Ponysona

{{Short description|Personalized pony character created by the brony fandom}}

{{Short description|Personalized pony character created by the brony fandom}}

[[File:Citation needed ponified wikipe-tan.png|thumb|upright=0.7|A [[ponified]] [[Wikipe-tan]] holding a sign reading "[[citation needed]]", a reference to a 2007 ''[[xkcd]]'' comic]]

[[File:Citation needed ponified wikipe-tan.png|thumb|upright=1.0|A [[ponified]] [[Wikipe-tan]] holding a sign reading "[[citation needed]]", a reference to a 2007 ''[[xkcd]]'' comic]]

A '''ponysona''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|oʊ|n|i|ˈ|s|oʊ|n|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ponysona.wav}} {{respell|POH|nee|SOH|nə}}; a [[portmanteau]] of ''pony'' and ''[[persona]]'') is a personalized [[Pony (My Little Pony)|pony]] character created by [[bronies]]—fans of the animated television series ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''—as an [[alter ego]]. Similar to [[fursona]]s in the [[furry fandom]], ponysonas typically incorporate elements of the creator's personality, physical characteristics, or interests translated into ''My Little Pony'' form. The practice became popular following the [[Friendship Is Magic (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)|show's premiere in 2010]] and the subsequent growth of the [[brony fandom]]. Ponysonas are commonly used as [[profile pictures]], in [[fan art]], [[fan fiction]], and [[role-playing]] communities across various social media platforms and forums dedicated to the franchise.{{cite book |last1=Leppänen |first1=Sirpa |last2=Tapionkaski |first2=Sanna |chapter=Doing Gender and Sexuality Intersectionally in Multimodal Social Media Practices |editor1-last=Angouri |editor1-first=Jo |editor2-last=Baxter |editor2-first=Judith |title=The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality |publisher=Routledge |date=25 April 2021 |oclc=1242880334 |doi=

A '''ponysona''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|oʊ|n|i|ˈ|s|oʊ|n|ə|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ponysona.wav}} {{respell|POH|nee|SOH|nə}}; a [[portmanteau]] of ''pony'' and ''[[persona]]'') is a personalized [[Pony (My Little Pony)|pony]] character created by [[bronies]]—fans of the animated television series ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''—as an [[alter ego]]. Similar to [[fursona]]s in the [[furry fandom]], ponysonas typically incorporate elements of the creator's personality, physical characteristics, or interests translated into ''My Little Pony'' form. The practice became popular following the [[Friendship Is Magic (My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)|show's premiere in 2010]] and the subsequent growth of the [[brony fandom]]. Ponysonas are commonly used as [[profile pictures]], in [[fan art]], [[fan fiction]], and [[role-playing]] communities across various social media platforms and forums dedicated to the franchise.{{cite book |last1=Leppänen |first1=Sirpa |last2=Tapionkaski |first2=Sanna |chapter=Doing Gender and Sexuality Intersectionally in Multimodal Social Media Practices |editor1-last=Angouri |editor1-first=Jo |editor2-last=Baxter |editor2-first=Judith |title=The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality |publisher=Routledge |date=25 April 2021 |oclc=1242880334 |doi=

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10.4324/9781315514857 |isbn=9781315514857 |ol=36242575M}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Kosnáč |editor1-first=Pavol |editor2-last=Cusack |editor2-first=Carole M. |title=Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality: From Popular Culture to Religion |publisher=Taylor & Francis |date=18 November 2016 |isbn=9781317135494 |chapter=The development of spirituality in the Brony community |oclc=963935785 |ol=46561296M}}{{rp|92-93}}{{cite thesis |last=Koslows |first=Tim |title=Parasoziale Beziehungen zu Medienfiguren und ihr Einfluss auf die Identitätsbildung von erwachsenen Rezipienten der Fernsehserie My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic |type=Bachelor's thesis |publisher=Fachhochschule Kiel, Fachbereich Medien |date=15 January 2016 |language=de