I got into the show the first week of October 2011. I just kind of stumbled into it on accident, completely unaware it had already taken the internet by storm. I can't recollect the exact path I took to get there, but somehow I went from watching Bob Sinclair and Pogo music videos on Youtube to PinkiePieSwear's Flutterwonder. I LOVED IT. And the flood gates were opened. From there I found Alex S, WoodenToaster, and SimGretina. I was indifferent to the source being My Little Pony; the music was awesome and that was all I cared about.
But a few days later I became really sick. When I'm sick I watch what I call "comfort shows"; things like "Fly Away Home" or old Disney movies or Studio Ghibli movies. Having just engorged myself on My Little Pony-themed music, I decided I would watch some episodes. I was totally expecting it to be, y'know, exactly what the stereotype was. But I watched the entire first season in one sitting. It went from "OMG what have I done to myself" at first watching of the intro to "That was cheesy but expected for a kid's show" for the first letter to Celestia and the next jump I remember was, "Holy crap I can't get winter wrap up out of my head I'm singing it with strep throat and it hurts but I can't stop smiling MOAR EPISODES" When I got to season 2 my mind was blown a hundred times over as I, a huge fan of Star Trek The Next Generation, got to watch a reincarnation of Q actually voiced by Q.
And if I wasn't hooked then, a few days later SimGretina released his remix of Winter Wrap Up (I had just gotten it out of my head mere minutes before, too!) and Lesson Zero was the next episode that aired.
Sometimes I'm still surprised that I like this. But I think it's the combination of pretty good show every which way you look at it and HOLY CRAP AMAZING fandom using the show not only to channel their talents in various artistic mediums, but to hone them to an incredible degree and at an incredible rate.
