I typed this all up months ago but forgot to post it anywhere. I’ll probably end up making a part two but this is the bulk of things.
Main Species:
- Earthie:
• Typically biggest and strongest
• Most skittish and easily scared
• More vocal than other fluffies, prone to being “chatterbox” fluffs
• Have larger and more powerful lungs, with a reputation for screeching more often and more loudly than other species.
• Recommended to give training to curb their fearful nature and prevent accidents in early talky babbeh stage.
• Prone to covering their eyes and hunkering down as a defense when frightened.
• Have the hardest hooves of the main three, resembling leather in texture. They make more a squishy tapping sound when they walk on solid floors. Don’t like their hooves being touched nearly as much as the others. Seem to feel a degree of sadness if they witness others having their hooves squeaked, probably because they can’t do it.
- Unicorn:
• Smallest of the core three breeds, mid tier durability.
• Most intelligent of the main three (isn’t saying much)
• Display the best ability to identify and respond to real danger, opting to run and seek humans for help in most cases.
• More prone to trying to fight inanimate objects and defend their humans
• Puff up their cheeks and take aggressive stances more often than others, not as an inherent brattiness but more as a sign of frustration.
• In very rare cases can produce a bioluminescent glow with their horn.
• Most likely of the main three to develop smarty syndrome, most commonly observed in feral settings.
• Rarest of the core three breeds.
• Ferals almost always gravitate to them as natural leaders.
• Tend to have the softest hooves of the main three, being particularly squishy and resembling very soft leather. They make more of a padding squeaky sound when they walk.
• Unicorns love to have their hooves tickled and squeaked manually. This is done by gently squeezing their hooves to make them squeak like a toy.
- Pegasus:
• Medium sized but most fragile and lightweight.
• Will involuntarily flap their wings rapidly when excited, scared, or otherwise in a heightened emotional state.
• Born with the inherent belief they can fly as an attempt to make them endearing pets. (Almost required that this be trained out of them as soon as possible)
• Produce strange vocalizations when excited, usually as a greeting that sound like “Yip! Yip! Yip!”. Commonly preceeded by a “Yippee”.
• Generally most athletic and excitable.
• Most resemble a playful dog in demeanor.
• Will become immensely distressed if left on their backs, as they hate the feeling of their wings pressed on the ground and restricted.
• Have stronger hooves than unicorns but not by much. Also enjoy having their hooves tickled and squeaked. Make a slightly lighter sound when walking than unicorns.
- Alicorn:
• Rarest of the original fluffy species.
• Most intelligent variant of any fluffy, being the easiest to teach and best at following directions and rules.
• Generally the most affectionate and clingy, with a reputation for their giggly demeanor and obsessive tendencies.
• Most prone to separation anxiety. Often have the worst cases of it in fluffies.
• Mandatory to have another alicorn friendly fluffy friend in the house or to put them through training to break them of their fear. Otherwise just deal with it.
• It is extremely uncommon to have a safe room for alicorns, as they are usually trustworthy enough to let roam the house.
• They insist on sleeping with their humans, and will freak out endlessly if left to sleep alone.
• By far the most prone to smarty syndrome in domestic settings. This is often due to inattentive or inexperienced breeders/owners giving them special treatment and enforcing that they’re the best or otherwise superior. Not helped by fluffy mothers trained to be alicorn friendly often getting a big head about having a special “pointy wingie babbeh”. Bragging and coddling ensues.
• Alicorns make exceptional breeders, but take losing their foals the hardest of any fluffy due to their clingy nature.
• Known to attempt to hide their young more than the core three.
• Have incredibly soft hooves similar to unicorns, with a leathery appearance and smooth rubbery texture. Absolutely love having their hooves played with, meaning tickled, squeaked, etc. even more than unicorns. Walking sounds akin to a very light rubbery tapping on solid floors.
Subspecies:
- Micros:
• More developed mentally and physically than original fluffies.
• Prone to self policing and aggressive behavior.
• Natural herd animals, will never feel happy or settled without a colony/herd.
• Programmed to actively hate smarties or bad behaving/dispositioned fluffies.
• Bitch mares or bestest babbehs are often killed or exiled.
• Far less prone to poopie discrimination. Alicorn fear can happen but is also less common.
• Do not have strong discipline or shame responses coded in, more often having angry or violent responses to bad treatment.
(I have a lot more written about micros which will be posted separately.)
- Bowl Fluffies:
• Fluffies with a bowl shaped indents naturally occurring in their stomachs, being covered with special thicker liquid resistant fur.
• Wider bodies and more pronounced rounded backs.
• Back fur is aquaphobic and keep them from getting sodden and weighed down, with natural stores of buoyant blubber-like fat in their backs.
• Most notable feature is their ability to float on water when laying on their backs.
• Bowl gene is very strong, and will appear in almost all foals in a litter even with a regular fluffy as one parent.
• Will oftentimes opt to shelter their walky foals under their belly bowl on land as the family travels. This is also what they will do to hide their foals and keep them warm when a bowl family goes to sleep.
• A bowl mare having non bowl foals is quite uncommon, but when it does occur they will still care for it the same but may become confused when it can’t float. This leads to accidental death or injury more often than not.
• Their bizarre biology is an attempt by their chimeric DNA to “evolve” in the wild to make water less of a completely unnavigable death sentence.
• They appear almost exclusively as ferals.
• If their belly fluff becomes waterlogged, their fragile center of gravity will be thrown off. The added weight from the water will cause them to sink, as they’re only meant to carry their extremely light foals.
• Naturally programmed to love “swimmies” and feel great joy when ferrying foals safely in their belly fluff.
• Their tails are pretty much their only means of propulsion, and are basically useless as their weak rat-like tail does nothing as the fluff around it swishes and drags in the water.
• Despite their “evolution”, bowl fluffies are remarkably bad at navigating water beyond calm narrow streams. Rivers and lakes pose great danger via rough waters, sudden waves/dips in the surface, or rain while floating.
• Very vulnerable when doing what they’ve evolved to do, as their sensitive stomachs are exposed to the world.
• Foals are basically out on a silver platter, displayed clearly for any airborne predators. Bowls are completely helpless when on their backs floating.
• Bowl foals are completely immobile in the chirpy stage, as their weird “evolved” bodies don’t function properly with their stock fluffy musculature. This needs to be developed as they grow and are able to handle their new center of gravity and unintended body proportions.
• Despite their size, bowl foals are exceedingly light.
• If bowl foals fall into water somehow, they will always bob back up due to the excess reserves of “baby fat” in their bodies. Their exceptionally strange center of gravity will also make them always float back up on their backs in proper floating position.
• The first foal to gain movement capabilites will often be the first to open its eyes. These foals are designated “bestest” babbehs not as a real favorite, but as a term for their designation as helpers to assist mummah in moving their immobile siblings. Bowl mares will always have one.
• In most cases this label will be dropped as the others become able to move, but latent broken programming will prompt some problem foals to take a liking to their designation as a real show of favoritism. These foals will continue to call themselves bestest, often to the annoyance of their mother and siblings.
• Known to meet unfortunate demises, from water logging their bowl belly and sinking them, becoming stranded out in lakes due to lack of water mobility, or becoming flipped over in the water.
• Pegasus bowl fluffies have been observed to use their wings as an extra propulsion method alongside their pitifully ineffective tails. Surprisingly they see some decent success.
• Unicorn bowl fluffies are seen to be extremely paranoid in demeanor and will be clingy with their foals. This is probably due to their increased intelligence making them aware of how much danger they’re in as ferals.
• Alicorn bowls are identical in behavior to regular alicorns.
- Angoras:
• Much heavier rabbit DNA in the mix, with slightly longer ears and more pronounced front teeth.
• Fluff grows incredibly fast, becoming long and silky but prone to matting and tangles. Females grow their coat in even faster.
• Hop around with their hind legs a lot when moving. Rarely seen doing a traditional fluffy waddle.
• Extremely high maintenance with their excessively long coats. Require daily brushing and regular trimming/shaving to keep it manageable.
• Fluff will grow almost like bangs to cover their eyes if left unchecked. This needs to be kept on top of.
• Shaving is 100% required around the genitals and anal area to avoid disgusting messes.
• If they give birth without being shaved, the foals will become tangled and suffocate in the fluff.
• Mating is also impossible without assistance as the stallion cannot reach.
• Typically very gentle and timid. They do not like to be around regular fluffies as they’re too energetic and loud.
• Have an extreme fear of the bath that must be trained out of them in foalhood.
• Also must be very carefully introduced to shears or shavers, as they will have a fear that these will hurt them. Foals are especially susceptible to this, with their already anxious parents not helping with their distress.
• Pegasus Angoras are prone to a lot of joint pain in their wings due to the extra work of trying to flap them amidst their thick fluff. It is common to either have them removed or shave the immediate area around them daily. Most opt for the former as few can be bothered with daily shaving. As such Pegasus Angoras are quite rare to see.
• Unicorn and Alicorn Angoras display pretty much identical behavior to their standard fluffy counterparts, however the affectionate nature of alicorns is amplified by the already affectionate temperament of angoras. They’re extremely sought after as a result.
• Very prone to trying to hide foals in their fluff, as their luxurious coats make it easy to do and the foals love how comfortable it is. This has the risk of foals getting stuck and/or suffocating in some cases.
- Sea Fluffies:
• 100% Mammalian. Need air to breathe in between swimming/diving sessions.
• Kelp and algae are preferred food of ferals, as kelp resembles “sketti” and the algae is plentiful and nutritious for them.
• Favorite food is actually baby squid and some sweet fish breeds.
• Highly territorial on land when looking for nests. Need a certain level of moisture or they can dry out, so islands with many inland ponds are their homes of choice.
• Birthing is ideal on land and with a pod/herd. Lone birthing mares are almost definitely doomed to lose their brood due to the unpredictability of the ocean. Sea births are almost always a death sentence for single mares.
• Sea births can be done with a group if they link together to float and create a makeshift birthing platform. Assistance moving the foals to land is then able to be provided.
• On top of regular cheek puffing, sea fluffies are known to clap their flipper like front legs together to create a loud noise in an attempt to intimidate. This is paired with their hoisting themselves up on their tail to appear larger.
• Mothers will teach their foals to swim in shallow inland ponds, with this “swimmie time” being an essential commodity for mothers of chirpies. Territorial disputes and fights are common on more populated islands between mothers wanting to teach their foals in the same pond. Shallow sea water can work too but is infinitely riskier.
• Pegasus sea fluffies act almost like flying fish in behavior but are completely inept and still fail to fly or glide. This just leaves them as easy targets for birds as they make great leaps out of the water in attempts to fly.
• Unicorn sea fluffies will glow their horns as an intimidation tactic underwater. It basically never works.
• Alicorns are exceedingly rare even compared to other fluffy types. Fear or rejection has never been observed in the few known cases. They seem to behave like regular alicorns, with the few witnessed in the wild having always been pod leaders.
Defects, Disorders, & Mutations:
- Smarty Syndrome:
• Rare disorder in fluffies that results in a flip of their personality, becoming demanding, selfish, and oftentimes violent.
• Almost always manifests in talky foalhood or adolescence following the weaning process.
• Smarty syndrome afflicted fluffies will refer to themselves as “smawty” exclusively unless pushed into faux penitence with extensive punishment.
• Notable behaviors are aggression towards humans (attempted “sorry hoofsies”, horn poking, sorry poopies, etc.), stubborn superiority complex, violent tendencies towards other fluffies they deem as “dummeh”.
• They should not be left alone with other fluffies under any circumstances. Especially should never be around foals.
• Most commonly observed in alicorns in captivity. Unicorns second, being most prominently afflicted in feral settings.
• Pegasus fluffies are by far the rarest to see showing signs of smarty syndrome.
• Seems to be a result of predisposition to the disorder. No specific genetic factors have been identified as being responsible, with socialization seeming to play the largest role in development.
• Common factor in all cases of disordered development is the presence of what biologists and biotoy developers have deemed a “bully” personality.
• Can manifest in both colts and fillies, being slightly more common in males.
• Bad parenting is linked almost 100% to smarty syndrome, mostly from young parents bred too early. Older parents may birth foals predisposed as well in cases of overbreeding, similar to SBS.
• Almost all smarties were or are the designated “bestest” baby of a litter. Their bad behavior and entitlement is emboldened by an overbearing and bratty mother who permits, if not outright encourages, their actions.
• Virtually unheard of in cases of hand rearing unless the caregiver is exceptionally incompetent.
• Smarty syndrome among fluffies raised by single stallion fathers are surprisingly near nonexistent. This is further evidence that strongly links smarty syndrome to BMS (Bitch Mare Syndrome) in the mother.
• Fluffies are extremely matriarchal in the child rearing process, with the mother mare being of far greater importance to foals and their development.
• Smarty pathway is thought to exist in the programming of all fluffies, being near irreversible once a fluffy is beyond a certain point.
• These cases in any reputable breeder’s operations will be culled as soon as signs manifest with the identification of “smawty” used by the foal in question. Parents will be removed from the breeding pool for analysis and observation with their remaining foals to identify potentially unsuitable parents. They will also be culled if deemed unfit.
• Calling developing foals “smart” is highly discouraged, out of concerns for foals latching onto this term as part of their flawed programming.
• Not to be confused with “smarty friends” observed in the wild, who are rarely seen to exhibit signs of the syndrome.
- Bitch Mare Syndrome:
• Group of symptoms associated with breeding mares who foal too early, often before they reach full biological and mental maturity.
• Bitch mares are fluffy mothers who have been impregnated before they’re ready, leading their body to cease developing the brain in favor of reallocating resources to the growing foals.
• Notable behaviors include extreme mood swings, lying, personality shifts, aggression towards humans and other fluffies (namely foals), and stomping to death of unwanted children.
• Their initial purpose as breeders is coded in to make them desire foals above all else short of self preservation. When given babies too early, they will retain an immature mind due to the cease in development, viewing their foals more as toys or accessories than other living creatures.
• They are nearly incapable of recognizing that their foals are just like they were as babies, and that they are now a mummah like their own mother. The responsibility is lost on them entirely.
• Bitch mares display a marked capricious nature towards their foals, always choosing a favorite child based on their favorite color or nearest equivalent. The favored child can change at the drop of a hat if the previous “bestest” does something undesired or becomes damaged in some way.
• The “bestest” selection is in this case similar to picking a favorite toy, with the brattiness brought on by their stunted mental growth prompting rejection of what they view as unwanted toys. This results in the poopie hatred and often violent reactions to unwanted offspring, similar to a small child lashing out and having a tantrum when things aren’t going their way.
• The favorite picking is a malfunction of their baked in color hierarchy, designed by biotoy developers for the sorting process in original factories.
• Sexual maturity is designed to be reached rather quickly in fluffies, with those in breeder factories being needed purely for the mass production of more foals. Their role in parenting foals was virtually nonexistent beyond the initial sorting process.
• Incredibly common in both domestic and feral settings.
• Bitch mares are incurable, as their brain has permanently stopped developing, leaving them incapable of maturing. They are incapable of long term retention of higher level values and morals beyond their selfish whims.
• Such cases should be immediately pulled from active motherhood without exception.
• Their only rehabilitation is through the often controversial milkbagging process, in which they are rendered harmless to foals and are left as a means of producing real mare milk en masse.
- Sensitive Baby Syndrome:
• Set of symptoms associated with severely stunted growth both physically and mentally.
• Named for the designation of “sensetibe” given to afflicted foals by their mothers.
• Despite not being programmed with this, typically rejecting runts or otherwise disabled foals, mares will take exceptional liking to SBS foals and give them a universally shared label among fluffy mares. It’s unknown how or why this happens.
• Sensitive babies are characteristically underdeveloped and lag behind their siblings significantly.
• They will be the last of a litter to open their eyes and will never grow teeth.
• Manes will never grow and their tails will gain a very slight amount of secondary colored fluff. This is usually just enough to cover their baby stump of a tail.
• Males will have severely underdeveloped testicles that remain completely infertile. They never hit puberty or sexual maturity, with their perpetual chirpy foal sized testicles being exceedingly sensitive. It’s recommended that they be removed in any cases of SBS that aren’t to be euthanized to avoid accidental injury.
• Females share the inability to reach maturity or go through puberty. They remain infertile by default and will never produce milk. (This has been achieved once through controversial experiments performed on SBS fluffies, in which puberty was artifically instigated and allowed a sensitive female to become a matured mare.)
• Speech is impossible as their language center of the brain appears to be damaged or otherwise stunted. This leaves them in the “chirpy” stage of communication for the entirety of their lives.
• It is not entirely known why this happens to their brains or what exactly is preventing them from using their preprogrammed speech capabilities.
• Sensitive babies will need milk indefinitely, either from their mother or later via special foal formula.
• Domestic mares will almost always allow their sensitive baby to nurse far longer than the other foals, even if they are otherwise a fair and good mother.
• This overindulgence in milk seems to be a form of comfort eating, and often results in these foals being far fatter than their siblings. The health complications from this compound with their already existing issues as sensitive foals.
• Mothers seem to form a strange almost codependent bond with SBS foals, as they allow them to feel like they’re fulfilling their breeder purpose of having a little baby to take care of indefinitely. The foals will also be entirely dependent on their mother or a caregiver if she is unavailable.
• Sensitive babies will become immensely distressed when separated from their mother and siblings, often squeaking loudly and chirping/peeping incessantly in fear. This appears to be a distress signal to either a parent or other guardian to alert them to their location to “save” them.
• They require constant comfort or they will cry out in terror. This is assumed to be a side effect of their eternal chirpy stage, leading them to chirp and call for their mother’s warmth the way infants will as a survival instinct.
• Infant level intelligence is their only observed state, barely learning to walk and needing constant tending or assistance with basic tasks.
• Litter box training is impossible for them unaided, with the mother often being the one to bring them to the litter. This is opposed to them going there themselves when the need arises.
• Mother mares almost seem to be able to understand the difference in their peeps beyond the regular distinction between “scaredy” and happy chirps in their infant foals. An example of this is the desire to feed as well as when they need to use the litter.
• They are destined to live short lives in the vast majority of cases, as mares will stop producing milk as their siblings grow normally. This leaves them to starve.
• Adult sensitive babies are exceedingly uncommon and have only been observed in domestic settings with constant dedication from their owners.
• It is recommended that these foals be removed from the brood and euthanized as soon as they are identified. Mares are entirely unhelpful in weeding out these detective units as they give no runt or “dummeh” smell, not helped by their attachment to these babies and reluctance to surrender them.
• The heredity of SBS is unknown, and as such the mare responsible for their production should be immediately removed from the breeding pool to ensure no repeats. It is suspected that this may be linked to overbreeding of a specific mare.
• Apparent chromosomal issues will lead excessive hormonal activity in female sensitive fluffies. This manifests in an incredibly strong fear pheromone, which is picked up very well my the very scent based fluffies.
• It seems near unnoticeable to humans. Regular fluffies will also do this but much less intensely.
• Both males and females will do this, as an intended SOS call to any nearby fluffies in case a foal is lost.
• Male sensitive babies do not share this trait, instead having what seems to be an instinctive voiding of the bowels paired with a lot of screaming. They exhibit exceptionally low hormonal activity so this appears to be their wonky programming trying to make up for it in some weird way.
- Derp/Wall Eyed Fluffies:
• Appear outwardly to be normal fluffies if not for their abnormal eyes, typically lazy and looking in different directions.
• Speak with an even more garbled version of fluff speak, sometimes completely incomprehensible.
• Noted to make strange “NAAAUUUU” screaming vocalizations whenever they’re distressed or upset.
• Often born as runts. If not they give off a bad baby smell to their mothers and will be rejected.
• Relatively rare but more common than sensitive babies. More often than not are derped by the actions of humans rather than being born that way.
• Have ridiculously short attention spans and will forget very basic things constantly, such as their name, their friends, etc.
• Have a propensity to experience drastic and rapid mood swings as they cycle through bouts of confusion, fear, and happiness. Often seem to forget they have legs if not actively using them, causing great distress until they remember how to move them. They will then act like nothing ever happened.
• This behavior extends to any and all body parts as well as functions.
• Mares will randomly think they have foals if made aware of babies, tending to go on a frenzied search for their missing children that don’t exist.
• Bitch Mare and Smarty Syndrome appears to be impossible in derped fluffies.
• Extremely sensitive to any kind of punishment or pain. Runs the risk of sending them into a loop of some kind where they can think of nothing but their pain and fear. Reducing them to a chirpy baby mindset is very easy and can be irreversible.
• Sorry boxes will leave them inconsobale and afraid, leaving them screaming and chirping even after being released.
• Breeding will always result in at least one foal in the litter with the deep condition. More if both parents are derps.
• Can rarely be trusted to be parents, as they are prone to: forgetting they have foals, accidentally hurting them by suddenly moving or playing too rough, thinking their babies aren’t theirs randomly and refusing to feed them, etc.
• Runt rejection is unheard of in derp mother’s.
• Breeding occurs almost always by accident in domestic settings. Some mills will take the extra effort to breed for the condition specifically and sell them at a premium.
- Milky Mare Mutation:
• Condition that can appear in all fluffies (despite the name) where they are born with extra teats.
• Extras always appear in pairs. Most commonly found in sets of four or six teats. Six appears to be the maximum their bodies can handle and survive.
• Will not be noticeable at all on males, leaving it often overlooked for their entire lives if not specifically checked. They will simply have extra nipples under their fluff that serve no purpose.
• The mutation is usually first noticed at the end of puberty as their teats become more pronounced. Can only be identified sooner by either shaving the foal or having a specialist examine them.
• Natural born nurse mares. Will exhibit extreme maternal behavior as soon as they reach maturity and will always be very careful and nourishing with foals and other fluffies.
• Even in foalhood they are noted to be unusually well tempered and gentle, taking very well to training and discipline. Rarely ever demanding or throwing tantrums.
• Will often begin calling themselves “mummah” even before they ever have children of their own. This leads to much confusion and concern among uninformed owners.
• Milky Mares have never been observed rejecting or even reacting negatively to a foal, always diligently cleaning and feeding all their babies.
• Will accept even strange foals as their own if orphaned without fail.
• This mutation is extremely sought after by fluffy stores, breeders, and mills for their utility as guaranteed surrogate mothers and milk producers. They will be bred constantly in hopes of generating more with their mutation to either keep or sell at a high premium.
• Even when not pregnant or in a state where they would be lactating, milky mares will always produce milk. As a result they need to be specially cared for and be either used to feed or be milked daily to keep them from rupturing anything. This makes them tricky to care for despite their many perks.
• Feral milky mares are uncommon but if they survive are usually made something resembling a milk bag for a herd. They do not mind this typically as they constantly produce milk and will have more than enough for their own children as well as others who are hungry.
• Ferals will often see them as strange but rarely call them munstahs.
• Despite this, some parents or herds have been witnessed ostracizing milky mares in adolescence, sometimes abandoning or killing them in fringe examples.