Among bronies and pirates

Bronies are a peculiar subculture which originated in the United States (where else?) and then spread internationally. Bronies are – wait for it – adult male fans of the animated TV series “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”, which is really intended for little girls! Each year, the bronies gather at fan fests known as BronyCons. The subculture is subject to much debate and derision on the web, including YouTube.

I've previously reviewed the documentary “Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony”. This DVD, “Bronies 2: More Unexpected Fans of My Little Pony”, contains additional material which didn't make it onto the documentary. It's not particularly interesting for the general viewer, mostly being a compilation of interviews with attendees and organizers of BronyCon 2014. The creator of “My Little Pony”, Lauren Faust is featured, together with voice-over actor John de Lancie. On a more comic note, a guy dressed like Spiderman participated in the BronyCon cosplay contest?!

Since I'm Swedish, I found the interviews with the German Pirate Party of some interest, the Pirate Party originally being a Swedish idea. It seems that the German version is teeming with bronies, and the activists often watch “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” to calm down after heated political discussions! Why are we not surprised? Full disclosure: I hate the “Pirates” and consider it a disgrace to Sweden that some of them were elected to the European Parliament! So they are into bronydom as well, hmmm….

Most material contained on this DVD has also been posted free of charge on YouTube by the producers, BronyDoc Studios, so I suppose the physical DVD is intended as some kind of memento from the fan convention. But, as I said, it's probably not very fun to watch unless you're actually a brony yourself.