I had friends who were into FiM circa fall 2011, but I only half-paid attention while they were watching. Interestingly enough, my younger brother found the show around the same time and got super into it (I figure he has an account on here somewhere; I just don't know his screenname). I'm a longtime furry, going back a full decade now at least, and so I'd see the occasional pony artwork over on the furry sites, but other than the sudden impossibility to search for artwork of horses I didn't pay it much mind. I knew enough about it to know the Mane Six and the general premise of the show, but not much more than that. But in the past month or two it's changed; searching for more artwork, little snippets of fanfiction here and there, and really reading into the show itself. The whole thing is incredibly well put together, and the characters are distinct without being entirely stereotypical. Plus, I got into a couple of the more "epic" style fanfictions, and now? Well... here I am.