Imagine a day in early february. You have nothing big to do because studying for exams recently bored the hell out of you and nobody you know wants to hang out. You have no books to read, no games to play and everything on the TV are reruns. So you search for something to do. Just when you googled for some random pictures, you come across a screenshot of Pinkie Pie. It reminds you of something. You know about "Friendship is Magic". You know about it's fandom. Since over a year, but you didn't care. You were not sceptical, though. You have been part of the Star Trek fandom before, so you know that a fandom that big has to be someway right about what it likes. And you do not prejudge, because you still enjoy things from your own childhood and know that being targeted at children doesn't necessarily mean that something can't be enjoyed by grown ups as well.

So you say to yourself "Let's give it a try" and search for the first episode on You Tube. There it is, "Friendship is Magic, Part 1". You don't have that high expectations in the pilot because all pilots you've ever seen were worse than the first "actual" episodes that followed. And you want to avoid the situation where you would have questions about the plot or characters that can only be answered if you start from the very beginning. So you watch the intro and think "Quite... childish for now". But you continue. You gave it a chance, remember? And then, after a few minutes, there comes the scene that actually makes you say "I will watch at least the first episode after the two-parter." It is a simple, but so adorable scene that every Brony knows.

And you have to re-watch it two times, because it is the cutest thing you have seen in months. And from then on, you know that this series could actually be your thing. You don't deny it. Hell, you still have Lego and play Poke´mon, so what? And you continue. After the third episode, you start thinking "Maybe it's yet too girly". But then you watch "Applebuck Season" and it clicks. Right in one very charming, because so very human and therefore understandable situation.

From that point on, you are totally sucked in. You watch all 64 episodes that have been aired up until that weekend. But that's not enough. You've heard about the fandom. Where is it? Google has the answer and you soon discover sites like "Equestria Daily" or "Fimfiction" and you realize one thing. After reading some stuff, looking at some art and so on, you say to yourself:

"This is perhaps the best and most dedicated fandom you've ever heard of. And you want to be a part of it. You are a Brony."

This is how I became - and now proudly am - a Brony.