There was always drama, but in the early days how much of it was internal, actually IN the fandom, as opposed to drama surrounding the brony phenomenon as a whole?

My only starry-eyed memories were before Season 2 even started, when the only ‘drama’ the fanbase had yet seen was a minor kerfuffle over Call Of The Cutie. What do you make of that?

@Background Pony  
This  
@Background Pony  
And this
 
And some other stuff.

@Background Pony  
Actually no. You can stay in the fandom but remember that it can take away from you more than it can give you.

Late January and on into February have always been “interesting times” for this fandom.
 
2011:  
In January, Cupcakes gets posted, with Party of One airing soon afterwards, ultimately creating the homicidal Pinkamena meme. Pony is also given the boot from 4chan in late February. More chaos than drama, but still interesting times.
 
2012:  
(see above image)
 
2013:  
Twilicorn, Bronydoc piracy, Fighting is Magic C&D, Stronger Youtube takedowns (including fan altered series), unnecessary Mandopony drama, Equestria Girls speculation, rumor mills going wild (since Twilicorn was correct).
 
At the very least, know that the drama will pass and that it often overshadows the good news and other great things happening at the same time.

OP here, food for thought.
 
Maybe there is a-lot of drama, it’s just that it goes unnoticed because most of it doesn’t pertain to the show. People won’t care about Bronycon/Purple Tinker unless they follow the con scene, same with EqD if they only follow it casually. These things don’t matter to casual fans who just care about the show.  
Things like Derpygate and Twilicorn get more attention because they directly effect the show, the one thing all types of fans have in common.
 
Damn I should go to bed.

Well this mounth is more drama filled than usual, but it would be dumb to ragequit now because of that cause there is no way it could stay that way forever.

@Background Pony
 
Well, I do believe there are individuals who would like any kind of attention, even negative.
 
But there’s something still off.I mean, our fandom will overreact to anything and everything.I have never seen any other fandom react like this.

@Salamenace
 
Yeah me too, i have like…10 chapters planned inside my head, but i just don’t write it because i know it wont last satisfyingly enough.

We have periods of time where drama is worse than usual. Derpy and Alicorn Twilight have been the worst, but there’s usually something going on, even if it’s minor.

@Background Pony  
I’d like to see that idea come to fruition.

@Background Pony
 
So i feel sad D:

@Background Pony
 
Well, consider the following:
 
The show, that is the main source of canon in this fandom, will not last forever; not like the sonic fandom, the adventure time fandom or even the furry fandom. With a show with a limited amount of episodes and seasons people feel psychologically pressured to use the remaining time as much as possible, and that makes people do stupid stuff, like generating drama, as a way to be part of the fandom’s history.
 
For example, i have always wanted to make a fanfic, one so epic and manly that the characters end fighting ON TOP OF THE MOTHER FUCKING SUN WITHOUT SINKING IN IT OR DYING, but i cant because i feel like it wont last long (that is, my fame if i actually get some of it) and i feel like the very moment the show ends people will forget about it and many will leave.

We can agree that there was a great amount of controversy in the previous year, but the events currently occurring are very… prominent, we calculate an approximate 94.96% chance of discovering one of the major events that sparked controversy on many major MLP websites.

But why does our fandom has so much of it?Godammit, we can’t go through a month without a new drama appearing for fucks sake…
 
Are we bronies that crappy?

Change isn’t always for the better, and drama isn’t always for the worse.

@Rarity  
Yeah, but i read the beginning of stuff like this first.  
Then I decide whether I want to read on.

@Number1pegasus  
I agree, I saw those tags, was all NOPE.

I’m sorry, what was that? I was a little busy enjoying all this amazing, quality, entertaining drama.

@Rarity  
cant blame ya ther

Goddamnit, actually read the thing fuckers

@sixtyfour215
 
Ok, I read it now. Can you blame me? I see those tags and think “shit.”

So much beautiful truth.

The bigger the fandom gets = the shittier it becomes. Thats how a fandom works, since variety means trouble.
 
We should start a revolt, only allow the true fans to post and make content and ban the rest of the non-blonde, non-blue eyed, non-arian people. And if they refuse to leave then we burn them online.

@Rarity  
It’s actually pretty good.
 
Short version: There has always been this much drama, you just have to ignore it.