What The Internet Did To My Little Pony 

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Pinkie Pie is a way richer character than what you put her as. Her family is very much an analogy for an Amish family household and her entire character arc revolves around her finding her own identity asides from her past. Out of the mane six, Pinkie is one of the few who's given such a solid straightforward character base, her entire development showing how she learned to love herself and embracing what makes her happy (which is bringing happiness to others)

I remember watching RU-vid back then when it was good and I saw the Pinkie Pie Simile Smile Smile song remix and little me though, "Oh this is nice." Before witnessing Pinkie killing off her friends. My reaction was like the little girl at the end of Wreck-It Ralph 2

I remember when a lot of the gore videos had no warning and the parents got blamed for children seeing the gore even though it was made to look EXACTLY like the show Edit: i am aware that parents could have done more to monitor what their children see on the internet. I’m just talking about some of the videos that didn’t have warnings at all (and were made to look like the show.) (I believe in the video “derpy gets pranked” there is no warning, but correct me if I am wrong.)

What's funny is scams used to be called FlimFlams way back in the day. That's why those two are named Flim and Flam

The main 6 is just the autism spectrum

The internet did to MLP what the internet does to everything Make it edgy or gruesome I remember being in late middle school and early highschool so that content was ripe for my edgy teenage phase lol Plus the internet still being the wildwest era ment that the content was more creator driven than monetary driven so people were allowed to express themselves for better or worse. You can tell the people who made these scary or gory MLP animations intended them for an adult only audience (Honestly this content isn't as bad as the stuff you see on RU-vid kids which are explicitly targeted towards kids when they shouldn't be)

MLP G4 literally shook the entire world within the first season and no one could escape it. Once the second and third seasons came out, it was just pure chaos. Some good, some bad. Some amazing, some deprived. It was just an extremely crazy decade for a show that Faust just wanted to be for everyone, instead of just for little girls 😂

Even in todays age kids are getting Smile HD recommended? I saw my 3 year old sister watching it! I was able to take the phone away before it got grotesque but it's so sad how the old years still haunt this childrens cartoon...

I still have flashbacks so badly when hearing the word pony when its connected to the show i still wont forgive these other people for what they have done to pinkie

sorry that joke "silly black people" audio laid over twilight talking hit me like fuckin truck-kun does an isekai protagonist KJHSKDJ

Discord started out as an asshole who treated Flattershy like she did, and then became the one who would kick Ranbow Dash's ass from the first season for teasing Flattershy

i made mlp x stardew valley crossover fanart and posted it on reddit and got actual death threats multiple times over it T-T like people are crazy about hating this show it's nuts

As a Texan, I'm giving that yeehaw a 10/10 It's really refreshing seeing a video that covers both the good and the bad of the brony fandom without falling into the belief that the entire fandom is an irredeemable cesspool. There's a lot of genuinely wholesome, creative, chill people and content around. The creeps just tend to get the most attention.

Pinkie Pie had an episode in season 1 where she convinced herself that all her friends avoided and lied to her, leading to a scene where she went a bit crazy, seeming a tad scary, leading to stories like "Cupcakes". Hope that answers the question of why Pinkie Pie was the villain in lots of fanworks.

Nothing got ruined. The show is completely fine to watch from start to finish. Internet spawns fucked up shit for basically any fandom or show. There is no escaping r34, fanfiction or edgy fan content. Those are the rules of the internet.

12 yr old me being obsessed with mlp and creepypasta was the precursor to me loving this new infection au trend (that said the fact that a lot of the old creepypastas especially are so easily accessible by children is awful 💀) also on the other side of that coin i was scarred by mlp porn being so high in the results when i searched for fanart 😭

you neglected to mention that Lauren Faust is the reason Thems Fightin Herds got revived, because she came and offered to make original designs for all the characters :] really neat and cool of her I think

I can't comprehend how MLP became so sexualised,it's so incomprehensible to me how men can simp for horses with wing, someone explain

As a brony in his late 20s, I still apologize to those scarred from the crazy satire media that buzzed around the internet in the past. The gen 4 show *is* actually good though in showcasing life lessons and just great entertainment quality!

My Little Pony jar story? I wish I forgot about that

I’m afraid of this horse content when it went when I was a kid.

"Tank is a turtle" he is actually a tortoise because he lives on land at all times. Turtles can swim and need to be in water most of the time to not die. Not to mention Turtles has fins instead of legs so can not they walk. Tortoises don't have fins so they can't swim.

As a little girl, I really loved the older my little pony films. The 80s specials, My little pony tales, and I was also really fond of the G3 films that came out when I was the PERFECT age for it. I also had mlp toys and made up my own stories with them, making up personalities for all ponies. And then I came online and saw all of these grown men calling these previous generations, ESPECIALLY G3, "utter garbage", "how can anyone like this", "it's braindead". And I kinda felt like I was being judged for... being the aimed demographic for my little pony and enjoying the versions that weren't FiM (and FiM was great, too, but it was like "this is the ONLY mlp allowed, all the other ones suck"). Like, sure, G3 hadn't as high stakes, but it was happy, cozy, had great music, had MINTY and it entertained little me. Pardon for being a little girl who liked movies aimed at little girls. I'm sorry that it wasn't relatable to grown adult men who never was the main demographic to begin with. Bronies had made a bunch of cool stuff too, but then there is the gory stuff ofc and, what bothered me at least when I was younger really much, hearing everywhere I went online by these grown men that the previous generations, that I had so much nostalgia to, were trash and stupid.

This video is actually... really good. Ngl, I was worried this video wasn't gonna be super well researched as most who make videos like this watched only the first 3 to seasons of the show and only look in fandom's surface level. But this actually well researched. I'm an Mlp RU-vidr and have been for almost 6 years now, and I've been a fan of the show since I was 3 around the time the first 2 episodes were out. And I've been in the fandom as soon as I learned it had one. Mlp has been my primary special interest as an autistic person with ADHD and it means the world to me. Like you said in the video, Twilight is the literal definition of a neurodivergent person, and I completely agree. She's actually my favorite fictional character cause of how much I relate to her to a concerning amount lol. Hell, I made a whole essay in my English class about autism, gifted child burnout, the connection between the two, and why I think Twilight's autistic. Which I'm making into a video. I've seen all the good, bad, shit, and such from the fandom since a young age. I will not deny that this fandom has messed up some kids, quite the contrary, I honestly think it did and am glad people are talking about it. And even I've seen people deal with bigotry and creepy stuff in the fandom, and I've even dealt with stuff like this myself. But I also think this fandom has so much beauty in it if you could find it. I've made so many friends, coworkers, work, and such from all 13 or so years in the fandom, and I love it. I'm so happy to be in this fandom and that I could possibly make my art, voice work, covers, essay videos, and other work my full time job as some of my work has started to be noticed. And even a few friends of mine who also do Mlp content have started to gain recognition. I honestly am glad you talked in good depth on the show, the Mane 6 themselves, and the fandom. It's well put together and seeing this makes me hope you make more videos like this. Though you got one thing wrong... TANK IS A TORTOISE, NOT A TURTLE😡 /j (lol).

even if i'm not in the fandom i'm glad i wasn't exposed to the gore stuff and the only mlp fanmade content i remeberd watching whercrossovers, like i remember watching a mlp and batman crossover, shit was crazy

every Undertale oc, au, etc vs every mlp oc, au, etc (in a death battle). Who's winning?

I'm currently in the midst of untraumatizing my friend who never watched MLP because of Smile HD. I saw it around when it came out and it scared the hell out of me but as I got older, I kept the original song in my heart cause Pinkie is one of my kins lol. So it makes me sad when we watch MLP stuff and if I mention Smile, his mind immediately hits Smile HD. I've got a lot of work ahead of me.

LET’S FUCKING GOOOO!!! THE GOAT PULLED IT OFF DESPITE ALL THE WRENCHES LIFE THREW AT HIM!!!

The videos that are purely for shock value and have no content warnings on them? Yeah, fuck that, but t fanfics and art with content warnings that are clearly written for the other adults in the fandom to explore dark themes? Yeah, no, those aren't actually a problem. (Lily Orchard's Stockholm is an exception, fuck that garbage.) Every fandom has grimdark tales, it's simply a matter of adding warnings to them so that those who aren't supposed to see them (kids) will hopefully be swayed away and not let curiousity drag them into something that'll scare or scar them. This fandom, like any other, can create amazing things, some of those things simply need to have a wall up between them and the audience before they can be viewed by anyone. Also, while the makers of those videos should be held accountable, the fact that RU-vid didn't do shit about them simply because the videos included colourful characters is so insanely fucking dumb! Why have they not learned from all this shit yet?!

Ah yes, the GORE. That's the reason why I can stomach it and how I eventually became a surgeon. Thanks childhood trama I guess???

pinkie was was my fave as a kid and still is but when I saw cupcakes me and my friend were TRUAMATIZED and had took a while seeing pinkie the same. also side note I love g3

war war never changes

someone is def gonna ponify your sona

I use to watch this show, out of boredom doesnt make me a brony but I'll give the show some credit its entertaining. I also watched totally spies and powerpuff girls as well.

Hey man i wanted to say i love your videos alot, i found you a little over a month ago and i have been re watching all of your videos. They always make me laugh. I cant wait for more videos. I have even shown you to my friends and they love your videos also!

Wait there are people who didn't know The Living Tombstone started out with brony music? Kinda surprising to me

I thought everyone knew TLT was initially a brony? September was my first introduction to him. Kinda shocking

I have not watched MLP in years (I mostly exist in the thomas the tankengine fandom) and I can say that lauran's approach was on fucking point about making a show for kids that everyone could enjoy. I am not saying one led to another, but I will say that my impression of MLP has increased after hearing more about it. One thing I lament in modern kids entertainment is the fact that it makes no attempt to be anything other than fluff for anyone above a certain age. A kids show that will last is one that understands that it needs to layer itself, so each age group can get something out of it while still being aimed at kids.

I still love mlp after all these years. But the whole fan base of mlp is the strangest and most unhinged Fandom in the world

God all the animations u we’re showing gave me so much nostalgia it’s crazy how when the show came out I was only 7 and now I’m a artist because of the show. It gave me such motivation that I would draw ponies everyday and do to this day I still do even at the age of 20

I remember Watching My Little Dashy when I was like 7 and thinking it was super deep 😭

Shoutout to Cupcakes HD for introducing me to Andrew W.K. which is a WHOLE other rabbithole

It finally happened, The Definitely Bored Oranges Brony Arc /JK Good vid tho 👍

The crossover between Fallout/TF2 and MLP has always been wild

I was a Brony. Luckily I was in my twenties and didn't have to worry about being bullied at school over it. I had some friends who found out and got me pony merch expecting me to react negatively, only for me to like what they got me. They kinda just accepted it, as long as I promised not to be 'weird' about it. I really enjoyed fan-made content like the Button Smash stuff and the Living Tombstone remixes. Some stuff, like Smile Smile Smile or Cupcakes, made me visibly cringe. I even had a MLP rp blog for awhile on tumblr, with my oc being a writer named Quillheart. Never got to go to any conventions for MLP, though. My convention money was mostly used so I can go to cons and volunteer to DM games of D&D Adventurers' League for WotC.

im 15 and ive started rewatching my little pony recently. im also autistic and i saw a video saying that all of the mane 6 are autistic or otherwise neurodivergent. thats another reason why i still like the show because i can see a lot of myself and my own neurodivergent traits in the mane 6. i dont know if that was intentional by the writers, but i do hope it was because my little pony was one of my favorite shows when i was younger.

Yeah speaking of the Bronification of everything, I saw Ponyfied Trigun the other day.

the Tara Strong "Silly black people" voiceline makes me audibly giggle everytime I hear it I'm sorry

Yk I've been a fan of you for a year now and my god I'd never would believe you'd make a video on a fandom that my brain refuses to let me leave(it's a huge comfort thing to draw lil ponies of my own for personal reasons) I joined around around the second season of the show basically still in diapers LMAO. I've seen some stuff in this community that I really SHOULDN'T have seen 😂. Like the .mov series and the infamous Cupcakes grimark(basically the communities word for "creepypasta"). I actually thank this community for getting me into horror content because, while this community is admittedly cringe I can never say they aren't creative when it comes to the grimarks story's Lovely video

Ngl, I thought you were gonna talk about the ongoing revitalized fandom that's happening right now on TikTok and Instagram lmao. The infection au that's been popping off recently absolutely reignited my fandom heart and honestly, they're too good at it. Fanart, lore, series, fanaccounts, and everyone pitching in to create their own side of the infection. It's all so amazing!

I remember I used to watch MLP and then watched ppl review the show, eventually it just became me watching the episodes with them for the first time with the ppl reviewing the show. Then I saw Smile HD and Cupcake idr how I came across it but I remember being so lost and confused after I watched it and saw ppl's reactions to it and they were equally confused af. I remember being a big fan of the show but like only collected art for like my iPad and phone and stuff, eventually I got over that phase and I unsubbed from all the RU-vidrs that I used to watch. I wasn't in the community anymore and technically I barely was since I only watched it and reviews. Then I remembered it existed since one of my ex friends basically liked MLP still and like then I kinda heard about all the insanity or at least most of it that.

Also I adore G3 and I’m not sorry

I’ll always adore g4. It’s so good.

Ya know I was a brony when I was younger not a rabid fan but loved the the show. the degenerates made me not like it anymore (if ya know ya know) people ruin things for others. I just remembered there was a mlp fallout fandom that wasent bad or just gross that was really cool

15:19 "Tank is a turtle" "TORTOISE!" If you know, you know

bad news Mandopony's wife? defends him, harasses his victims, still dates him... AND WORKS FOR DISNEY

YOU ADDED THE JAR LET'S GOOOO

I always liked some of the songs the community made, mostly Nightmare Night (without the vocals since now I wince when I hear any MLP-related lyrics)

NAHH 44:20 IS FOUL

Watched the show when I was a kid, it introduced me to the cartoon reviewer community and I decided I wanted to become a cartoonist when I grew up, got super depressed though and gave up on that dream until a few years ago. Don't have any interest in the show anymore but it is kind of crazy that I'm 18 now and my main goal in life is directly attributable to this show for 4 year olds

the 'basic fun' in product names is likely in reference to the brand, Basic Fun!, which remade older generations of MLP and new designs on old molds. They still sell MLP stuff, I think.

My first (unfortunately there were more) traumatizing ex loved all the horrible parts of the MLP fandom. My other most traumatizing ex was also super into MLP. My two most datable friends also are but I whole ass can't full send it cause idk if I wanna pretend to care about the horses again

I was on this topic the other day over Digital Circus and Stven Universe. There are certain fandoms, MLP, Monty Python, Steven Universe, The Owl House, Where the fandom gets HUGE on the internet. All fandoms have porn and creepy pastas , and shipping fics etc But MLP is one of a few that would not have grown its fan base if the fan art wasn't so popular. and also that when the fan art was out there it gave a bad 1st impression. And also, one of even fewer shows that fans actually put forth the effort to MAKE art of in the 1st place. Yes the dark and sexual stuff exists , and it gives a bad 1st impression to the series, but in a weird sort of way, it is the reason the series does well in the 1st place. It didn't ruin MLP, it saved it. Many people saw the show because the fan art got them curious. We live now in an era where fan art is made less frequently. Maybe the fans don't have the passion? Or maybe RU-vid cracks down on this type of content and makes it not worth the effort? But we just don't see it any more.

Your “I’m an old man” joke deeply hurt my soul 😂 I was in my 20’s in 2009.

at some point, i realized that the edgy dark stuff was boring? somehow i just felt more comfortable, and entertained, by the little girls show that started this all.

This fandom messed me up 🥺🥺🥺

Thank you so much for making an unbiased video about bronies and the mlp fandom all together, I was one of those who was afraid to show my love for mlp for long because fear of rejection and hatred by people and my family judgement from others is an awful feeling, being hated for loving a show that’s an amazing show that has a giant fandom and brings people together is a wonderful thing, yes there was and is bad deplorable people in the fandom but there’s also lots of good people and the show has helped so many people including me find friends and community of people where people a brony and massive fan wasn’t a bad thing, like mlp or hate it the fandom changed the internet for good, even if some of it was bad there was so much creativity and passion from this fandom and still producing to this day, the fandom and mlp gen4 still lives on strong even with all the hate and stereotypes around us just goes to show how powerful and impact this show has been on the world. All fandoms how have some awful people in them that do awful things unfortunately but not all fandoms change the internet and society as a whole showing that it’s okay for a guy or an any adult to like an animated kids show that has lots of colors and is seen as a show for little girls.

The Internet had its sonic phase and now it went through it’s my little pony phase.🐱

I mean it was not the internet fault it was actually the people in the pony fandom that went to the internet and who had edgelord mentality that mutated the show from child friendly to meaningless gorefest and cringe.

Idk if ruined is the right word xd If anything the internet made it grow significantly

You did an excellent job evenly portraying both the good and the bad in the fandom, and the history of said fandom. Bravo as usual! Random info dump of my own exprerience: I was a teenager when the show came out but I was very exposed to it and got hooked after I watched it. I didn't really participate in the brony fandom but self identified as one for a time because well, yknow, thats just what some people do, lol. Well actually i did participate as an observer more than anything. But I had my own little friend circles to talk about the show to. I very vividly remember the early stages of the fandom and when it was still kinda taboo to not be a small child and enjoying the show. I think it was 2016 when I started hearing about a lot of grooming allegations of big brony creators but by then I was a pretty casual fan, since I naturally move onto other interests over time. So I didn't see all of the horrors of the fandom. I was 1000% into the horror side of the fandom lol, which makes sense since I was about 16 or 17. But anyways yeah. I didn't actually realize just how disgusting and predatory a lot of big corners of the fanbase were until the past year or two. I do remember being very confused actually during the late 2010s because hating bronies became popular again. It was very weird for me because again, I wasn't exposed to a lot of the things that changed the public opinion of the show back to being negative. What a wild ride 43:28 I 1000% think it was on purpose. Hasbro was pretty aware of what was happening I imagine and they probably didn't want it to happen again. 😂 I can't even say I blame them. And that's fine. MLP g4 will always have a big place in the hearts of many. Myself included! I'm happy that they at least kept up the way the characters are designed in G5. Theres so much G4 inspiration in there and I think G4 will always have a footprint in the show to some extent.

24:22 ugh I remember this 🙁🫶🫶

As an autistic who loves Rarity ur so right abt that hc actually

17:54 That aint "male privilege" as Hayley puts it, thats just being an asshole. To "walk over ebrrybody because you haven't bothered to look down to see them" isnt something specific to males, women can also do that (albeit in their own ways). Reducing a complicated thing that can happen to men and women to just "male privilege" is really something i dont agree with at all. That aside, good video! The internet has this fascinating habit of either making cute things absurdly dark and depressing, or making dark things surprisingly wholesome

Maybe MLP WAS that serious

Hotdiggitydemon was my childhood

But like why would people make gorey scary mlp videos without a warning..like why would y’all do that that’s messed up..😐

26:12 yea it sucks but that’s why twilight didn’t see a point in socializing or having friends. My dad is mentally disabled (I’m not going to try to spell the new word) he’s been bullied his whole life for it by literally anyone close to him or otherwise. My point? If you get backlash for doing or being something that others don’t like it’s textbook definition of fear of the unknown…. Knowing this doesn’t solve anything nor does it help with the trauma I’ve willingly gone through with him while the world treats him as an afterthought but if socializing was a good thing everyone would get along and nothing bad would ever happen

I don't think Hasbro gets justice for how lax they truly are. If they wanted to, Hasbro could have put significantly more distance between them and the community. Instead they're cool letting show staff go to conventions (if they really had a problem I imagine there would have been an attempt to disallow conventions altogether), they didn't pick a fight with 99% of fan content, and if they really really wanted to distance themselves from bronies there's no reason the show would have gone on for as long as it did. Bronies are a fucked up community in every sense of the word, this has never been a secret and Hasbro knows this. A lot of soulless businessmen who probably eat souls looked at the fandom and allowed it to thrive. They easily could have been anti-brony from the start and 14 years later we'd be reflecting, "haha remember when mlp got that cult following of weird adult men obsessed with drawing pony porn and they got btfo by Hasbro?", because most people would be like yeah lmao I get why they decided to do that.

People always focus on the bad side of fandoms. Every fandom has a degenerate side. I always hear this fandom is infamous. This fandom is the worst all fandom has negative sides to them. There’s good and bad to everything. It’s a disservice, because then people just assume the whole fandom are assholes no one ever takes time to say “hey guys by the way it’s not the whole fandom that’s bad! The degenerates are just extra loud.” Put on beige brown can’t remember Because people saying oh the whole is infamous is how you get people hating on Furrys for instance, because they think all furries are bad. Not talking about you though just people in general.

The reason why people think bronies are so weird and somewhat disturbing, is because they go far beyond just liking the show. If you just like the show you arent a brony. A brony is basically a superfan. And it is fairly weird to see adults going to conventions for a kids show. Theres nothing wrong with liking a kids show, hell, many people still watch their fav cartoons or whatever. They dont typically become super fixated on them to the point of obsession. I watch many things I like without being an outright fan of it. If anything, I was a fan of Scooby Doo way back when and that was pretty much it.

I actually got into mlp gen 4 because me and older sister watched mlp gen 3 when I was a toddler so I started watching gen 4 when it came out and so I been a fan since gen 3

Man, I stopped watching mlp really young since people began to use it as an insult, like calling someone a baby. I wanted to seem “mature” and “grown-up” so I didn’t watch it either. Awfully enough the rhetoric still affects me today. I’m a girl too, so the rhetoric bronies get doesn’t exactly apply to me either. I just can’t get myself to watch the show again because I’m worried people will judge me for it, or I’ll have nobody in my circle to talk about it with.

by 2017!?!?! They were getting hate from the very beginning. it didn't take almost 6 year for it to get that much hate

Not a long-time watcher yet, but I've seen your videos here and there. I was apprehensive about clicking this one, but I was... kinda surprised. I was a closeted brony for most of my youth; I was a terminally online teen, with a bad case of "Down-With-The-System" Syndrome, and had gotten in with Anon in a bad way. At the time, I didn't realize how quickly I was careening towards a life of emotional instability and vitriol. And then the MLP /b/ craze began. I remember watching the show, laughing at it, but over time starting to actually sit down and watch it. I learned formative lessons from it, enjoyed the animation, the characters, and the stories. I started to realize that maybe I was wrong. And it was meeting a kinder, more accepting community that solidified those thoughts into reality. Pretty soon, I was hooked. But 4chan isn't a very welcoming place, especially to someone who has undergone such a drastic shift in their worldviews. I was harassed by my own "friends" cast out of just about every social circle within 4chan, and willingly left Anon when I realized I was a part of the problem. But it didn't end there. I commend those who had the emotional fortitude to be honest about their love for the show, to use those conventions as a way to grow and become better. It was only in 2016 that I finally stepped up and used a penname to write a few action or romance fics, all the while trembling that I would be hated and judged all over again. I never really publicly came out as a brony until a year or so ago, long after the craze had died down. I'm *still* scared to tell people, because of this atrocious stigma most video essays create about Bronies. They claim we're all filthy degenerates, who live to corrupt and destroy innocence. That we're just vile, deranged freaks, yadda yadda yadda... Honestly, I thought this video was just another one of those going in. I was glad to be proven wrong. People tend to forget, a *lot* of MLP creators moved on to do great things. BlackGryp0n, the voice of Alastor was a brony; one of the frontliners, in fact. He wrote and sang "Proud of be a Brony" back in the fandom's hayday, and it was that song that got me out of my shell. Living Tombstone, as you mentioned, also got their start there, but did you know that Silva Hound - the guy who made Addict for Hazbin, and several other songs - was also a brony and got his start among the fandom's music? And now there are massive projects that are a clear testament to the quality and skill of brony creators; look up Elements of Justice sometime. It's a gorgeous MLP x Ace Attorney crossover with a massive team behind it, good story and writing, quality art, VA work, and... well, everything is just great about it. I don't claim our fandom is perfect, but point me to one that is. I understand that bronies tend to be more polarizing as most, but if you really stop and consider it, MLP was the first massive online fandom to spawn in the age of the internet; we were shaped by it, but we also had way, way more eyes on us than normal. This also meant our fans came from a much larger walk of life. Rather than needing to gather at conventions to meet like-minded people, Bronies could just go to a message board. This led to a boom of creativity, both good and bad. I don't care what you say, the pony Music scene was and *still is* amazing. Go listen to some PrinceWhateverer if metal is more your thing, or JycRow is classical is the road you walk. Both are still active, high-quality musicians. Thanks for not just being vitriolic and hateful, Orange. For a lot of us, MLP helped shape us into better people. I feel like, if I hadn't had the show come into my life, I would've just continued down the path I was on, and likely been a far less well-rounded individual than I am today. It's nice to see someone take the time to recognize the good MLP has done, rather than just bury it under all the bad in an effort to put us all down.

How I kept myself in the mlp Fandom was I completely ignored the fan base and just watched the show

One thing that surprised me about MLP fandon is how many well-known furry artists started from there. Examples included Dimwitdog the NSFW furry artist, Who's known for creating that Pokemon animation. Hladilnik (Also known as Stedilnik, He also created that furry ghost girl known as Ghost pupper at Tumblr) Also Dragonfoxgirl (You may know her for "The Spider and The Butterfly" short animation which she created.

When you realize that Oranges was like five when MLP Gen 4 started airing. 💀 I was a preteen when MLP Gen 4 first aired, but now I feel so old lol

8:15 This was sooo random and it took me out omg im crying

Thanks for bringing attention to this. Even though I'm not as active in the fandom anymore, I'm really happy to see that the community I was a part of made an impact and that it's even still kicking today.

Me seeing the thumbnail for this video: *looks at the top left* THERE I AM GARY, THERE I AM! (Don't mind you using my art for the thumbnail cuz, I really enjoyed this video essay ^^ ) not a brony, and never watched the show but, I've seen many grimdarks/ Creepypastas and I love them lol. And I do fanart for many of the ones I like ^^ Tbh, surprise that you didn't talk about the "Mlp Infection AU" thats bringing back mlp Grimdark stuff cuz, alot of it is really cool. Anyway, really liked the video!

Can you do the FNAF community next? :D

Rainbow dash fans are (usually) either lesbians/queer or transmasc, shouts out to my fellow tomboys who eventually realized they're just boys 🙏 And to masc women, yall are *epic* aswell

I remember seeing 'MLP sad' pics on google images when I was 11. I think it was rainbow dash sitting over pinkie's grave or something? Kinda traumatized me a little bit ngl but in 2020 I sat arond and binged the show cause I had nothing better to do lol.

A few points: 1. I think it was kind of jarring going from talking about Aryanne the Nazi pony to My Little Dashie, a melodramatic, emotional fanfic in the same topic. I feel like you should have maybe led into talking about Aryanne a bit later in the video when you talk more about the disturbing MLP content. Also, Aryanne's creation DOES predate MLPOL, but did become more popular due to that event and also due to a lot of culture war issues that put a hard wedge in the fanbase (one incident involved extremely talented animator Anontheanon posting equally as extremely racist fanart of Applejack as a plantation owner with Zebras as her slaves which caused a lot of drama in regards to censorship on large websites like Equestria Daily and Derpibooru). I'd argue that's almost a good thing, as it draws the racist fans out of their "plausible deniability" bunkers but leaves a lot of wounded dogs that BITE on that side too. 2. I don't really think Hasbro is trying to "erase" bronies or G4, especially when it comes to G5. For one thing, G5 is meant to be a continutation of G4 set in the far future, with much of it's lore being what is set between the G4 series finale and the G5 movie, A New Generation, as well as even touching on the history of the Royal Sisters. Not to mention the countless easter eggs to Generation 4 throughout. Plus, A New Generation was near universally loved by the fanbase and even despite the mixed reputation, both the Netflix and RU-vid series do have a small but loyal fanbase. And even G4 itself isn't being ignored, as there is still merchandise being made for it, such as tabletop RPGs, deckbuilding games, collectable figurines and even G4 comics are still being made (though they're now retelling's of classic stories instead of being based in the original canon). Heck, even that moneysucking MLP townbuilder app that came out in 2012 is not only still being supported, but consistently adding new content based on characters and stories from the comics as well as its own original content. Granted, it's not at the forefront but obviously Hasbro want the consumer market to focus on the, y'know, NEW Generation which is totally fair I think. Legacy is cool but it's genuinely pretty lame when a new iteration of a franchise needs to be carried by what came before... which one could argue G5 is also a little bit guilty of. Now, why is it so different? Well, it's like you said, new generation, new audience, but as well as that, new market. Nowadays, the biggest kids shows among MLP's target demographic are shows like Paw Patrol and Peppa Pig (the latter of which Hasbro now owns), and that's where Hasbro see the MLP money and you can see how that affected the tone of both of G5's series (the movie probably got away with it because, initially supposed to be a theatrical film, it was probably expected to be a little smarter, which is the case for a lot of movies based on kids shows. Just compare the Paw Patrol movie to the series and you'll see the stark difference in quality in both animation and writing). There's probably a BIT of damage control in how the G5 is more obviously aimed at kids than G4 was, the fan pandering (outside of lore and easter eggs) isn't as brony-centric and Hasbro aren't drawing literal attention towards bronies like they did years ago but I don't think they're intentionally throwing the fandom under the bus either. Hasbro just want Paw Patrol money (which, might I remind you is a lot of fucking money) and it's insanely difficult make a Paw Patrol type show appeal to anyone above the age of 10 (and no, it's going to take more than a JoJo reference to do that). Other than that, I always enjoy a nice lookback at the brony fandom, even when it's critical, because for all its faults there's genuinely as few fandoms as fascinating as My Little Pony's.

I love gen 4

Lauren Faust is a legend

CORNY???? Bro is speaking straight facts for 46 minutes and calls his fire work CORNY?! Thats crazy!!

Sitting here as i draw mlp customs, beautiful timing uwu