>>6645
>I'm not sure if FiM hype will play out finally or the fandom will make a transition to a full on subculture/older active fandom (and seeing a whole lotta those folks who arrived in 2019 and 2020 in the /mlp/ thread tells me we are still adding some new blood)
for now, this transition could be interesting to keep track because MLP, while having several generations on its track record, this transition to gen 5 is actually the first one in which there is a dedicated community and has cultural prominence. The 10th anniversary only counts 10 years keeping in mind that there is no past before 2010 when the franchise started all the way back in 1986. And even like you say, there are people who have decided to give gen 4 a try when The Last Problem aired and after that. So, these fans who are joining right now have this overwhelming amount of content to watch without having to wait for anything else.

Maybe this community doesn´t count as an old one yet but 10 years for its lifetime can´t be seen as despicable.

>but what I do know is that our creative output right now surpasses that of plenty of supposedly more popular fandoms out there so I can't complain and am continuing down the path happily.
what cannot be denied is that 2020 has served as a test just to see if the fanbase can still hold up without new content and the creative output, even with the lowest amount of popularity and no promotion coming from Hasbro, STILL surpasses other fandoms. I am not sure if there is a world record guiness for fan content without relying on the marketing coming from the main company but if we look at the numbers, at least in NSFW, only Pokemon beats it. In the Fanfiction.net site, MLP is in the podium just behind Teen Titans and Avatar. As for videos, I can´t measure the impact but look at the views.


You bet that one continues the ride happily, this franchise and the ride can be described with any word.... but boredom isn´t one of those.