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Fantasy Guide: Horses, Steeds and Mounts

Horses are a staple of fantasy. Instead of writing them as emotionless vehicles lets give them life.

Horse Terminology

Mare: female horse

Gelding: castrated male horse, big boned and gentle

Stallion: male horse, more agressive

Foal: baby horse

Filly: girl baby horse

Colt : boy baby horse

Yearling: a horse a year old, too young to ride

Pony: small, smart and sturdy,

Colour

When writing horses, we like to colour them in. Make sure to have a look at my colours post for some symbolic choices.

Appaloosa: white hair and dark patches

Bay: red-brown, dark, mahogany bay, red bay, sandy are all common shades but bay must always have a hint of black.

Black: black but keep in mind that pure black is very rare.

Chestnut/Sorrel: reddish coat, may have brown/rws

Dun: yellowish commonly but can be reddish yellow horse

Paint/Pinto – white patches

Palomino: golden coat, white mane

Piebald – dark-skinned, with large splotches of black and white

Roan: blue or strawberry; mixed colored and white hairs. A blue roan has black and white manes, red roans have white manes.

Physical signs

These all tell you what the horse is telling you. Listen to your horse.

Blow: exhaling through the nose. This indicates curiousness and often followed by nuzzling.

Breathing: Yes, check if the horse is breathing first. Always a good point. But yes, horses have a resting breath that is relaxed. Changes to this could mean anxiety or fear.

Ears are up and pointed forward: alert and interested

Ears are pointed out to the side: Sleepy, tired, unwell or submissive.

Ears are pointed up: unwell or bored

Ears are back and pinned flat against the head: angry and aggressive. Fuck off right now or you’ll catch these hooves.

Neigh/Whinny: a sound made to look for company in people or horses.

Nicker: usually means “hello” in either a friendly context or a mating context. Mama horse will nicker to their kids.

Scream: usually while fighting some other horses.

Snort: exhaling through the nose sharply which is code for where’s the danger.

Feeding time

Horses need to be fed and it’s expensive. Horses are the most costly thing for a castle or army to have. It takes money to field a large calvary so make sure you have some food on board.

Apples and fruit.

Barley

Bran

Grass

Hays

Oats

Root vegetables – beetroot, carrots, parsnips, and turnips

Tack

Corn

Tack

This is the term for your horses kit. This will be a basic list.

Saddle: Your seat on the horse

Stirrups: supports that hang from either side of the saddle to support the feet.

Girth: A belt that fastens the saddle to the horse.

Bridle: The bit that goes over the horse’s face

Reins: connected to the bridle and ensures you have a grip

Bit: this is what the horse has between its teeth.

Horn: a raised portion of the saddle that sits at the point where the saddle is close to the neck.

Blanket: a drape of fabric used to warm a horse or stop rubbing from the saddle.

Things you ought to know about horses

Riding bareback (i hear you laughing, pervert) is actually quite hard and dangerous

Horses have limits and most can’t gallop all night without a break

Horses often break legs and sometimes must be put down (honestly fuck you Veronica, #cobalt deserved better)

Horses die in battle, not all horses make it out (you go, Joey)

Common horses mentioned in fantasy

Destrier: The most popular war horse of the medieval era. These horses are only ever really used by knights in battles, tournaments, and jousts. It was not the most common horse but it was considered the desired of horses even being called “the great”. Usually male, these horses were renowned for their agility able to turn quickly making it suitable for battle. Destriers are expensive. When one looks in the histories you seen them going for almost ten times the price of another breed. The breed has since died out but scientists and equestrians have since been trying to reproduce them.

Courser: This was the more commonly used and available war horse. It is fast and strong horse ridden by knights and men-at-arms. They were not expensive than the destrier but still would cost a pretty penny.

Rouncey: A commonly used horse used anything and everything. Mostly used for riding, the horse could be trained for battle.

Palfrey: Would be an expensive horse for riding. It was a slender horse with an ambling gait so it was prized for traveling over distance.

Hunters: Or more commonly called Thoroughbred. The Thoroughbred is a fast horse and an agile one. Though vest for racing, the thoroughbred was mostly used when the nobility went riding in hunting excursions.

25 small but comforting gestures for your otp:

( feel free to use <3 )

squeezing their hand reassuringly

hugs from behind :(

taking a photo of your lover when they're beaming ♡

forehead kisses while hugging !!

rubbing their thumb over your knuckle

exchanging smiles from across the room

"my love" <33333 AHHHHH

them peppering kisses all over your face.

winking at them, or sending them flying kisses and seeing them fluster :))

sending them memes throughout the day-"this reminded me of you"

pulling their legs onto theirs whenever you sit close to them > <

draping a blanket over ur sleepy lover :(

"come here, and give me a kiss" :)

"i think i might be in love with you."

smiling into kisses ( or booping noses after a kiss )

sinking into your arms whenever they gad a long day

kissing your shoulder while they spoon you in cuddles <3

when they laugh at your messy hair in the morning >>

when they leave notes for you around the house

painting their nails while they fake-protest

tugging a flower onto the side of their head and oh god, are they pretty

complimenting the features they love the most about you :/

watching rain together while cuddling!

roasting each other for their embarrassing moments late at night!!

when your loves likes to drape their arms around yours while walking together :]

i was trying to collect more shitty ms paint doodles we all use and vibe with and then i realize i also have ms paint and can just MAKE some 

Garfield Meshi

An irl stalks my account NOOOO WHAT AM I GOING TO DOOOO 💔

The Blue Exorcist Fandom has no media literacy

I keep seeing takes where people say "Rin's friends are bad friends and are fake. They shouldn't have gotten upset at Rin for learning he's the son of satan" and it makes me angry. These are children. 15-16 years of age. Many of their lives have been ruined by Satan. OBVIOUSLY, they're gonna be kinda upset. They aren't gonna have a mature reaction. Plus. They got over it pretty quickly. ALSO ALSO, the latter half of season 1 isn't canon. None of that shit happened in the manga. It's all made up. They didn't react like that. Their real reaction was the Kyoto saga. Also. Rin isn't an uwu soft boy who can do no wrong. And I'm tired of people acting like he is. Yes, I love him too. He's one of my favorites. BUT, he isn't innocent. He DOES have dangerous powers that he needs to learn to control. I'm so tired of the blue exorcist fandom acting like they never watched the show or read the manga. OH AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON YUKIO. You can not like him all u want. But you can't say he hates his brother. You just can't. They both love each other. They both are jealous of each other. And. Quick spoiler warning. YUKIO LITERALLY TRIES TO OFF HIMSELF. HE DOES DANGEROUS ASS TRAINING BC HE FEELS INFERIOR TO RIN. Omg. And yeah. He joined the Illuminati. Betraying them. Yeah. That's BAD. But people act like he's a disgusting roach just bc he treats Rin badly at times. Like. Omg. Not everyone can like Rin. Not every character NEEDS to like him. That's what makes stories interesting. I'm not a Yukio apologist or whatever. I'm just tired of the mischaracterization.

Anyways. That's all.

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Chapter 139 Recap and Notes

Holy shit, what the hell happened!?

This is the chaos that Mephisto was talking about back in chapter 130? If Satan is defeated it'll warp the world.

Mephisto has been floating inside the disembodied Satan, it's simply Gehenna on steroids.

Now that Gehenna has broken into Assiah, we have an ugly mismatch of worlds....and possibly, according to Mephisto, times.

Despite everything, Mephisto has luckily survived. But he has yet to learn what is coming next; for the first time in his existence, he doesn't know the future. The world as he knows it has become unpredictable. He's also been trapped and possibly unconscious for quite some time, within Satan.

It's been two years since Satan lost his body, and the entire world has gone to hell literally, with Gehenna and demons coexisting with the humans in a dystopian realm. We have True Cross still intact and under the command of Arthur Auguste Angel. Who, no doubt, rules with an iron fist under the careful manipulation of the Uzai. Check out his robes. For a minute, I thought Shiemi was the new Paladin and Angel was dead, but they pulled the old "bait-and-switch" character intro.

Check out Angel's face. He has the mottled look of a demon that's straining its human vessel. We know Angel is a clone descended from demons, but technically he's human with a Lucifer temptaint. His own original body wouldn't have rotted away like that, because he was in charge of his own living flesh and had balanced powers.

So, does that mean that Angel didn't really survive in the last chapter and that he was replaced by something else? Was he possessed by a very strong demon? Is that demon co-existing and controlling the weak-minded Angel? I don't know for sure, but it ain't right.

Our other favourite exorcists, Shura, Lightning, Yukio, and Shiemi, are nowhere to be seen, and Shima has become a star amongst the Order. The same Order he undermined while working for the Illuminati. Shima was that lazy guy that hated responsibilities and didn't give a shit about his friends and family. He's now a world-stage star and a heart-throb. That ain't right. But predictable...he's self-absorbed and self-indulgent. Being a star gets him closer to hot chicks, and he'd walk away for that alone.

Predictions? I have a few.

Sometime in the last two years, the True Cross order took on a hardline approach, banishing anything or anyone that was part demon. Under Angel's stubborn rhetoric, their existence would have been traitorous. Rin, Yukio, Shura, Lightning, Shiemi, and Kamiki would become outcasts for their apparent Demon DNA and heritage. Angel is the same as they are, but he denies it!! And the Uzai have carefully protected that lie to remain in control.

True Cross did something horrendous and divided their ranks.

And thus, we see Paku comes back into the fold. She's older and war-torn. She's seen some shit and is trying to find or tell people the truth. Something ain't right.

True Cross has become Evil, and Rin and the others have established a Rebel counterforce. And check out Rin! He's in control of Amaimon's familiars!! Hobgoblins. Plus a really big dragon...so does this mean that Shiemi and Rin are working together and Amaimon is along for the ride as the servant of Shiemi. Curious! He has an Amaimon-styled, shredded cape, jeans and a scarf....at least he's comfortable.

At least we can feel a slight relief in all this chaos.

Mephisto's alive....and he's free!!