306]

Yeah and it messed me up

[@pumpkin363]

and weird fetishes also bru

[@wolfcry087]

Literally I'm pretty sure this is why I struggle with hypersexuality today

[@brokendictionary8344]

Yep, that was me Found and watched porn at 8 years old cause I just wanted to see more fluttershy

[@sympatheticflake890]

as a generation, i can confirm i was traumatized by bronies

[@TristanThesicon-fw8bu]

Same here I remember cupcakes and fluttershy saying your going to love me scaring me at a young age

[@GhoulyRooly]

As a fellow generation! I am in this horrifically similar situation!

[@TristanThesicon-fw8bu]

@@GhoulyRooly what about Cheerilee’s garden and fluttershy’s lullaby? Those two pastas were sure terrifying alongside sweet apple massacre and trixie’s funhouse

[@purplespades9632]

I know.I remember Cupcakes being engraved into my hippocampus.

[@TristanThesicon-fw8bu]

@@purplespades9632 that fanfic and red mist (a lost episode creepypasta on spongebob) also ruined my weekend movie nights because I kept thinking about them

[@astr0phile2700]

Genuinely surprised you didn't being up "Banned From Equestria" The game, cause when you mentioned the inflation flash game I was so sure you'd remember that one too. The fact that it was both free to play and people uploaded playthroughs of it without a warning was insane. If you don't remember, it's the game where you're a human sent to equestria (isekai I have no idea?) and your 'goal' is to... Get as many ponies pregnant as you can. The gamaplay aspect was just uncensored sex. Paraphrasing heavily since I literally haven't seen it since I was maybe 10? 11? so

[@chickynuggies-ig2lr]

Banned from equestrian and that one game with buttons AND HIS MOTHER were my first introduction to NSFW when I was like 11 i remember being so confused and grossed out

[@-xdarlingsystemx-]

what????? what kind of game is that 😭😭😭 im so glad i never saw That.

[@astr0phile2700]

@@chickynuggies-ig2lr I FORGOT ABOUT BUTTONS TILL NOW. I also saw what you're talking about, it was rancid

[@astr0phile2700]

@@-xdarlingsystemx- It was both real and scarily well made from memory at least. I'm talking fully animated, no censors. It was Bad

[@-xdarlingsystemx-]

@@astr0phile2700 seriously??? i looked it up out of curiosity and watched a KZbin thing on it but it didn't /show/ anything, it just talking about it. they must've cut something out. that's absolutely horrible :(

[@sothisthebeginning]

I’m so happy that it seems so many creators are talking about this now. I remember how deeply scarred I was by a lot of these animations and all, and this whole thing really just feels therapeutic to me, being able to talk about it and get the closure after so long

[@livingbetweenworlds5164]

I was both traumatized and fascinated with the horrors of the mlp community

[@Stellz_74]

Same

[@TheCanadianWeeb5]

agreed

[@Lee-tl9xo]

Tbh I thought it was made by the same company but for adults

[@Im_niaxx]

Same here

[@iwilleatyourtoeswhenusleep7468]

Same

[@purebones]

it's taken me many years to realize that discussing gore and porn about your favorite cartoon characters at age 8/9 was not normal, i feel bad for us

[@menryyami3162]

Well the world is weird, I'm no expert but it could also be a good thing to be exposed to the "harsh truths" of reality early on. What I definatly know is that If you are 18 and still don't know about gore and porn then your parents definatly messed up. You have to tell your kids at some point at least.

[@Lidia__]

​@@menryyami3162sure but not as young as a lot of people were

[@menryyami3162]

​@@Lidia__ I'm pretty sure you grow up normally if your parents explain to you what sex is before you reach the age of 10. Maybe you're even more prepared for when you reach puberty. Finding random "stuff" on the internet is also only "dangerous" if you lack context and no one explains the surrounding circumstances to you. Also, this is just my own experience and opinion. Experiences may differ from person to person.

[@Dackgotnoobed]

I also watched my little pony gore 😢

[@menryyami3162]

@@Dackgotnoobed When I was little I played a game where the protagonist was undergoing surgery and in his dreams he got attack from giant hornets until his head exploded or getting run over by a lawnmower. And when he died in the dream he woke up during the surgery and died. I was six and I'm still alive ;)

[@zoesmith3323]

19 year old gen Z here! Apparently some MLP horror / Creepypasta is coming back into mainstream due to the infection AUs it would be interesting if you could have that mentioned in a future video

[@CRMSNEXCLBR]

When the Fandom started to pick up was in 2013.. Oh boy.. I only found out about it in YTPs. 😂

[@SERIAL___DESIGNATION_N]

I searched up for a witch animatronic one day (someone I knew had one) and I found the fluffy pony abuse. It was actually extremely traumatizing.

[@HYDEinallcaps]

TRANSLATION: "I was called out for being a Homestuck fan(read: pedophile) by a horsefucker and I'm still mad about it"

[@StrawberryCocoaPowder]

Alternative title: Why young kids shouldn't have unrestricted internet access. And the brony fandom is scary lol

[@garynaccarato4606]

Yes young kids should definitely not have unrestricted (or unsupervised) internet access.

[@soontobechannel743]

As a someone who had unrestricted internet access, I wholeheartedly agree.

[@creed8712]

Imagine going to a convention for your favorite toy show and it’s almost exclusively populated by overweight neckbeards and furries

[@Anhonime]

meh, humanity is scary and Bronies as a subset thereof share many bad elements, but I'd say Bronies are usually better people than the average person, because they choose to break the social norms to enjoy a cartoon teaching overall good morals after all -- people are more willing to pick out an out-group to blame bad elements on, because it's less blackpilling than blaming the entire species they belong to, but creating 18+ content that children ended up being exposed to (accidentally in most cases, though there were some with malicious intent like the Smile HD video) is still thousand times less bad than wars or child/animal abuse which are unfortunately rampant among humans like, I'm generally against violent or sexual content including ponies, but it's still better than actual g0re with humans or violent p0rnography (unless ponies are used by psychopaths to work up the nerve or as some kind of substitute for such content with children (because ponies obviously have many infantile/innocent characteristics that attract all kinds of evil scum), but it'd be the same as complaining about self-described "animal lovers" because some of them hurt animals one way or another) I get where the criticism stems from, but imo there's a huge sensationalist element and it's often overblown e.g. people will find that some terrorist/mass-shooter had an MLP poster or liked the show at some point (to what extent they were a Brony during the shooting is arguable, as such acts go against the values of the show) and suddenly all Bronies are bad, but there are thousands if not more of humans committing evil like this every day and it's just a fact of life that they'll have hobbies and interests and sooner or later you'll come across someone who liked one of the most popular cartoons ever -- there were e.g. way more mass shooters who enjoyed Doom or probably violent media, but people only pull out the pitchforks when it's someone who at some point liked something innocent like MLP My Little Pony and the Brony fandom in particular are targeted, because they promote non-mainstream values of friendship, which most humans consider "cringy" (hence many hate campaigns, especially in the early years of the fandom, but even videos like this one could fall under concern trolling)

[@LuvTonique]

S'why I left it.

[@jessielavish9507]

as a little girl with zero supervision on the internet it actually scarred me seeing my favorite show about ponies being killed and bloodied up fr messed me up

[@b3rlinki]

forreal!!

[@mitsurimylove.]

real

[@calitheweirdo]

Frr it made me mature earlier 🥲

[@Hammers_Peace]

Take your meds

[@kethan9652]

@@mazeyminI’m sorry that is a kfc lookin pfp but I love it so much

[@shirleyjenlion187]

My experience as a 'pegasister': I grew up with the old MLP as a millenial, so when I saw the new pony generation, I thought it was adorable and watched the show whenever I was chilling at home. Eventually I started buying merch and becoming 'the weird pony girl' in highschool. My first interaction with mlp horror content was luna game, and instead of being scared of it, I was annoyed that they made pinky pie such a mean character and decided everyone making that kind of content hated mlp and wanted to make torture videos of the ponies to be 'edgy'.

[@abbydufau9496]

A decade of silence for all of the fluffy ponies that were tortured.

[@Lola1912]

I really hated seeing that...

[@fishbrain9591]

The gore is one thing, but the absolute oversexualization of the community was what really messed me up as a kid. It ruined my childhood, I was exposed to these adult themes way too soon and now I'm still struggling with my anxiety around innocence and sexuality.

[@dusk4974]

Yeah, I was haunted by Banned from Equestria. I saw that at I think 9, and I myself am a late bloomer. What helped my was accepting I was a late bloomer and saw some nasty shit. And bit by bit, taking my Build-a-Bears of the ponies and saying goodbye. Acknowledging that those things I saw were horrific and made me feel sick. But that it wasn't my fault, and I would continue to grow. I'm not a brony, I was a pegasister, but no matter what, it's not your fault, and you might be a late bloomer from that traumatic stuff.

[@Tpainstaint]

Me too, I’m sorry :(

[@nefarious69poopi]

Yep, I honestly think it impacted how my sexuality and performance anxiety surrounding such acts now. I never thought watching PAB (pregnant apple bloom ykyk they were a vore artist) or getting exposed to deviantart would do that but it did lol

[@rancholotl3384]

as Smokeebee once said: "colorful pony cannibalism"

[@0_MadMax_0]

Same unfortunately:'(

[@waffleauflauf4213]

I will always defend that there's nothing wrong with adults being fans of things considered childish or for kids, but there are definitely lines and this crosses *many* of them.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

Which thing specifically?

[@nephyryx5618]

They specified enough already, things that are considered childish.

[@0aktr]

I wholeheartedly agree with this after being in the amphibia fandom for so long, so many artists were exposed to be a ped0 I'm always weary with any fan over 18

[@ozancanaltun2457]

IMO, it is a good lesson to not let kids go into the internet unsupervised and not interract with adults they meet online.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

@@Mammoth1848 Really. Smh

[@superluigi9490]

Brrr… that creepy image of Applebloom just stares straight to my soul. I don’t know what it is about it that hits me so deep. I hate it

[@HanikaCombfly]

Adult Gen Z Brony here, personally I was a fan of some of the horror, alot of the more brutal stuff I tried to stay away from, though I will say alot of the sexualization is very over the top, and led to me being a victim so that’s something that personally bothers me

[@NanaMioVT]

As a Gen Z adult who was also largely traumatized by bronies online as a kid, I can say Rainbow Factory still slaps even today

[@Projects1936]

Ah the trama

[@orpheus0535]

Facts

[@Izzyalexander-eu7fb]

?

[@rommix0]

Slaps harder than Will Smith.

[@InquisitiveMouse]

Facts and logic

[@bugpseudo3848]

I'm currently a 17 year old girl, and I get embarrassed saying that I am a MLP fan because of the negative connotations of being a "Brony" until I remember, at the time that mlp was being realsed I WAS THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC. And I shouldn't have to feel bad for liking a show from my childhood because some grown adult men were disgusting.

[@graeyamanita]

Same but a 17 year old autistic boy

[@LostWaving]

Sameee, I remember some kids in my school kinda bullied me for liking MLP.

[@soontobechannel743]

@@LostWaving fr, that’s why I feel like you can’t call a 9 year old a brony for liking mlp because THEY’RE LITERALLY THE TARGETED DEMOGRAPHIC. It’s also absolutely wild to me how the brony fandom also bullied kids for making “cringe” oc’s but tbh this was popular with many fandoms at the time….y’know the whole bullying and harassing kids online for being “cringe worthy” thing.

[@Fanwithnblades]

@@soontobechannel743 I just started watching mlp unironicly just to see what it was actually like and now I run into this video holy hell Update:honestly I see the appeal to the show, it's honestly not that bad as I thought than when I was younger,the show is honestly well put together unlike freaking coco melon,I would totally show my children this show 😁

[@ImmaLittlePip]

Ironically its the same with bronies used to say "We shouldn't be ashamed for liking a good show just because it was targeted towards little girls"

[@pomegranatewolf]

Thank you so much for this video, honestly. I'm a woman that became interested in MLP when I was 10, and fell into the brony fandom at that age, and honestly it affected me so negatively. I ended up getting exposed to all of the content you mentioned at way too young an age, and also ended up getting groomed. MLP is not something I look back at too fondly now as a result, but I've since healed from my experiences. This video made me feel so seen, and to anybody else that went through these experiences, I'm so sorry. I hope that you've been able to heal too, and I wish you nothing but the best ❤

[@malayineurope]

I have this like- weird memory from childhood. It was a cold morning, probably during spring or summer. My mom woke me up early and basically, I had to go to Grandma's apartment while she's at work. During the car ride, I was terrified, I think that it was from a nightmare I forgot. I remember that the sky was very pale? White? Not grey just, straight up white. When I arrived, I still had flashbacks from the nightmare, of rarity (who was my least favorite pony) killing me or other ponies? All I remember is the feeling of hiding behind a brown armchair, feeling cold, hungry (since I haven't ate breakfast yet) and absolutely fucking terrified. Not just like- the feeling you get after a jumpscare or even before it, or during it. It was a fear for my life. I find it odd, cuz there was barely any scary media revolving rarity (I was mostly a consumer of the ones with twilight sparkle and pinkie pie, and that fluttershy thing) so yeah.

[@royaleenchantress955]

Funny thing is that as a child i watched these and didn’t think much into it. But now i’m older, and looking back i’m confused how i wasn’t scared or traumatized by it

[@mememan1546]

Same here. I'm shocked I didn't have any long-lasting impacts from the shit I saw.

[@tasnimbari4012]

We grew up on the internet.

[@taeebabybear]

actually gotten immune to gore stuff. me and my brother even thought it was funny 💀

[@ZillaTheTegu]

Because your a normal person.

[@goo_dragon]

Because it's not that deep?

[@herbaltea2445]

I'm so excited to relive my trauma

[@yingwashere6082]

Same

[@justanormalperson7206]

Same

[@pheobegracebaxter428]

Same 🎉

[@FnafChannelAmcomingforyou]

​@@yingwashere6082 Sup

[@avac2183]

SAME

[@AnimatorA-vb6xr]

That “an applejacks zombie animation” scared me when I was younger the worst part was I was scared of PVZ because it had zombie’s so I was probably a wuss back then but after seeing some of those vids when I was younger I seem to have lost a lot of the shock factor behind terrible events, I’ve seen few gory things recently but those I’ve seen it’s just nothing. That one video followed by the others I would watch of those “creepy pastas” honestly seem more creepy to me than any vid I have ever seen on the internet and my ceiling of scary was meat canyon that’s all I could take. Yeah my entire conclusion is the fact that probably without this vid I would honestly have no respect for anyone in that fandom; nice vid BTW.

[@Anyontm]

As one of the edgy teenagers who was really into this kind of content at the time, let me psychoanalyze myself a little bit. I think many teens like I was are drawn to this kind of extreme violence & sexuality as a way of asserting their independence and to show that they're "mature adults". With pony content in particular, the "defiling" of an innocent & pure children's show is an even more explicit repudiation of childhood and immaturity than, say, horror movies. I did genuinely like the show, so it wasn't the only reason I got into the fandom, but I can't deny that aspect was a huge part of the appeal. Of course, now that I'm almost 30 I can see how immature this line of thought really is and I cringe at how I might have inadvertently contributed to childhood trauma by creating a demand for this kind of content. I was cleaning out my dresser recently and at the bottom I found my old 'Cupcakes' t-shirt (nothing explicit, just a pretty standard Pinkie Pie shirt with a cupcake that had a drop of blood coming out of it) and I shuddered.

[@vikingreflections2824]

I'm 40, and I still remember the Horrors I found with the Sonic Fandom when I was young. I can only imagine how much worse if we had the Internet we had today.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

Be thankful you didn't find the real horror/gore websites. The idea of being traumatised by a cartoon is strange to me.

[@justmeera9045]

Definitely didn't get traumatised by Sonic.exe hahaha....

[@vikingreflections2824]

@@justmeera9045 Bro, the 90's was wild. Sonic.exe was a mild amusement to me by the time that came along.

[@Gamerbropart2]

@@justmeera9045 you are blessed

[@justmeera9045]

@@Gamerbropart2 if only, my child-self enjoy watching those video

[@JayJay-yu5xh]

When I was younger, about 10 years old, I was exposed to the nsfw and graphic, sexual content rather than gore and horror. Now 10 years later, I now see how it’s affected me and how I think. When you mentioned hypersexuality because of being exposed to it, I felt seen, and I think many others did too. So thank you for making this video. It was fun to remember things like Rainbow Factory and cupcakes, but it did take its toll.

[@niniusaa]

Omg same

[@PerpetualityHypnosis]

10 is too young to use the internet. look up COPPA. your accounts should all, legally, be banned. you broke the law as a 10 year old and aught to spend 8 years in juvie, or have you taken away from your parents and they can spend up to 5 years in prison for this. good job kid.

[@huh-mx9dd]

Yeah, there was so much nsfw, I remeber just searching for a pony and it always showed.. intresting things.. I always ignored them tho

[@JayJay-yu5xh]

@@PerpetualityHypnosis dude this was 10 years ago, I’m an adult now. Calm tf down.

[@IzzyTheRat]

@@PerpetualityHypnosis 🤓

[@catboymikey]

Amazing video honestly, the ending where you showed off your mlp figues really made me tear up because my friends and i roleplayed with them so much growing up, i have so many amazing memories playing with the mlp figues and customizing them at like 12 - 13, im 20 now and although 7 years isnt too large a number so much has changed. I miss those days

[@artmoryoo]

i can confirm that as a 12 year old girl, i thought bronies were cool. There was some amazing content that came from the fandom and it did feel cool having my interest be "validated" by adults also liking it, especially when so much little girls media were made fun of. It ironically allowed for me to indulge in girly childhood interests in my childhood while simultaneously traumatizing me.

[@PerpetualityHypnosis]

12 is too young to use the internet kiddo, Your accounts should all be banned. Look up COPPA.

[@ScizzoringGirlz]

As a girl, I’ve always been into gore 💀 the reason why i watched MLP is because i first found the gore stories on yt lol.

[@artmoryoo]

@@ScizzoringGirlz ive always been into horror as well and was actually watching higurashi and mlp simultaneously 😭 but even so i don't think kids should be purposely exposed to it, even if they are more "mature" and can handle it better than others.

[@milagroshernandez9351]

I remember actually being in the target age demographic for MLP when it came out but got bullied for liking it by my 'friends' so meeting adult fans who validated my interests was awesome and luckily, I didn't end up traumatized mainly cause my family could rarely afford internet at home until I was in late middle school, I'd watch it with my cousins and the adults in that house made sure we were safe online!

[@artmoryoo]

@@milagroshernandez9351 it's sad how many kids get bullied for simply liking kid stuff and i think that's a big reason a lot of kids feel the need to grow up so fast and seek out adult attention:^( but I'm glad you were able to enjoy it in a safe environment! I'm definitely doing the same for my younger brother :^)

[@_exolite]

There’s absolutely a conversation needed to be had about had kids fandoms get turned adult by adult fans, as well as fandoms like poppy playtime being turned into kids fandoms.

[@mostirrational]

As a twenty-something Skibidi Toilet fan, I couldn't agree more.

[@petuniaclaragarryzera]

REAL

[@petuniaclaragarryzera]

​@@mostirrationalholy bajolee i never thought I'd see a fan of smth like skibidi toilet over the age of 8

[@Crow_Is_My_Pookie]

And fnaf was made for kids also zaminations made a dhmis animation

[@IwjwjssjsnOwowwkks]

@@Crow_Is_My_Pookie, yeah, you mean people made fnaf more of a kids fandom, it happens to almost everything, but it doesn’t mean the game or media is necessarily bad, that part is up to the individual though, obviously.

[@romycampanelli2292]

seeing all this has made me so desensitized to things that I don't even know how to react to real life tragic events. it is truly a horrific thing for any person not only just children to be exposed to

[@kittenmitten2948]

I was exposed to a lot of gore and sexual content as a kid because I was an unsupervised child on the internet who happened to love MLP. A lot of what I saw still affects me to this day

[@Fred_Dursts_red_hat]

same here, though I was never really affected by the gore due to me being a long time horror lover, the sexualization and the fetish art that I saw as a kid still haunts me to this day, hell I wouldn't be surprised if it was part of the reason why I have intrusive thoughts. Because the brony fandom I never got back into mlp since then.

[@fukuaa]

i know how u feel :(

[@renatayuuki5705]

How does it affect you?

[@yobarbiegurl]

i keep thinking about this a week ago😭

[@Therian_On_Paws2378]

This is one of the worst times to say relatable...

[@devonhill9099]

MLP isn’t alone. Pretty much EVERY kids show got the same treatment, just not to the extent of mlp. It was sort of inevitable that kid’s childhoods would be ruined early by the internet. MLP was just the most noticeable.

[@mememan1546]

The fact that the fandom has its origins on 4chan certainly doesn't help any

[@Meatdeposity]

When mlp was air, the internet didn't have or even shaped at the way we know, that's why this phenomenon is unsettling and fascinating at the same time, because now some kids can perfectly dodge this kind of stuff, back then it wasn't

[@JahakiTsugokumari]

I’ve seen people with cropped bluey porn as their pfp

[@apollho]

……. BLUEY!

[@krysal1489]

Pokemon is pretty comparable in terms of this treatment. When I was like 11, I saw sexual fanart of Misty, May and Dawn together just looking up any of the three characters...I still remember vividly what it looked like too... 🙃

[@sas2.0]

These videos were traumatized me when I was younger but now they’re kind of nostalgic

[@dvopek11]

Around around age 8 i remember i finally got permission to watch youtube and i stumbled upon one of these mlp horror videoes. It wasnt only mlp horror videos but surprisingly disney characters kept popping up on youtube, one of which i remember Ariel being dismembered, and it traumatized me so much that i had a fear of youtube that lasted a few years.

[@stickywhiskers]

Frankly I’m not sure how I turned out so normal after stumbling upon almost all of these as a 10-11 year old and loving them…

[@Astria0_0]

I was like- 3 or 4...

[@user-zm9wi3wg7y]

I stumbled upon the pinkie pie killing everyone one at the age of 3 .... I HAD NIGHTMARES

[@lastvalentines_tears]

i was 5 😭

[@ZephyrusSanders666]

i was like.. 7

[@Verrnals]

I was 5 and now i’m almost 12 I am twelve like a month ago

[@sagebunny030]

Honestly, the gore stuff like “smiles” and “cupcakes” hell even the whole “rainbow factory” thing didn’t really bother me too much as a kid. I was like “that’s weeeird” and moved on. It was the borderline gory sexual stuff that traumatized me. It was vile to me and I’d try to stay far away from it, but unfortunately it was unavoidable

[@whitenobeard]

Yeah I've always been obsessed with gore and stuff since before I found the og mlp stuff. I'm always thankful that I have a bunch of pre existing trauma and mental illnesses. Because the super sexual and Gorey stuff I was either spared from or just got buried along with any other distressing memories I have.

[@MissSchnickfitzel]

I thought the gore stuff was funny and i think that's partially natural as silly as that sounds. Some degree of violence is apart of us since we are kids. But sexual stuff disturbed me too and I'm glad i wasn't exposed strongly to cartoon porn or something

[@memebrain2177]

You watched happy tree friends as a child too didn't you?

[@jadefade8663]

@@memebrain2177 omg I think you unlocked a core memory, I remember animations like happy tree friends, and that offbrand tim burton series like stain boy

[@memebrain2177]

@@jadefade8663 knew it

[@jwebcoding7289]

As a former brony, I find this fascinating. For me, the darker side of the community was always something that I was aware of but never took part in personally outside of Fallout Equestria. Even back then there were concerns inside the community itself on how this may affect kids and it was discussed a lot but there were very few people from Gen Z and younger really involved in those discussions. It’s sad to see how far this actually went.

[@foreverindecisivelol]

You gave me at least 5 flashbacks in the intro alone 😭

[@danimorgan5378]

I was a young girl finding the fandom. Some still creep me out. It messed me up as a kid. There was portions that I’m glad I saw but certain ones just horrified me. It did remind me of what I loved. Creativity. It was a nice way of reminding me that I can still make things. Now I’m mostly normal again. Im glad for the good and better with making sure that my younger siblings don’t go through the same thing.

[@kkfairy4608]

i have little siblings too, and i love that youtube has a section for kids that have their comment sections disabled, making it easier for them to stay safe online. there's still questionable content, tho.

[@mrsamuel5572]

Im so lucky when my brain suggests to watch Sonic X or dinosaur king instead of watch MLP, and we don't even had Internet

[@kkfairy4608]

@@mrsamuel5572 wish that was me 😔

[@daisiathepotatoangel1273]

Exactly. Personally horror stuff in the MLP community didn't really affect me as much considering at that time I was getting close to my teen years. And not just that but also the fact that I knew it was fake and not from the actual show. I was still creeped out of course and exposed to certain creepypastas that 13-14 year old shouldn't have seen or listened to. But again I knew it was fake. But even still I do agree with the fact that young children should not be exposed to things like that. Parents should not give their kids access to the internet until they're at least 12 or 13 and/or have supervision. Honestly it's not even the show itself that's bad. It's the people and half of the brony community who make it bad and one of the reasons why the show unfortunately gets hate. :(

[@Axelroy_Mari4]

I ended up having little gore addiction. If I ever had a sibling I would never let him/her to watch gory shit ever again

[@waffuwaffle8969]

I can confirm that I was traumatized at such a young age that now I’m desensitized to practically every trigger warning

[@_uwu_9992]

I posted link for 2g1c but got deleted

[@js_rzy]

same boat 'ere :')

[@ppatrisaurus]

not that much by bronies tho, like i remember literal execution videos being shared in my class groupchat

[@wa_akii6873]

ahaha same here ;w;

[@preternatural3231]

being desensitized is a trauma response 😭

[@melodytheflyingpig9861]

i recently got into the fluffy fanbase not knowing fully what it was cause i did find many cute and wholesome comics and videos and wanted to learn the lore. i was surprised by what i was seeing but then i saw that there is a tag system to avoid the sad and gory stuff which was a god send and found out that there is actually lore about Fluffy ponies (really interesting stuff just make sure you pay attention to the tags) hugbox tag for cute and wholesome content, sadbox for something to tug at your heartstrings, and fluffy/smarty abuse for all the gory and horrific content (i hope this helps anyone avoid seeing things they don't want to see or getting traumatized accidently)

[@goatmanofthebridge]

I was watching this while drawing and the way I whipped towards my phone when I heard Rainbow Factory. Bad first fandom introduction, yeah it got me into art and stuff but Jesus, I saw some shit

[@Zeke_n_Ike]

Seeing all this as a child as well as Happy Tree Friends really traumatized my childhood mind. Still horrific seeing all that gore today tbh

[@TheReZisTLust]

Happy Tree Friends flew so Sausage Party could flop 😢

[@Chloe_GachaTubez]

Bro Happy Tree Friends really traumatized me too. Especially because I came across it through my favorite band (Fall Out Boy), and they had a MUSIC VIDEO with happy tree friends (Carpal Tunnel of Love), so I didn’t know what I was about to witness 💀

[@K3NN3DY_101]

Omg I remember watching that when I was much younger(15 now), surprisingly I wasn't really traumatized at all, my mom didn't like me watching it but I liked the show..idk why 💀💀

[@RibbitRibbit191]

At least Happy Tree Friends wasn't made by weird people with a severe fatherly love deficiency disorder

[@sansjbrosyt2008]

Bro, the thought of Bronies traumatizes me more than htf can even dream about, just the though if a community so he'll bent on distorting a show made for young girls is just sickening

[@grostgoo4177]

A few notes on the lil miss rarity thing: it was started as a uh,,, kind of a fetish blog? Where rarity learned from opal scratching her is that she liked the pain, and started purposefully hurting herself for pleasure. The story goes extremely off the rails at some point and deals with gods destroying the world because they fell in love and they're not supposed to exist in the same dimension or it will collapse and rarity desperately wants to have children so that opal doll comes to life and bursts out of rarity like she was being born to rescue her from prison and applebloom dies and there's a lot of scenes that personally made me start sobbing. Honestly worth a look into since the fetish-y stuff is entirely on the backburner.

[@grostgoo4177]

Also a note on fluffies, there's different types of them, the main innocent one called "hugbox" where it's all treated in a way you'd originally expect from tiny fluffy ponies with cute speech impediments

[@RaysArtCorner]

tf did I just read

[@Spritebru]

I’m pretty sure they also drew Rarity x Sweetie Bell stuff too 🦧

[@Beg_cry]

Little miss rarity

[@DontcareDidntask-g]

I Watch the video… and I could not sleep

[@lastheavens]

with the recent resurgence of mlp infection aus I find myself looking back on growing up with brony content. the fact that intese gore and horror content was so readily available for children to find simply by looking up their favorite show was crazy. the phenomenon of the generation who grew up traumatized by that content now making their own versions is so interesting to me. i even found myself making slight horror designs of the mane 6 a few years ago. i wonder if its a weird nostalgia type thing or a sort of coping mechanism since we can now create and control our intake of this content.

[@vanovasmith9586]

Thanks, I didn't really get why there was so many videos of mlp characters being inflated. I thought it was just one of those "The internet is the internet, and if you think too hard, you'll just lose brain cells without accomplishing anything."

[@OpossumNotPossum]

For me personally, yeah seeing gore probably wasn’t great for my development as a child but for me, the sexual fetish, Vore, diaper content was what traumatized me.

[@rosyrose2112]

same tbh. i became desensitized to the gore but i can never forget the fetishes.

[@fukuaa]

true

[@l.2620]

​@@rosyrose2112 Now I don't want to traumatized you further, but.. the whole gore stuff? That's a very obvious fetish. Necrophillia especially

[@toxoplasmagondi]

it was the opposite for me. the porn stuff was disturbing but i learned to ignore it pretty fast. meanwhile the gore haunts me to this day. i don't think i could rewatch the smile video without feeling nauseous

[@TheDeadlyBlueWolf]

You people are such victims. Swear to god.

[@ruthfrey8172]

This is legitimately disturbing. I just can’t believe how creepy people can be. Every time I think that I’ve seen it all, the bar keeps getting lower and lower.

[@PerpetualityHypnosis]

It's called "horror" for a reason. Every fandom has a dark side. Yeah. the videos they made are shock humor, disgusting, and gross. But seeking it out and then playing a card like you are a little pathetic fictional victim that did it to yourself is even sadder.

[@ajayr1383]

If it makes u feel better I loved this stuff as a kid. I also love happy tree friends, other creepy pastas, salad fingers and so on. I don't think it's actually that bad. It's just shock gore. Sure kids shouldn't watch it, but that doesn't mean it's that bad.

[@tylerswank3498]

I was a bit older at this time, but SMILE HD mortified me as a 6th grader. I will always remember that one moment in time where I hated Pinkypie from that point forward. I was what you would call a "secret" Bronie at the time because I liked Fluttershy. Like a lot. My sister made fun of me for it so I was not just exposed to the darker side of the Bronie community, but I was being made fun of. I am still a proclaimed Bronie to this day.

[@HYPN0T1CL0V3]

the truama i got from smile hd was so bad i had to scroll down the comments during the section because i'm still scared man 😭😭

[@ithinkflutterawesome6511]

The worst part is it was not just the edgy and bloody AMVs that left people traumatized but also a predatory subculture within the community that led to many many minors being groomed without any repercussions for the abusers. Like the gore and stuff was really really messed up but the Brony fandom was prone to sweeping the abuse under the rug without any regard for the survivors.

[@pinksharkz521]

couldn't agree more. ive been groomed at the very least 4 times by people in the mlp fandom from ages 8-14 and it has very much traumatised me for life. i feel so angry seeing other kids going through this too, because i fear theyll have to live with the guilt and shame to the same extent that i did. i just dont want to see any more kids being abused man. its so horrible and i feel helpless knowing theres next to nothing i can do about it.

[@user-rb4cj7mb8f]

100% agree… thinking about it as a little girl i wanted to side w bronies for being ridiculed for liking the show which.. in retrospective it’s absolutely ridiculous that i felt like i would be made fun of for liking a show of my demographic. But since i wanted to fit in with the community so bad and related too much to the adult men… luckily i think i was in a corner of the internet w mostly kids my age, but i cannot imagine how many little girls w similar mindsets who actually interacted w bronies on a more personal level than just surface level aghhh…

[@MidnightChimey]

This absolutely was a big problem in the community, around 2018 I remember a lot of predators and groomers were exposed and outed and the scary thing to think how long it had been going on for and that it was probably just the tip of the iceberg

[@VinnyMartello]

Not all of us. I love the TV show but I’m unabashed about my support of death penalty pedos.

[@Gustyguy]

Jesus that’s even worse!

[@karneez]

i had no business calling myself a brony as a nine year old girl and engaging with the part of the fandom full of grown men, consuming all types of content

[@okjeffy6581]

I watched MLP Back in 2013 on KZbin and the fandom has its ups and downs, but it’s not bad.

[@tencelTechnologist]

I personally don’t feel like I ever experienced bad treatment from adult fans when I was a fan

[@Paritheplatypusss]

NO CUZ SAME

[@UnreIiableNarrator]

Sometimes I wished my mum monitored what I was watching when I was younger, I remember watching theses mlp videos not understanding the adult jokes and not being able to process the sudden gore ect I just watched them because they had my favourite characters. now being old enough to finally understand everything its all disturbing to think back that I watched theses videos with a straight face.

[@KittyBGaming]

I was a child when I watched all of these. Those little clips of the videos in the intro… OH BOY! I remember it and it flooded back

[@Entity911]

Why do humans have to turn something so innocent into something so horrific-

[@EresirThe1st]

People traumatised as children get obsessed with being childish, age regression etc. and then they spread their issues further.

[@nobstompah4850]

it's been man's nature since the fall

[@ManWithFace]

because we're generally fascinated by subversion, and the internet has exponentially exacerbated this desire

[@donaldtrumplover2254]

Shit at least we ain’t living a hundred years ago. This stuff isn’t remotely vial in comparison. This is just animated after all.

[@ct3000]

Thing is when I was a kid I was super into creepypastas about generally cute franchises, like mlp or Pokemon. Maybe this has something to do with societies pressure for all things boys to like to be cool and filled with murder but regardless. While as an adult now I feel bad for people who feel traumatized, when I was a kid I loved it. I definitely don't think I was the only one who found the juxtaposition of cute thing + creepy thing nothing more than funny even as a kid. There definitely were things that scared me but I was also intrigued by them and I think that's natural. This is only on the violence side, porn is different. Some how I generally avoided porn or if I saw it I was so Christian scared I clicked off. I think our wierd infatuations as a kid are laughable but also shape who we are, and as long as you now realize, oh that was a little fucked there's nothing wrong with that. If anything it makes great talking pieces.

[@bloodycoffee9293]

You know as a kid who also loved creepypastas at the same time, I can't say the horror stuff bothered me too much. BUT, the oversexualization was a real problem. I unfortunately ran into Banned from Equestria if anyone remembers that. Ugh. Edit: tbh it's not the sexualization itself that I have a problem with, you hang out in fandom spaces long enough you know that's a constant. I don't care that people wanted to fuck the candy colored magical horses, I care about how easy access it was for a kid like me to stumble upon. As a kid, I found a playthrough of Banned from Equestria right here on KZbin uncensored; it was recommended to me because I was a 12 year old kid who liked mlp and mlp videos. Clips of the show itself sat right next to Banned from Equestria. When it comes to fandoms surrounding kids media there's GOT to be a better way to do this, because it's really not cool for kids to who are just fans of the show so easily running into this stuff.

[@shria_]

That one fucking game.

[@MegicShiba]

i would rather not remember but here we are.

[@xlemzy]

I hate that I know what you’re talking about. As someone who discovered this but just typing in mlp on google, it wasn’t a pleasant experience

[@azure965]

Im ok with horror, love it even. BUT IF YOU SEXUALIZE IT IN ANY WAY. istg, people are so creepy

[@angelichobi__18]

I don’t even remember this, I probably came across it when I was little and it traumatized me so much I blocked it from my memory

[@kiimio]

Lil miss rarity is such an odd rabbit hole in itself with like the abbagon dimension or wtv and post of the archive 😭 at least younger me didn't find the whole blog

[@user-fy5qj8kq8z]

When I was about 2-8 I watched all of these 'traumatizing' videos,and giggled.I wasnt insane or anything,it just wasnt 'traumatizing'."DONT GO IN MY SHED" and "I see a smile I get a smile,and thats so special to me!" Lines were always my fav.

[@kathy.s_closet]

16:16 this is actually really true. Being exposed to fetishes and sexual mlp content at a young age has seriously fucked me up. I wish I could deny this. Mlp was how I found inflation kinks, vore kinks, vore itself, pregnancy kinks, masochism, etc. It’s disgusting what effects a bad community can cause. I was way too young to be exposed to what I saw and I wish I hadn’t seen any of it in the first place. Mlp was my first introduction to gore stories. I remember drawing ponies torturing and killing each other thinking it was completely fine. I thought it was normal. I grew up finding more and more gore stories and creepypasta. I obsessed over violent shows and stories at a young age. The mlp fandom fucked me up so badly longterm.

[@hanae7385]

I had the exact same experience. Exposed to porn at like 9 because of it, saw all the same kinks and horrifying shit you saw on top of beastiality. I saw so many explicit things so young and I thought they were completely fine and it really, really fucked me up. You're not alone, dude

[@qodess8050]

you completely described my experience ! my parents got in trouble because i would draw that stuff at school, too upon learning that it wasn't normal i grew extremely uncomfortable of gore. i think that might be a result of my brain trying to get back on track and not expose myself to it, so that i can make up for all of the stuff i saw/liked as a little girl.

[@samninjago8216]

ok you say a young age how old were u tho

[@samninjago8216]

yea as a kid (guy) i watched mlp form like 4-6 years old then stoped i did see some really disgusting videos like you not as bad as what you saw but still like very gorey animations that you proble saw i watched them but i was a smart kid after seeing stuff like that at 6 i new to not show it to anyone i didnt have anything to base that on i dont remeber my of my childhood and how i found out about thing like sex for as long as i can remember i have always know of stuff that most like 6 years are not supposed to sorry got off topic but yea on longterm affects i am not sure i am 14 now and stuff like gore and blood and anything that could make even grown men disgusted i am not effect like at all for example when i was on the dark web or deep web i found a website that just images of dead people and all i did was fell a burning pain in my heart for maybe 5 seconds then gone i was fine by the way this was when i was maybe 12 not sure

[@Oct0_X3]

I had the exact same experience.. man I was just trying to google pinky pie.. I didn’t need too see that shit. I was also obsessed with horror content because of this shit.. why did they do this to a kids show.

[@mariashadows1328]

Honestly, I wasn't necessarily traumatized by "cupcakes" or "smile". Rainbow factory was one of the first things I came across and it really freaked me out but I think the thing that got me the worst was a horror story called "the cough". It freaked me out really bad because I was afraid of the dark and the sound effects were... Very enhancing to the visual. Looking back now it's kinda impressive but as a kid it terrified me...

[@user-hl6ni9in3v]

As a kid, i really liked rainbow dash presents by dawn somewhere (and i still love it, it's really good!), but it introduced me to some adult topics, which i was not prepared to see, i guess? Still love the rdp and the original show, tho

[@d.ohorat3470]

Rainbow factory freakin scarred me as a kid. I was just in the phase of young kid listening to remixes, and lemme tell you THAT video made me cry 😂

[@MushroomLover2.0]

Honestly the only thing that I remember that freaked me out as a kid was that one Big Mac story? I forgot what it’s called I think it was called apple homocide or something but yeah it was brutal

[@Alejandro_Muppet]

​@@MushroomLover2.0 Sweet apple Massacre? And yes, that story literally traumatized me. 🤢

[@anomalousanimates]

as a younger kid, i watched sum mlp video that was like the backstory of rainbow factory (creepypasta) and now i've tried to find that same mlp video so i can watch it again

[@KYRUOLIO]

All of my memories of being obsessed with MLP x Creepypastas have resurfaced due to the recent infection AU stuff and tbh i'm kinda loving it! It's weird to be nostalgic for rainbow factory and MLP x amnesia but, as a 13-14 year old getting into MLP, gaming youtubers jumping on the horror game bandwagon and then FNAF releasing, it's no wonder i have somewhat of a fondness for that time.

[@BratzFan730]

Jesus christ i damn near screamed seeing fluttershys face in the thumbnail shed.mov traumatized me fr

[@calliethewolfcat2183]

It's amazing that I managed to avoid so much of this stuff. Most fans I interacted with were/are chill, and keep to wholesome or cool stuff.

[@evilgayrobot]

i was a huge mlp fan when i was a kid, and i had plenty of access to the internet. i consider myself so damn lucky i didnt get groomed or worse. sadly not every child was so fortunate

[@PerpetualityHypnosis]

Your parents didn't love you enough to keep you safe. COPPA is a thing and you need accounts to see this, google safe search is a thing, if you turned them off and screwed yourself up, you have no one to blame but yourself. get over it.

[@fireygaby]

The way I relate to this..

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

Fortunately, the majority of bronies don't go around grooming people.

[@fun1k]

To be fair, brony events had a really unforgiving attitude to that kind of stuff - everybody already thought they were weird, so they made a point to show that they absolutely don't welcome pedos or groomers.

[@TankDweller]

I watched the Smile video as a kid.. and it left such a mark on me that it caused night terrors. It *genuinely* traumatized me.

[@chuuislovechuuislife]

I saw the Cupcakes one as a kid and took years to recover.

[@totoka-2022]

Same

[@RoryAndJohnny]

I had legitimate panic attacks when I'd hear the song from the video after watching it.

[@rosemariejulienne2013]

Yea there was this one guy showing me the smile video as a kid and I thought it was innocent at first. then 5 seconds in pinki pie started to kick the living shit out of her friends.

[@chuuislovechuuislife]

@@rosemariejulienne2013 Worse is when you stumble on it just looking for MLP episodes as some innocent child

[@TheLavaShow]

My biggest trauma from MLP fan animations is the animation ``SMILE``

[@timesnewlogan2032]

It's honestly horrifying to think how many kids are given unrestricted/unsupervised access to the internet. Growing up, my mother always insisted on checking every website before we were allowed to use it. A lot of the darker brony stuff rattled me as a teen... I can't imagine what it would have done to me as a child.

[@Loganberrybunny]

Honestly, it scares the hay out of me how many people in these comments are saying stuff like "I saw all this messed up stuff when I was 7" - why is a *seven* year old on the internet unsupervised in the first place?

[@timesnewlogan2032]

@@Loganberrybunny Exactly. It's like all the parents who complain about violence on TV, after giving their kids unsupervised access to the whole thing.

[@TothanCrawk]

Well in all fairness if a kid says they're going to look up My Little Pony stuff, the average parent would and SHOULD feel safe to leave them to their devices.

[@Loganberrybunny]

@@TothanCrawk At the age of seven, they shouldn't be unsupervised in the open internet full stop, regardless of what they say.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

@@TothanCrawk Maybe when the Internet was new, but not in the 2010s.

[@alana6276]

I remember finding nsfw mlp artwork at 8 yrs old. That was the first time I viewed pornography before I could even understand what sex really was. I ended up developing a pornography addiction that I still struggle with today. It’s not as bad these days, thankfully, but my heart goes out to anyone who has similar experiences. That stuff messed me up and no one else deserves to have their childhood ruined. It is slightly comforting to know I’m not the only one who was traumatized tho.

[@FENDIUGLY]

Same bruh same bruh

[@sparrowanon]

​@Teddy Baker is going ghost! What. The. Fuck.

[@FIIREBRICK]

​@Teddy Baker is going ghost! When your young of course it's bad duh

[@tealeavees]

@Teddy Baker is going ghost! A porn addiction is not a good thing. A high libido and a porn addiction are two completely different things.

[@FIIREBRICK]

@Teddy Baker is going ghost! I don't think.. porn addiction is a good thing.. What happens when you get into a relationship? And let's not forget most relationships are ruined, Marriages end up in divorces because of porn. Studies show that porn makes you less productive because it tricks your brain into thinking you're "getting some". What would your parents think? Porn is seen as bad for a reason. So I suggest that you quit, for your happiness and health.

[@googleiskindaannoying4472]

Oh my god? I didn’t know that anybody else felt desensitized to gore/hyper sexual at a young age. I thought it was just me, and I couldn’t quite piece together why. I hate that so many people had to go through the same things I did. But at the same time, there’s a bit of closure that comes with knowing I’m not alone in this

[@charlottesimss9853]

Yeah that’s such a good point. I was a mentally ill child and had a hyperfuxation in that type of shit. Later leading me to having a big of a fire/death addiction. It definitely primed me for weird shit. But at the same time. This fandom is what let me find a way to nurture and express my feminine side. Fan creators coming out as trans was insanely helpful in me eventually accepting myself. I always say that bronies either turned out as trans or creeps

[@SHGogo-df5jr]

Ohhh, that's how to describe it. A lot of ppl call seeing smt like this traumatizing, but i don't feel that way. Just like looking back on it, it was messed up how much online adult content i got into at that age. I was also in the Sonic fandom at the same time too...

[@B.L.U.S]

I also had something similar but it was due to my brother buying violent games like GTA and mortal Kombat and after I got my PC at 13 he showed me TF2 which practically desentensises anyone to cartoon gore I didn't left those things without scars as I think my ADHD may have something to do with these things I played(also Sonic was an big part of my childhood) but I still dislike gore, I don't get anxious or anything it just gives me some slight disconfort

[@DrakonHype-1-]

I have no idea where my rabbit hole started from, but yeah, I feel you. I (regretfully) feel grateful that I managed to avoid seeing the true horrors of the internet until 7th grade. I’m happy I’ve grown out of all of the terrible habits I developed during that time, and want to let you know that you should be too. Everyone has moments in their lives they regret, but the important thing is that you grew out of it, passed it. You’re not alone in this, don’t worry.

[@xxchannelnamenotfoundxx7065]

We desensitised kids gotta stick together❤❤❤

[@ravanalvae]

I stumbled across a bunch of these, mostly MisterDavie animations, when I was 6 and like a lot of children I got traumatized. Overtime I had forgotten about most of it so luckily it didn’t affect me mentally that much. When I saw some mlp horror stories on TikTok today I remembered what I saw as a child and got very curious, and I found this video on KZbin. Now at 17 years old, I realized I’d seen more than half of the animations you mentioned and the rest… I’m glad I didn’t see them as a child. I love this video so much because in a way it’s comforting knowing that I’m not the only one who got exposed to these messed up animations. Thank you🫶🏼

[@Ishouldreallybeasleep]

The amount of suppressed memories coming to surface JUST FROM THE INTRO is crazy 😭

[@robusttadpole4654]

13:26 The person who made that video/series makes a lot of NSFW furry art, so that's probably why they feel like that.

[@joceland5537]

I’m so desensitized to this stuff that I didn’t even realize how this side of the fandom literally traumatized me and tons of others at a young age. As much as I joke about it now, it was seriously messed up

[@fukuaa]

frr

[@melz4766]

deadass i still remeber having pstd flashbacks about fluttershy's shed...

[@micah3331]

Deadass tho, everyone's joking about this, but inside we still remember how fucked up it was to experience

[@sn_nuy]

frfr

[@hypothermia3237]

​@@micah3331It Really Wasn't That Bad, I Was A Kid Who Spent A Lot Of Their Time Playing Minecraft And I Was Completely Stone-Faced Watching This Stuff

[@tting-zz1kj]

i was a victim of all of these 💀 I still can remember how bad I felt when I accidentally watched or stumbled upon these videos. I was obsessed with MLP back then that I literally cried when traumatizing videos show up

[@icespiceender]

i remember being so terrified of pinkie pie bc of the smile vid i literally refused to watch mlp + that one fluttershy vid w rainbow dash like wtf ??

[@Hanni-hj3gs]

Bro the pinki pi

[@foxygrin]

You are not a victim of coming across a youtube video lmao, y'all aren't thinking straight

[@tting-zz1kj]

true :(

[@urmomismycardio8029]

SAME

[@Cherryv4nilla]

the thing which disturbs me the most was that these were so actively available to young kids, i remember being like seven and watching smile hd and other stuff like that and a majority of the time these weren’t even censored so kids were just able to watch this as if it was like a normal video

[@buzzybea7103]

As a kid I wasn't even into my little pony that much but still vividly remember being exposed to many if the stuff in this video

[@yanikstudios]

I feel so bad for everyone else who grew up with these creepy videos but luckily I liked being scared and had been exposed to Madness Combat at a very young age

[@sadman6180]

Real, I found early rhg too young 😤

[@yanikstudios]

@Random stuff but it was violent and got a bit scary when Tricky started being a bigger threat in MC5

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Don't worry. The new generations have it much worse. At least these cases weren't intentionally aimed at kids. And this video mentioned why I'm saying new generations have it much worse.

[@amesswithamask9253]

Don’t feel bad, I now have an alibi for prison

[@sillllllllyyyyyy]

Yep 5 years old

[@ValleysYT]

As a teenager this is scary and I’m very lucky that I didn’t run into these while at a young age.

[@thedoodlianfella]

Hello, I'm a clone (same things you said happened to me)

[@erickcervantes7084]

Bro watching this at 5:00 am and this shit is disturbing ngl and I enjoy horror genre

[@riryiri]

lucky

[@bloomenvogel]

With the amount of screentime I had as an innocent child, I doubt I had never been exposed to this but I dont remember it

[@MarsJus]

Bro i watched courage the cowardly dog.

[@clownmonomaniac2630]

as a kid i genuinely was never really scared of these? i was around 9 or younger and i was so obsessed with the scary mlp videos, i would hide and watch them constantly LOL and this actually led me into finding out abt creepypasta and becoming also obsessed with them

[@RyloTheBird]

Man… I remember watching that shed scene in Pony.mov when I was still in a single digit (or 10 at least) and had no idea what was going on. As well as that inflation stuff… it is just so weird and horrifying looking back on that. I hope everyone here has healed from that messed up stuff. Thank you so much for sharing this with us, stay safe and well, and may beautiful colors fill your world ❤🌈 P.S. I loved it when you showed us your younger self dancing to gang man style lol. It reminds me when I did that as a kid a lot. Thanks for sharing that with us

[@melpomenes]

I was a tween girl who was really into My Little Pony. I loved the cute nature of the show, the lessons, and of course the music was amazing. I had access to the internet and it wasn't censored, so I was exposed to many of the creepy and inappropriate content on KZbin and DeviantArt. I had nightmares for weeks at times, especially from Cupcakes and Smile. I also remember stuff life Friendship Was Magic and this Luna/Nightmare Moon video game with creepy pasta photos that freaked me out. I wanted to go to BronyCon but I was too scared due to my internet experiences. Also not to mention, being a girl, it led to a few instances of awkward online experiences. I recall going to see Equestria Girls in the cinemas and being SO excited to be watching a MLP related movie. During the film and before the film, I would hear these comments from Bronies that weirded me out. It just felt like I didn't belong even though I was the target demographic and I was super young and hearing inappropriate things, it really messed with my head for a while. It was a wholesome fandom at times, not to mention extremely talented with their fan made animations and songs, however there are some rotten apples within the fandom that gave it a bad image.

[@DJC-System]

I remember the game you mentioned, it was "Luna.exe" if I remember correctly. Scared the heck outta me. There is a couple of KZbin videos about the game. Essentially the game had a screamer jump scare at the end with no way of closing the game except for Ctrl+Alt+Del as a kid I didn't know about that one. Terrifying stuff at the time pretty funny as an adult 🤣😂😅

[@xxphoenixx8398]

Traumatizing stuff that marked my memory: cupcakes, sexual uhhh gray?? doctor hooves Nice stuff that marked my memory: tsitra360 robot ponies speedpaint, normal doctor hooves, evening star songs

[@melpomenes]

@@xxphoenixx8398 i completely forgot about doctor hooves omg!!! you opened up a new memory in my brain.

[@_FrogIQ_]

Sadly I went through the same thing :( although I never met a brony in person

[@YihangWan-nz8ox]

Props to this guy having to revisit his childhood trauma to explain this stuff to us

[@HYDEinallcaps]

The trauma of being gaslit and groomed by Pedostuckers into thinking horsefuckers were the problem?

[@ouch892]

Huh?

[@XSlimSxadyX]

@@HYDEinallcapswhat

[@darrens_toyhouse]

​@@HYDEinallcapsWhat?

[@Leo-Moon-1213]

@@HYDEinallcaps What is up with you

[@tucker2901]

18:04 when he said "im not gonna show any of that stuff" i started singing heavenly songs thanking him

[@zellaroonie]

the “brony style” parody made me smile so much. Reminded me of when i used to make toy amvs to fluttershy’s lament and idk those kinds of videos just make me so happy that while the community was. little messed up to be in as a kid, we were still just kids having fun :)

[@thisissparta789789]

It wasn’t entirely unnoticed in the day. Back in the day, there was “Safe Search Wrap-Up,” where bronies (such as myself back then) would Google MLP character names with SafeSearch on and report anything that was NSFW, usually focusing on R34 art. Traditionally, it was done in the 7th and the 20th of every month. It was a big deal on Tumblr from about 2013-2015, but fell off as the fandom got smaller. I think something like this should be done today with other fandoms in general, not just MLP. Of course, that relies on Google to actually give a shit about these reports and not seemingly ignore them, which was a problem back then and depressingly is still a problem now.

[@KartsSafespace]

it honestly kind of sickens me how sites like this will add all these drastic ‘user safety’ updates like youtube and coppa and let it STILL be a sh[]t show. they act like they care by adding these features but if the features ever backfire or just flat out dont work, they couldn’t care less. seems like they just don’t want to get sued more than they actually care about their users. you have no idea how much mature mlp content has been marked as made for kids by coppa that i have seen. this just makes the problem WORSE.

[@dreamerwav698]

i mean yeah maybe it didn’t work as well as hoped but its honestly so admirable that people had the idea to do this and executed. this comment actually really warmed my heart. thanks to everyone who participated in these

[@Twinklethefox9022]

This character wasn't from mlp but, I remember looking up a brand new character from an anime I liked and slowly, the pictures for this character became nsfw pics... And what power he has kinda doesn't help. Which is sad.

[@rosalyng2626]

God, I remember stumbling across "Cupcakes" and getting traumatized immediately, but I became obsessed with MLP creepypastas afterwards, all because of my curiousity. I'm 18 now, and I'm obsessed with MLP creepypastas still to this day honestly 😅

[@rosalyng2626]

But I 100% agree that I never should've been able to see those videos at such a young age.

[@CBman11037]

​​@@rosalyng2626 This and the tailes doll let to many sleepless nights

[@captainkhami2671]

Same, except the traumatized part. Me being like 12 years old, I found it fun to watch and i enjoyed it xD

[@sethg6157]

I guess be thankful you never saw celebrity deathmatch

[@mkg2124]

I love MLP creepypastas today, but thankfully I didn't have to see any of that content when I was little.

[@Allystargirl]

my older brother and me where also obsessed with the MLP craze in the 2010's, proudly identifiyng ourselves as a bronie, and a pegasister. So the clip of you and your friend singing a parody cover of gangnam style, REALLYYYY took me back in a good way LOL, all the other stuff, i deserve a fkin veterans discount for.

[@sketchframestudio]

intrestingly i was re-recommended to come back to this video right now that we're in the heavier swarm of the "infection " aus over on tiktok . with the way a lot of it is handled over there it kinda gives me the same vibes as different points brought up in this video surrounding those creepypasta animations and the gore side as a whole. still all G4 i havent really seen anything from the newer show being turned into anything this intense but maybe thats kinda excepted.

[@thebriggy]

as someone who also called themself a brony at a young age and was exposed to the more nsfw side of the fandom, this video is genuinely so well made. i appreciate this message and the way you tackled it so much.

[@ASTR0B0Y.]

I love ur pfp!!

[@ard4461]

I was in the brony fandom as a tween girl. Traumatic was definitely the word I would use for it. Don't get me wrong, there were a lot of good times and wonderful people. But the sheer number of adult men who pushed disturbing torture content and porn on me was unlike any other fan space I've ever been in. Gore, r*pe, and abuse of the child characters was never confined to the "dark corners of the fandom" it was widely popular and spread around often. It felt like there was a fandom-wide competition to try to devise the most fucked-up and cruel situations for the ponies to be in.

[@skyehigh2002]

It’s honesty so sad that so much young children, especially young girls, experienced the vile and creepy bronies fans and traumatized so many. I’m so sorry that happened to you, I as well was a tween girl when I started watching mlp but the amount of times I’ve been groomed by older bronies fans is scary.

[@barbatos5303]

This is the absolute best way of summing it up as someone who was also a tween fan during the height of it's popularity. From my experiences of what I remember it always felt like all the fucked up gross disturbing shit were stuff other hardcore fans expected you to have experienced or at least know about like being expected to be in on an inside joke with friends because of just how often all the fucked up content were so heavily memed about so casually by people. Most bronies were clearly actually self-aware of how much of it existed, yet nobody gave a shit how widespread and normalized that shit was even by just joking about the existence of them alone. Yeah sure you could argue kids needing better supervision on their screentime which I'd definitely agree with, and I do 100% have a understanding of how the internet works. But it doesn't make it any less weird as hell that all the gross and disturbing bullshit that existed in the fandom were SO normalized that it was even normal to joke about the mere existence of them because of just HOW FUCKING MUCH SHIT TON AMOUNT of it all existed solely just for a kids' show of all things. Like jesus LMFAO the shock value content that existed in the fandom were just so inescapable even if you didn't actively searched for them willingly at all.

[@valentinescookies.]

@@Horgler that’s definitely not true. i was a tween girl when i loved MLP as well and simply just typing in “my little pony fan songs” in the KZbin search bar would be enough. example; rainbow factory, cupcakes, etc. there was just no escape from it. it was all over KZbin. also if you roleplayed a lot as a kid, you’d definitely be exposed to weird stuff in the MLP fandom too. it wasn’t that hard to come across the vile crap as a child

[@valentinescookies.]

@@Horgler it’s not the same for anyone. and roleplaying has always been a thing predominately done by kids. you can’t be blaming children for what they were doing online they don’t know any better

[@fulanodetal3000]

@@Horgler most kids love to roleplay, whether it's online or not.

[@miroslay]

I remember watching the Cupcake video and Smile at 8yo, and I'm telling you, I was TRAUMATISED

[@Verokarhu365]

I saw these videos when I was 8 years old. I was so disturbed that i kept watching. I was drawn into it. and I was LOOKING for that content. I saw the cupcakes video and I just searched for more. It turned into an obsession. I felt some kind of satisfaction seeing pinky pie doing those things to rainbow dash. Also the smile video. It made me feel disturbed, satisfied, hopeless and also very good in some way. This shit is not easy to say, but thank you for this video. I have now finally able to move on. Thank you!

[@vincesaber]

Exposing myself real quick I WAS one of those children who was exposed to every messed up thing you could think of and that indeed affected me in many ways. A main examples that i have isthat it made me more violent and aggressive to the point where I HAD to seek therapy (And I still do till this day) The MLP fandom is wild man.

[@Konroch.]

Well I thought it was funny when I was a kid when little pony kill each other and I also remember the skinning rainbow dash alive

[@saturntheplanet0095]

Same bro

[@Fighting.Flower]

I was one of those people who got into the fandom at a young age and watched content online regarding it. However: i miraculously didn't come across ANYTHING that traumatized me, at all. In fact: nothing on the internet i found on my own traumatized me. I only started getting traumatized by things online when i was MUCH MUCH older, almost an adult. I am thankful, but also very confused at the fact that i didn't see anything scarring, even when scrolling all the way down on Google images one time.

[@VirgoLeaf]

damn you must have had a good guardian angel :')

[@CupteenCyanGO]

im agree with you bro, i mean that just fan art i mean i know it weird but that just ok, not traumatized me, but when we got older we just realized that kinda weird thing to watch even disturbing.

[@InkyBlinkey]

The fact you didn't get scarred and traumatized confuses me as well but Godspeed to you. You must consider yourself EXTREMELY lucky!

[@MagikalKrabical]

Children watching traumatizing content on the internet come in 2 different sides "Hey I like this content!" *Insane laughing in corner*

[@-jelly-2188]

This happened to me too lol but i did watch those my little pony sad images but I stumbled across scary images of mlp that somehow didn’t scare me👍

[@DamselReviews]

my first intro to these MLP videos was rainbow factory...i saw the 3D music video one morning before school, (i was in primary school) forgot about it the whole day until i had to go to bed that night, i kinda envisioned myself as one of the dead ponies that got squashed by the machine...because of the position i was sleeping in. i cried and cried and told mum and she was so upset. needless to say 15 years later im still traumatized by it.

[@milkoruu]

When i was around 8 my parents and i loved watching horror movies so it was no suprise that i was fascinated about these stuff back then, it was a weird obsession i had and it scared my friends cuz i kept showing them these videos and most of the time i get ignored. I guess that's the reason why my childhood friends stopped talking to me 😭

[@snailevi]

the first time i was exposed to porn was when looking for mlp fanart. so yeah, guess you could say the brony fandom has had a big impact on my life.

[@an_enigmaticdream]

Same.

[@Otomophobia]

Me too It ruined mlp for me that i convinced my parents to get rid of all of my mlp stuff

[@gyiyg555]

Same and I got groomed by one :/ although his address is displayed on Encyclopedia Dramatica so he deserves to have a page on him for being a POS

[@lissylyons2591]

Same

[@SaraTheSaltShaker11037]

Same :(

[@Mysterynovus]

I was an edgy teenager when the MLP craze started, so a lot of the grisly, gory fan stuff was just funny to me. I never really stopped to consider how someone who was a child at the time would look back at all these. Quite eye-opening lol

[@purplepartytigerd1598]

Same, a lot of it never really phased me when I first saw it. I was more freaked out by DHMIS for some reason 😅

[@LangkeeLongkee]

Im 20, so I was a kid (granted there were younger kids out there too) and I loved it. I liked the gorey MLP fan stuff more than the show. I didn't have an edgy phase, I always was, and still am. Now I just watch a bunch of horror movies and horror reviews and stuff. But I loved all the MLP horror stuff. Being 20 I'm old enough to be a child when Friendship Is Magic came out as well as also remembering the previous MLP show. When I was really young I liked the older MLP, and I had seen some of the Friendship is Magic show, but it never HOOKED me. Tbh I liked the show more after seeing all the Creepypasta stuff. My alarm tone for school was the Get Ready To Die song that I heard for the first time in the Cupcakes video he talks about.

[@lostgem8225]

@@LangkeeLongkee Same and im even younger than you lol (not massivly only a couple years but my point still stands)

[@theoddbox]

I liked that stuff as a teenager too and i dont think theres anything inherently wrong with that content because i dont believe in censoring the internet for children. Its a really complicated situation that i think boils down to a combination of slack parenting and creepy adults who know better than to expose children to harmful material but dont care.

[@XiaoIsMyHusbandBTW]

i was a little kid at the time, i did just got through my edge lord phase early, so at the time i thought it was cool, but my main issue isn't even really the gore and mainly the crazy amount of fetish and nsfw content that was shown from just searching up the show

[@camppillow]

You know when you're super terrified but you still can't look away?

[@Invisible-2k-bin]

I'm so disturbed right now, just remembering how I was traumatized as a kid. All I did was search up my little pony, and this showed up, I even saw it on KZbin Kids...