Well, tomorrow's the day! We waited 204 days from the end of Season 2 to the beginning of Season 3. It has had its ups and downs, but overall, I think for the show, this is second-best after Season 2. As far as fandom goes, we've also had our ups and downs, but I would say it has been the worst season for us yet. MLP Online taken down, all the episodes on YouTube replaced with Hasbro's (not free) versions, Derpy being slowly but surely panned out, the absolutely shameful reactions by the fans on January 29, 2013 when EW unveiled Twilicorn, the C&D of Fighting is Magic, the removal of Friendship is Witchcraft and The Mentally Advanced series, the reveal of Equestria Girls, and most definitely the TV Movie planned for the summer.
And I honestly think this all goes back to a year ago, when Derpy was voiced. Hasbro let Derpy be voiced at first, until the butthurt politically correct soccer moms and trolls decided that she was offensive (never mind Patrick Star, Ed, Peter Griffin, etc.) and got their jimmies rustled spectacularly to the point where they wrote Hasbro, demanding they redo it. After that, Hasbro seems to be trying to make sure nothing even slightly offensive gets out (case in point, Fighting is Magic, which despite the bloodlessness, comical cartoon violence, and definitely, most definitely, the absurdity of little cartoon ponies beating the hay out of each other, could be offensive to little girls and may teach them to worship Satan). i mean, really. If they just left us be, we wouldn't be so pissed at them, even with Alicorn Twilight. Hell, I feel that Twilicorn would have gotten a much warmer reception if Hasbro had been a BRO about this.