I first discovered Battletech from the Harebrained Schemes game (loved the Shadorun games) then i found Tex from the black pants legion YT channel and fell in love with the universe, played a little of mech warrior (stopped because it keep crashing my computer) and now i considering reading the books.
Funny enough, it was when r/grimdank turned into a BattleTech meme subreddit for a short while that I discovered BattleTech. Since then I’ve been hooked in entirely.