About myself.: ( Hard to type much here- I'll definitely be going a lot more in depth with my introduction when I get down to the big box. =) ) How did you hear about Canterlot.com?: The run-out-of-new-episodes panic made me scour the internet for somewhere to get my FiM fix. RP was always a passion of mine, so all it took was a "FiM RP" google search. How did you became a fan of FiM?: Couple of tha' boys (You know what I mean- that group of friends where there is -no- judgement) kept heckling me to give it a watch. My one favourite main cast pony?: Fluttershy Mal, or so i'll be using here, always had a couple issues. I'm a young adult, now, and a hard laborer at that. Throughout my life, it's been annoyance after annoyance, disappointment after disappointment- but I always kept my head up. People always wondered 'how'? Unfortunately, this 'how' was only answered with the most basic crutch one could think of- having and maintaining and unhealthily addictive personality. I had a drug issue for quite some time, and whilst my general friendliness and sense of camaraderie kept me out of the eye of my parents and teachers, since a frighteningly young age I've had rampant addictions. All until about two years ago- when I went 'all out', as it were, on my other interests. With the change, so changed my life, and I managed to kick the junk in favor of creative freedom. Ever since i was a kiddo, still in the lower levels of grade school, I've been RPing. I'm a geek. Pro being that I'm an abnormally tall, boot-wearing punk geek that people don't make fun of in person. But a geek nonetheless. LOTR, Starwars, WoW, DND, LARPing, all the stereotypical nerdy things were always my forte. But I didn't really explore the interest much, beyond being a dutiful RPer and a Star Wars junkie- the types of things that only teeter on the edge of geekiness. Not until I joined a DND group about two years ago. Tha' boys, as I've affectionately dubbed them (including the two female members) had no shame. It was the first time I could genuinely be myself, in a secure environment free of strangers. They rubbed off on me. Instead of the gritted teeth, sharp glares, and displays of violent nature, I could settle down. Be able to smile cheerily, giggle, use the term "I love you guys." and not be criticized. And I did love those guys. And I still do today- I see them every week, and every week my life is perfect. At least, I thought it was. But only now is it truly. About two weeks ago, I finally gave in to the half-serious calls for me to try watching what I thought was a show for young girls aged 4-8. After a few beers, a cigar, and a couple of verbal slaps from my dungeon master to hurry up and get on it, I flicked on the first episode, and gave it a watch. Two to five episodes each night, usually two. I couldn't stop it. I couldn't get enough. Only once I had threatened a fellow at the neighborhood pub with hospitalization due to his questioning of Rainbow Dash's femininity, slapped every song about ponies i could find- official or not- on my car stereo, and spent roughly half an hour each day thinking of what my cutie mark would be, did I realize it. I love this show. I love this world. It's so... Innocent. Wonderful. Divine. It was -perfect-. I wanted to live in it. Every night, it was my solace. What I had waited for each painful, monotonous day. Then... Of course, a complication. I had run out of episodes. I freaked out. Nothing was going on in my life. All my other RPs had waned- not staying up late to participate in them, instead staying up late to watch my favorite show! A pile of laundry in my room as tall and wide as my bed, empty beer and Red Bull cans swamping the shelves- I was a mess. It was like my life had ended, for just a split moment. Before I could even process the thought, I was searching the internet for an RP hub. My pony adventures can't wait a bloody week. I already wait a bloody week to see 'tha' boys'! After a few seconds of debate within my thick skull, I settled that tomorrow- this night- I'd make an account and hope to be accepted. (My PC kept screwing up on this site's homepage for some reason, maybe a setting I messed with, so I dug out my old Mac and am using that temporarily to type this. When I get the PC thing figured out, I'll do my sig and avatar and all that..) I crave another place where I can be myself. I couldn't let myself miss out on more blissful innocence. X) It feels good to be here already, everypony. Plox take a look at this when you get the chance.