Cheschire-Kaat Questions

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Cheschire-Kaat asked me some questions. They were pretty good questions so why not?

PART 1


1. How did you discover My Little Pony?
My brother's friends liked it and I'd heard about the show before. Never gave it a chance just because it seemed a little too girly for me. Once I found out Faust was the creator, I decided to check it out via YouTube clips. Discovered the Rarity clips and the rest is history

2. I heard your favourite character was Rarity. Why?
There's no other characters like her on television (that I know of). She's uptight and pretentious and dramatic and seductive and girly beyond words but still hardworking and strong. In most shows, characters with her personality are either weak, boring, the antagonist. Plus she's just a joy for me to watch.

3. Can you name me 3 of your favourite ships?
Sparity, Dislestia and I don't have another really. Believe it or not I'm not a huge shipper in general. I usually have one OTP for a show and then ignore other ships. Sparity was first but then Dislestia grew on me.

4. Flash Sentry: Yes or no?
YES. I still don't get why he's hated so much. Sure he's not the most interesting of characters but I don't see why that's such a big deal. Plus Vincent Tong is beauty.

5. At first, I saw you shipped RariPants. Why did it changed?
I usually have one favorite character in a show who's episodes I look forward to the most. And it's the type of thing where if they left the show I'd stop watching. In Pokèmon it's Musashi, in Steven Universe it's Garnet, in Harvey Beaks it's Fee and in Wander over Yonder it's Hater, and then when any kind of romantic interest comes into the picture, I become interested. Sweet and Elite was one of the first episodes I'd ever seen because I got into pony at the end of Season 3 and I just looked up all the Rarity episodes first. They looked like they could be cute together so I just went with it. Fancy Pants is also a really interesting character in my opinion. Like honestly, if I saw Simple ways first, I probably would've shipped Trender Hoof and Rarity. It changed because as I watched the show I found Sparity had more of a story to it.

6. If you shipped RariPants first, so who did you ship Spike with?
No one.

7. Your Art of the Ninja characters are awesome. Are you planning to continue?
Thanks :) Art of the Ninja is still a thing I just don't post it on dA just because dA in general isn't much of a safe place to put original concepts. I've been doing a bunch of them and will probably post more stuff about them on tumblr at some point.

8. Do you have a friend who is a brony/pegasister?
Well, I know some people and there's a lot of them at my college actually. They're cool people and I love talking to them in my classes and junk but they're not really my type of crowd. So I guess the answer is "kinda"? I don't really consider them friends tho.

9. What's your favourite episode so far?
Oh god. I guess A Dog and Pony Show? Or maybe Secret of My Excess. I've probably watched those two and equal amount of times lol. I REALLY liked the Season 4 premier though

10. What is your guilty pleasure in MLP? (ship)
As of today, FluttershyXTreeHugger hahaha

11. What is the best season of MLP for you?
I'm really liking 5 so far but Season 4 will probably still be my favorite just because it was the first season I've been able to watch from the beginning and there were so many Rarity episodes <3

12. Except Flash, who do you ship with Twilight?
No one

13. Which of the main 6 is the oldest for you?
Rarity

14. Did you like Equestria Girls?
Ya. It was cute.

15. What do you think of Alicorn Twilight?
I LOVE the idea of alicorn Twilight. I just makes sense. It wasn't a huge shocker to me when I saw Magical Mystery Cure

16. Do you think RD will become a Wonderbolt?
Yeah for sure. She has the potential but I'm starting to think that she'd do her own thing. She's proven many times that she's better than them IMO and I feel like she has more to offer them than they have to offer her.

17. If you had the choice, would you replace a ship in your next gen for another?
You mean an actual Next Gen ship? Or a ship between their parents? I'm content with all the First Gen ships I have lined up and for the Next Gen, I guess I'd maybe uncanonize a couple just because it seems like a lot of you like the crackships that I made haha (ClaireXPrism, AmberXVal, PrismXAnnie)

18. Do Applejack needs more time screen?
Yes plz

19. Why do you think your Next Gen is popular?
I have no clue why. I think it's solely based on the fact that I'm able to quickly create content and stories for them. That's really the only thing setting me apart from everyone else. Plus I've tried keeping things organized from the beginning and making sure to not change anything I've already established so there's a sense of consistency. I don't know about you guys but when big changes are made and too many changes are made in any kind of universe, it's a bit of a turnoff. Too hard to keep up with and confusing for people if they're just getting into the universe. Consistency is key!

20. Which Next Gen character of another artist is your favourite?
Lopoddity's Cupcake is bae.

21. As an animator, what would you do? Films? Tv shows? Other?
Anything really. Films was the first thing I wanted to do but I wouldn't mind doing television shows or web shows.

22. What is your favourite sport?
Competitive cheer

23. Do you like to sleep?
YES

24. What's your favourite color?
Periwinkle

25. CheesePie or PokeyPie?
PokeyPie. Not a fan of CheesePie


PART 2


1. A lot of people were inspired by you to make a Next Gen. In your case, who was your inspiration (to make a Next Gen)?
I was inspired by the show and the characters themselves really. Parenthood and family dynamics is something that interests me in general. Just kinda experimenting with what kinds of families that Mane 6 would have seemed like a cool concept to me especially since they're so diverse.

2. Who are your sempais?
Tiffany Ford, Piper Thibodeau and Olivia Huynh and so many more people.

3. Last time, you said you liked Pokey Pie more than CheesePie. However, a lot of people ship them. Why not you?
Pinkie PrideThat episode was sooooo fun! Pacing was a little strange like Magical Mystery Cure. Probably cuz they fit so many songs in one episode. It worked though :D
A lot of people are asking what I think about Cheese and Pinkie which was totally expectd hahaha. I knew it was coming since they released the description. I think they could be a cute couple for sure but.... for some reason I don't ship it. I honestly thought I was gonna ship it hard but I don't. It's really strange hahaha. I don't know why I'm not shipping it, I just... yeah XD 
I don't really care about the Pinkie and Pokey ship either which I've mentioned before I just put them together so I could make a complete next gen. I also mentioned that I wouldn't change anything in my next gen even if the canon messed it up.  It's all just for fun so I don't mind. 
I also think that even if Pinkie Pride came out before I made my next gen I wouldn't put her and Cheese together. They're too similar. I personally like ships


4. When you first started your Next Gen, you didn't ship anyone with Fluttershy. Did your opinion changed?
Not really sure. Like I said before, FlutterHugger is a guilty pleasure of mine right now but I'm not really sure if I actually ship it or not haha.

5. Does the fact that Caramel have a girlfriend bother you? How would you explain to your watchers the fact that he is now married with Applejack?
Not really. Realistically, not all relationships last. They could've broken up in the time span. And I can't really explain haha. I don't have any stories for how any of the first gen couples got together XP

6. Does some episode made you change your mind about shipping? If yes, can you name 3 of them?
Nerp.

7. What do you think of Fluttercord? 
It cute. I can see why people like it. But for me, the age difference is too much. I can't really talk since I ship Sparity but to me, the Sparity age difference is a little more reasonable (I see them as 10 years apart max). Fluttershy and Discord's age gap is centuries and I'm not sure how I feel about that hahaha. Plus Dislestia is adorbs. 

8. Do you plan doing a Sombre child? And a Chrysalis one? And a Gilda too?
Nerp

9. Why do you ship Dislestia?
Because they cuuuuuuuuuuuuute! And I strongly believe they had a history together. That alone really intrigues me.

10. Why don't you have an homosexual ship for your Next Gen (like FlutterHugger)?
Well, there's been DoveXStar and WhirlwindXAmber so far. I'm still not much for homosexual ships. It's not that they're not cute or anything, hetero ships are just my preference. I was surprised at myself for actually liking the Flutterhugger ship haha. I mostly did the DoveXStar and WhirlwindXAmber thing for you guys. I get the "why don't you have gay couples in your next gen???" question a lot and some people were angry at me for it so I finally gave in.

11. Your main Next Gen characters are now gems from Steven Universe! Which are they?
I'm guessing you mean existing characters?

Garnet: Star

Amethyst: Prism

Pearl: Claire

Steven: Candy

Jasper: Del (because he is also a Big Buff Cheeto Puff)

Sapphire: Anthea

Opal: T


12. Who in your Next Gen is a cake fanatic?
Del prolly.

13. You saw the Power Ponies episode, I presume? Who in your next gen could you see as the Power Ponies?
Again, assuming you mean the existing ones

Mistress Mare-velous: Star

Saddle Rager: T

Fili-Second: Candy

Zapp: Prism

Radiance: Claire

Hum Drum: Del (I guess?)

Masked Matter-Horn: Anthea

14. Is the Anthea family theory canon?
What theory? The what-if scenario I made? Nerp.

15. With who would you ship Cotton Candy?
Del, Prism or Parry

16. You were planning doing another child for ButtonBelle. Can you give me more informations?
Nerp ;P

17. Does someone else except Anthea has an pet?
Tank's still around but other than that, no pets that I've made up. I only know for sure Spike and Rarity's family wouldn't have pets because Claire and T wouldn't get along with pets.

18. Why does Nighty has a curved horn when he gets older?
It's just a design thing. A lot of traditional unicorns have curved horns.

19. So, finally, Amber x Del or Crème x Del? Why?
Well, I guess CrèmeXDel since I've established AmberXDel is not canon. It's just another guilty pleasure.

20. Can you create a new fun fact about one of your characters?
Annie discovered her talent while being babysat by Tree Hugger. It only makes sense.

21. Why did you chose Kilala97 for username?
The first manga I'd ever gotten was called Kilala Princess and I was born in 1997.

22. Just had to ask. Which fruit is for you what watermelon is for Star?
Kiwis

23. Which country are you from?
'Murica

24. When did you start to draw? How old were you?
Around second grade. So six.

25. How many languages do you speak?
One and a quarter lol

26. Will you submit more of your animations? Do you plan making one about MLP or your Next gen?
Maybe if I have time

27. Do you have a pet?
A doge

28. Do you have allergies?
Yep

29. If you were a gem in Steven Universe, what would you be?
Well I made a gemsona called Silicon

30. Do you like my questions?
Mmhm :)


PART 3


1. Why Prism has a dark coat?
Because I felt it was original and his coat color matches Soarin's mane.

2. How many DeviantArt accounts do you have?
One

3. What is your guilty pleasure ship for Rarity?
I don't have one

4. Bulkshy: yes or no?
Not sure. Yes I suppose? Still iffy on FlutterHugger

5. Which NG character do you created first?
Claire

6. A lot of people are accused of stealing Illusion's design, like MoonSaphirre (I Am So Done). What would you say to those people (who accused these artists)?
Ugh this is gonna end up being a rant. Sorry in advanced if I come off as irritated or bitchy.

Okay. Let's just reverse things for a second. I know for a fact that the people that have been accused, also accuse other people of the same thing. Why do they do this? Because they are looking out for me. That's all. No harm there.

This part is kinda for MoonSaphirre I suppose. So, an Instagram account was brought to my attention a little while ago. It had a lot of my work on it that had been traced and recolored. I kinda just ignored it like I usually do because well, I just don't care anymore. It was probably a harmless 12 year old who just wanted to create. It was not worth my time. But then I saw the main OC (a Sparity kid) looked like this:

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I didn't think much of the design but then I remembered that you had an OC that was kinda similar:



Pretty much the same, correct?

Well, I just want to ask: Would you accuse this person of copying your OC? Would you have wanted someone to let you know that this was happening? Would you have wanted me to tell the artist that their OC looked like yours?

You don't have to answer but I just want you to think about it for a second.

I had a dilemma about whether or not I should've become an accuser myself and let you know about this character named "Diamond Desire". I took a long hard look at the two and at your "I Am So Done" deviation just to see what you considered "not similar". I ended up not saying anything just because it seemed like it wouldn't have been a huge deal. The horns were different colors, there are blue streaks in Diamond's mane, only two of the hooves are claws, the cutie mark is a diamond, she has freckles and the mane was different. They are different, correct?

Realize that people often don't give much thought about the details. They'll just look at the thumbnail and say, "Hey! Those two OC's are similar! This person copied! That's bad!" That's all it is. Just looking after the artist.

'Kay, back to everyone else:

DA is a place where ideas will get stolen and artwork is taken. That's just how it is and how it will be for a long time. So, just to be sure, people will blindly accuse. Their intentions are good. I explained in my journal that my watchers should bring issues like this up with me instead of confronting the artist and I'll take care of it if I wish. Of course, not all 15,000 of my watchers watch my journals. People are still going to accuse so it's the responsibility of the artist in question to not get angry and start arguments with the accusers; especially if they watch me and have seen the journal and what I said. It just makes everything worse and when you act defensive, it just makes you seem more guilty IMO. 

Illusion was THE hardest OC for me to make. When I first drafted up a design for him, he ended up looking quite similar to hikariviny's Chaotic (the only Dislestia OC I'd known of at the time). So I changed him. I did draft after draft after draft trying to come up with a good design for him. It was tough just because there were so many different possible color combos I could use. However, I didn't like all the clashing colors. So, as a result I dug back into my minimalistic art style and pulled a Picasso and Braque. I took out all the colors and focused on the silhouette. I made him black and white. Something was still missing. He just looked like a dragon-pony like T and Claire. So then I thought, "well, Discord's got some fluff around his neck, maybe I could do that." So I gave him his chest fluff. It was his distinguishing characteristic.
I hadn't seen any pony OC's with chest fluff before so I finalized the design. I thought it was original.
I thought the black and white thing was original as well.
I thought T and Claire's hoof-claws and scale-freckles were origina;.
I thought Starburst's big wings and special ribbon were original.
I thought Anthea's blindness and being adopted by Fluttershy was original.
I thought Prism's dark coat and scar were original.
I thought Angel Feather's single golden feather was original.
But apparently, afterwards, when more and more people started making next gens, none of things were original at all. I wasn't as original as I thought. Everyone had a similar idea. 

I've dealt with the fact that OC's will be similar and never truly original. That's the way it is.

SO bottom line is: WATCHERS. Don't accuse people of copying my OC's. I really don't care anymore. but if you think something is suspicious, just let me know :) PEOPLE BEING ACCUSED. If you're accused, don't retaliate. It just makes things worse and a much bigger deal than what it is. Just refer them to this or my previous journal and be done with it. No attitude, no last words, no fighting. This should be fun right? Let's just let this be fun.

7. What programs do you use and why?
Paint Tool Sai because it's easy and has great result.

8. How do you react about the fact you have your own MLP Fan Labor Wiki (and other things like that) page? mlpfanart.wikia.com/wiki/Kilal…
I love it and am very appreciative to those who make them for me :)

9. Any tips to create a Next Gen character?
Pick colors in the same hue of the parents or make sure that the colors look good while they are put next to the parents (in terms of design).
In terms of originality, don't go online and look at other people's next gen characters because if you see something you like, you'll subconsciously copy it. After designing, then look around at other people's next gen characters and if there are too many similarities, then simply change some aspects of the characters.
In terms personality, imagine how the parents might raise the child and what kind of affect that might have on them. For example, with Starburst, I imagined Twilight had strict rules and tons of schedules. She'd also be the kind of parent that would get wrapped up in work. So, as a result Starburst would grow up to be slightly rebellious but still have aspects of her mother's personality. She'd grow up wanting to be a guard after realizing she can't be like mom and seeing how cool dad, uncle and cousin are. Nighty ends up the way he is because he picks up on how Starburst is rebellious so in turn, he tries to be the angel child.

10. Do you like the Lopolala ship?
Hahaha yeah it's kinda funny

11. MoonSaphirre asked: Which mane 6 do you ship together?
I never really thought about it. I think the only one I could really get behind would be RariJack or RariPie

12. What is your favorite ice cream flavour?
Coffee

13. What is your favorite color?
Periwinkle

14. What's the best movie you saw so far?
The Incredibles

15. In which color would you dye your hairs?
Prolly a blue of some sort

16. Curly hairs or not?
Curly

17. Would you like to see Flutterbat again?
It's not something I've given much thought to but it'd be pretty cool to see her again

18. Which character would you like to see again? (Don't answer Treehugger PLEASE!)
I've never really thought about it but I'll go ahead and say Sombra just to learn more about him (even though I learned a lot about him from the comics)

19. Rarity or Treehugger?
ASDFSADFkvnbdfalsjlsajflk;l I'll say Rarity

20. Doctor Whooves x Derpy or Doctor Whooves x Roseluck?
I don't know anything about Doctor Who so I don't think I can make an adequate choice.

21. Best season 5 episode so far? (I have a feeling you'll answer: the 7th because Treehugger)
Duh. Other than that, Castle Sweet Castle

22. Fluttermac or Cheerimac?
CHEERIMAC. A MILLION TIMES CHEERIMAC.

23. Are you a "canon slave" for shipping?
I've never heard this terms but assuming I have the right definition in mind.... yes.

24. Do you like seeing frank and fanfics of your artwork?
I do :) Not sure how I feel about Frank though....

25. Which SU character is your favourite?
Green Dorito Nerd

26. Which MLP character are you most like?
Probably a mix between Applejack and Fluttershy (mostly leaning to Applejack). My personality isn't as extreme as the others.

27. Immortal Twily or not?
Not.

28. Your biggest dream?
To work for an animation company

29. Do you play an instrument?
Ukulele and Piano

30. Who do you ship in pandoraverse? (ex.: Pandora x Cupcake, Stormy x Rosemary, etc.)
I actually don't ship anything yet.

31. Digital art or traditional art?
Both

32. Do you prefer line/curve tool or brushes? (Paint Tool Sai, etc. )
BRUSH

33. What month were you born?
June

34. Are you ticklish?
Depends on where

35. What would you say to all the artists of this world?
Don't just make art; make a difference.
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hey, I have a question for you! did you once met one of your watchers/fans in real life?