Well, it all began one night (the 12th of January, 2012). I was just wondering around the CoDz Forums for a bit and I came across a thread that I typically ignored; "Bronies report in". I knew what a brony was at the time, but I didn't know much about the show itself, so, out of boredom, I decided to click on this thread. It had a lot of discussion going on, and of course there were a few pony pics and videos posted. After browsing through a couple of pages, I thought "Hmm. I'm curious to know why grown men are watching MLP" (not in a bad way. I don't like to prejudge). So, I asked where I could watch the show for free, and just about all of the replies said "YouTube". I was also recommended an episode (Season 1, Episode 16), but I just went from the very beginning.
It was still the 12th, and I was ready to watch my first MLP:FiM episode. I searched up "MLP Episode 1" on my iPod (duh!) and clicked on one of the results. The story of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna was meh, but as soon as I saw Twilight Sparkle, I was automatically impressed with the artwork. I continued onwards, a little discomforted by the Theme song (which I now love!) and only really interested in the artwork and the animation. Then came the start of my Fluttershy love. She was so adorable! The way she acted towards Twilight instantly put her into resemblance to me; Shy. The rest of the episode got no better than that part, so it went pretty smoothly until the end. At first, I didn't quite get anyway caught onto the show. After I watched the second part, I still didn't catch a reasonable attraction apart from the artwork and the animations.
Episode 3: Was better, and I actually started enjoying MLP and felt a bit of catch.
Episode 4: Pretty good. I was starting to feel a brony in me, but I couldn't jump to conclusions just yet..
Episode 5: That's it! I really like this show, and I can now confirm that I am brony as of January the 14t, 2012. A closet one at least.
My fondness and confidence with MLP got stronger and stronger as I watched more episodes and got involved with it's fandom. I watched 1-3 episodes everyday after I became a brony and into Season 2, I got my little sister into the show. We watched it together, and she drew pony pics and made pony masks for us both, which was awesome!
After S2, Ep18 (the latest episode at the time), I tried my hoof at converting. I started with my friend Stuart D, who is a rather big fan of cartoons and animes. The first time I told him about MLP, he jokingly slagged me about it. Little did he know that in a week, he would be watching MLP:FiM and enjoying it, and a little while later he told me that he too was a brony. Score!
The next person I converted was my other friend Stuart G (I know, I have a lot of Stuart friends). Now he was a pain! He is a pretty sarcastic person who can get extremely annoying at times, seeing that he is no stranger to prejudging things. Everytime I sat down to watch an episode with him, he would either (a) Fall asleep ( Have to go away home, or © Claim that he was 'busy'. Now, the strangest thing happened. One night before I went to bed, he actually asked me if I wanted to watch an episode of MLP with him! I obviously said yes, and I recommended him a few episodes: 'Hurricane Fluttershy', 'Sonic Rainboom', 'Lesson Zero' and 'Putting Your Hoof Down'. After seeing a few episodes, he said that he liked the show. Not sure what for, but he did and added that he was a brony now. Score one again!
Oh, I went on a bit too much! Basically, I started watching on the 12th of January 2012, and within two days, I became a brony because I really enjoyed the show from Episode 5+.