i am late to this, it's what happens when someone crash courses a show, and to be honest, i never thought i would touch MLP, but i sort of snowballed into it the more i learned, i rolled right into it xD i am sad to find out that you got weened off the show that you created and are the reason it turned out so well.here is my story of how i got into MLP:FiM, it's not a cool story, but it's a story... okay, so, i am not big on kids shows, and i honestly gave up watching Nick and Cartoon Network in recent years to watch anime online, but despite my recent years of taste, i still remember the good times and some of the cartoons i used to like, which include The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, and finding out that you worked on those really good cartoons had got me curious about My Little Pony:Friendship Is Magic.but let's back up a bit, before i even knew all that, i had just reinstalled Team Fortress 2, and i was bored of the same old maps, so i started messing around in random maps and games, and i found some sort of "Saxton Hale" bossfight game, but with ponies! MLP bossfight! seemed hilarious to even think about, and i realized while playing that yes, i am still pretty terrible at TF2, and that most of the people on the server were "bronies". with that in mind, i started getting curious because i didn't know anything about the characters, so i annoyed them with questions that any basic fan would know the answer to xDso the snowball started rolling, it picked up momentum for me to want to look into MLP, especially after learning about Weird Al being involved, what pushed me to youtube research and documentaries on netflix was seeing DJ Pon3. i can not explain it, but something about seeing DJ Pon3 was like seeing one of the coolest things in existence, i don't even know, i just love that design. so after learning about this and that, and then the brony culture, the fan made videos, the fan music (especially Ponyforce, since i love power metal), i finally caved in and started watching the show ^_^that is pretty much my intro to MLP story, but anyways, i would also like to add where i stand as of now. though i am upset that you are not part of the show anymore, i have been reassured, partly by you yourself, that the show didn't become lame afterwards, which is good, because i am not in love with the show, and i've been known to drop animes that disappoint me more than halfway through (sorry Toradora!), i am a fair judge, but i like what i like, and though i could say i am a fan, i am not sure if i am a "brony" per say, though i love using the phrase "20% cooler".i will admit this is a show aimed at kids, and though i appreciate the references, i sometimes sigh at the over the top cheese in some aspects (like the episode where RD reads the book about Daring Do, i was never a big Indiana Jones fan to begin with, but the climax of that story seemed ridiculous, like, more ridiculous than the show on average).i try my best to take it all with a grain of salt, and like many will say, the characters really help staple the show together, so i try not to be critical about it (at least not as i am excessively critical about anime). i will also state another reason i might not fit in as a "brony" is that i don't obsess over the show's music like it seems everyone does, i personally don't like musicals and sing-song in shows, so that's just me and my preference, though the show does a good job with composition, such a way i can objectively admit that it has a quality to it that you would expect with Disney films, but even so, i prefer harder music, so i can't get into singing Winter Wrap-up no matter how many times that chorus gets stuck in my head, lol.anyways, this turned into a long message, but i think i said everything i wanted to say. cheers to you Lauren, you sparked the flame of a great show, and it spreads like wildfire, even to the unlikely fan like meP.S. i will look into that Medusa film soon also.