Friday, December 2, 2011

Huge Brony School Presentation: Ballad of the Brony

Over a three month period, Saberspark compiled information from all over the brony community, even digging into the older generation stuff for a beginning history lesson.  It encompasses pretty much every aspect of the our little fandom, from the crazy stuff we create, to the internet takeover that is currently going on. 

The main point was for a school project on the study of "deviance".  Are we deviant? He hopes to answer that! Hit up the videos below for the full presentation.

Ballad of the Brony (Introduction) 
Ballad of the Brony (Act One)
Ballad of the Brony (Act Two) 
Ballad of the Brony (Act Three)  
Ballad of the Brony (Act Four) 
Ballad of the Brony (Act Five) 

88 comments:

PhantomBadger said...

Oh wow, I can see this taking up a good portion of my time.

FlyingBiscuit said...

Oh yeah, Glad to see this made it, already saw it on my forums ,but heck

Moldypotato said...

Awesome to see this on EQD :P

DcmRulz said...

This is gonna be good!

Saberspark said...

This makes my week! Thank you for the post and a HUGE THANKS to the Brony community! You all make it worthwhile with your amazing music, art, and videos. I love this fandom and look forward to seeing it grow!

B34r said...

I can't watch Act 5 D:
It's a private clip :/

OneDivineEquine said...

Alright dude, now this is some proper recognition ^_^

Dusty the Royal Janitor said...

If Bronies are deviant then I don't want to be norm.

OneDivineEquine said...

the 'private' videos are on his channel with new links u_u

Scallywag said...

@Dusty the Royal Janitor
Well, most of our fandom post on Deviant Art.

Segatendo said...

There is uploads of 2 and 5 which are not private, can you change the links to those please.

SpanglePony said...

PONIES ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD!...I'm strangely okay with this.

Saberspark said...

For those who are dealing with the private video problem, just click on the annotation at the beginning or end of Act One and Act Four! Sorry for the inconvenience!

Jelfes said...

@SpanglePony Ha, we've been conquesting the world from day one, and every day we gain more territory!

OtterMatt said...

I am LOVING this. I think I just might use this to give people intros to the series now...

Abbrakiosaurus said...

Wow. That was really well done and well thought out!

KouThan said...

Act 2 and 5 are private.

el_draconoquis said...

Yep....his words are made of 100% truth

Scallywag said...

@KouThan
They have links at the end of Act 1 and Act 4. Just use them instead.

Forderz said...

That was brilliant! Just... amazing...

Altercation said...

You know, I'll be honest. I only came here because of the glorious and inexplicable duo of Derpy and Guilmon. Because Digimon Tamers was boss.

Of course, now that I'm here...

mrsteroids said...

This project have the potential to end up on the TV.

archiveit said...

That is without a doubt the best guide to FIM and it's fandom that I have seen.

Vinyl x Octavia said...

This was simply amazing.

Hubba_Bubba said...

@Dusty the Royal Janitor

We ARE deviant :) I think the point Saberspark was trying to make that being deviant is not wrong on it's own. The word 'deviant' always has this negative aura around it, as in deviant = abnormal/wrong.
I personally like the term 'eccentric' more :) that one seems to be less stigmatic.

keneticpest said...

Damn that was long, but awesome!
I felt like I just watched a documentary, even though I already knew over half the stuff.

KingOfTheRubberDucks said...

I'm more amazed by Derpy riding Guilmon

Maeni said...

Didn't plan on watching this at all, just started watching the introduction and then suddenly I'd watched the whole thing.

That was amazing.

PhantomBadger said...

Best thing on the Internet ! :D

Select Few said...

Blogger ate my comment.

That was awesome! I'll have to remember to direct people to that when they ask about Bronies.

Gramis said...

Derpy?! Guilmon?! Together!? My life is complete.

These vids are awesome btw. really good take on the MLP Series.

Sombreon said...

The magnitude in this video documentary...it's.... it's AMAZING! Seriously. I am in complete awe of the sheer amount of work that was put into this. Everything that is need to know about ponies, bronies, and everything of the community in general is all right here.

Bravo, just bravo. You win all of the internet.

Also, this deserves a special spot on front page for an entire month. Everypony in here needs to see this.

QuadICE said...

Really amazing work! Everypony must see it!

Lazuli said...

This is amazing! Your hard work is appreciated, especially the sacrifice you took by watching G3.5!

Mike said...

XD
part 1 4:42 - 4:50
'season two takes place in detroit'; lol.

Baree said...

Hehe. This whole video was just great to watch. We all appreciate the efforts of the team behind the show immensely. But there is no doubt that the awesome community that has gathered around it is a large part of the fun as well :) And this video does a great job of showing that.

Sheffield Makoto said...

Incredible collaboration this series. I was taken away at the level of work and professionalism was put into this.

I'm currently burning these to Blu ray discs in 1080p and going to show it off to closed groups around our community.

Dionysus said...

*many tears*
We're the best fandom ever
Great work, so much effort, and it really shows how awesome MLP is.

ClutterCluster said...

That was glorious. I reared up a little. :')

ClutterCluster said...

*teared
Auto correct you fail me again. V_V

frith said...

That was excellent! But it spent too much time describing each of the mane six and I felt the review of the G1-3.5 animation was rushed. At least now I kinda know what happened to the "princess" pony in the 1000 year old smelly Spike cartoon. Thanks for the documentary!

Al_Skylark said...

This was simply amazing, very touching ;w;

Itnax said...

Amazing work, once again!

JiiKoo said...

Guilmon! :)
With that now out of my system, I'll have to bookmark this and watch it later on.

Macon Mixx said...

About... 50 minutes long? But definitely worth it. If nothing else, go for Acts 1 and 3. :)

OtterMatt said...

Epic. Absolutely epic. This IS the definitive work on Bronies to date.

Dantes_Grill said...

this was awesome! everything to know about ponies, bronies + more =)

Christian Friis Soerensen said...

I'm going to have to use YouTube Downloader on all of those, put them together in one video and show that to my parents... Maybe then they won't get pissed of whenever I even mention ponies, it's going to take some work to get them to watch it though... but really, it'll be nothing compared to the immense amount of work Saberspark did to so perfectly explain the validity of my new favorite pass-time.
So thank you Saberspark! From the bottom of my heart.
It's not easy to openly be a brony when your own family condemns you for it, and you and the supportive nature of the rest of the community may have saved me a lot of grief going forward.

KaijinZero said...

well, i believe that we now have a new thing for derpy...riding magic dragon digimon. now that thats done, video time!

RX-77 [ITA] said...

Oh... my... gosh! That was AMAZING!

ChaosDX1 said...

"Awesome" Is an understatement.

I'd like to shake this guy's hand personally. (Or give a brohoof. Heck why not both?)

Stargazer said...

Watched the entire thing. Simply put, it was incredible and well done!

Peter said...

It's good for people who don't know about Bronies, but Bronies won't learn anything from it. I already know everything in the presentation in more detail than he gave. I'll probably show that to some of my non-brony friends I'm trying to convert.

PikalaxALT said...

I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but could you update the links for Acts 2 and 5? *record scratches* I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but could you update the links for Acts 2 and 5? *record scratches* I don't mean to sound...

Mithos said...

This was awesome, and I needed the lift today.

I had just tried showing my friend the first two episodes. He was trying to understand why I liked it, and after the first episode refused to watch the second one, saying it was too girly. So I was feeling pretty down and hesitant to try showing it anyone else.

And then I watched the whole thing.

I stopped being sad. Now, I feel awesome. This fandom is awesome, and you sir, deserve every word of praise.

Brohoof. Brohoof indeed.

Octavia said...

Really cool they mentioned BronyState. I wasn't expecting that. Also, Octavia. So glad everyone loves her so much and she's considered one of the background favorites by many. :)

I watched that entire thing. All the parts. Nice piece all together. I really enjoyed watching it and think he touched on just about everything. Very good job on this, sir.

Mithzan said...

Was amazing! Great job!

Fish609 said...

Fantastic. I am speechless. You have done an amazing thing here.

Zurkoslat said...

This was amazing and quite inspirational. The definitive work for the culture and quite a good explanation for others. Good job.

D. S. said...

That was the most amazing documentary(?) I have ever seen on this topic.

I mean...sure, it's the only one I've seen.
BUT STILL!

Khangle said...

Absolutely captivating and extremely thorough. The amount of work put into these videos was phenomenal.

Thank you so much for creating this. I'm going to watch this all over again!

Jimmy James said...

@Mithos
Whenever I show people MLP, I go for "Party of One" 'cause of its craziness. It works!

Wow... This guy sure was dedicated to his project.

Noah (Pete993) said...

Wow. Impressive. Just spent a good while watching the whole thing. Start to finish. Used up lots of time I should be using for other work. Worth it.

RainbowDash. said...

Entire project on my facebook page :D

mrboab said...

Just watched it. AMAZING. I've acutally been searching for a documentary on Bronies to satiate my curiosity on the subject. This was perfect!

Krinsy said...

I say that on behalf of the Brony community this deserves a massive round of applause for your dedication and effort put into this masterful presentation. That this piece of work will be spread and used to show others about the fandom.

Akira Reimei said...

Awesome set of videos, and very professional. It reminded my why I became a Brony in the first place and why i continue to be one today. Tip of my hat to you sir.

Trixie's Hat said...

Wow. This is easily one of the best sources of information on bronies I have ever seen. I definitely learned a lot about us (especially about the past generations of MLP) and the montages of fan works almost brought me to tears with how great this community is. I think my parents would understand us more if they saw this. Now the hard part is actually getting them to watch it...

Wierdplatformer said...

And much respect was givin this day!

Saberspark said...

Thanks again for all the kind words everyone! I am just a reporter though, we all, as a community, make this fandom incredible. This one was for all Bronies out there!

Detoxicity said...

This was really good. Seriously, everypony should watch this.

Xzite said...

@Saberspark Amazing Work! Now someone do german subtitles, i need to show this around ;D

B-dog said...

FUCK THIS GAY EARTH, I HATE ALL OF YOU.

Saberspark said...

@B-dog I only have one question for you....do you like bananas?

Delta Takahashi said...

Hey, the Deviance project!

I remember this from High School!

MasterContinuum said...

Act three made up for the ungodly horror that was those last moments of act one. Ugh. I nearly hperventilated through that.

Platyps said...

this was amazing, kind of makes me ashamed to be a closet brony though

JoeyH said...

Dang, that was amazing! Very informative and I learned a lot by watching! And if it took three months, that is some dedication of epic proportions, excellent job!

DrProffessorMan said...

that was friggin awesome! ive always been proud to be a brony and i dont care what most people think of us, i will always take pride in what i am. you sir, have my respect :)

Unknown said...

I think this has to be one of the best fan productions out there. I also think it would be a great tool to open the eyes of the hatter!

ElectricZoNe said...

WOW this little video series is amazing! SO much information its...wow. And the dude that made this did a fantastic job.

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