What would you do if the brony fandom dies?

[FalloutBrony 137]

If mlp/fandom was completely dead for like 5 years after it stops production I would probably comeback to the fandom and try to get the fandom heartbeat again if that's even possible 

this is gonna be a sad event when it happens. 

[Deleted3133333 3,560]

As much as I hate to think about it, one day this fandom is doomed to collapse. All we can really do is personally hold on to our love.

I know that I for one am going to download every episode in the highest quality possible, and continuously convert it as media formats change in an attempt to preserve the show for years to come. But beyond that, once this fandom collapses, I guess I just... go back to being an active furry, and always have that little hole in my heart the show filled up.

[Guest]

Move on with my life. 

What else should you do lmao

[Clod 8,294]

Nothing. Probably just move on to Steven Unive... wait no I hate that fandom.

I guess do nothing.

[Will Guide 21,360]

2 hours ago, ShadowDash13 said:

As much as I hate to think about it, one day this fandom is doomed to collapse. All we can really do is personally hold on to our love.

I know that I for one am going to download every episode in the highest quality possible, and continuously convert it as media formats change in an attempt to preserve the show for years to come. But beyond that, once this fandom collapses, I guess I just... go back to being an active furry, and always have that little hole in my heart the show filled up.

You're a furry? That's cool!

As for me, I don't know what I'll do, but I'll think of something.

[BastementSparkle 20,326]

Nothing, because I don't think the fandom will die. Oh, Die down? Sure, yeah. If the show ends most people will leave and move on with their life, but as with everything there's probably going to be a small minority of really darn loyal fans sticking around. This show and the fandom has had a big impact on some people's lives, some of them won't want to let go of that and will do everything within their power to keep it going.

[Kagami-sama 320]

Fandoms like this don't just die.

[Prospekt 11,018]

I'll hold onto what I love even if I no longer have a community around me that also enjoys it.

[Jeric 46,851]

The fandom won't collapse and the fandom won't die. I have been around obscure fandoms long enough to know that communities perpetuate in the absence of new material. 

It will eventually reach the point where it will contract, and yes some people will move on, cons will shut down, sites will shut down, but the remaining active fans will coalesce around one or two sites. This is natural. 

The unknown variable here is what Hasbro does with the franchise after it's current iteration. Also how will the the fans that grew up with G4 respond when nostalgia hits and they have their own kids? My own kids are not a good case study since their dad is an adult fan, but they started watching the show when they were in the target demographic, and now they are knocking on the door of adulthood. 

I'm sure there are some like them that would give G5 a boost. 

[simba86 1,541]

Move more into the other thing I like to do

[Tilgoreth 1,915]

Absolutley nothing. Listen mlp is unique in that it managed too get a bunch of adults and teeangers excited about a cartoon show for little girls that's designed too sell toys. But the show has been around for seven years. A lot of people where in their late teens or early twenties at the start. Now their in their mid twenties or thirties. And my point is that even if Friendship Is Magic went on forever interest in the show would still dwindle. For some people at a certain point watching a tv show for little girls, when their in their thirties or older, just becomes tooo ridiculous, or they just loose interest.

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

I'll probably stick around. I am still in a fandom that really is not that active and hasn't been too active for the past 11-ish years, so it is a safe bet I'll still be here.

[Tilgoreth 1,915]

8 minutes ago, cpl_dixon said:

I'll probably stick around. I am still in a fandom that really is not that active and hasn't been too active for the past 11-ish years, so it is a safe bet I'll still be here.

Wait what fandom is that?

[joshyang908 85]

 

More realistically, I'll prob just move on and feel sad, kinda like when Young Justice ended so abruptly. I was shocked.

Damn, Game of Thrones is ending too

[Lunar Echo 10,335]

The fandom will probably stick with me for life or at least until I find another substitute that I like better so I ain't too worried, plus you'll always have some who'll still like it. We don't have collectors in this world for nothing, I'm not one personally but these collectors hold onto things from way back when, and when they resurface they're pure gold nostalgia. And I honestly don't believe this is something that will just fade away like the 70s, you'll always find people who watched it or who just discovered it, there are new people born everyday and new people discovering things everyday, so I have high hopes the fandom won't just die out of existence.

 

I also heavily agree with:

@RareBase, @Kagami-sama and @Jeric.

Edited June 27, 2017 by Lunar Echo

[Catpone Cerberus 23,594]

I would enjoy the Fan-made content that already exists, since fandom dying doesn't mean that stuff that already exists disappears.

[CypherHoof 26,483]

Presumably a few decades after the Monty Python, Red Dwarf etc fandoms die...

[Rapira85 53]

The Sonic fandom still exists for example. Ponies will take a long time to "die". Also it's a Hasbro show. There will be a next generation eventually. Just ask Transformers fans how many iterations of the same thing can exist.

As for the brony fandom. Who knows, fans of the fandom will have less content in general. The crazy died down but it really won't go away for a long long time. (internet time)

 

 

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

2 hours ago, Tilgoreth said:

Wait what fandom is that?

Hot Wheels Acceleracers.

[Tilgoreth 1,915]

37 minutes ago, cpl_dixon said:

Hot Wheels Acceleracers.

Holy shit, I loved those movies as a kid. lol 

[Ganondorf8 11,298]

I wouldn't be as active in the fandom as I am right now but I wouldn't completely leave it. I'd probably end up becoming one of those fans who keeps the memories of what MLP stands for alive through small means here and there.

[SugarCoatxMarblePie 701]

Its not going to die, plenty of other shows still have fandoms after their extinction. Then again they still have marketing and other products, but this is Hasbros and I doubt they would give up on it.

If it dies like, no fandom activity on youtube or forums for a month or more, then Idk I think I will just keep on doing whatever it is I do. I would get more bored with the internet cuz forums n videos at a reduced rate. But hopefully something will try and fill the void the show had, and it'd prolly succeed, like a new series or fandom I mean, because um. Its like the statement 'theres a mettaton shaped hole in my mettaton shaped heart' from undertale. All we need is something similar enough to ponies that its worth adapting for. And that'd be a whole marketing avenue so people could jump on it. Like if Microsoft just went out of business sony or mac would step it up to steal their fan base.

[FalloutBrony 137]

8 hours ago, CuriUndersXeno said:

Its not going to die, plenty of other shows still have fandoms after their extinction. Then again they still have marketing and other products, but this is Hasbros and I doubt they would give up on it.

If it dies like, no fandom activity on youtube or forums for a month or more, then Idk I think I will just keep on doing whatever it is I do. I would get more bored with the internet cuz forums n videos at a reduced rate. But hopefully something will try and fill the void the show had, and it'd prolly succeed, like a new series or fandom I mean, because um. Its like the statement 'theres a mettaton shaped hole in my mettaton shaped heart' from undertale. All we need is something similar enough to ponies that its worth adapting for. And that'd be a whole marketing avenue so people could jump on it. Like if Microsoft just went out of business sony or mac would step it up to steal their fan base.

Every fandom dies For example Star Trek died for a bit and there where a few Trekkie left but it got rebooted with the new movie that's what I think what would happen with this fandom it would die but then G5 comes up and build the fandom again if they keep G5 some what similar to the style of G4

 

this is just my thoughts and opinions though 

Edited June 28, 2017 by DatBronyGuy

[Roughshod 719]

Die.

On the inside.

[Lightwing 12,970]

Heya @DatBronyGuy!

 

Seeing how the content of your topic deals with the MLP Fandom and its content, I will go ahead and move it to Sugarcube Corner, where it will get the most attention. Thank you!