 John de Lancie was enthralled by the sudden surge in fandom from the brony community after the broadcast of a two @-@ part second season episode featuring his voice work as Discord ( which Faust had modeled after a character previously voiced by de Lancie , Q from Star Trek : The Next Generation ) , and has embraced the attention . He compared the male fandom of a girl @-@ oriented show to the large number of female fans of the original Star Trek series , and the parallels of what the fans did to support the respective shows . De Lancie helped to make a Kickstarter @-@ funded documentary at the fourth BronyCon convention about the growing fandom , Bronies : The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony . Faust , de Lancie and Strong were credited as executive producers on the project . The funding drive ended with over $ 320 @,@ 000 in pledges , making it the second most funded film project on Kickstarter at the time . After its release , the project has announced plans to remake the documentary to incorporate additional footage taken at European fandom gatherings . This has been shown at film festivals in 2013 and released for home media distribution . 
