BRONY THREAD

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Originally Posted by alxg833

NEWS FLASH FOR EVERYBODY:

Hate to submit more news, but this'll probably get featured on EQD fairly quickly, and I think you can see why. (I'll give an extra spoiler. The name of the spin-off is probably going to be "Equestria Girls", and it will launch with a movie.) GET READY FOR A BRONY SPINOFF. The series will specifically target the "Brony" fanbase, and encourage even more fan participation. In addition, Hasbro's signed deals to have bronies featured on "Modern Family" and "The Big Bang Theory". For those of you more specifically interested, this is part of a process called differentiation, which basically means splitting the fandom up into two groups. Little girls will get "Friendship is Magic", hence the princess-themed finale, and bronies will get "Equestria Girls". Whether or not EG will have FiM's cast of ponies, is, as of now, still under consideration by Hasbro, and there's nothing close to a final decision.

Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=OcuEL4EfzbY

So how do you guys feel? Also, I'm locked in MORTAL WAR with the CRIO. GAAAAH.

I'm actually pretty excited to see how this all plays out.

Originally Posted by Nirvash

In other news Fighting is magic got C&D'ed.
http://www.mane6.com/

Which sucks, I heard it was because, by law, if their trademark isn't properly enforced then they lose it.

Originally Posted by alxg833

You didn't have to hear the news from someone who was forced to pen the notice. From the inside knowledge I can get from my mom, Hasbro is tightening its grip on the fanbase in multiple ways, and BronyCon itself may be threatened as a "derivative gathering". Please try not to be too upset. If people choose to leave the fanbase over this, I honestly cannot blame them, because if what Hasbro's internal memorandums my mom showed me say are true, things are only going to get worse. Much, much, much worse. I'm really sorry things have to go this way.

If this is truly the end, and our ponies really are going on to greener pastures, can we still stay friends/build season buddies. I'd like that.

This does add another reason to the C&Ds and whatnot. I really hope they don't become like Disney.

EDIT: I decided to copy and paste this from reddit:

The abridged takedowns were an unfortunate side effect of automatic youtube technology meant to take down anything that shared clips with anything on Google Drive. Its not Hasbro doing it.

Alicorn twilight is drama. Just as Cadence and shining and the wedding were drama a year ago, and Tank was drama, and season 3 only having 13 episodes was drama. Its nothing.

The brony Doc is honestly them getting butthurt over piracy in a fandom that has existed on youtube based piracy since its beginning. They should have expected it.

Fighting is magic is not the first game to be taken down. Every MLP game like this that has been made has either A: Asked first and recieved a "No" from hasbro, or B: got a C&D later since they didnt ask. Its not new, and I kind of honestly expected it from the beginning to happen eventually.

Honestly, this is coincidence it happened in such a short amount of time.

So, don't jump the gun JUST yet. Let's wait and see what happens, and watch how it all play out.