Thanks for the replies!

lostpony, I think my waning interest mainly stems from how the show has developed over the seasons. I think it peaked around season 3, and while I'm sure there's some great episodes in the later series I think its overall quality has dropped. The last I heard was that Princess whatshername had a baby, and I'm like "eh".
Also I don't like Discord. He was good as a oneshot character, but as a recurring one he's absolute trash.

It's a strange thing to try and rationalize, but there was also a big social thing about it; getting together with the other nerds to watch the show on livestream and talk about it on irc. And I think we just sort of drifted apart. I know a lot of the people I used to hang out with still watch and talk about it, but it just doesn't interest me anymore.

For the older gen ponies I've seen the Christmas movie with Minty, and the movie with the Smooze in it - btw you can't stop The Smooze, don't even try - but it just doesn't entertain me. Oh yeah, and that very first G1 episode where the evil guy turns ponies into dragons or something. That's so the 80s.

I didn't draw my avatar, but thanks anyway. It's Thunderlane who may possibly be the best pony.