Editing My Little Pony (section)

==From Meme to Subculture==
[[Image:NothingIsSafeFromTheirTaint.jpg|left|350px|thumb|{{BLAM|Where to even begin with this... [[Extra Heresy|I simply have no words.]]}} {{BLAM}}]]In terms of "mainstream" reception, the MLP fandom and bronydom in particular have been... somewhat mixed. Naturally, like most fandoms involving children's media, it inevitably contains a [[Star Wars|wretched hive of scum and villany]] full of shit ranging from innocuous-but-eyebrow-raising works, to outright pornography, to not-infrequently-blatant pedophilia... though how many such fandoms have articles, a documentary, and an off-Broadway play as WELL as sites dedicated to exposing the worst of them is [[Skub|another matter entirely]]. Somewhat in contrast to the way [[furry|furries]] were received when they (initially) came to the public's attention, people generally viewed them in an odd-at-best sexual sort of way, while bronies are generally regarded as a harmless, even endearing phenomenon. As should be obvious by now, online it's a different story, and no matter how you spin it, a lot of similar fandoms haven't had the impact on shit the way MLP's has - having their own convention certainly counts for something, your guess as to what.

[[Image:Brony1488.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Oh for fuck's sake, of course... you know the two fandoms would overlap ''somewhere''...]]
Like many things on 4chan (parts of /tg/ by no means excluded), what began as a wildly unserious community with little claim to relevancy has expanded to encompass some undeniably talented people, not unlike the furries. Also like the furfags, some of the Brony artists actually generate a fair bit of income out of their manchild fellows; and of course, there are those non-Brony and non-furry artists are willing to [[Erebus|sell their souls]] and take commissions of [[Beastmen|fur]] and [[Daemon|hoof]] for coin. All in all, it's basically [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/File:FurryInANutshell.jpg like in that classic cartoon about furries]. (In fact, a lot of online artists taking commissions state right front and center 'no anthro' or 'no ponies' or the converse, or even 'ponies OK but nothing NSFW', etc.) The tide of momentum it once possessed has long begun fading, of course, but for better or worse it's hard to forget a big first impression.

As far as conventions go, attendance is down, which means casuals are departing, which usually means only the most hardcore fans (usually including the degenerates) are left. 

A subject of [[skub]] among the fandom is if the show got better or worse after Lauren Faust left. However one can look forward to laughing at both the [[rage]] and [[butthurt]] that will come when the show is replaced by a full season of 30 minute episodes of the Equestria Girls spin off after Season 9. Or whenever MLP GEN 5 is ever released.

But you know Hasbro. They like to find the dumbest way to do things.