There's really no excuse for that video to have taken this long to appear in my blog. Give it up for the amazing work of Herostrain!

There are many amazing Fallout: Equestria videos. Far too many to spotlight the all in my blog. And there are orders of magnitude more amazing PMVs and other My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fan videos. Accolades to all the amazing brony video artists out there!

Sometimes, all it takes to spark interest in something is one really appealing fan-made video. For those of us who were introduced to things we have grown to love -- be it My Little Pony or another fandom favorite -- by fan videos, we have a lot to thank these dedicated and creative fellow fans for.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine shared the following video with me for an animated series that I had heard of, and even watched a early episodes of, but hadn't been drawn into like she was. This very nicely done AMV rekindled my interest in the show, and I've been enjoying watching the episodes with her and some other friends through streaming video.

The way this video reignited my interest in Steven Universe, and is responsible for getting me to give the show another look, has gotten me thinking about the role PMVs had in my initial introduction to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

As most of you are already aware, my introduction to My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic was pretty much as I have stated in past interviews:

I hate to admit it, but I was teasing a friend of mine for loving My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. He rightly pointed out that if I hadn’t seen the show, I had no grounds to judge it. So he challenged me to watch five episodes, just a couple hours worth… and then, if I still wanted to mock him, he would willingly take it. I have a lot to thank him for. Not only for introducing me to such a wonderful show, and by extension this community, but for hammering home a crucial life lesson about judging something without having taken the time to experience it. (I feel like I should be writing Celestia a letter about that.) Even more than that, he later became one of my editors for Fallout: Equestria.

What I haven't mentioned in responses like that is the step in-between. My friend started by sharing with me some of the early brony-made PMVs. What opened my mind enough to sit down and give the show an honest try -- to believe there might be something more to the show than I had imagined -- was a pair of PMV trailers:

Aren't those a blast from the past?

So now I'd like to hear from you. Have you ever been drawn into a show, story or series by a fan-made video? What fan-made videos have had a major positive impact on your interest in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or similar passions?

And again, to all the great AMV and PMV and SFM creators out there: thank you!