Greetings, Everypony~

Hi, I'm Giga Pony, and I've come to take over your forum. Do not resist, and submit to my will.

Actually, I'm just kidding.

On to the proper introduction! I hope you like reading, cos it may get long.

So I'm fairly new to the MLP fandom as a whole. I've known about the show for a long time, but only recently started to get into it. I was mostly indifferent to it at first, and even though I knew about Bronies, I was a little afraid to get into a "girls' show".

Still, I didn't "hate" it or anything, and there was always something about MLP that kept attracting me to it. I had this feeling that sooner or later I'd probably end up becoming a fan.

Then I actually sat down and watched the first episode, and I really enjoyed it. It brought out a host of great feelings because it's been forever since I saw a show that was so... uplifting. It was absolutely refreshing, and took me back to my childhood growing up with cartoons that were about happy things and encouraging the good in all of us. Usually shows targeted to people in my age group tend to try very hard to be "dark" or "edgy" and after a while that got very tiring, so MLP was like a glass of cold water in a desert for me, as it was just a very fun, classic-style cartoon that's simply meant to make you smile, and it always does end up making me smile. So I was hooked right away.

Another reason for my entry into Bronydom is a bit more personal. Most people nowadays will say they're depressed for one reason or another, but I can say that for me at least it's been a years-long and very hard battle with deep depression that still goes on. I find it very hard to be positive or optimistic about anything no matter how hard I want to, and it only seems to get worse as the years go by. The best way I can describe it is feeling like a "happiness deficiency" where my body simply can't "produce" positive feelings like other people might. So MLP has been for me a sort of "vitamin", like a medicine that serves to pick me up out of the gloom and lets me feel really good about life, if only for a little while. I owe a lot of thanks to the creators for giving me that, even if it wasn't their intent.

And the community has really impressed me as well, because everyone just seems so nice. It feels like a brother/sisterhood, and that's very pleasant to see, which is why I wanted to join an MLP forum to interact with fellow fans, and so that's why I'm here. :3

Before I was almost ashamed to like this show, but because of all the good it's done for me, I can now say I'm a proud Brony and I'm glad to be amongst my fellow Bronies and Pegasisters. I'm a pretty shy person, but I hope to make a lot of friends here.

TL;DR: My Little Pony is awesome and so are its fans so let's party~