Still a thing?

[Eoe 10]

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If you're like me, you remember a lovely community surrounding an even more enchanting show. I left the community shortly after the horrendous season 4 opening (Twilight becoming an alicorn and the resulting squawks of Deviant Art OC maniacs rejoicing over it turned me off). I stropped watching the show and cut ties. Shortly after that I began to see less and less bronies online (youtube comment section, on steam, etc). I sort of forgot the community had existed and a fit of curiosity has overtaken me. Is this community still alive and active? Obviously not AS active as it was in 2010-2014, but is it still alive? I noticed a lot of Ponystep (back in my day we called them that) artists have stopped producing MLP content--which is fine--it just seems that no one has taken their place. Maybe the decline of Dubstep popularity also contributed, I don't know. I just see less and less fan content. So how is this community?

 

I'm just sticking my head back in to see how you guys are doing, since this community is the most open-arms community there is (I hope it still is, anyway). I expect to be semi-active. Maybe this forum will rekindle my interest.

 

Thanks for reading!

 

[K.Rool Addict 718]

1 minute ago, Zipphy said:

If you're like me, you remember a lovely community surrounding an even more enchanting show. I left the community shortly after the horrendous season 4 opening (Twilight becoming an alicorn and the resulting squawks of Deviant Art OC maniacs rejoicing over it turned me off). I stropped watching the show and cut ties. Shortly after that I began to see less and less bronies online (youtube comment section, on steam, etc). I sort of forgot the community had existed and a fit of curiosity has overtaken me. Is this community still alive and active? Obviously not AS active as it was in 2010-2014, but is it still alive? I noticed a lot of Ponystep (back in my day we called them that) artists have stopped producing MLP content--which is fine--it just seems that no one has taken their place. Maybe the decline of Dubstep popularity also contributed, I don't know. I just see less and less fan content. So how is this community?

 

LOL, the season 4 two parter was amazing imo xD Second only to the immaculate Return of Harmony...

The community hasn't gotten much more cringe-worthy since the end of season 2 so there is that to "look forward(?)" to I suppose. Of course things are less active as bronies jumped ship in at the end of season 3 what with the advent of beautiful fluffy winged purplesmart and High School Musical: the Animated Series.

And yes, awesome musical artists like Alex S. up and ditched the entire brony community after getting picked up by the agents in the professional music scene.

 

So, what's left of MLP:FiM? Well.... 

#1 The show has gotten WAY better than it used to be (in terms of writing, character development, and more mature thematic elements incorporated into the plotlines)

#2  The bronies have gotten far less obnoxiously loud and annoying on the internet (so, not many recent facepalm inducing ventures like in the "good old days" of bronies walking through fast food chains singing Winter Wrap Up without a care in the world *smh*)

#3 Bronies are still 100% as easy to offend as before, so enjoy the veritable goldmine of trolling opportunity =^-^=

#4 OMFG the Cutie Mark Crusaders finally got their CUTIE MARKS! HOLY SHIT WTF HAX!? *spoilers  ( -.-)/)

#5 We got a new Mane cast member and she is OP as fuck >.> Srsly, dude, power through season 4 just so you can watch season 5 in all its glory *o*

 

Hmm. Oh I knew I was forgetting something. Welcome to MLP Forums. /)^3^(\

[Totally Nyx 36,053]

Hello Zipphy and welcome to the forums!

Seems you the community just a little bit after I found MLP, and it was still a while yet before I actually ventured into the community. So I can't tell you how it's changed, but it's definitely alive and kicking. This forum's very much active and there is still so much pony content being produced by this fandom that I couldn't possibly keep up with it all.

I hope you enjoy your return and have a great time here. If you have any questions or want to chat, feel free to send me a message anytime.

[Eoe 10]

12 minutes ago, K.Rool Addict said:

 

LOL, the season 4 two parter was amazing imo xD Second only to the immaculate Return of Harmony...

The community hasn't gotten much more cringe-worthy since the end of season 2 so there is that to "look forward(?)" to I suppose. Of course things are less active as bronies jumped ship in at the end of season 3 what with the advent of beautiful fluffy winged purplesmart and High School Musical: the Animated Series.

And yes, awesome musical artists like Alex S. up and ditched the entire brony community after getting picked up by the agents in the professional music scene.

 

So, what's left of MLP:FiM? Well.... 

#1 The show has gotten WAY better than it used to be (in terms of writing, character development, and more mature thematic elements incorporated into the plotlines)

#2  The bronies have gotten far less obnoxiously loud and annoying on the internet (so, not many recent facepalm inducing ventures like in the "good old days" of bronies walking through fast food chains singing Winter Wrap Up without a care in the world *smh*)

#3 Bronies are still 100% as easy to offend as before, so enjoy the veritable goldmine of trolling opportunity =^-^=

#4 OMFG the Cutie Mark Crusaders finally got their CUTIE MARKS! HOLY SHIT WTF HAX!? *spoilers  ( -.-)/)

#5 We got a new Mane cast member and she is OP as fuck >.> Srsly, dude, power through season 4 just so you can watch season 5 in all its glory *o*

 

Hmm. Oh I knew I was forgetting something. Welcome to MLP Forums. /)^3^(\

Damn, those cringey things were funny though.

Alicorn twilight makes me want to vomit, soooooo

And plus I feel like they wrapped too many things up (like twilight's progression, like she becomes an alicorn? Wasn't the whole point of the show simply her trying to discover all the elements and study them and all that jazz? Now she seems completed and IMO the interest for me ahs tanked. Also, the movie...eugh. Is that guy she found in the human universe still around? Forget his name...

All I can say is: eugh

[K.Rool Addict 718]

1 minute ago, Zipphy said:

Damn, those cringey things were funny though.

Alicorn twilight makes me want to vomit, soooooo

And plus I feel like they wrapped too many things up (like twilight's progression, like she becomes an alicorn? Wasn't the whole point of the show simply her trying to discover all the elements and study them and all that jazz? Now she seems completed and IMO the interest for me ahs tanked. Also, the movie...eugh. Is that guy she found in the human universe still around? Forget his name...

All I can say is: eugh

 

Oh boy, well... I can certainly tell you that they have not "wrapped too many things up" xD The lore has gotten crazy interesting; I hesitate to reveal anything as experiencing it first hand is an unparalleled... well, experience >.> I honestly wish I could erase my memory of the past 3 seasons just so I could watch it all over again and have the same awesome "holy crap" moments as the first time around Q.Q

Let's see, I believe you are referring to Flash Sentry? The "guy she found in the human universe". I am assuming that is who you are talking about lol. Well, yes, Flash has made multiple appearances since the first Equestria Girls movie. The sequels Rainbow Rocks and Friendship Games actually managed to be quite enjoyable despite the first film really disappointing on all fronts. I highly suggest giving those a watch after you finish season 4. However, Legend of the Everfree... the 4th EQG movie... oh God is it bad >.<

Man, I have so much temptation to post something for you from the seasons you missed out on; it's so damn hard to resist!

Oh btw, we are getting a legit CANON MLP:FiM movie this October. And its NOT about humans for once! AND its full feature film length too! \(^o^)/

[Mesme Rize 15,683]

Hello there Zipphy. I joined the community in 2011. Nice to see someone from the old guard.

Oh god, your message gave me 2013 vibes, when everyone was freaking out over Alicorn Twilight, truly good times.

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask anyone here.

[Jeric 46,851]

I jumped in the crazy pool around 2014, but still experienced some of the earlier drama second hand through the kids and some online friends. 

Welcome back. 

[Celli 4,338]

Not gonna lie. Not a fan of the "the show changed and is worse for it" argument. I'd understand if you didn't like the execution of Twilight's ascension but it seems like you just didn't like the change. For that, I'm sorry but I'm going to take your opinion with a grain of salt.

Welcome aboard.

[Kenshiro 13,493]

Hello @Zipphy , nice to meet you. Welcome to forums. I hope you get use to our community as soon as possible and i am sure that you ll meet lots of ponies there. If you wish to ask or talk about anything, i ll be around. See ya..   

[Meeps 297]

Maybe less active overall, but still a very active community. I believe it'll be as involved as you'd like it to be  

Welcome aboard!

[Rikifive 24,190]

Hello there!  

I'm fairly new to the fandom (2 years; 3 months; 5 days and around 9 hours in the fandom), so I guess I can't say much.  
As for Twilight becoming an alicorn - I also had mixed feelings... I was like "Welp, it will be not the same anymore-  *roll credits* " I truly enjoyed the simplicity and silliness in the first seasons - now it gets more complex with time. Well, not really complex, but just more serious, from some point of view. Kinda the same happened to Equestria Girls.
Also, RIP Twilight's library! WHYYYYYYY 

Welcome back to the herd!