Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum (but not new to the series). It's been a long time since I've used a forum (I used to use southparkstudios all the time from 2005 - 2007) so sorry if I sound like I'm ranting or rambling. I'm a 22 year old pegasister from Canada. I first started watching MLP:FIM sometime in 2011 when my fiance's daughter was watching it on treehouse. It was Call Of The Cutie. As soon as I saw the animation of the show, I was instantly reminded of The Powerpuff Girls, which was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. I sat down and watched MLP with my stepdaughter-to-be because it was so interesting. I found myself hoping that Applebloom would get her cutie mark in the end but after seeing the ending of the episode, I was very happy with the outcome and the moral presented to the younger audience. For a long time I had no idea how popular this show was among older audiences and found myself rather embarrassed for liking it. I found out about the brony fandom when I watched an episode of teens react on youtube and was pleased to see how popular this show truly was (and also very irritated that those teens were just being presented with untrue stereotypes about the fandom).
You probably wouldn't know it judging how lengthy and informative this post is, but I actually relate to Fluttershy the most out of all the characters. Like her, I am far too kind for my own good and can be very shy and quiet. I guess you can also tell from my username that I'm a huge fan of Digimon Tamers as well.
I've told my fiance about the brony fandom and that I myself love the show so much and, even though he himself isn't a brony, he does seem to enjoy spending time with me and his daughter and watches it with us. It's a great family show and I'll be introducing my new baby to it as well, regardless if they're a boy or girl. The baby's due on September 2, and I'm very excited about it.
I guess I'm also a bit like Pinkie Pie when I get excited too. Heheh... ^-^