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pignon sentience?

Mar 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
ghostly
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are all of the pignon's sentient? or just ma pignon, or do they come from some village that isnt shown in the game?, is ma pignon just some sort of special pignon with greater intelligence?
 
Mar 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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ghostly said:
are all of the pignon's sentient? or just ma pignon, or do they come from some village that isnt shown in the game?, is ma pignon just some sort of special pignon with greater intelligence?
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I mean, ma pignon might just be more bigger brain than the other pignons because it's self-aware of its properties and can talk. The other pignons just wander around aimlessly, not even intentionally damaging the player.
 
Mar 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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Ma Pignon does pontificate on how valuable it is, and by extension, how unique it is. I think it's safe to conclude it's a special pignon with greater intelligence. Comparatively, none of the other pignons show any signs of sentience.
The idea of one individual in a species randomly having much greater sentience is not new, as can be seen in, e.g., The Hork-Bajir Chronicles from the Animorphs series...
 
Mar 13, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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this might not be directly connected but it just came to my mind: are ma pignon clones just regular shrooms but more... bouncy? if so, then why are they a different colour from the regular pignons, is it the room's lighting making them (and, by extension, ma pignon itself) appear purple?

also, ma pignon's ability to talk does not make him intelligent, i think he has a little ego problem
 
Mar 14, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Hina said:
this might not be directly connected but it just came to my mind: are ma pignon clones just regular shrooms but more... bouncy? if so, then why are they a different colour from the regular pignons, is it the room's lighting making them (and, by extension, ma pignon itself) appear purple?

also, ma pignon's ability to talk does not make him intelligent, i think he has a little ego problem
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to quote the last part, having ego still requires brain cells firing that is more than just silent jogging back and forth,
also ive always wondered but what if the same thing that makes chaco purple is in ma pignon, but idk its different shades
 
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