My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

this was my childhood, an incredibaly wellmade.

Defined my 2010s childhood, made me laugh as a kid, and even now there are still scenes and characters I know a whole lot about because of it.

S1-3

did not finish, stopped after a few episodes for the admittedly kind of trivial reason of that the character voice actors voices were grating for me. (That was a long time ago around 2011.) I might like it better if I tried it again

It was never a marvel, but season 1 was willing to dedicate time to show two characters simply hanging out or developing a relationship. That was a key part of its charm. This was partly lost in the still fairly good season 2 with its heavier emphasis on narrative and structure, and by seasons 3 and 4 the show completely lost all of its appeal. Now it's completely unwatchable. What a shame.

While a bit above average given its demographic, it's still a juvenile show literally made for little girls. It has some decent jokes here and there, but the plotlines are too puerile for me to enjoy and the morality it touches upon is something I as an adult find gratingly lame. The fact that something as innocuous as this somehow spawned one of the most cancerous fanbases on the internet is astounding to me. I guess people took the memey irony of being in a fandom like this way too far.