Welp, I finally saw the finale. What now? · 1:27am Apr 13th, 2020
Oh god, I’m...broken. What now?
I’d been putting off watching the finale, at the frustration and constant prodding of my friend and sisters. For some reason I could never muster up the fortitude to just watch it. I suppose that I was so terrified of saying goodbye. But today, since I was going to spending Easter with my family, I watched it with my dearest sisters. The oldest one got me into the My Little Pony, had been watching it since the series premier of FiM. The youngest was born around when I started watching. I couldn’t have imagined a better support network.
As I was watching I was dreading the approaching farewell. I had unfortunately seen a few spoilers in the past six months (has it really been that long?) and knew a few things. But still, I was completely destroyed. It was so good. It hurt so much. Even now I’m crying into my Easter dinner. So much wrapped up. Nine. Whole. Years. All of them come and brought so many wonderful friends, faces and adventures with them...and they’re all gone. An era now come to a close. The book is done, every page filled. All that’s left is memories, what once was. This spring is the first time in five years we won’t be looking forward to a premiere, the first time we’ve gone more than a year without ponies. No more hiatuses, just...nothing. I’m even whimpering from looking at my alarms to the now dormant alarm I used to have to wake me up for new episodes, only to sleep in!
I honestly don’t know what to say or feel. I know the fandom will persevere, as there’s too much love for us to fade away. But without new stuff coming out to provide more ideas and concepts, characters and stories...will we fizzle out? We’ve seen drops in fans before, but now we’re left with the aftermath to make with it what we will. I have no clue what to do.
I’d appreciate if y’all would like to share your thoughts on all this. I love hearing from each and every one of you who decides to chime in on my ramblings. How have you been affected by this? How long has MLP been a part of your life? What are you potentially looking forward to?
