Is My Little Pony luckily popular?

[The Prime Reaper 180]

Everytime when i take this history of the show itself, the crew of the show and the analysis about the quality of the show. I feel that Lauren Faust and the crew didn't really doing that much to hook the people into fandom.

 

The series to most insightful critics is poorly written, unrealistic and shortly should-be-terrible to older kids. I mean that the show supposed to be written for young girls, so of course the quality of the show is not good for elder people. But what i mean here is that MLP instead of getting more little girl fans, it gets flooded with teenagers and audults. Everyone in the entire world knows this is the weridest story ever written in history.

 

I didn't see Lauren Faust never intends to make this for teenagers and audults. She didn't ambitiously make the show popular in the internet. All it is because of luck!

 

Never dreamed to be a meme. Never dreamed it to be loved by audults. Never dreamed to get this popular.

 

When comparing to Harry Potter to Sherlock Holes, from Game of thrones to Star Wars,.... Those developers spent about millions of dollar to make their series really super popular, using all their brains to be as much as creative, hiring special effect guys,....

MLP crew didn't really spend that much profit like those popular series, but those profits are so luckily getting MLP into insanely popular today.

I questioned that how did Lauren Faust and the crew did it? Although their effort is not really much hard. 

[Cwanky 17,749]

No the show actually had good writing, much thanks to Lauren Faust and co, that helped lead the animation, voice acting, production and all other key components to the show. As simple as it seems going against the notion of profit margins and stereotypes as Lauren Faust did, was what boosted this show so much.

 

And damnit I hate loaded and limited multiple choice questions like this. I refuse to dignify it by answering it. Now if you excuse me, I must go "deliver" some sharpened No #2s to the executives at Kaplan...

[Emperor Posh 360]

I like MLP for the stories and relatability and the lessons it teaches us, something Harry Potter and Star Wars do not. MLP teaches lessons of friendship and what we can become if we are kind to one another. The fact is I fell in love with the show because of these reasons, and these reasons were from my understanding the messages and lessons they were trying to give and teach when they created G4 of MLP.

Edited October 17, 2013 by Xelphos

[Bendy 1,821]

It all started on 4chan I think. Also we're everywhere on the Internet.

 

Also have you seen how cute those Ponies are? I mean damn! Hey xenophilia!

 

Yes, good writing and characters helps a lot for a show to get popular.

[Shanks 10,817]

Yes luck had a lot to do with it, there is no doubt about it but I don't think it would have gotten as big as it did if the writers didn't give a reason for so many teenagers and adult to like the show. That reason is that MLP is not your typical "girls show" or even your typical show these days because Hasbro was actually smart to hire the right people and give them enough creative to actually make a show that dosen't suck. Sure MLP dosen't have the biggest budget ever, but it dosen't even need it the animation quality is still good and most importantly the characters are interesting, relatable and engaging and not just to little girls. Lauren Faust said she intended the show to not just appeal to little girls but to also appeal to the parents watching it with them including fathers so when that is taken into account it does make sense. The irony behind this show is the whole stigma of teenage and adult men watching a show about cartoon ponies actually helped make the show more popular because many fans got into because they were curious as to what has so many of them hooked.

Edited October 17, 2013 by EarthbendingProdigy

[Forlong 1,726]

Oh boy.  I'm going to have to break this one up.

 

 

Everytime when i take this history of the show itself, the crew of the show and the analysis about the quality of the show. I feel that Lauren Faust and the crew didn't really doing that much to hook the people into fandom.

Dragonshy, Winter Wrap Up, Suited for Success, Sonic Rainboom, The Cutie Mark Chronicles, Party of One, and about a dozen other episodes disagree.  Quality is not restricted by age or gender.  Just because the show was targeting little girls doesn't mean all ages of both genders can't appreciate the quality.  Now, was it chance that FiM was noticed by adults when it was?  Yes.  If not for some moronic articles on 4chan, the show would have taken longer to draw in the brony demographic.

 

 

The series to most insightful critics is poorly written, unrealistic and shortly should-be-terrible to older kids. I mean that the show supposed to be written for young girls, so of course the quality of the show is not good for elder people. But what i mean here is that MLP instead of getting more little girl fans, it gets flooded with teenagers and audults. Everyone in the entire world knows this is the weridest story ever written in history.

The list of episodes I gave show this to be untrue.  Now I can admit that the show doesn't have consistent quality, like Gravity Falls.  There are peaks and valleys.  There are some terrible episodes like Boast Busters, Bridle Gossip, The Show Stoppers, The Mysterious Mare Do Well, Spike at Your Service, and maybe a few other episodes.  Probably 5-8 of the episodes.  It is not uncommon for a show lasting three seasons to have over 6 horrid episodes.  It happens.  As far as I can see, the show is of normal to above average quality.

 

 

I didn't see Lauren Faust never intends to make this for teenagers and audults. She didn't ambitiously make the show popular in the internet. All it is because of luck!

Hard to tell what you were trying to say with your bad grammar.  I assumed you meant: "Lauren Faust didn't intend this show be popular with teens and adults."  Her statement proves that wrong.

 

When comparing to Harry Potter to Sherlock Holes, from Game of thrones to Star Wars,.... Those developers spent about millions of dollar to make their series really super popular, using all their brains to be as much as creative, hiring special effect guys,....

MLP crew didn't really spend that much profit like those popular series, but those profits are so luckily getting MLP into insanely popular today.

I questioned that how did Lauren Faust and the crew did it? Although their effort is not really much hard. 

You don't know anything about Sherlock Holmes or Star Wars, do you?  You don't even know how to spell "Holmes".  Neither of these were advertized more than usual.  Sherlock Holmes grew popular out of word of mouth.  It helped that some people actually thought he was real.  That woman living in Baker Street was not happy.  And Star Wars was popular in spite of word of mouth.  It actually was torn to shreds by critics, but grew popular anyway.

 

MLP grew popular through word of mouth, which is much more effective in the information age.  That's how I found out about the show.

[ePONYmous 215]

I think it was both a mixture of luck and quality. As I recall, it all started on 4chan's /co/ board. As for why, I don't remember. I would guess it was to poke fun at it for some reason initially, but I could be wrong, and if I am, please correct me. All I know is that it was thanks to /co/ that it became noticed in the first place, and memetic. However, I think it was because of the quality of the show that its popularity went to the next step.

 

Think about how you found out about the show, or how others found out about it. Chances are, you found out about it from an online source, right? I know there are exceptions to that rule. Some found it from other real-life friends and such.

 

For instance, my example:

I found it by accident thanks to /co/. No, I don't visit 4chan, but I know the memes originated there, and that's what I kept seeing elsewhere. Every so often I'd see pony images show up from time to time and at first I didn't think much of it. As their frequency increased, so did my curiosity. Then I got lucky. I lurked a forum I used to frequent at just the right time it seems. A thread entitled "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" showed up and I checked it out and I saw the exact same ponies I've been seeing for the past few weeks.

 

Long story short, I saw words like "brony" and questions like "are you a brony now?" and watched the show myself just out of curiosity. I went in with the assumption I wouldn't like it, but was pleasantly surprised to find that it was actually pretty decent. This is when the transition from luck to quality occurs, I think. When you watch your first episode and think, "Wow! That was actually good! It feels weird, but I want to watch more!"

 

After all, if it was just luck, I don't think we would be here right now on a pony forum talking about it. At least not in a positive light. We can even disagree amongst ourselves about how good certain episodes are. For instance, one person can say episodes A, B, C and D were great yet W, X, Y and Z were awful, yet another can have a totally different perspective. On the whole, though, I think we can all agree that MLP:FiM is a good quality product. It's what brought us here in the first place, did it not? As for why, it can vary from person to person, as well.

 

For me, the very first impression was its animation style. It's simplistic in appearance (I'm not an animator, so I can't get technical), but it's visually appealing. A modern take on the 80's classic, if you will. The plots of many of the episodes don't really feel dumbed-down like they do from my experience in some childrens' cartoons. Many of which keep you interested. The characters are interesting, as well. They have unique personality traits to call their own. Their own flaws, talents, and struggles. Many of which can be either related to ourselves, or people we know. Not only that, but as time goes on we learn more about them.

 

I think it's because of these, and other factors, that this show became a success. I still do, even to this day, wonder how I could ever enjoy a show like this. I don't mean that in a bad way. It's just funny to me. An adult male enjoying My Little Pony. Despite the fact there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, it still does strike me as strange, but a good-kind of strange. Being "normal" is boring anyway. If you told me 3 years ago that I'd like MLP, I would've said that's crazy.

 

If /co/ had never found it, I wonder if it'd be as popular as it is now. Maybe it'd be confined to its targeted demographic. Of course, with online social networks these days, maybe it could've still became as popular as it is now. Who knows. Even so, there's no denying the Internet played a pivotal role, and I think that's the "luck" portion. Once we were actually introduced to the show and viewed it, it was the quality of the product that made us stick with it, and wanting more. The rest, as they say, is history.

Edited October 17, 2013 by ePONYmous