I kind of became a bit a of a ***** for the thing
I started out saying, "Why the hell do people watch this?" Like I didn't diss them. It's there choice. But I didn't understand. Add the fact that my friend gets a Brony shirt I was even more confused. So I watched the first episode and started loving it. I read fanfics, specifically the grimdark ones (can you say Cupcakes

) I listen to some of the songs and I even like the parodies people make (ie. Epic Time, The Mentally Advanced Series, and the PONY.MOV series).
Rarity took me a bit but she grew on me. I didn't like her so much but she got pretty funny as the series went on.