And don't say it's just for the Anni. This year's Anni got the highest amount of viewership in a while, we've got the most posts and engagement even in what was supposed to be dead blocks from previous years.It's not just regulars and offboarders. People are returning to pone. (You) are returning to pone. What made (you) come back?
I came back last year. I saw some people posting about ponies and it made me want to give it another shot.
>>42702715you claim that there are people returning to pone yet it feels like nothing has changed from before, fucktard.
>>42702717fuck off we're full
>>42702715(I) never left
>>42702715I came back to the board about a year ago for shitposting which was pretty fun, then some dude uploaded a spoiler image of Princess Celestia getting fucked and that made me jack off to ponies again. Guess I'm stuck now for the time being at least.
>>42702715I just sorta drifted back in early this year after coming across bits and pieces of pony content elsewhere. There's definitely some kind of revival of interest going on across the wider web. Returnfagging is fashionable in 2025, apparently.
>>42702715As the world gets worse, I remember that Equestria is always better. And being able to laugh with you, clop with you and argue with you makes life bearable.
>>42702715This is my home really I can't leave, I can only leave for a little bit but I always come back in the end
>>42702715 I never left. There are still some threads I care about, even if most of the board is in really bad shape.
>>42702715>people are returning to poneYou are an idiot
>>42702715One can never truly escape this place
>>42702715I think this is the kind of internet I want to hang out in. You're a bunch of chill faggots, for the most part. Too many people elsewhere consider this to be a forgotten or even forbidden art.That, and ponies, but I don't have to explain their human-attracting forces to (You). They're the one thing I feel comfortable daydreaming about, as they're pure. I think Boris put it best in his three stars speech, "[we] were the last thing to happen on the internet before it all became astroturfing", pardon my inaccurate quote here. You can feel that in a way.
>>42702715I'm a crumbling millennial; I've been here consistently since 2013. But I think Mare Fair might've sparked some interest in the board and its activities, for better or worse.
>>42703009>but I don't have to explain their human-attracting forces to (You)Please do, I'd love to read it. I yearn for some longer text that would explain the purity of ponies and why they are so perfect as it is hard for me to put into words how mares are like shining beacons of happiness and childlike wonder, which is almost like a life force for me that shines through my screen every time i see them and keeps me going another year and I just want to hear fellow anon express that love because it is always better to read that you are not alone in this, and when we eventually go to Equestria we could meet each other since I think that Equestria would not be complete without fellow anons i could meet there having fun with their lovely mares.
>>42703184you sound like a utter faggot so i'm taking a sniper rifle and aiming it for when you go to Equestria in any form to snipe your paco ass.
The current wider fandom is pissing me off and I forgot how based it was here
Retvrn to Ponke
>>42703206good luck with that.
>>42702715A desperate search for people even more broken than me.
I came here to /mlp/ right after the series finale, encountered the /ppp/ threads, stayed, got invested, made my own audiosNow I draw and animate pones when I get the chanceBeen into ponies since 2011They're cute
>>42702715Look it's either this shithole, a discord server or twitter.I hate it here the least.
Personally u can thank Mare Fair, saw bunch of posts about the con on X and this anni stream for why I'm here, I'm a newfag that never touched 4chan ever lmao but I'll be sticking around cuz this place actually looks like a good time. I noticed there were actually quite of few 'new' ppl to the stream not just myself. Been a brony for over 12 yaers and my ass just never gave 4chan a chance wish I had sooner cuz I'd of been doing the annual stream for years oh well I'll be here from now on lmao
>>42702715Never left
>>42702715A large chunk of the watchers like me who were 10-15 when the show came out 15 years ago are now reaching the age of 25-30, which is when (assuming you're not a fucking failure) you'll start having a lot more disposable income and free time.You start to get back into hobbies, socializing and creative stuff since you're out of school/now have a stable place of employment.
>>42703009don't worry its more unbearable when anni ends
>>42704304>assuming you're not a fucking failurebig assumption
>>42704304>you'll start having a lot more disposable incomeYeah.>and free time.Nigga...
>>42702715Never left ^:)
>>42702715Mostly only for 2 or 3 specific generals. This fandom's autistic faggotry made me stop interacting with the board pretty early on.
>>42704304>assuming you're not a fucking failureWhere do you think we are?
I'm Buuuumping
>>42702715im here to slide threads to make the board worse
>>42706398I'm mostly here for the Sunset general. All the other mareschizos in the board have kinda soured me on it as a whole
>>42707799Unfortunately the ponychan culture was vastly better. 4chan /mlp/ board was infested from the getgo with target audience retards that got bullied at school
>>42702715Something makes me return here in the fall and winter. I never really post in the Summer
left fandom, when saw some news, and thought, that is became 90% focused on gay/trans bullshitlearned recently, that it's still alive (kinda), and that's most sane (heh) people live here, so now i'm here too>>42704058> shitholelost this status since bigcorpo bullshit came into internet>>42706450i consider this kind of failure success. Better, than live constantly surrounded by normies
>>42707846Yeah, I can see that. >>42708017
>>42708165hey, what did i say wrong?
>>42702715>And don't say it's just for the Anni.It's just for the anni
>>42702715Left the fandom in 2012, came back during the hack in April and fell back into the hole
>>42707846If you'd ever met any people from the board irl you'd realize how deeply wrong you are./mlp/ anons have their bitterly held opinions, but their interactions are those of a typical male friend group. Meanwhile all the ponychanners I've met have been overly precious and careful.It's>You may have shit taste, but if you're a cool guy then you're still my brotherversus>No one has shit taste; all opinions are valid
>>42708243AI is unironically the only thing keeps me around and gives me hope. Between the PPP all those years ago, that anthro loving faggot who made pony diffusion, to /CHAG/'s AI visual novel, it all feels like a precursor to the revitalization of pony culture where we're all going to be making our own episodes in a few years. While I've consumed a good amount of fanfiction, it never scratched the pony itch for me. MLP is multimedia at its heart. The bright colors, voice acting, sound, and animation are essential to the pony experience. If anyone is a creative type I suggest you start concepting and scripting your own episodes right now so you're ready when the AI tools become available.
>>42702715>What made (you) come back?tamers12345I did in fact watch pone back in the day but I fell of when the show started getting bad. I wouldn't have even remembered the anniversary is a thng if tamers' pony show hadn't reignited my interest in pone.
>>42708839It's already 100% possible if you have the time and have RNG in your favor. Just use Wan 2.1 and InfiniteTalk. I already got 2.2 working but I cant figure out how to get InfiniteT to work. I created this a couple nights ago. It's three 5 second clips spliced together. Just I didnt change the prompt. If you tried to get it to act out everyscene in detail then you would get better results. I was thinking about going to /ppp/ and looking for a script I can use. I go into more detail about it in the tantabus image upload thread. https://tantabus.ai/images/61691its funny you should mention it because I was thinking about it for a couple days now
>>42702715I'm Anon. So are you. If I ever left and you didn't, then I never left either. You are gonna carry that friendship
>Wait, why are (YOU) here again?The anni>And don't say it's just for the AnniThe anni started on a friday this year
>>42710526So why are you STILL here?
>>42710629The anniversary put me in a pony mood again. Unfortunately the feeling isn't going away.
>>42708780Ive met people from both. All your opinions are valid simply means youre grown up enough to understand youre not always right and willing to learn, or simply dont care enough about peoples opinions to let it affect your enjoyment.Meanwhile your definition of a male space is full of socially inept, overly aggressive autists that think the only way to make friends is to challenge everything and everyone. Funnily enough, you end up with woman behavior full of passive-aggressivism where they constantly shittalk one another behind each others backs and bicker about every little thing.
While I will never assimilate into this board's culture, it's nice to have a place where pony roams free and the show still gets attention.
despite this board's best efforts, it's still somehow the best place to talk about pony online.
>>42711224It's this that keeps me around. I like seeing what people have to say about Luna or Applejack, or what the autists in the anonstallion thread come up with. The board helped me discover princessluna.fun too, so new music or art is always a bonus.
>>42702715I watched it as a kid, then rediscovered it. It's probably the same with basically everyone new after 2019.
>>42711338It's probably those damn kids with their darn tick tocks and infection AUs
>>42707846No it was not. It was a circlejerk with heavy-handed mods (which compared to early /mlp/ was a difference) that didn't allow "problematic" content. Intelligent moderation is all well and good, but banning someone for posting "SIXTY NIGGERS TONGUE FILLY ANUSES" for "trolling" or "R34" is lame. Faggot.
>>42702715Because I'm in a shitty headspace and hate who I was as a child.
>>42711626>NOOO I CAN'T BREAK THE RULES WAAAH WAHHH THE MODS MADE ME CRY WAAAAHkill yourself
>>42711680>I'm gonna have moonie ban you!>btw we call bans 'tea parties' hereLMAO
>>42711626I love how your example shows how much of a faggot you are. It was cringe when you were 10 and its still cringe now. Act your age, nigger.
>>42711750nah you just don't understand our history if you dont recognize what he is saying
>ponychanners and horsefuckers arguingAh... home...
The anonymous cowards and horsefuckers one. Let's at least be at peace.
>>42711170No, the aggressive people are annoying too. Everyone hates tryhards. But that's why I say you've never met them face to face: the vast majority of people are not tryhards, no matter where they come from.Anyway, if you're going out of your way to call someone's opinion shit, that's different from agreeing to disagree, which is what I'm describing here.
