To give a different spin/context on a similar response, I attribute it to the fact that value is not really attached to fluffies by the writer/artist. This may manifest itself in making fluffies too deficient that they would be suicidal over the slightest thing, or the writer may be too quick to have said fluffy die. Even if they slowly move out of writing a “quick death” for said fluffy, they may not still not really attach a value to the fluffy, which presents its own different set of problems.
I think it really boils down to the idea of fluffies being programmed and more importantly how. I think thats a big question - how are fluffies programmed? The easiest answer is “genetic engineering mumbo jumbo”, but that too easy a copout. While I can see the advantage of exploring a story where fluffies are programmed (which I attempted to in Muthu), I feel that the kind of engineering/programming needed to have fluffies feel really robotic alludes to a kind of technology that would be beyond the overly contemporary setting used in most fluffy stories. Mind you though, this is just an opinion.
On that note.
I’m going to pinpoint something else, thats far earlier.
https://hyperindex.mlpg.co/ohgodwhy-(n1328050803906).jpg - Apparently, the first time pway/wan die was mentioned on 31st January 2012.
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These were some of the earliest greentexts that featured a fluffy pony being reset. Much research is still needed, but I am of the belief that the wan die loop is related to “early” fluffy canon that had them have a chip in their hea,d which meant that they could be “resetted”. Over time, and with fluffies being able to reproduce naturally, the “chip in the head” and “reset” canon became less common, but “wan die” and “wan die loop” sort of stayed around.
This needs more research though, and I also would like to get some feedback from @BKCatharsis and @meganonymous , who have done their own research into earlest fluffy pony ideas/canon.
To be honest I’m of the belief that is a good approach. To allow creativity and to encourage people to form their own headcanon/hivecanon, as different people have different stories and ideas they want to tell.