putting the 'wine' in 'equine' since 2013

I always thought it was like an exaggeration when horse people would talk about how silly it was for anyone to think that riding a horse does not require any particular level of skill or balance or anything, or even that they "drive themselves" (???) but just the tags on the reblogs of that "can you ride a bike and/or horse" post from me alone are demonstrating how overconfident some people are in their (often entirely theoretical!) ability to stay on an alive and moving animal with a will of its own.

like don't get me wrong, I've put young kids on horses & seen younger ride them entirely on their own.

but I've also watched grown-ass adults do things like back a horse straight into a bush because they couldn't follow basic instructions like "stop pulling back on the reins".

and those are just the horses I trust with 8 year olds.

I just think the "horses are scary idiots who eat fingers and break all their legs whenever they see a plastic bag" website was very quick to believe themselves to be the wayward city girl who trauma-bonded with the wild & troubled horse on her family's ranch & won the race & saved the farm all before summer break ended.

is all.

yes Anna May I'm sure riding a horse is much easier than riding a bike. those idiot country folk just don't know what they're talking about. your bond with Serendipity will be strong & you will overcome his troubled heart with the power of fresh apples and transcendant horse empathy.

theoretically, of course.

unfortunately I am beginning to understand why horse girls are so defensive about riding being a "sport".

you're so right besties! I'm rooting for you!!!

there's also - can you "ride a horse" aka some old, quiet, tourist horse in a cowboy saddle who doesn't mind you bouncing a bit in a slow jog

or do you know how to put a horse into a fast trot and follow it and rising and sitting or actually stay seated using your goddamn seat. (do you even know what your seat is?)

would you fall off if you were put in an English saddle?

do you know how to put a horse into canter? how to STOP it once it canters?

what if the horse jumps sideways because it saw a purple flower? will you stay on? (i'm 50/50 and I used to ride every day)

do you know how to collect a horse? how to do an extended canter? do you know that sitting on a big warmblood, nicely collected and then do a full extended canter is Better Than Sex?

do you know? do you know how to ride?

fighting demons

sleepy on main

absolutely fatigued on main

Fucking exhausted on main

seeing the hat man on main

My contribution to the FFXIV Swap, this time for @fatewalker-phoenix of the beautiful Eden and her beloved Hien. The themes were Heavensturn, Valentione's, and Fairytale, so I was trying to evoke vibes of an Eastern fairy tale. :3 I hope you like it! <3

Special thanks to @scholarlostintime for helping me get into the secret route in Mt. Rokkon! <3

Biggest fucking mood.

They’re also meant for hiltops, not small rooms. Cant get the right reverb with all that echo.

they’re also meant to make you fight the english. don’t forget that part.

My fav bagpipe player was a dude who would go out to the middle of a soccer field near my college apartment on Sunday. No one was using the field and he’d just be out there playing his heart out and the sound were just spread out over the plains. I’d be working on art for class so I’d open the window and listen. I still have fond memories of the day a kid biked up to the edge of the field, ran over to the bagpiper and the music stopped for a moment and as they talked. I couldn’t hear it but I had assumed the worst, that someone had decided to tell him to stop playing. Instead after the pause the musician seemed to nod, readjusted his bagpipes and started belting out the Star Wars theme. 

Holyshit that is the most interesting thing I’ve heard in awhile

Holy shit yes

I would also like to offer this because this artist is really cool and if you’ve never known the joy of a Celtic/Punjabi mix, you’re missing out.

Also consider anything by Delhi 2 Dublin

An equally fascinating performance on bagpipes is The Bad Piper, playing the AC/DC classic Thunderstruck

Listen, bagpipes can do dainty! You just need to go with lap pipes… totally different tone!

Unicycling Darth Vader upgrades to Flaming Bagpipes

Stuff I haven’t seen or heard before? Fun!

They were deemed ”a weapon of war”, FFS. I always loved them, and get goosebumps when hearing them. Same physical response to the drums. An astrologer once said that in a previous life i was “a soldier, some dude, nothing interesting “.

Guys i’ve found a way to make it through the loneliness!!! substance abuse

Inspiered by this poll here because it got me thinking.

Reblog for bigger sample size if you feel so inclined 💕

Spirit and Rain

Twilight princess was the shit for weird little girls growing up in the wii era. You’re telling me there’s a game where you can turn into a wolf and terrorize people?? The whole game is full of an eerie and dark aesthetic?? Also midna is there

disclaimer: these are results from google. there were loads so i just picked at random from "most watched anime" lists

please reblog and put your answers in the tags <3