I've been convinced. Here's my ideas. WARNING TEXT HEAVY!
Here's my idea about the state of Hasbro, this being written after the recent "Cease and Desist" letter sent to Mane6 Dev Team, at this point killing the fan made, non-profit fighting game, "Fighting is Magic". WARNING: This may or may not be considered a conspiracy. I'm not entirely sure what constutes a conspiracy, so you may or may not need a tinfoil hat. Onto my thoughts.
Season 3, so far, has been an amazing season. We've had fan-made stuff turned canon [Sisterhooves Slighted, Via Sleepless in Ponyville], new areas explored [The Wonderbolt Academy, and The Crystal Empire] and fan favorites returning [Discord and Trixie]. The show this season has been awesome, no doubt. But my thoughts are is that this was just a distraction to keep us in pleasant delight as Hasbro [Mostly The Lawyers] stabbed us as a fandom, in the back. As we watched the new episodes and loved them. Hasbro took the older episodes off Youtube. The reason this show spread, and the reason Hasbro has gotten so much money of Friendship is Magic, being taken down. Next came the fan-made parodies and abridged series. Friendship is Witchcraft and The Mentally Advanced Series, both taken off Youtube for Copyright. Let me state now, these were both non-profit [Duh] and both legal under free use laws. These series have now been moved to their own websites for hosting and have no longer been targeted by Hasbro. Now we move onto the final section of takedowns, the fan games. Hasbro has of this point in time, taken down MLP:Online and most recently Fighting is Magic. Let me state, that these were also non-profit, no gain was to be made from these games. But let's focus on the reason I even had this idea put into my head, the take down of Fighting is Magic. This game was one of the projects we as a community were extremely proud of. This game, and it's Dev Team, Mane6 has done something unheard of. Taken a game made by rookies, with the basis of Pastel Colored Equines battling, to EVO. One of the world's biggest, if not the biggest, fighting game tournimate. This project had been going on for some time, and Mane6 had developed this game completely out of their own pockets. If Hasbro had cared to take this game down with any actually reason, it would have been earlier. If you are a major corporation like Hasbro, and do not notice a game being made based off your IP, by fans, making it to EVO, you're blind. They knew this game exsisted long before it got taken down, but why wait till now? I believe if not only to do it while the show was riding high, it might be based of Disney's recent canning of Tron: Uprising. I think this article sums up my ideas on this topic: http://www.uproxx.co...ear-of-bronies/ Not a surefire theory, with discisions like C&D letters taking time I assume, but I might as well post it here being this helped me write this. To Finish, I believe the show itself, it's cast, it's writers, musicians, animators, all of them, are a dream team. They made a show known for being horrible into a internet senation and a thing that has impacted people. The only thing holding this show, this IP back is Hasbro. This may have not worked with Derpy, but it's worth a shot here. We can't just sit silently as this happens. Please, send Hasbro a letter if you can. Keep your thoughts non-rageful and consise. Tell them you do care about the fanmade projects, you like the My Little Pony IP, and you would wish they could figure out a way for the fan-made and official art, games, and videos to co-exsist. Unlike Derpy, there is no real defense for Hasbro here. They aren't offending anyone besides us. Please if you choose to send them a letter, please don't send hate, that only shows badly on our fandom. Here is Hasbro Corporate Address: Hasbro, Inc. 1027 Newport Avenue Pawtucket, RI 02862
If anyone wants to debate any points i made, please do.