What fandoms are rivals to the Brony fandom?

[HorsesandMOARGaloar 300]

I sometimes love fandom rivalries, watching them, in their rage and comparisons of "best franchise" or "BEST SHOW EVAR!!1"

 

Do you know any fandoms that are rivals to the Brony fandom? If so, list any. >

[Pinklady 346]

Are there really fandom rivals of MLP? Now i'm curious to hear which ones

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

The one that has people in it

[child of the night 271]

Hmm, well there is doctor who, sherlock, etc... otherwise I agree with ghostfacekiller any fandom with people.

[HorsesandMOARGaloar 300]

I thought that examples include: "Transformers, Dan Vs. , Care Bears, LPS, and possibly Sonic".
 

@Pinklady @ghostfacekiller39 Can you list any?

[Discordian 6,015]

Fandoms aren't teams. There's nothing to even rival over. Fandoms are a collection of people who happen to be into the same thing. You can be in multiple fandoms even so even if there were rivaling fandoms there'd be too much mixture of both to have a proper rivalry anyway.

 

To have a rivalry, you have to have something that challenges one another. Something or someone to bring to your side instead of theirs. The closest you get is "which is better/more popular" and that is done by every fandom ever, not just between two specific ones.

[Windseeker 546]

We don't have any 'rivals' but we clash swords with the furries frequently.

 

Thankfully, we always have the sharper blade.

[Hovershy 3,814]

Ummmm, the shrek fandom, I guess 

 

[The Dark Lord 332]

Ummmm, the shrek fandom, I guess 

 

 

I am loving that picture way more than I should right now 

[Windseeker 546]

Ummmm, the shrek fandom, I guess 

Lol they are at war with everyone. I think they are more of a group of trolls than anything.

[Nerdy Luigi 2,065]

^Agreed.

 

But yes, I think we have rivals. Some of those fandoms I consider myself a part of as well. Like the whovians, trekkies... Well, those are the rivaling ones that I am too a part of.

[Fractured 2,684]

Touhou rivals us for most excessive fanbase in the sheer amount of stuff we produce, and we're stuck with them and Homestuck in an internet fanbase trinity.
We also have flak from the Sonic fanbase from taking over Deviantart, among other things.
Most other fanbases don't like us, but they're too disorganized to be all that important.

[ShadowPirateX 600]

I thought that examples include: "Transformers, Dan Vs. , Care Bears, LPS, and possibly Sonic".

 

@Pinklady @ghostfacekiller39 Can you list any?

I'm pretty sure the Transformers fanbase gets along well with the MLP fanbase. Just look at me and Lord Megatron!

[Flamestreak1990 1,172]

I thought that examples include: "Transformers, Dan Vs. , Care Bears, LPS, and possibly Sonic".

 

@Pinklady @ghostfacekiller39 Can you list any?

nope a lot of sonic fans i know are bronies as well or just don't have the hub.and  i don't know any

[ReGen 1,466]

Those fackin' Care Bears fans... I can't stand 'em!

 

I kid, I kid. I don't believe we have any rivals, or that fandoms can even have that sort of relationship with each other. I'm sure liking something doesn't place you on a team, as Discordian noted. 

[Orablanco Account 3,707]

Is that even a thing, "rival fandoms?" Is there some sort of death struggle out there that I don't know about? I guess you could try and start crap by saying somebody's favorite thing isn't as good as your favorite thing, but that's mean.

[Discordian 6,015]

We don't have any 'rivals' but we clash swords with the furries frequently.

 

Thankfully, we always have the sharper blade.

Can't clash swords if you're in both. <.< >.>

 

Aside from misguided association there are a lot of bronies who are also furries.

[WindShear 537]

I have never considered any other fandom to be our rivals. To be rivals we would have to be competing with them in someway, and I don't think we are competing with anyone.

[Simon 4,557]

This thread appears to be related to the My Little Pony franchise and/or the Bronydom in general. Thus, it has been sentenced to Sugarcube Corner.

[Flutter's lover <3 8,205]

We don't have any 'rivals' but we clash swords with the furries frequently.

 

Thankfully, we always have the sharper blade.

 

 

I beg to differ, since I'm in both fandoms. I also know several other bronies that are furries and vice versa. I've lost a few friends since becoming a brony. but meh, their loss. There is some hate/arguing between fandoms. But people make too much of a big deal about it.

 

"Sharper blade" bronies aren't always in the right either. Some bronies can be just as hateful as any furry. After all, we're all humans. Judging something/someone based on their fandom choice isn't fair, or right.

[Denim&Venöm 18,932]

I think we might be at odds w/ some of the collectors and fans of classic MLP. 

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

any fandom that is as or nearly as popular as ours is a rival but I'm not opposed to any other fandom

[Raritas 6,820]

I could probably think of a few that could rival ours. I mean, there's the Whovians, fans of Doctor Who, or the Trekkies, fans of Star Trek. In all honesty, the Brony fandom isn't the biggest....... But we are one of the best

[Old Fluttershy 349]

Depends on what you mean by rival? If you mean challenging our belief that a show about ponies is good, then no not really.

If your talking about size wise that could rival our own, yes there are a few fandoms out there that are greater than our own little brony community. Trekkies are one example.

 

(I'm not really familiar with all the fan bases )

[11th Doctor Whooves 794]

I don't think it has any real rival fandoms.  I mean, we've yet to have a war with any of them, have we?

 

Besides, can our fandom even have rivals?  People would just be all "Our fandom is better than yours!" and we'd reply "Thats your opinion, have a nice day "