About

I'm So Alone is an exploitable comic series in which characters proclaim their love for a specific hobby or fandom, though immediately followed by the realization that they have become social outcasts as a result. While the comics were initially popularized through the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fandom, many other fictional and original characters have been since incorporated into the comics.

Origin

On May 10th, 2011, DeviantArt user seniorpony submitted a comic titled "the pen is lonelier then the," featuring the My little Pony: Friendship is Magic character Twilight Sparkle and her well-known obsession for books. In just a month over two years, the DeviantArt submission gained more than 84,000 views and 570 comments.

Spread

Throughout 2011 and 2012, dozens of derivative comics bearing the same drawing style and structure surfaced on DeviantART, Tumblr and DerpiBooru under the tags "god i love x,"^[2] "lonelier than,"^[4] "I'm so alone"^[5][6] and "Dear Princess Celestia."

Notable Examples

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