Ophist

Now that I come to think of it, this is the very first time I speak about how I met your mother MLP. By 2014, I had already heard something about the show/toys/whatever it was, I didn't care, but I had the vague impression that some adults had some sympathy for it, enough to make fun of it. I had seen Fluttershy's yay face and stuff like that, occasionaly showing up in random posts on the internet. "Losers everywhere", I thought. Suddenly, one day, clicking on related videos on YouTube, BOOM I crashed with this which is nothing but one minute of a smiling "lol dunno" Pinkie Pie smoothly getting closer to the camera while Careless Whisper's sax sounds in the background. After a first wut da fac impression, I realized this was not made by a child and probably neither by a girl. So this was the first time I made myself this question: (lol even it fits well because of the small pinkie). However, I still thought that it was disgusting that grown men gave popularity to a show that I believed it was like... a cartoon version of I-Carly or this kind of series where feminine personalities are just insufferable, fake, materialists, showy, laugh, cry or shout for everithing, etc. So I forgot about the whole thing and contnued with my life. Last year, 2014, I had a break up that hurt me a lot at the moment. Several months had passed by and I had not been able to find some other interest that helped me to keep going. One night, when I was alone, I took advantage of that and searched on Google one thing that had been on my mind for weeks, but I had never searched because I didn't want anyone else to see me watching anything related with the subject. I took my first voluntary step to get closer with that pony thing, at least at a scientifical level. I typed: my little pony phenomenon Inmediately, lots of posts and blogs about that appeared. I learned that there were many grown men called bronies who liked the show for its supposedly good plot (this word had only one meaning to me back then), humor, character develoment, blah blah blah, I wouldn't understand until I judged by myself. So I changed to Google images. They say one image result page says more than 1000 word sites, and that your brain is programmed to fell in love at first sight with people or things you are "compatible" with. So, when I watched the memes, the excerpts of fan comics, the snapshots from episodes... I said man, this thing looks funny. Girly, but funny. It was not the "girls let's put make up and go shopping" I was expecting. So I watched a video of a dude explaining why MLP was such a great show. I'd say I owe him my conversion. He did very well contrasting G4 vs previous generations and typical girl cartoons of the last century, how MLP included smart references to popular culture elements which a small girl would not get, how the characters are so psychologically human-like that in fact many men were infatuated in love with them, how the situations were interesting and creative, even the not adverturous ones. He also explained what MLP had that other contemporary shows did not. In brief, he convinced me that it was rather a pleasant cartoon to watch. So, it was done, now I was interested in learning more from the show, though I was still ashamed of even considering watching an episode. I was specially interested on that tomboyish blue pegasus with the messy colorful hair. Of course, he put the scene when she saves Rarity from falling, so during some days I watched tons of images and memes of Rainbow Dash, that cool equine with an aerodynamic figure and an awesome voice and attitude. Eventually, I told my younger siblings that I was very intrigated of why do adult men watched MLP, so I could watch videos about the series without damaging my public image xD. The moment I realized I needed to admit to everybody that I found all that stuff kind of funny was when I watched this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pABT_89XhMM. It was not even too hilarious, it was just likeable, pleasant to look at. I showed the video to them, and they agreed with me. I kept on watching funny moments compilations until I decided I had enough and I needed to watch an entire episode. The first episode I watched was Testing Testing, 1, 2, 3. When I was done I felt I needed more. It was like a drug. When I had watched about 3 or 4 random episodes I said to myself, "hey, why don't you watch the series from the beginning?" "No wait, do you actually like it? Not only interested but you enjoy the show and want to follow the story in order?" And I answered to myself: EEYUP! And that's how Equestria was made.