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The pic that started it all: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37443253/ https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37447036/

Alternative thread: https://nhnb.org/fim/res/2295.html
Archive of snowpony thread art: https://mega.nz/folder/0okEHKxS#8FIy3EQUHM-XluGvV7knIg
Archive of snowpony-related musics: https://ponepaste.org/5819
On the boorus, the snowpony tag ended up being "snowpony (species)" or "taiga pony"

>What is a snowpity?
https://snowpity.com/

>What are snowponies?
Lore dumps for the newfags
https://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1646/33/1646333439218.png
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/981051/snowpony-lore-dump


The Great Snowpony Expedition
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37474157/
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/37750570#37767390
https://ponepaste.org/5843

Reading material:
>Anon and Frosty Flakes
https://ponepaste.org/5609
https://ponepaste.org/5640
https://ponepaste.org/7611
>Comfy lore snippets
https://ponepaste.org/5652
https://ponepaste.org/5650
https://ponepaste.org/5664
>Cirrus Wisp and Filly
https://ponepaste.org/5662
>Lichen greens
https://ponepaste.org/7273
>Bury Me in White
https://ponepaste.org/5648
>Surehoof's First Ice Step
https://ponepaste.org/5689
>A cute (hopefully) snow pone short
https://ponepaste.org/5682
>Frost Fringed Letters [WIP]
https://ponepaste.org/5678
>My Winter Storm
https://ponepaste.org/5713
Kinderquestria Greens
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475222/
https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475226/
>Poetry
https://ponepaste.org/8220
https://ponepaste.org/5857
https://ponepaste.org/5885
>Agate's Vigil
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/507146/agates-vigil
>The First Fish
https://ponepaste.org/7283
>New Life with Frosty Flakes (Lewd)
https://ponepaste.org/6225
>[WIP] Cultural Exchange at Spa
https://ponepaste.org/7063
>Snowfall Frost's seach for Windigos
https://ponepaste.org/7147
>The first step north
https://ponepaste.org/7468
>Pine Ponder and the Lost Scarf
https://ponepaste.org/8037
>A Crystal Forest Rescue
https://ponepaste.org/8082
A Snowpitt vignette
https://ponepaste.org/8361
>Russian snowpone fics (use google translate or something similar)
https://ponyfiction.org/story/16611/
https://ponyfiction.org/story/16645/
>Comet Chaser and a Windigo Hunter
https://ponepaste.org/8843
>Lights Going Out
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/543593/lights-going-out
>Granite and Fireweed (Lewd)
https://ponepaste.org/9917
>The Journey
https://ponepaste.org/10541

>Merch
Pine Ponder approved tea:
https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=191237

Snowpone patches:
https://neighsayerpatches.com/products/the-great-snowpone-expedition-patch
https://neighsayerpatches.com/products/visit-snowpitt-patch
Metal pins:
https://ko-fi.com/s/525876a3f6
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crystals
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>>42977394
Neigh?
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Thanks for not fucking up the thread this time
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>>42977373
>Proper OP again
Thank you.
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Fwoosh!
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>>42978624
I like this but I hope there's a lantern upgrade to that torch because it can't be comfortable having fire that close to your face.
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>>42978624
I see a fish constellation in the sky.
Also, is she wearing fishnets?
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>>42978624
>>42978850
Is there going to be crafting? If so fish oil should be an item to make both the torch and lantern.
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Wake up, snow pones.
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>>42978624
Whoops, I just realized I never actually explained the gameplay

It's a comfy fishing / village life game with movement as the hook.

Instead of waiting for fish to bite, you search for and chase after fish across Snowpitt's rivers, catching them with your fishnet using movement skills

>>42978850
>>42979405
I really like picrel so I based it off that. You will be able to barter for a lantern later. I'm hesitant to add a crafting mechanic, but I do want resources to matter, so helping the locals and trading catches for upgrades is the plan

>>42979209
>fishnets?
Yes, she throws her fishnets with a spin kick to catch fish
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Love my snow horse
simple as
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>>42980118
>I really like picrel so I based it off that.
Liking an image so much it inspires further creative works, hell yeah anon
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Snowponies were promised to us 3000 years ago
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>>42980838
Poggers Flakes
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>>42980838
Love the paint textures in this
(and the horses)
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>>42980838
Who's that guy in the background?
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>>42980838
Holy based and snowpitiful
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>>42980838
Lichen attempting to steal feesh from the heavens?
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>>42981497
It's Mr. Hyperborea
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Are there any greens of Anons having sex with these snowpones? Don't give me "ugh, touch grass", just a simple yes/no/link will do so we can end this discussion quicker.
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>>42980838
...what's going on in the background with the mammoths?
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>>42980118
I don't know if we ever decided as a community if Snow Ponies have money or not but if you put money in the game it would give the players some flexibility on what upgrades they get instead of getting whatever upgrade the quest gives them. You could go with the standard copper, silver and gold but a more interesting take would be hard wood, ivory and soap stone coins.
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>>42982614
Isn't pinecones the currency?
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>>42982634
Not sure that would make sense, from any perspective other than "it would be thematic."
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>>42983045
Going off of that one picture of a snowpony in her shop and all the prices are in pinecones and she's talking about how it works (I can't find it)
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>>42983146
I know the image you speak of.
I just don't agree that it makes sense for them to standardize on pine cones as a currency (or any currency), when bartering (plus a general sense of "the community provides") makes much more sense for their society.
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>>42983187
>>42983146
>>42982614
Currency is best for gameplay, but bartering fits better
Maybe you dump resources in the village stockpile and earn "goodwill". It works just like currency, they're helping you because you fed them
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>>42984083
lewd
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>>42982138
I've never seen any. Really wish for an Anon x Pine Ponder one.
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>>42982506
That's how earth ponies reach the sky
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>>42982138
None that I can think of either.
Also, touch snow.
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>>42979786
Yes.
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Slow thread.
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I'm saving you.
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>>42985910
Seconding this.
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>>42986634
Sledding!!!!
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>>42986634
That's looking pretty good.
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>>42983667
obviously they trade in snowpity essences
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>>42986634
>The mare bounces excitedly at the start line in anticipation for the race
holy hnnng
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>>42986634
what happened to this mod?
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>picrel tagged artist:imalou on booru
>search imalou + snowpony
>only this image pops up
did imalou draw snowpone?
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>>42986971
To this day I wonder what happened to Ice Peak.
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>10 in 90 Jesus fucking Christ.
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>>42987622
300% increase over usual ToD activity will do that.
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>>42987681
I hate slide niggers.
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>>42986971
Someone thought Alpine Glow on J could be drawn by Imalou
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>>42988213
Oh yeah, that does look like imalou
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Close
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>>42987328
sorry, I had the the munchies
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This thread loves to skirt around page 10, doesn't it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwc6jYsc4Ho
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>>42990047
wtf, save the mare!
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>>42989732
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>>42982634
>>42983146
>>42983187
>>42983667
Firs of pine cones are far too common to work as money. Money only works if it's scarce.
Secondly a society without money of some kind becomes stagnant and can not advance because of the limitations of a barter based society. Money is just far more convenient.
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>>42990868
What about pine cones with particular paint markings on them? Using paints that are hard to replicate to make counterfeits difficult? Red cone is worth "one", blue is worth two, gold is worth ten, and so on.....
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>>42990943
This would be fine a representative currency because I drought any Snow Pony wound ever engage in counterfeiting. So as long as the amount is regulated to prevent inflation your good.
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>>42990969
I'm imagining a snowpony bank which is just an old grandma mare who manages all of the pinecones and is the only one who knows how to mix the paints and paint the cones
And every so often somepony will bring her a few equestrian bits and be like "what are these someone visited and gave them to me they said it's money"
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>>42991013
Arent pinecones too fragile to be used as currency? Maybe the paint hardens into a protective shell
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>>42986634
Look at them go!
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>>42992227
>them
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>>42986782
Maybe she had too much coffee.
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>>42992668
She's just very excited for the prize (it's a fish).
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>>42991620
This is the only real problem I can see other then the space they would take up compared to coins. A thick layer of varnish would protect both the pinecone and the paint
>>42991013
A group of ponies in Snowpity would likely be in charge of the finances on what would be the equivalent of the federal level of there government.
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>>42992439
I can't tell the gender and was just bumping from being slid
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>That time Pine Ponder stumbled upon Abominables
>A group of young Northern colts first time on night watch. Suddenly floewolves
>Lichen tries it: Icicle in the cooch
>A young Southern filly and her father tend to crops, as they slowly grow massive in the long northern sun
>That time Agate carelessly drifted through a wall and stumbled on foalmaking
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>>42994012
i-icicle in the cooch?
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>>42994012
>>42994340
I know Lichen ain't exactly the smartest cookie, but surely even she wouldn't do something like that.
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>>42994896
wtf
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Does a big snow fall mean that the snow mares will come?
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>>42995916
Spooky.
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>>42995916
Is this one of the snow bugs?
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>>42995632
Yes. Make sure to prepare a nice flame grilled salmon dinner
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>>42995916
how is she supposed to close that belt?
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>>42995916
Snageling?
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>>42998394
snowling
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>>42978624
Been playing Vintage Story so i'm getting those kinds of vibes from this.
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>>42998248
Very carefully.
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What kind of pizza would snownies like the best?
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>>42999496
Anchovy pineapple
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>>42999496
Everything fish related.
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>>42998963
I'm not quite sure who is bumping whom here.
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>>43000767
look at her exasperated expression
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>>43001122
They look so fluffy. But do they still have hard chitin under that?
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>>43001122
How do they survive in this isolated region?
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>>43001307
They look like moths to me, maybe they absorb the little warmth of the sun they can get?
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>>43001122
>>43001713
These are great.
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Boöte
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>>43001713
And they don't appear to be parasitic either. It looks like they coexist peacefully with the snow pones.
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>>43002475
Nice hat!
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>>42990656
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>>43001713
>The mother is the only one with individual eyes
I just realized she's the queen of this tribe.
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>>43002475
how is it not falling off?
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>>43004154
Her mane has an excellent grip.
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Quick! To the emergency sleds!
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>>43002475
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>>43004586
she could use her mane as a fish holder
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I love the smell of snow mares in the morning.
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>>43005419
I hope she cooks them at least.
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>>43006680
Cutie.
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Slide bump.
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>>43006680
seal skin booties?
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>>43008270
Ouch.
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>>43007205
What do they smell like
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>>43009089
like a fresh snowpity
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>>43009089
Like molten polished snow.
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>>43009089
Campfire smoke and feesh
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>>43010015
A good combo. Fried fish smells nice and burning wood has a comfy feel to it too.
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>>42980838
MARES! I LOVE SNOWMARES!
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>>43010591
>She knocked over the bowl
Silly snow mare.
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>>42984456
Oh, I literally just now realized that they're trying the catch the "fish" in the sky.
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>>43011273
Can't say they aren't ambitious.
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>10
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Wake up snowpones.
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>>43011273
how will they the sky fish with such hole-y nets?
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>>43012156
What?
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>>43012156
Something about positioning word is here the wrong.
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isnt it possible to make use ai to create stories based off the personalities we have given the snow poners? Or create an AI chatbot to interact with your favorite characters?
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>>43012853
It should be. You'd have to put all of the reference points in manually in all due likelihood though.
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>>43012853
Take a look at the CHAG thread to set it up
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>>43013672
Cutie.
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>>43013672
She looks happy for once
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>>42977394
I'm not sure I get it.
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>>43014565
It's obvious though? She neighs, and then I don't get it either
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>>42978624
Those, literal, fishnets are unintentionally very sexy
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>>43014488
It's understandable. She just grabbed a neat snack.
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>>43014829
I'd guess there was an attempt to cut her hair to make her look less mean, but it didn't work?
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>>43015610
Maybe she's grumpy because she can't see through so much hair?
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>>43015988
Maybe it's meant to simply be silly?
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>>43016572
simply silly snowpones? no, it couldn't be
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>>42983667
How many pinecones for 1 snowpity?
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>>43016982
A lot. Snowpities are rare and valuable.
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>>43016982
There's not enough pinecones
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>>43011836
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>>43018297
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>>42984418
>Really wish for an Anon x Pine Ponder one.
Tempting.
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>>42984904
You mean "eat the yellow snow."
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>>42994012
>That time Agate carelessly drifted through a wall and stumbled on foalmaking
Canon.
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>>43019779
got a bit of dirt on her nose, i'll clean it off!
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>>43019395
Pretty much.
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I could use a nice warm snow pony
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>>43019395
How do you drift through a wall?
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>>43020839
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>>43021102
Live one can't though.
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>>43016291
jej
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>>43021845
feasting on the flesh and viscera of her recent victim.
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>>43020419
Warm snowmare wife, warm taiga cabin, fixing you some hot roasted salmon after a long day of felling trees to build the newest couple their own cabin. What a life.
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I love Cirrus, the mare with the long long mane.
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>>43022376
Brutal.
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>>43023380
I wonder how it feels. The finest silk?
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>>43024074
At the least, smooth, lush, sublimely fine
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>>43023380
>>43024096
This mare has never seen a pair of scissors in her whole life >>42977394
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>>43024457
All the more for me to sniff
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>>43024457
And hopefully she never will.
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>>43025186
This. Her mane is fine as it is.
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>>43025186
There's probably folklore about cirrus' mane
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>>43025669
I wouldn't be surprised if it's even an expression in some snow pone villages.
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>>43024457
It's like the snowpone equivalent of Sampson's hair. If she ever cuts it she loses her clairvoyance.
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>>43025237
ICE ELATION CUTE, CUTE!
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>>43025237
>Population soars
That's good. The more snow pones, the merrier.
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>>43026002
Cut it out anon, she's a serious warrior.
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>>43026534
A seriously cute warrior...
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>>43025237
How?
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>>43026550
Oof.
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>>43025990
Cirrus uses her hairs as sensors
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>>43027914
You mean like a kraken?
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>>43028004
I didn't know the kraken had hair
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>>43028737
No, but the sensors on their arms fulfill a similar role.
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>>43028673
Left-most mare is having a bad dream. Something needs to be done.
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>>43029881
This is how you lose a boot >>43027912

>>43029458
I think she's more annoyed about being crushed by 2 other ponies while trying to snooze
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>>43029916
That just means there's not enough pones!
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Boop.
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>>43029916
Not really crushed. But the weight is bound to be uncomfortable at least.
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>>43031532
Somepony wants attention.
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>>43032793
Careful now...
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>>43033278
I mean show knows what a fire is. She won't be reckless with it.
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Upsies.
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Pg 10 rescue
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>>43035369
What did she mean by this?
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>>43037039
where mare go?
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>>43035998
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Hearts and Hooves snowpones?
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>>43039118
>give Pine Ponder a present for Hearts and Hooves
>inside is the biggest pinecone Anon could find
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>>43039118
Several Eskimo kisses
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>>43038593
I wonder what she's working on. Charms?
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>>43040405
Yes. She's very charming.
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Bump!
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>>43044546
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>>43019779
What?
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>>43042774
>ywn be suffocated under abominable floof
Why even live
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>>43045137
>You've just made a very floofy mistake..
>"Not as floofy as yours...I fear."
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>>43045497
You're a big guy.
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>>43045470
Why not?
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>>43046057
For her.
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>>43047083
UUUU
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>>43042774
This isn't a question of would, but could.
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>>43045808
Want to Bundle Up with Bundle Up!
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>>43048313
Treasures in snow pone society.
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Frosty feels at home.
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>>43049368
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>>43049373
She found a friend!
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>>43049373
omg its purp!
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>>43048313
Gonna ponder those pines
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>>43049384
Heartwarm scenes in freezing places.
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It's snowing outside my house right now! I wish that I had a plush to take pictures outside with, I haven't bought one yet but I'm seriously considering it when I get the funds to buy my favorite mare.
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>>43050790
God that's cute.
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>8 in 2 hours
Meh.
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>10
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>>43052033
Is that game with her still being worked on?
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>>43052215
I dont remember crackling fire having a game
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>>43052645
I think he means the fishing one.
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>>43053284
Snow pones making a snow man isn't so far fetched as it may seem since it's just three spheres stacked onto one another. I bet some of them have done that out of fun. They just would know it under a different name like snow pile or something because the association is lacking.
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>>43051136
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>>43053693
It keeps happening.
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>>43053944
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>>43054715
Cute hat?
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>>43054715
Nice mane.
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>>43054715
It's gonna get dirty
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>>43054233
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>>43056493
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>>43057420
The best would be to snuggle. To keep the heat, of course.
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>>43058142
He's going to die, isn't he...
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>>43058531
He knew the risks going that deep into snowpone territory.
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>>43057785
The best way to make heat is having more snowpones
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>>43059252
I suppose that's true.
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Up.
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>>43061066
I think Puffins wouldn't like to see her birds wearing those rings.
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>>43060076
this looks mad comfy
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>>43058142
>>43058531
>He's going to die, isn't he...
He's going to wear the pinecone of shame.
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>>43060076
>>43062177
I could imagine some hot springs nearby. Without internet, snow pones would spend their time A) hunting game (?), B) playing snow games, or C) meditating in the steaming natural hot water.
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>>43062674
This calls for some serious overtime work.
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Canned sardines or canned mussels?
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>>43063126
Neither are my favorites.
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>>43063126
Uh, I just catch sardines/anchovies from the pier if I need bait.
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>>43060319
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>>43063744
no
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>>43064476
yes
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>>43064138
The boot answers
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>>43061454
Considering those rings are helping scientists ensure their habitat isn't being destroyed and their population is healthy I disagree.
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>>43065548
>That hand shake
I'm convinced the guy we've a POV of is actually awestruck and who could blame him
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>>43066020
>I'm convinced the guy we've a POV of is actually awestruck and who could blame him
Yeah, understandable.
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>>43066778
ooo
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Y'all don't belong on page 10 with the junk threads.
Have a courtesy bump.
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>>43067748
Thank you, fine sir.
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>>43068416
Surely, this is not an efficient means of transport?
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>>43069127
You would be surprised
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>>43068416
how do you stop?
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>>43069717
The displeasure is palpable.
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>>43063744
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Can the average snowpone commune with spirits?
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>>43071595
Probably not. They can see and interact with them, during rituals initiated by the shamares. But otherwise, most likely not.
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>>43069717
Why is she annoyed by the lack of hair?
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>>43070897
Imagine living in a remote snowpone village, clueless to the world, and seeing THAT cresting the horizon.
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What sort of weaponry would the snow ponies possess? I'd imagine spears, axes, or even slings would certainly be within their capacity to manufacture?
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>>43073454
Spears for sure. Could an atlatl work if modified for pony mouths?
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Is that a threat?
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>>43074128
What is?
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>>43074343
10
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>>43074815
Yeah that's a threat.
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Snow bumo.
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>>43075465
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>>43070897
Man, this is awesome.
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>>43075465
Snow bumo?
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>>43076575
Yeah. It's a secret recipe that keeps snow poners on the board.
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The thread is pretty cold recently.
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>>43077555
Stargazing must be absolutely amazing out there. No lights to be found anywhere nearby.

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