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Seen a lot of these family trees going around, so I decided to try one out myself! (:
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Black Line: Parent/Offsrping
Dotted Black Line: Descendant/Ancestor
Red Line: Married
Blue Line: Siblings
Green Line: Adoption
Yellow Line: Cousins
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Clover the Clever is the direct ancestor of Velvet Sparkle, and therefore Twilight, Shining Armor, Flurry Heart, and etc.
Velvet Sparkle and Night Light are the parents of Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor. Although not technically related to Calypso, they consider her a granddaughter because of how often they see Cadence.
Shining Armor was formerly married to Queen Cadence, but their divorce was in no way a harsh one. Shining was aware of the former friendship his wife shared with the Changeling Queen, and understood that the marriage between them was political. Cadence and Chrysalis really do love each other, though, a lot. The Changeling Queen lives in the Crystal Empire, and although Cadence and Shining Armor aren't technically married anymore, they continue to rule their kingdom alongside each other. Chrysalis is... an "honorary" queen of sorts.
Shining and Cadence still love each other, and he was very considerate and patient throughout the whole process.
Twilight and Tempest were practically inseparable after the events of the Storm King. They soon have one child together, and raise her within the walls of Twilight's castle.
Spike was adopted into the Sparkle Family by Velvet and Night Light. He was considered a brother to SA and Twi growing up, but Twilight always shared more of a motherly bond with him. When she moved out of the Sparkle household, her parents helped her through the government process of becoming Spike's legal guardian. He lived with her until adulthood, then lived with Thorax and the reformed Changelings.
Flurry Heart secretly despises both of her welch of a cousin and half-sister. Cassie returns the same animosity- the two are pretty competitive with each other. Calypso, though, just wants to have a good relationship with her big sis... She admired Flurry a lot growing up, and wanted to be pretty just like her.
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Extra Notes:
- Since Chrysalis mothered both Thorax and Calypso, they're technically siblings. Then again, basically all of the Changelings are related, so the two of them have a lot of siblings running around.
- Velvet Sparkle and Night Light find it pretty funny that all three of their grandkids are alicorns
- It's not really implied on the graft, but technically Spike is the adoptive brother of both Twilight and Shining Armor. Still, he always saw himself with two moms- Velvet and Twilight.
- Thorax and Spike don't have any kids, at least not yet. They're kid-aged in the show, and would be young adults around this time
- I kinda headcanon that the reformed Changeling design isn't really a thing. I like Pharynx's design, but I really do love how the scary Changelings looked. So I'll headcanon that Thorax never changed into his moose-looking form, and kept the colors he had. Maybe he got as big as Chrysalis though, I dunno... Since he's a kid, I'd say he eventually grows past the average Changeling size and reaches Chrys's height, but definitely not immediately as portrayed in the show.
- Cassie was forced to visit the Crystal Empire a lot and spend quality time with her cousin. To an untrained eye, she looked much more like Flurry Heart than Flurry Heart herself, probbbbably because she looks a lot like Cadence. While Flurry would be infuriated, Cas didn't mind even a little. She may hate her cousin, but she loves Auntie Cade.
- Flurry Heart's wings are still huge. Even though that may seem like she'd find it easier to fly, she can't really fly at all, just like her cousin Cas. Her wings are too big, and therefore unbalanced. She can fly sometimes and can glide with ease, but actual flapping? Nope. Really sucks, too, because her biggest idol growing up was Rainbow Dash.
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Also, made a new design for Calypso! (daughter of Cade and Chrys). Here's her suuuppperrrr old ref:
I'll probably give her a fresh ref with her new design soon enough! Calypso (the actual name) makes me think about Calypso from Greek Mythology, and since she's trapped on her island I tried to incorporate more sea-like colors into her design. (: And if you didn't see, yesterday I updated Cassie's (hopefully) final design, which I linked above <3
I changed a lot of stuff. Flurry will probably remain and only child. I've kinda set my mind on the idea that Cas is the only kid Twilight and Tempest have, and while Chrysalis has thousands of little changeling kiddies, her only grub kiddo with Cadence is Calypso.
I probably forgot some stuff, and if you see a mistake or anything just let me know, I probably made a few and haven't noticed :') It was so relaxing to sit down and make this tree. I had a lot of fun with it, and I'm really considering doing it with the rest of the Mane 6 o:
Thanks for checking this out! (:
Comments: 24
Artfestation [2019-09-04 19:15:45 +0000 UTC]
I love your idea of a kind of bitchy Flurry Heart not gonna lie XP And I agree that scary changelings look better than awkward moose changelings.
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Venommocity In reply to Artfestation [2019-10-04 18:38:13 +0000 UTC]
Dawww! :'D
I think I liked the design for a total of 5 seconds. I really don't think they suit the changelings at all. It was way cooler when Thorax looked like he could kill you but then acted really sweet ;-; Now he just looks kind of... awkward. All the colors and horns don't really resonate with me.
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Venomlion3 [2019-07-31 15:01:54 +0000 UTC]
OOOH YES VEN THIS LOOKS GREAT!!!! I love looking at people's Next Gen family trees so I was super happy to see this pop up in my notifications!! I'd love to see you do the rest of the Mane 6! :"D
Also, I love how you took inspiration from the actual Calypso from Mythology for your Calypso!! I can really see that in her new design and she looks great!! <333
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Venomlion3 In reply to Venommocity [2019-08-04 19:35:38 +0000 UTC]
My pleasure!!!! And I can't wait to see them!! Family Trees are fun for me to look at :"D
Of course!! I love using stuff like that when it comes to designing my Next Gens too :> I loved Percy Jackson!!! I only ever read the first book but I loved it!!!
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Venommocity In reply to Venomlion3 [2019-08-26 23:31:28 +0000 UTC]
Haha I'm glad!! They're also really relaxing to draw :'D
Oh nice!! The Lightning Thief was a really great first book ^^ If you ever have time, I definitely recommend finishing the series! <3
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Venomlion3 In reply to Venommocity [2019-09-03 22:02:33 +0000 UTC]
I HAVE A HUGE LIST FILLED WITH INFO TO INCLUDE FOR THEM WHEN THE TIME COMES AND EVERYTHING I just gotta get around to drawing the headshots and making the actual charts, haha xD Don't worry though, I plan to post a bunch of them eventually >:3c Whenever I get around to drawing the last few IT Next Gens I have planned I'll probably start there since it's the smallest cast of characters for me to work with xD
Yeah exactly!!! Plus I heard Rick Riordan is a pretty cool guy, so that makes me even more inclined to want to reread the books <33
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Venomlion3 In reply to Venommocity [2019-09-04 22:51:19 +0000 UTC]
Ohh man that sucks ;;; For me I like to have a written outline usually detailing important info for each character, and I'll often sketch out circles for headshots of where I want specific characters to be, so maybe having a list could help you out for your next family tree? That way you don't have to erase your hard work over and over :"D
Oh I'm sure xD
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Venommocity In reply to Venomlion3 [2019-11-04 02:04:23 +0000 UTC]
SMART AGAIN... my deal was that I started drawing a character and then in my head I'd be like "Shining Armor and Rarity have white pelts so they're related" and I really just. Not sure why my brain decided to work like that but it did :')
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Pastel-Charms [2019-07-31 11:16:28 +0000 UTC]
This looks fantastic! I especially love the names for Chryslis and Twilight’s daughters!
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Venommocity In reply to Pastel-Charms [2019-08-04 06:02:23 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much! <3 They were some of my earliest, and I'm glad I stuck with them ^^
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Annabear1211 [2019-07-31 03:32:20 +0000 UTC]
AMsndjdnndndjdjdnnd
LITERALLY! TEACH.ME.YOUR.WAYS!!!
This is super amazing and you did such a good job with the designs like!! HHHH!!
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Venommocity In reply to Annabear1211 [2019-07-31 04:03:01 +0000 UTC]
NO YOU GOTTA TEACH MEEEEEE :')
Thank you!! It took up like 8 hours of my life lolol so I'm glad you like it!! <3333
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Annabear1211 In reply to Venommocity [2019-07-31 04:03:39 +0000 UTC]
NNOOO!! YOU TEACH ME!!
AND wow!! That’s crazy but you did such a good job with it
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Venommocity In reply to Annabear1211 [2019-08-04 05:59:30 +0000 UTC]
NO YOU GOTTA :'D
Haha, yep xD I'm glad I decided to finish it!
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