The Last Bronycon: a fandom autopsy

When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain In the shadow of the forest though she may be old and worn They will stare unbelieving at the last Bronycon When the first breath of winter through the flowers is icing And you look to the north and a pale moon is rising And it seems like all is dying and would leave the world to mourn In the distance hear the laughter of the last Bronycon I'm alive, I'm alive When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has passed without even a last desperate warning Then look into the sky where through the clouds a path is torn Look and see her how she sparkles, it's the last Bronycon

The girly stereotypes: environmentalist, teacher, rollerskater, circus clown, volcanic sacrifice. The five types of girls.

Jenny revealing that she was "horse famous" and that she contributed to a large portion of brony fan culture is like that Darth Vader twist before it became iconic in pop culture.

"A highly intelligent group of heterosexual males" got me real good

calling the creator of one of the biggest mlp fan series a fake fan is so funny or me im sorry like. i hope that guy remembers that and it keeps him awake at night

"It's a little cringey but most fun things are." Might be the most profound statement of our time

Jenny roasting 4chan while sitting next to a Twilight Sparkle body pillow is a power move.

36:35 imagine being these guys you put so much effort into making this ROBOT based on an inside joke and you have no idea the actual voice actress is RIGHT THERE i hope they've seen this video

I was always SO happy interacting with the Brony fandom as a little girl. I LOVED attending cons, I would always take pictures with adults in full cosplay, and they’d draw my clumsily made OC for me for free while having nice, innocent conversations about the show with me. I felt surrounded by friends. I met several “horse famous” people who were, with one exception, SO incredibly kind to me, and it meant the world to me as the weird, mentally ill, autistic, often outcast kid at school. In fact, Jenny, you and your friend made a significant contribution to that. I had made a very, VERY poor, clumsy attempt at a Derpy cosplay and I attended a FiW panel at Fiesta Equestria in Houston, Texas. I had worked so hard on it, and though it was poorly made, I got so many compliments, including several from y’all, who were so so cool and funny in my little eyes. You guys said I looked like an angel, and I didn’t get compliments like that outside of family often. So, despite all of the weird shit and the harmful impacts I later realized exposure to the worse parts of the fandom had on my brain, I’m still very grateful to the fandom, to YOU, for that. Thank you, everypony <3

So if im correct The best thing about bronies was their unbridled passion The worst thing about bronies was their unbridled passion

I can't believe Jenny made an hour long brony documentary just to flex on us that she was horse famous.

"You would have some Applejacks left over" Not on my watch. Literally my fav character, I even scraped off her silhouette on my wooden wardrobe with a needle, so that I could see her every time I woke up and get motivated to start another day. I was pretty insane

47:42 this interaction gets me everytime imagine being so pompous you think a child is a fake fan of a children's show because she's not deep enough into fandom to know your probably obscure oc

"in fact, they are a highly intelligent group of heterosexual males" omg. he says it so earnestly.

So are we REALLY just going to skim over the fact that someone tried to steal Jenny's fame by pretending she was a voice actor for Friendship is Witchcraft and i guess no one bothered to fact check this? I WAS CACKLING.

My mind. Is blown. Ex brony who keeps all of my fandom experience to myself like it's a wartime experience, and YOU made friendship is witchcraft. I loved that series. Thank you for your bravery and making me not feel alone

I love how a lot of Jenny's videos, even about cringe things, are a lot like a zoologist talking about snails. Like no big emotions, just this kinda wholesome enjoyment and wonder at the strangeness of the internet and the people on it.

That woman who says "Please exit the emergency exit, every pony!" is really doing her job.

Jenny's "I was horse famous" and Sarah Z's "I was in the Onceler fandom" have the same, yet opposite energies.

'it's pretty cringey, but so are most fun things' healed something in me