>>5453 >My remark is that you guys just seem to just keep scurring on somehow showing up in everything to this day. >sure you're not the new hot shit but I still see people outside your fandom reference you and sometimes getting connected to newsstories in a way that most things from 2010 don't. I don´t like using the expression "It´s current year" all that often but this time, I have to back up my argument that we are in 2020, facing a new decade and a new generation in 2021. If you are asking for those moments that happened around 2011/12, you are not going to find them in the exact same way as it did back then.
You even admit it by saying that MLP is no longer the hot topic anymore. It probably won´t reach that peak anymore nor surprise strangers anymore because it´s been normalized for a decade, everyone knows that there has been a community for this. The hype around MLP ended in late 2015 and since season 5 ended, it has gone downhill in that regard until it reached a stable amount of fans from 2016 onwards, there hasn´t been any bandwagon to jump onto since that year (even though the long hiatus between season 4 to the 5th one lasted an entire year and that lack of content hurt dramatically at keeping it hot).
Considering those aspects, the fandumb that is dumb to you might not be so dumb and probably you are underestimating its capability to keep moving forward, not to mention that the fanbase has faced lots of changes, the average age in this community is higher than back then and some of those fans are quite demanding at arguing with them. Sure,/mlp/ will justify that all this is because of autism but sometimes, a few users can perfectly challenge you in your opinions (so be careful, because cringe isn´t exactly what you are going to find in the fandom, rule 34 doesn´t count as cringe by the way).
If you are seeing any MLP material out there these days (well, since 2016), it´s because those people like it for a variety of reasons but for being the hottest new thing, that argument won´t show up.
As for your surprise towards the advertisement, sure it´s an odd one to find but it hasn´t received much noise in the community except for being an anecdote. However, should it surprise to anyone out there? I mean, Hasbro has a multi million brand to expose out there and a established fanbase after October 2019 (when the gen ended). In addition to that, have you even checked the Transformers crossover >>5409 or the fact that the developers of Paradox (Hearts of Iron IV) have Equestria at War as one of their favorite mods?
After seeing those things, one can expect anything really.
