Hi again, another question.
See ya…
Why don’t you answer these questions yourself?
I don’t do “wan die” anymore because it’s cringe and lame.
When I did, it was permanent.
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Headcanon
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Like every other question about fluffies, it depends.
There is no cannon so no one can give you a solid answer.
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As with 90% of all potential questions regarding Fluffies, the answer is: it’s all up to your personal head canon when it’s your story. I’ve seen stories where it’s a temporary condition so long as you can keep the fluffy alive, I’ve seen one’s where it can be treated (usually by a soft reset via electroshock/tazer), and I’ve seen stories where it’s irreversible.
I agree with many others that it’s a matter of headcanon, like 90% of everything in fluffy pony fiction.
IMO what makes the most sense is for the “wan die” loop to be semi-permanent. It can be fixed only with a “factory reset” which could be some kind of shock treatment to the brain, either through electric shock, insulin-induced coma, or something similar, that wipes the fluffy’s memories and starts it over as a brand new fluffy. Eventually drugs to prevent “wan die” in pets could be introduced to fluffy chow.
An interesting variation of this would be someone trying to mass genocide a feral herd by inducing a “wan die” loop through chemical or other means.
Depends on where you sit on ‘biotoy’ to ‘artificial animal’ spectrum.
If to you they’re just biotoys spouting programmed dialogue then the ‘wan die’ loop is probably a real and permanent programmed response to detrimental circumstances.
If to you they’re more like artificial animals then it’s less of a ‘neurological hardcoding’ and more of a genuine suicidal tendency they can come back from. Or it may not exist at all.
I personally prefer canons where it is not a thing, it always seemed like a lazy conclusion and/or a thing that blueballs the reader.
It’s meant to be a point of no return. It’s a complete psychological destruction where their mind just… gives up. A final way to protect itself by shutting down all functionality. And how do you even fix that?
It can be done well but it rarely is. It’s definitely a slowburn outcome that would rarely happen, not the default reaction to hardship a lot of content makes it out to be.
I think the wan die loop is a bad trope but if you’re going to do it commit to it.