Did Friendship Is Magic age well?

[phantompone1148 125]

A lot of cartoons have aged well like PPG 1998, The Adventures of Flapjack, and Foster's Home for imaginary friends. But did FIM age just as well as thoose?

[They call me Loyalty 1,941]

Wasn't there a topic like this, already? Anyway. I don't know. But I love the show like the first day. I can watch one of my favorite episodes and be transported to that time where I was just jaded, instead of totally jaded. Hahaha. No, really. It is like time travel for me. I don't think those things we truly love "age" per se. It is like when you see one of those elderly couples in the street. And they still love each other, despite being eXtReMeLy decrepit. Like that.

Edited April 24, 2022 by They call me Loyalty

[NeuroTypical 64]

Considering the lessons of that series are timeless, I'm thinking it'll continue to age well for a while.  My next opportunity to find out will be when my kids have kids of their own, and I'll break out the MLP when I babysit.  

[Scilla Bell 103]

I think how well FiM aged varies from season to season. I think the earlier stuff aged fairly well but the later stuff is kind of eehhhhh

[Ika Musume 54]

I'd say the animation still seems really good compared to shows that are coming out this year

[Shadowmoth2011 146]

Honestly, I think FIM has aged overall really well, even better than many shows I REALLY like. In addition to its morals and lessons still being applicable today in our current environment, the fantasy setting also keeps the setting from getting dated. I think future generations could get into it really well. 

[The Recherche 29,965]

Some parts more than others. Stuff like Slice of Life can come across as pretty aged nowadays, and much of the early season content in general can feel like a products of its time as well. That said, in terms of the actual writing quality, animation, and characters, I think it is aging better than a lot of other series can boast; certainly among young girls' entertainment. I do think the later Seasons are not going to age as gracefully as Seasons 1-4 or so, but even considering that, I think FiM will be used as a great example of making entertainment for young girls legitimately good, not just insipid rubbish.

[Skylight Scintillate 1,849]

I think that the older seasons definiately aged well, but for the more recent seasons, well it's still kind of hard to tell for me.

[Tom Gallagher 33,521]

That’s always been one of its big strengths for me that sets it apart from all its spin-offs. I think it’s so timeless and it will be a long time before it ages. 

[Fluttershutter 2,114]

Considering it ended two years ago I don't think it's aged at all.  Okay, okay, it started in 2010 and yes, I still think the oldest episodes are great.

[Justin_Case001 4,855]

It's not old enough to know.  Ask in another twenty years.  (But it's still great right now!)

[OptimisticNeighsayer 471]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that in some respects, the older episodes might not age as well in the long run as the later episodes as some might think. While there was definitely more energy and sheer creativity in the earlier seasons, they also depicted a world that was already largely perfect with a few kinks to sort out, and rely on a platonic conception of values that are transcendent, unquestionable and must be preserved. Later seasons tended to depict an Equestria that is more fundamentally broken, and the values that it cherishes are conceived of as more realist (i.e. purely within the institutions themselves) and capable of evolution, which I think is more in line with the Zeitgeist of today (at least in some mainstream circles).
 

There was an article I read a while back about how “Hamilton” and other works from the early to mid 2010s are now seen as a bit cringe today as they tended to gloss over real life realities in favor of the abstract optimism of the day; I wish I could remember where it was.

Of course, the overall style and the characters themselves were always very appealing, so if nothing else those aspects will endure.