Straits Times in Singapore recently released this article all about the pony phenomenon. It's pretty in depth compared to some of the other we have seen in the past, though I think the "hugging plushies to fall asleep" may have been a bit overboard. Careful guys! You can find the print version above, and the web version (that is pretty limited) here!
Thanks to Wayne for the images.
Higher quality images here from Masatoshi (USE THIS)
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Yay, but I can't read it :(.
ReplyDeleteToo much many things to recover from my lost favourites that is.
ReplyDeleteThe ponies will take over the world, 1 by 1 becomes a brony, slow and steady.
ReplyDeleteI do not hug a plushie to fall asleep! (Because all the good fan made ones cost too much! Curses!!)
ReplyDelete@Laurence Brown
ReplyDeleteI know. If I had cash to spare, I'd totally be bidding on the Vinyl Scratch plushie on E-Bay.
What I notice about so many of these articles, is that they often fail to ever mention that MLP is simply a "well written show". Simply saying that would give it a bit more legitimacy.
One by one turns into a brony; I can't believe this! But I got to! Worldwide Brony FTW
ReplyDeleteStraights Times?? Wut
ReplyDelete@Tylendal
ReplyDeleteWe did tell her that. Chosen to omit? I dunno.
This Cartoon gona stop World War 3 Too? maybe 2012 too, this world gona be without Evil ^_^
ReplyDeleteI think the correct one is "Straits Times". Dunno about SG.
ReplyDeleteI dunno man, if I had a plushie I'd hug it to sleep every night maybe I guess.
ReplyDeleteGood to see ponies spreading out into more international media though. It's a good show, and the message of kindness and friendship can only make the world a better place.
yup, straits time that is
ReplyDeleteJust admit it isn't that bad and the article might have some legitimacy. Admit it, go on! It's well written!
ReplyDeleteHug a plushie going to sleep? I bloody wish! Do you have ANY idea how expensive the amazingly good, hoove made fan ones are? Far too much is the answer
Seth, I have emailed you (using the submit address) my own better scans of it. Perhaps you could like to upload those?
ReplyDeleteOh I can't wait to rub this in to one of my pals who is also doing his service in Singapore >:3
ReplyDeleteI told him ponies would assume control of their army sooner or later and I was right! MWUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
In conclusion, Indonesian bronies are required to travel about 900 KM to another country to meet their one-of-a-kinds.
ReplyDeleteI dunno. I hug a plushie to sleep every night too. lol I like having one to sleep with. :) I think the article was decent.
ReplyDeleteCan't complain about the article, its always good to read a story in the media about MLP fans that doesn't focus on the 1% of very odd fans and their habits. Never ceases to amaze me how worlwide the fandom is though, can't wait for it to grow bigger here in NZ :) Let the movement roll on!
ReplyDeleteI’ve hugged dictionaries to fall asleep.
ReplyDeleteWoot so close to home on this one XD
ReplyDeleteI'm SG and I'm a brony!!!
ReplyDeleteI think the article was fine.. but I thought bronies came from b boards, not actully from bro.(That it was common misunderstanding that bronies came from bro and ponies) But hey, I might be totally wrong here.. and that bronies wass general term, not just for male fans but also female fans older then target audiance.(Even if Pegasister is becoming more common, Brony is still a general term)
ReplyDelete@eX.A.K.R.
ReplyDeleteMind sending it again? I cleared them all out, there were a bunch hah :x
does anypony know the date of the newspaper? i know its probably the one for today, but i want to ty to find it, and am wondering if i should still try
ReplyDeleteI take offense! I hugged plushies to fall asleep even before I became a brony!
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you've given this an article of its own instead of putting it into the Nightly Roundup, Seth. But I'm pretty sure there are better, cleaner scans that have been submitted, you might want to use those instead of these camera snapshots. There's some more content at the bottom of the page which mentions our Singapore Bronies Society Facebook group page as well as Equestria Daily too, which isn't shown here but I'm sure have been scanned and sent over to you guys.
ReplyDeleteI can't really say I'm fully satisfied with the quality and content of this article as it contains numerous potential misconceptions about the show and our community in general, firstly being the implication that 'brony' is a strictly masculine term and therefore our society is limited to guys only, which is completely untrue.
Living at Singapore finally gave me an advantage - I have a copy of this right now!
ReplyDelete@lonelyginger
ReplyDeleteYes, it's in today's Sunday Times, the Lifestyle section.
@cjwcjwcjwcjw
ReplyDeletei live in SG too, but would you mind telling me the date of the paper? im going to try getting my own, but am wondering if i still can...
@lonelyginger
ReplyDeleteit's today's - The Sunday Times
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ReplyDeleteSecond page of Lifestyle portion
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ReplyDeletethanks :)
@AK
ReplyDeleteWhoops, didn't notice your comment. Sorry.
@AK
ReplyDeletethanks :)
If I had a plushie, I'd hug it to sleep at night, too. :D
ReplyDeleteI managed to get 2 people into my school into the brony herd. The third, became a brony without me knowing, and I became a brony without him knowing. xD
ReplyDeleteOne by one, I shall assimilate my whole school of 1,400 into the brony herd. I only have 1,396 to go. We'll do it one by one. :D
Hey im from SG too, i dont usually read that section but when i heard about it through a friend i read through the whole thing. haha
ReplyDeleteSurprised to find it up here too!
Great to know I'm not alone :D
ReplyDeleteIm still a closet-brony, I dont think there are any bronies for miles around here in Italy, and I dont think any of my class-mates would be to excepting if they learned I liked MLP.
ReplyDeleteIm just glad that the fandom has attracted this much attention, im also glad that this article doesn't mindlessly bash us as some others have in the past.
Glad to see that articles such as these are drawing more attention to our Singapore Bronies Society and sending out signals to more lost ponies out there in Singapore. I welcome you all to join the gathering here --> http://www.facebook.com/groups/197681263629702/
ReplyDeletecrap, if only these 234 bronies were 600 miles closer!
ReplyDeleteanywhay, where is the nightly roundup?
@T3echUL3ss0n
ReplyDeleteyea ikr? i assumed there were only a handful of fans over here (:
These are the guys who wrote Elements of Gaming. O_O The respect has been doubled.
ReplyDeleteWe are not alone. Everyday is a greater step to showing everypony why MLP is so great.
ReplyDeleteBronies, I am proud.
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ReplyDeleteWell, looks like I'll have to hop over the Causeway if I want to be in a brony meetup.
ReplyDeleteI liked the article.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad they used National Servicemen for commentary. Military types tend to garner respect with greater ease than, say, "geeks," or "dweebs" (lol, Gilda). Not that there's anything inherently wrong with being a "geek" or "dweeb," mind you...
Proof of people respecting the military? Observe the majority of comments where a military brony takes a pic of him/herself.
@80PercentBrony
ReplyDeleteForgot to add:
I can see a few misconceptions coming out of the article, though. One of the first things I noticed was that the article implies Bronies are strictly male. This simply is not true.
actually since serving in the military is compulsory here, there would be "geeks" in the army as well.
ReplyDeleteMy Singaporean pride has doubled XD
ReplyDeleteHere's a MUCH clearer scan of the article that I must share! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2061606/The%20Straits%20Times-SBS%20Interview.jpg
ReplyDeleteArticle's...Okay. Not as bad as that Strange Addiction episode that might have happened/will happen.
ReplyDelete@80PercentBrony
ReplyDeleteExactly bro, I mentioned about those misconceptions in an earlier post. One major detail I would like to mention about the conducting of the actual interview itself was out of the 20-odd group who met up last Wednesday and was present at the actual interview with the reporter, none of us were girls. That must've made quite an impression on her. It seemed as though the basis of the article was the fact that guys are showing an appreciation for a girly show.
Also, as a national serviceman myself I notice and relish the trend of military-type bronies making a much better impression to general society because the work we do is supposedly 'manly', but then again National Service is compulsory in our country, so that effect will be marginalized against local readers of the Straits Times.
So you're telling me that I've been in Singapore with a US Navy ship for 2 weeks, and I could have gotten some brohoofs if I'd worn my Brony shirt out in public? And I only see this news after I can't go get a physical copy? Just great. At least I got some ponies from the Toys R Us at Suntec.
ReplyDeleteI WISH I had a plushie to hug as I fell asleep... :(
ReplyDeleteGonna get one as soon as I have the money...
I take offense to this as not one single pegasister was mentioned. Not all bronies are guys!
ReplyDelete@PinkieIsMahWaifu
ReplyDeleteI agree, I wish they had mentioned that there are older girls/women who watch it too.
This article is best pony.
ReplyDeleteNo seriously, I don't think any journalist to date has told it as well and as honestly as this article here.
Where did they order them from I can't find anywhere to order an RD plush from and the ones on ebay go insanely high I could maybe pay like 100 but yeah college student don't have 700 plus to blow on a plush :(
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the authors of Elements of Gaming were from Singapore! The more you know, I guess.
ReplyDeleteNice article.
These guys wrote the Elements of Gaming? I need to bow to them.
ReplyDeleteHey, I would hug my plushie to sleep if I had one.
ReplyDeleteGreat article, but...
ReplyDeletePegasisters is such a stupid word. Why can't people realize that Brony is a unisex term?
It's about time they recognized it over here. =D
ReplyDeleteRepresent, yo!
>mfw when I saw this article in Strait Times yesterday and I knew it will turn up here and dang, I didn't know there were others right here, I must be living under a rock
ReplyDelete:rainbowdashsoawesome:
Just went to google to see how much a Rainbow Dash plush would cost. Clicked on the first thing, ToysRUs.... WTF?!?! XD
ReplyDeleteSigh. Still a closet brony. And solitary brony. Not working out for me in the West side of Singapore. Why.....
ReplyDeleteYou are SO right! Finally someone who understands.
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