Ten (of the very best) Years · 12:08pm Oct 10th, 2020
Happy Birthday MLP:FIM
10/10/10 - 10/10/20
These last ten years have been among the very best of my life because of this show and this fandom. It has gotten me through some rough patches and dark times. I know it has made me happier than I otherwise would have been. I have made some of the longest-lasting friendships through this fandom. I've met people from all over the world. And going to the conventions has been the closest thing I can imagine to being a spiritual experience for me.
To be a part of it, of all of this, something so much larger than each of us. There is an intangible energy around all of it, a force that binds us all together in an age of perpetual strife and alienation. And not to get too theatrical, but for lack of a better descriptor, there is a real magic in this collective friendship. The show may have ended, but this past year had proved to me that we, the core of the fandom, aren't going anywhere. And that gives me tremendous hope. We are still here!
If you had told me in 2009 that one day I'd be aspiring to be a New York Times bestselling author, I would have laughed in your face. But this... phenomenon of a show and everything around it has gotten me to write, and continuously improve my writing. I can't even imagine what my life would have been like without MLP in it. I wouldn't even recognize that person.
To Lauren Faust, the show staff, my fans, followers and friends, ALL of you, from the very bottom of my heart,
Thank you!
It has been, and continues to be, the best parts of my life.
How about you?
Without this show, i would have given up on life and not try to make new friends with it.
Well said dude, this show has done so much for so many including myself. It’s been somewhat said this year as it had lacked new pony episode, but the ever growing content from the fandom has kept that spirit alive. I dunno how long it will last, but I can’t see it showing down anytime soon
i love that photo.. Happy MLP day.
Were it not for ponies and this site, I'd have never survived my divorce.
Rose standing next to Lily just as it should be.
Woot! My Little Pony is AWESOME.
I could tell you a one hundred and one different ways that mlp has changed my life, but I don't think I really have to say it, I think most can see the light that shines from me. They see me, and they want to get a bit of that light for themselves
Though I will say 2020 may have been hell on earth, and that a lot of bad has happened, but I found my bf because of Mlp. So I might be just a "little" biased with my love of it. Before he came along, I had given up on ever finding someone, it's hard for me to get out because I don't drive, and I was content with the friendships I had online, but now it's like I couldn't be happier.
Happy Birthday My Little Pony. A show I never thought I'd like, that I don't know where I'd be without you. So thank you for everything you do, and as always. STAY AWESOME.
So, funnily enough, 10 is my favorite number, and back in my senior year of high school, I noted that 10/10/10 was probably going to be an extra-special day.
I didnt realize how special for a little over a year.
Hard to believe it was 10 years ago that I stumbled upon a thread on /co/ comparing the first two episodes to a magical girl show ala Sailor Moon and figured I'd give the stupid pony show a shot. This show really meant a lot to me, but ironically I think it was its ending that has affected my life the most. Me wanting to still see the fandom survive after the ending, and wanting to be a bigger part of it, was what inspired me to start writing. Sure it's just mindless clop fiction, but I've found that I really enjoy writing a story and a part of me wishes it hadn't taken over 30 years and the ending of a children's toy commercial to discover that. Better late than never, I suppose.
The point is, I'm grateful to this show and everyone who worked on it for continuing to inspire me even after it ended. Here's hoping that G5, whenever it gets around to coming out, can match the effects this show has had on so many lives.
Happy birthday mlp movie
Happy Poniversary to all! I’m so blessed and grateful to be part of this wonderful community, and to have shared the excitement we all felt for this incredible cartoon. I just wish I’d reached out to communicate with the fandom sooner, began exploring some of the best of its works and content creators when they came out rather than after the fact. It really does feel like we’ve all grown with the show. I hope to see us remain strong and staunch in our love and continuing inspiration over the years, rather than dwindle. But then that might depend on how Hasbro handles G5. I hope they learn from the successes and mistakes with G4 instead of banking on some gimmick or cheap theme.
I think more good people may be alive today who otherwise might not be.
FiM is good.
Wow it’s really been ten years congrats mlp and thanks
This show was a gift and much more then anyone could have asked for, it added a lot of positivity so and an amazing fandom so thank you for being part of this fandom and adding to it
If not for this show and fandom, I probably would have given up on my life. It brought many changes in my view of life and helped me get through the darkest of times. I fell in love with stories and characters, and I wish for this fandom to last forever cause its one of the things that keep me going.
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Ponies look just as silly as IRL horses when viewed head-on.
I couldn’t agree more, happy 10th anniversary everypony!
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i have two miniature horses here that may argue that a little bit.
"And going to the conventions has been the closest thing I can imagine to being a spiritual experience for me."
Interesting. I wonder how many others have that experience? I definitely, as I recall, noticed something pilgrimage-like in the feelings around my attendance.
And thank you for being a part of the collective friendship; I'm glad it does so much good for you and enables you to do good for others. :)
"I can't even imagine what my life would have been like without MLP in it."
Yeah. I mean... where would I be now? I have no idea; pony has just had such a major impact, touching so many aspects of my life... Wow, I mean, just, the more I think about it now, even, the more things I think of came to me from or through pony, from the small to things that now seem deeply woven with my identity.
For my part of that, you're welcome, and again, thank you. :)
Same, man. Same.