#horse infodump

[twinklestarstables]

If there wasn't a widespread problem of over-tightened nosebands, then there would be no issue with testing every noseband, since they would all pass! Ludger's argument is outright illogical in addition to not being factual...

This article shows just how much these elite equestrians live in their own little fantasy world. We should be celebrating any opportunity to improve horse welfare in sport.

But now they’re trying to make blood on a horse as “just an accident”.

I’m sorry but if your horse is bleeding from your “aids” that’s not an accident. And also I’ve never seen a horse bite its tongue without there being a stress related reason. If the horse’s jaw is tense and they can’t move their mouth and tongue properly, a bitten tongue is not an “accident” it is the result of the equipment you are using.

They also want to live in a fantasy world where noseband tightness isn’t a “real problem” in showjumping, despite most horses being ridden in nosebands and it is pretty obvious that they’re too tight and do not allow the horse’s jaw to move.

One of the elite show jumpers Ludger Beerbaum, wanted to chime in to reassure everyone that we simple don’t know the purpose of tight nosebands! It’s about uh … “good control and connection.” Which, of course, means “the horse can’t open their mouths to evade the harsh bits pushing into tongue and palate or move their jaw so they have no choice but to submit”.

Ludger also wants everyone to know that these silly “vets and horse welfare people” are destroying the sport because they want “wide open nosebands” so the horse can do silly things like “move their tongue and jaw”

This noseband measuring device is just a way to give people warnings and not let nosebands restrict a horse’s jaw and mouth! How terrible!

It’s kind of hard not to be facetious about this when the complete lack of empathy and compassion these “elites” have for their “teammates”.

Unfortunately showjumping in particular is pretty egregious with strapping horses down with gadgets and allowing for very harsh bits and very tight nosebands.

You can read more about the meeting here: https://www.worldofshowjumping.com/en/News/Ludger-Beerbaum-at-the-IJRC-General-Assembly-2024-This-is-the-beginning-of-the-end.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3UO4eejf_84WOcKhWSIBocrZ3egOtf8lSZmovVI5I63A6Na8mTDqV0Kmw_aem_ZVlweiCgeYvWVAvUTUNvJw

It’s basically just a bunch of grown ass men with millions of dollars throwing a tantrum about measuring noseband tightness.

[twinklestarstables]

I recently realized a random piece of bias I was taught as an inexperienced horse owner:

If random scrapes or bite marks appear, it's assumed to have happened while he was in the pasture, not while he was in a stall. No matter the injury, no matter the context, the assumption was always that it happened in the pasture. The assumption was that we trade their safety for their enjoyment by giving them turnout.

It took years to notice the pattern that these little injuries only happen when a new horse moves into a neighboring stall, because I was directly told every time that it must have happened in the pasture. New horses in the pasture don't have the same result, either. It's only in the stall, where they can't reach a comfortable amount of personal space to get used to each other.

[acearadiamegido]

MERRY CRISIS @victormaxx i hope u enjoy this festive arajade for @homestuckss

aradia: has done extensive historical research into Old Earth holiday customs and has chosen a beloved winter tradition to impress and delight jade. surely she will experience nostalgia and joy at this festive display from her original iteration of earth.

jade: is not welsh. does Not know what the horse skull is for.

[dragon-ashes1485]

TROP s2 ep7. A rant.

Firstly, this episode has been such a joy to watch, secondly, my heart rate is concerning.

Galadriel:

I loved the scene where she was in the cage, completely ready to die, because she wants to make things right. The scene with Celebrimbor was fantastic, at any moment I expected it to actually be Sauron, but the gentle way she talks to him and held his face like a child broke my heart. Phenomenal acting on both sides and the music was also amazing. Her kindness towards Arondir broke me. Her advising him against seeking out Adar was pure irony given her hunt against Sauron.

Galadriel sneaking around in that orc cloak was so stressful, even though we know she lives.

She seems kinder than in previous episodes, perhaps a result of no longer being around the ring? Or maybe she's just realising everything is going wrong. Either way, can't wait to see where her character goes next.

Elrond:

This guy. I loved how at first he looked ready for battle, but that he was also terribly afraid. But something seemed to switch in his character when his horse was killed and his pure anger there really shocked me. Also absolute savage for sending that orc flying.

I would like to take a moment to admire that he pauses to briefly mourn his horse.

The stunts that he performed are insane in this episode, and I love how Arondir keeps him safe throughout the later part of the battle.

"Durin will come" was such an important part to me, Elrond really looks like a young boy, as if he were sat on the beach during the third kinslaying again. I think the way that was portrayed was breathtaking.

And how he sits, looking up at Adar, completely ready to give in, broke me, he is utterly defeated. He has been abandoned once more (I know there were reasons but that's probably how Elrond feels). He then tries to stab Adar, but it is clear from where he aims for that he doesn't want to kill Adar, he wants to hurt him. His sigh when Adar got the ring kind of made me laugh, he's so done with all this crap.

I can't wait to see the aftermath of this.

Minor characters:

Camnir: so glad he was not in this episode or I would have cried.

Vorohil: please let this guy live. I will be sad.

Rian: I am sad. But absolute props to her for that savage arrow in her final moments.

Narvi: he just watched his kin be killed by his own king...let Narvi be ok.

Celebrimbor:

Ow. I hurt. Charles Edwards is an absolute gem, no he may not "look right" for Celebrimbor, but his potrayal of Celebrimbors descent was amazing.

Also, props to the set team for the scene where the forge transforms into its true state.

He tries so hard to fight against Sauron, he literally cuts his own thumb off. His own. Thumb. And when he's caught by the guards, he tries so hard to explain. I was so scared they'd just hand him back to Sauron until Galadriel showed her face.

I feel like I need to mention Mirdania. She was another product of Sauron's deception. Her death was horrifying and...I just can't even. Her naivety to believe "Annatar" about Celebrimbor, a man she greatly admired, was so sad, and then for her to spend her last moments believing that Celebrimbor had killed her? Ouch.

Celebrimbor tried so hard to escape, only to do what a true lord of Eregion would do, return to the only place he could protect it from, and the place he had just escaped. His bravery really shines through, and in the end it is he who comforts Galadriel.

ps: shot on the left is fantastic.

Sauron:

Still a bitch. But now with Darth Vader powers for some reason. Probably about to destroy Alderaan. I have no more to say.

Adar:

Yea I'm expecting a full orc rebellion next episode. He doesn't care as much as he did about his children which is why they were loyal to him in the first place. Glûg stayed behind when the others went to fight so I think that says a lot. It'll be interesting to see where that goes. I also hate him now because Arondir.

Durin:

Durin's speech was so middle-earthy I loved it. And then it goes to shit. I love that he got Narvi on side. The scene where he sees Elrond again means so much to me, there has not been enough of these two in this series and I really hope ep8 rectifies that, particularly after what happened (or rather, didn't happen) on the battlefield.

I love that Durin admires Elrond's new hair, as he should, it is fabulous. ALSO WHERE IS DISA. I swear if Disa dies, then I do too.

Look at this dwarf in his element. Also eff his dad, his dad is a prick.

He's really starting to come into his own, fighting against the evil. And you can see later how much his father's actions hurt him because not only does it mean he can't aid Eregion, but his father has killed dwarves. His own kind.

Amazon, please be kind to Durin next episode.

Gil-Galad:

Not much to say except from look at this boi in all his regalia. Love it when you see a monarch actually in the fighting, makes you like them. Especially as Gil-Galad has not been the most likeable chap this series.

Arondir:

Anyone needs me, I will be crying. That's all I have to say.

Overall thoughts on episode:

Battle sequence was 10/10. The effort put into this show amazes me. Fantastic acting from everyone, namely Charles Edwards, Charlie Vickers, Robert Aramayo and Morfydd Clark (ok fine, everyone). Well done to all the stunt horses as well, such good horses. Bear McCreary's soudntrack shone this episode, including so many characters themes. Also the last ballad of Damrod in the credits!

I am both anticipating and dreading next episode. What will happen with Celebrimbor? And what of Khazad-Dum? How will Adar use the ring? And will we need a box of tissues?

[twinklestarstables]

Between the trigger stacked horses and most riders' habit of way over-tightening nosebands, tbh I'm mildly impressed that the FEI is trying to implement a noseband measuring device at all. The bar is so horrifically low for top level competition, and still they manage to dig underneath it :(

Disbelief of the day: grand prix dressage riders flipping out on FB about the new FEI noseband device because their horses are so head shy from abuse that they will not tolerate having the device put on them.

[sleep-deprived-luka]

the most consistent background element atm is the horned snake in Sandwing banners/rugs and other ornaments.

That's mostly for selfindulgent creation myth stuff for me brain

[b1oombat]

helluva doodles

[sharks-sharks-sharks]

Some fun facts/common misconceptions about Norse Mythology:

1. Loki and Thor have no blood relation, Thor had many brothers, none of them were Loki, Loki is the child of the disguises Fárbauti while Thor is the son of Odin.

2. There is no proof that Jötunns were actually giants, based on how they were described it sounds like they're another "godly" race(?) like the Æsir and Vanir, they got with Æsir all the time, and they're never really described as looking different outside of like a couple of them being really tall but that's it.

3. Loki is not "gender fluid", at least not in the sense of what we think today. Vikings were very prideful of their masculinity, being perceived as feminine was considered horrible for a man, don't believe me? Look up what "ergi" means. Anyways, Loki in myth was described to change genders for disguising purposes and when they did the pronouns used to describe them would change, but Vikings viewed gender differently (men showing any femininity would be ridiculed), and Loki is considered a villain of Norse mythology, you aren't supposed to be like them, so like they aren't really gender fluid but it's also totally valid to see it that way if you're looking at it from today's lense, just remember it's not the original intention!!

4. Thor has little to no connection to thunder/lightning in myth, like Thor and mjölnir mean lightning but that's where it ends.

5. Loki has fathered many children and has also given birth to one.

6. There is no weird "honor" thing surrounding mjölnir where "honourable" people can lift it, there might have been a thing that prevents others from lifting it but nothing in specific gets mentioned.

7. We don't have any direct sources for Norse mythology, all we know is from texts written after Christianity took over the region.

Seven is my favourite number so that's how many facts you get xxx

[horse-breed-a-day]

Warlander, Chincoteague Pony, and Tarpan :) <3

𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘥𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?

𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 "𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵" 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘨𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘭! 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦!

𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘯𝘺 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦?

𝘖𝘰𝘩 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘒𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘵 1 𝘰𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘐𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦! (𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘦 3 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘩𝘢)

𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘯 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴?

𝘏𝘮𝘮, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘳𝘢 :) (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭). 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺? 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘬𝘪! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥!

𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘷𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦! (𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 -𝘸𝘢𝘴- 𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 + 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴!)

[crescentfool]

happy birthday to my favorite horseboy 🥳

[the-pobble-terrarium]

HORSE BLAST

[zombchu]

would u guys read an infodump post about horses in the legend of zelda?

[twinklestarstables]

Hey friendly reminder to my fellow horse people that nosebands do NOT need to be as tight as the girth. In fact, they shouldn't be. Stick some fingers under it at the nasal bone, leave some room to breathe! (And avoid causing them Literal Tourniquet Levels of pressure/pain!)

[cheebuss]

Me explaining how to boil an egg VS Me explaining and justifying my interpretation of Ludwig the Holy Blade based on what limited canonical material is available of him

[chiropteracupola]

tagged by @herbs-and-poultices to post my last sentence written / tag as many people as there are words in the sentence / &c!

I've been a bit out of it when it comes to writing for the last While, and so I think this is the last bit I wrote, off the sharpe/jsamn crossover:

The man stared down at him. Harris stared back, suddenly desperate to know if a moth-eaten rabbit’s-foot luck charm would have any effect at all on a magician.

that, as usual, is too many words, so I shall merely tag @sanguinarysanguinity, @dxppercxdxver, @tgarnsl, @cedarboots, @lacomandante, @dotsayers, and @baronetcoins, if you'd like to share?

[theinfinitetrial]

What my horse obsessed friend has taught me: