What will happen when mlp ends?

[Yeah ok 80]

How long will the community last without the show?

I really hope it doesn't die but I guess it will sooner or later.

I don't know the point of this post. Just to see other people's opinions on the community dying.

[RealityPublishing 323]

We'll either keep it alive through fan-art/animation, disperse and find another fandom to corrupt, or the show will go on so long that the community completely abandons it. While I'd hate for it to end, I don't think I want the show to go the way the Powerpuff Girls have. 

[They call me Loyalty 1,948]

Some people will stay while others leave, change their view of things. Also there's the possibility of new generations, spin offs and such. All speculation, by the way.

[BastementSparkle 20,328]

The community will still keep going strong for a while, but if there aren't any spin-off's or new Generations for a while, it will probably eventually slow down and a lot of people will leave.

 

 I highly doubt it will die though, some of the more dedicated fans will stick around for as long as possible, leaving a smaller, but pretty loyal community.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

The community will still keep on going strong. I just hope that the show doesn't end up being like Teen Titans Go. 

[Luminance 2,186]

Why does everybody insist that this show only will be determined by adult fans. Sure the fandom will stay but we're not like to the scale like to Star Wars, Trekkies, or even Disney. Hasbro will still churn out a way to make money from merch by appealing to children.

[Anneal 2,197]

If you mean the show completely, it'll take a good while for the community to actually disappear. Consider the MOTHER fanbase; there hasn't been a new MOTHER game for a decade already. Granted, it's been kept alive in Super Smash Bros., but it goes to show that some fanbases can go on a very long time without any game, movie, show, or comic to back it up. Not to mention MLP is such a money maker for Hasbro, they would surely make a new generation of it.

 

Personally, though, I'll probably move on if the fanbase was gone for good. I still have some other things to back me up.

[Scootaloo Is Best Filly 578]

Why does everybody insist that this show only will be determined by adult fans. Sure the fandom will stay but we're not like to the scale like to Star Wars, Trekkies, or even Disney. Hasbro will still churn out a way to make money from merch by appealing to children.

THIS!!! I think the fan base for MLP for the adults will continue for a while. But, there's two things little girls like..... Ponies and princesses.

 

As long as little girls love ponies, MLP will continue. Now, either the next gen will be like this one, or we would remember it's glory days with fanfics , conventions, etc. etc. etc.

[zerox 1,135]

I don't think the fandom will die when the show ends.

other fandoms still exist even if they haven't seen any episodes in ages. the swat kats are a good example.

Edited September 27, 2016 by zerox

[cider float 2,538]

After the end of MLP, the last remaining episodes and movies will give enough creative juice for fanworks to go for sometime, the community will stay the way it is or a while but will eventually shrink. I mean the way Harry Potter and Twilight had such devoted fandoms but they eventually shrink as well, it's just a matter of time. 

[Connie 320]

What will happen when mlp ends? I'll move on with my life. But still, I'll probably visit from time to time.

[cmarston1 5,959]

If shows like Firefly and Invader Zim can still to this day have passionate fanbases despite not lasting very long, than I don't see why the FIM community should go away after having a show with over 100 hundred episodes.

[cider float 2,538]

What's apparent is new generations of folks won't necessarily be as enthusiastic about older things. It'll be mostly the older people that have to keep the fandom going.

[That Guy with the CMB 5,873]

When MLP ends, I will pay my respects - but I shall not move on. I'll be right here, still loving ponies. I'll be enjoying ponies forever...I certainly hope. Ponies are here to stay for me.

[Ruudo Burei 42]

I'm hoping it will be as strong as the Dragon Ball community has been. Even after pretty much only surviving on fanwork and official games for years, the community has kept itself up. With BoG, FnF, and DBS, it's a complete revitalization.

 

I hope the community still keeps its spark even after it ends. ^^/

[Kings&Hooves14 616]

I...I think I'll die!  Just shrivel up and die. Oh, heavens above! What will I DO without ponies?

 

 

Seriously, though--I'll be sad when the show is over, but life goes on.

I won't ever stop being a fan; them colorful ponies will always have a special place in my heart.

 

Man...I don't like to think about this kind of stuff! My eyes are all glassy, now.

Yeah, I'm a sappy little wuss.

[KatonRyu 1,033]

I think the fandom will outlive the show by at least a few years, and by then Hasbro might have put out a new generation of ponies that will at the very least draw some of the current fans into it. For myself, I'll probably hang around the forums for a while longer, or get into reading fanfics. Eventually, the fandom will die down to only the most hardcore bronies. Not sure if I'd stay around for that.

[RavenholmZombie 1,330]

I personally think that, once FiM ends (providing Hasbro doesn't greenlight Generation 5), our fandom will go on for at least a few more years before fading away into obscurity.

[ChikaChan 7,324]

This is me if the show is going to be over OwO

 

 

 

MLP SHALL LAST FOREVER!! Dx

 

Edited October 2, 2016 by Princess Moony

[Altastrofae 933]

All must come to an end, while new things begin. It is the circle of existence.

[-Deleted- 25]

My prediction for when MLP ends is that websites like Equestria Daily will eventually make less frequent posts and MLP forums will probably slowly start to have less users.

[Heavenly Inexplicit 309]

Not even the end of the series will keep me from watching ponies! I don't care how small the fandom gets. This fandom has immensely changed my life for the better. I'll be a hardcore brony until the end.

[Leave a Whisper 703]

There's been fanbases surviving several decades. And the MLP fanbase has been going strong for 30 years. Hasbro will put out a new gen eventually. Its one of their top selling brands.

Edited October 3, 2016 by Leave a Whisper

[Baykush 328]

I hope it'll continue, I want to go to a BronyCon at least once in my life. My prediction is that during the first two years we'll lose a lot of the current fanbase, those will be very chaotic and uncertain times, and after that things will become more stable and the remaining people will keep the fandom alive for some years. We also should consider that even after the show ends there'll still be new people joining the herd, and perhaps there'll also be a new generation not so long after that, which would bring back a lot of people. 

[leonbrony17 1,216]

A very important and special part of all of us fans will die with it .