The Story of the Lyra Plushie

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ย. 2024
  • The early 2010s. When you had to be suspicious of every youtube link in case of a rick roll, when nyan cat and gangam style were the hottest memes. when flash was still alive. and when bronys were running the entire internet.
    It really did feel like it was everywhere, every game had a pony mod, every minecraft server I joined had a pony pixel art somewhere. It was a crazy time. I miss it...
    Thank you so much for watching. Do you have any crazy brony moments from the early 2010s? If you do let me know in the comments!
    There really was a lot that went down in the brony community back then, @Izzzyzzz has a great video covering a lot a lot of it. check that out as well
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  • @skyebuh
    @skyebuh ปีที่แล้ว +15205

    top 10 things i really didn't need to know

    • @Just_Some_Dude73
      @Just_Some_Dude73 ปีที่แล้ว +403

      number 5 will suprise you

    • @JTRaptor1
      @JTRaptor1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Top 30 Anime Deaths Number 1 YOUR FUKKING ASS RIGHT NOW >;)

    • @link12click
      @link12click ปีที่แล้ว +249

      watch until number 1 for a shocking discovery

    • @UwUOnDatBeat1101
      @UwUOnDatBeat1101 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      The Jar

    • @sailor7096
      @sailor7096 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      but you watched it anyways?

  • @crispykalechips
    @crispykalechips ปีที่แล้ว +12280

    The fact they made custom pants for her is so funny, like the creator even knew a pony with a hole was too much

    • @sock4118
      @sock4118 ปีที่แล้ว +721

      As someone in the fandom back in the day the pants could actually be written off as a really specific character thing, as the fandom characterized her as being obsessed with humans because she sat like one. there wasn't originally much to work with with background characters before head cannon became cannon lol.

    • @Lucky_Lyra
      @Lucky_Lyra ปีที่แล้ว +372

      Oh it’s because the joke is the character is OBSESSED with humans and thinks they are real, and wants pants

    • @oldmonkey7720
      @oldmonkey7720 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@Lucky_Lyra yeah she is watchin My little human 😅😅😅

    • @RRanun
      @RRanun ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@sock4118 Sombra obsessed with stairs.

    • @warpedmushie
      @warpedmushie ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@RRanungod i remember seeing fanart of him walking up those optical illusion infinite stairs lmao

  • @potoca6602
    @potoca6602 ปีที่แล้ว +2887

    For those that don't know:
    Because Lyra became famous bc of sitting on a bench in a way that loosely resembled a person, the fandom started to create fanart depicting her as a pony with a weeaboo-like obsession with humans.
    You name it: drawings, comics, animations, and fanfiction - the latter being the media that inspired "Anthropology (Lyra's Song)", a not-so-famous but VERY iconic song in the fandom about Lyra which I believe has like 1M views. Lyra was portrayed by the fandom walking/standing in two legs, using hand-shaped gloves, talking about humans, stalking humans, being seen as a weirdo to the other characters, and even using... pants.
    You see, at the time (and before the making of the infamous plushie) there was this fanart going around of Lyra standing on two legs striking a Superman pose with khaki trousers on with the text "PANTS!", which gained a lot of traction and ppl started to draw Lyra with khaki pants too, becoming the trousers some kind of sub-meme.
    The thing I'm saying is: there's no fuckin way that wasn't planned. That guy could've done ANY pony but decided Lyra was the one with the right context to sell with pants to cover the hole without it being weird to the buyer.
    He made a fuckpony while also respecting that pony's inside joke - an inside joke that at the same time conveniently disguised the fuckpony as a regular innocent plushie.
    That mf knew what he was doing.
    Best 700$ of his whole life.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +386

      hahahah, oh im no pleb, I know about lyra and all her anthropology things, I just never put 2 and 2 together that, that is why she was chosen as the character for this lmao, that is very interesting

    • @DakotaofRaptors
      @DakotaofRaptors ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I forgot that was thing

    • @1ternityMind
      @1ternityMind 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Someone wanna summarize this, I ain't reading all that

    • @DakotaofRaptors
      @DakotaofRaptors 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

      @@1ternityMind dude, it's barely even a paragraph...

    • @Dom_Maretti
      @Dom_Maretti 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Heh..."inside joke"

  • @androzani
    @androzani ปีที่แล้ว +6026

    Good Ending: Lyra plushie never used. Gets a Faust tattoo. Is in a loving family.

  • @randomcanadian6298
    @randomcanadian6298 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +204

    This is like, the anti-jar artifact. A relic meant to be defiled and hidden ending up being well cared for and kept treasured, the exact opposite of the jar figure. This feels like one of the very, very few times decency won out.

    • @jerricaleonard2123
      @jerricaleonard2123 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You never know.
      Someone might have violated it as intended, but was insanely good at cleaning it.

  • @SuperLukeKirby
    @SuperLukeKirby ปีที่แล้ว +5679

    For some reason its so wholesome that the lyra remains... untainted, lmao.

  • @betergrif9504
    @betergrif9504 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    6:16 "relatively unmolested" is a crazy description

  • @Appalachiosaurus22
    @Appalachiosaurus22 ปีที่แล้ว +11397

    It's kind of comforting knowing that the infamous Lyra plushie still has her virginity.

    • @Scaracatiscute._.
      @Scaracatiscute._. ปีที่แล้ว +276

      IKR

    • @franciscoarzapalozapata4610
      @franciscoarzapalozapata4610 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      That's what they want you to belive

    • @midnari
      @midnari ปีที่แล้ว +579

      Making a lot of assumptions here. I could see "I have never had sexual relations with that woman." Doesn't make it true.
      What I'm saying is... Lyra has WAP.

    • @mrpickles-hb6zx
      @mrpickles-hb6zx ปีที่แล้ว

      @midnari wtf is wrong with u?

    • @kid14346
      @kid14346 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hear that everyone? You can be the one to take the Lyra Plushie's virginity!

  • @C-Midori
    @C-Midori ปีที่แล้ว +81

    2:57 *"I can’t find the coin slot!"* flashbacks

  • @nospoon5177
    @nospoon5177 ปีที่แล้ว +4786

    Its hilarious that she signed it. Hope its put in a brony museum some day

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +440

      ikr its the cherry on top, a brony museum, now that would be something

    • @ddrw1
      @ddrw1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bjiru_id go there

    • @Lucky_Lyra
      @Lucky_Lyra ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I would go there everyday

    • @MAGESUSEDBLOODYPAD
      @MAGESUSEDBLOODYPAD ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@bjiru_3,000 years later the British museum steals it 🏃‍♀️ 💨

    • @demetriajones3231
      @demetriajones3231 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Lucky_Lyra 👀

  • @Cains_stuff
    @Cains_stuff ปีที่แล้ว +58

    3:18 THE HESITATION 😭

  • @flugzeugtagerauenbeleuchtu468
    @flugzeugtagerauenbeleuchtu468 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Hoppip made the Lyra plushie with leftover fabric from my commission. At least I think that's what happened because I spent weeks searching for mint coloured fabric and ended up ordering it in the US and have it shipped to his place in the UK. The shipping cost from the US to UK was horrendous so I don't think he bought another batch. Suffice to say there was enough fabric left to add additional features to the plushie. Being a /b/ronie at the time I thought it was hilarious when I saw his creation. I take pride in my little contribution into internet culture, albeit it was an indirect one.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      just saw this comment, that is absolutely crazy, your apart of the legend.

    • @flugzeugtagerauenbeleuchtu468
      @flugzeugtagerauenbeleuchtu468 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@bjiru_ I work hard for my Internet points

  • @sh4rkss
    @sh4rkss ปีที่แล้ว +1295

    no way the lyra plushie saga ends with faust herself signing her 😭 glad to know she was never tainted either

    • @thegreatape170
      @thegreatape170 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      no way she is untainted

    • @enaspalette
      @enaspalette ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I mean, aside from fingers getting in there, but that doesn’t count

    • @TheSpaceWolfGang
      @TheSpaceWolfGang ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@enaspalette Could have just been washed after commiting the deed though.

    • @enaspalette
      @enaspalette ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@TheSpaceWolfGang true, but they mentioned how they used a black light on it and didn’t find anything

    • @mrduck1490
      @mrduck1490 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@enaspalette That doesn't really mean anything, if it can be washed the stains will be gone too. Especially if they used bleach.

  • @yourneighborhoodgardenfair5084
    @yourneighborhoodgardenfair5084 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    5:58 “Lauren Foss signed the fuck pony”

  • @de-moma
    @de-moma ปีที่แล้ว +2029

    The value of this plushie just went up. Unused, signed by the creator of the show, only one of it's kind.

    • @rockyfluffy9681
      @rockyfluffy9681 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      Probably worth a small fortune.

    • @gabbyn.3049
      @gabbyn.3049 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      Humans are funny creatures.

    • @pancakes8670
      @pancakes8670 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Honestly that's kind of cool

    • @reonitez
      @reonitez 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@gabbyn.3049 how do you have wifi from mars

    • @Teadon86
      @Teadon86 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@gabbyn.3049 The understatement of history.

  • @dlkjAENFadlkfj
    @dlkjAENFadlkfj ปีที่แล้ว +130

    I heard about this ages ago during my own time in the fandom and... honestly? Its actually kinda wholesome in a very fucked-up way to know she's unused, got signed by Lauren who knew about it (like you said, it'd have been horrible if she was tricked) and that's she's actually just owned by someone who keeps her in the uhh... clean state, so to speak. Once again, weird but definitely wholesome ending to something I've not heard about in ages!

  • @SteveElOtaku
    @SteveElOtaku ปีที่แล้ว +869

    There's something oddly wholesome about the fact that the pony plush not only remained unmolested, that it ended up being signed by Lauren Faust, who seemed to have a good sense of humour about the whole thing.

    • @diosoth
      @diosoth 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

      Considering her history with & sort of dislike of Hasbro after dealing with the company, she probably signed it as a bit of a middle finger to them.

    • @sepg5084
      @sepg5084 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They say that it is unmolested, doesn't mean it's true

  • @BonkIsSwag
    @BonkIsSwag ปีที่แล้ว +2013

    This was an awful piece of information that will now live in my head rent free thank you!

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +144

      no problem ! ! ! 👍

    • @jotardothegreat
      @jotardothegreat ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Much obliged

    • @lguthrie8607
      @lguthrie8607 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Im charging rent for it

    • @lostpony4885
      @lostpony4885 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Theres websites that sell these with internal material choices etc. Just so you know.

    • @brokenbone9518
      @brokenbone9518 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lostpony4885 Of course you would say that with such confidence. 💀🙏

  • @CRMSNEXCLBR
    @CRMSNEXCLBR ปีที่แล้ว +31

    3:02
    Dont look at the camera like that whilst you lick your lips!! 😂😂

    • @CalebH-qd1sf
      @CalebH-qd1sf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The sound 💀

  • @Mismicy
    @Mismicy ปีที่แล้ว +537

    Finding out that the person bought her Just for the meme and not her…actual purpose was kinda comforting. Idk how to explain it lol.

    • @infinitehexington
      @infinitehexington 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      I'm going to use YOU for your actual purpose >:3

    • @Mismicy
      @Mismicy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      @@infinitehexington YO WHAT

    • @infinitehexington
      @infinitehexington 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Mismicy ;3

    • @BraidensWorldProductions
      @BraidensWorldProductions 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@infinitehexingtonill join 🐖

    • @mochiandturtles5642
      @mochiandturtles5642 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's that supposed to mean?

  • @Mekose
    @Mekose 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +169

    Everyone has that cringey phase they went through as a teen and honestly I'm happy that mine was MLP/brony. It's nice to see stories like this when community ends up being so wholesome and funny about the whole situation instead of it going into obscurity or something obscene happening.
    Brony culture was really something special, there was so much fervent passion for art, music, self expression, acceptance etc. There was a diverse mix of people with a solid gender ratio which doesn't seem to happen with a lot of fandoms. It was really nice to have a nerd culture that doesn't exclude girls in any way and promotes a lot of trans acceptance.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      It was really was so special.. I was always scared of being cringe so I didn't participate as much as I would've liked too, but it really was (and still is) one of the most crazy, creative, accepting groups I've ever seen
      Thanks so much for your comment, Always nice to take another trip down the old memory lane :')

    • @Cybermat47
      @Cybermat47 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Misread ‘fervent passion’ as ‘pervert passion’, and I just want to apologise for that lmao

    • @mynameisambertoo7379
      @mynameisambertoo7379 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You were incredibly lucky and sheltered to think that the brony phase of the 2010s was wholesome. This is just /one/ instance that managed to stay relatively ok (because you have to understand hoe deeply fucked up it is that someone made her with a vaginal cavity to begin with).
      I think /now/ it has trans acceptance, but to think it was that way originally is obscenely wrong. Sexism and transphobia and lesbian fetishization was rampant during the peak of the brony era, they would go and send young girls mlp gore porn just for the sheer fact that they either found it funny or found said little girl annoying and "deserving" of the porn. Again, you are incredibly lucky to have been in a niche pocket that wasn't this bad, but please don't pretend this is the entire brony fandom entirely.

    • @EnriqueLaberintico
      @EnriqueLaberintico 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Huh, I wonder what mine will be... Or was... Or is 😅.

    • @TheRealMycanthrope
      @TheRealMycanthrope 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Cybermat47both work tbh, just depends on which member of the community

  • @Kitsuneg
    @Kitsuneg ปีที่แล้ว +122

    Met the current owner of the Lyra Plush. Was in line with them to get Lauren's autograph. Fun times.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +41

      damn, you were there, I feel like im in the presence of an ancient warrior, you breathed the same air as it... Im jealous

    • @Kitsuneg
      @Kitsuneg ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I had to share your link with them. I hope they watch your video and get a sensible chuckle from it too. That plush will forever exist in the dark recesses of all early brony Fandom minds.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +20

      you sent it to them! ! oh my god thats amazing, Its come full circle, and oh yes it certainly will..

  • @JoseRivera-ym3wj
    @JoseRivera-ym3wj ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Memory unlocked when I saw the thumbnail.
    That the plushie was never used by its two owners and ended up being signed by Faust herself is the unexpected but wholesome ending for a toy meant to get crusty.
    It's the ending it deserves after all the jokes and memes, and it will be the legend passed down through generations.

  • @c9lypso
    @c9lypso ปีที่แล้ว +1566

    i like the way your tone stays pretty neutral when talking about bronies. i hate when commentators constantly insult the community they’re talking about due to a few isolated incidents, but you seem to genuinely respect them which is very refreshing!

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +326

      I respect all in this internet world I call home,
      But I may love the brony community more then I let on 😉🤫

    • @ARandomEliatrope
      @ARandomEliatrope ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bjiru_ ??????

    • @mvshenhon8966
      @mvshenhon8966 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@ARandomEliatrope😂

    • @sh4rkss
      @sh4rkss ปีที่แล้ว +67

      @@bjiru_bro was definitely a brony LMAO

    • @USER_Sock
      @USER_Sock ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Commentators also give their own opinion you clearly don't like commentators then

  • @cmndrkool321
    @cmndrkool321 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    I was a brony who ran a gaming forum for about two years, but stepped away from the fandom around season 4 of the show.
    This Lyra plushie was an absolute meme and we wilded out with the fandom. It was chaotic.

  • @FourDozenEggs
    @FourDozenEggs ปีที่แล้ว +273

    I remember when brony culture was really prominent. I saw it everywhere. I was never a fan of MLP, but I cannot deny that some of the fan music I came across at the time were unironically bangers.

    • @phoenixikki2641
      @phoenixikki2641 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I unironically love this one musician called Wooden Toaster....

    • @michilovr
      @michilovr ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Ain’t no way Discord by TLT had to be so good

    • @Felipe77646
      @Felipe77646 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      vylet pony anyone??

    • @Eye-Of-The-Beholder
      @Eye-Of-The-Beholder 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@phoenixikki2641 The Living Tombstone and Wooden Toaster will always hold a special place in my heart
      That one collab they did on the track 'Lost on the Moon' is still among my favorite boops

    • @pckyart
      @pckyart 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Discord literally could raise an army from the dead if they had played it in biblical times

  • @oldoutlet6946
    @oldoutlet6946 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Regarding the intro, arguably 2010 - 2015 was the best window of time for fandoms imo and the most I've ever enjoyed being a part of multiple communities.
    (MLP, Gravity Falls, Sherlock, Doctor Who, Undertale, Over the Garden Wall, Adventure Time, Hunger Games, Steven Universe, FNAF, HtTYD, Harry Potter, Minecraft, just to name a few).

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +10

      best time for the entire internet man... i miss it

    • @keriunknown
      @keriunknown ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ALSO CREEPYPASTA TOO

  • @toaster4869
    @toaster4869 ปีที่แล้ว +1945

    It's refreshing to hear someone talk about both furries and bronies so respectfully! You've gained a sub broski

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +403

      of course !, I respect all, to be cringe, is to be free
      thank you so much for the sub :3

    • @lambybunny7173
      @lambybunny7173 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@bjiru_words to live by hell yeah 💪

    • @spearmaster-rw
      @spearmaster-rw ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@bjiru_, Does that mean hating is being free too? /j

    • @lunasun1738
      @lunasun1738 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@bjiru_ I'm subscribing based on this video and this comment. I just KNOW you are going to be a refreshing person to see on my feed.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +25

      ​@@lunasun1738 Well thank so much :3, I hope you feel refreshed with my next vid 💧

  • @saulherrera4750
    @saulherrera4750 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Oh man, your music choice gave me so much nostalgia!! I couldn't pin it down, but I think it's Bomberman on the N64? Loved the vid.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much :3, it is !!! You got it !, majority of the vid uses “Bomberman Hero - Redial”

  • @emptiness.951
    @emptiness.951 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    2:45 was when I immediately just went “Fuck this shit, I’m out.”

    • @iIIuminious
      @iIIuminious 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same lol

    • @ThinkingCrimson
      @ThinkingCrimson 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Insta-transmision time.

  • @Colorado-Coyote
    @Colorado-Coyote ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I like how neutral you talk about the topic instead of calling them cringe.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Nothing is cringe.
      To be cringe, is to be free.
      ;3

    • @Homoguyyy
      @Homoguyyy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bjiru_i agree man

    • @S1RD2
      @S1RD2 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But if nothing can be cringe, and being cringe makes us free, then none of us are free @@bjiru_

  • @Pyritie
    @Pyritie ปีที่แล้ว +12

    oh hey it's the plush I made, my life's legacy
    you should've reached out! I have even more stuff I could've shared lmao, but what you've got here is a good accurate overview!

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      WHATTTT ! OH MY GOD ITS AN HONOR, I HAD NO IDEA IF YOU WERE STILL AROUND OR NOT!
      Oh my god id love to hear any other details about it you have if youd be willing to share! this is amazing!! add me on discord or twitter! "@bjiru_" on twitter and "bjiru" (or "bjiru#7207 if #'s still) on discord

  • @Sp1ral_moon
    @Sp1ral_moon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    1:13 i would so buy that plushie man

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      its so nice, mlp plush makers are insane, i dont know how they get so much detail, the price absolutely shows in the craftsmanship

    • @Sp1ral_moon
      @Sp1ral_moon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@bjiru_ YES INDEED

  • @mr_wilford1123
    @mr_wilford1123 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Hey! I can't find the coin slot!"
    "HERE IT IS!"

  • @cephy8102
    @cephy8102 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Lyra Plushie"
    Every Brony in a 15km radius:
    "Ah shit..."

  • @matrucious
    @matrucious ปีที่แล้ว +507

    I love your consistency. The editing style is really what stands out in your videos. The video creation skills really are up there with the "pros" who have been doing this professionally for several years. Great content dude!

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +22

      thank you so much man, that is so kind of you to say

    • @illpunchyouintheface9094
      @illpunchyouintheface9094 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Our standards have degraded so much, we call run-of-the-mill videos like this one “professional”

  • @zondervonstrek
    @zondervonstrek ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "I don't think this was a common thing in the brony community."
    Everyone in the room smirks and tries not to laugh.

  • @frostedfelony
    @frostedfelony ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The fact Lauren Faust actually signed the thing GOD

  • @mikehorn7099
    @mikehorn7099 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    As a brony of 11 years, trust me, you have no idea how much of an interesting spectacle this fandom is even to this day. Yeah you have depraved stuff like this and its easy to poke fun at but you also have wholesome and amazing stuff like the insane amount of genuinely high quality music and other art the fandom has put out. Earlier this month I was at a pony convention that raised $60,372 for a struggling horse charity with only 523 people in attendance (thats $114 per person in charity contributions). Looking past the shocking stories like this one youll find what I beleive without a doubt to be the most interesting cultural anomaly to ever happen on the internet.

    • @circleinforthecube5170
      @circleinforthecube5170 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      eh, even then that just sounds like watered down furries, also they are literally just horses so the sexualization is more unethical than if it were an anthro, its also content clearly targeted at kids while the furry fandom is a broad concept, anthro's have been staples of human culture since the beginning but MLP is just a show. its a weird subset of the furry community that i don't agree with, the amount of 'feral' art in both communities is nasty but the MLP fandom literally revolves around it

    • @Xhepyxopila
      @Xhepyxopila 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@circleinforthecube5170 the difference between bronies and furries is that the brony community is HEAVILY less NSFW based, so that last point doesn't matter as much
      for example, most MLP memes i've seen from the community are usually just in-jokes related to the show
      then compare that with the furry community where there isn't a single popular meme from it that ISN'T related to sex or pornography

  • @atagon1
    @atagon1 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Dude, me and my fiancèe are bronies, and we were there at the beginning when it was a meme. We've been dying to know what ended up happening with the Lyra plushie. We joke about it all the time. In a way it's so relieving to know she's never been used this whole time. What a happy ending... I think?

    • @Minalkra
      @Minalkra ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Distinct lack of 'happy ending' here, eh? EH?

  • @alface935
    @alface935 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    3:40 Ok now can someone replace that Cat from Postal 2 with this Plush?
    It will be funny since in the game the Cat is used as a Silencer for the M16

  • @Ginnythevillager
    @Ginnythevillager ปีที่แล้ว +147

    If we’re honest here it was inevitable that a plush like this would be made. But she was the first. And she will always be special ❤

    • @PrincessLuna-vw5iv
      @PrincessLuna-vw5iv 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are far more like her and with better quality too

  • @Mrbombastic59
    @Mrbombastic59 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This guy deadass going to blow up one day

  • @TubbyTarchia
    @TubbyTarchia ปีที่แล้ว +109

    This editing is so much fun. I always put videos on in the background but this video kept drawing my eyes towards it, it's so comprehensive and well paced in the script too! You are criminally underrated and I cant wait to see more

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you so so much, that means so much, hope to see you in the next one ;P

  • @prikoker
    @prikoker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    the sleeping bag one had me borderline dying from laughter
    almost makes me regret being a hater a decade ago considering how much funny things ive missed out on

  • @greetings5640
    @greetings5640 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    I grew up watching my little pony as a kid and just now learning that brony was a thing is just so hillarious to me 😂

    • @Xhepyxopila
      @Xhepyxopila 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I always knew cause I was reccomended a lot of MLP stuff on TH-cam as a kid

  • @azorat1976
    @azorat1976 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hate to admit it but without My Little pony I don't think the internet would be as good as it is or was back then.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree

  • @mylittledarkworldjohn4289
    @mylittledarkworldjohn4289 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    6:01 thats the face of someone who knows

  • @mrincredi-brony
    @mrincredi-brony ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As a Brony, this was a pretty insane moment in the Fandom… but every Fandom has shocking moments, some worse than others!

    • @KLTDoneRight
      @KLTDoneRight 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      WOAH ITS MR INCREDIBRONY, DIDNT EXPECT HIM TO BE HERE!

  • @mcmillan.2k
    @mcmillan.2k ปีที่แล้ว +69

    The audible groan I made at the Hole Reveal. Fuck sake.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      XDD, glad the reveal came across as intended hahahaha

    • @smallgreenflies
      @smallgreenflies ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i wasnt expecting it to be so... big

    • @thetayz72
      @thetayz72 ปีที่แล้ว

      mfs will spread cheeks at the club then tilt at this ha

    • @BOT_Maximus
      @BOT_Maximus 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thetayz72a lot of humans prefer clapping human cheeks as opposed to clapping custom-made plushie cheeks
      We evolved to fuck other people, not custom-made my little pony plushies

  • @alicorngummy3894
    @alicorngummy3894 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    God this story is way better and more wholesome than I thought, unlike one story involving a jar.

  • @trainerlsw
    @trainerlsw ปีที่แล้ว +12

    3:09 I don’t know why but the delivery of that made me laugh.

  • @g00berthealien
    @g00berthealien ปีที่แล้ว +13

    1:23 this looks hilarious lmao

  • @Morbing_Time
    @Morbing_Time ปีที่แล้ว +12

    03:58 How am I not surprised that ponychan was one of the first ones to ban all mentions of the lyra plush 🤣

  • @DramaticDetective
    @DramaticDetective 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    An underrated aspect of the plushie is that the look on its face is really funny. Granted, it's difficult to make the heads of MLP plushies not look weird since they're designed for their heads to be at 90 degree angles 70% of the time, but the Lyra plushie in particular has a very dopey looking face. Cracks me up.

  • @ezelllohar
    @ezelllohar ปีที่แล้ว +40

    lmaoo wow, i was around the brony fandom in the time of the lyra plushie, i had no idea there had been a follow up on her! i LOVE that lauren signed her!!
    glad i've found a new channel to watch, youtube algorithm works again

  • @nonolerigolo9128
    @nonolerigolo9128 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    0:41 why does this looks so cursed?

  • @whotfisjobie
    @whotfisjobie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    4:32 yes my favorite late 80s metal band, “the band”

  • @kimkillillasfuq8212
    @kimkillillasfuq8212 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    *me pausing the video at **2:30** out of pure fear and terror*
    "Why does it have pants? WHY DOES IT HAVE PANTS?!"

  • @6-dpegasus425
    @6-dpegasus425 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    Your commentary, writing, and editing, extent of research, everythjng is top tier quality! Would love to watch more of you research and break down more sus activities within the fandom haha!
    You earned a sub!

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +14

      thank you so so much, that is so kind of you to say, and yeah, I plan to dive into all kinds of stories from the shadows of the internets pasts, Stay tuned ;P

    • @tygical
      @tygical ปีที่แล้ว +5

      YOU ARE EVERYWHERE BRO
      and all of your comments are great /)

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tygical aw man havnt seen that in a while, /)

  • @lafenetre9733
    @lafenetre9733 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Maybe the original auction winner was some kind of vigilante justice. He knew some creep would buy it and do unsavory things to the plush, so he bought it in order to keep it from falling into the wrong hands

  • @ascellaplays
    @ascellaplays ปีที่แล้ว +123

    i was the prime mlp target audience, and i loved the show. knowing now just how far some people went, on purpose, makes me really glad i took one look at a brony thing and was like 'nope, thats cringe.' at the tender age of 8

    • @NazzyDragon
      @NazzyDragon ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Fandoms, in general, are cringe. You were wise at 8. lol.

    • @mskittyman
      @mskittyman ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@NazzyDragonit's not the fandoms, it's the people in them

    • @NazzyDragon
      @NazzyDragon ปีที่แล้ว +6

      So.. it's the fandoms. Because the fandoms ARE the people in them.. you can still be a fan of something and not be in the fandom lmao@@mskittyman

    • @mskittyman
      @mskittyman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@NazzyDragon most of fandoms aren't intended to be bad

  • @Kmn483
    @Kmn483 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was at the 2019 Bronycon and I recall seeing that image of Faust signing the lyra plush while I was there. I didn't get to see Faust at all though, I think I slept through her panels.
    Was an amazing convention though and the energy was crazy. After the convention was a metal concert in a nearby bar featuring 9 brony musicians. My first mosh-pit. As you said, plushies are a point of pride for bronies, so you'd have us headbanging and moshing while others had plushies in their arms or hanging out of their backpacks. The contrasting imagery was hilarious yet it perfectly sums up the fandom. We are the most musical fandom, after all. An archive for brony music stopped counting at 50,000 fan-made songs. Even to this day, well past the fandom's prime, an average of 140 brony songs get released every month, with new artists still joining the ranks.
    Sorry for the ramble, but it's so nice hearing someone treating bronies fairly, rather than attacking us just for having an odd interest.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      thank you for the ramble, I miss those days, wish i couldve seen bronycon 2019
      even if smaller though im glad we're still around :3

    • @circleinforthecube5170
      @circleinforthecube5170 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "the most musical fandom" furries have made some of the most ICONIC tracks of the 2000s, ever heard of lapfox? they made rock my emotions, avast your ass, and basically all of kitsune 2 is classic internet culture

  • @austinv1182
    @austinv1182 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    5:55 this is the face of someone in serious pain.

  • @supamigos538
    @supamigos538 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    BRO HAS THE GRUB FROM HOLLOW KBIGHT PLUSHIE THATS SICK

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he is my son

  • @caramelelo
    @caramelelo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    it's actually REALLY normal to find those plushies

  • @SlyHikari03
    @SlyHikari03 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2010 was peak internet.
    Also, Rainbow Slash is a pretty clever screen name,

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it really was..
      400$ is nothing also, they go way up lul

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bjiru_interesting

  • @evoloxe
    @evoloxe 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    0:57 missed out on saying a "pony" tail

  • @marnicusmaximus2120
    @marnicusmaximus2120 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why did I get a condom ad before this-

    • @supotter377
      @supotter377 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To keep the plushie clean obviously

  • @nao_tomori
    @nao_tomori 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    damn, even after being out of the fandom for 8+ years, i can still probably name like 75% of the characters in that 2:02 collage. shits wild

  • @Gazing-09
    @Gazing-09 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    ... I wanted to believe those kind of plushies only existed in movies or Deadpool things he'd own in parodies. 😅

  • @kaiserepsilon4011
    @kaiserepsilon4011 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    1:01
    l e t t h e l y r a s h i t t h e f l o o r

  • @A91_Iscool
    @A91_Iscool ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Oh boy what horrific internet story will I hear about today.
    UPDATE: Ya know I kinda expected worse.

  • @rezzophantasma
    @rezzophantasma 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'm still a bit of a Brony but this flew completely under my radar. Just... wow.

  • @normanclatcher
    @normanclatcher ปีที่แล้ว +8

    2:14 "Dig the swell hoodie."

  • @HATECELL
    @HATECELL ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Lauren Faust and the mane 6's voice actors were surprisingly knowledgeable about many pony memes, and sometimes even reacted to them. Whether it was Lauren Faust tweeting about being misquoted on her deathbed, Tara Strong opening a Twitter account for her badonkadonk, or Ashleigh Ball quoting a famous line from a fanmade video, they really embraced the famdom with all its weird quirks

  • @MCLegoboy
    @MCLegoboy ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The image with the banana will forever be in my brain. I'm actually amazed it wasn't in the video.

  • @punchbat
    @punchbat 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ur room and the camera quality makes this vid look so early 2010s in the best way possible

  • @SnicketMcGidgette
    @SnicketMcGidgette ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I was on my own little cloud during that era. I didn't really see all the Brony stuff, especially the weird shit, until after the 4th Season. I was first introduced to it all via the guy who married hiw Twilight Sparkle plushie.
    I was never the same.

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Oh my I did not know about him lmaooo, I was kinda reverse, I knew a lot about the brony memes and things and then got into the show

    • @IzzyMoonbow648
      @IzzyMoonbow648 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was exposed to all of it as a child- it had a very negative impact on my brain

    • @SnicketMcGidgette
      @SnicketMcGidgette ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@IzzyMoonbow648 I was old enough that I could cultivate my own experience, but occasionally weird Brony stuff slipped though

    • @T.R.O.N.-COMPANY-ARCHIVES-.
      @T.R.O.N.-COMPANY-ARCHIVES-. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *vietnam flashbacks*
      GET OUT OF MY HEAD CRINGE MEMORYY
      AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @dngernoodle
      @dngernoodle ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@SnicketMcGidgettei remember seeing all the weird stuff when i was around 8-12, and the fact that some stuff was on youtube with no warning concerns me. I got reminded by video discussing the weird vids, and remember one channel with a spider pfp having almost porn. I feel there is nothing wrong with liking something as an adult when its made for kids, but thats just ... no

  • @JomasterTheSecond
    @JomasterTheSecond 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My sleeper agent program was instantly fucking activated when I saw this thumbnail.

  • @herbaltea2445
    @herbaltea2445 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    The saddest thing about this is that this video is how I've discovered this channel. It's funny to think about how this was probably just the tip of the iceberg in the 2010s community. When I was younger I was very active on the scene of MLP and it was crazy, truly crazy things were going on, and I can't deny my permanent scarring. Nevertheless, what a throwback.

  • @ShogunRyuusha
    @ShogunRyuusha 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible. I remember how big this was back when I was a brony, years ago, in high school. This was one of the reasons I abdicated from the fandom and tried to ignore it.

  • @FruitSnackHorse
    @FruitSnackHorse ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Had a purpose but never served that purpose. If it ever does get used we know it to be a sign of doom for all of us.

    • @FruitSnackHorse
      @FruitSnackHorse ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it worse that I was 12 and knew that this thing existed and knew of the purpose?

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The internet when they see something completely innocent: **makes it sexual**
    The internet when they see something blatantly sexual: **makes it innocent**

  • @pepperthe2008
    @pepperthe2008 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    it’s crazy and baffling how this lyra plush even existed
    edit: i forgot to mention the editing because my god do i love it

  • @an6516
    @an6516 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m dying about the pants💀

  • @BannMaXi
    @BannMaXi ปีที่แล้ว +66

    This is, unfortunately, my first time seeing you. In such conditions. And I absolutely love your content already it made me giggle a lot and for being a short video and still entertaining I love it. It’s absolutely amazing what you can do and how you do it and I simply hope this is something you enjoy doing for the long run so there can be more content of this, you’re putting something together that you should be proud of doing. Please remember to take care of yourself and don’t get lose what you enjoy :)

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you so much for the kind words, Im so glad happy you found such joy in the vid :3
      and oh I do enjoy doing it, I love doing it, and its people like you watching that makes me extra love doing it.
      thank you so much for your words and your care,
      Ill see ya soon in the next one :)

  • @goberfelfebrehber
    @goberfelfebrehber 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    bjiru: the possibilities are endless on what you can put in there
    me: *pickle*

  • @jezebelmei195
    @jezebelmei195 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Talk about a blast from the past. I remember when this started gaining traction on the ponyweb. The memes were unavoidable.

  • @asciicatface
    @asciicatface 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    this was actually a really great video, fantastic humor and extremely appreciate the fact that you didn't trash bronies either, actually having interesting art and a much further breadth of knowledge than most would take the time to do. really high props, and thank you again

  • @daddyyahweh9328
    @daddyyahweh9328 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You brought me back to my childhood when I was an unattended fool tween, and I remember the pony all to well. The fact she suddenly came back into my life as a semi functioning adult was a memory I DEFINITELY did not need. Thank you

  • @starlitnight6982
    @starlitnight6982 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The plushie at 1:34 with the fanta can was actioned off for 2000€ at galacon

  • @Exotic_Butters21
    @Exotic_Butters21 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a mlp fan this is disgusting 3:35

  • @AcornsRKewl
    @AcornsRKewl 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I couldn’t even focus on the actual vid context, I just heard a sharp ringing and static while your eyes are glaring deep into my soul

  • @CommonNeon
    @CommonNeon ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I am not a brony. But I often watch videos of the history of what happened in the MLP fandom because it's...interesting?

    • @zingzing9848
      @zingzing9848 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I dont know how much you know of our fandom but ill tell you my favorite thing. Some guy working for NASA was putting the finishing touches on a circuit board that they were going to send to the International Space Station and decided to print two MLP characters Celestia and Luna the two god like princesses on the board. And apparently it was to be installed to a place called the Harmony Node. Which is a fitting place to put characters from a show all about being nice and making friends.

  • @dicedoomkid
    @dicedoomkid 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks I’ve been uncontrollably nervous laughing for the past 30 mins now

  • @erecto_patronum
    @erecto_patronum ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I am a Brony and no, I am not part of the degeneracy side of the fandom. I just like drawing ponies in groups and colourful backgrounds.

  • @sothesalamilid5997
    @sothesalamilid5997 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Couldn’t even focus on the video, bro’s forehead took up 60% of the room

  • @ctoacu6188
    @ctoacu6188 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Fantastic video on a ridiculous tale of our community! The jar jokes get old, especially when they popped up a few years after it all happened. I was too young to truly enjoy a lot of the communities peak to the fullest, but somehow I found out about the plushie just as it came out... wonderful. The guy who ended up obtaining it most recently was someone I have had more than 1 in person interaction with, so that's something to put on my resume when I'm sent to hell. Thanks for the neutral and more "stating the facts" language of the video too! Never thought I'd see anyone talk about the plushie community and how it's our fursuits. It's always "this thing bad heres how it happened" I don't think anyone ever took it seriously.

    • @b3llaluvscatzandgaaames
      @b3llaluvscatzandgaaames ปีที่แล้ว +2

      im waiting for the "aint reading allat" comments but valid opinion 👍

    • @bjiru_
      @bjiru_  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      "so that's something to put on my resume when I'm sent to hell" LMAOOO XD
      and yeah dude! Im much more in the brony community then i let on in the vid, thats why its such a "stating the facts tone" cause I AM THE TELLER OF THE CRINGE, AND THE CRINGE ITSELF ! >:0 >:0

    • @SunIsLost
      @SunIsLost ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@bjiru_yea

  • @Heikuu338
    @Heikuu338 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “This should be in a museum!” -Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade