What Do You Love About FIM?

Tell the world!

Ponies are the most cute.

I liked the format of the show,and the fandom surrounding it. I loved the surreal humor of the Mentally Advanced Series,and the actual show reminded me of Smurfs. The ponys all live in a village and each one has a unique name and ability. While villains exist,they aren’t the focus despite the fantasy setting.  
And Maud.

@Fleur de Lis  
That’s what got me into the show in the first place. It was a refreshing change of pace from the adult swim humor so mindlessly enjoyed by freshmen frat boys across the globe.
 
@Dex Stewart  
Does Maud mine the rocks for the glory of Prussia?

@πʊßƛįϰ  
Not sure what Hetalia has to do with this.  
I’m sure Maud would contribute her skills to whomever asked.  
That would actually be in character.

@Dex Stewart  
Look at her hat in the post I replied to.

@πʊßƛįϰ  
 
Oh yeah,I guess so.

I like Discord.

The fact that it’s not just ‘Twilight in a village, has friends, wacky stuff happens, back to normal’. It actually has an ongoing plot that changes. Not many cartoons had that before, with only around 2010 we got actual stories. Others, however, generally had a big change every once in a while, while FIM changed all the time, not just in premieres or finales.
 
Oh and they had guts for some episodes. Perfect Pear is probably one of my, if not my outright favourite.

Cozy Glow and Trixie

I’m mainly here because the characters are likeable and there’s a robust fandom constantly churning out new artwork of all kinds. If it weren’t for all of the fan works, I wouldn’t have stuck around for more than one or two years.

That is certainly true. The 2010’s in general are often described as a “renaissance” of sorts for western animation.

That being said, I think the growth and development of the characters over time adds a lot to the show and makes the ‘learning about friendship’ thing an actual meaningful theme instead of just a plot contrivance. Seeing characters achieve their goals is also satisfying.

In particular, I appreciate how Fluttershy became more assertive over time (early on her shyness was so extreme to the point of being downright contemptible, in my opinion) and how characters like Luna, Sunset, and Starlight whose backstories are largely defined by massive life-ruining failures found ways to learn from their mistakes without letting said mistakes define them.

I got into the show because horses are sexy. No way I would have watched if the script was the same but the characters were human.