Aww, he grew up into a big lap floofster .w.
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I think honestly most people should reserve their judgment until all three endings have been posted. Also consider too, that this is a non-canon scenario that lost out on a community vote. Its just one of the many directions the story could have taken, rather than the way it is. We all sometimes wish things had gone differently than the way they transpired. Unfortunately as the established story canon is, the enfeeh baby remained nameless and unadopted.
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So far the non canon ending is received pretty well.
I think the community is starting to realize that fluffies dont always have to be abuse and nothing but abuse.
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Abuse or I guess a more traditional Grim-Dark. The idea abuse can be very nebulous from both a fluffy facing direct violence at the hand of another individual, or can even be brought to be just an ending that is more dark. To be honest, Iâm not sure how a weird box ending could be done with this given how dark the subject matter is. However, Turbine and I did consider a secret ending that never came into fruition.
The Baby Enfing Stallion and his toughies would sneak into the shelter and find their way into the bully foalâs pen. The would shriek screaming ânu wan be enfie babbeh!â âmummah Hewp!â and somehow the building would catch fire. We decided instead to go the three pronged route.
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Although it seems well received, we still need to respect the fact that the community as a whole made the decision as to what is canon and what is not. As the writer for this story, the way we did the vote was left it as ambiguous as possible and worked the endings once the vote was done. Bad, Neutral, and Good were the options for the ending, and there was significant debate on the voting page for it. At first it seemed Good ending was going to win, but then neutral just shot out from the tail end and won the contest.
I think its a bit presumptuous to say that, âThe community is starting to realize that fluffies donât always have to be abuse and nothing but abuseâ. Hugbox, Sadbox, Neutral, and weird has existed just as long in the community as abuse box has. In fact, its actually debated whether hugbox was the original format (and visa versa). Ultimately what keeps people engaged in this fandom isnât whether one faction is carrying more weight than the other, but the quality of the stories and art that this fandom generates.
Next up is the dark ending, and it is quite interesting.
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Well, I remember my fearful dark ending was the assaulted fluff turns into an a rapist himself, continuing the cycle. He hates himself, is disgusted with what heâs doing, but since the trauma was never dealt withâŚ
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Youâre not far off from it, Iâll send you a message.
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Dammit. I hate being right (or right ish) at times.
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The whole subject is pretty dark considering. Honestly the Enfie Pheromone is just a stand in for the judgment rape and molestation victims face, for surviving it. Most cultures despite knowing rape is wrong, tend to not want to deal with the victims afterward or try and rationalize it as the victimâs fault anyway. This foal didnât ask to be raped, it barely survived the trauma only to be condemned to permeant hatred. But that be how life is, unfortunately.
Turbine and I discussed the possible routes it could go, and we decided those three options would be the most likely routes.
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For me, knowing what you tend have things to say or ponder, the three endings simply made sense to me. I think the total number of endings puts together a nice message, intentional or not. Things CAN get better, but it requires sacrifice on behalf of those of us not going through it (hugbox ending). Status quo requires challenging when its not working, otherwise things will continue poorly for the actual victims (neutral). And if we pretend thereâs no problem? Well, weâll see with the abuse ending.
I consider myself a hugboxer but I think when it gets to my stories and such I lean more neutral. Fluffies are a good story-tellnig tool if allowed to be, and strictly going one route or another limits the potential. Especially, as @Stwumpo points out, theyâre VERY good stand-ins for people groups who are very vulnerable and powerless.
Honestly, a single ending doesnât do this topic justice.
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Iâll be honest. The true end felt to me like it was anything but neutral.
The fluffy died knowing nobody would ever give him the love he needed, the ânice ladyâ had to stand by and see the creature who only had rape and bullying in his life be euthanized and thrown like a garbage bag in the incinerator.
Thereâs no neutrality. Itâs just a downer ending. No silver lining. Nothing but unfair suffering.
Had he been euthanized in his sleep after being told heâd be adopted or go to a nice house? Maybe. He would still not get a happy ending for real, but it would have been at least a decent death, not wallowing in misery until the end.
Or at least have a good person do it, not Mr. ânah sorry, nobody loves you now die lolâ.
Neutral means well, neutral. Not favoring either side. This obviously panders to âfluffy suffers and dies because yesâ.
No offence intended to your writing, but this is the feeling I got from that âneutral endingâ.
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Iâll disagree. It is neutral, and like real life, its the victim getting caught up in a system thatâs not their making. Neutral might be better said as ârealisticâ perhaps. And its not that there arenât folks who cared, its just theyâve got SO MUCH MORE to deal with. Shorthanded for the problems they face, likely underfunded, and its not seen as a priority to the decision makers.
Neutral doesnât necessarily mean nice or positive. Your neutral is still leaning hugbox here. Its a range, not an either/or. And I donât think its pandering to the âfluffy must sufferâ crowd. Those folks would want the abuse end. They wouldâve wanted him thrown into the incinerator without being euthanized. If ANYTHING it pisses off both abusers and hugboxers, which is a fairly neutral thing to do (and well done given its not easy).
Seriously: its neutral. Its realistic. And if it hurts you to read, then consider what real-world situations it mirrors.
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That isâŚ.definitely how I have been seeing it. its why I got into fallenangel and booperino. The stories they make are either fucking interesting or just so endearingly character driven it hurts.
Then thereâs little champâŚâŚthat one just hurts cause first there is build up with making the little guy endearing enough thenâŚ.hell breaks loose and it hurts. I read part 4 and came out muttering,âI wasnât readyâŚoh god I wasnât ready!â
Then fallenangel does a really good job with characterizing his fluffies. We got the smarty from his current comic The Path who is actually not only an actually smart fluffy, but also a good dad who realized something was off about how one of his babies was treated and took the risk of having a human care for her knowing it was better than what was happening currently.
BooperinoâŚ.heâs good at writing with enough endearing qualities to his fluffies but isnât scared of going dark when it needs to go dark. Fixer and his little fluffy family is one example. (Also he dont draw fluffy poop.)
Bad Roomie also has a really good art style andâŚthe rare moments he does cute stuff is amazing.
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Neutral means neutral. Simple as that. Not good or bad. Neutral. Right now, everything that could go bad for the enfie babbeh goes bad. The only nice thing is the woman who cares for him, but that isnât enough to balance the story.
Realistic? Yeah, though itâs just a bit too convenient that nothing goes well. Thereâs not a fluffy who goes beyond the pheromone but gets adopted, leaving him alone with the bullies. Only one human gives a damn about him but lacks any real impact. Because letâs be real. We all had a job that was underpaid or whose boss was a cheapskate when it came to equipment or safety. The thing is, thatâs no excuse to half-ass your job. If you want to, you can still do it the right way.
I am not saying one should dislike this ending (though I personally do). I am saying I donât think itâs neutral at all, for the aforementioned reasons.
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Weâll have to agree to disagree on that then.
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Thatâs fair.
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I like this ending, but itâs still inferior to the true ending 
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if he was euthanized after being told he was going to a nice house and sleeping, it would be kinda a âgood endingâ anyway
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Nice alternate ending loving this 
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So is true that truth hurt
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