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I think a better question is "will there be another Fandom?" To which the corporate marketers in the world all chant in unison "I damn hope so!"

 

My Little Pony is unusual in where it came from, but thanks to Stapp's Law pretty much every fandom isn't all that different from one another, with humble origins of word of mouth, and usually unfortunately conspiring towards risque stories and gross fan art.

 

But I say that fandoms are inevitable because OLD franchises, like Star Wars and Sailor Moon have proven to big media companies that fostering and pandering a fandom is extremely profitable, and therefore should be something they hope to build with every new intellectual property. It would not surprise me in the slightest if there were people working for Hasbro when Transformers became huge, and felt that the whole Brony phenomenon felt like lightning struck twice.

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A small probability of it occurring over infinite amount of time equals an infinite chance of it repeating.  How long have cartoons been going on for before it happened? Not even a hundred years I guess. And more cartoons are happening each year than the previous nearly meaning it'll happen at an accelerated rate. It could be 20 years from now but it should still happen.

Alright I see what you mean.

Another way to look at it is through Twilight. When she became an alicorn at the end of season three, she flew perfectly as though she were a natural, yet in both Equestria Girls and the season four premiere, she is shown to be struggling to get her hooves off the ground through inadequate flying.

Yeah that actually makes sense.

I think a better question is "will there be another Fandom?" To which the corporate marketers in the world all chant in unison "I damn hope so!"

 

My Little Pony is unusual in where it came from, but thanks to Stapp's Law pretty much every fandom isn't all that different from one another, with humble origins of word of mouth, and usually unfortunately conspiring towards risque stories and gross fan art.

 

But I say that fandoms are inevitable because OLD franchises, like Star Wars and Sailor Moon have proven to big media companies that fostering and pandering a fandom is extremely profitable, and therefore should be something they hope to build with every new intellectual property. It would not surprise me in the slightest if there were people working for Hasbro when Transformers became huge, and felt that the whole Brony phenomenon felt like lightning struck twice.

Alright that actually makes sense.

My Little Pony is like Ghostbusters, it really should not have worked, but it ended up being the best thing possible.

Yeah but MLP is a girls show.
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No.

 

This is it. This fandom is special, and something to protect. Fanbases come and go, but have pokemon or steven universe fans donated even half as much to charity as we have? This fandom is hope for a better world, a world more like Equestria.

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No.

This is it. This fandom is special, and something to protect. Fanbases come and go, but have pokemon or steven universe fans donated even half as much to charity as we have? This fandom is hope for a better world, a world more like Equestria.

I agree. But the fandom will die once he show ends. Also lesbian avatar.

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I agree. But the fandom will die once he show ends. Also lesbian avatar.

What?

 

Oh, Korra.

 

KORRA IS BI. Don't bring that "omg i love my lesbian baby" tumblr stupidity here. Stop bi erasure.

 

Oh, and did the Space Cowboys fandom die when their show died? No! They still live, to this day, wishing on stars that they'll get Space Cowboys Season 3.

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What?

Oh, Korra.

KORRA IS BI. Don't bring that "omg i love my lesbian baby" tumblr stupidity here. Stop bi erasure.

Oh, and did the Space Cowboys fandom die when their show died? No! They still live, to this day, wishing on stars that they'll get Space Cowboys Season 3.

The really tiny though. Also I meant my flutterdash profile pic. Lesbians are epic.

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My Little Pony is like Ghostbusters, it really should not have worked, but it ended up being the best thing possible.

Yeah, and crazy tumblr women want it ruined.

The really tiny though. Also I meant my flutterdash profile pic. Lesbians are epic.

Oh. Ok then. My bad.

 

Also flutterdash is cute but twidash is best ship.

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Yeah, and crazy tumblr women want it ruined.

 

Oh. Ok then. My bad.

Also flutterdash is cute but twidash is best ship.

All Lesbians are best lesbians. Also having female Ghostbusters doesn't ruin the franchise.

All Lesbians are best lesbians. Also having female Ghostbusters doesn't ruin the franchise.

But My proficle pic is best lesbians.

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The show ends (soon, unfortunately) and the fandom dies. To be honest, the show has to end before the quality has a mass dropoff.

 

It's only a show, and everything else is fan oriented. This will not last as long as say, Pokemon, or Star Trek according to my sad perdiction.

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nope, it's dead and will stay dead. 


other fandoms will stay in the limelight of hate, and then bugger off.


examples: pewdiepie, undertale, fnaf, leafy, and steven universe


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The show ends (soon, unfortunately) and the fandom dies. To be honest, the show has to end before the quality has a mass dropoff.

 

It's only a show, and everything else is fan oriented. This will not last as long as say, Pokemon, or Star Trek according to my sad perdiction.

Exactly the fandom can only last long as there's new content. MLP will end in 2018.

 

nope, it's dead and will stay dead. 

other fandoms will stay in the limelight of hate, and then bugger off.

examples: pewdiepie, undertale, fnaf, leafy, and steven universe

Okay Alright. I see what you mean.

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Probably not just because I'm pretty sure MLP was the first of it's kind, and being the first it cannot be replicated. I feel like, or at least hope, stereotypes like "guys can't like mlp" will be almost non existent in the future.

Yeah I feel the same way. It shouldn't if a guy likes MLP or not.

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I don't think that there needs to be another one.

Why don't you want another one?

That better be The Loud House you're following.

No that fandom is the beast known as RWBY.

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I highly doubt there will be another "Brony Phenomenon", as others have pointed out that Hasbro really struck gold with the reboot of the franchise, but as they say, lightning doesn't strike twice.

 

Here's to hoping G4 continues to have a strong run, though, and that G5 can give G4 a run for its money!

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i highly doubt the fandom will die off with the show a big difference between say bronies and trekkies is that bronies are constantly making their own content as long as that keeps happening the fandom wont die off it may have a steep decline but i don't think it will just die off 

if people go around saying big "well it was a great ride thanks for all the years of XXXX" speeches in 2018 then yes it will probably die but it wont die if you as a collective don't want it to die 

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Well the show may die, the forums and fandom will be around for a few years after that. It will be a while until we see G5 or some other continuation.

 

No the fandom relies on new content. The show ends the fandom ends.

I already watched the first Season!

 

I recently watched Trolls (2016) too rofl. Fun stuff.

Cool story bro. I like that show also.

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I highly doubt there will be another "Brony Phenomenon", as othea have pointed outI that Hasbro really struck gold with the reboot of the franchise, but as they say, lightning doesn't strike twice.

Here's to hoping G4 continues to have a strong run, though, and that G5 can give G4 a run for its money!

No the fandom will die after the show ends.

i highly doubt the fandom will die off with the show a big difference between say bronies and trekkies is that bronies are constantly making their own content as long as that keeps happening the fandom wont die off it may have a steep decline but i don't think it will just die off 

if people go around saying big "well it was a great ride thanks for all the years of XXXX" speeches in 2018 then yes it will probably die but it wont die if you as a collective don't want it to die

 

The fandom will die when the show ends.

Not enough you must also look at the fanart, read the fanfics, watch all the fanvideos even the cringy ones, etc.

Good luck on your journey lol

But i only like mlp fan stuff.

Thats the way things go, unfortunately.

 

Well yeah I guess it is. Mlp.

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