Lichen in your face EditionThe pic that started it all:https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37443253/https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37447036/Previous Thread: https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/40289075Alternative thread:https://nhnb.org/fim/res/2295.htmlArchive of snowpony thread art:https://derpy.me/KBw11Archive of snowpony-related musics:https://ponepaste.org/5819On 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 newfagshttps://desu-usergeneratedcontent.xyz/mlp/image/1646/33/1646333439218.png(embed)https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/981051/snowpony-lore-dumpThe Great Snowpony Expeditionhttps://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37474157/https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/37750570/#37767390https://ponepaste.org/5843Reading material:>Anon and Frosty Flakeshttps://ponepaste.org/5609https://ponepaste.org/5640>Comfy lore snippetshttps://ponepaste.org/5652https://ponepaste.org/5650https://ponepaste.org/5664>Cirrus Wisp and Fillyhttps://ponepaste.org/5662>Lichen greenshttps://ponepaste.org/7273>Bury Me in Whitehttps://ponepaste.org/5648>Surehoof's First Ice Stephttps://ponepaste.org/5689>A cute (hopefully) snow pone shorthttps://ponepaste.org/5682>Frost Fringed Letters [WIP]https://ponepaste.org/5678>My Winter Stormhttps://ponepaste.org/5713Kinderquestria Greenshttps://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475222/https://desuarchive.org/mlp/post/37475226/>Poetryhttps://ponepaste.org/8220https://ponepaste.org/5857https://ponepaste.org/5885>Agate's vigil (WIP)https://www.fimfiction.net/story/507146/agates-vigil>The First Fishhttps://ponepaste.org/7283>New Life with Frosty Flakes (Lewd)https://ponepaste.org/6225>[WIP] Cultural Exchange at Spahttps://ponepaste.org/7063>Snowfall Frost's seach for Windigoshttps://ponepaste.org/7147>The first step northhttps://ponepaste.org/7468>Pine Ponder and the Lost Scarfhttps://ponepaste.org/8037>A Crystal Forest Rescuehttps://ponepaste.org/8082A Snowpitt vignettehttps://ponepaste.org/8361>Russian snwowpone fics (use google translate or something similar)https://ponyfiction.org/story/16611/https://ponyfiction.org/story/16645/>Comet Chaser and a Windigo Hunterhttps://ponepaste.org/8843>MerchPine Ponder approved tea:https://www.adagio.com/signature_blend/blend.html?blend=191237Snowpone patches:https://neighsayerpatches.com/products/the-great-snowpone-expedition-patchhttps://neighsayerpatches.com/products/visit-snowpitt-patch
I liek de snowpon
We should update snowpone chart.
>>40327878Quite large indeed.
>>40327878Despite all her lewdness and attitude, Lichen is almost Fluttershy levels of nervous for her first time
>>40327947It's all a show. Lichen's just lewd because she thinks other ponies' reactions are funny.
>>40327947>>40328123Ah, so I see you're finally lewding your snowponies.
https://ponerpics.org/img/view/2021/9/18/6261918.webm
Lichen is just ponified Boвoчкa from the anecdotes.
I miss the initial snowpone explosion.
>>40328213love this very much
>>40329190We all do, I'm just hoping we can end up better than /rgm/
>>40329190it was a wild moment tbqh. cute horses always win
>>40328145Primarily for the purpose of foals.
>>40327894How many newcomers do we have anyway?
>>40330336We had a couple dozen at least, I think. Not too many, not too few.
>>40330598Huh, spoilered by accident.
>>40330600Your cabbagesThey've spoiled
>>40327889You vill eat ze feeeshYou vill own snow gearYou vill sleep in ze snowpon cuddle pileAnd you vill be happy
>>40331432Ah, if only Satan Klaus was so based.
Snow Stallions!
>>40331817Are pretty handsome.
>>40329190It was a magical time.>>40329815I think we might someday end up as moths. It too was a fanmade tribe of ponies, and now, they're gone.
>>40332241What was /rgm/?
>>40332744Royal GuardMare thread. There were some pretty nice greens in there, but it eventually ran out of steam. I guess it was a bit too specific of a niche.
>>40329190We all do.>>40330598There have been a few.>>40329815I suspect as things get colder and we creep into winter, snowpone comfy will re-kindle.
boop
>>40334028FEESH!Imagine the welcome snow-stallions would get from their village if they returned with such a triumph!
>>40333168It happens, bat ponies used to be popular with its own wiki and everything, though they are still around with the occasional thread
>>40334224Yup, though bats are more popular since they were potentially real in the show, while the snowpones are our creation. It's why I compared them to moths instead of bats.
>>40335471It is now my headcannon that mlp ponies traverse snow by hopping through it.
>>40335615Foals and foals at heart certainly do.
Have a Pine Ponder because I think she's cute and deserves all of the pinecones.I love snowpones. I really should draw them more.[/spoiler]Speaking of which, how do people usually to their markings? I just used a spraycan since I was a bit stumped.[/spoiler]
>>40336087>flubbed the spoilereh, not like it matters
>>40329190It was gone the moment artists lost interest or died.
>>40336087Gorgeous Pine!>I think she's cute and deserves all of the pineconesEspecially that heart one!
>>40336087beautiful Pine Ponder, thanks anon!
>>40336087>I love snowpones. I really should draw them more.Could a early Nightmare-Night snowmare be done please?
>>40336087>spoilerMight be better off asking for advice in art threads. We do have a few artists still hanging around, but they all have pretty distinct drawing styles.Cute PP, by the way.
Snow poner bump.
>>40338062nta but elaborate
I hope snow ponies don't go away, they're pretty cute and interesting
>>40339511I see no reason why they should. There's decent content about them and the thread is pretty stable most of the time.
>>40336687>spoilerI hope he's doing okay, bros
>>40338062Isn't snowpone's Nightmare Night is that holiday when they summon spirits?
>>40340357When they guide lost spirits to Snowpitt so they can give their last goodbyes to their family and friends before passing over, yes. Probably the only time the spirits are visible and tangible, too.
>>40340379>>40340357Don't forget the costumes and fun!(I am not sure but I think the actual more serious spirit summoning was more of a "midnight" thing, where as the more laid back family fun and spooky time for foals would be earlier.)
>>40338585
The ice golem concept was neat too.
>>40340564
>>40341273There's potential for a low-effort green there, probably. A grug-like story from the golem's POV as it slowly learns to exist.
>>40335615
Any recommendations to snowpony ambient music?
>>40341633Podzol a cute!>>40343318Don't think it lazy of me but I'll post what I always post:https://youtu.be/L_er0ESaErUIt jives perfectly with it I think.
>>40343318 #How about singing ice asmr? Maybe the ponies get something out of listening to the ice?https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd-CwJa1SHE&pp=ygUQU2luZ2luZyBpY2UgYXNtcg%3D%3D [Open]
>>40343783>>40344618Thanks! I also found albums like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-CtLad6xMPretty good for my snowpony writing so far
Why is she sad, bros? Also requesting someone draw adult Lichen as a toymaker making Lichen Logs
>>40342572This is a lively snow horse.
>>40344690She was hoping somepony would invite her inside
>>40344690Can't say she is, unless maybe in the last one.Some would say she's sad that she didn't manage to literally become lichen and now she has to get up and look for food.Others would just say that she froze to the log and needs help. Again.
>>40345047I guess she's just miffed to find herself covered by snow after waking up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb1jpl7gs-Yhorses
Other than Agate's Vigil, are there other snowpony stories on fimfiction?
If I had the patience to learn I'd love to make a snowpone parody game of banished or tropico. It's a perfect setting for a city builder.
>>40345989Like a tribe simulator? An anon here wanted to mod King of Dragon Pass and snowponify it, it's similar to your idea, but I guess more story driven
>>40345989Mod Banished to have near-constant winter, ice instead of stone, and igloos instead of regular buildings?
>>40335615It would certainly look cute.
>>40345720>0:10>W I D E
>>40346104Are those the fighting snowpones from 1:25>>40345720? You work fast, anon.
>>40346104Oh that's adorable!
>>40345844Technically. But we don't talk about them.
>>40346104cute kicky hooves!
>>40347015That bad, huh?
>>40347121Unfortunately and unironically, yes.
>>40347015>>40347121Could I see them anyway? I'd like to learn how bad they are and make sure I don't make their mistakes in my own writing
>>40347603They're worthless, anon. One is a smutfic from a fetish writer that's barely over 1k words, other's set in some raaaaycist setting where batponies and snowponies also live in Equestria and they're terribly oppressed by the white mare. But hey, I'm not one to just make claims without backing them up. See for yourself.Smutfic:https://www.fimfiction.net/story/502373/a-roll-in-the-snowPolitical garbage:https://www.fimfiction.net/story/515218/a-ponys-history-of-the-snow-ponies-and-thestrals-and-their-role-in-equestria-today
>>40347641>set in some raaaaycist settingOh fuck. This got retarded very fast.
>>40347641Icky. Why do people write this cringe?
>>40348235Because it makes their dick hard or affirms their beliefs.
>>40349181Such pretty eyes.
>>40339511Cute yes, interesting no.
>>40348030>>40348235Hope it doesn't discourage you from writing, anon. Look at it this way: it literally cannot be any worse, kek
>>40350705Well, it can always get worse. But it would be quite the achievement to aim even lower.
Still waiting to hear from the MPPP since Frosty was supposed to be next in line after Verity.
>>40351149Yes! I've been waiting for months for them to get to Frosty. Still kicking myself for not getting Twiggles.
>>40351402>Still kicking myself for not getting Twiggles.I didn't know you could get into the 4cc by becoming a ball.
>>40350278>interesting noBut they've got shitloads of worldbuilding and fan lore around them now. That much more than most can claim to have.
>>40350977I don't know how you can go lower without it being satire
do the snowponies have any feature that would warrant them to be taken to be a specific race of their own in the minelittlepony mod's skin trigger pixel system?https://minelittlepony-mod.com/skinning/
>>40352667Overlay layer would be rendered twice and offset slightly, giving the illusion of fluff.
preferred animal as a pet for snowponers?
>>40353890Well, back in the day pets were a rich man's thing. Everyone else only kept practical, working animals that contributed stuff. So big doggos, maybe... Or rabbits.
>>40354026why not "rabbit dogs"?, who fucking knows whats up there in the cold
>>40353890Puffins, probably. They seem to hang around snowponies fairly often, though I'm not sure they're necessarily pets. Comfy Cozy also keeps rabbits, but they might be more for the wool.
>>40353890Snow and Cold Weather Cats, I have no valid or logical reasoning for this, I just like the idea of Ponies and Cats
>>40354077Ah yes, the goofy sounding birds. I think it wouldn't be quite like the pet/owner relationship as we understand it, more like snowponies would make friends with them and set up some nesting sites for them, but they would still go hunt for food, instead of getting fed by the ponies. Spirit/companion animal kind of deal, pethaps, with different villages or families having different ones.
>>40354239>with different villages or families having different ones.Perhaps they help snowpones by being the equivalent of carrier pigeons too.
>>40353890Dogs for sure, something like malamutes and huskies.>>40354227They'd easily could be descendants of cats that refugee earth ponies had for pest control, and pets of course. I'd certainly love the idea of Manuls being part of the valley's ecosystem.
>>40353890Rabbit...puffins?
>>40348901Neighvy Seals in training.
>>40356558her toughest job yet
>>40356558She'll just have to be hugged instead.
I've always wondered about the hierarchy of shamares considering snowponies are so decentralized. Of course you have younger and elder shamares but is there a higher step?
>>40357730I've always imagined there's a council of sorts, comprised of the eldest or most experienced shamares of each village, though it doesn't have any real authoritative power, just advisory. Like a bunch of craftsmen getting together to trade techniques and discuss new developments in their trade. Only meets during major festivals like the great huddle, when every village is already gathering together, or when widespread issues arise.
>>40356628And she's drawing blanks.
>>40358135She's going to drop snow down the back of your shirt for that.
>>40358135
>>40358603Worth it.
>>40359480>you can swear she is hiding the fact she was amused as much as she can>it isn't working
>>40357894>any real authoritative power, just advisory.I'd imagine that advisory power would be backed by a spook factor, though. "Ignore a shamare's advice at your own peril," or something like that
>>40360172Either that or plain common sense. It'd be pretty foolish to ignore the advice of a few dozen ponies who've been practicing for longer than you've been alive. Common sense doesn't make nearly as good folk tales, though.
>>40359744>She's still snowing you, just on principle>But she does it with a smile
>>40358914>Puffins when ponies from another village don't treat her like a little filly
>>40361322>Puffins when puffins puffins
>>40361322>Puffins dancing like a little filly to celebrate not being treated like oneinfinite cute
>>40362960Cool attire.
>>40362960Don't think that's quite Celestia...
>>40343318 this, a bit melancholic but fitting for cold, desolate landscapes.https://youtu.be/k9NprU7wajY
and the jaw harp starting at 00:05:20https://youtu.be/hod8tcLho4Q?t=320
>>40363358
>>40365574SMOL
>>40365020ex citedment for feeesh
>>40365778Puffins is not smol.
>>40366467But her colt is!
>>40366467Perhaps not small, but absolutely cute.
>>40335615Accepted.
