Was I the only one open-minded enough to watch mlp immediately?

[hawkflame 3,308]

I knew it was going to be a show that I'd like when I first heard about the fanbase as well as the creative minds behind the series.

 

Even back in college I liked shows like the Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, Spongebob, etc, and they were all high quality shows written with two audiences in mind- there's stuff for kids in there, but then there's references and jokes for the older audiences too. So when I started seeing 20-30 year olds whose opinions I respect becoming fans of the show, I figured there must be something to it. When I heard names like Lauren Faust and Rob Renzetti were involved, I knew that this was going to be something along the lines of PPG and Dexter's Lab, shows that appealed to all ages.

[Coco Pommel 669]

I would have watched it soon if I had high-speed internet at the time. With my crappy dial-up, I decided to pretend to hate the show and look down on bronies, when I actually never cared and decided to play with other members of the other forum I was on, because toying with people on the Internet is too much fun for me sometimes.

 

When I got WiFi at my house during last October, I watched the first four episodes and pleasantly enjoyed them, but Hasbro made a fit about Pony episodes on YouTube, so I had to find other means to watch them, and I'm glad I did. Having almost every episode of the show on my laptop in 720 to 1080 dpi feels great.

[SrFrog 926]

Started watching MlP back in 2010 with the mindset that it was just another cartoon with nothing special to it, boy was I wrong. In fact I didn't even realize a fan-base existed till the great 4chan pony purge.

[Klopp 2,050]

When I first saw the memes floating around the internet, I didn't really give it any thought as people are always making silly memes out of cartoons. I actually enjoyed most of the memes, aside from the ones I did not understand (But of course, not I do ) And the ponies were actually well drawn, and I enjoyed the artwork. It was only after I heard about Bronies, and that there were people of my age, who genuinely loved this show, that I got curious and decided to watch the show myself.

 

Of course, I watched the first two episodes, and just had to continue watching. That night I watched about 12 episodes, then over the next two nightes watched them all the way through til the latest Episode.

 

Fun Fact!: The day I became a Brony, was the same day that "Luna Eclipsed" first aired.

[Yellow Diamond 7,561]

I wasn't very aware of its existence until late last year. My reasons for not watching had more to do with convenience rather than trying to avoid a show aimed at girls. When I had the opportunity to watch it in-depth, I was effectively hooked from the get-go.

 

When looking back on the matter, I don't consider myself to have been close minded.

[Skullbuster 1,906]

I first heard about bronies when a friend of mine(yes this was on the Internet) told me he was a brony back in August of 2011, at the time I was kinda a homophobe so I made fun of him and designated anyone who was a brony as gay, stupid, or both

 

Now look at me

[Discordian 6,013]

I didn't watch it immediately but when I first heard of it I was like "Whoa, really!? xD"

 

I was gonna watch it just cuz I knew it would stir up some trouble among certain forums for watching it and liking it. What I didn't expect was to fall so deeply in love with it. I knew I'd like it, I tend to like Barbie video games and such, but I didn't expect to love it.

[JhonHipster 124]

i was eager to watch the show as well when i heard of it, my friend showed me that so many people on steam where getting pony avatars, however i just considered it another meme and thought nothing more of it. however when another friend watched ep 1 & 2 out of curiosity and said it was horrible, so i then proceeded to see how bad and instead thought it was great and so did another friend of mine. we are now heavily hated on but hey who cares.

[Luurilka 325]

I watched the show just about the same day my friend told me about it.

I didn't really know if I would like it or not, but I figured I'd give it a shot.

I'm quite open-minded.

[Apple Bloom 2,915]

I've always been open minded and I've seen (and enjoyed) some "girly" anime such as Shugo Chara, so when I saw how popular MLP was I didn't give it a second thought. I watched the first episode and got hooked immediately. The only thing I was initially hesitant about was letting other people know I was into it. Before MLP I kept all such interests to myself for fear of ridicule or embarrassment. It eventually became impossible for me to hide it though and I'm glad because now I know how accepting my family is and I can express my love of ponies instead of keeping it to myself.

[Kyreth 193]

I wouldn't say I expected to like it. I didn't expect not to like it though. I just thought this is popular, maybe its good.

[Cupcake Ice Cream 436]

I would say once I heard about it I knew I would like it

[Steel Accord 6,658]

Nope. I saw the "Epic PMV 7 artists video" on Youtube by way of a Code Geass abridge series. I never heard the song so I looked up the video itself. Then I looked up the show on TVTropes, that's when I found out "brony" meant, and read everything the site had on the show. Of course I was interested! The premise was good, the staff was amazing, the amount of tropes used in it spanned multiple pages, and the fandom made a name for itself. A hop, skip, and jump to Youtube to watch the pilot and I never looked back!

[~Chaos~ 3,966]

Once i found out about it i gave it a shot! I watched that know your meme video about my little pony, and ... well i'm here now

[EWAN 31]

I whould like to tell everypony a big story about how i finaly watched it. . . But to tell you the truth. . .I never thought it was dumb or stupid when i heard about it, I didnt have to be convinced. I watched it and I instantly loved it

 

short and simple.