Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thoth's parents. I think its great you take such an active role in your child's life I really do. That being said and assuming thoth has already explained to you the basic reasons this show is watchable, I would like to say that I understand your suspicions. I wasnt always a brony and when I was on the outside looking in I though there mus be some alterior motive behind these people who claimed to like this my little pony nonsense. I thought to myself "There's no way they watch that for the show itself, I bet they just say they like it to mess with people". (please bear with me I promise there is a point to all this) Not long after discovering this fandom my best friend, a 16 year old male, revealed to me that he was a brony. I was still incredibly skeptical. I thought he was messing with me at first, I literally laughed in his face until I saw the look of disappointment and insecurity he had on. He and I had always been honest with each other and I could see he wasnt joking. He told me about how the show was funny and entertaining if you could see past the pony exterior, how the characters were engaging and deeper than those of your average cartoon. After that I said "Hey you do what you want one your own free time I still think its weird." It wasnt until about a month later and a very boring late night that I gave in to his occasional egging to just try the show. It was funny really because I had been avoiding it as though watching it would change me into some girly-man. I watched the first few episodes, actually entertained, but wondering why the hay am I watching this? I was sorely confused with my own interests. How could I ever like this show its for little girls right? This went on for a while, I would jokingly tell my friend I hated him for getting me into it. However, For about three months I told no one else about it, afraid of being looked at like some kind of freak just as I had passed judgement before. I would wait until 1 AM to watch the show out of fear of being ridiculed by my own family. After those three months I slowly began to accept what I had become. Truth be told it hadnt changed me at all like I thought. If anything, I had changed for he better. I cursed less, I made an effort to be as nice to people as I could, I tried my best to stand by the same morals taught in the show. I became proud of what I am now and realized that if I like this show that no one had the right to judge me, especially if I had become a better person for it. That is how I became an 18 year old brony. Not because I am a sexual deviant, not because I was roped into it by some older man on the internet trying to ensnare me in a pedophilia scandal, not because I am emotionally stunted, but because I enjoy the show. Ask the millions of other bronies and you will hear countless other stories like mine. I encourage you to look at the forum where there is a conversation about this. I hope this helps paint you a more accurate picture of our growing community and what we stand for. -Crescent Blaze