Thank you everyone for the great discussion! Brought up alot of points I never thought about, going into asking this question I had a theory that ponies worked so well because the concept of loving ponies is typically seen as a feminine one but what FiM did was help include more people and branch out who liked them, thus making a degree of freedom and acceptance for loving the show. Thats something everyone craves in my opinion. I can't say I feel the same way anymore, I think going in I was focused too much on the mlp fandom making a statement rather than just being genuine fans! This has left me with alot to think about! but I feel like I understand alittle bit more than I did yesterday. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity to ask this question!