My Little Brony II: The Cloppening

[Marissa Moira]

Yeah, not gonna happen, one of the main reasons why bronies were a thing in the first place, its because the early 2010s were a different time, social media was still relatively young and the concept of adults latching onto kids shows was completely new, that's why bronies got a lot of media coverage back in the day, they were all over the news and social media, everyone wanted to be part of that trend, wanted the attention, wanted to feel special and unique, by being an adult liking a show meant for little girls

But even with all of that attention, bronies reached their peak in 2012 and went into life support in 2014, and by 2019 they are barely still active, Hasbro will try everything to make the brony phenomenon happen again, i can imagine every single episode of Gen 5 being nothing but 22 minutes of brony memes, but i don't se it getting as big as Gen 4 did, adults into children shows were totally unheard of in 2010, but now, it is almost normal, you can see everywhere, a bunch of 30 year olds crying in social media because the last episode of Voltron or Steven Universe destroyed them emotionally, adults who are into kids shows are no longer newsworthy, and even then, if the new show manages to get some popularity, at the very worst its going to be the Rick and Morty fandom again, loud and obnoxious for a couple of years, and then it will fall into irrelevancy like everything else

This is all historically inaccurate or wishful thinking.

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

This is all historically inaccurate

I was there when the first threads started to appear in /co/ back in October of 2010, and i was part of the fandom until season 2 ended, i think at the very least i know why bronies got popular back then

or wishful thinking.

Maybe, but i doubt many people want to see a whole generation of adults well into their 20s claiming they're mature and brave because they like a show meant to sell toys to little girls again

 

[c-no]

Yeah, I associate the show with that era (eras really are short this age) too.

Don't forget that the primary audience of the show are still little lasses, not adult dudes with 'tism.

While kids are the primary audience, Hasbro likely would of expected more of manchildren buying more of the toys than kids since the latter has either a disposable income or some sort of welfare check.

Yeah, not gonna happen, one of the main reasons why bronies were a thing in the first place, its because the early 2010s were a different time, social media was still relatively young and the concept of adults latching onto kids shows was completely new, that's why bronies got a lot of media coverage back in the day, they were all over the news and social media, everyone wanted to be part of that trend, wanted the attention, wanted to feel special and unique, by being an adult liking a show meant for little girls

But even with all of that attention, bronies reached their peak in 2012 and went into life support in 2014, and by 2019 they are barely still active, Hasbro will try everything to make the brony phenomenon happen again, i can imagine every single episode of Gen 5 being nothing but 22 minutes of brony memes, but i don't se it getting as big as Gen 4 did, adults into children shows were totally unheard of in 2010, but now, it is almost normal, you can see everywhere, a bunch of 30 year olds crying in social media because the last episode of Voltron or Steven Universe destroyed them emotionally, adults who are into kids shows are no longer newsworthy, and even then, if the new show manages to get some popularity, at the very worst its going to be the Rick and Morty fandom again, loud and obnoxious for a couple of years, and then it will fall into irrelevancy like everything else

The relative youth of social media and adults latching onto kids shows being a new thing were one of the main reasons is more or less why bronies did become a thing. You had some guys start it on a 4chan board and eventually you get some people that went further or took the irony seriously. Granted, you might have some people wanting to be seen as breaking some sort of gender stereotype with guys being into a show for girls but it would be seen as less creepy or questionable if it were young boys.

Aside from the show finally winding down after its life support is shut off, any successors to bronies aren't gonna be unique like them. While we do have all this cartoons that manage to get adults to latch on to them, the best we see of Rick & Morty spergings are the Szechuan sauce video or Voltron shippers taking cartoon romance too seriously, among anything else. Whatever bronies were, it may as well be the testing grounds for what follows with adults sperging out on other cartoons like Rick and Morty, Voltron, and Steven Universe.

 

[Syaoran Li]

Yeah, the bronies are very much a dying fandom and have been since at least 2014, if not earlier.

In all honesty, they only got as big as they did back in 2010-2012 because of all the conditions being just perfect for that sort of thing. If it were another show at the right time and right place, that would have become the big thing instead of the bronies. It was very much a "lightning in a bottle" scenario. As others have said, it was perfectly timed with the initial rise of Web 2.0 and social media.

This thread was moving at a fairly glacial pace since I signed up in 2017 and was probably quiet before that. It would only get any real spikes in activity around BronyCon or whenever some creep got arrested. Now this thread is at its most active that I have seen, and that's because of the last BronyCon and the show finally ending.

Even if the remnants of the bronies latch onto the next series, they're going to be a Rick & Morty-tier flavor of the month fandom at best. As it is, Steven Universe has long replaced MLP as the cringe-inducing cartoon du jour.

Furries have been able to survive for so long because they are a heavily decentralized fandom. Bronies are too overly centralized of a fandom to last much longer.

TL;DR-Bronies are yet another reason why social media was a mistake

 

[Hmmpf!]

Furries have been able to survive for so long because they are a heavily decentralized fandom. Bronies are too overly centralized of a fandom to last much longer.

More like: Furry or Anime is a genre, MLP/Bronies are a show.

I think thats speaks for itself.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

The relative youth of social media and adults latching onto kids shows being a new thing were one of the main reasons is more or less why bronies did become a thing. You had some guys start it on a 4chan board and eventually you get some people that went further or took the irony seriously. Granted, you might have some people wanting to be seen as breaking some sort of gender stereotype with guys being into a show for girls but it would be seen as less creepy or questionable if it were young boys.

Aside from the show finally winding down after its life support is shut off, any successors to bronies aren't gonna be unique like them. While we do have all this cartoons that manage to get adults to latch on to them, the best we see of Rick & Morty spergings are the Szechuan sauce video or Voltron shippers taking cartoon romance too seriously, among anything else. Whatever bronies were, it may as well be the testing grounds for what follows with adults sperging out on other cartoons like Rick and Morty, Voltron, and Steven Universe.

I wonder what Amid Amidi has to say now, all these years later, after writing the article that set the whole thing off.

 

[Ashley Lynne Coulter]

The ending also included Discord actually being the big bad all along after a face-heel turn that saw him join the cast, and convincing Celestia and Luna to turn Tirek, Chrysalis and that kid pony (Golly? not sure her actual name) to stone. The fandom was pissed about that last one.

I went and grabbed some quick examples.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Aside from that one horse being made into a statue, what else are they salty over about the finale?

 

[Ashley Lynne Coulter]

Aside from that one horse being made into a statue, what else are they salty over about the finale?

Just conservatards that make their whole boring identity about being straight and Christian REEEEEEing over a background gag involving Lyra canonically proposing to Bonbon/getting married and Applejack/Rainbow Dash hinted at being together in the future. A different breed of waifu-fag incels that like Pinkie Pie got butthurt over the Weird Al/ Cheese Sandwich pairing.

 

[Hmmpf!]

Aside from that one horse being made into a statue, what else are they salty over about the finale?

I heard its just underwhelmingly bad in general.

Also some autism where the main characters appearance are different in the grand finale....even though it set in decades later in a goddamn grand finale.

 

[Zora Is My Man]

I became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic back in 2013 (a pegasister, if you will). Why do I like the series? I genuinely enjoy the characters, storyline(s), and (some) of the music. It is a bit of an acquired taste, as just watching one or two episodes may not impress you that much. I’m not here to recommend the series to anyone but just know that it can actually be pretty good. Even though I am a pretty dedicated fan, I am able to admit that there are a lot of fans out there that are creepy, bizarre, and even sick. I know that you have heard this a lot but that is not the majority of the fandom. I know many, many fans of the show that don’t act like that. Even so, I know that there will always be people who will hate and I am okay with that. The show isn’t for everyone and I get why some people absolutely refuse to view it. It’s outside of the social norm for someone to enjoy something for children. I won’t deny that.

By the way, I know that a lot fans can be more on the...unattractive side but here is me to show that not all of them are hideous:

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[YayLasagna]

I became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic back in 2013 (a pegasister, if you will). Why do I like the series? I genuinely enjoy the characters, storyline(s), and (some) of the music. It is a bit of an acquired taste, as just watching one or two episodes may not impress you that much. I’m not here to recommend the series to anyone but just know that it can actually be pretty good. Even though I am a pretty dedicated fan, I am able to admit that there are a lot of fans out there that are creepy, bizarre, and even sick. I know that you have heard this a lot but that is not the majority of the fandom. I know many, many fans of the show that don’t act like that. Even so, I know that there will always be people who will hate and I am okay with that. The show isn’t for everyone and I get why some people absolutely refuse to view it. It’s outside of the social norm for someone to enjoy something for children. I won’t deny that.

By the way, I know that a lot fans can be more on the...unattractive side but here is me to show that not all of them are hideous:

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No one cares kys etc etc etc.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

I became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic back in 2013 (a pegasister, if you will). Why do I like the series? I genuinely enjoy the characters, storyline(s), and (some) of the music. It is a bit of an acquired taste, as just watching one or two episodes may not impress you that much. I’m not here to recommend the series to anyone but just know that it can actually be pretty good. Even though I am a pretty dedicated fan, I am able to admit that there are a lot of fans out there that are creepy, bizarre, and even sick. I know that you have heard this a lot but that is not the majority of the fandom. I know many, many fans of the show that don’t act like that. Even so, I know that there will always be people who will hate and I am okay with that. The show isn’t for everyone and I get why some people absolutely refuse to view it. It’s outside of the social norm for someone to enjoy something for children. I won’t deny that.

By the way, I know that a lot fans can be more on the...unattractive side but here is me to show that not all of them are hideous:

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I want you to think very hard about what you're doing here, and ask yourself if this is really something you want to do.

 

[YayLasagna]

Oh honey don't delete your selfie. By all means, please continue explain to us how much better you are!

 

[c-no]

Oh honey don't delete your selfie. By all means, please continue explain to us how much better you are!

Surely a selfie posted on a forum of autist that laughs at all the spergs won't backfire.

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

I became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic back in 2013 (a pegasister, if you will). Why do I like the series? I genuinely enjoy the characters, storyline(s), and (some) of the music. It is a bit of an acquired taste, as just watching one or two episodes may not impress you that much. I’m not here to recommend the series to anyone but just know that it can actually be pretty good. Even though I am a pretty dedicated fan, I am able to admit that there are a lot of fans out there that are creepy, bizarre, and even sick. I know that you have heard this a lot but that is not the majority of the fandom. I know many, many fans of the show that don’t act like that. Even so, I know that there will always be people who will hate and I am okay with that. The show isn’t for everyone and I get why some people absolutely refuse to view it. It’s outside of the social norm for someone to enjoy something for children. I won’t deny that.

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Dammit

 

[Webby's Boyfriend]

I became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic back in 2013 (a pegasister, if you will). Why do I like the series? I genuinely enjoy the characters, storyline(s), and (some) of the music. It is a bit of an acquired taste, as just watching one or two episodes may not impress you that much. I’m not here to recommend the series to anyone but just know that it can actually be pretty good. Even though I am a pretty dedicated fan, I am able to admit that there are a lot of fans out there that are creepy, bizarre, and even sick. I know that you have heard this a lot but that is not the majority of the fandom. I know many, many fans of the show that don’t act like that. Even so, I know that there will always be people who will hate and I am okay with that. The show isn’t for everyone and I get why some people absolutely refuse to view it. It’s outside of the social norm for someone to enjoy something for children. I won’t deny that.

By the way, I know that a lot fans can be more on the...unattractive side but here is me to show that not all of them are hideous:

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2013? That was when the show, community and meme were already past their prime. No wonder there were only ponyspergs and not "normal people who just liked the show" like us.

I have to agree on previously stated timelines. MLP is very early-2010y, it peaked in 2012 and soon became irrelevant to netizen normies, the fandom held out longer but only up to 2014. By 2015 most "regular guys" left the community and since like 2017, people talk about MLP and Bronies in the past tense.

Besides, regardless of how well-received the actual show was, most of Lauren Faust's original ideas were much better in mine opinion, but (((Hasbro))) meddled in. If she would have had complete freedom, the show could easily have been twice as good.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Lol imagine power-leveling to say you're a fan of a children cartoon series with ponies and magic in it. On a site where we make fun of people like that.

I believe the proper way to say it is, you dun fucked up.

 

[BOONES]

Bronys were a mistake. That is all.

 

[Maida]

Today's the big day. I might throw a party due to this cancer finally dying. Took a lot longer than I expected, but whatever. Bronies are a mistake, and they are dead now.