Used to be a massive brony as a kid (writing fanfic, listening to all the fanmade music as much as actual music, buying merch) until the end of Season 3 when Twilight became an alicorn, at which point I moved on to other things in life as I was starting high school and spent the next decade trying to forget about my brony era (it seemed that the hype started winding down around that moment anyway). I got bored and started checking this board and now I'm getting sucked back in as I'm taking a trip down memory lane. Doesn't seem like a whole lot has changed, although everyone seems way more bitter now. What noteworthy moments and lore from the show and fandom have I missed out on in my absence?
>>41156874You're in time for what is going to happen to this fandom"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers..."Malachi 3:5Repent from magic and porn and waifu idolatry!
>>41156881I've seen some screenshots from the newest series, I'd have assumed that was punishment enough.
>>41156874There's some stuff happening around here, fandom stuff from G4. We're not really focusing on G5 much. Take a look around the catalog.From what I've seen, the bitterness is just a handful of people, they misterously become much smaller when they can't samefag.
>>41156874How many bronies remain hidden in the woodwork, and how many will eventually emerge?
>>41156874>no wings
another lost lamb found and returned?
>>41156874Watch the rest of the show, it's fun. Then come to Mare Fair.
>>41157133A lot I assume. There were major celebrities who were outing themselves as bronies and brony references in half of the AAA video games being made in the early 2010s. They all either repressed it or switched to wanking to furry porn.
>>41157587>shilling the faggot/axe wound conventionkys
>>41156874Based on your post, I'd say you missed...everything....post-season-3
>>41156874Die in a fire zoomshit.
>>41158007>>41158012Cheers
>>41156874Seasons 3-5 are worth watching. Don't watch Season 6-9. Everything you need to know about those you can learn from /mlp/ shitposting
>>41158139Thanks. Any interesting drama/behind the scenes stuff I missed?
>>41156874It’s haram to call yourself a “brony” nowCall yourself instead:>Horsediddler>Marefag>Snowpitypreciator
>>41158264Hasbro fucking up over and over again. You can also learn about this from lurking, a lot of us are still not over it.
>>41156874>until the end of Season 3 when Twilight became an alicornPerfect time to quit the fandom to be desu.
>>41156874Start here. Wootnigger and some other derpiniggers pitched a fit over the not-see hoers and removed her from the site. It galvanized an alliance of free speech autists, /mlpol/niggers, shitposters, and anons who just hate the derpi staff. Austrian Kevin Bacon and co. set up an order page: https://www.marenheit451.com/Donations flooded in, and after many $14.88 donations, raised over $21,000. $19932.94 was donated to a horse rescue. The one in contact with said rescue posted status updates which included the recent rescue of a young horse whom they named Verity.This was too auspicious to ignore, and the drawfags got to work pronto. One of the people at the horse rescue sent videos rubbing her nose as well. It was really sweet and honestly the best thing this board ever accomplished, in my humble opinion.
>>41158288What?
>>41158444Wootnigger and some other derpiniggers pitched a fit over the not-see hoers and removed her from the site. It galvanized an alliance of free speech autists, /mlpol/niggers, shitposters, and anons who just hate the derpi staff. Austrian Kevin Bacon and co. set up an order page: https://www.marenheit451.com/ Donations flooded in, and after many $14.88 donations, raised over $21,000. $19932.94 was donated to a horse rescue. The one in contact with said rescue posted status updates which included the recent rescue of a young horse whom they named Verity. This was too auspicious to ignore, and the drawfags got to work pronto. One of the people at the horse rescue sent videos rubbing her nose as well. It was really sweet and honestly the best thing this board ever accomplished, in my humble opinion.
>>41158503Chat is this real
>>41158012total zoomer victory. your board are belong to us.
>>41156874Also ask me whatever you want about my opinions on this show or whatever I guess
>>41158581>gets drafted
>>41158670We're all autistic, we can't get drafted
>>41158670???
>>41158268Bronies are part of the old guard. Those other names are dumb as fuck
>>41158573https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=marenheit+451
>>41156874kinda same, dropped it after around the first EQG movie and when I saw the Cheese Sandwich introduction preview, really annoyed me because I thought they were giving them boyfriends and for some reason I didnt like that, now that im older and kind of getting back into the series I understand that even as a kid I really liked Twilight and thats why Flash's existence bothered me at the start, but after learning all the things that happen to him I kinda feel bad about hating him during those daysat least the series has been over for a while now and it had that small resurgence at the start of the year, really brought me back to the shitty creepypasta days that initially got me interested in the show, im a bit sad about missing out, but considering that apparently I jumped ship right at the start of the "decline" it's not so bad, and theres a lot of fancontent to go through too
>>41158264A certain tophat got stolen and was flushed in a toilet during a con.https://www.horse-news.org/2017/04/to-the-toilet-and-back-again.html
>>41159917s-skibidi toilet?
>>41160006Aw damn it, headgear in toilets has been ruined forever.
>>41156874>writing fanficYou still have them?
>>41160006
What's the deal with being a brony? I mean, are you guys unironically IRL autists or something? Not being a dick here, i feel something weird when i look at those cartoons, like something pulling me back to childhood, somewhere else, somewhere pure idk. I watched a few episodes as an adult a few years ago.
>>41160231brother you're on 4chan, you're autistic too
>>41160231I think that's called nostalgia
>>41156874When it comes to the fandom, the people from other sites had turned gayer while things haven't changed all that much at its core, although we're definitely more autistic than what we used to.If you're interested in MLP content creators to follow, Jargon Scott, TJ Pones, Batsy, CowsRTasty, MKogwheel and AnonTheAnon are the way to go.
>>41158282>Perfect time to quit the fandom to be desu.I've joined at the end of 2013/start of 2014 and I'd say there was still good stuff that year, but I've stopped caring about both the community and show by around 2015.
>>41157990I don't think I've ever seen a more envious post on this entire site, and that includes /v/. Sorry you can't go, it's probably the most fun I've ever had in the fandom.
>>41158264The director and supervisor of the later half of the show had a meltdown on Twitter because people said the show wasn't as good. Also they forced a OG Writer (M.A Larson) to write a show attacking the fandom, which he justifiably disowns due to the many changes the forced him to make and behind his back.Also Josh Haber, Mike Vogel and Nicole Dubuc and go fuck themselves.
>>41160982to write an episode on season 7*
>>41156874I just got into mlp again myself. It feels so good to be back
>>41160982>>41160984Damn, that sucks. How did that go down with the rest of the fanbase outside of this board? Also heard that the VAs for Big Mac and Cadance were not very well liked.
>>41160982typically delusional /mlp/ revisionismLarson wasn't forced to do anything, the episode doesn't even "attack" the fandom you snowflake. It's actually quite funny and good-spirited but for some reason the emotionally dead autists on this board can't even understand a children's show.
>>41161777VA for Big Mac, Peter New's wife is heavily disliked because she is quite frankly insane. Most recent thing involving her was spreading outright fabrications about Mare Fair, so she has some kind of politically motivated bent against the board. I can't really say much about Peter New, he doesn't really seem to publicly comment on any of that stuff so I'm not really going to hold anything against him beyond his wife being a raving lunatic.
>>41161988What was her issue with Mare Fair?
>>41160982Sir it's dangerous to be this much of a fragile snowflake in mid June.
>>41162376It's a degenerate furry con
>>41162376The fact the con didn't donate to a gay charity and signaling left wing politics, that Twifag had the gall to include "fag" in his name, that the con didn't have a stick up its ass over an Aryanne plushie, and I can only assume that it wasn't controlled by her particular group of friends.
>>41161785He was and he's totally right on disowning it.The episode was made to attack them under the excuse of "The show is only for the little girls" and the 2019 leaks prove that.If you think the episode was made for any reason other than Hasbro executives being angry that people dared to criticize their precious brand, fuck you you pathetic consoomer fag.
>>41162469>this madyikes!
>>41162389I can see why she might be apprehensive about appearing at a convention alongside panelists who have fag in their online handle
>>41162897Appear? Nobody is asking her to be a panelist at any con. Nobody is even asking her to like the con, but the bare minimum she could do is not spread flat out lies like claiming the con is a crypto scam. Having "fag" in a name is pretty small peanuts that doesn't even register on the pony con panelist sin scale.
>>41162528If a site gives me the freedom to get mad at retards for being retards without having to care about them later on, I'll take it.
>>41158139Season 6 and 7 are okay-ish. S8 and S9 are a trashfire
>>41162944What did the rest of the fanbase have to say about this?>>41158139>>41163621So basically don't need to bother watching past Season 6 or so.
>>41164173By all means, if you still want more after Season 5 then keep going. But just know that it's not gonna be the MLP:FiM you fell in love with. Season 5 is generally a good place to stop, even that season itself has several downright awful episodes that kinda forebode of what's to come.
>>41164173Most of the fanbase doesn't give a shit, the non/mlp/ portion of the fanbase seemed to largely have had a great time at the con, and the only people who are seething about it still are xitter morons who weren't actually there. Doesn't stop them from making up some of the most insane lies.
>>41160231It's a high quality colorful animated show with a bunch of girls who aren't cunts*, what's not to like?*fictional representation of modern women
>>41161988>she has some kind of politically motivated bent against the boardNooo you can't post mlp erotica online!>>41162382Wife?
>>41162389>con didn't donate to a gay charityShouldn't they donate to more important issues like starvation or homelessness?>MUH ARYANNEHard to imagine people in their 30s are less mature than people in their 20s. She would have a psychotic break in a xbox 360 cod lobby.
>>41164510Mare Fair donated to a horse rescue, but these assholes don't really give a fuck about that and would rather cons donate to literal PACs where the money ends up in a politician's pocket, so long as the general idea aligns with their virtues. Funny story, Amy New was also very angry with Mare Fair due to them deciding not to donate an item to the Harmonycon charity auction after they realized the charity organization was a 501(c)(4). Of course, since this particular PAC is about donating to Texas Democrats "to protect youth LGBT rights", Amy pushed it as being to somehow spite gay people.
>>41164545The psychopathic nature of modern politics is tiresome. You can't help people, you need to help their political side.As if any politician cared about their voters beyond votes. Yeah one side totally cares about specific people because "human rights" and not a divisive issue they can use to claim moral high ground.>501(c)(c4) can donate to political parties as long as it isn't their primary purpose>calling is a "charity" auction and not "social welfare" auctionThe psychopathy knows no bounds, and they think they are in the right.
>>41156874I had the same shit happen back in 2019 after hearing the show was ending - was there at the very beginning on /co/ and /b/, but I came back into the fold after 5 years or so hiatus. I'm yet again All-in on pony ever since. The fandom is more "mature" now - in the sense that it is past its golden age, and the people that latched on for bandwagons-sake and because it was popular/culturally relevant are gone, leaving - mostly - the people that genuinely like pony as the remainder. It is a comfy, if not slightly melancholic state, but we're still kicking, and it feels like unironically the ride truly never ends.Oddly enough post-pandemic seems to have a slight resurgence in popularity and newfags. Ignore G5. It is a dumpsterfire and was confirmed a lost cause once we saw anything beyond the initial movie.>>41164173If you want the full experience and to make your own opinion, watch everything. Just keep in mind the writing, as other anons said, goes to hell later on, particularly S8 and S9, but there are still a few fun episodes sprinkled in those later seasons that are worth watching. choose your own cutoff for "canon", then report back to argue what parts are canon so we can tell you how wrong you are.
>>41164193Which episodes would those be?
>>41165759Hmmm well there's one where Apple Bloom keeps having nightmares. I think everyone hates that episode. It depends on your tastes. They're all kinda lackluster but I'm certain a few will really piss you off.
>>41156874>>41157133>>41164641>How many bronies remain hidden in the woodwork, and how many will eventually emerge?I actually started lurking here and (re)watching the show a month or two ago, after getting bitch slapped by nostalgia over some old Brony cringe videos.I never actually considered myself a proper Brony, even though I watched some of the show and knew about the fandom. I had a lot of Brony friends, so I sort of just picked it up through osmosis, I guess. Any way, I got a kick out of laughing at cringe comps, and I was watching some classic Brony cringe from 2014 when it really hit me just how common MLP shit was back then compared to now. I kept playing more cringe videos as background noise, and then I eventually just wound up putting on the actual show to pass the time while I worked, just like I used to back in highschool. I think I low-key respected some of the dudes in those old videos for finding something that they enjoyed and being so open about it. Their passion was infectious, I guess. It made me wish that I'd been more involved in the fandom in its prime. It's a weird feeling.Now I have a lot of catching up to do. Rarity is best pony btw. >>41159885>really brought me back to the shitty creepypasta days that initially got me interested in the showMan, I miss old Creepypastas. A lot of it was pretty bad, but it had soul. I can't get into most of the newer r/nosleep type stories.
>>41157587I wish i were american
>>41157141Based
>>41158139>Learn from shitposting instead of forming your own opinion>instead of knowing the fact it's shitposting means it's discardedBrown.
>>41158288>Austrian Kevin BaconWhat?
>>41160006No, anon. This was a pedo's hat.
>>41167611I think he's talking about Wolvan. He's this namefag that's involved in everything: cons, the art pack, the silver coin project, etc.
>>41167719I thought he slipped into a depression because of all of the drama.
