1) I first saw the show in 2013, but did not fall into the fandom until 2015
2) A Brony friend of mine made me watch an episode and I found it, surprisingly, tolerable.
3) There is a massive amount of talented artists who drew the cute pony characters of MLP. Along with that, the brony community has a massive amount of fan projects. Since I voice act online as a hobby, there was a lot of opportunity in the Brony community.
4) I draw fanart and voice act for fan made projects. Recently, I have been contributing less though.
5) Fluttershy.
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