While I touched on this briefly in my intro post, I figured I should post a more in-depth explanation here-it was mid-December 2013, and I was at my mall's Hot Topic. And....I don't quite know what it was that struck me about MLP there, but seeing all it's merch alongside merchandise from things I liked, like Doctor Who & Adventure Time, got me curious. And while it took me a while to work up the nerve, I finally binged the first season on Netflix, and it was all downhill from there!