(chuckling alertly) It began on a thread I stumbled across in another online forum I've frequented in the past, right around early October 2011. Reading it and its basic setup, from the characters to the fan reactions, was enough to convince me that I would enjoy it right away, so I began to determine how important it would be for my memory. A few weeks and one worldview-torpedoing book later, my conclusion was as undeniable as it was unfathomable: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic had harmonized everything I believed and argued about Japanese cartoons going all the way back to Tenchi Muyo! and Hamtaro with my overarching interest in global politics, replacing Pokémon as my favored symbol of internationalized cuteness, after something known as Higurashi no Naku Koro ni outdid Pokémon as my most influential anime show around the same time one year earlier, namely October-November 2010. As my support for the bronies grew, based on their global reach, so did my incentives to devise an overarching scenario for ending Pokémon in Unova, looking back, putting Pearlshipping, Wishfulshipping, and Admirationshipping front and center against Ghetsis and Giovanni... if as a possible taste. Unfortunately, by the same token, the sense of finality left me utterly flummoxed when Serena rolled around, such that although I wish to regard her as a girl on her own, some of the other people I've talked to here recently might worry that she'll end up being nothing more than just another traveling companion to broadcast Kalos' Pokémon lineup. Feel free to ask the other Pearlshippers to confirm my story, such as Janovy, Adelaide1994, and Yuppirox.