Do you think there will ever be a time when Ethereum will stop following Bitcoin?
Unfortunately, no, not just ETH but all other coins will follow bitcoin's movement no matter what.
The time Ethereum goes up in value is because Bitcoin goes up in value. In the future, will people look for Ether first before Bitcoin? Or will it always be Bitcoin's sidekick 
What do you guys think?
What do you guys think? Although both great crypto to invest, bitcoin has dominated the market in the beginning since it started this whole phenomena. What Ethereum is doing is that it dominates the alt coin market, many competitions in the last several years, and yet they it is the number 1 alt coin, I think that is good enough accomplishment.