Vinyl noticed a drop in the atteddance rate to the Parties and concerts, realising the reason was stress. Stressed out, they had not found the strength or the will to go out, thus missing the activities. There was a genuine need for an Asylum.
I just recently started to write stories directly towards the FiM actively, though I have been writing for years, publishing numerous stories at Mibba and the eventual pony story, as far as to the MLP