@RustyCrab there are a couple other reasons too besides overall less faggots. the TV show got shitty around that time until the end. Only a few episodes are worth watching across season 7 8 and 9. G5 is even worse so everyone is ignoring it
One of the reasons for the 'coming back' trend is the pony preservation project - 4chan has put together some insanely remarkable tools for AI to maximize shitposting powers including haysay and ponydiffusion v6 https://boards.4chan.org/mlp/thread/40696003 https://haysay.ai/