My Brony story is a relatively interesting one. I first heard about My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic from my Disneyland friends, Rachel and Leanne. The both of them are HUGE animation fans and they had asked me one Sunday when I was hanging out with them “Eric have you seen My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic?” To which I responded “My Little Pony?”

They assured me that the show was really good, so out of pure curiosity I watched the pilot and I thought it was cute for what it was. Eventually I ended up marathoning a majority of Season 1 (I came into the fandom when Cutie Mark Chronicles was the latest episode) in a day or two. At first, I didn’t really know what to think of the show.

It wasn’t until I learned that my dear friend Edward Marmet (AKA Co-Producer of Journey of the Spark) was talking to me about how he was making fanart for My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. That was when I became aware that Bronies existed and that I wasn’t alone in actually liking the show for its merits because at the time I thought I was going to be judged and ostracized for liking a show based on a franchise made specifically for little girls.

I eventually decided to go back and watch Season 1 all over again, now with the Season being completed, and I started to fall in love with it. It was then that I came across my first Brony creation: PONIES: The Anthology. I became a Brony almost instantly and my undeniable love and affection for both the show and the fandom hasn’t ceased since then.