My name is Maddie Preston. I also go by
Lavender Rare. And I was a former editor
for I Love Kim Possible a
lot. I was and still am a huge fan of My
Little Pony. So, of course, I'd watch
all the brony related videos, including
those by the analysis community, which
KP was big in. I stopped supporting her
when she became pals with Lily Orchard.
But after the video exposing Lily came
out, KP was in my good graces again. A
while after joining her Discord server,
KP was looking for editors for her
channel. And being I was at the time a
really active member in the server as
well as a YouTuber, I was encouraged to
apply. I ended up impressing people with
my skills and knowledge in editing as
well as the fact that I was going to
college for multimedia video. So, I
ended up getting the position. At the
time, KP was having health issues, so
someone else who I will not name for
privacy reasons was in charge. Meetings
were twice a week and at the time
relatively chill. I was tasked to do
shorts and I made quite a few during my
time working with KP. The short I am
most proud of was the That's Not My
Neighbor short, as I had made every
doppelganger version of KP
myself. Now, the first meeting KP showed
up to, I was DM'd afterwards an apology
from the person stepping in for her for
KP's rudess. I didn't pick up on it due
to my autism, but that was probably my
first red flag I should have gotten that
this wasn't going to be a fun ride. The
person ended up leaving the team later
on.
Now, KP had been nice to me. For
example, she showed compassion when I
was having an extremely bad depression
episode during the winter to spring
transition, but she had also been harsh,
too. I had been having memory issues
recently due to what I believe is taking
psychiatric medicine, so I tend to
forget some assignments. I was also in
school and had a job, so I was juggling
all that. I wasn't the only one on the
team KP was harsh to either. She'd
sometimes talk about people behind their
backs and used unprofessional language
towards us. Now, for the stuff I am sure
a lot of you are wanting to hear, behind
the scenes details regarding the
infamous video. Yes, I was on the team
when the video was in development. And
yes, I am willing to share details
regarding it. Before the allegations
came out, Saber Spark was already going
to be a detail in the video. KP would
share stories and meetings about how
Saber would hit on her, especially after
the bronies react video they were both
in together. Whether or not this is
true, I am not sure. One point the
people were upset about in the video
were the memes, especially using the Dr.
Eggman announcement in the video. I
actually asked why we weren't using the
SnapCube version of the audio and never
really got a clear response, but I do
believe one reason is because of the
background laughter. Still, this doesn't
excuse using someone else's version of
the meme without their permission. Also,
I was led to believe the Eggman meme was
going to be either its own video or a
short, not part of the exposed video
itself. Now, I was supposed to have
voice in the video as well, but it was
cut for some reason. Blessing in
disguise, I guess. I bet a lot of you
have questions regarding all this, and
I'm willing to answer them the best I
can in the comments. This video wasn't
made to bash KP, but as a way to share
my experience working with her. I
honestly don't care if this video gets
one view or hundreds of views, I just
needed to let this out. Thank you for
listening and hopefully there'll be a
more fun video next time.