The Kirin Fan Thread

@Shimmering Spectacle  
pbtbt :P

 
It’s not a show style Kirin but I think it’s still beautiful. This person has been drawing lovely Kirin art long before they became canon in the series.
 
@Dawiken  
I’m sick of this spammer. :/

@mjangelvortex  
What’re they posting?

@Soctavia  
If it’s the same person as the one spamming in the other threads, it’s a fetish fanfic and picture of Twilight making Trixie gain hundreds of pounds.

@mjangelvortex  
Oh, how nice

@Count Adramélekh Sear  
Yes Count, they are.

@mjangelvortex  
…ugh… Thanks for the mental image, lass… I was fine not knowing it…

@Count Adramélekh Sear  
Wow I didn’t know that the kirins were foreshadowed for years

@Shimmering Spectacle  
You knew actually… I posted one, back when you subscribed to this thread. I downright told you the pic was four years old.
 
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Who am I kidding, you probably forgot it.

@Edhelistar  
just refreshed my memory and found it.  

@Edhelistar  
I’m sorry about that. I put it behind the spoiler for that reason.
 
@Count Adramélekh Sear  
I approve of seeing more different Kirin types here.
 
@Shimmering Spectacle  
Speaking of, that’s one of my favorite ones.
 
@Shimmering Spectacle  
I wouldn’t say foreshadowing is the correct term. That’s old fanart. Kirins have existed in Chinese mythology hundreds of years now.

@mjangelvortex  
Surprisingly it wasn’t until “sounds of silence” that I learned about the Kirin (Qilin) folklore.

@Shimmering Spectacle  
I think a lot of people found about them that way. It’s nice that the show helps show off and teach people some creatures from mythology.

@mjangelvortex  
Some myths I know before MLP, like the Griffin, dragon (any culture) and other movies that depicted these creatures, like Clash of the Titans, Mission Impossible 2, all of it before MLP.

@Shimmering Spectacle  
Oh yes. I’ve been a big fan of dragons, griffons, hippogriffs, and kirins before getting into MLP since some of the games and anime I like have used them before. So it was really nice seeing them in this series.

@mjangelvortex  
Oh and even Hercules, mainly the Hydra.

@Shimmering Spectacle  
That too. I almost forgot about that one.

And then there the obscure ones, like the tatzulworm, the cipactli, the ahuizotl and the puckwoodgie.

Still waiting for perytons to make a proper appearance

I wish they’ve looked some of our mythical folklore and stumble upon this:
 

 
The facts and background of this creature is pretty quite fascinating if you tell me.
 
It would’ve been an awesome G4 villain

@QuasarNova  
Me too. I already have a Peryton OC but it would be lovely to see one for real in the show. One of the books has one but it’s not the same as seeing how it would look, move, and act in the series.
 
@Edhelistar  
Those I didn’t know about and I’m glad that the show introduced them to me.
 
@Count Adramélekh Sear  
Me too. I like the show’s interpretation of manticores since it’s kind of like this but with a bovine head instead.