For all my fuss and insecurity I care very little about what the outside world thinks of me, and have enough credentials to be as weird as I like- so I have introduced a recovery group in a nearby town (must see if they pick it up- they trust my judgement and there's a total Dashie, Rarity, Twi, me-AJ, and Pinkie so if even ONE of them has a look they will proverbially shit bricks. The Pinkie acts AND sounds like Pinkie
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I can top that- I am acquaintances with a few serious mix engineers (not that I'm one, I make stuff that they use) and have spotted a Rarity, a Dash and an Applejack among them. So I've asked directly if any of them are bronies, in the knowledge that some might become bronies when they get curious and check it out. Some of these guys, they have the right kind of innocence and refusal to be bound by conventions. It's kind of like how Adam Savage of Mythbusters is a big fan of cartoons already...