Would you still watch the show if there was no fandom?

[lincolnshirepony 527]

If there hadn't been a fandom, it probably would have been harder to get me to watch it. I love cartoons, but the perception of past generations probably would have turned me away before I would have given the show a chance had I not heard others talking about how good it was. I'm not sure if I would have ever accidentally stumbled upon the show... If the fandom was to suddenly disappear, I would still watch it though. 

[BronyDrone 21]

Of course I would! It's a great show! I wouldn't care if nopony else liked it, all that would matter to me is that I like it, and that's my opinion.

[Sir Cal Stonehoof 596]

If you think of it, even if the fandom didn't exist, it would still exist. What I mean by that, is if the fandom didn't exists, I know that there would be Bronies, and Pegasisters that would eventually create the fandom once more. So in a way the fandom would always exist. 

[MyLittlePonyTales 273]

I think I would, but I don't know if I would have gotten up early to watch the episodes. I could have slept in and caught them later on YouTube, but during seasons 2 and 3 I got up early to watch the episodes so I could discuss them with other Bronies.

 

However, I started watching the show in October 2011, around the time the show first started airing. This was before there was much of a fandom at all, and I watched because I was a fan of the G1 series and wanted to see it for nostalgia's sake.

 

I was pretty skeptical, since I had been excited when I heard about G3 since I really liked ponies as a kid. And then I was disappointed by the girly-ness and just lack of... good story? So I was cautious about G4, not wanting to get my hopes up as I assumed it was going to be just another G3. Glad that I was wrong, but I started watching without the fandom, and probably still would. I don't know if I'd have bought the toys and DVDs though.

 

I might actually enjoy the show MORE without the fandom... There have just been some people that have really soured the show for me, because I met them because of ponies and really trusted them and then they hurt me badly... so now every time I do anything pony related, I think of them and I just think that I will never fully enjoy the show, because it used to only hold good memories and now there's a whole lot of bad for me, because of fans.

[Sanic Screwdriver 345]

Well without the fandom even if I found the show I would be like "Hey this is ok" but without the fandom I would have forgotten all about it quickly afterwards.

[Dreamsong 253]

Absolutely!  I love how the show makes me feel!

 

And with all the stress and strife in daily life, something that makes me feel good and brings hope is sooooo important to me! <3

[Antismurf9001 1,271]

Highly unlikely.  The only reason that I learned that MLP was being rebooted was because of a thread about it being started on another forum.  It's highly possible that I wouldn't even know that the show had ever been rebooted if there wasn't a fandom for it, an if I did hear about its reboot somehow, I would write it off as crap (in fact, that's pretty much what I did when I saw that thread appear a couple of years ago).

 

Now let's say that for some reason, I did end up seeing the show anyways (ie. I'm babysitting and Little Girl X wants to watch it).  I don't really know what I would do then...  On one hand, I would be afraid of the social rejection, but on the other, I'm pretty good at keeping secrets, so no one would have to know.  It would be a lot harder to keep up with though, since episodes wouldn't be uploaded to Youtube (as quickly at least), it would be difficult to keep updated on when new seasons started, there would be no livestreams so I would probably miss all of the new episodes, etc.  So, in that case, it might just become a show that I put on whenever I happened to notice it on while flipping through channels, but I wouldn't actively follow it.

[Imagine 284]

Yeah, most likely, I'd make my own characters still, but I'd have nowhere to share them, so I usually just do cool stuff with OC's in my mind,

 

Also, I didn't even know that there was a fandom until I've watched the whole first season.

[Dewdlz 938]

Why of course I would. I didn't know much about the fandom when I first saw it and this is the first fandom I've ever been in!

[Koukatsu 5,898]

Hello and bro hoof to all!

 

Inspired by the Equestria Daily post: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/04/discussion-if-fandom-didnt-exist-would.html

 

 

Would you still enjoy My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic if there was no fandom to go along with the great show? If there was no fanfiction, no fanart, not fanmusic ! Would you still watch the show?

 

I would. I don't need other people to like what I like. It's not up to them, it's up to me (but I still love the fandom! )

 

Tell me in the comments below!

 

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...I started watching the show. All that other stuff is just icing on the cake.

[Argumedies 1,748]

Without a doubt, and would love it as it is. But without the fandom it only would have had the first 25 episodes to love on

[ShadowPirateX 600]

Even if there wasn't a fandom, I probably would have found out about the show in one way or another. And if the fandom disappeared (Somehow) I'd still watch it. I'd miss the fandom a bit, tough.

[The Mint Pone 2,292]

I wouldn't of ever watched this show if I hadn't of heard so many good things about it from the fandom. Without the fandom I would never have looked into the show. thank you fandom for showing me the way!

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

If there was no fandom, then I wouldn't have known much about the show as I do now.

[Lunar Glow 674]

Of course I would! Ponies rule, and I am glad to be part of the pony world even if others weren't. 

[Stone Cold Applejack 381]

Yes. As did the very first bronies.

[neznamkaksa 78]

I dont think there would be anyone that would stop watching it even if the fandom dissapears.MLP is great show and nothing(nothing) can change that.

Edited November 9, 2014 by neznamkaksa

[Zekromic 1,054]

I doubt it, it was thanks to a brony that I've gotten in this fandom in the first place

[Falsey 44]

I would certainly still watch it! Although, without the friend who showed me it I probably never would have found it to begin with.

[Looking Glass 197]

probably not, but only cause i probably wouldn't have any idea that the show existed.

 

the fandom got me into the show. my first exposure to the show was fan art on a furry board and the complaints by a few furries about all the pony art, and the other furries and bronies defending the show. that's what made me aware of the show and made me curious enough to watch it.

 

now if something else happened that made me curious enough to watch, then. yes, i would keep watching.

probably not, but only cause i probably wouldn't have any idea that the show existed.

 

the fandom got me into the show. my first exposure to the show was fan art on a furry board and the complaints by a few furries about all the pony art, and the other furries and bronies defending the show. that's what made me aware of the show and made me curious enough to watch it.

 

now if something else happened that made me curious enough to watch, then. yes, i would keep watching.

[Vox 870]

Yeah, after all, those brave few original bronies who watched the show without any sort of external influence for their peers did.

[Oblivion 20,266]

Sure, even if the fandom died tomorrow I would still actively watch MLP. When I first joined back in about mid 2013 I at first watched the show without even really being in the actual fandom, sure, by that time I knew that it did in fact have a fairly massive following, it's just that I was never part of any community and didn't actually get to know anyone in the fandom for about a month or so until I found mlp forums and started socializing through Skype. right around then is when I feel that I truly started to fall in love with the fandom itself.  

[smitty121325 64]

I certainly would. I didn't even know there was a fandom for this show when I first became a brony, which I first heard about in a Scooby Doo review. If anything, the fandom helps tide me over until the next season (2015 can't get here quick enough). But the fandom also adds to the fun of being a brony. Who doesn't love seeing the various ideas that this fandom comes up with? It's quite a shame that the crew isn't allowed to read fanfiction. I think it's because of this fandom why I started to pursue a career in music.

[NotoriousSMALL 1,984]

I definitely wouldnt have watched it at first. I didnt even know it existed until i saw people with mlp avatars.

but yeah id still watch it

[MLPwn3 7]

I would actually cause unlike most people who hate mlp, i never seen it as a little girls shows. I always thought of it as life lessons put into a humurous cartoon, with funny and i have to admit cute animations, which i can use in my life. 

Edited November 10, 2014 by MLPwn3