5 seconds of footage per day. "Several 13 to 30 year old men swear up and down that the new My Little Pony show is worth watching" was a bizarre enough meme to spread far and overpower many existing aversions. It's 7 minutes long, and you could make a good argument that it's the best thing the fandom's ever made. I assume these dynamics are even stronger now compared to 2006, given a bigger Internet and stronger recommendation systems.
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Someone was waving an enormous Equestria flag. There are tons of stories of people who went through dark times, who likely would have taken their own life if they hadn't found something to live for, in something as wonderfully goofy as My Little Pony. I did talk to another Asian brony in the games room, while watching a Them's Fightin' Herds tournament match. Sure, Hasbro's the ones who created Wonderland, but it's the fans that make it a place worth visiting. I've long given up on getting anyone else into this fandom, this thing where observing it is hard and pretending it doesn't exist is easy. Thanks to Alex Mun and Diyang Tang for reviewing earlier drafts. There was other criticism too. I wish them all the best. Or, well, this nonsense from 2018.
Every time drama happens in the brony fandom (and there is always drama), I wish I could force everyone involved to watch and understand "This is Phil Fish", a discussion on Internet fame (or more specifically, what it's like to be a media object defined by people hating you). VIDEO] TMS Unboxes the Magical. I think that'll happen one day. In 2019, I had given myself a resolution: after I finished Puzzles are Magic, I'd move on from My Little Pony. There was a certain energy in the fandom, where people felt empowered to make whatever they wanted, along with an assuredness worn by fans who knew the community would keep growing and last forever. Emerald City Comicon: Proposals Are Magic. You get these engines of creation that twirl further and further away from show canon, and it's fun to trace the web of inspiration. Of those people, only some go to conventions. I dunno how familiar people are with fan projects, but there are probably hundreds of ideas for fan projects starting every day. In some ways, fan content can be better than original content.
In 2006, the sociology researchers Salganik, Dodds, and Watts had a question: given that every publisher wants to identify the next hit song, why is predicting song popularity so hard? According to rumor, the Season 3 finale felt so rushed because the writers begged (and failed) to get approval for a 2-part episode. Things We Saw Today: Gillian Anderson as James Bond?! There were too many people who were there just to feel something. In short, yeah, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is an advertising vehicle where the toys come first, but it's a fun advertising vehicle. I've yet to see any fandom that wasn't weird in one way or another. I don't regret the plushies, the prints, the Daybreaker shadow box, the badge of Flurry Heart labeled "DEMON BABY" that I bought from a teenager who offered 10% off if I subscribed to Pewdiepie on YouTube. Those references can then further build on each other, creating very dense networks where every fan creation has ties to several other ones, producing endless variations on a common theme. I never found that fellowship. It is at least signed by the Toucan Sam voice actor, but it's also a cereal box. They just have to accept it. In the late 2000s, there was a Youtuber named ChaosAngel. While people in the background were yelling about a game they obviously didn't understand, he talked to me about the Chinese brony scene.
There's no magic out there when it comes to the contest over resources that governs our lives and the lives of our children. Whether you're watching a shitty UK stream on your friend's off-brand tablet, or you're the president of the world's biggest promotion, sometimes you may feel a little self-conscious about our dumb sport. So let us continue what she couldn't accomplish, by reviving ourselves. R/mylittlepony is the premier subreddit for all things related to My Little Pony, with emphasis on Generation 4 and forward. All those early brony thinkpieces examining why people don't watch the show were a waste of time. Equestria Daily is a site all about My Little Pony! For a short time, the world collectively had a fever dream and got in on the hype. Enough that although I wouldn't call myself a brony, if someone did, I wouldn't feel the need to correct them. Friendship is Magic has its ups and downs, but at its core it's a wholesome, well-animated cartoon that shifts between light low continuity slice of life episodes, and high fantasy adventures where the fate of the world is at stake. The cathedrals are real to us.
The show staff certainly didn't expect it. Going to a panel hosted by someone trying their best to work a room and failing would be fine if the seats were packed, but it was 1/3rd full at best and that just made it depressing. If someone does good worldbuilding, you bet people are going to do more things in that world. Sometimes, you have to write a song. Okay, well, not by the standard of a real nightclub or music concert, but it was packed at 2 AM. Some felt this cheapened the innocence of the show, or that giving fans what they wanted made the show worse on an objective level. The game still receives updates today, and although story mode (still) isn't done, its existence at all is a bit of a miracle. Comments powered by Disqus.
Usually, these events suck. I've yet to see anything succeed.