Back from Bronycon 2019 (Patreon)

I got back from Bronycon yesterday afternoon. I want to thank everyone who dropped by the Roan RPG booth and said hi. I'm sorry if I couldn't talk to you as long as I wanted to, but Bronycon 2019  was the busiest and most successful convention I have ever done. I want  to thank the staff of Bronycon for putting together such a great  finale.

I also want to take a moment to address a feeling that some people have that Brony fandom will, or must,  cease to exist now that Bronycon is no more and the TV series will be  ending soon. I have been involved in fandoms of various sorts since  1989. I've seen many of conventions cease to exist, and fandoms losing  their original source of material when the TV, movie, game, or novel  series stops creating new content. In every case those fans have  continued enjoy it, and often have gone on to create more original  content than was ever offered by the original source material. Yes the  fandom contracts in size, but it often maintains its vibrancy and  passion for the subject.

      One only has to look at original Star Trek fandom which existed for about a decade before the movies started coming out, and over 20 years  for a new TV series. However it was their passion, commitment, and  support for the property that helped contribute to their being new  content created for the Star Trek universe.

      What I am getting at is fandoms only die when their fans chose to let them die.  Will Brony fandom be the same once Friendship is Magic ends. no. But it  can still be a unique, vibrant, creative genre. Lauren Faust and all of  the crew that worked on the series have created a rich, vast world we  can still explore, expand, enjoy, and as fans create our own content for  it.

      So will I continue to create new MLP art once the TV series ends?  Yes. If for no other reason I am still routinely having dreams in my  Equestria dreamscape. So long as myself, Petina, and Carousel continue  to live in that cottage outside of Ponyville, I will continue to create  new content. Will I start creating content based on other properties?  Yes. But for me My Little Pony is still a wondrous thing, and friendship  is still magic.

Baron