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But the character for our next story is also quite exceptional 

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There's a saying, that men will always be boys

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But whoever made up that saying

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Probably didn't quite have this in mind

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This is Andro

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He's a 20-year old man from Tallinn

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who studies history in the University 

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That is also reflected in Andro's home in Mustamäe

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where he keeps his historical military-collection

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But besides collecting mostly German military-gear

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Andro also has quite a non-macho hobby

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Her name is Twilight Sparkle

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In Estonian, it's something like Videviku Sätendus

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And she is, in a way, similar to me

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Because she's kinda introverted

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and she likes reading

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and so on

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This purple unicorn

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is a character from a cartoon

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whose main audience are 5-10 year old girls

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My Little Pony

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of which a dedicated fan Andro is

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I don't know how to explain 

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what I like about it so much

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but I just feel

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with every cell in my body, that I really like it

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And believe it or not

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Andro is far from being the only adult

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who follows the adventures of these six little ponies

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Since 2010's October

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when My Little Pony's new version

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arrived in the US

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the male fanbase has been ceaselessly growing

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The facinating phenomena

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also has a name

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An adult male pony-fan

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is called a Brony

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Brony comes from the English words Bro and Pony

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which means brother and pony

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Popculture expert Tõnis Kahu says

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That the situation

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where a product appeals to a different target audience

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unexpectedly

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isn't uncommon at all

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If we look back, then of course

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The fanbase of Teletubbies in the end of 90s

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which spread

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It obviously had a lot of reasons for existing

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A bunch of teens

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came from a club

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still being quite high

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still going through the comedown process

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And then they got a whole different connection with this childish world

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What kind of pony-merch do you have?

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I have a couple of these toys here

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Which I keep as a decoration in front of my monitor

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Then I have a poster on the wall here

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And I have this nice blanket too

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In addition to watching the cartoons and collecting merch

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the fans also create art themselves

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which they share on the internet later

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Andro is also an eager artist

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Here are a few of my primitve sketches

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From when I first tried to draw ponies

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Some are traced

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And some are just these experiments

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mhm

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Here's some of the more fresh stuff

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This is

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me as a pony

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Oh

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"Ponified version"

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of me

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And here's an East-German pony

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And a bit of satire on how to draw a pony

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From time to time, Andro posts his drawings

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to different MLP themed sites

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Where thousands of male pony-fans

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talk to each other every daily

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Mostly it's just posting pictures and discussing them

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But almost everything can be discussed

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For an example, some philosophize about

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My Little Pony

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Or they try to explain episodes philosophically

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And obviously new products and stuff is constantly being discussed

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Which has come out lately

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The pony-fever has also arrived on YouTube

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One of the most popular fanmade things are

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ponified versions of Hollyword trailers

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This pink horsy

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talks in the voice of Borath

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It's also pop to film yourself on a pony-merch haul

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to share your experience with others on the internet

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But what do the bystanders think of this?

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This obviously divides into a few different categories

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Some don't care at all

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Some think that

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as long as they keep it to themselves, go ahead

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And some simply hate Bronies

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And usually they comment

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That you're all childish men

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and your intellect is on the level of a child

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Or that you all are pedophiles

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And you refute all these

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negative, spiteful claims?

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Yes, of course

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But, everybody probably knows that

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most of these

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fandoms

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have these

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very weird people

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who show their love for it in a very wrong way

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that for sure

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exists

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But it's a very small part of it

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First off

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being a fan

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and collecting fan-merch

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is definitely inherent to children

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But

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it's been noted

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that later on, it'll affect men in certain age groups

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Usually, that age is usually even older

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Somewhere in their 30s and 40s

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men collect stuff, like discs

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Which I also do a bit myself

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The reason men do it

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is also

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psychologically investigated

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Women also collect things, but it's usually not as obsessive

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Don't you think it's weird, that you've found such a hobby?

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I wouldn't say so, because

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people are different

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Everybody has their own opinions

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If I like this, then why not

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These kinds of men are also often characterized as nerds

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Somewhat simplified

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those are people who have difficulties with some aspects of life

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For an example, relationships with women

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or some other aspects, then they control their world

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in this way

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Andro is a person, who definitely isn't afraid to be differnt

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Apart from being a pony-fan, he wears a suit each day with a religious devotion

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and collects East-German and the Third Reich military-gear

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I really like the aesthetics of most military uniforms

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It's just a parallel hobby

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Hobbies don't always have to relate

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There can be certain contradictions

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Why would you recommend people to watch My Little Pony?

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As the name states: Friendship is Magic

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If a bunch of men are fans of children's toys

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and the world has less violence and more love due to it

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Then at the end of the day

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everything is good