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Brony takes the reins with advice site By Cassie Monroe cmonroe@ourcoloradonews.com In January, Grove was at a friend's house and looking for something to entertain himself. He decided to create a web- site, and within five hours, asktheponies.com was up and Mack Grove, a recent Green Mountain High School grad- running. He received his first comment almost instantly uate, is unabashedly a brony and within a few hours a Hasbro employee contacted him Bronies are young adult males who are fans of the televi- asking to help work on the site sion show "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic." The num Now Grove has a team of advisers, who have all given ber of bronies around the world is expanding rapidly themselves pony identities. Eternal Rose, the Hasbro em The show is a remake of the original series and first aired in 2010. Lauren Faust, who-was executive producer at the time, said her plan was to give the characters more depth ployee, gives relationship advice on the site. The team of ponies fields questions on a variety of topics, including bul lying, gaming and school and strengthen the writing, which would make it appeal to The site is popular internationally, and Grove thinks that a wider audience. the ponies are partially responsible for that Although My Little Ponies, a line of popular Hasbro toys, "It's much easier to approach a website that has advice have typically been marketed toward girls, the new show from ponies rather than from a random person," he said. was a hit with young men. The only thing Grove will not give advice on is health Grove created a website in January called asktheponies. issues. He said the site has also received a fair number of a place for teens and young adults to post com- comments and questions about depression and suicidal thoughts, so he has added a "Resources" tab with phone com ments and questions about their problems or anything else on their minds. Although Grove said he identifies as a brony, the site is for anyone, not just My Little Pony lovers. numbers to hotlines in the U.S He said he has had to deal with his fair share of anti-bro nies, people who do not understand why young men would like My Little Ponies. He addresses the issue freely on his site "His website just blew up overnight," said Kim Grove, Mack's mother. "It was amazing. Mack Grove came across the television show while surf opening the comments to other members for discussion. ing channels one day. He happened to catch the first epi-He plans to continue the site and giving advice. Recently sode, and he found the plot interesting and much deeper he was asked by NASA's Hunt Project to work onits website. than typical children's shows. He said he thought it was However, Grove said, he does not plan to have a career in strange at the time because it was clear the show was for a computer programming. He sees it more as a hobby. He said ounger audience. he plans to join the Air Force. simply because he enjoys helping people help someone out of a tough spot," he said. Then a few weeks later while attending computer pro Grove said he donates so much of his free time to the site gramming classes at Warren Tech, a friend asked him if he was a brony. Grove was shocked to learn that other youn men had seen the show and liked it as he did omething that really makes me feel good is when I can

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