The SINS of Bronies.

[@Zezre]

Last year I made a video talking about how I was exposed to this type of brony content growing up which ended up kinda messing me up. I response I got literally attacked and sweared at by a grown man for sharing that story.

[@Raymundo_2112]

I saw your video and the response video to it and honestly I was disgusted. The response was vile and mean for things that you had every right to share

[@magicspyglassakachloe3277]

That is awful! i'm so sorry you had to go through that. I hope the "adult" (really a man child who never grew up and thought that harassing a victim was a good idea) went to prison shortly afterwards.

[@LikaLaruku]

I'll go watch it.

[@worthybutter2004]

@@magicspyglassakachloe3277 Nope! He's still uploading videos.

[@TearsInOurAkitoyaEyes]

yeah the responce is gross and weird

[@beetleinthebottle4073]

My parents never checked my search history but my big brother did. I never understood why he wouldn’t let me google my favorite characters from my little pony cause he wouldn’t tell me, and I used to get mad… seeing videos like this, now I’m so thankful for that. Thank you big bro, you saved me more than you know

[@wolvendraws9994]

That’s a good big brother. I didn’t have an older sibling to protect me, but I’m doing my best to protect my 12 year old little sister

[@Nutmeg-]

It's sad how your brother looked after you more than your parents if it comes to internet safety. It should have been your parents who restricted you, not your brother.

[@monicathefox4372]

my siblinger doesnt care what i watch💀👽

[@MrGamelover23]

Oh no, your brother knows exactly how much he saved you. This is what he was trying to save you from. Your bro is a mench.

[@Mothblossom]

I remember protecting my little sister from content like this as I came across a lot of this stuff myself when I was younger so when my sister got her own device I would check and help keep her away from this type of stuff too.

[@kennysdirtyhoodie3459]

Nobody really discusses how BAD KZbin was in the 2010s. Like there was a lot of explicit sexual and just not safe content on this app that I and many other children were exposed to ar a young age. This was before kids safety was taken genuinely seriously on KZbin

[@Darkfreed0m]

I didn't notice anything

[@Empa.]

And do you think now is better? youtube just wipes its hands to let parents be accountable for everything, and it still doesn't work. Now the horrendous videos are purposely camouflaged "for children" and amass millions, and on top of that they are monetized

[@itslubia]

I have a memory of seeing full on p0rn fanart featured in various videos back in 2010 I was just a kid looking at sonic tribute videos and they were just THERE no warning no nothing

[@TheSutanian]

The problem hasn't gotten any better. lmao

[@FirestormDDash]

Isnt youtube kids for kids tho? Main youtube is already for the older then. They just had to allow no account or underage account to redirect to the kids version of youtube (if you dont know, the kids varient is a whole different platform. Curated for kids. There is no crossleaking of videos)

[@freakthecentipede2743]

The problem with brony stuff is that it was posted anywhere with little to no warning. The fact that gore or nsfw art exists is fine, just keep it in adult only spaces!

[@freakthecentipede2743]

And no, the fact that it's a kid show doesn't mean the whole fandom is for kids.

[@explicitcomments]

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[@So1]

@@freakthecentipede2743 This!

[@punkysnarks]

The way certain pony animations (Pokemare, Smile HD, anything from Tiarawhy) disguised themselves as kid-friendly videos made it even worse.

[@So1]

@@punkysnarks okay. yeah maybe thats kinda a problem but the some of the other stuff. i dont think it deserves to be here mainly the ones obviously stating it isnt safe for kids

[@transhilbert]

I love how you went and proved that they never had warnings one by one😭

[@randompromises1038]

The Cupcakes fan-dubbed one I swear had a warning. It was uploaded by a kid-friendly channel vannamelon (?) originally, who I found from her voicing Fluttershy and playing FNAF or Can Your Pet, though part of it was complaining about her voice not fully fitting Rainbow Dash. I remember this so vividly bc it was the gateway to the awful shit I later consumed.

[@jkbluti]

@@randompromises1038 I know Mic the Microphone had a verbal warning before he read some fics...I think. I clearly remember him having them. But yeah, bro's got a point.

[@becomingpotatoes]

FOR REAL!!!!!!!!!! people defending this stuff because they have warnings has been really pissing me off for a while. glad that people who can read do exist!!

[@magala9287]

The whole point of this video and the one before it: Not all bronies are bad, but the bad ones made an impact that lasted a lifetime.

[@Raymundo_2112]

^

[@eliescobis9922]

i don't agree with "Not all bronies are bad" every single one of them are a groomer and creep and it's true

[@loganwolverine5849]

It’s sad all this bad stuff is recognized more then all the pure talent that came out of the fandom. Are people natural attracted to negativity?

[@Zephcore02]

​@@loganwolverine5849yes, definitely.. unhappily.. It's like you have 1000 positive coments on your video and the one negative one is dominating and is ruining your day.. I started recently as an young adult to enjoy this series since I met the creative fan animations here randomly. So the "good" side. now I also studied about the "bad" site and even as an adult... It's just disturbing.. But that's the problem. Outstanding people never met or forgot the "good" side because the attention fall to the dangerous part. So they believe every brownie is a psychopath. But why I like that? I like the innocence, the story, the style, etc. . No horror or prn needed...

[@Th3_sent1nel]

I thought it was a documentary about scary things that the mlp community made

[@ryebreadthebread]

I can truly say the more sexual stuff made me hypersexual at a very young age and led to me being groomed. It was something that I didn’t understand was not ok for a child to see. It took me years to be able to understand what was actually happening

[@wabbahabba]

Me too. I’ve only recently realised how much brony NSFW content really messed up my development.

[@elijah6169]

This happened to me too, has led to a lot of issues

[@ryebreadthebread]

@@wabbahabba it is truly something that fucked with my development and to see others also state how much it damaged them is bittersweet, knowing people understand how awful it is but also feeling awful they had to deal with it

[@wabbahabba]

@@ryebreadthebread EXACTLY. T-T

[@shuasapphic]

i understand this sm

[@eggy7346]

These bronies being responsible for molding potential child predators is a depressing thought, holy shit

[@FatLoser445]

Here before anyone says “welll eeeeeeerrrmmmmmm adtuakly its not all bronies who are like this and are bad!!!!!!!!!”

[@AlejandroGonzalez-ej4lp]

Wtf, how you can create child predators?, there is a recipe? xD

[@Cowboycomando54]

Think some of them were making the violent parodies were just doing it because it is funny. Hell, I laughed my ass off with the box of nails video, but that is because I hate MLP and bronies. The bulk of the responsibility falls on the parents that did not monitor and restrict their kid's internet use.

[@AlejandroGonzalez-ej4lp]

@@Cowboycomando54 I don't share your hatred, but I do share your latest point of view.

[@juannaym8488]

@@AlejandroGonzalez-ej4lp child abuse often times Not always though, some wealthy and powerful people are often predators because they can be without consequence

[@rainboba6763]

it's oddly comforting that there are people that went through the same traumatizing experience. It's terrible that we were exposed to things that would alter our lives like that as kids.

[@deavaleria]

We are not alone 🥺

[@mlpkillers6293]

This wasn't traumatizing to me. People are different so I won't say anything else.

[@Meowskulllz]

I can say I feel the same you are not alone!

[@Quailbbu]

​@@deavaleria yeah the videos have millions of views

[@gayternatee]

agreed man

[@panchiko3358]

The "gore" didnt really effect me personally, but the sexual stuff def had an impact on who i am now, its terrible

[@steampunk-llama]

🤝

[@emocrybaby]

Same here

[@monicathefox4372]

same.

[@girlboss.._1]

^

[@Slitnek0]

LITERALLY.

[@geeeltee]

It’s also worth noting how much grooming happened in the community as a result of adults interacting with small children in online spaces. These videos were a symptom of a broader issue in the fandom and early internet as a whole.

[@citizenvulpes4562]

It still is a problem on modern internet as a whole.

[@BBWahoo]

@@citizenvulpes4562 There's nothing worse than the realization that there's CSAM that was made because of discord predators

[@janedoe6121]

2012 was not "early internet." 1996 was "early internet."

[@thetinpin]

I'm sorry, but the 'grooming' you speak of is a ridiculous tall tale because it is something that required effort to find. There are much more degenerate topics required to graduate that are forced on children. The VAST majority of subjects addressed by the show are wholesome in nature. It is up to parents to work to be a part of their children's lives, and to prevent access to inappropriate content. "Well how should they do that?" Be INVOLVED in your children's lives and education! They are YOUR children, not anybody else's! Don't just shrug your shoulders and say "well, they were going to find our one way or another..." THIS IS YOUR CHILD! You have control over their lives and what they learn!

[@geeeltee]

@@thetinpin To clarify, i'm using the term "grooming" in it's original context, as in children being apart of forums and interacting with adults with ulterior motives. There are plenty of documented instances (especially from MLP-focused KZbinrs) engaging inappropriately with their young audience. Watching the show or being apart of its online communities as a minor isn't inherently a problem, as I'm sure that most kids at the time had a fine experience. However, the amount of NSFW content readily available and normalized within these spaces increased the potential danger for these children, as pointed out in the video. I agree, it is the parents responsibility to monitor their kid' online activity, but internet culture moves so fast that it is unrealistic to expect the late Gen X parents of 10 years ago to catch everything.

[@noahmitchell3104]

I got exposed to porn at about 5 or 6 and it fucked me up for about 14 years and ended up with me getting taken advantage of at one point. Im very thankful that im much better now and no longer suffer with what i did as a young teen.

[@SCOBT]

I have a more "nice" story I can share. I did get incredibly exposed to both gore and sexual content because of the brony community (but i won't elaborate on that, it's very similar to the testimonies you presented but my case is a bit more severe because of other circumstances). I remember signing up to a brony forum and posting my real (very young) age and city. I had a brony that was probably in his 20's contacting me (living in the same city as me). It's pretty insane because this is a very alarming situation. Thankfully he told me to get off this forum and to not post my city and age in public like that, and he never talked to me again. Now that i've grown up I really feel like I dodged a bullet on this one.

[@NarinDeliah]

It’s a miracle that he warned you

[@SCOBT]

@@NarinDeliah it really is, it couldve gone soooo wrong

[@NarinDeliah]

@@SCOBT im glad nothing has happened to you

[@SCOBT]

@@NarinDeliah 💖💖💖

[@NarinDeliah]

@@SCOBT 💜

[@mothriii]

i remember witnessing all this content being in fifth-sixth grade and becoming obsessed with it, it made me uncomfortable but i couldn’t stop actively searching for it. i talked to no one about it because i didn’t want to be yelled at because i knew it was bad, but knowing it was bad made me feel older you could say? it’s a weird feeling to explain, but no child should have to witness gore and nsfw. being an adult now makes me feel sick knowing how many of us had to witness this.

[@maddogofpittsburgh]

I unfortunately was the opposite I was a tiny bit older maybe 8th grade I was exposed to the content so much that when I talked about it, it wasn’t registering in my mind that it was disturbing/inappropriate and as you can probably expect I got in trouble for it the fact that I thought it was Okay while on me to a extent. It’s disturbing how it was so rampant, i didn’t see a problem.

[@myujmes]

I know exactly what you mean, I went through this as well, I think this content shown to extremely young minds triggers some sort of compulsive or addictive response. Not sure though.

[@pluto-kl5od]

@@myujmes i think it’s because kid’s are curious and tend to actively seek out things they don’t fully understand until it eventually clicks in their brains.

[@ahrimzhorc]

I watched this when i was maybe 6 and my brother also saw it I was disturbed but also watched it anyways I even liked some strange stuff on youtube, it was violent. I only maybe last year got disturbed by the videos i liked and feel disappointed and disgusted with myself These videos are so horrible

[@Oct0_X3]

OML WE HAVE THE SAME PFP 😨 but anyways I witnessed this shit when I was 6 and yeah, it scarred me for life. Now I know why my humor is so fucked up.

[@randomasshumanbeing2078]

When I was a kid, I used to watch these videos on total accident. When my mom found it in my watch history, she called me disgusting and constantly reminds me of it to this day. When my step dad found out about it, he called me perverted. I was confused and just- I was super shocked and stuff by those videos. I didn’t know what all this was and was super confused and weirded out. And felt like a horrible person for watching it. Their words didn’t help.

[@lifeisadrag7705]

I'm sorry your parents did that to you, they were responsible for the content you consume and instead of taking responsibility they put the blame on YOU

[@alexbaker3958]

Not your fault at all. Bad parenting. No kid should be shamed for their parents' failings

[@ΡΙΖΟΣΚΡΑΒΒΑΡΙΤΗΣ]

Okay,okay,here's what you're gonna do if they ever bring it up again,you simply say,"ooooohhh,tooottallyy,I was soooo perverted for accidentaly stumbling across porn and gore because little me wanted to see colourful ponies and cupcakes." in a sarcastic tone.

[@yunorezzy]

you were a fucking child. fuck them dude

[@benjamindavey4782]

I'm sorry. You didn't deserve any of that crap.

[@AmpShockJohn]

I’m glad someone talked about this. I watched these fan fictions and videos as a 9 year old because I recently got into MLP. As a kid I never understood anything going on and just thought it was shock value. Now as an adult, I realized most of this stuff was fetish material. About time someone actually stood up and talked about how this used to be completely ok when it should have never been.

[@giggig6703]

This was never ok, impressionable kids just dug around and found things, KZbin was never inherently for children, it was just a place to upload videos. That’s where all the scary stuff came from, they were attempts at creepy pastas, art projects and indie films, or they were just there. (uploaded by ghosts ooooh 👻) I actually like what bronies did, all that fan content and love must make up a large portion of Lauren Faust’s ego aside from being married to the creator of ppg.

[@haileyfandroidfan1164]

the spike x twilight thing is fucking disgusting, cause, i mean, if twilight hatched spike out of the egg during her magic school exam, that effectivily makes spike twilight's SON.

[@yes_its_edd191]

Also, Spike was always presented as her little brother

[@haileyfandroidfan1164]

@@yes_its_edd191 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKemqZmjdpinnaM

[@haileyfandroidfan1164]

@@autumnfrost-art yeah

[@TearsInOurAkitoyaEyes]

i see twi as a big sis figure to spike. Also yeah that ship is GROSS, thats why i like twipie

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

Twilight was a filly when she hatched Spike, so she's more like a big sister than a mom.

[@amazingspiderlad]

By some miracle, seeing this stuff as a kid didn't have any long term effects on me, honestly my heart goes out to everyone who was affected by this stuff.

[@bungiecrimes7247]

It ain't a miracle. You're just normal. This wouldn't and shouldn't even harm a fly.

[@Nekoszowa]

That's just normal. If anyone was affected by something so trivial they already had mental health problems before... I saw sht as a child people can't even imagine, yet it had zero effect on me. Probably because we actually were getting educated about this stuff in sex ed classes.

[@amazingspiderlad]

@@bungiecrimes7247 OK that doesn't seem entirely fair. Kids shouldn't be seeing sex and gore, animated or not, those just aren't things that kids should be exposed to, there's been extensive research on the effects of porn on young kids. I don't think letting children see this stuff should be normalised at all.

[@coolgamer7999]

@@Nekoszowa dang wtf did you see? im glad it didnt get to ur head tho

[@benjamindavey4782]

I joined the bronies only this year. While I love the show and the characters, and the nice stuff some fans have made, I was honestly shocked to discover all this tomfuckery that had been going on since the 2010s. Even though I'm not personally responsible, as a brony I'm very sorry to the kids who the community hurt.

[@TwiDashFTW]

I feel like the sexual content affected me more than the gore. It got me groomed by multiple people and the boundaries lines between friendship and more was blurred and still is. I have no idea what the difference is to be honest. It doesn't help that I lazer focus on one person at a time.

[@Ri-Val]

It's actually laser not lazer. Laser is an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

[@violetsparkles5453]

@@Ri-Val🥸🥸🥸🥸

[@dragonicbladex7574]

​man that sucks..

[@owl3650]

It fucked me up too

[@ThePopo543]

@@Ri-Val 🤓

[@alfa995]

I don't even know why I did that thing in the Derpy Nyan Nyan video, maybe the nature of the fandom influenced me too, I was fairly young when I joined it. That sort of thing was everywhere, and mine seemed tame by comparison. And it sucks, what I enjoy making is cute wholesome stuff, I want to make people's days better with my art, but then KZbin changed its algorithm and screwed over animators. Like many others I started a Patreon, but I barely got any support there until I started doing nsfw like everyone else. Now I can't make totally safe works anymore, or I risk people looking around expecting more like it and finding nsfw instead, so I need to at least make them suggestive as a sort of warning to push people away. That's why I became so inactive on KZbin, I hate feeling like I have to do that and be part of the problem, so I usually go months or even a year or more between uploads.

[@Dusky-Bunn1e]

23:49 I relate to this girl alot. I also was exposed to alot of pornagraphic/fetish content as a young girl and it messed up my perception of things really bad. I feel for her.

[@KennethMcCormickFan]

relatable

[@Machella_0ffic1aL]

same.

[@cockisinn]

and i thought i was the only one..

[@i-love-portal]

Same…

[@Rosekatz]

Me too :( it caused me to be hypersexual and that made it easier for me to be groomed as a kid

[@opal952]

"To me it seems like whenever there are grown men in a fandom, they can't just seem to be able to like female characters, it has to be s*xual in some sort of way" YES, THIS 1000% as a woman who grew up with a lot of male-dominated fandoms this always made me sooo uncomfortable especially when the characters were pretty clearly underage 😬

[@VOMITQUEEN]

It’s like a god damn pedo infestation

[@neorv5149]

Same here! It also goes to the way fandom portray certain characters. It feels so demeaning when certain physical and/or personality traits get lewdified. Hell, some of my favorite characters I can't even look up images on popular search engines because of the kind of artwork made for them appearing on the top results. It's more of a minor nuisance to me since I'm older and desensitized to it, but it makes me worry for kids who might see awful things they shouldn't see just by a Google search.

[@bungiecrimes7247]

Trying to oppress people's sexuality? Sounds like a very unprogressive thing to do. (Expect for the last part of course) 📸🤨

[@superraremartian]

​@@bungiecrimes7247 simi sexuality where's the mention of sexuality at all in the og comment

[@themyofmy]

​@@bungiecrimes7247low quality bait

[@wyzard707]

I didn't understand my body well back then as a kid and I couldn't comprehend why I felt so werid after seeing NSFW content, genuinely thought something was wrong with my body, but I quickly understood what all of that meant which led to me sexualizing every single thing in my life. The gore videos weren't any better, I couldn't sleep at night, always had those images appearing everytime I doze off, and I always imagined myself cutting my baby sister and dismembering her, I spent my life thinking i'm a bad person. I couldn't really tell my parents because I didn't want them to take my electronic devices away. My parents thought of MLP as something cute for kids, and thought of social media as something that would help me learn english, so they didn't pay much attention to what it could potentially bring to my life. I mean when you look at it, you honestly wouldn't think that the fandom would have so many weirdos in it, let alone all the pedos that knew how old I was at the time and still sent me NSFW art and tried to indulge me in NSFW roleplay. Every fandom I was in at the time had creeps in it, but the brony community was on a level of its own. I'm glad my parents now understand the Internet better, and I'm really happy my youngest sister didn't go through that, and is learning each thing at the right age in the right way.

[@Twinklethefox9022]

Reminds me of when I watched those disturbing animations of sonic (way before those videos popped up and the term was coined) and thought it was funny. But looking back, I was horrified at how I was allowed to watch that. And I learned about some things that I shouldn't have at my age. Let's just say that.

[@charadreemurr6833]

i can agree for some stuff, it was horrible and cruel for childrend of our ages but i only elaborated this a few months ago unfortunately. i was on the internet cuz my parents didn't give me enough attention so i just watched yt all day thinking it was normal.

[@em2souls]

that is a massive mood.

[@nameynamd9212]

The prevalence of the NSFW content very well may have been a result of the first MLP communities forming in 4chan, the activity causing enough issues to be banned outright as well as leaving plenty of downtime between establishing other websites for the community and the eventual /mlp/ board being made.

[@mr.dickbutttheog2064]

Omg same Before KZbin become strict, I’ve seen tons of explicit (Either g0re, N$FW or heck even both) clips and it messed me up completely. I keep having disgusting visions and whatnot. It’s even worse that I am neurodivergent too so it did it’s work on me

[@neutrophilly]

To anyone who was exposed to sex and/or porn at way too young of an age, I feel so very sorry for you. Not any child on this planet, hell, even anywhere in this universe, should have their innocence ripped away from them.

[@gobotimus8449]

That’s why kids need to be banned from the internet this isn’t a place for them

[@nurfalahariffin3066]

I was so exposed to sexuality and gore at the age of 6-7 years old that i never realized how traumatizing my childhood was....now that im 20....it made me realize how sad my childhood life was... i remember watching a tiktok asking a permission to talk to my innerchild and i cried the whole night.

[@Your_Local_Bushman]

@matrixorial12dude I did the sameee. I watched this Minecraft KZbinr a LONG time ago as his ‘thing’ was saying tits and I remember asking my mom what it meant and getting in trouble 😭

[@Your_Local_Bushman]

@matrixorial12 yeah I guess it has to do more in part with parents not being aware of what their ids are watching lol. Even though it’s Minecraft content there’s still a lot of adults who play it that aren’t (little) kid friendly

[@ahrimzhorc]

I saw all this when i was like 6 and im dissappinted in myself ngl

[@k1ll3rqu33n_hi]

ive seen that tiktok.

[@theresidentialrat]

@patagonianpaintand WTF do u mean the CP was beautiful?! like how is seeing that shit beautiful?! KIDS CANT FUCKING CONSENT DIPSHIT ur probs one of those people who are ok with children seeing this sort of stuff since it makes it much more easier to groom them if they have :/

[@cami7576]

honestly, this is embarassing to talk about to me, but i do have to say that as a kid i kinda became addicted to nsfw content, mostly rule34, even tho this content was making me feel very uncomfortable, i just- couldn't stop looking and searching for it... I've seen alot... i've seen pretty much every fetish-y type "art", i was 6 yo. When i told my mom about this when i was 15, she became traumatized, till this day, she can't see my mlp toys without feeling sick, since her and my dad never really check what i was watching or seeing on the internet, heck it was 2011 and they had no idea this was even a thing! i was so traumatized that till this day i can't look at sex as something normal, im seriously thinking that i might be asexual thanks to all this horrible content i watched...

[@cupcake1707]

I had a very similar experience to you, since as a kid I got exposed some of the mlp gore videos and also sexual content and it led to a obsession with it unfortunately :-( After seeing all this stuff I remember going to school feeling really messed up, and I couldn't get the images out of my head. I'm really sorry this happened to you, and I hope you and your family are able to get some sort of closure. Hope you take care!

[@aswanggrandma]

no because, same actually. all the nsfw content i was revealed to lead me down a dark path that i am still trying to recover from, i found out later in life i am hypersexual, along with many hard issues to recover from. i genuinely cant have good relationships because of my reveal to nsfw at such a young age. and i fear that this path of non-age restricted content is only going to continue and i fear that younger audiences will experience the same path we went through as kids. no kid deserves to see that stuff. at all.

[@marxmarxmarxmarxmarx]

Don’t be embarrassed hun :( I had the same experience as you, I innocently search mlp on Google and saw some sexual gifs and art, I never was the same again. Being exposed to sexual images and other things as a child pretty much changes ur brain, I became addicted and unfortunately it still affects me to this day, ur not alone and I’m sorry you had to go through that. Your deserving of love and healing ❤️

[@cami7576]

@@cupcake1707 gosh, i forgot that i was sorta bullied at school, since for some reason i would try to draw this kind of content too, and every kid in my class was disgusted by me drawing this, but i didn't know any better... im so sorry this has happend to you, i really hope you are doing alright and healing at the moment

[@cami7576]

@@aswanggrandma me too, i did become hypersexual for a period of time and honestly, i wouldn't wish that on anyone, and im so sorry that this happend to you, like you said! no kid deserves that...

[@ca_lcium]

Adults will be like ''keep children out of our mature spaces'' and then the media in question they're talking about is a cartoon aimed at primary school aged kids

[@jacobcox4565]

The mature space isn't the whole fandom or show itself, it's the sick and depraved videos that were/are on KZbin. The way KZbin is isn't suitable for children, even if there are filters there will always be videos that will slip through the cracks. Either watch what your kid is watching and step in whenever inappropriate videos come up, or don't let your kid watch KZbin at all.

[@salty_fish8762]

@@jacobcox4565 you misunderstood their comment. The mature space is a part of the fandom that adults say kids should stay out of but they’re the ones in children’s spaces and making it mature.

[@dragonicbladex7574]

​@@salty_fish8762 I don't really think any one group of people should claim ownership to a piece of media like that, I feel like everything should be allowed to be enjoyed by anyone (if it's appropriate for them anyway), it's a real shame to barr creative expression in places where it's safe for it to be (I understand that a lot of this stuff was showing up where it shouldn't be and I think that's awful and it shouldn't have) but like, I'd have to disagree with barring it entirely since it could be done in places where it wouldn't hurt anyone. The nuclear option of none of that stuff should have ever been made and anyone who did was a bad person I feel like is a bit cruel and restrictive of a viewpoint, I much more agree that it shouldn't have been in places that exposed it to kids, for the gore stuff it should have at least had some clear warnings on it. I'd also like to mention kids often do the same thing dont they with more teen or older target audience fandoms, isn't that historically something that happens a lot on the internet.

[@dragonicbladex7574]

tldr anyway I think anyone should be able to enjoy anything as long as it's not hurting anyone, so like, I agree with the people saying it was bad that this stuff was showing up inappropriate places and with absolutely no warning but calling the creation of said things awful and that people who would make such things are bad people is just going too far.

[@salty_fish8762]

@@dragonicbladex7574 yeah but are kids being predatory to adults and teens? Are the harrassing the teens and adults at events for said media? Are they making nsfw imagery and videos to a degree you can’t avoid it? No. Are adult men doing that? Yes. Yes they are.

[@Endermariposa]

i feel so sorry for the creators of the show.

[@Trynt33]

Especially when one of them straight up asked Lauren Faust at a panel during a convention "Can we talk about the sexual themes that are in the show?" like a total creep

[@MazonYoutube]

I wonder what happened to that guy after that?

[@dragongateau9344]

Shockingly, when somebody asked Faust if she was aware that the fandom was ruled over by perverts, she just brushed it off and called him an ignorant a hole

[@fireboytheone]

I discovered what sex was at the age of 5, and I have never recovered since. I was in kindergarten, and I was willingly searching up gore and other vile things. It destroyed me, man. I still haven't recovered from it, and it sucks. Not just my little pony, but sonic, fnaf and the legend of zelda especially for me. my parents were immigrants, but i was born in north america. I had zero monitoring, mainly becuase they didn't know. i don't blame them, but my brain got messed up from that. i really want to protect my younger sister from that, so that she has as normal of a childhood as possible.

[@ictasbc]

That exact thing happened to me so you’re not alone

[@HandheldGamer1991]

And ppl try to tell me the internet is okay for kids lol I have been saying this for years! Dont give very young kids the tools to go online! The min age should be 13!

[@bruhdoublebruh6934]

True. The unmonitored internet led me into watching horrible things, which are still affecting to this day.

[@netnomad47]

Same I remember being a little kid and finding a flash sonic vs mario game on the internet and that seemed innocent then tails came along and things became very weird and sexual it traumatized me, I freaked out and closed the browser and went to my room and prayed to God. Ever since I was very weary of the internet and always made sure to protect my little sisters from ever coming across this kind of crap. I would always tell my mom to monitor what they would watch on the internet, and always warned them the dangers of the internet. Even now I am strongly against children having access to the internet as things have become alot worse

[@wrg_101]

​@@netnomad47 I might know what game you are talking about, I was playing a flash game called something like "sonic in mario world" and at the end of level sonic came back home, called tails his wife then made out with him. Traumatizing indeed, but being in a fandom comes with being somewhat immune to it (not in sonic fandom anymore for sure)

[@nathan51782]

I just wanted to say that, for people who saw the gore or sexualised content and then ended up consuming more (either more of MLP or of NSFW or gore content in general), and they didn't understand why they did that - it's your brain trying to take control of what it is seeing or experiencing. If you know that it will be shown to you, no matter what you may try to do to prevent it, it will try to make you seek it out, because now *you* are the one in control of what you're seeing, *you* are the one looking it up. This is not intended to go "oh well, you were looking it up", not at all, I just wanted to let people know that it was just *your brain trying to protect you* . The brains reactions to trauma is not something that is convenient, nor something that will make sense, but it was just your brain trying to protect you; trying to give you some semblance of control that was taken from you as an attempt to lessen the blow. My experiences with the Brony fandom is rather different to the majority of other people who were young during the fandom's peak - for me, I was introduced to the fandom by an older family member as a method to desensitize me to sexual topics (the same was done to me via adult shows like Family Guy and American Dad), it will not take a genius to figure out why. I don't want to put the blame entirely on the fandom for that, since it was simply weaponised by someone with malicious intent, but it still does apply. I just wanted to say something so that people may feel less alone, or may blame themselves a little less.

[@deliriousdreamer833]

Thank you. This does make me feel a little better, and helps me understand some of my behaviour. It's nice to know that your own body is looking out for you.

[@nathan51782]

@@deliriousdreamer833 Of course! I'm glad that it was able to help somebody. I would recommend looking into different responses to trauma, especially when youth experience trauma. Even just to understand yourself, I think it would be fruitful. I hope that you heal and that your life treats you well.

[@dreamerfrostbite2066]

personally I just like some of the content but I get not everyone watches it on purpose or understands why they enjoy it. thank you for clearing it up.

[@lilacpenguin5329]

@@nathan51782 never was apart of the mlp fandom, but it helped me to hear this a lot, thanks

[@GwymGwom]

So you are saying that seeing the specific thing, and then continuing to seek it out is your brain unconsciously trying to dominate the subject and understand it in order to comprehend and withstand it?

[@SteveElOtaku]

At 18, I was part of the brony community--until it started becoming the Brony TM community, and while I initially laughed at some of the parodies and that it really started to disturb me somewhat that people were so utterly open with their dark/NSFW takes in child-friendly spaces. There's a reason fandoms have always tried to have ratings and sections for adult content, and I think part of the reason there was such a strong backlash against MLP fandom WAS an inability to keep that content out of spaces where children could easily see it. I loved all kinds of macabre horror content back then, but even at 18 I understood that that stuff didn't belong where children could get easy access to it.

[@faceless_zer0]

I remember when I was WAY younger like 8-11 years old, I used to get genuinely ANGRY at some of the "anti-bronies" as some people called them or those that might've shown any negativity towards the fanbase itself, I almost took it as an attack on MLP itself at first cause some of the edgier ones would talk about killing off the fictional characters to probably provoke a reaction from people or being a total unlikable dickwad in the comments. But looking at some of this stuff now and reflecting on it, especially as an older person, especially if you know there's other haters or people who dislike the show out there are actually more sane than the ones I listed, I can kind of genuinely understand where most of them would actually be coming from now, and I seem to understand their motives for why they might've hated the brony community so much. I honestly wouldn't hold it against them for being that way at this point, especially knowing all the children in the fandom that might've had to see the most depraved shit because of some of those people. I remember literally coming across a bunch of fetish stuff as a child and actual prawnography (saying that in case YT doesn't take kindly to it), and I remember it messing with my mind for a while after that. So I can understand a lot of people being angry, cause of that. The horror aspects of the fandom still screwed with me a tiny bit though obviously and scared me for years cause I was so young, but I'd definitely say the explicit stuff was worse for me, especially since I was actively consuming the macabre content more willingly in a way also.

[@Gustyguy]

God I remember being traumatized by that Pinke pie vid or the smile fan animation as the true fans say when I was young like 4 years old I think

[@tygical]

what does "Brony TM" mean

[@subzu2733]

​@@faceless_zer0 honestly if anything i wonder if the mlp fandom or brony community or however you call it, is bad like is it bad for kids or just in general

[@giggig6703]

Dark nsfw takes in kiddy spaces? Please elaborate because To be honest im not a brony and i only interacted with mlp from time to time.

[@That_Russel_Pup]

The chapter “Effects on the Brain” honestly broke me. I had to keep on pausing the video just to process all the information because from my own experience, everything you said was true. Although it wasn’t MLP porn that I saw, it was Bluey porn. Same shit, same result, sexualizing characters from a kids show, It’s worst given the fact that Bluey was at the time 6, she, her sister, cousins, and friends are all minors (she’s 7 now, but still, Bluey is a CHILD). I was searching fanart of my favorite character Rusty, one of Bluey’s friends and classmates. I scrolled and scrolled and accidentally discovered Bluey NSFW from an artist by the name of Polygon 5. This artist made artwork called “Bluey’s Fantasies” featuring Bluey doing *things* with her father Bandit, her little sister Bingo also doing *things* with Bandit, their cousin Socks doing *things* with Uncle Stripe (her father, Bluey and Bingo’s Uncle) and Lucky, Bluey’s friend and neighbor, letting Bluey do *things* to him. It was completely uncensored. I was only 12, I just got my phone for my birthday too. I could never see my favorite show again, not to mention that it made me extremely paranoid of sexual themes, sexual education, and just sex in general. But what really baffles me looking back is that despite my extreme anxiety of sex, I still wants to search Bluey NSFW. I liked Bluey pornography because it was a pleasure I could enjoy by myself without having to be judged. It was so bad I actually DREW a ton of Bluey NSFW, and my I remind you that Bluey, her sister, cousins AND friends are all minors from 1-7 years old. At the time I never really knew much about “child pornography” and thought that since a lot of NSFW artists drew Bluey and her friends and family I’m extremely sexual ways that drawing children characters was “normal” which looking back on this is something I DEEPLY regret. Is something that bothers me so so so much to this day. On top of that, my mom tends to not sugar coat things when it came to sex since like I said, I was 12 so therefore I’m old enough to know, I told her that I was pretty uncomfortable about learning about sexual stuff and maybe I could learn about it when I’m in high school. However, it was often seen was childish and that I was being over dramatic and that I would grow out I of it. *But I never did.* Now knowing that I had literally no one to talk about how sensitive I was about this because I way too uncomfortable to even bring up this topic of sex, I kept everything to myself. I ended up loosing a lot of friends in middle school, I felt like an outcast. By the time I was old enough to take sex edu, I hating myself deeply, I hated how I could no longer preserve my innocence, I hated how puberty is a thing, and I hated how it was in an environment I didn’t feel safe in. I hated myself so badly, I was 14 at the time. I don’t behave like this anymore, I’ve come to except that sex education is VERY important, this is how babies are made, puberty is nothing to be ashamed of, and that drawing porn of children is wrong. If I ever draw NSFW content, I would do it as an adult *responsibly* I’m glad I’ve left my paranoia of sex phase, but I feel like if I wasn’t introduced to sexual stuff at a young age, I wouldn’t have felt so petrified of the fact that sex exists. It’s honestly really sad, I was just a kid, and even thought this awful phase of mine lasted for 2-3 years, it felt like forever. I never thought my pre-teen and early teen years would end up this way, it’s heartbreaking to look back on. It makes me sick to my stomach how parents nowadays don’t give a damn about this new generation, I give you not I swear I’ve seen KZbinrs from 9-14 years old saying how they wanted to kill themselves, minors drawing porn of minors (through their avatars btw) and although these kids and teens maybe overreacting and not truly understanding how wrong it really is to tell your child audience that you want to commit suicide or that drawing porn at the age of 9 is very abnormal, you can’t put the blame on them. It’s the content they watch and their irresponsible parents.

[@FringSpield87]

There’s a reason why age-restriction exists; to keep children away from our mature society.

[@Dontleavemetorot]

Nigga My Little Pony isn't some mature society, yall just some creeps

[@Kripti-YouTube-Videos]

I'm a brony and I agree with you

[@stinkymrsnow..............]

Yea but sometimes COPPA restricts videos that aren't even meant for kids like this clip of Ike from South Park singing

[@kleptomaticagain]

@@stinkymrsnow.............. i mean i wouldn't exactly call South Park kid friendly

[@mkg2124]

I mean small* children shouldn't be on certain platforms at all, and it's also partially the parents' fault for not supervising their kids, but it still should have been age restricted.

[@wispy_nova]

I was sadly exposed to nearly all of the darker things when i was growing up. The fact that I understood the more suggestive things at such a young age only disturbs me more. Im 21 now and still recovering from how much these things affected me.

[@n0iv3rnn]

Im 19 and I still remember the horrid I went through, as an adult I realize why most fandoms had age ranges.

[@Thatlocalgamer]

Me too buddy you are not alone

[@Pyppil]

me too, and it was worse because of discovering something that was not supposed to be for my age earlier on life. it was with another fandoms but i still feel like my childhood was a bit ruined since i was 8-9 yrs old. what i did still haunts me to this days.

[@Jacqueline_Oat]

Same here, and im just now realising that it was an issue, i didnt even know i shouldnt even be exposed to the content.

[@hihowareya6861]

was about 12 when i was first exposed to shit like this its pretty depressing how a damn child was pretty much desentisized to gore, sexual content and pretty much anything now 17 now also recovering and still has a long way to go 😞

[@ReyRey42315]

It's crazy how people can turn such cute little innocent cartoon characters like Pinkie Pie or Big Mac into bloodthirsty monsters. They were completely ruined.

[@TheDerpyMuffin]

Sadly that how most fandoms work, well minority of them anyways, take a cute and innocent character and flip them over.

[@Luxembourgish]

@@TheDerpyMuffin It's called artistic freedom, we don't want to go back to the puritan days of Satanic Panic do we?

[@TheDerpyMuffin]

@@Luxembourgish :/

[@open_mind8617]

@@Luxembourgish artistic freedom yes, but imagine an artist going to an airport and screeming "I HAVE A BOMB!!!!" is that artisitic freedom, sure exagurated example but still, these videos should issue some warnings

[@Luxembourgish]

@@open_mind8617 Blatant adult content is usually tagged 18+ or requires the user to click "I am over 18". The internet has had that since the 2000s.

[@Unexpectedstickbug]

The worst feeling is that you can't tell or have the will of telling someone of your trust that you got trauma by something so innocent accidentally because of the feeling of rejection . . .

[@Arcjaw]

No matter how innocent or child friendly something is, some prick will always come along to corrupt it

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Yes

[@haileyelliott3676]

Yeah

[@vprovisngkate3853]

Especially if the more innocent and child friendly something appears to be, the more satisfying it is to corrupt it.

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

Like what basically happened to Sonic with the Sonic fanbase?

[@DanialTarki]

The most evil Rule of the Internet. And generally one of the most evil rules, period.

[@beejuice6083]

For years I thought something was wrong with me because of the p**n videos that I watched as a child. But after hearing these stories and other people’s experiences it really has opened my eyes to the fact that these adult content creators an KZbin and other sites really mentally effected me and many other people.

[@ceciliahuber3220]

Raymundo, you need to know how important this is to me. I was exposed to all of this content when I was around eleven years old. I’m twenty now, and I still feel the impacts of this content on me as a fully grown adult woman. I think my brain has been stunted during development, because just like Lilith, I feel like I struggle to have a healthy and fulfilling sex life. I was exposed at way too young of an age & Ill always be like this now. Exposing content creators like this is incredibly important if we don’t want future generations of children to have to cope with the reality that I & many others face. Thanks Raymundo.

[@ameliaphoebe-fleur9867]

Me too! Thank you for commenting this. Being 11 on the internet around this time was horrible..

[@wabbahabba]

I still have to deal with the consequences a decade later, as a result of me getting addicted to porn starting at age 10 with MLP NSFW content.

[@giggig6703]

Jeez, hope you get better, imagine what would happen if you met these people who made those sorts of videos that lilith saw.

[@Hereinhierarchy]

I remember watching the fluttershy maze one and I didn’t understand but I knew it made me uncomfortable I’m now realizing… wtf

[@MORONIC_official]

Im happy to say that i was not a victim of those things. I feel so bad for who did though.

[@ESUNGHOST]

Yea same cus I only watched stampy and dantdm

[@X_Sisi]

As someone who was a victim of these things, it seriously fucked me up since I was such a raging mlp fan :,)

[@Humming_bird26]

luckyy

[@K1llerD0llz]

Dang I wish I was that lucky :/

[@Boyingirls]

I was:(

[@dragongateau9344]

Something else to note about Princess Molestia: Hasbro eventually deleted it in part because of a Tumblr campaign led by a 17 year old known online as Pinkiepony. Bronies blamed Pinkiepony for this and posted her personal information on the internet as well as sending pizzas to her house with DEATH / RAPE THREATS ATTACHED. That's just plain evil.

[@bungiecrimes7247]

Our? That's you?

[@dragongateau9344]

I meant her house

[@kizetherz]

i’ll never understand how certain mlp fans can be so cruel… the show they favor is LITERALLY about FRIENDSHIP. their favorite characters would hate their asses. (as an mlp fan, myself)

[@skyshunts]

Wtf that's so disgusting

[@TearsInOurAkitoyaEyes]

BRO WHAT TH-

[@stinkymrsnow..............]

All fanbases may have their scary nasty horses in them but the nasty bronies were so effective on MLP:FIM that it's so hard to rewatch the show without being reminded of them

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

​@Teddy Baker is going ghost! You are the type of people this video was talking about.

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

@Teddy Baker is going ghost! You're welcome, nuisance

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

@Teddy Baker is going ghost! Dude, you have an alt account with a sexualized 6-7 year old for a pfp (Lola Loud) of course I'm gonna mean. And that's not even counting this one.

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

@Teddy Baker is going ghost! Typical one brain cell response.

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

@Teddy Baker is going ghost! Because you pretty much know you can't defend this grooming shit.

[@wifeconnoisseur]

Honestly, thank you for making these videos. It's hard to put into words just how badly this type of content affected us all while we were so young, and to have others talk about their experiences makes it a little less painful to remember on my own. The gore especially really screwed me up when I was a middle schooler, and it was a full on gateway into an unhealthy horror obsession that's followed me until this day. Though I can still look back on the show and characters themselves with fond memories, I can never get the trauma out from the back of my mind and still think about it each time.

[@4everagamer599]

I was HIGHLY exposed to the Cupcakes and NSFW videos growing up. Despite understanding and being disgusted with what I was seeing, I kept watching all of it anyway. I soon stopped watching all the bad videos and just watched the actual show. Now, I'm a 14 year old brony (I prefer the term pegasister) and I do NOT approve of these videos. I don't want kids being exposed to the crap I was exposed to. It's horrible. I hope everyone has a good day and stays safe!

[@faust5727]

I was also exposed to these videos, when I was little my sister went through my computer and saw SMILE HD. It sucks how having unmonitored internet access can ruin your innocence so quickly. Edit: Oh yeah and when I was 7 I began drawing pinkie pie murdering Rainbow Dash. My siblings found the drawing and i threw them away, but I just hate how I had to even see this shit.

[@4everagamer599]

@@faust5727 I know... life has to suck, doesn't it?

[@holybamboozler]

"Pegasister" that's actually cute lol

[@4everagamer599]

@@holybamboozler oh. Thank you! ^w^

[@giggig6703]

For me i didn’t keep up with mlp , saw some videos, terrified of the scary stuff sometimes, maybe even watching clips of the real cartoon. But couldn’t call myself a brony. Im sorry to see you got addicted to these like drugs.

[@user-is7xs1mr9y]

I'm way too old to have been traumatized by this type of content because I was born in 1993, and here in Mexico the internet became more mainstream until the mid 2000's. It really makes me sad and angry that so many kids were exposed to really messed up things. When I was little, my mom would always watch tv with me and my brother, she rarely left us by ourselves, and I'll forever thank her for that. I'm so sorry a big chunk of Gen Z was left alone to roam the internet unsupervised, it is as dangerous as letting your kid loose in a big city. I don't have children yet, but I watch these kinds of videos to be prepared, now we are seeing the aftermath of the first generation raised by the internet, and I'm genuinely worried about society. There are so many people terminally online, children and adults alike, it is kind of demoralizing. Thank you Raymundo for your work, I hope your channel keeps growing, more people need to hear this. I loved that piano cover of "Helena" at the end, my emo heart was so happy lol.

[@VOMITQUEEN]

I’m also too old to relate to the majority of the comment section as well (born 1992), and I used to be a HUGE brony, I was a MLP fan from 2011 to around 2014 Cupcakes and rainbow factory or whatever never phased me, because I was already 18 or 19 when those fanfics came out, also I have been exposed to gore/ violence/ nsfw at a super young age, being that I have been browsing the internet since a child in the early 2000s Sadly, my innocence was gone for a while at that point, and I had been de-sensitized to a lot by the time all of the weird mlp shit was popping up I can’t believe I even used to kind of like that shit, because I thought it was so extreme and edgy and I had a phase in which I enjoyed crap like that But I feel so bad for the ones who were CHILDREN when these videos were first posted, cause that shit can have such a negative impact on someone who’s brain is still developing Around 2015, I lost interest in MLP because the fandom really started to scare me (took long enough…) So many members of that fandom are just… creeps tbh

[@bungiecrimes7247]

Stop trying to censor things. This Raymundo guy is trying to start another ad apocalypse. Don't fall for his tricks.

[@worthybutter2004]

@@bungiecrimes7247 Pfft. More like, don't fall for YOUR tricks, Bungie Boy!

[@citizenvulpes4562]

@@bungiecrimes7247 when did he ever say KZbin should step in? He even states KZbin isn't a place for kids, which it isn't, and usually when people talk about "discovering" something at a young age, they aren't talking 14-18 they're talking 5-13, the critical years that form personality, and he's calling for parents to watch their kids more, not for KZbin to step in.

[@marxmarxmarxmarxmarx]

@@bungiecrimes7247 dude go outside

[@sofiarojas7028]

I was a victim of this and I remember seeing 95% of the videos he showed. KZbin in 2010 had really bad moderation. I remember I also seeing some +18 gameplay of MLP. It’s horrible and effected me badly. Right now I’m trying to stop watching porn, so far I’m a month free and I’m seeking for some therapy so I can overcome it. Thank you for making video about this topic and I’m sorry for all the people who had to experience this as a child.

[@Tiny-Goblin]

I'm so proud of you dude! You can do it ❣️

[@giggig6703]

Think its less bad moderation and more your parents didn’t inderstand the stuff you could be seeing with something like youtube. All that stuff that affected you horribly never had children like you in mind, sure, mlp is obviosly a stupid little baby cartoon for embryonic cells but that’s what makes this stuff funny for some. Its why people like shit like happy tree friends.

[@sillyfilly5528]

@@giggig6703 hey man don’t talk about mlp like that it’s a fantastic show that saved my life. But yes the people who effected them didn’t have them in mind obviously and thought it was funny because most the content creators were 4/Chan troll edgelords.

[@giggig6703]

@@sillyfilly5528 And also for the guys who jerk to multicolored horses, those freaks are inevitable. Lots of things make people explode into semen so its not suprising. Just look at furries and scalies and…..there are featheries right?

[@lilatune]

@@giggig6703 i mean, mlp and older kids shows ctually had lessons, and taught stuff. talk bad about cocomelon, which has studies showing it leads to decreased and late develpment. dont shittalk the og good shows

[@builttoscalevideos]

I think the weirdest thing for me was just how much quality was put into the R34 for this show. Like there was this brief period of time where Pony Porn was just really weirdly high quality, not in the “wow that’s hot” kind of way, but more in the “the drawing itself is really well done” kind of way. Just peg it on the folks who had way too much money, and the Hentai artists who would draw literally anything you want if you paid for it. I think the worst that ever happened to me back when I was a brony was that the cupcakes story genuinely turned me off of cupcakes and cake in general. Like even today if there’s cake at an event or something I won’t eat it more often than not. Obviously this isn’t the first time this has happened to shows intended for younger audiences, I still remember my first introduction to internet porn was at like 7 years old when I saw Zone’s Teen Titans toon with Raven getting tentacle’d just randomly browsing Newgrounds one day, but now I realise how genuinely out of hand it got with My Little Pony in particular.

[@gusbruhh-z3j]

im so sorry, those people dont know what theyre doing

[@manifestationsofasort]

I think all parents should listen to those two interviews before giving their children free roam over a tablet or phone. Even if the kids these days aren't watching My Little Pony animations, they're still watching similar content that will have similar effects on kids. I worry a lot about the next generation, as they have even less restrictions or supervision than we did.

[@capitanodessa7472]

It was already pretty hard back then when the internet was in its infancy. I remember being at school, and people shared sexually-charged videos using their mobile phones through Infrared at first, then bluetooth. Gore, sexual stuff, insults, and for some reason, a lot of weird Dragonball Z porn.

[@Meowskulllz]

This was actually a very comforting video for me. As someone who watched all mlp videos including the disturbing ones this really helped me find out that I was essentially groomed by the fandom to get used to watching this kind of stuff I never went out of my way to look for the weird stuff but the gore was the stuff that scared me the most. which lead me to watching it more and more to the point where I felt so disconnected from the other kids my age in my class. Thankfully im recovering from this by slowly just watching scary horror movies and not straight up gore videos but it definitely affected how I functioned when I was younger.

[@analothor]

Fandom is a double edged sword and so is the internet..., its a shame such a wonderful fandom had so many rotten perverts

[@General..Grievous]

Bet 90% of those perverts weren't even part of the fandom.

[@arishachoudhury_]

@@General..Grievous yeah just creeps who wanted something weird to sexualise/ make gore of

[@rossbob4215]

@@arishachoudhury_especially since there was a lot of hate from those who had a weird problem with who was primarily watching the show, they may have been driven to do that as “retaliation”….hurting some innocent kids in the process

[@steffimaier7297]

Which is why I'm glad to be fan of things that are not popular. Anything that becomes popular will loose its quality. Also fans need to gatekeep the crappy ones out to prevent the fandom gets tainted.

[@thecoolestmf6880]

it kinda makes me feel happy that there were bronies who were young boys. Idk saw what bronies were like, I just assumed they were all grown men. But It's pretty heartwarming seeing boys just genuinely liking mlp innocently.

[@DarkPrincessAly]

I joined the fandom in high school, when I was already a very traumatized individual. I feel like it's important to highlight that there Were people talking about the issues at the time. There was a widespread organized effort among the teenagers and adults in the fandom to try to scrub through google safe search and report adult content, named Safe Search Wrap-Up after the "Winter Wrap-Up" song from the show. After the movement gained significant traction, nsfw content was virtually nonexistent on safe search. Every time I came across nsfw or adult content, I did my part and put the report in the system. I didn't want any kids to grow up feeling the things I felt and exposed to content like that.

[@melasnexperience]

I remember being part of that when it became a multi-fandom thing. There was a bit of overlap between MLP fans & general magical girl fans (which makes sense when you think about it), so we kinda joined in on the effort.

[@steffimaier7297]

Thanks for doing that! I report such degenerate stuff if I come across it. Also fans need to gatekeep those creeps out.

[@VictorVampire11]

I had what I believe was a special interest in MLP. I watched from when I was 5 to about 9. I would watch the gore videos constantly. I led me to get more into Creepypasta and developing an unhealthy obsession with things that I really should not of been getting into at that age. I also saw some of the NSFW and, like Lilith, I also began to get an addiction to that type of content. It affected me in real life situations at the time. It also led me to learn way more about that type of stuff WAY too early. I have a much better outlook on things now. I love horror and gore but understand there is a limit and I have a much healthier relationship with NSFW and that type of content in general. Although the Brony/MLP Fandom did lead to me having positives in my life (such as my hobbies, interests, relationships with some content, and my art) it also made me feel unsafe and cautious of groups online. I was always afraid something I used to cope would be sexualized to heck. I was always afraid a fun, break from stress show would turn into a monsters playground. This has sadly happened both during and after the brony -pocolypse. There's plenty more but this comment is getting long enough lol. Great Video, very happy that I subscribed. Keep up the great work (and thanks for reading my rambles 😅)

[@Randumo]

Fun fact: when I was in my mlp phase at some-time years olds, I accidentally came across the “ToO MUcH CAkE” video. Randomly thinking about it today, I was scared of what I was exposed to at such a young age. Hopefully not the next generation- *mascot horror and new Elsa gate walks in*

[@Nahobussyino]

It’s pretty sad how frequently this happens especially with media for younger audiences, I also have a lot of problems with mascot horror but that’s a rabbit hole I don’t want to get into. Besides I hope you’re doing well!

[@Randumo]

@@Nahobussyino I hope you are too. I hope the fifth generation I believe of my little pony, will have another set of bronies and conventions but let’s hope they are not that weird back then.

[@n00bxl71]

As a literal child, I have to say I don't know why you would use that as an example. It's not even bad.

[@Randumo]

@@n00bxl71 the video i was referring to is a pony wearing girl’s underwear and doing some sus thing, with saxophone music. For a G rated show aimed at little kids and up, you think that’s okay? I’ve been watching Raymundo’s content and this content may be normalizing this type of stuff… I agree with Noctus.

[@n00bxl71]

@@Randumo That video seemingly doesn't exist, or I can't find it.

[@sad_doggo2504]

I think the Princess Molestia controversy was what made me leave the fandom. People were speaking out about it, only to get the overwhelming response of "just get over it"

[@Yharnamcartnite]

Princess what now 💯 what do bronies even do bro😭😭😭😭😭

[@gemmanana]

I feel like lots of kids shows from back then had this problem. I used to be a sonic fan during this time and seeing similar stuff, which affected me quite a lot. Thank you for making this video and spreading awareness, hope we can protect kids from this vile stuff

[@arishachoudhury_]

i swear whenever i search up sonic i always see elsagate stuff its so creepy

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

Forget cartoons. I remember being a huge fan of Deadmau5 and Skrillex back in 2011 only to see nsfw drawings of both of them on deviantART. That literally almost messed me up.

[@melon_choly]

True. I feel like I was both affected by both the Sonic fandom and Bronies, which talking about both is a really long story. Encountering these fandoms, I was like in preschool and kindergarten. I didn’t know better, I was about 4-5 years old, which makes it worse since I was exposed to all these things when my brain was supposed to be developing properly, and all this gore, fetish content, violence were the building blocks to my brain development. I had severe delusions in my preteen years, and I didn’t tell anyone because I didn’t want my parents to know. I’ve been trying to get better all by myself, and I think I’m becoming more mature. I’m still in high school, yet I feel like I have the brain of an adult.

[@soosibms]

same

[@batfacts_are_cool]

I count myself EXTREMELY lucky that I didn't encounter the Sweet Apple Massacre as a kid. My friend told me about it months ago and it absolutely turned my stomach even as an adult. I've seen almost all of the other depravity, but that one ... That one is BAD. It's really, really, REALLY horrible.

[@Infinite-sj9mj]

That shit is extremely fucked up even when you read it as an adult, you will definitely feel sick and extremely uncomfortable let alone reading it as a child. The fanfiction was written by an anti brony btw

[@rockmangurlx4973]

I still don’t know if that was meant to be serious or was just a troll.

[@supergal8958]

Ugh, I was watching old videos that skipped in my childhood and BRO even the narrator was disgusted by what was written…

[@mrnewvegas-n8q]

I remember I was in a MLP fan group for kids online, and there were a lot of men in it. A man posted that fic in there and I read it when I was 9 and it fucked me up so bad

[@endieisded]

That one messed me up a lot

[@IzzyGaming-ux1nn]

I never really felt too comfortable talking about this because I just turned 14 last month. I probably shouldn't have said my age, but I just want to emphasize how young I was and still am when I was exposed to this. In the beginning of the video, you mentioned “inflation.” Whenever there’s something inflation-related, I feel very distraught. When I was about 6 or 7 years old, I did things to my body that no child should ever do to themself. The only thing I’ll tell you is that it involved bicycle pumps. Being the naïve kid I once was, I attempted to replicate the actions depicted by the characters in the media I saw, whether it be pictures or videos. As weird and unheard of as character inflation is, it really, really changed the way I think, and it really hurt me in many ways. I even get slightly triggered when I see bicycle pumps, or pumps that inflate sports balls. I still have the same bike pump I used and it’s in a tool shed outside. One time, I tried getting a shovel from the same shed, but I saw the pump, and I stayed as far away from it as possible. Other than my brain changing from it, it affected the way I see my comfort characters. Whenever I see inflation-related content of my comfort character, I go into my bedroom and cry. It might sound pathetic and stupid, but like I said before, it really changed my life, and in a terrible way. Please, for the love of God (or whoever you believe in), STAY SAFE ON THE INTERNET. If you ever have children, KEEP THEM SAFE. If you were a victim of negative media on the internet at a young age, I wish the best for you, and I pray you get the help you need. Thank you for reading, I never told anyone until now.

[@mavioo30]

nonono you weren't pathetic or stupid. Its not your fault. That kind of shit is just terrible, I'm sorry you had to go through all that. This also happened to me but with gore, as back then when I was like 8?? 9?? I watched the 'cupcakes' and 'smile' videos and It REALLY messed me up, because if I saw anything related to organs I'd just panic and hide, and if I can't get away from it I'd cry. Sometimes I'd just straight up run away from classes that takes place in a room with like one of those educational organ statues that shows you the insides of a person. The fact that its pinkie pie in those videos also made it worse because she was my favorite character. It ruins the comfort I found in her character, I can't see her the same way anymore. So yeah, poeple shouldn't let their kids browse youtube too freely. Make them watch Bluey or smth.

[@jinklyz]

I also exposed myself to a lot of MLP inflation around that age. It also sadly changed for a while the way I would look at cartoon scenes of characters inflating eachother and pumps, and the worst thing is that I didn't know how to put all of those weird feelings I had into words... I really hope you're managing to get through this. Just remember that you're not alone and that everything will get better :)

[@AlwaysAnother]

Hope you're feeling better now man

[@NoNo-vv4vo]

as a side note to anyone else seeing the pump anecdote: this is legitimately dangerous, OP could have been seriously hurt :(

[@nira8289]

@@NoNo-vv4vo hey I have a new comment on this vid,, but my bf said he's into inflation and used to be an incel, Ive just discovered these youtube videos, is this where he got it from? Did MLP like create this?? Love and healing to everyone affected by this

[@nodztheartist1060]

thank you so much for creating this video, it makes me feel less alone and less like i’m some kind of freak, i never had anyone else in my life that could understand this kind of trauma and how it affected me mentally and has since affected my life. i was 11 when i saw these types of videos and still remember them at 22

[@3mi3mi]

What angers me about Bronies is, they usurped something intended for little girls and made it into being all about them; a child innocently searching for My Little Pony content and coming across something that traumatizes them. On top of that, it was because of their complaints about the toys having real hair (so little girls could brush/braid it) into being more of an action figure with solid manes. Like they started to cater more about the Bronies versus children that the show was intended for. I’ve heard that they were assholes to people at conventions, too. Like the audacity to insert yourself into something you perhaps originally mocked and wasn’t even made for you, and then being a dick and potentially traumatizing kids in the process.

[@giggig6703]

Where did you hear about the figures not having real hair later on? And bronies just saw a Tv show and thought was pretty good for a little girls cartoon, I don’t think it’s their fault that Google had it’s flaws when it came to image collecting.

[@ShikkiHikki]

Not to mention there would be a later episode in the show that would entirely cater to fandom in-jokes and headcanons, the episode itself is very innocent but it really shows how much control bronies had with the show despite not being directly involved with MLP's creations. Also to correct you as a MLP toy fanatic they didn't entirely change the G4 ponies to have solid plastic manes but they made some separate toylines that were more like action figures that do have solid manes. I remember watching this one video where a group of bronies were at Toys R Us and thr guy filming was like "NoBoDy WaNtS tO bUy tHiS oThEr GiRlY cRaP oN sHeLvEs ThEy OnLy WaNt PoNiEs FoR rEaL mEn NoT fOr LiTtLe GiRlS tHaT dOnT hAvE tHeIr OwN mOnEy" the 0 self awareness and elitism made me cringe HARD, the elitist bronies who would always complain and single out the targeted demographic for MLP will always bother me.

[@bluep3rz]

honestly maybe that’s a good thing. gotta keep the children away from the fandom, knowing how many brony groomers there are

[@sunlightswift]

All the bronies I've met just love the show and want to celebrate it. I've been to a few cons. Not a person in sight that wants to make it about them or has a preference for non-brushable manes. I saw a lot of bronies more upset the manes weren't brushable. About half of bronies are women, including my wife. Not to say men don't brush hair either

[@bluep3rz]

@@sunlightswift you’ve just met the right bronies then

[@felixcatux]

The recorded interview with that woman who explained how nsfw pony content messed her up really hit me… i was exposed to that stuff when i was as young as 7 years old, i didnt understand it back then, and when i did it was already too late

[@cupcake8905]

Same

[@katiedaniels9803]

same :(

[@JamesJones-xx6cz]

As a 12-year-old (in 2012-2013 -- which was the height of the fandom), I had traumatizing experiences with this fandom that has affected me to this day. I stumbled upon these things while innocently browsing the web, and what started as a harmless curiosity soon turned into a nightmare. This group was filled with individuals who held extremist beliefs in violence, sex, and more, and engaged in hateful and discriminatory behavior. As a young and impressionable person, I was deeply affected by the negativity and hostility I encountered there. The experiences I had with this group led me down some dark paths, and I struggled with anxiety and fear for years afterwards. Some after effects of this was: desensitized to p0rn, violence, and other malfeasance's. I also had outbursts of anger that manifested in various things which included even gaining unauthorized admission to some bronie's fanfiction account in protest. The trauma I experienced also affected my relationships with other people. I found it hard to trust others, and I was always on edge, waiting for someone to hurt me or let me down. Even now, years later, I struggle with these feelings and find it hard to form close relationships with others. I am into my twenties now, and I am still apprehensive of forming an intimate relationship because of the distrust and scars. I view sex very differently now, because of some of the despicable behavior that I saw people doing and affecting other with (Luckly I never was preyed upon or involved). Bottom line, please for the love of God, don't let Gen Alpha near this. This must be monitored better to try to save the next generation (doesn't seem that way for now), and quite frankly, even at 18, they shouldn't see half the stuff I did. Note: I know there are a lot of bronies who never promoted this stuff, but I think the zeitgeist of this show has already been tarnished. Its really hard to see G4 without imagining this.

[@NoobyTheGamer]

Ok

[@edwinve4112]

There are still people like that in the fandom.

[@itscc2004]

I agree with this as another person who grew up on the internet and loving MLP. Thought I grew up mainly watching PewDiePie, Markiplier, and Jacksepticeye, I was still very interested in MLP. I remember my first introduction to the gory side was the Amnesia Mod, which further piqued my interest in horror. I’m grateful that this type of stuff didn’t effect me too much, but Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory as well as Little Miss Rarity truly did scare me. I loved creepypasta but those were the ones I would say that creeped me out the most. Not even slender man scared me as much as these and the Tails Doll, those truly scared me because I loved those shows and they were all too real.

[@JamesJones-xx6cz]

@@itscc2004 It was essentially the gore that was enticing me back then in a way I could not understand. I wasn't in the best terms in my life then, so I found an escape through this. However, some content like the Rarity webcomic, Cupcakes, and even later (unrelated) things like Battington VHS videos really started to have affect on me over time. It kind of sucks that I am in an IT job which is pretty isolating, so even as an adult, I am removed socially and mentally. I don't watch this stuff nearly as much as I used to (some content I never went back to), but I'm kind of in a state of self reflection on where I am at in life, where the world is going, and what I am going to do with the next 4 decades of my existence.

[@kilpoppo]

I remember being exposed to videos like these as a kid which traumatised me. I saw a lot of videos sexualising my childhood favourites which unfortunately altered my brain chemistry and almost forced me into watching more of it. Im disgusted at what I saw as a child on youtube and its permanently scarred me.

[@camdecay]

it both makes me feel seen and deeply saddens me that so many other people had a similar experience as me. i remember reading an MLP fetish fanfic when i was 13, and i swear i got so stressed out about it that i literally got sick the next day. i remember reading it and shaking, but i couldn’t look away bc i’d never seen anything so awful. i see that deviantart now has age restrictions on certain nsfw art, but its too little too late. some of us already had a cute innocent show completely tainted and ruined for us. i couldn’t watch the show for years without imagining the gross sex acts people drew the ponies being involved in. idk what the solution is bc we shouldn’t censor people’s art, but its good to have this conversation.

[@camdecay]

also i understand no one forced me to look at that stuff so its kind of on me. however i was a child with no understanding of how it would affect me long term. the issue is that my parents are older and literally did not know that type of content was online, so they didn’t try to protect me from it. porn was off the table, but no one thought anything of me looking at art of ponies. its one of those situations where its no ones fault, its just extremely unfortunate.

[@NoNo-vv4vo]

"i remember reading it and shaking, but i couldn’t look away bc i’d never seen anything so awful." honestly, yeah. Kids do not have the same doomscroll resistance as adults, avoiding the roadkill effect staring is hard. I'm a grown-ass adult and still fail to tab out sometimes. You watch one piece of bad shit and the algorithm slaps it everywhere for pageviews, its why outrage clicks work as well as they do. You could have tabbed out in theory yeah, but most cases I'm thinking of *even when the content was tagged* were showing it out in the open.

[@Lidia__]

In my opinion the least those people could have done was to keep it off youtube. Honestly i think its very wrong to use chars from a childrens show in that way at all.

[@camdecay]

@@NoNo-vv4vo completely true! that morbid curiosity can really be dangerous for an unsupervised child!

[@camdecay]

@@Lidia__ yeah it makes me upset. the show bluey is so cute and wholesome, and i have purposely avoided looking at anything about it online bc i do not want the image of those little blue dogs tainted by anything

[@lukero818]

I’m glad Lilith decided to share her story because I almost went through the exact same thing at a super young age

[@josephkeen7224]

“The community started on 4chan” That answers so many questions that you raised. Edit:also, since you brought up the story up, for some reason Cupcakes is on the Creepypasta wiki. It’s not too surprising, because making crappy horror stories based on kids media (like Sonic.EXE) were popular due to being STUPIDLY easy to write and younger kids would eat them up.

[@isolatedirectorofficial]

Pretty much everything started from 4chan

[@SmokeTheHorsehog]

What makes it weird is that Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory are more of fanfiction, than what is typically considered Creepypasta material like the Luna Game

[@worthybutter2004]

@@isolatedirectorofficial Yeah, even the 'Rickrolling' meme originated there.

[@Gustyguy]

Welp everything from the net literally came from 4 Chan so uhhh Yeah of course

[@Aerozune]

Ofc it's 4chan 💀

[@okimifandoms]

I relate to how she feels regarding the Mlp Fetish/Sensual content. As well as the gore, for me it caused nightmares and also like I was exposed to Discord, Instagram & Amino when I was really young, I was also exposed to like UTAU content falling in the same, my perception of things on sensitive topics are so messed up and I’m on the brink of awareness about it, but I seriously can’t do anything about it. I have a hard time feeling sympathy, empathy and registering the weight of some of the traumatizing situations people go through. I was also so desensitized to like, sa, sh, etc because of comics I was shown from the shows and fandoms I liked. Like how when I was younger I was aware I was being exploited sensually by a former partner but I told myself over and over again that it wasn’t that serious because I saw so many comics romanticizing and normalizing what was going on. This is something I want my children to avoid, I feel like it’s getting worse with my generation since it’s like “oh haha gore s3x haha funny” and it’s not realized by most teens and younger people that it’s so detrimental to the people and them viewing it.

[@Anomalyresearchlabs]

really hope you recover, I saw some bad stuff but sounds like your experiance was even worse

[@gimbapkidding]

To be honest just seeing everyone sympathise with each other and come out with their stories has comforted me a lot but I don't think any words of comfort can get that disgusting imagery out of my head.

[@NeriSofiaa1234]

I'm so sorry. I hope you're okay.

[@gimbapkidding]

@@NeriSofiaa1234 aww thanks so much, i hope you're doing great as well as we all try to recover from that sorta stuff

[@NeriSofiaa1234]

@@gimbapkidding Thank you

[@MichelleJune]

Do you remember to story of a 12 year old girl who went to a convention who had to hide under a table because she was getting pursued by an older man in an elevator? I remember reading the story on Tumblr and that is what got me out of the Fandom. I was close to that age and did not want that to happen to me

[@sober_katz]

oh gosh...

[@alirezaomrani7650]

Jesus Christ… I’m so so so sorry… You deserved better than to go through this type of deranged bullsh*t. Please take care of yourself and remember… The internet is a putrid place. Perhaps now more than ever. At least back then when you reported a video to the KZbin administrators it would DO something… Now even if a 100 people report a video that for all intents and purposes, IS AGAINST THIS PLATFORM’S GUIDELINES. KZbin still won’t do anything. As scary as this may be to hear, I truly think that the age of KZbin starting ftom 2010-2016 was probably the most tame in comparison to now where we have KZbin Shorts with blatant pornography and disgusting and abhorrent people voicing their thoughts as well as videos on KZbin that by every account are against the rules and regulations of the site, not being taken down. It truly is a Damn shame… I wish you nothing but peace, prosperity, and safety. Please take care of yourself, and please keep an eye out for people like these. You never know when one may be lurking around on the corner, wether it’s real-life of the digital world. Especially in this day and age, when it’s more widespread than ever before.

[@Marlene-v8n]

That was a debunked rumor by a rival convention.

[@melpomenes]

Thank you for making this video and bringing awareness to this. As a girl who was in love with this show and was exposed to gore and NSWF content at such a young age through the Brony community, it left me deeply traumatized and affected me in ways I cannot even explain. You put my thoughts and feelings into words perfectly in this video.

[@atturl]

i was exposed to gore and pxrn at a very young age because of the mlp bronies it has affected me alot i also learned about a-lot of inappropriate/nsfw content in the internet/yt and my dad all my life he’s tried to supervise me and i am so greatful for him. he made me stop going on youtube and made me go on youtube kids. i forgot about gore and NSFW content and i grew up as a normal child thanks to my wonderful father . if it wasent for him i wouldve been traumatized, not to mention i was so young and didn’t understand the gore and NSFW, i am really thankful for my dad but since he is always kind of busy with his work to provide us i make sure to supervise my brother and made him go on youtube kids. he ended up watching my little pony on it but not nsfw or gore and im really glad im protecting him from this disgusting internet. No skibidi toilet no discord no snapchat or any social media. I made roblox for him and basically inabled parental controls with it. i also created a family to aproove for his app games like my dad did, I also got him messenger kids to call me anytime and i know his childhood will be amazing and live happily till he gets to his grave❤

[@kylesugarman]

I am now 24 years old. I am in medical school. I have dissected human bodies for anatomy classes, seen extensive surgery, and witnessed horrible accidents during my tenure as an EMT. And nothing I have ever seen in these situations produced the same queasy, dizzy terror that I felt watching this video and seeing the opening seconds of that "Cupcakes" video with Pinkie and Rainbow dancing, something I haven't seen in literal years. Loving My Little Pony as a young girl made the Internet a terrifying place.

[@notreallymyname3736]

I was in college when i was first exposed to bronies. At the time, I was aware of the show because my girlfriend's younger sister watched it. A couple guys that lived in my building fit the negative stereotypes perfectly. After hearing some of them talk about 'Princes Molestia' I felt the need to intervene if ever saw anyone of them near small children.

[@Ghostie_boi567]

I’m glad you intervened.

[@LarkeyFactorial]

"My little GuitarHeroStyles"

[@Loutrem]

I remember the princess molestia thing where a lot of people were against it (like PARC: ponies against r*pe culture, and others), and there was a kid who was harrassed about it because some creeps rly didnt wanna let go of their r*pe jokes. Some of them even drew more r*pe art w different characters it was a whole thing. That was the worst thing i lived with that fandom the entire debate was very disheartening i didnt understand why some dudes wanted to make r*pe content of cute ponies so bad they would attack minors about it

[@bimates2690]

It's called having a kink and/or paraphilia. A very normal one (especially among women according to studies). Children shouldn't be near 18+ content tho.

[@Loutrem]

@@bimates2690 the thing with kinks like these, even if i understand it can be shared by trauma survivors etc, they are not safe. At least to kids who want to search for their favorite cartoon characters and end up on these very public pages (princess molestia being a tumblr blog ot wasnt exactly hidden). Kinks that eroticize criminal acts, no matter the person who has them and for what reason, shouldn't be spread around like it's nothing. Keep that shit to yourself basically. These guys REALLY didn't want to and bullied children about it.

[@simplistikitty]

​@@bimates2690you read all that then came to the conclusion of defining what a kink is and trying to defend it rather than focus on the issue of grown ass adults harassing others for exposing their r*pe kink of childrens media with no care in the world

[@alexbaker3958]

​@@bimates2690people of your sort make me less passionate about freedom of speech

[@womy533]

​@@alexbaker3958then go to north korea Imao

[@dreamnyuro]

I just came back to this video after experiencing similar things as Lilith. I’m not exactly sure what started it, but a few days ago, I started getting really bad compulsions/urges to look up really weird/gross stuff on the internet. No, I don’t enjoy it. It gives me a horrible feeling of discomfort everytime I do it, but the anxiety is even worse when I try to ignore it. I’ve had to go back to therapy for it. I think a lot of people seriously misjudge how dangerous the internet can be and there seriously needs to be better control to keep kids from seeing this kind of stuff.

[@Harsha-h5d]

Trust me you will be okay it did happen to many of you all(luckily not to me luckily and also grew up with anime) but I hope you get over this cuz it is somewhat you can avoid still by like trying some other shows in which I would recommend one piece or Dragonball with how good it was for me to distract myself from trauma(yes even though I didnt see this my school life was awful) I hope for the best and hope that you feel better

[@dreamnyuro]

@@Harsha-h5d Thank you so much! This kind of support means a lot to me 💜💜 I’ll check those shows out!

[@spliffin.stryker]

i feel like its not talked about enough, the way kids can so easily fall down terrifying rabbit holes of twisted versions of their favorite kids content. i know myself and others have been genuinely traumatized by some of it.

[@fatimanoorbajwa3865]

was a victim and didn't even know it. having no friends or siblings as a kid led me to actually find comfort in this.. honestly explains a lot about why i am the way i am now. God i wish i could go back and save myself..

[@TheFoxFromSplashMountain]

As someone who was never into MLP, I started using the internet around the time the fandom blew up, so I saw a lot of brony stuff. It was everywhere, even if you weren't part of the fandom. The pony craze was unavoidable. Thankfully, I was 12-13 at the time, so the more disturbing content didn't really traumatize me too much. But I can imagine seeing this stuff as a young child could have a huge psychological impact on you. I think it's impossible to keep every fandom 100% child friendly. There will always be adults who like to combine their adult interests with characters they like. But we need to be more cautious of the children we share our fandom with and do our best to prevent them from being exposed to this material.

[@ms.pirate]

I was 12 to 14 as well. I didn't really get traumatized by the gore at all. I was into dark themes since then to today

[@justanormalfish]

This is really sad. I was already a grown adult when this generation of MLP came out, and I thought it was a cute show. Definitely would have let my kids watch it if I had kids, but it's sad to know kids had trouble finding content of it online that wasn't creepy or confusing to them.

[@Rosalee473]

My mother wasn't able to check my search history or even check what I was consuming when I was a kid. This obviously led to me seeing many things that no fourth grader should be seeing. The other adult in my life would chide her for this but my grades were fine, my social life was fine, and as far as she was aware I was listening to music and toy unboxing KZbinrs. Even when I was watching creepy game let's plays the most that would occur would be me having a nightmare or two about it before I got over it. But the mlp content really messed me up over the years and traumatized me to a certain point before my brain began to focus more on FNAF. Which, although wasn't much better, it did keep me from a lot of the worst parts of the mlp briny community as a whole. Which is strange to say, FNAF saved me from the worst of MLP. Kinda ironic in a way.

[@nightmarerex2035]

silent hill stopped me from going near strangers cars, this world works in a wired way......

[@tacobellabeanburrito]

I actually feel the same as you to be honest! I probably still got pretty affected by the stuff that I saw in my time in the MLP fandom, but I think it's true that FNAF really pulled me out of the more deeper and darker parts of that. Espically the sexual stuff, I only really remember the gore but that didn't affect me as much as the little i saw of the sexual stuff. Sorry to derail everything, but I think I feel the same as you do. It's weird to say that Fnaf fandom was probably a little better in ways than the MLP fandom.

[@Ghostie_boi567]

Some close family friends who are almost like cousins to me introduced me to FNAF. It ended up being what I went to for comfort after I was exposed to Smile HD for the first time. I couldn’t watch anything related to MLP after that because I just felt sick to my stomach. I watched more FNAF stuff whenever the memory of Smile HD was brought up and I grew to love the games.

[@hairscythe2257]

I had a similar experience in the Gravity Falls fandom as a kid, it's not as bad as the MLP fandom but it was also pretty trauma inducing

[@hairscythe2257]

@sᴀɪʟᴏʀ yeah, that one was pretty gross. For me it was a billdip fanfic that made me never able to look at the show the same way again

[@tunabunkbed3217]

Yea… I remember ALMOST being desensitized to literal *incest* that was encouraged by the fandom for some fucking reason between the Pine twins (seriously, what the fuck-) I grew up realizing how fucked UP that ship was (it was just literal incest)

[@hairscythe2257]

@@tunabunkbed3217 IKRRR

[@starthefrakkfangirl6094]

Same. I got into the show in Middleschool, and unfortunately I also saw many women my age or older making "Peter File" depictions of the character Bill Cipher (My favorite character at the time), not to mention violent s3x stuff with him...

[@supergal8958]

Same here undertale, BATIM, cuphead, even something as stupid as Baldi’s basics this shit never stopped.

[@Spacebun236]

This video really opened my eyes for the majority of my younger years. I was watching porn since like early elementary school and treated it like an achievement, like I was mature for consuming mature things, mature for letting male people in my life touch me inappropriately and I just thought nothing of it. It wasn’t until I was maybe like 16 that I realized that the things I watched was bad for kids and I now kinda resent that side of the fandom wondering what I could’ve been if I never fell down that rabbit hole. Learning that others had the same experience really helped me because for a while I believed that I was the problem, that I was just weird for being into this stuff when in reality it was just that I was exposed to it as a kid. That whole statement about children being sponges to what they witness is no joke.

[@vegeta002]

I think the most interesting use of the "Cupcakes" stuff I've seen was in a crossover fanfic between MLP and _Silent Hill_ of all things. It had Pinkie being drawn into Silent Hill due to a repressed trauma (standard Silent Hill fare), with Cupcakes Pinkie as one of the monsters for her to overcome. There was even a few "Alternate Bad Ending" extra chapters at the end, one of which where Cupcakes Pinkie _killed_ the regular one and took over her body, thus waking up and preparing to begin the actual Cupcakes story. Cupcakes makes a _lot_ more sense as a bad ending of an MLP/Silent Hill crossover than it does as a straight up MLP fanfic.

[@pareochi6759]

when i was young, mlp was my special interest for a very long time, and though i never had issues with the suggestive content, i definitely had troubles with the gory content. i would keep watching the videos like cupcakes and smile, and i really don't know why. thinking back now, it was probably related to my huge mental decline at a young age. I never really had a violent tendency toward others, but i have depression and anxiety and that definitely affected the way i treated and viewed myself. I've recovered now, and ive actually started to love mlp again. i just can't help but resent these people who put these out there for kids like me to see.

[@techye777]

ive always wondered why i act the way i act or think the way i do. i was never able to hold a normal romantic relationship because of my hypersexuality and constant need for sexual validation, or abandonment issues. this video truly takes some weight off my shoulders and makes me feel less alone as a person who grew up in the 2010s online

[@melasnexperience]

I'm glad that you've said you've noticed the trend of so many male viewers/readers/etc seeing a female character that they like and feeling compelled to sexualize them. It's not every male fan by a long shot, but it's enough that others have noticed the trend. And every time they point it out, they get pushback, usually from people who don't even realize that they're doing it or DO realize it & see no issues with it. It's one of those "someone should really study this phenomenon" things, because when a regular person like you or me or the other people I've seen notice the pattern, it's definitely a thing.

[@rixgaming9989]

There is no money in studying this so it won't be studied. It's not 1960 anymore.

[@Justanotheruser33333]

​@rixgaming9989 I mean, on KZbin it might, though it'd be pretty unscientific

[@Luxembourgish]

What's wrong with men sexualizing women? It's human nature. Women also sexualize men characters too like in Twilight, 50 Shades of Gray, and Yaoi genre. Sex is human nature, why the puritanism?

[@honeythief5785]

​@@Luxembourgishit's about the amount of times it happens. There is a problem with it, when it's EVERYWHERE. When theres no female character in a story or movie that isnt sexualised. When women and underage! girls get sexualised, and for no reason. It's objectifying and dehumanizing. And I hope I dont have to explain it further. It sucks.

[@Luxembourgish]

@@honeythief5785 Except there are plenty of non-sexualized media like the mainstream MLP show. If fans want to do a fanfic of them sexualizing the characters, it doesn't hurt you when you can simply avoid it. No real human is dehumanized when non-human fictional characters are the ones dehumanized, violent video games much?

[@Locke5413]

I, for the life of everything, could NEVER understand the hardcore fixation that grown ass men had on this show. It was designed for children, little girls specifically. But every guy I knew back in the mid to late 2010s that i knew watched it was obsessed. It took me till around 2017 to realized that most of those guys had a sexual thing for the show... Then, I listened to the ToonKritic thing and finally got how bad this was.

[@Trynt33]

The sad reality is a lot of those men were on the spectrum too, so they fundamentally couldn't understand what they were doing was wrong, while also interacting with minors who often had a similar level of comprehension and emotional maturity

[@camerondodge2070]

As someone who write mature, horror-themed MLP stories, this stuff appalls me. There should always be clear and extensive separation between the child friendly and mature sides of any fandom, and of anything in general.

[@patzer229]

I think the early 2010s were the worst possible time for this to happen. Back when the internet still had some of the "wild west" feel of the old internet, and yet it was becoming increasingly accessible to increasingly young children too. Combine that with a fandom with a lot of adult fans on a subject topic which had plenty of children interested in it, and it was really a disaster waiting to happen. I was thankfully 15 when I first saw MLP content, so old enough to not be traumatized by the horror stuff etc, but can easily see how it could have been worse for younger kids. Nowadays, a decent portion of the remaining MLP fandom are actually people who were kids who grew up with the show and are now adults- and having spoken to people at conventions I've unfortunately heard several few tales of people being exposed to stuff at a young age that they really shouldn't have. While it's impossible to remove all possibility of kids seeing harmful stuff online, hopefully it happens relatively less nowadays. That being said, even with the existence of stuff like KZbin Kids and the ability to mark videos as 18+ nowadays, there's still something of a problem of youtube often automatically marking any fandom content as "For Kids", even when the creators explicitly mark it as 18+ and are very clear that it is not intended for children... when you've got creators who make an active effort to hide adult fandom content from children, but youtube refuses to listen to appeals and insists on adding it to the Kids section anyway, that is really a problem with youtube which unfortunately still exists now.

[@janedoe6121]

Read: "I create this content so I don't want to believe there's anything wrong with it. The problem is not with me but with whatever it is that fails to prevent children from accessing adult content." Okay - when you were a child, how easy was it for you to access adult content that you weren't supposed to see? Very easy. Even if your parents tried to prevent you, you knew how to get around your parents. Even if websites warned you against it or said explicitly that it's for adults only or that you had to be 18 to view it, You were curious and smart and you knew how to get to the adult content that you wanted to see. Do you really believe there was anything that could legitimately have prevented you from seeing it when you wanted to? No, there wasn't. If there's mature content out there then children will figure out a way to view it. You did and so do today's kids. I know you don't want to feel like you're doing anything wrong by putting adult content on the internet, basically just because you enjoy doing it. You wouldn't stop doing it just because kids looked at it and were traumatized, you would try to blame other, mysterious forces, for failing to prevent kids from seeing it. As if anything could have prevented you from seeing adult content when you were a kid. As much as you don't enjoy hearing it, the only way to prevent kids from seeing adult content is not to put it up on the internet.

[@camerondodge2070]

@@janedoe6121 See, the problem here is you assume that I did that stuff as a kid. I didn't. I never tried to get around my parents, I respected them too much to do that. They told me that there were things I was't ready to see, told me why I probably wasn't ready, and made sure I understood this. Also, by that logic, libraries shouldn't have any mature content either, since a kid might wander into the adult section, pick up a book, and read it. So, should we ban grown up literature from public libraries? Should we bar children entrance to such libraries? Or maybe we should teach our children that there are some things out there that they're not ready for yet, have a frank conversation with them without sugarcoating anything to make sure they get the point. Here's another one: there's a lot of music online that's probably not safe for kids to hear. Should we make it so artists can't release their music because of the chance a kid will hear it? By the way, the way your comment reads makes it seem like your being condescending towards me, and I sincerely hope that wasn't the case. Have a good day.

[@CadDriftarus]

​@@camerondodge2070Their comment has the same mentality as the people thag let COPPA and KZbin screw creators over, while also letti g YT Kids get away with advertising fetish fuel to kids. These guys are just as much of a problem.

[@CadDriftarus]

​​@@camerondodge2070lso I'd be interested in reading any horror ya got- Edit: typo

[@tacobellabeanburrito]

Thank you so much for bringing this to light. I know of a lot of people, teens and tweens, who wear "I watched this gory and traumatizing video" as a sort of badge of honor. I used to wear it too until I finally realized through this video that what I was exposed to as literal 9 year-old child was NOT ok. And it makes me kind of mad that some bronies did this and didn't even put restrictions on it. In fact, even encouraged it and made it out as a joke which is what you said in the video. I will keep my little cousins safe from this shit. I will NOT let them become fucked up like I am. I hope that they're ashamed of what they did to all these kids who had their childhood ripped away from them at such a young age.

[@meanyapickles]

I wore it like a badge of honor too... I think as a kid, being told "You're not old enough to understand" or "You can't watch this / do this until you're older" just makes you want to find out _what_ everyone is trying to shield you from. Then when you finally understand, you wear it like a badge of honor... but it isn't. It's horrifying. I feel sick thinking about it now.

[@dreamerfrostbite2066]

as someone who enjoys and grew up with this content I blame myself and my mum not the artists, its the internet and people express themselves in a variety of ways without much restriction. some of this stuff isn't even bad it's just all lumped together.

[@frutiguro]

it was so easy to find mlp nsfw on google back then omg. I remember being 10 and often using google images to find pics of the show so i could draw the ponies and i would come across so much nsfw that i would start to draw it too, despite not really understanding it to begin with. The fandom was really a wild west.

[@Ayyabee]

In elementary school, like lower elementary school, I watched a lot of my little pony gore and sexual content. Unfortunately, that ended up leading to me being drawn toward gacha life explicit videos. I never realized that these things brought about so many issues, this video has really helped me realize so much even now.

[@sarcasmtf6633]

I always thought people who called themselves traumatized by NSFW content as a child were just sensitive or being kind of pathetic but a lot of points in this video kind of enlightened me. What I thought was just me aging a decade sooner in such a way was just me, just something that was in my brain when I was born and would one day just go through early but I guess it was influenced huh. I am currently a full time artist, when I was a kid I filled up books and books of sketches (NSFW in nature) and instead of helping me or noticing the signs of things wrong my parents didn't do anything and I was extremely confused for a long time and a lot of it showed vast age difference to say the least (there was no secks talk or education and I learnt it all from the internet). Heck, I didn't even know how to properly groom myself before I understood what r*pe was. SHIT I should probably talk to a therapist about this. I am horrified absolutely horrified writing this as I know my little sister who has unlimited access to online chats is probably getting lost in the depths of the internet because my mum is too busy to notice

[@noobly1618]

Check up on your sister. She needs u.

[@lilacpenguin5329]

it's developmentally detrimental for minors to be exposed to nsfw content. i dont know how you think people confiding their traumas about content like this would make you think they're pathetic. i hope you get help, because that infers to me a startling lack of empathy.

[@sarcasmtf6633]

@@lilacpenguin5329 did you read my comment? I said it had opened my mind to what it truly does to a mind so young and how it affected me personally without realising. Nice reading skills mate

[@Flippylover_69]

Yea, I generally don’t believe in internet censorship UNLESS it involves minors. An adult telling me they were traumatized by an mlp video? I’d probably call them sensitive. A child doing the same thing though? Different story. Kids are more easily influenced than most adults realize. Hell, I was a kid that liked horror growing up and even I remember being freaked out by some of the content mentioned in the video. I remember having vivid nightmares about them and not being able to sleep for days, and I was 10 at the time. I can’t imagine what other kids who saw this stuff at a much younger age than I did went through.

[@OctEddie]

Often calling others sensitive or pathetic for saying they were traumatized is often how we deal with or dismiss the trauma that we carry and deny.

[@bluejay2509]

I was addicted to horror as a kid, and even as an adult that hasn’t changed. But as a child I was heavily involved in the creepypasta fandom, even made some stories of my own. I also liked mlp at the time and as a child who had a love for horror I very quickly found the cupcakes story, rainbow factory etc. looking back as an adult, its honestly sickening how there was no way I could have known. I think the worst part is it led to an even heavier addiction, I started seeking out more mlp creepypasta’s, fanart stories you name it. And I never saw a problem with any of it. Thinking back on it, I think the only one that scared me was the amnesia mlp crossover, and even then I was scared yet fascinated. Its horrible looking back now and seeing how those things influenced me at such a young age.

[@aimest2963]

Honestly, im still a kid(14) but this shit fucked me up, i remember watching this gore mlp stuff in like KINDERGARTEN and im glad it didnt do worse.Luckily i never saw the whole nsfw side of this stuff

[@meanyapickles]

Ah there's a memory. I remember watching the voice lines for the Amnesia characters on KZbin, so fucked up to see the characters all mutilated and demented crying out for help or in anger like that... I was also in Creepypasta-MLP limbo and I consumed MLP horror like crazy. You're not alone.

[@lifeisadrag7705]

@@aimest2963 Please try to be careful

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

I was obsessed with horror as a kid, and I loved MLP as well. I loved watching videos like that mainly because I thought I was so "cool" and "mature" for watching it. I also had neglectful parents who never bothered to watch what kind of stuff I watched online because they didn't care. However, just because I wasn't badly affected by this - or at least I hope I wasn't - does not mean that it was ever okay. It's not. Lots of people say that "Bluey is the new brony fandom," but they don't understand just how bad bronies were back then. Not only did they expose NSFW content to kids, they reveled in it and joked about how much they loved traumatizing kids. They would upload graphic stuff that started like a normal MLP episode intentionally. At least Bluey fans are strict in making sure that boundaries and appreciate warnings are in place to make sure NSFW content is as far away from kids as possible.

[@meanyapickles]

Oh man I almost started tearing up reading that. I felt that so hard man, that exact same "maturity" at being able to stomach that content. And then I kept persuing it for that exact reason... It's like I felt cool for being jaded, for having "seen it all," graphic violence and sexual content included. You're definitely not alone on that

[@F0rev3r.B0red]

I grew up exactly like that and being into My Little Pony I also recommended gore/porn clips only to look up that the original is nothing like it but I consumed a lot of violence as a kid.

[@Quadrenaro]

This video is pretty fascinating. The show came out when I was 18, so I watched it from the young adult brony's perspective. I always wondered what the younger audience would think about the dark side of the fandom if they ever found it.

[@GLASS_CONSUMER]

Smile HD was the awakening of my animated gore obsession.

[@Wroar2020s]

What about happy tree friends? (your pfp duh)

[@GLASS_CONSUMER]

@@Wroar2020s i became obsessed with htf after

[@Wroar2020s]

@@GLASS_CONSUMER oh ok well that explains it lol

[@slayqueen2804]

This brought me to tears, I was traumatized watching this as a child but wasn’t aware of it until now… I’m so sad I was exposed to it as a kid and my little pony was my childhood era, realizing how much the fan videos hurt me is shocking, remembering watching those videos of rainbow dash being slaughtered by her friend, pinkie pie while my sister and I were screaming was devastating. Thank you for bringing awareness to this topic and making other people like me understand what we really saw as kids.

[@Luxembourgish]

This video retroactively traumatized you. It's the same mentality as retroactively turning regret into r*pe. You were fine until you were manipulated not to be by this video.

[@deavaleria]

I got into the show in 2011 when I was around 12. I'm going to be 24 this month. I'm in therapy and have spoken about how this really messed me up as a kid. I remember watching cupcakes and smile over and over. Gore became normal. Same with seeing nsfw stuff. I was a child exposed to stuff that has made my brain so messed up. I was taken advantage of by a man who said he was 17 when I was 14. He was 21. I thought what he did was normal... I thought it was love. I still love the show, have the figures. I found someone truly special though it. Me and him are both working to fix the damage that was caused to us as kids.

[@playernotfound9489]

im 13 and watched elsagate. now dang how did u fall for that? same situations and crap

[@deavaleria]

@@playernotfound9489 what do you mean how did I fall for that

[@verycoolpersonguy]

​@playernotfound9489 you're young and didn't grow up during the same time as we did. there was little to no moderation of the content back then, and the videos that yt recommended to you could've been ANYTHING. i grew up with a similar mindset as this person, thinking that i, as a little kid, could be in relationships with adults; it was normalized by both my family and by the media i consumed. i was exposed to sexual content (via online MLP media) at an early age and still deal with the problems it's caused me. i get that you're 13, but learn to have some compassion towards others that have different experiences. i urge you to be careful about the stuff you watch and take the warning seriously.

[@renataantoniow802]

Thank you for talking about this, i had several trauma after consuming all of this content when i was a kid. Today im still struggling with it and I thought i was the only one actually afected, sadly it's been 11 years, but this video encouraged me to talk about it with my therapist :) I hope it will help more people like me