Greetings Everypony. I have noticed that many ponies on here have expressed there fear of mlp fim eventually being cancelled and the brony community we all love vanishing. I would like to vanquish that fear for good. First off please note that while yes Lauren Faust has stepped down from the head of the show she is still on there as an advisory, also the new head of the show has kept with Lauren's original vision for the show to a point.
Now there have been many shows in the past that have broken the barrier into immortality on TV and online. Some classic examples would be Star Trek, Batman, Spider-man, Doctor Who, and Scooby Doo. All of these shows have been around for years. Some of them longer then we have, yet they are still around. What happens is when a show or movie reaches a point where it's fandom always keeps regenerating (to use a Doctor Who reference) the show simply keeps regenerating as well to keep up with the times. This is how i believe MLP FIM will become.
The show has long since surpassed the immortal mark, gathering a massive amount of mostly adult male fans (and quit a few females fans as well) in only one year, as well as becoming one of the biggest internet fandom's yet. You can also find stories of people lives who have been changed by merely watching the show and becoming part of the fan-base. It has also shaken the gender norm, and become a spokes show about how it is okay for guy's to like cartoons like my little pony. Star Trek itself had a similar notion. In those days it was very uncommon for someone who is not only black but a woman to be in the control room of a ship, or in charge of a part of the ship. Yet Star Trek had Uhora (forgive me if i misspell that) who was both black and a woman, yet working as a translator in the control room of a ship. Also she was treated as equal to everyone else in the show and not as inferior as most of society treated black woman in those days. This had a huge impact in Star Treke's success, as well as my little ponies.
So To make my point, stop worrying about when the show will end. because it won't ever end. It may change with the years, and characters may come and go, but the show it self, like friendship, is forever.
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