So, here I am again with a half-baked idea for a thread and to snatch a sip of that sweet (you)s.
>Oh, no. It's him again ;^P
So the idea with this thread is that I write down a form below and (you) answer one of the queries in it. Then we concatenate the answers into one big lore doc.
>How big can my answer be?
However short or long you feel like, as long as it answers the question you picked to answer.
>Can I only answer one question?
Yes, in that that I will only collect your first answer and disregard the rest but suggestions or ideas are always welcome. I just want to make it so everyone felt included.
But basically, one answer per Anon.
>How does the queries work?
One question, which you is the one you should answer and then the follow-up question underneath is just some extra text there to help you if you need it to understand the question better.
<Form:
<Subject Matter: BatPonies
<Query 1:
<Where are they?
>Where do batponies live? Do they have their on places like Cloudsdale for pegasi or do they just live alongside other ponies such in places like Canterlot and the like, or both?
What's the climate where they live?
<Query 2:
<Are their bat features just for show or do they serve a purpose and if so what are some of the consequences of them.
>Do the slit eyes of batponies give them night-vision? Is that the only thing that separate batpony eyes from regular pony eyes? Can they see the smell of blood like trail in air? Are their wings leathery to the touch, or soft like jelly? They batpony clans in the past punish traitors by whipping them with their wings? Can they use echo-location? How does it feel to have such sensitive ears and go to rave? Do they possess any other unique racial ability?
<Query 3:
<Whose their favourite princess or do they prefer another type of system of state?
>Do they like Luna most or Celestia, perhaps they like Cadance for the ...plot? Getitgetitgetit I'm a master of comdey Why do they like one over the other? Perhaps they the hate being ruled by any princess and prefer democracygay but like Flurry Heart the most because she is just a foal that doesn't enforce any rules yet or something.
<Query 4:
<What roles do the different sexes have in their society, etc (feel free to imply RGRE)?
<Do batponies foals have special mouths, for their first few years, like the suckers of octopi that they use to attach themselves to their father in litters while he in turn hangs upside-down from a cave ceiling via his tail tied around a stalagmite? Are batponies stallions in some more archaic areas force to shave of their fur between their wings (or their entire body) so that if they ever are unfaithful and try "finding themselves" while visiting cities outside of the cave they can be punished accordingly? Is the size of your fangs a sign of your mareculinity as a batpony mare? What are some of the expectations on a batpony mare and on stallion? Are they similar and where to they differ if they do?
<Query 5:
<Do batponies subscribe to a religion or faith, or are they secular; how does this impact their regular life?
>Do they have some sayings, like: "Why use a canary, when you got a bat?", "'Climbing, lmao!'/'muh climbing'", and "Rather be swallowed, then die from mosqiuto bites." <-(comes from the idea that it's better to lose to a dragon than to die by being betrayed, perhaps)
How would Anon be treated if you where to drop him in the den of these ponies? Would they take him in and offer him food and kindness out of the goodness of their hearts or can't they even look themselves in the mirror anymore as they will exhort Anon on every single drop of blood he has(if they drink blood that is)? Do they drink blood? I don't really know how to solve the problems with answers that might intersect each other and overlap. I say we solve it in post and let's just no worry about it now. Answer the query how you want to.
<Query 6:
<Do they have any traditional clothes that they wear and how does their architecture look like?
>My energy was spent here. This section was only there to help anyway and was probably not necessary to begin with. Do they build their houses on the from the ceiling? Maybe they dig out the insides of enormous stalagmites and make homes out of them?
<Query 7:
<What do they eat?
>What's their diet? What meals do they make? When do they eat?
<Query 8
<Customs and culture etc?
>Are there anymore customs and behaviors that they have but are outside of the previous queries?
<Query 9
<Do they have any myth and legends about their own kind or historical events they care to for and retell?
>Like what's their take on the legend of Nightmare Moon or something like that?
Feel free to give any form of feedback regarding the thread and also feel free to just dump your own headcanon on batponies at your leisure. In general feel free to post whatever here, like if you feel prompted to writefag feel free.