Warning: The following headcanon is fucking wild. Reader discretion is advised.
Although pretty rare, it’s possible for a mare to want babbehs specifically so she can kill them.
If a mare in this condition gets pregnant, she will still sing the mummah song to her tummeh babbehs. Scientists believe this is due to the mares still having a small amount of maternal instinct.
When the mare gives birth, she’ll either kill the babbehs on sight, or she’ll keep them alive and give them milkies until they’re weaned. This generally depends on the circumstances.
No one knows exactly what leads to these mares wanting babbehs in order to kill them, but some theorize that it’s the result of Bitch Mare Syndrome going unchecked for a long time (at least a month or longer).
So far, the only known way to prevent this is to have the mare spayed if she starts showing signs of this, and then bullshit her into thinking that babbehs don’t exist.
Thoughts?
(Note: I put this in community posts because I wasn’t sure if it’d fit as a text post)
Interestingly enough, the mare you described would have a ton in common with a large portion of the readership of the site.
You’re essentially describing a mare that’s into abusebox vs hugbox. The reason why is almost immaterial, but could be fun backstory/flavor, whether it’s a programming error (deus ex machina) or a learned behavior. I think the latter is more interesting: abuser adopts mare and turns her into abuser. That’s the easy, straight forward approach. You could also have a hugboxer adopt said mare and try to rehabilitate that behavior out of her.
I could certainly see this as a result of a mare seeing their foals as toys. Once the toy isn’t cute anymore or gets too old, it’s not worth keeping, and thus should he disposed of. A pretty decent idea of your’s, tbh.
Are you thinking of someone else? I don’t think I made one of those. (I have made a passing mention of a cannibal fluff wanting babies specifically so she could eat them though.)