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> You know, as a kid, they always said to me not to speak with unknown people out there and I have been certainly rebellious about that digitally speaking. 

Now in the age of adulthood you can discern and judge better. Then again, internet stalkers and crazy people exist. Though the counterpoint to that is that Facebook exists.  Though talking to 30 and 40 year olds when you were 12. Probably bad idea. Though I do not scold something so far in the past. 

>  Funnily enough, this has withstood way more than some people I´ve always known.

Considering I don't have any social media, I can say something similar. This is one of the longest continuing correspondences I've had with anybody on the web or the fandom.  

> Well, if we weren´t crazy, this wouldn´t have had any activity. As one of the best meme lines from 4chan say: "There is a line that we shouldn´t have crossed yet we passed it long ago. So let´s see what happens next".

This should be /endpone/'s national motto.

> I believe that it opened up people because the single fact of watching a show like this, it´s that those fans have faced a strong stigma of a girly thing considered by the society. After checking by themselves that it´s not a huge deal at all, then nothing else matters, you can watch whatever thing you want without caring about what the rest say. 

I fully agree. Though I never have faced any stigma personally, I know it really played a part in my mentality with several things I could've dropped (I have characters I made up when I was 5 that I still doodle.). Their was some other factors that I suppose could have pushed me in a similar direction on their own, but MLP really just swooped in and expanded my conceptions of what I wanted to do. What I allowed myself to think I could do. 

> just browse any Liam Gallagher image with the sunglasses. 

I see...

> yeah but considering that both stigmas clash: girly things vs ""le epic cool stuff for real men"", then I cannot help but fell that towards myself.

I can certainly understand that. A certain shame for it You see yourself as a loser and a dork back then who didn't take time for the little things. Still, my point still stands that isn't the worst thing to be. The shame is not invalid though.  Especially if was anything like my old frriends who became tiny gangsters in aesthetic only and were using the phrase "LIKE A BOSS!" on everything.   

> What I didn´t know was that the girly show would offer me those dark moments and cool stuff over the course of the episodes. Or even better, combining them into something graceful like this pic and get the best of both worlds. In this aspect, Tempest shines without a doubt (edgy and getting cute pictures of her).

It took us on a journey. For some it may have idea been their first time dealing with certain emotions or issues, as cringy as that may be.  Regardless we are here and my allegiance to this is stronger than ever.