Hello. I'm old enough to have caught the backlash of the original My Little Ponies. By that I mean I had a couple without ever having watched the cartoons, and my contemporaries were railing against anything trite or frivolous. Or just "too princess-y."
Honestly, it was pretty anti-any-fandom the entire time I was growing up. I'm really glad people have gotten past that.
What really drew me here is the creativity of the fans. I've been doing customs since before anyone used the word, and belong to a lot of OoaK groups. The original content I see related to MLP remains somehow unique from that of other fandoms. And I definitely want to see more.