Ponies are my one true love.

I have fallen in love with the new My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic TV series.

I know what you're thinking. You're judging me. I will allow you to judge me if you will just hear me out on this; you have to listen to why this show has become the thing that fills my daytime.

Backstory: As a little girl, quite a few of my toys weren't particularly female oriented. I loved to play with my dinosaurs. I had a Tonka truck that I enjoyed to play with. When I played with my stuffed animals, I related more to the boy characters than the girls. Pokemon and Digimon were (and still are) the greatest TV shows ever. My early love for video games still is the main reason I game so much today.

There were a few glaring exceptions to my "boy toys" preference though. One of which, that I have to assume was influenced by my older sister, was My Little Pony. I remember playing with her ponies. I don't think I treated them with the same kind of love she had, but I remember taking them into the bathtub with me on multiple occasions. I also remember watching the My Little Pony movie. Even as I rewatched it this week, certain parts were still in my memory. I remembered the witches- particularly the one that was always eating. I remembered Lickity Split not wanting to dance like the other ponies at the beginning. I remembered... the SMOOZE. Obviously, My Little Pony had been important enough to me to make a lasting impression.

Despite that, I was still skeptical of watching the new Friendship is Magic series when it exploded on the Internet, with the invention of "bronies"... a term that makes me wish I was a bro. It wasn't until I came across this blog post by my favourite former WoW blogger about the show that I decided to give it a try.

And boy, was I hooked.

If you bothered to click the article I linked, you'll see just why this show is appealing to adults/older than 5 year olds. If not, I'll sum it up. The ponies have personalities. It's possible to relate to them. I can see parts of myself in the ponies. There's also some fun pop culture references in there for the older than 5 years old crowd (the one off the top of my head is just how much the Diamond Dogs remind me of Gollum).

So, I will add my vote in the completely and utterly recommending this series to anyone. It's the greatest thing I've seen in awhile, and it's doing wonders on holding me off finally starting Doctor Who... which I will do when I have time. I promise. :P