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It's Saturday morning here in Australia and I'm in the process of setting up my home theatre for the new episodes. I'm going to be watching via one of the streams, but due to the time difference between the US and Australia, the episode airs at 2:00am Australian time so I'm in for a bit of a wait. So I've stocked up on the Schweppes lemonade, a bag or two of Doritos (Cheese Supreme) and two large slabs of pizza (shared with the household of course!) for dinner. Also I've got a new piece of equipment for the home theatre setup a few weeks ago just for the new season. A brand new Panasonic Smart VIERA 42 inch LED 3D/HD TV!:

Almost forgot about the second anniversary! I managed to put together a special video, although nothing really special: [/mediaNow on to the general questions. [colour=#282828]1. How did you first discover FiM?[/colour] As mentioned in my introduction thread, I found the show in the most unusual of ways. It began one evening while I was doing some maintenance on my website and I was watching some YouTube Poop (video remix style) videos. I came across one of cs188's newest videos which featured a few of the episodes in a remix format. From there, I soon discovered the 6 to 10 second clips of the show and after that, I watched my first episode a few days later. [colour=#282828]2. What was your first episode?[/colour] The first episode that I saw was Sisterhooves Social. For me, it was a direct crash course into the show. [colour=#282828]3. What is your current all-time favorite episode and why?[/colour] No contest for this one, my favourite all time episode is Hurricane Fluttershy. This episode really hits home for me and for a good reason. I couldn't put this into words directly, but seeing Fluttershy being bullied and literally in tears reflected my experiences in high school where I was sadly the victim of bullying for four straight years. It was also the first ever episode I saw live to air as it happened, although it was in the early hours of Sunday morning. (2:00am) [colour=#282828]4. What is your hope for the future of FiM?[/colour] For me, being an international brony isn't easy with the local broadcaster not doing the show any justice here in Australia. For example, the show here airs on pay TV and the channel just keeps repeating random episodes of season one over and over again. Also combine the poor picture and sound quality on the channel, and that's why the local fans are forced to go "underground" and resort to methods which cannot be mentioned on this forum to get new episodes. Also fans here are forced to wait up to two years or more until new episodes are aired. My vision for the show in the future is for Hasbro to allow global access to new episodes at the same time as the US through various methods such as video streaming sites like Netflix or upcoming Hoyts Stream service here. I believe in a new era of content distribution through digital means and same time global access. I think FiM is setting an example that fans want the episodes sooner, rather than later and the old way of distributing the show (country by country deals, delays etc) is starting to look out of date.

Thought I throw my hat into the ring and show off a few pieces of the merchandise that I own. I've got a modest collection at the moment, but it's continuously being expanded when I get the chance as merchandise is very hard to come by here in Australia, and also expensive for the more valuable items such as the Pony Wedding stuff. These are the items as per the pic above: * Pack of 4 Blind Bag Figurines (from eBay) * Normal Brushable & Shine Bright Fluttershy (from eBay) * Fashion Style Dolls (Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash & Rarity) (from eBay) * Snowcatcher Figurine (from the Madman DVD box set) * Royal Castle Friends Playset (from Big W) * Pony School Pals & Cheerilee Playset (from Big W) * Canterlot Special Edition Playset (from Target Online) * Princess Cadance Talking Doll (from Target Online) * Custom Made Fluttershy Plushie (from an eBay seller) I also have one of my OC ponies made into a plushie, but it isn't shown in this pic.

There are three moments in this series that have made me emotional, and although it’s a little hard for me to write a short summary for each one, I thought I share them here: Sisterhooves Social When Rarity discovers Sweetie Belle’s picture. While I didn’t break down in tears at this part, this particular segment hit home for me. I’m not always the best person when it comes to siblings, (have both a younger brother and sister) and that’s mainly due to my Aspergers/Autism being at it's peak when I was younger and never fully understanding the sibling aspect of the family. But when that scene came up, I never had so many painful memories of my childhood came rushing back to me in that one moment. Hurricane Fluttershy No explanation needed here. This is one of my favourite episodes of the series so far, and for a very good reason. I wrote a fair bit about this episode on one of my blogs after it aired, and trying to put this into my own words for a forum post is a bit difficult. But to quote from one of the posts that I wrote: “From the humiliation that Fluttershy suffered as a filly at flight camp, this episode reflected my experiences when I was sadly bullied in high school for four straight years and the damaging effects that it caused, which sadly are embedded and have scarred me for life.” Also the part when Fluttershy broke down in tears actually got me a bit weepy. Again, that reflected my past experiences that I suffered when I was younger. A Canterlot Wedding – Part 1 I had the honour of doing a live reaction broadcast for the season two finale, and part one of this episode yet again brought up the sibling side and really hit me hard. The scene where Twilight tried to reveal the “phony” Cadence during the rehearsal, plus the confrontation with Shining Armor and the B.B.B.F.F reprise actually had me in tears, and not ever since I watched one of the Muppet movies on TV 20 years ago, this episode got the waterworks going for me from start to finish.

Thanks for the warm welcomes everypony! I didn’t expect such a huge response in a short amount of time! Anyway, time to answer some questions: Yep, its winter over here at the moment, and it’s already a very cold one at that. Especially around the nation’s capital (Canberra) and the surrounding regions with some very cold frosts, and even some moderate to heavy snowfall around the ski resorts such as Thredbo and Jindabyne. Aspergers is the mild variant of ASD, or otherwise known as high functioning Autism. I’ve seen a few of the more known forms of Autism (moderate and severe) and actually work with a few people who have them at the disability service organisation I work for.

About Myself: Hey everypony, a big welcome from the land down under, aka Australia! They call me Ronnie, also known through my stage name/on camera role as “RJ”. My main interests/hobbies outside of the brony community include photography and video production work, but I’m also a bit of a casual gamer too when things get a bit quiet production wise. I also have Aspergers Syndrome (Aspie), a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which I've had for most of my life. How I found Canterlot.com: I found the site through one of the posts on the Bronies Australia forums. How I became a fan of MLP:FiM: I have been a brony for almost a year. How I was introduced to the show may sound a bit strange at first. It all started with cs188's YouTube Poop (video remix style) videos featuring some of the episodes, then after that, it was on to the 6 to 10 second clips of the show and from there, it was full episodes (Season 1, and Season 2) that sealed the deal. My favourite main cast pony/s: Fluttershy,Miss Rarity So there we go, the intro thread! Hope to join in the discussions and make some new friends as well! Nice to meet you all!