Everything has changed. 8 years later,we are here with a different mindset,all our desires have come true and have oversaturated us. This is the only franchise along with Touhou and PKMN that has created an insane number of porn images and has covered every little fetish that could exist. Some failed miserably but this franchise gave the chance to do literally everything,literally. A new world to discover and an cybernetic obsession about horses that we didn't know it could be that huge. Particularly,the anime touch and fantasy set up have helped to attract many followers of Japanese stuff,where every idea gets posted and not really seen in Western animation.
This is literally the franchise of building something out of almost nothing. I have to say that this fandom js really creative and has inspired others to do some impressive stuff that over time,could earn some actual respect and not just cringy compilations.
I have to clap and admire what this fandom has achieved in almost a decade.