



That may be why Autumn Blaze is looking at her reflection in That manner, after Applejack & Fluttershy's visit, she came to realize that Kirin are really Not Ponies at all, they're mostly Dragons & Deer, and honestly I think that they could have done more with the Kirin's Design other than just remaking the Generic Unicorn Pony Design for this series, I mean the least they could have done was give the Male Kirin long, thin mustaches like those of the Chinese Dragons so we could tell their genders apart better.







Though it is too bad that they decided to go with the name "Kirin" for these creatures, because if they went with their original name of "Qilin", then it would have been perfect for some saying like "Chillin' like a Qilin", because of how similarly pronounced "Chillin" & "Qilin" sound.

Interestingly enough, The Kirin are originally from Chinese Mythology, though in China they are called(pronounced), in Japan & Korea they are called "" or ""(though "Kirin" is the Modern Japanese Term & "Girin" is the Modern Korean term for Giraffe), in Thailand they are called "", in Vietnam they are called ""(pronounced), but despite being referred to as the "", the Kirin(Qilin, etc.) is actually a chimerical hybrid of several different creatures, though for the most part it is pretty much some kind of, mainly due to the Dragon-like Scales & association with Fire, and the Deer-like Body & Antlers, some even say that it is believed to somehow be a relative of the Sika Deer.