What would cause the downfall of MLP?

[phantompone1148 126]

A lot of franchises have suffered a downfall. But MLP has not, yet... So right now I'm asking you: What would start/cause the downfall of MLP?

[Will Guide 21,360]

If you're talking about MLP franchise as a whole it had its ups and downs in its 35 plus years.

To some people Generation 3 with a bit too sappy that it kind of felt like a dork age compared to the other generations. 

[Reality Check 632]

I mean... there's G3, though that's a past generation so I'm not sure that counts

Maybe the writing staff doing something wrong and causing the fandom to send death glares their way?

[phantompone1148 126]

1 minute ago, Reality Check said:

I mean... there's G3, though that's a past generation so I'm not sure that counts

Maybe the writing staff doing something wrong and causing the fandom to send death glares their way?

*Cough* Season 9 Finale *Cough*

[Pentium100 2,122]

For me, it would be dumbing down the show to Teletubbies level, just making it uninteresting or getting political. I would not want MLP to "get woke, go broke" and I am happy that so far it hasn't.

[phantompone1148 126]

30 minutes ago, Pentium100 said:

getting political

WDYM by that?

[Pentium100 2,122]

19 minutes ago, phantompone1148 said:

WDYM by that?

Like some other media, MLP could start bringing real life politics to a fantasy show. So far it has not done that (it was my biggest concern about G5) but there's always room for disappointment.

 

[Monsoon 1,662]

Probably S1 of G5 will be the decider on it's success If it's good it might bring in new fans etc. But you never know If it goes bad the opposite effect could occur. 

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

When the focus comes more on selling toys over producing a quality show. It was like that in G4 (Looking at you Rainbow Power)

Also, if the show gets a dumb down, which would likely not happen...

[Tom Gallagher 33,588]

If they dumb it down too much.

[phantompone1148 126]

5 hours ago, Pentium100 said:

start bringing real life politics to a fantasy show

 

example of that? 

[mlploverlizzy 291]

When they don't understand that there is older fans of MLP and make it too childish  

[ExplosionMare 18,062]

I feel like it would have to do something like Pony Life did where all it would become is filler. That, or something so controversial would have to happen to the franchise to shut it down completely 

[Splashee 28,564]

Nothing can.

 

So why is that? Well, the fans themselves will take over the franchise if it is handled badly by Hasbro. This happened with other franchises such as Sonic The Hedgehog, where Sega eventually had to give up and let the fans' own work be canon, as it became bigger, more popular than the main branch and couldn't be stopped.¨In the end, Sega got the money they wanted, and the fans were happy. Everypony wins!

 

Now, Hasbro can be stubborn, old fashion, and plain stupid. But Internet can't be stopped, no matter how much lawsuits and money is put into stopping it.

[Cash In 22,314]

MLP has been around for 30 plus years and is a toy brand at its core. They can do whatever they want with the show, but the toys and merchandise will continue to sell. 

[EpicEnergy 23,218]

It's difficult to tell, the only thing I can see as of now causing such a downfall would be time.