general Fandom still alive and well in Britain.

[Casey Pones 109]

A while ago I posted on this website asking if I had missed the fandom. IE, now that the major hit that was G4 was over, was I too late to start interacting with fans, posting on sites like this and going to conventions? Would it all start fading away now?

One pony said yes, siting that a major MLP convention in America had stopped running. Well if any of you feel the same way, it might not be that hopeless. I can't speak for the state of the fandom in America, but surprisingly, in my country of Great Britain, the fandom seems alive and well.

I've just been to the annual MLP convention "Griffish Isles" held at the Pendulum Hotel in Manchester. And apparently this year's has been their biggest convention yet!

They had a cosplay contest, the winner was a lady dressed as King Sombra. A vendor hall, trivia quiz, a Q&A with the voice actor who played Gilda the Griffin, a games room, charity auction, live music and an all-day karaoke room loaded with every MLP song AND fan-songs.

What's more there's more MLP conventions taking place in Great Britain in the next 2 years. If I'm reading things right, we might have 4 conventions a year!

So I post this, not just to share some memories, but to assure you (if you had any doubt to begin with) that the fandom is not over and neither are the conventions! I have the pictures I took below and right at the bottom there's a copy of the conbook.

For reasons I won't go into, there has been a record number of Americans applying for British citizenship. I guess for you, this could be another reason.

The MC for the cosplay contest in his Pinky Pie outfit

A cosplayer dressed as Stallion-in-chief Sprout.

A cosplayer dressed as "Sea pony King Triton." This year was an underwater theme.

A cosplayer dressed as Plankton from Spongebob singing the "FUN Song."

A cosplayer as EG Rainbow Dash.

A cosplayer as seapony Fluttershy.

A full fursuit Discord.

Me enjoying a "Sonata Dusk."

The VA for Gilda the Griffin doing a Q&A.

The vendor hall.

A spontaneously set up display of plushies.

At one point they accidentally put up the "Opening Ceremony" slides and everypony cheered. Then they went through them to find the "Closing Ceremony" and everypony went "Awww!" and one pony said "My life flashed before my eyes!"

The winner of the art contest was a lady who did this aquatic version of the convention's mascot, Bobby the Griffin.

They had a contest for the best photo taken at the convention. The winner was this display of plushies set up at the live music event.

The pendulum of the Pendulum Hotel.

Here is a copy of the conbook for you to get a better feeling of what went on there.

conbook.pdf

Edited May 6 by Casey Pones

[Snow 8,324]

The My Little Pony fandom, art, music, meetups. Didn’t start with G4 nor did it end with G4.

Yes things were exceptionally big for a while. Yes things have tapered off a bit but make no mistake it’s all still here and will continue to be here for a long time to come.