I can only answer that with one word: Boredom

You see in February 2011. I was at home with nothing to do and trying to find something on the internet to watch. I don’t exactly remember how, but I heard about this new My Little Pony show. I don’t even remember how I was compelled into seeing it considering all I saw of MLP prior to it was the commercials for the older generations. But I went ahead and watched Friendship is Magic, Part 1 on Youtube. Turns out watching things for the heck of it led to all this, because I was actually really impressed by the first episode and went on to finish the 2nd. It’s hard to explain without going into paragraphs and paragraphs on it, but I felt hooked by the characters shown (Especially Twilight) and then by early March I had caught up to the first 17 episodes before I would watch my first episode live on the TV. Which was Show Stoppers.

I’m really happy I watched it, because I’ve come to love this show so much. And have many friends online because of it now. And not just on Tumblr.