I recorded a lot of movies back then, filming myself playing with dolls and reenacting the movies or stories I loved as a kid. Generally, I created parodies that featured my own character as part of the plot, albeit in a crude and edgy way—kinda cringe, but that’s my humor. The idea behind the story was originally to parody The Godfather—obvious from the title “The Great Moral,” which mimics the original in its style. I made a first movie back in 2015 that was pure nonsense, followed by another that adhered more to the parody of the movie, yet it was an interesting concept: the mafia groups in the story were different fandoms conflicting with one another. It seemed ridiculous—and indeed it was—but I found it both funny and creative.
The work juxtaposes the severity of a mob crew and their vile activities with a harmless fandom. At the time, I almost used it as a form of venting because I was bullied for being a brony—the worst part being that people from other fandoms tormented me. It was simply a case of stupid kids being mean on the Internet, and it was not fun for me. The first movie tended to mock and nitpick other fandoms, portraying them as stupid and evil, while positioning bronies (the fandom I was in) as the heroes—even if unintentionally. The movie made fun of all the fandoms it depicted, including bronies, FNAF, and South Park, showing them as childish adults who were willing to kill because someone insulted their favorite pony or animatronic—an idea even more absurd in hindsight.
Then, and even now, most fandoms have a toxic side with intolerant people—a sort of meta commentary that I didn’t fully intend at the time. Continuing, as I mentioned before, the plot is similar to The Godfather: the Brony Family represents the Corleones, the FNAF Family corresponds to the Tattaglias, and the South Park zone is akin to the Barzini family. Their roles align with those in the movie. The FNAF Family was the most antagonistic in my movie, led by Bruno FNAF, a great strategist who tried to kill Don Juninho more than twice out of pure hatred toward bronies. Juninho’s role is similar to Michael Corleone—he started as a low-ranking associate in the family but gradually earned promotions over time. Additionally, he is a WWII veteran who fought Nazis in Italy alongside other Brazilian soldiers. However, when he returned, the government did not welcome him, and society did not treat him as justly as he expected, so he ed a mafia—the scalery mafia led by Jakin Calery. Although Calery was initially suspicious of Juninho, he eventually accepted him. After some time, Jakin suffered an attack by a Japanese family that led to his demise, elevating Juninho to second in command before he eventually reformed the entire organization and transformed it into a fandom mafia—the pony mafia, a brotherhood of ponies or bronies.
In this picture, you can see the sequel I made, which was, strangely enough, more original than the previous work. It shows Juninho as a powerful mob boss with his consigliere, Samuel, who had only been a newly recruited soldier in the ending scene of the first movie; in the sequel, he rose in rank and gained Juninho’s trust. With the same fandom concept, the sequel introduces new mafia groups: the furries, led by Rodrigo; an anime-themed one led by James; and a crazy faction led by Paulinho (also known as Loukos). Paulinho had been part of Juninho’s mafia in the first movie, but in the sequel, he left and established his own family. Once again, someone had a problem with the bronies—this time it was the James Family, who wanted to eliminate them. However, James devised a clever strategy to pit the furries and bronies against each other by exploiting their mutual distrust, igniting a war while he reaped both families’ spoils, thereby fueling hatred between them. When both bosses sought an alliance and cooperative business, James broke the deal even before it began.
In the final act, Juninho asks an old friend, Don Paulinho, to help secure his children from harm, though one wonders how trustworthy Paulinho truly is. As you see, this sequel was designed to be more focused and intentionally meta. During my years in this fandom, I noticed resentment toward furries and even felt some hostility from them, so I wanted to comment on that since the “rivalry” always struck me as utterly foolish.