So, to stop being a pony-hating hypocrite, I actually tried to watch some of the show. I made the unfortunate mistake of watching the first episode, so after about 40 seconds of ridiculous back-story about winged unicorns pulling the Sun or something, I stopped.
Looks to me like we have a case of "I already think the show is stupid/childish/girlish, so whatever happens is automatically stupid/childish/girlish."
It happens that the background legend in the beginning of that follows a style used by many things more "mature", Legend of Zelda being one example that immediately comes to mind. I personally can't think of one way they could have done it that wouldn't have turned you off, if that did. Well, unless of course, it was something entirely un-pony related.
If it was the content of the story itself, that's your problem, because really, it wasn't ridiculous at all. More likely, at the mere mention of such "winged unicorns" you turned away in automated disgust.
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