1: There are probably some people who want to depict racism in their fluffy stories. But they’re not particularly common.
2: A lot of people attribute their desire to abuse fluffies to a sort of “cuteness aggression”.
Other people seem to be working through their own trauma with their fluffy stories.
There’s not an “official reason” apart from “They’re there, and I want to tell this story”
3: Fluffies did start out as an offshoot of MLP, specifically from the FiM fandom (Bronies/Pegasisters)
From the old-time members who have come and given their accounts on the early days, it would seem that the idea began with the Bronies, but because it was based at 4chan it had a lot of chan influence, such as;
4: Fluffies were becoming popular at the same point as greentext stories that mentioned “mom’s spaghetti” falling out of people’s pockets. (Chan culture)
Eventually it was explained away as a simple and cheap meal that could be marketed by Hasbio and then prepared by young children for their fluffies without much/any adult supervision
5: Smarties/Hellgremlins are an invention that allows people to feel better about abusing fluffies.
Originally “Smarty-friends” were just herd leaders that were slightly more intelligent than the average fluffy. But it evolved into a trope that allowed people to justify abuse.
Some people call it a syndrome, some people call it a result of being feral for too long, some people say it’s irreversible, some people say it’s just a state of mind. That’s all a matter of headcanon.
6: Yes, the fluffy fandom wiki is a reliable source of lore, though it is not controlled by fluffy-community in any way.
7: Headcanons are how we explain away minor differences in how people see and depict their fluffies. It allows hundreds of conflicting ideas to coexist in a single space with fewer arguments than one could expect if we tried to pin the lore down and say “Your fluffy must act like this”
8: How big do you want them to be? What’s right for your stories?
Most people depict them as being between the size of a medium cat up to the size of a medium dog
hey guys, i was thinking about some aspects of my headcanon and I was wondering how you guys approach certain aspects of fluffy lore:
Do stallions care about their foals? I like to imagine that domesticated ones do so as to protect their family friendly image, but strays prioritise it far less
Generally, how long ago did the fluffy population boom happen?
In the fluffy universe, do Hasbro and MLP exist, or is it more of an alternate timeline thing where Hasbio took their place?
What do the general population think about fluffies? I imagine even years since the initial “outbreak” of strays, they have been considered an invasive species, disrupting the natural order of things, i’d say its still a mixed bag, with the average, moderate person probably fond of fluffies as pets, but dont really care about what happens to strays
What do fluffies think about children? Do they hold them to different standards than that of adult humans? I imagine generally not that much.
Is “Smarty” capitalized in a sentence? ie: “In the morning, the Smarty rallied the herd.”
Is “Fluffies” and “Fluffy” capitalized in a sentence? I would imagine yes, because they’re a shortform for a product name? “In the morning, the Fluffy got up and stretched.” “You could see Fluffies everywhere you looked.”
Is “Earthie” capitalized? it’s a shortform of “earth pony”, I guess, but it feels weird to see it as “earthie”.
i have personally witnessed both for all of those points. i think capitalizing Fluffy makes the most sense since it is in fact a specific product name, eg Kleenex
Is there a general consensus on what food items are safe for fluffies to eat? I recall coming across a comic where a girl feeds her fluffy part of her candy bar, but it has to be put down due to being poisoned by it.
On the other hand their affinity for spaghetti seems to imply they are fine with ingesting herbs commonly used in tomato sauce, such as oregano, garlic, and onion, as well as meat and cheese.
And i recall another post saying fluffies can eat grass, but tend to ignore it due to not caring for its taste.
How “innate” is Fluffies’ discrimination against alicorns and/or fluffies with brown coloration? I know some people reason the latter as Hasbio programming them to favor more brightly colored fluffies as they would sell better, but that doesn’t explain their aversion towards alicorns, given how they tend to written as highly valued; unless it’s supposed to be an oversight on Hasbio’s part.
Like given how brown coloration would offer better camouflage in most environments and likely increase the individual’s chance of survival, if fluffy populations in the wild are able to last several generations then it feels that it’d make sense if at least those populations’ aversion to brown coats would dwindle (assuming that the Fluffies with brown coats among them are given opportunity to survive to adulthood).
