In 200 years time, will MLP become a fairytale?

[Princess Rosetta 15]

Just like Goldilocks, Snow White, Cinderella etc?

[deadprofile 1,122]

Well I am not sure....from where you are coming from, probably not. Those fairytales have stood the test of time due to cultural influence that extends beyond the respective culture. Almost all those fairytales were used to teach kids important life values (or scare them away from what will hurt them), which MLP does, but it's very different when looking at how the world was back then (100+ years ago). Most people couldn't read. There was NO entertainment that we know of today (t.v, radio, internet). Entertainment back then was small concerts, minor sports (not national stuff, more like local league), and STORIES, mostly oral. These fairytales were the stories that not only entertained, but taught, in a world where play was rare and survival was actually a real daily issue. Today, we are lucky to not have such a primitive (albeit depravingly simple IMO) existence. You don't have to get your own food and care for it from scratch just to survive. We garden and hunt for pleasure today. In other words, the world we live in does not allow popular stories or icons today to survive the test of time because something new will quickly replace them due to our every growing creativity and technological advancements. The biggest thing back in the 60's was The Beatles and Elvis, but those 50 year old icons are slowly but surely dying off as us younger people turn to what is hip and modern. You'd think those people would stand the test of time, sadly they won't. Another big difference is the cross cultural dimension of the fairytales. Almost all fairytales have close counterparts in neighboring ancient lands and tongues. The past was NOT globalized, but yet, the stories traversed the globe, adjusting to the culture of the people as it traveled. A great example of this is the story about the flooding of the world. Sure, Judeo-Christians and Muslims have similar stories, but so does the indigenous tribes of South America, who existed completely seperate from the Jews living the Middle East during the time of Old Testament. And its not just the South American indigenous people, that Flood Story is persistently a part of many ancient cultures around the world, who most likely never came into direct contact with one another (except through war).  Now the flood story is quite different from fairytales, but it is legend and lore related in terms of oral history, and fictitious stories are a part of the culture and history of many ancient peoples.  I am really digging into cultural anthropological things here but I hope you get the idea of what I mean by my answer and its explanation.

 

 

i really need to spell check before posting...

 

[Frosty Flurry 173]

What the storyline of MLP or the miracle of bronies?   Thing is like Treble bolt said they have to stand the test of time and have to be spread all over the world. And, considering the hate to bronies, its likely not alot will tell the fairytale of Twilight sparkle and the elements of harmony

[Princess Rosetta 15]

Well I am not sure....from where you are coming from, probably not. Those fairytales have stood the test of time due to cultural influence that extends beyond the respective culture. Almost all those fairytales were used to teach kids important life values (or scare them away from what will hurt them), which MLP does, but it's very different when looking at how the world was back then (100+ years ago). Most people couldn't read. There was NO entertainment that we know of today (t.v, radio, internet). Entertainment back then was small concerts, minor sports (not national stuff, more like local league), and STORIES, mostly oral. These fairytales were the stories that not only entertained, but taught, in a world where play was rare and survival was actually a real daily issue. Today, we are lucky to not have such a primitive (albeit depravingly simple IMO) existence. You don't have to get your own food and care for it from scratch just to survive. We garden and hunt for pleasure today. In other words, the world we live in does not allow popular stories or icons today to survive the test of time because something new will quickly replace them due to our every growing creativity and technological advancements. The biggest thing back in the 60's was The Beatles and Elvis, but those 50 year old icons are slowly but surely dying off as us younger people turn to what is hip and modern. You'd think those people would stand the test of time, sadly they won't. Another big difference is the cross cultural dimension of the fairytales. Almost all fairytales have close counterparts in neighboring ancient lands and tongues. The past was NOT globalized, but yet, the stories traversed the globe, adjusting to the culture of the people as it traveled. A great example of this is the story about the flooding of the world. Sure, Judeo-Christians and Muslims have similar stories, but so does the indigenous tribes of South America, who existed completely seperate from the Jews living the Middle East during the time of Old Testament. And its not just the South American indigenous people, that Flood Story is persistently a part of many ancient cultures around the world, who most likely never came into direct contact with one another (except through war).  Now the flood story is quite different from fairytales, but it is legend and lore related in terms of oral history, and fictitious stories are a part of the culture and history of many ancient peoples.  I am really digging into cultural anthropological things here but I hope you get the idea of what I mean by my answer and its explanation.

 

 

i really need to spell check before posting...

 

That's a grim picture you paint, but I have to agree, and it's kind of sad that stories and characters created now won't stand the test of time.

[deadprofile 1,122]

Reality can be grim at the heart of our existence. That's why we are lucky to have the opportunity to 'live.' Although looking at humanity's past, it's hard to relate to those who have come before us, but in every age of humanity, people have always found a way to go beyond existing. Those of the past have found many ways to live, beyond what we can hope to understand. The stories once told were one of those intricately beautiful, yet mysterious ways that human thoughts have traversed space and time.

 

What we can do now is pass our knowledge on to the future, as have generations have done before us. I am sure 200 years from now, there will some people who know of MLP, but it is be a tiny, minute detail in the whole of the era we currently live in. Just like looking at history 200 years ago, there are tiny things people did and made that are coming to light more often than we think. It's the will to search from people of today that keeps the past alive, even in little ways. That is what it means to learn.

[Sir Galleth Cooper 22]

maybe if human race is still alive XD

[Invincible 2,091]

I doubt it. We have very advanced mediums to transmit sophisticated materials nowadays, but i doubt future descendants of ours will find MLP as enjoyable. Most likely they'll see it, along with other material from our time period as a two century old junk.

Edited September 8, 2014 by Michael

[LZRD WZRD 1,929]

Maybe the storyline of one episode, but otherwise no, it wouldn't really make sense

[M'aiq the Liar 5,804]

Huddled together in their hollows, carved from the once great cities of man they gather around the fire. The head story teller is going to treat them all to night, and as he draws them in around the roaring fire he begins to tell them a tale. A tale of mystery and magic, of a land far beyond the great storm wall, were no man can pass. A tale of a land were beast not man rules, and they have wonders beyond the imagination. Places called shops, were one can buy food at will. Great towering cities filled with living creatures and wonderus life and activity a far cry from the dark grey forms they see on the horizon today. He describes the nature of the beings living their to the children, and delights at their awe. They walk on four legs unlike man, and can use magic and fly and come in all colors of the rainbow. Truly a magical place, one that any being should find themselves lucky to be in. As the great storm wall surges, and the howling wind returns he recants the tale of the most famous "pony", the one known as Twilight Sparkle. And how her quest to save her tribe and find friendship changed their world.

 

 

And it could be, fairy tails are just amalgamation of cultural folk tales and peices from the current social zietgiest. A real look into that culture's fears and strengths, and what morals it held near and dear. If humanity continues to exist for 200 years we may see FiM become a peice of the cultural zietgiest due to it's massive fanbase. And Twilights story is very similar to many other hero's journy tales and with such a cultural backing it very well may become a modern "fairy tale" in the future.

[deadprofile 1,122]

I think I over thought this thought...

[AlbaTross 1,586]

I'm sorry, what? First of all, what percentage of media from 200 years ago is still enjoyed today? Probably not a whole lot, even among things that were really popular in their time. Not to sound like a pessimist, but I don't think MLP:FiM has quite that kind of longevit, since 200 years is a very long time.