Yeah, I know what you mean, I saw a few parody videos here and there, and thought it looked sort of generic and meh. But then, everyone started talking about it, and Know Your Meme had it EVERYWHERE, so I thought I might as well go on Youtube to watch the first 3 episodes to see what all the fuss was about. I thought they were halfway decent, and decided to watch a few more and see if they got any better, and well... they did. Don't get me wrong, the first three are good too, but I was viewing them more as a skeptic than as a fan at the time. I started watching a few episodes every night until I finished the first season, which is all thats out right now, and was just like "Woah, that was awesome. Guess I'm a brony now." I even got like 2 of my friends to start watching it, and now they love it too haha. I don't know what it is, but it seems really well put together and funny, but mature, for a show with its target audience. It has the minds of some other great cartoons behind it, so I guess that helps. But uh yeah, wall of text.