I'm indifferent to plots, bedroom eyes and such, but when I started watching the series there was one thing that caught me by surprise...
Eyeshadows...o_o
I'm quite certain that animators added them so that it's easy to know where the eyelids are. Well, it had unintended consequences on how I look at ponies. I'm not sexually attracted, but those damn eyeshadows pulled the ponies out of cute territory and into attractive.
...CURSE YOU DHX!!!