So what exactly do you find so amazing about MLP?
I can say that the animations are all exceptionally cute and the characters are quite believable. The only character I don't really get is Rarity. She embodies materialism and ellegance combined with generosity, but for me there seems to be something missing to make her character believable. It just seems so shallow, like I never got to know the real her through all the episodes. I wonder if that's intentional.
The only real benefit I got from watching the show is that I feel more ready now for having a daughter some day. I have actually never seen a show that deals with so many problems that young girls encounter while growing up in such a high density. [URL=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkXKW_HBhAg]The Call of the Cutie episode[/URL] f.e. really helped me understand how it'd have to feel like for girls hitting puberty, when some grow breasts earlier than others, some already hang out with guys and others don't, other girls in class being really cruel about it, peer pressure ensues, etc. And at the same time it encorporates the theme of having to decide on your future job, finding your porpuse in life, while really still being too young to make such important decisions. All of that in just 22 minutes. That's actually quite amazing imho.