The Future of My Little Pony and the Brony Phenomenon

[Striksette 70]

I'll keep my DVDs and watch them with my kids when I have them. Instead of passing down antiques, we shall pass down ponies.

[Rainbow Danger Dash 145]

[WildCard 1,037]

I think it will be like the first gen of Pokemon. Not forgotten and part of the lifes of many, There will be pictures with the mane6 like "If you know these girls you are awesome" and stuff like that. Like you see nowadays with Red, Blue and Yellow

[RoadtoEquestria 59]

I think like anything else, when the show ends the brony community itself will fade away. But individually, the love for MLP will continue to stay in the hearts of bronies.

[Gigachip 148]

In the long term, the huge brony community will die off. But then a smaller community will fill its place. I know its relating to games, but I've seen it with MMOs.

[agigantorllama 258]

It'll last FOREVER! The power of friendship can't unbind us!

[1mlpfim 70]

FOR THE WHOLE ETERNITY

 

While the internet exist, there will aways bronies

[Batbrony 16,055]

Time for Discord to go on a rampage of necro-bumping. Everypony loves zombie topics <3 Oh, and don't worry Omnipony, because:

 

 

I, too, am a believer in what Lauren has done in the past being a good ball-park measurement. The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends both lasted for six seasons, and neither of those shows became an absolute global internet phenomena like this show has. Lauren may be 'off' the staff now, but the fact remains that she originally brought the show into existence, and who runs it now is doing a fantastic job of keeping that spark of what interests everyone, still inside the show. The way I see it, five or six seasons is in the bag.

 

And so, it eventually ends. So what? The fanbase for something this utterly massive and ground-breaking in terms of media and gender neutrality will not die suddenly just due to the show officially ending. That's not how fanbases work. And with this one especially, one that has proven to be both mature, and full of talented artists, musicians, writers and other artists that have created literally, mountains upon mountains of amazing fan-media, this show will take a decade or more to become all but forgotten, perhaps even more.

 

Yes!!!! Ah good sir, this pleases me. You have my seal of approval!

Now we shall feast on muffins!!!!!!!

[Pinkie D Pie 1,036]

I'll stay with the bronies forever. Now I know that is seems many people will say this, but the brony community helped me out of deppresion and right now it is all I have to look forward to...

 

So i'll be a brony Forever. And that is the truth.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

Time for Discord to go on a rampage of necro-bumping. Everypony loves zombie topics <3 Oh, and don't worry Omnipony, because:

 

 

I, too, am a believer in what Lauren has done in the past being a good ball-park measurement. The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends both lasted for six seasons, and neither of those shows became an absolute global internet phenomena like this show has. Lauren may be 'off' the staff now, but the fact remains that she originally brought the show into existence, and who runs it now is doing a fantastic job of keeping that spark of what interests everyone, still inside the show. The way I see it, five or six seasons is in the bag.

 

And so, it eventually ends. So what? The fanbase for something this utterly massive and ground-breaking in terms of media and gender neutrality will not die suddenly just due to the show officially ending. That's not how fanbases work. And with this one especially, one that has proven to be both mature, and full of talented artists, musicians, writers and other artists that have created literally, mountains upon mountains of amazing fan-media, this show will take a decade or more to become all but forgotten, perhaps even more.

 

Very poignant. I likewise agree. For a truly astounding example of our endurance . . .

 

 

. . . We can make our own spin-offs. . . . . I think we're good!

[Lostwanderer 367]

When the show is cancelled, many attempts will be made to keep the comunity alive, it will work for a month where everyone will be dedicated, but eventually people will drop off, until at some stage it's a small group of people who don't even know each other.

[Shadowed Watcher 183]

I wish it'd last forever.. but I doubt it will So the best I'm hoping for is for a few years after the series ends... I however will stay a brony for life.

[Glaceon 793]

There's one thing i promised my self a few months back. IM NEVER GOING TO LOSE MY TWILIGHT SPARKLE FIGURINE IT WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME.

[murkyx 904]

For the fandom as a whole, it shall exist, even if small, for many decades, even after the show is gone, and shall be recorded as a major movement in history. Why? Because of how dedicated the fandom is and the effect it has had already and what it will inevitably become.

 

I shall remain a brony 'till I no longer draw breath. MLP shall be passed on to my children, and I'll show them the wonders of the show so they may cherish it for their lifetimes. And thus the pony cycle continues.

[Mare in the Moon 173]

I just want it to go on as long as it can. Even if it goes into decline, I think it will exist for quite a while, even after the show ceases to air.

 

At least I hope the community lasts, and doesnt end up with just a few isolated nuts as the only remnants of what was. (Could happen someday, but I hope it doesnt anytime soon)

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

Imagine in about 60 years, someone stumbles upon an archive filled with Internet phenomena, and one of them happens to be MLP: FIM, complete with all its seasons finished and aired. The person, amazed at how good this particular form of entertainment is, shares it through the internet (well, obviously more advanced than the current internet we have today), thus sparking the second movement of bronykind which lasts even longer than this one.

Edited June 20, 2012 by Devin McCourty

[Victoria and Co. 782]

As long as my "Dedication" Spell Card remains face-up on the field, "MLP: FiM" cannot be destroyed!

 

(Very obscure reference to a children's card game.)

[murkyx 904]

Imagine in about 60 years, someone stumbles upon an archive filled with Internet phenomena, and one of them happens to be MLP: FIM, complete with all its seasons finished and aired. The person, amazed at how good this particular form of entertainment is, shares it through the internet (well, obviously more advanced than the current internet we have today), thus sparking the second movement of bronykind which lasts even longer than this one.

 

That. . . Sounds like a perfect idea for a fanfiction. . . I'd write it but I'm currently too busy to do it.

[SonOfTheNorthe 412]

I've never held an interest in anything or more than a few months, but MLP is the sole exception.

Bronies will last at least a decade after the show ends. And even then, we could make out own episodes.

[Steel Accord 6,660]

That. . . Sounds like a perfect idea for a fanfiction. . . I'd write it but I'm currently too busy to do it.

 

But I'm not!

 

[Abstract 832]

Star Trek fandom continues to this day. Not nearly as large as it once was for certain, but that show is what, 50, 55 years old? (I'm too lazy to look it up at the moment.) I imagine FiM will continue to have a large following for a very long time, and that the whole fandom will never completely die out. Bronies may come and go, but there are those of us who are dedicated and love the show enough to keep the love and tolerance alive for years to come.

Edited June 20, 2012 by Abstract

[Tupin86 195]

It probably will go for a bit after the show eventually ends, then it will just become a bunch of people who like the same show.

 

I do wonder if the phenomenon will be more well remembered than the actual show. I hope not. I won't get into what I believe about "love and tolerance" being a motto, but hopefully it won't be needed and people will remember it for its merit.

[KakeiTheWolf 652]

>All bronies end up saying they'll stay bronies for life

>Brony phenomenon stays alive so long as they live.

 

See the logic?

[The Tainted One 69]

It will last forever. Especially once we take over the world and rename Earth after Equestria.

[False Perception 482]

What will happen? MLP will get another reboot. Over. And. Over. And. Over. It will go on.