Sunday, March 9, 2014

And so it all begins...

Not quite four years ago, I had heard about this show called My Little Pony. I rolled my eyes, remembering what it had looked like when I was a little girl. (Yeah, I lived through the 80s ponies.) So, I paid it no mind at all. I mean, I'd already seen a whole bunch of reboots of shows I had watched when I was little and this was going to be just another one of those shows. Time passed and I started hearing some of my friends talk about it, but I still ignored it. I'd never even seen a picture of the show and had thought it would just look like it had when I was little (which was ugly!!!!!!). Then there was the talk of Bronies. "What the hell is a brony?!" I thought. When I found out, I kind of groaned. Bunch of weird guys watching a little girls show. (Yes, I was like everyone else in the beginning.) It wasn't until after con last year and saw even more stuff about MLP and Bronies that I finally said "Fine! I'll watch the damn show!"

So, right after Sakura Con, I netflixed the first two episodes. To be honest, they weren't really that good. Better than a lot of the children stuff on tv now, but still... I was all "well, I'll watch the next one. It is really cute." So then it was onto episode 3... and then 4... and then the whole first season. I can't honestly say what sucked me in (probably the cute) but I was hooked (and I was Fluttershy). Now I wanted to finish the show. I wanted to cosplay Fluttershy. I wanted my own pony cosplay group. I wanted everything even though I started not wanting anything. After I had seen pictures of the characters, I knew I would end up getting sucked into the fandom and I didn't want to be another convert of the herd.

However, I am and there is no turning back from here. This blog will document my journey through the community and many other pony type things. (Including reviews of all the episodes! WOOHOO!) Hope you all enjoy.

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  1. UnknownMarch 9, 2014 at 10:57 PM

    I really enjoyed reading your pony origin story here. :) It's interesting to learn about the beginnings of what got you into the show and how big a fan you are now considering your huge reluctance at the start.
    I do have to disagree with your comments on 80's generation ponies though, as someone who had those toys and enjoyed the ponies of that time, I have to disagree with the opinion that they are ugly. You are totally entitled to that opinion yourself though. :) I actually didn't like how the FiM ponies looked when I first found this show, I didn't like how they had been updated and didn't look similar to the older generations.
    - Heather Gorsuch

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    1. UnknownMarch 10, 2014 at 5:11 AM

      I suppose we shall just have to agree to disagree in this. When I was young, they just weren't that appealing to me. I liked Care Bears and was bigger into Disney. Of course ponies did come out three years before I was born and nearing the end of the first gen by the time I would have gotten into them. *shrugs* Who knows. Everyone is entitled to like what they like and it doesn't say anything against you for liking them. In retrospect, first gen were WAY better than gen 3.5. *shudders*

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