BronyCon 2019

2022-11-17T03:45:08Z

Thunder bolt: /* Day 3 */

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[[File:Bronycon2019-20.jpg|thumb|350px|Chris meets the cast of the ''Grand Galloping Gala'' show.]]
'''BronyCon 2019''' was the final iteration of the annual convention for fans of ''[[My Little Pony]]''. The convention took place between 1 and 4 August 2019 at the Baltimore Convention Center. Unfortunately for Chris, despite [[My Little Pony Protests|his best efforts to counter the inevitable]], both his favorite animated series and his favorite convention would draw to a close in such a short timespan.

Most notably at this convention, Chris discovered [[Twilight Sparkle's Secret Shipfic Folder]], a fan-made shipping card game. Once the convention was over, he would begin posting his own fan-made cards on [[Twitter]] – becoming the successor of his [[List of cards from The Wall of Originals#Custom Pokémon Cards|custom Pokémon cards]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh!#Custom Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards|Yu-Gi-Oh! cards]].

==Funding==
{{quote|My Main Plan with Two Friends who HAD Reserved a room for us three, and had their passes; they fell off the Communications Map On Me!!!|After Sarah and Steve ghost him, Chris is back to begging<ref name=sarah>[[July 2019 social media posts#Chris will attend BronyCon, still needs cash]]</ref>}} [[Sarah and Steve]] had originally planned to share a room with Chris, but they pulled out, leaving Chris to appeal for $600 to cover costs.<ref name=sarah></ref><ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5103999</ref> On 14 July, some [[ween]] gave him the whole amount, and on 30 July, he confirmed on YouTube that he would attend the entire four days in his [[General BronyCon Announcement.]]

==Cosplay==
In July, Chris teased his attire for next month's BronyCon in two tweets.<ref>[[July 2019 social media posts#Chris leaves a mystery]]</ref><ref>[[July 2019 social media posts#Chris Makes a Pokégear]]</ref> Kiwi Farms soon deciphered that Chris would be cosplaying as [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kris_(game) Kris], the female selectable protagonist of the video game ''Pokémon Crystal''. Considering Chris's [[Hair#Tomgirl hair|usual hack jobs when it comes to hair dye]], achieving such seaweed color would not prove too much of a challenge.

<center><gallery>
File:SuicuneClue.jpg|Suicune in [[Pokémon GO]].
File:CWC Pokegear construction.jpg|<s>K</s>- Chris's Pokégear.
File:Kris Pokemon Crystal.png|What Chris was aiming for.
</gallery></center>

It should be noted that for the duration of the convention, Chris wore a metal wire on his forehead, shaped to resemble the [[Commodore]] logo, which represents his [[CPU Blue Heart]] alterego.

==Day 1==
In the early hours of 1 August, Chris made the journey to Baltimore, leaving at around 6:15 local time (EST) and arriving at around 10:45. The journey took Chris and [[Son-Chu]] about 4 hours and 30 minutes, 2 hours longer than the estimated time.<ref>https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-ruckersville-va-to-baltimore-md</ref> At the convention itself, as a [[Patreon#Chris as a patron|long time pledger of voice actor, Michelle Creber's Patreon]], Chris joined her private Patreon party.<ref>[[August 2019 social media posts#Chris settles in]]</ref>

===Shoutout to a fan===
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'''Chris:''' 3, 2, 1.

'''Cameraman:''' Yeah.

'''Chris:''' Hi, Jacob! This is Christine Chandler, coming to you live from [''mispronounces''] BronyCon. Here's to you being a good fan of mine. Cheers [''raises mug to camera''] with a home mug of sarsaparilla.

===Gallery===
<center><gallery>
File:ChrisHeadsOut.jpg|Chris sets off for Baltimore
File:Bronycon2019-2.jpg|Arriving at the Con
File:Chriswithbensaint.png|With [[Ben Saint]]
File:Bronycon2019-1.jpg|With a fan
File:Bronycon2019-3.jpg|An eerie foreshadow?
File:Bronycon2019-4.jpg|Chris [[Tito Got No Luck Against We Brits, Irish and Scots!|pulls a bird]]
File:Bronycon2019-5.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-6.png
File:Bronycon2019-7.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-8.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-13.jpg
</gallery></center>

==Day 2==
On Day 2, Chris dusted off his old [[unicorn cosplay]], and met voice actor, Andrea Libman.

===All Star 3.0===
That morning, [[Kiwi Farms]] user Jasonfan89 captured some covert footage within the convention:
{{quoteboxgreen|He's at some kinda arcade doesn't he play enough [[Chris and video games|vyda]] at home?
 

{{#ev:youtube|v=CL0Mgjz14YI}}<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5102816</ref>}}

{{quoteboxgreen|He's playing some kinda Tetris game I overheard someone say he's kiklink it casue well...he is what did you expect from someone who's had 30 odd years of practice
[[File:Bronycon2019-9.jpg|200px]]

Sorry for the crappy pics I'm keeping a low profile

Also fuck no I didn't spend money on this fuck fest<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5102889</ref>}}

Eventually, they captured a video of Chris while [[All Star|Smash Mouth's ''All Star'']] plays in the background. At first, Chris seems reluctant to join in with the singalong – perhaps, due to his [[Idea Guys|previous association with the song]]; however, from 0:54 onwards, he can be heard singing:
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===Birthday message===
Chris recorded a birthday shoutout for the rapper, Billy the Fridge:
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'''Chris:''' You ready?

'''Cameraman:''' All right.

'''Chris:''' Hi, Billy. This is Christine Chandler, coming to you live from BronyCon. You be an awesome dude, and you have an awesome day. You're better off than [''deepens voice''] [[Aqua Teen Hunger Force|BillyWitchDoctor.com]]. He don't like... giant chicken. [''laughs'']

 
The video was later used in a YouTube Poop-style video, as part of [https://youtu.be/LwBZdoqAYCM Billy the Fridge's birthday livestream].<ref>Chris' clip can be seen at 4:39 and is also addressed at 12:00.</ref>

===From The Matrix to Silence of the Lambs Panel===
On the evening of day 2, Chris attended the ''From The Matrix to Silence of the Lambs: Movies in Pony Voices'' panel,<ref name=website>https://bronycon2019.sched.com</ref> which saw YouTube voice actors reenact famous movie scenes as ''MLP'' characters. Throughout the video, Chris is seen constantly fidgeting like a bored child:

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===Grand Galloping Gala===
That night, Chris attended the ''Grand Galloping Gala'' concert. In summary, the concert was a blend of dancing and Broadway style performances by a troupe of actors/cosplayers who play the main characters of the animated series. Concertgoers also witnessed a brony marriage proposal.<ref name=proposal>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5105272</ref>

Jasonfan89 chipped in once again:
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Following the concert, Chris participated in a photoshoot with the cast.

===Gallery===
<center><gallery>
File:Bronycon2019-19.jpg|All that clutter but no [[Anime Mid-Atlantic#2005|24-pack of Pepsi]]
File:Bronycon2019-18.jpg|[[:File:Night Star crossover MLP.jpeg|"Two Meta-Types together."]]
File:Bronycon2019-10.jpg|"CWC was leaning so hard on me I almost fell over"<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5104425</ref>
File:Bronycon2019-11.jpg|Found on /mlp/
File:Bronycon2019-25.jpg|Ditto
File:Bronycon2019-12.jpg|Dab
File:Bronycon2019-16.jpg|
File:Bronycon2019-15.jpg|"Actually doing a panel right now and look whose in line to ask a question"<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5106851</ref>
File:Bronycon2019-17.jpg|Chris gifts [[Sonichu 12-9|''Sonichu'' #12-9]] to a Brony artist
File:Bronycon2019-14.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]|Chris witnesses a marriage proposal at the ''Grand Galloping Gala''<ref name=proposal></ref>
File:Bronycon2019-43.jpg|Meeting a fan at the GGG
File:Chris_at_bronycon_2019.jpg|With a fan.
</gallery></center>

==Day 3==
===TF2 Analysis Anarchy Panel===
On the Saturday morning, Chris attended the [[TF2 Analysis|TF2 Analysis Anarchy]] panel—composed of several brony analysts who had [[Twitter#Blocks|blocked]] Chris back in [[January 2019|January]]—where he witnessed Mad Munchkin being proposed to. Chris appears behind the man in the wheelchair, slightly to his left (the vibrant pink Night Star plushie is a giveaway). Notably, Chris can be heard trying to get the attention of the panel by making a childish quip at 0:17, and recurring [[Cherokean Chant|high-pitched screams]] (especially 3:31) as the audience celebrates the newly-engaged couple:

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Chris later recapped the moment:
{{quotebox|I was in the audience when that happened! Now I can say something about it! I congratulated the couple on the way out, and my screams were amongst those recorded there. Yay!<ref>[[August 2019 social media posts#Mad Munchkin wedding proposal]]</ref>}}

===Pony Origins Panel===
[[File:Bronycon2019screenie.jpg|thumb|400px|Creator meets creators.]]
At the ''Pony Origins'' panel, Chris came face-to-face with the ''true original creators'', Bonnie Zacherle and Lauren Faust of the [[Wikipedia:My Little Pony (TV series)|80s cartoon]] and ''Friendship is Magic'', respectively.<ref name=website></ref><ref name=origins>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5108574</ref>

Jasonfan89 reported in:
{{quoteboxgreen|[The hosts] asked the guys who watches [[Sailor Moon|sailor Moon]] he raised both arms

[[File:Bronycon2019-26.jpg|200px]]<ref name=origins></ref>}}

During the Q&A, Chris went on to ask Lauren Faust about whether she had planned to include [[Megan Schroeder|Megan]], one of the 80s human characters in the most recent iteration of the show:
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The following livestream clip captures the full response:
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<center>'''Alternative footage:''' [https://youtu.be/Zs_xAVjNA_s] [https://youtu.be/-vHmM8JsGK8]</center>

'''Chris:''' Hi, Lauren. Hey y'all. All right, first. I just want to say: Thank you for all your shows. Aside from ''MLP'', [''rock on gesture''] love ''The Powerpuff Girls''!

[''Applause'']

'''Lauren Faust:''' Thank you.

'''Chris:''' And this'll lead into my question [?], beginning from G1. About like, you know, the human characters, especially [http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Megan_and_Sundance Megan], and the relationship between the humans and the ponies. Uhh... Did you just think about wanting to do that originally for G4 in the earlier phases, or did it just kinda like–uhh, it was rejected initially, or [''unintelligible''] it all, and then later figured out for like, ''Equestria Girls''?

'''Lauren Faust:''' You know, I... umm–Early on in the development process, I had considered that Hasbro might ask me to bring in Megan, because you know, working in the animation business, I was kind of anticipating like oh [''jazz hands''] "girls can't relate to horses, they need to have a person to talk to and relate to. So you need to have a person in the story."
So, I was expecting them to do that. They never did. Like, not even once. But, I did have a little snippet of an idea to bring Megan in for like maybe a special or something like that. It was a very brief idea that might have just been like a one shot idea. But I didn't need it, so I didn't really flesh it out [''chuckles''].

'''Chris:''' Ah. Well, at least it brought–at least it all brought out in ''Equestria Girls''. [''very sincere''] Thank you.

'''Lauren Faust:''' Sure.

[''Applause'']

 

Looking back on the event:
{{quotebox|And now, with a [[Magic stones|piece of lovely quartz]], Lauren Faust has a copy of [[Sonichu 12-9|Nightstar’s Book]] too. I asked her about G1 Megan and the symbolance/relationship between Equestrians/Ponyville Residents and Humans and Human-Types.<ref name=review>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5119653</ref>}}

===Friendship is Magic: The Gathering===
On Saturday evening, Chris was spotted entering the Friendship is Magic: The Gathering panel hosted by Josh Scorcher, during the latter half of the event. When the panel concluded, Chris walked towards the front where Josh was talking among fans, in what was presumably an attempt to converse with Scorcher to smooth things over after the mass Twitter blocking. It is unknown what transpired in this conversation or if it had any affect on Scorcher's opinion of Chris.

As Scorcher and a large group of panel attendees left the panel hall, Chris was observed walking out at the very backend of the group. It was at that point that a selfie was requested by an editor of the CWCki, and taken right outside the entrance to Hall of the Stars.

===Meeting Nicole Oliver===
[[File:ChrisTF2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chris meets Princess Celestia.]]
Later that day, Chris went to the meet and greet of voice actress, Nicole Oliver. For $30 worth of [[Monthly tugboat|Tugboat]], Chris received Oliver's autograph—done on [[Chris and art|one of his drawings]]—and they both posed for a photo together.<ref>[https://bronycon2019.sched.com/event/T4z7/autograph-session-nicole-oliver According to the Con's schedule]</ref><ref>[[August 2019 social media posts#Chris meets Princess Celestia]]</ref>

Having failed to learn the lesson from the [[Tabitha St. Germain]] block, Chris shared his photo in a tweet tagging Nicole Oliver, which resulted in a surge of ween comments. This prompted the voice actress to voice her opinion against online harassment in a separate tweet; it is undeniable that she was alluding to Chris:

{{quoteboxwhite|It has come to my attention that some of you are commenting on a picture I took with a fan. People are alleging this fan is responsible for certain behaviours. I do not CONDONE any disrespectful behaviour. Period. It has no association to me.

Peace & love everyone.

Xo ☀️<ref>https://twitter.com/mouthnoize/status/1157832836675768320</ref>}}

[[September 2019|One month later]], Chris would [[Spirit possession|convey]] as [[Magi-Chan]] that during their meeting, he reassured the voice actress that she would be bound to voicing one character for a little longer than she hoped:
{{quoteboxpurple|And Celestia and Luna are a long way from retiring. As @CPU_CWCSonichu has personally told @mouthnoize at BronyCon, “The Reirement [''sic''] is not in.”<ref>[[September 2019 social media posts#Chris spoke to VA about the Pony Protests]]</ref>}}

In an [[August 2020]] leak, it was revealed that Nicole Oliver eventually blocked Chris on Twitter.<ref>[[:File:NicoleOliverTwitter.jpg]]</ref>

===BronyPalooza===
BronyPalooza was a recurring all-night concert, featuring several musicians of the brony community.<ref name=website></ref> After enjoying Creber's Patreon party on the Thursday, Chris made an appearance during her Saturday BronyPalooza gig. Chris can be seen at regular intervals during the first two hours of the video, but is especially recognizable at 1:15:33, brandishing his [[Night Star]] plushie:

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A [https://youtu.be/V6SgDdhwDdc video with an alternative camera] also shows Chris' plushie.<ref>For example, at 1:05:01</ref>

While the concert was ongoing, Chris snapped some photos and shared them on Twitter:
{{quotebox|@ChuuChuuRocket, Nightstar’s Jammie’ with #CreberBrown!

[[File:Bronycon2019-21.jpg|250px]][[File:Bronycon2019-22.jpg|250px]] [[File:Bronycon2019-23.jpg|250px]][[File:Bronycon2019-24.jpg|250px]]
<ref>[[August 2019 social media posts#Chris parties with Night Star]]</ref>}}
It is unknown whether Chris remained at the concert after Creber's set ended.

===Gallery===
<center><gallery>
File:Bronycon2019-27.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-28.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-29.jpg|Chris reunites with his [[gal pal]] from [[BronyCon 2018]]...
File:Bronycon2019-30.jpg|...and gifts her a life-size [[S-Chu Ball]]
File:Bronycon2019-38.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-31.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-32.jpg
File:Instagram officialaystar Bronycon2019.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-37.jpg
</gallery></center>

==Day 4==
On the final day of the convention, Chris met an old foe, and paid another $30 to meet voice actor, Rebecca Shoichet.

===Dining with bronies===
According to a user of [[4chan]]'s /mlp/ board, on the Sunday, they joined Chris to ride in Son-Chu and have dinner together:<ref name=4chan>https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/34106350</ref>
{{quoteboxred|[[File:bronycon2019-40.jpg|left|100px]] I got to eat dinner on Sunday with Chris and rode in Barb's van}}
{{quoteboxred|[[File:bronycon2019-41.jpg|left|100px]] Oh no, Barb wasn't there, Chris was driving.
Also, sorry about the rotation, something fucked up when I posted. But yeah, this is Barb's van because the [[Son-Chu#Ford Focus|old car got totaled or something]]}}
{{quoteboxred|Well, we went to a burger joint and ate burgers. Chris showed us the Sonichu binder and some new age Crystal and we just chilled and talked. I said to drive safe because he headed home afterwards, but apparently there was a [[August 2019 social media posts#Chris caused a fender-bender and kicked a cop car; discovers he's blacklisted from Papa Johns|fender bender or some shit]]. It was actually really interesting.}}
{{quoteboxred|By no means, but he was very calm and in a good mental state this year at the con. Last year he was talking about the [[Dimensional Merge|dimensional merge]] a lot, but a lot of the crazy shit that happens with Chris is the machinations of trolls. Still kind of out there, but I'm happy he was having a good time. I'm not gonna whiteknight him, he's done some pretty bad stuff in the past and the autism is no excuse, but it was an interesting experience to meet such an internet legend. Hopefully he keeps himself out of trouble.}}

The /mlp/ user found his post on Kiwi Farms and elaborated on the experience:<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5139835</ref>
{{quoteboxred|[[File:bronycon2019-44.jpg|left|120px]]Alright, so we went to a burger place for dinner, recommend to Chris by someone. Chris didn't smell, or at the very least I was [[Alcohol|drunk]] enough not to notice (definitely not nearly as bad as some other people at the con though, she was tolerable). At dinner, Chris talked a lot about Sonichu and a crystal she had, seems like it was some new age beliefs about magic in the crystals or something. We made small talk about the con, and I was talking with several people. One of the guys at the table ordered his burger with ghost pepper cheese, and Chris mentioned something about it, maybe having eaten it before. It was an interesting experience and overall Chris seemed pretty alright during it. I told her to drive safe before we parted our ways, but I guess that didn't work out. I'm not here to talk mad shit or anything, but my brother is pretty interested in Chris chan despite being a normie so I figured I'd get some pictures and I got more than I really bargained for.}}
{{quoteboxred|He was prompted to speak about Sonichu at the table, and was showing us the binder he brought around. I believe he talked about some of the lore, but I really am not as familiar with it as I used to be. [[BronyCon 2018#Day 0|@Jaiman]] might be a better source on it, since he was there as well and probably could go into more detail.}}
{{quoteboxred|One thing that did slightly concern me a bit was that on the ride back to the con center was Chris was hatching eggs on [[Pokémon GO|Pokemon Go]] on both phones on the center console while at stoplights. I knew a guy who used to do that and IMO it can lead to distracted driving. Hopefully that is not something that happens normally with Chris.}}

===Gallery===
<center><gallery>
File:ChrisMeets4Chan.jpg|Still at it, [[4-cent_garbage.com|ten years later]]
File:Bronycon2019-35.jpg
File:ChrisAndRebecca.jpg|Meet and greet with Rebecca Soichette [''sic'']
File:Bronycon2019-33.jpg|The plushie purchases keep on coming
File:Bronycon2019-34.jpg
File:Bronycon2019-36.jpg
</gallery></center>

==Unknown date==
<center><gallery>
File:Bronycon2019-42.jpg|Either Day 1 or 4
File:Bronycon2019-39.jpg|Day 3 or 4
File:Bronycon2019-45.jpg|With [[Midnight Moonflower]] (second from right)
</gallery></center>

==Souvenirs and autographs==
On 6 August, Chris posted a thread on Twitter, showing off his haul from BronyCon.<ref>[[August 2019 social media posts#Chris' BronyCon loot]]</ref> To say that Chris bought a lot of merchandise would be a severe understatement:

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*[[:File:Night Star crossover MLP.jpeg|Andrea Libman]], Nicole Oliver and [[:File:SchuComic12-9Page19.jpg|Rebecca Shoichet]] autographs
*" " " meet and greet prints
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul2.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*[[TF2 Analysis|Team KP]] autographs
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul3.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*[[TF2 Analysis#List of people Chris has been blocked by|Lightning Bliss]] and [[Patreon#Chris as a patron|Silver Quill]] autographs
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul4.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*[[Mad Munchkin]] autograph
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul5.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Flower retrieved from [[:File:CMC Drawing.jpg|Michelle Creber]] at her [[Patreon#Chris as a patron|Patreon party]]
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul6.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Pin from [[TF2 Analysis|Keyframe]]
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul7.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*A literal quill from Silver Quill
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul8.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Various buttons
*Various CDs from brony musicians
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul9.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Animation cell from ''MLP'' G2 ([[:File:ChrisNewArt1.jpg|later used for a TSSSF card]])
*G2 Firefly drawing
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul10.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Sailor and Mona Pia plushies
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul11.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Rainbow Dash/[[Sonic the Hedgehog]] poster
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul12.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*[[Slow-in-the-minds|Derpy]] poster
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul13.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Twilights poster
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul14.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*More prints
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul15.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*[[:File:Bronycon2019-17.jpg|Choco Pony]] autograph
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul16.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*''More'' plushies
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul17.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*''Midnight Mares'' poster
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul18.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*[[TSSSF]] Core and ''Equestria Girls'' Deck<ref name=review></ref>
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|<center>[[File:BronyConHaul19.jpg|200px]]</center>
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*Various prints of characters
*Rainbow Dash toy
*[[Guitar Hero|''MLP'' guitar picks]]
*''MLP'' blind bag toy
|-
|}

==Aftermath==
In closing, since his [[BronyCon 2017|first attendance in 2017]], BronyCon has left an overall positive impact on Chris. The conventions were one of the few places where mindsets such as his are normalized, as their target audiences are typically a melting pot of [[Autism|like-minded people]]. BronyCon was a setting which provided a brief escape from his [[Jacob Sockness|various problems back in Ruckersville]], and being a [[troll]]-free safe space, has also allowed Chris to filter the positive attention he receives from fans; Chris claimed that in 2019, he was approached by "200 awesome and kind individuals."<ref>August 2019 social media posts#Chris is happy about how BronyCon went]]</ref>

===Friendship is Magic ends===
{{main|My Little Pony Protests}}
[[File:CWC GoPony reaction.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Chris isn't pleased.]]
BronyCon has been the catalyst in several noteworthy events in the [[2010s|late 2010s]]: The 2017 convention gave Chris the much-needed motivation to commence work on his next issue of ''Sonichu''; albeit, it was a [[Sonichu 12-9|''MLP'' fanfiction]] which happened to be part of his [[Sonichu (comic)|comic book canon]]. After [[BronyCon 2018]], he began engaging with members of the brony analyst community—several of which were present at Baltimore—which ultimately led to the [[TF2 Analysis|Twitter Block saga]] and his Soft Exile on social media.

Returning his homelife after BronyCon 2019, Chris resumed [[My Little Pony Protests|his ''My Little Pony'' protest campaign]] and demanded Hasbro for a renewal of the series to at least Season 14. On 12 October 2019, the finale of ''Friendship of Magic'' aired, leaving Chris in vehement denial. As of [[November 2019]], he refused to watch it, and instead chose to send a barrage of ranting tweets to both Hasbro and anybody mentioning it. Despite other media picking up where the show left off, including ''My Little Pony: Pony Life'' (which is essentially G4.5 of the franchise) and the IDW comic series,<ref>[[November 2019 social media posts#Not this GO! Crap]]</ref><ref>[[October 2019 social media posts#Chris complains about the MLP comics]]</ref> Chris refuses to acknowledge these as any form of canon because it doesn't conform to [[C-197|his existing fantasy world]]. As of [[July 2020]], ''Pony Life'' has aired to lukewarm reviews, but Chris remains committed to his boycott.

===BABSCon===
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With the departure of BronyCon, Chris latched onto the next well-regarded convention in the USA, BABSCon. BABSCon is also a yearly convention; however, it is instead based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

By [[November 2019]], Chris had organized tickets and accommodation to the event;<ref>[[Discord#BABScon_plans]]</ref>; however, in early [[2020]], the [[COVID-19|COVID-19 pandemic]] started, forcing BABSCon to cancel the event. In response, Chris declared that the coronavirus was [[March 2020 social media posts#Chris finally weighs in on the coronavirus pandemic|totally not a big deal]]. Unable to cope with his disrupted calendar, in [[April 2020|April]], Chris "swapped bodies" with [[Sonichu (character)|Sonichu]] to attend the convention in Dimension C-197.<ref>[[April 2020 social media posts#Chris body swaps with Sonichu to cope with missing BABScon]]</ref> The [[May 2020|next month]], "Sonichu" would attend the online equivalent in Dimension 1218.<ref>[[May 2020 social media posts#BABScon is online]]</ref>

In [[December 2020]], BABSCon announced that they were canceling the 2021 convention, again due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Chris [[Coping|responded with a cryptic tweet]], saying "The Merge is On." <ref> [[December 2020 social media posts#The Merge is apparently on]]</ref> As the pandemic was mostly put under control by [[April 2022]], the convention finally took place as scheduled, [[Jail Saga|but Chris is preoccupied with other matters and was unable to attend]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/chris-has-arrived-at-bronycon-2019-megathread.59139/post-5115238 Unverified account on Day 4] from [[Kiwi Farms]]

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