Pandoraverse FAQ

Hey all. I just wanna answer some commonly asked questions about the Pandoraverse and my art and stuff

How was Pandora born?
Pandora's conception is truly one those classic tales of romance. Discord falls in love with Twilight Sparkle, they marry, Discord pops a magic egg out one day at breakfast time with Twilight. Pandora hatches from it a few weeks later. Wait did I say it was a classic tale of romance? No i meant it was a kinda weird and random tale of romance


When does the Pandoraverse take place in the MLP timeline?
Pandoraverse is an alternate story timeline occuring a few years after Season 4 of MLP. A marked difference would be that Twilight's tree library was not destroyed by Tirek, and that her Season 5 crystal castle does not exist in the Pandoraverse. Why? Mostly cuz I don't wanna draw that crystal castle thing, if I'm being honest. Anyway, most of the events occurring in Season 5 won't be referenced in the Pandoraverse storyline. Neither will events that occurred in the Equestria Girls movies.


...Twicord? DumbbellDash? ScootaSpike? Lopoddity, why are your ships so weird?
I tend to ship whatever I find most entertaining, whatever would give me lots of story/art material. Twicord is a favorite of mine because Twilight and Discord are my favorite characters, I enjoy their dynamic, and because the narrative possibilities present in them being a family unit in Ponyville are nearly endless. There are safer, more common ships I could go with-Fluttercord, SoarinDash, FlashLight, but I choose not to, because hey, I'm the artist and the storyteller, and I like to work with what interests me (and hopefully keeps you all interested).


I disagree with your ships! Here's a long explanation why!
Have fun writing that cuz I do not caaaare. This is all just for fun, guys. Don't get bent out of shape because I ship different candy colored horses than you do.


You have a lot of NextGen characters. Have we seen all of them?
Noooope, there's still more to come. *coughcoughTrixieNextGencough* *coughcoughLunaNextGencough*...ahem. I like to think I've still got some surprises for you all in store.

Will there be NextGens for the CMC?
I'm not sure. Scootaloo marries Spike and has Jasper, but Applebloom and Sweetie Belle...I don't really ship them with anyone, and I wouldn't stick them with some random male for the sake of making offspring. We'll see.

Who is your favorite NextGen in the Pandoraverse, Lopo?
Cupcake. Cupcake is best pony.

You said the Next NG Family Portrait you upload will be Rarijack. Why is it taking so long?
Cuz my old tablet up and died halfway through working on it, and I'm still adjusting to my new tablet. I'm not abandoning the NG Family Portrait series, no worries


Speaking of things that are taking forever, where the heck is Mister Discord Part 3?
I dunno. I don't want to say the comic is discontinued, I really would like to get back to it someday, but I don't want to force it, y'know? So for now, it's on indefinite hiatus. Apologies.


What happened to Wisteria? Is she canon? Why don't you ship Sparity anymore?
Wisteria isn't canon in the Pandoraverse anymore, sorry. I may, however, be considering revamping her as a ScootaSpike NextGen. We'll see. As for Sparity, I never really shipped it in the first place. I would cite the age difference, but I ship Twicord, so I guess that makes me a hypocrite.XD Sparity just doesn't appeal to me, at least not enough to have it in my verse. I still find it very cute when other artists make cute shipping art/stories of Rares and Spike tho


Who is canon? Oddball or Snickerdoodle?
Both. As Paradox is an alternate dimension male counterpart to Pandora, Snickerdoodle is Oddball's female counterpart. They have met.

Your NextGen storyverse has a lot of gay ships. Why?
If I'm being honest, I don't really know. I tend to ship characters together because of their personalities, with gender not being a concern of mine. Say, if Discord were female in the show, but retained Discord's personality, I'd probably still ship "her" with Twilight. So because of this approach, I ended up with a few non-hetero ships. I'd appreciate it if you guys stopped pointing it out, as if there's some limit to how many gay ships you can realistically have...in a fictional work about talking magic horses.


You said Pancake(Pandora/Cupcake) and Sharknado(Bruce/Aerostorm) are officially canon, but I ship Pandora/Bruce, Cupcake/Aerostorm, Pandora/a giant rock, etc. Is that okay?
Sure. Ship whatever you want, don't let me stop you. And pssst, Bruce/Pandora shippers...it's canon that the two of them dated when they were teens. It...didn't work out. Pass it on. XD


Can I make fanart/fanfics of your characters?
Absolutely. And show me when you're done! I love every bit of fan work I get.


Can I make a suggestion about what you should draw next?
Sure, feel free. I love getting suggestions, the more creative the better.


Will you draw my OC?
Nope. No requests for OCs will be considered. I take commissions, which should open sometime in July.


Where do you get inspiration for your characters?
From everywhere. People in real life, fictional characters, etc...Most of my characters come to me when I'm daydreaming, eg. Pandora was born as a doodle during class, PB and J came to me in the shower, Snickerdoodle occurred to me while waiting in line for coffee...and then I just do concept art and do rough drafts til I hit a design that works. Try to have a character's personality in mind before you design what they look like. With NextGens, really think about the impact the parents would have on your NextGen's personality.

What art program do you use?
Adobe Photoshop CS4 with Huion Tablet (initially Genius MousePen Tablet)


Are you a self-taught artist?
Yes. Like a lot of you, I saw all the cool artists here on DevArt when I was like...12 years old-ish, and decided I wanted to be as good as them (still workin' on it). I was accepted into SCAD art college a few years ago, but I couldn't afford the tuition haha *cries*


Are there any Pandoraverse fanfics?
Yes indeedly doodle~
Pandoraverse fanfic list-

Bruce/Aerostorm shipping fic list-

Fics written by me-