Ponies made me read shipfics. And like them.
I love shipfics now. But the more I read, I begin to notice a disturbing pattern (at least, disturbing for me).
Why do these ponies like each other? There are usually valid reasons in these stories, but they're so overshadowed by rather overplayed physical attraction. You boil this relationship down and you get... "She's pretty" as the main thrust.