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rochestertrailriders · 5 months
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Beginner Horseback Riding Lessons: A Starter Guide
This podcast episode provides an insightful guide for beginners on starting horseback riding lessons. It discusses how to choose the right lesson program, what to expect during lessons, the essential attire and safety gear needed, and the physical expectations and rewards of riding. Special attention is given to the inclusivity of the sport, with a nod to programs like EquiCenter that cater to…
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septembersung · 2 months
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What are you thoughts on horses?
There’s only one possible answer here:
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cogentranting · 2 years
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Rating Disney Horse Designs
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Cyril Proudbottom (The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) 2/10 His vacant eyes and grotesque proportions disturb me
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The Headless Horseman’s Horse (The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) 7/10 Stunning. Very dramatic. Powerful look. 
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Major (Cinderella) 4/10 Cyril Proudbottom’s more distinguished cousin. 
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Samson (Sleeping Beauty)  3/10 There’s something not right about his face. I don’t trust him. 
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Captain (One Hundred and One Dalmatians- movie)  5/10 A solid design. Friend shaped. 
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Captain (I don’t know- some 101 Dalmatians tv show it looks like)  -30/10 Kill it now before it destroys us all. 
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Frou-Frou (Aristocats)  7/10 A perfect genteel lady. Loses points for inconsistency in the animation. 
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Philippe (Beauty and the Beast) 8/10 I’d trust this horse with my life
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Achilles (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) 6/10 Respectable. Handsome. 
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Snowball (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) 10/10 The DRAMA. The expression somewhere between “evil” and “hasn’t slept in 4 days”. The HAIR. Perfection. Exactly the type of horse I’ll ride when I turn evil.
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Pegasus (Hercules) 6/10 A fun design, lot’s of personality. But kinda gives off Frat Boy energy. 
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Baby Pegasus (Hercules) 11/10 I’d die for him. 
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Khan (Mulan)  10/10 Look at those absurd proportions-- the tiny legs and the huge barrel chest- amazing. 
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Bullseye (Toy Story 2-4)  4/10 Is he cute? yes. But as someone who has owned many toy horses in her life, this is not a toy horse I would be pleased with. 
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This Bullseye Toy I found looking for a movie picture of Bullseye -100/10 This thing IS cursed and we will probably all die for having seen it. But I’m taking you all down with me. 
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Buck (Home on the Range)  2/10 No matter what picture, no matter what expression, you look at this horse and just KNOW he would be so unpleasant to talk to. 
Blessedly, there is no horse in Chicken Little. 
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Destiny (Enchanted)  5/10 This is a Barbie horse and I swear I owned it. 
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Maximus (Tangled) 7/10 A good design but too much dogness. 
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Angus (Brave) 15/10 Everything that’s good in a horse. 
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Sitron (Frozen) 11/10 He deserves so much better than Hans. Look at his kind eyes. This is a horse that will treat you right. This horse is the anti-Hans. 
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Nokk (Frozen 2)  20/10 WATER HORSE WATER HORSE WATER HORSE WATER HORSE!
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This Horse I Assume Bruno Stole (Encanto) 9/10 He’s only there very briefly and I can’t even find a decent picture but he’s a very nice horse. 
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ayeforscotland · 4 months
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Wow. Whoever is in charge of Netfix' Avatar doesn't remotely understand Avatar. No, that's too generous. They seem to be failing Writing 101. As in basic character arcs, narrative progression, flaw being the catalysts for self-discovery and character development, layers of character expression that are not explicitly spewed out or as it is sometimes is called 'subtext' and 'depth'. Like... I don't get it. If they gonna strip the show down even more, all they are going to be left with are bare bones of logistics. Characters A, B and C traveled from Location 4 to Location 6. Riveting. /s The worst part is something else, thou. It is this quote: "that’s part of the process of going from a Nickelodeon cartoon to a Netflix serialized drama" as in 'cartoons are not real drama, it's simplistic and for children'. It's the same high horse, patronizing stuff Halo TV Show showrunners have said. Basically meaning that games are not real cinema or real art. It all reeks of snobbism and faking humility.
Saw this yesterday and it’s just a fucking giant red flag. Game of Thrones has done so much damage to creating fantasy media.
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The gang won’t go on as many detours to go ride elephant koi - great, I’m so desperate for the world of avatar to be depicted in the most dark, depressing way possible.
I don’t remember anyone begging for another live-action avatar. Once was bad enough, so a lot of the excuses of “Yeah we had to make changes for live-action” immediately makes me say “Well, you didn’t need to make it live-action at all.”
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k-hippie · 6 months
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WELCOME TO ... CHESTNUT RIDGE K-505 TERRAIN MOD :)
Get back on your horse and ride in the distant sun because it is finally done. All of Sims4 world are k-hippied. All pixelated. Yeah, even hooves can feel the differences ( we know 'cause we asked ) :D
It's always a mess on EAxis side but we had been told they had made an effort with texturing. It is true. It was better texture-wise than any other neighborhood, still it couldn't be left untouched :)
Straw on the ground, rocks, riverbed, grass, large rocky structure ( ? ) Let the hooves have nice pixelated floors too. No discrimination here : feet, paws, hooves. All at the same level. Now you just have to worry about something else than letting your animals graze plastic ;)
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THE NEXT ROADMAP is to wait for the coming World : Tomarang, and at last ... to release all the necessary updates, from base-game to horse-ranch for the k-101, k-202, k-606 ... and work backwards on the mega update of the k-707 ...
Some k-303 are coming too :)
After the Bold November, here comes the Fast December :D and we'll talk about in a few days ;) And as always, Have Fun !
Want to give us some caffeine ? : ko-fi // paypal
Download K-505 : Horse Ranch here
:)
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alonetimelover · 11 months
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pairing: Harry Styles x equestrian!reader
fc: Jessica Springsteen
summary: in which harry needed to learn how to ride a horse for his daylight music video
a/n: thank you to the anon that requested equestrian!reader
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harryupdates
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harryupdates HARRY SPOTTED FILMING SOMETHING IN ATLANTA!!!!!!!!
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hArrysbtch NO FUCKING WAY
hArrysbtch WHAT IS HAPPENING
harrysmoustache STOP whatever you're doing, just STOP
harrysmylife King is back
harryshoee this is for daylight, i'm telling you!
⤷ stylesbabie didn't he film sth with james?
⤷ harryshoee i think it was only for the show and not the original music video. at least I hope so!!!
harrybestie phoebe is that you?
harryno1fan he has a strange mind...
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yourinstagram Olympics are no more for us, so Don Juan joined a circus!
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hArrysbtch ill recognise that bitch anywhere!!!!
harryshoee ariana what are you doing here?????
harryupdates 👀
user49 hello, why are "Olympics no more"?
⤷ yourinstagram hiii! jumping has been removed from Olympics because of an incident that happened during one of the competitions.
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harryupdates
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harrysupdates HARRY FOLLOWED YN YSN ON IG AND TWITTER! he liked all of her photos and commented on the last 10!
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harryupdates YN YSN is equestrian that won silver medal at the 2020 Olympics! she also is rumoured to be involved in harry's daylight music video!!
hArrysbtch nah, that bitch is gone!
harrysmoustache he's taken?!
harrysmylife maaaaan, he in love
stylesbabie oh she so posted a picture of harry on her ig then
harryshoee we're the same. I've done the same to her profile. I love her too
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harrylisbon WTHAJDKOW GUYS!!!! HARRY JUST PLAYED THIS DURING DAYLIGHT!!!!!
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harryupdates what is going on?????
hArrysbtch what if he drops ot during the final show????
harryshoee im losing my shit rn
stylesbabie im seeing him in Rome, he better played it in the background!!!!
harrysmoustache screaming crying throwing up
harrysfan82 I died dead
harrysfan03 i lost the idgaf war....
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harryupdates
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harryupdates DAYLIGHT MV 19th JULY 5PM UK
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harryupdates guess what? im not sleeping again tonight!
hArrysbtch excuse me, i have heart problems
harrysmoustache yellow bird supremacy!!!!!
yourinstagram 🏇🏻🏇🏻🏇🏻
⤷ hArrysbtch what you mean???????
⤷ harrysmylife yn, tell me you're involved!
⤷ yourinstagram 🤫
harrysmylife he's in his taylor era
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harrystyles
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harrystyles DAYLIGHT MV just for you, H xx yourinstagram
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yourinstagram Don Juan looks magnificent!
⤷ harrystyles what about me?
⤷ yourinstagram we still need to work on your posture
⤷ harrystyles yes, ma'am
⤷ hArrysbtch WTF, he knows how to comment?????
harryupdates that's your best video to date
harrysmylife he can ride??? what can't he do??
annetwist Proud ❤️
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harryupdates
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harryupdates "She was the first choice from the moment the idea popped in my head. I couldn't be happier about it. She's the best." HARRY ON WORKING WITH YN IN DAYLIGHT MUSIC VIDEO BTS
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hArrysbtch he in love
harrysmoustache HE BLUSHED SO HARD!!!!!
harryshoee the clips of the laughing together??????
harrysmylife and and and the way he looks at her
harrysfan94 but the clip when yn's doing all the jumping and all??? she's sooo good. couldn't harry just have her starring in the mv?
⤷ yourinstagram yeah, harrystyles?
⤷ harrystyles there is this version...
⤷ hArrysbtch WHAT
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yourinstagram
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yourinstagram THE Don Juan and some indie singer on their first lesson
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harrystyles the star 🐎
harryupdates the shade???
stylesbabie uhhh, they so together
harryshoee do you give lessons to ordinary people?
⤷ yourinstagram during the summer when there's no competition I'm holding a camp. you can enrol with the link in my bio!
⤷ user92 be careful, it's expensive as hell!
⤷ yourinstagram well, we do not take any money from our pupils. we ask for food or money (however much you want) donation! hope that helps, x
harrysmoustache oh, I'm so in love with them
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harryupdates YN AND HARRY SPOTTED HORSE RIDING OUTSIDE OF LONDON!
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hArrysbtch oh so we know what he's going to do during the break
harrysmylife 😭that's😭so😭sweet😭
stylesbabie he looks so cute in his little outfit
harryshoee SAVE A HORSE RIDE A COWBOY
harrysmyman unholy thought, unholy
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yourinstagram ❤️❤️❤️
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harrystyles congratulations, darling.
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harryupdates the support
hArrysbtch we haven't heard from him in months
⤷ harrysmoustache and we've got a prize today for waiting patiently
stylesbabie everyone say: THANK YOU, YN
harrysmylife and everything started because this man has a mind strange enough to start a circus...
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argumentativeaxolotl · 10 months
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Random Human AU Cars headcanons that probably don’t make any sense before I go to bed bc I can.
Lightning McQueen:
- Has accidentally called Doc “dad” before
- Has accidentally called Strip “dad” as well
- Bro can literally not stop moving- like he will not sit still and he tries so hard
- He has the shortest attention span ever if it doesn’t have to do with his friends or racing
- He actually really enjoys American Football and plays a modified version with Mater sometimes
- He was an orphan growing up
- Bro would 100% go apeshit feral if he lost a game of Uno
- Loves carnivals
- Dog person
- Forgets he’s rich sometimes and he can make his own decisions about money
- His love language is hugs and gifts
- He bought the Hot Wheels of his car and continues to buy every variation
Chick Hicks:
- Bit other kids as a child
- Filled water guns with lemonade and shot at people’s eyes
- Daddy issues(actually this is canon isn’t it?)
- Cat person
- Frighteningly good at card games like Casino “house always wins” levels of good. Like bro will somehow know what your cards are without even looking at them
- He put rocks in snowballs
- Alcoholic
- Loves anything horror, gorey, and True Crime
- He’s notoriously bad at getting people gifts, like seriously bro is not allowed to buy anything for anyone for Christmas or their birthdays that’s how bad it is(someone usually gets it for him)
- He probably has a huge gambling problem
- His love language is giving gifts
- He gives gifts as a form of apology because he’s shit at words
- Literally the best mustache in all of cars- like he keeps that thing at top condition 101% of the time
- He never actually finished school because his dad forced him into racing as soon as he could
- Probably had rabies at one point and somehow survived
- If you somehow manage to become a good friend of his, he’ll actually be super chill w/ you
- Rich as FUCK
Strip Weathers:
- Legally adopted Cal after his parents passed away(or sumn idk)
- Has several scars on his arm from the crash during the tie-breaker race
- He, Tex, Lynda, and Cal were practically inseparable after the crash
- He and Tex are literally the bestest of buds like they are homies to the MAX
- He doesn’t hold any ill-will against Chick even if he should and is allowed to
- The “Boy Scout” of racing(think Superman or Captain America)
- He listens to “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X while working with his horses. Cal cringes every time.
- He never swears unless he’s serious about something or is extremely upset or concerned
- He almost fainted when he met Doc for the first time, almost immediately asking for an autograph
- He has a ranch full of horses and enjoys horse racing as well as car racing
- Received an apology gift of both cologne and a miniature trophy from Chick
- He let Chick sign his cast after the crash
- He’s tried to teach Lightning and Bobby how to ride horses with Cal’s help. It did not go well
- He wanted to be a doctor for a little while before switching career paths
- Racing is literally in his blood(he comes from a very VERY long line of racers)
- Weirdly good at writing. Like for no reason.
- He heavily fanboyed over Doc when he was younger
Doc Hudson:
- He loves Lightning as his son
- He thinks of Sally as a surrogate daughter
- Unironically says “back in my day” whenever he’s telling a story
- He owns a shotgun and it’s hidden away in his house, far away from Lightning(who keeps trying to find it with no luck)
- He knows the most shit out of everyone and all their backstories. Bro hears the gossip and goes “nice”
- He loves watching fruit dissection videos on YouTube for some reason
- Bro is great at knitting. Like seriously. Give him ten seconds and you’ll have a whole ass sweater with a theme and everything
- He is an alcoholic(especially after his crash)
- Never got married or had children… until Lightning and Sally lmaooo
- He nearly started crying tears of joy when Lightning called him dad the first time
- He has several large burns and scars on his legs and lower back from the crash(like shit is really bad dude)
- His favorite movie is the original ghost busters
- He is a cat person
- He is a neat freak at heart yet gave up trying to clean out his garage because of all the bad memories
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fandomination666-blog · 4 months
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As someone who lives in Texas (unfortunately) I find it SO FUNNY when people make keith overwhelmingly southern. Like, cmon yall. Texas history 101, the cowboy era ended a long ass time ago, most of us DONT wear cowboy hats anymore. Why the fuck would keith ride a horse???? Nobody does that unless they own horses??? And horses are incredibly expensive???
Like, I understand cowboy aus, and historical aus, but if Texas, in 2024, isn't like that (the stereotypes are so wild) then why would it be like that in approx 2314?
Very few wear cowboy hats or boots. Very few have horses, and NOBODY rides them to school, ffs. Keith is not a farmhand.
Some texas stereotypes that are true, however...
-yeah we say yall nonstop
-ain't, wouldja, couldn't've, etc.
-confederate flag is less common here, normally you see the "come and take it" or the "don't tread on me"
-if keith ever went to public school, 1/3 of his classmates or more are Latino
-most Texans know moderate amounts of Spanish
-we celebrate Cinco de Mayo, and most ppl think it's Mexican independence day (it's not)
-barbecue.
-chili WITHOUT BEANS YOU HEATHEN
-will fight over food, family, or football
-either you support the Dallas Cowboys or the Houston Texans. Any other team is sacrilege. Once you make this choice, it WILL have effects on your social life.
-football is basically king here lol, none of the other stuff in school gets nearly the funding
-people living in rural areas (like Keith's dad) often own guns, and not pistols either-- rifles and shotguns, usually
-NOBODY SAYS YEEHAW. at least not unironically
-Texans will ironically say yeehaw, rootin-tootin, etc bc we are aware of our history and think it's wack
-were not all racist, but everyone knows at least one person who is (usually an older family member)
-mind your gotdamn manners at the table. Get those elbows away from your food
-sir and ma'am for strangers
-open doors for old people. You don't have to be a man to do this.
-please and thank you is SO important, people will assume things about you otherwise
-if you don't have a church, you miss out on a lot of community (coming from a non-religious person)
-most people here are Baptist, on that note (Hispanic people contribute to the Catholic population, but still, Baptist is #1)
-internet service is awful unless you're in a city
-we WILL close all schools for 2 inches of snow/ice
-we laugh at hurricanes, and then do our best to help our Houston neighbors
-but everybody hates Houston and Dallas, unless you live there
-most people are okay with Austin, San Antonio, etc
-EL PASO IS TINY, AND HALF OF IT IS IN MEXICO (and is called Ciudad Juárez there)
-beer is god. And God has no problem with drinking. (According to beliefs here)
-gambling is illegal here, but we love it, so states like Oklahoma have built casinos RIGHT ON THE STATE BORDER so that we can drive a bit and gamble as we please
-everybody's dad drives a truck. Otherwise people assume he's got a small pp
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lionofchaeronea · 4 months
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Denarius minted at Rome in 101 BCE by Gaius Fundanius, one of the tresviri monetales (mint officials) for that year. The coin celebrates the triumph of the consul Gaius Marius after his victories over the Germanic tribes of the Teutones and Cimbri at the battles of Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae, respectively--battles that helped restore Roman military prestige after a string of defeats and perhaps saved peninsular Italy from being overrun. On the obverse, the helmeted head of the goddess Roma. On the reverse, the triumphator Marius in his quadriga (four-horse chariot), accompanied by a youth who holds a laurel branch and rides one of the horses. Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com
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diana-thyme · 6 months
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Greek Gods 101: Poseidon
Poseidon is a god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought, and horses. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:
Seashells
Sea Water
Sand
Depictions or Imagery of Horses
Rope
Ship Depictions or Imagery
Driftwood
Depictions or Imagery of Tridents
Depictions or Imagery of Anchors
For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for him include:
Going Swimming
Riding a Horse
Going on a Boat
Visiting a Beach
Fishing
Drinking Water
Keeping and Raising Fish or Other Sea Animals
Cleaning Up Polluted Waterways
Visiting an Aquarium
He is celebrated in 3 Athenian holidays:
Skira
Theseia
Poseidea
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madmutts · 8 months
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YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION POPS!!! PLEASEEEE DO TELL
GSHSGJFSHHDHD ok so. It's not actually that funny but I still giggle about it anyway. Lee and squad 9 got stranded in the south (I think in Kentucky? Tennessee? One of those states in that area) while on a supply mission and Tello's teleporter was destroyed by a stray Kraang hound. Hounds do a lot of scouting to look for good places to put bases down, they hadn't really taken over a good chunk of the south USA at that point.
And like. Tello didn't have ships way down there, not at the time at least. So they were kinda stuck. And what better to use for transportation thaaaaan horses! Other than them needing food, water, sleep- but it's all they had, really. Most cars were out of gas or just completely smashed, and the squad wasn't too far from a pretty large farm.
So while they waited for one of Tello's ships to fly all the way down to them, they had to keep moving- it's just Apocalypse 101.
Bam! Cue a 'learning to ride horses' montage bc literally none of them have ever ridden a horse somehow. And Lee recorded some of it on his wrist thingy! Really wish I had those cuz that's what made it funny- watching all of these grown ass men (there was like 8 guys in squad, not counting Lee) try and fail miserably to ride a fucking horse.
Picture these muscular ass dudes trying their damnedest to make these horses like them. It's hilarious.
Also they kinda got attached and tried to take the horses back to the base with them hsjfjdjjfjd.... It took like 5 weeks to build a little farm for them-
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catslvrr · 7 months
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heaven sent — 04. amusement park
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You stared sadly at your phone screen that read your bank account balance.
“This better be worth it,” you sighed, pocketing your phone as Danielle dragged you inside the theme park. 
The first stop was the carousel. You tried to tell her that the two of you would stick out like a sore thumb in the queue filled with kids, but Danielle was adamant, insisting that “We have to start off with a low-intensity ride!”
You had barely moved, just waiting in line for ten minutes, but you could already feel sweat dripping down the back of your neck. It was unbelievably hot, the sun at its afternoon peak, and you observed the rosy flush that was blooming on Danielle’s face. 
She was wearing these stupid carrot sunglasses that she, again, had firmly insisted on buying. Of course, she also forced you to buy a pair for yourself, strawberry-themed, to match hers.
(“You know I’m not rich, right? I’m literally a uni student living off instant noodles.”
“This is a long-term investment!”
“I am never touching these sunglasses again.”
“And that’s your loss. Aren’t strawberries super ‘aesthetic’ these days? It’s a fashion statement.”
“And where did you hear that from? Current Earth Trends 101?”
“Yes, actually. There were lessons dedicated to dissecting the transient nature of social media trends and memes.”
“Wow. Okay.”)
“Huh,” Danielle said, as both of you spun slowly on the carousel. “I thought that this would’ve been a teeny bit faster.”
“I literally warned you,” you deadpanned. “Now we have to spin around in circles like idiots. On these ugly painted horses too.”
“Hey,” she frowned, offended on behalf of the ugly horses. “They aren’t ugly. They’re… unique.”
The rest of the ride was filled with the sounds of parents screaming at their kids to look at the camera which drowned out the annoying children's waltz.
“Well,” she adjusted the carrot sunglasses as she hopped off the ugly horse. “It can only get better from here!”
The rest of the day consisted of Danielle tugging you in all sorts of directions, from the freakishly tall drop tower to twisting roller coasters, bumper cars (your strawberry glasses almost flew off when Danielle rammed into you out of nowhere) to zip lines, and from souvenir shops and carnival games that scammed you out of so much money that you were sure they were run by the devil himself.
You flopped on a bench, wiping sweat off with a tissue and ignoring the judgemental glare that a kid sent your way. “I’m exhausted.”
Danielle was happily munching away on a scoop of strawberry ice cream with sprinkles on top. “But you had fun, right?”
You huffed, “I think you had more fun than me today.”
“Fine,” she pouted. “You choose the next ride then.”
You smirked when you saw her crossing her fingers behind her back. Since the start of the day, she had been avoiding one attraction: the haunted house. You unfolded the park map and traced your finger along its pathways.
“Hmm,” you said, feigning innocence. “I don’t think we’ve been to the haunted house yet. Let’s go with that.”
She froze mid-chew, gulping loudly before faking a smile. “Sure.”
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You were greeted with a clown cackling in your face. “Welcome to the haunted house. Enjoy your stay!”
Stepping inside, both of you were immediately hit with a cold blast of air. Danielle squealed, tightly clutching your arm. “I think a ghost just went through me!”
“That’s the air conditioning,” you snorted. “Come on, we can’t just stay in one spot.”
You turned the corner, practically having to drag Danielle as well, to a dark hallway lined with closed doors and decorations you would typically see in a haunted house: cobwebs, fake blood, hanging spiders, and framed pictures of dolls.
You squinted.
“I can’t see the end of the hallway. Guess we have to keep walking.”
It was mostly quiet, besides the sounds of Danielle’s whimpers and labored breathing. The two of you continued to make your way through the labyrinth.
There were occasional distorted shrieks and cackles that echoed in the hallways, most likely from a hidden speaker. Doors would shut open and close at random intervals and the lights would flicker haphazardly.
Every time this happened, Danielle would just squeeze your arm tighter, and you were sure that you would lose your arm from a lack of blood circulation before the ‘chainsaw-wielding ghost’ that she claimed she saw would get you.
You were almost out of the haunted house (you knew this because you could start to hear the crowd outside), when all of a sudden, you heard pounding footsteps behind you. You both whipped your heads around, only to see the clown from before, running towards you, holding an axe (which you’re pretty sure was a fake prop).
Before you could react, Danielle screamed and stumbled forward, swinging a right hook at him, effectively knocking him out.
The actor instantly dropped to the floor, and so did your jaw.
“Oh my god.”
Danielle gasped, hands flying to her mouth. “I didn’t mean to!”
“Um,” you said, slowly backing away. “Let’s just leave. I’m sure he’ll be fine.”
The two of you sprinted towards the exit, and after catching your breath for a few minutes, the reality of what she just did caught up to you. 
“I can’t believe,” you said in between your laughter. “I can’t believe you just did that.”
She pushed your shoulder with an exasperated huff.
“It was an accident,” she whined, and unfolded the park map to cover her embarrassed face.
You spent a good five minutes cracking up before you finally calmed down. You hadn’t even noticed that the sky was darker now, the air much cooler and the bustling crowds gone as the sun began to set.
“We’ve only got the Ferris wheel left,” she poked her cheek outward with her tongue. “It’s just ahead.”
Danielle looped her arm with yours, and the walk was filled with seamless conversation.
(“Are you gonna get in trouble with God for that?”
“I don’t think so. I mean, I didn’t kill anyone. And plus, there’s thousands of messengers. I’m sure at least one of them has done worse.”
“Will I get in trouble because I said ‘oh my god’?”
“God doesn’t care about that kind of stuff. He’s kind of busy with, you know, the wish thing.”
“Right.”
“Also, he can’t even punish you.”
“Wait, what? So there’s no real heaven and hell?”
“How would I know?”
“You’re literally God’s messenger.”
“This wasn’t covered in our studies. But we do call our office ‘heaven’, though.”
“So… you don’t know where we go after we die?”
“No clue.”)
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Thankfully, there wasn’t a long queue at the Ferris wheel, and the two of you easily boarded a carriage. You let out a long exhale as you leaned back, taking in the view as the carriage ascended.
The people grew smaller, and so did the park, only the blinking neon lights of the attractions now visible. The rhythmic swaying of the carriage was soothing, and for the first time in a while, you felt wholly content.
“It’s been so long since I’ve been on one of these,” you breathed out.
“Really?” Danielle’s eyes were on you now. “Why’s that?”
“I mean,” you smiled wryly. “It feels weird going on it alone.”
“Who did you used to go with?”
“My parents,” you said after a moment of hesitation, the waver in your voice not going unnoticed. It was silent for a few seconds before you continued, chuckling lowly.
“My mom hated heights. Said it always made her feel sick. But whenever we went to a theme park, she’d always make sure that we ended the day with this. Because I loved it.”
You hated the burning sensation in your throat. You hated that whenever you talked about her, it was like you were a kid again.
(You remembered the nights spent curled up in bed with balled fists, shaking uncontrollably as hot tears streamed down your face. You remembered clawing at your pillow, pleading to it to bring her back, and believing that if you hugged it hard enough, you would eventually feel her arms around you. 
You remembered sitting at the dining table, staring into space, feeling like you were more of a ghost than her. You remembered mourning her, and more than anything, mourning the part of yourself that you would never get back. You remembered screaming at her, or what was left of her, screaming that it was all her fault. You hated that deep down, you knew you were talking to yourself.)
But what you hated more was the look of pity on Danielle’s face. She bit her cheek, reaching out to grab your hand, but you jerked back.
“Enough about me,” you abruptly turned to look at the view again. “Tell me more about this ‘heaven’ of yours.”
Danielle blinked, evidently concerned, but complied anyway.
“It’s actually quite similar to the real world…”
Her in-depth analysis of the chain of command of heaven and its hierarchical structure continued until you got off the Ferris wheel, into the car, and all the way back to the apartment. She was an avid storyteller, gesturing wildly with her hands and exaggerating voices for every new person she introduced, and you were grateful for the distraction.
Opening the door to the apartment, you turned around, prepared to say goodbye to Danielle, but she stood there smiling, holding out a polaroid and a photograph.
“What’s this?” You asked, taking the photos. The photograph was black and white, showing you and her in the haunted house, your face stoic while she had you in a deathly grip, eyes wide. 
“Did you buy this?” You smiled, leaning closer to inspect her horrified face. I must’ve been too busy laughing my ass off to notice her buying it.
“Yeah,” she sheepishly scratched her nape. “Figured God wouldn’t mind. It's a good souvenir from today.”
“Can I keep it?”
“No,” she snatched it back from you, tucking it in her pocket. “That’s going with me. The polaroid is yours.”
You frowned, staring at the polaroid. “It’s just a photo of me sitting on a bench. I’m not gonna even ask how you got this.”
“Magic,” she winked. “But it’s not just a photo of you. It’s a photo of you smiling. You look cute.”
You chose to disregard the last part. “Why would I want this?”
“To remind you of today.” Danielle smiled, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes. You caught a hint of sadness in her tone. You didn’t understand why.
Before you could ask, she questioned you again.
“So, how was today?”
“I enjoyed it,” you admitted. “Forgot what the thrill felt like.”
She smiled proudly, pulling you in for a hug. “I’m happy that you’re happy.”
There was that familiar pang in your chest again, one that you had grown accustomed to. But it was quickly weighed down by a sinking feeling in your stomach. This is her job, you reminded yourself. She doesn’t really mean it.
“I’ll see you tomorrow?”
You wrinkled your nose as she poked it. “Yeah. See you.”
She turned and disappeared. You stood there for a few minutes, a seed of doubt planting itself in your mind.
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astriddestelle · 8 months
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The way I was obsessed with enemies to lovers/rivals to lovers as a kid 😭😭😭 my top pairings growing up ranked. Canon/Fanon included.
Can you tell I’ve been on a nostalgic rewatch.
1. Logan/Quinn from Zoey 101. The OG teenbop enemies to lovers omg I stan. When they pronounced their love for each other at the season finale at the prom, screaming crying throwing up. The way they get together is so random lmao he calls her hot and they kiss then Michael rides by on a horse like what? But the pay off and ending was so *chefs kiss*
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2. Courtney/Duncan from TDI. They were everything to me and Cartoon Network ruined it. First season the bantering, the flirting. When I tell you I was hooked. The scream I scrumpt when they finally kissed (also me didn’t she just throw up but whatever I guess) then she left and it was all downhill from there.
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3. Rose/Jake from ADJL. The Romeo and Juliet of this paring needs to be studied. They were so down bad for each other. When Jake found out she was huntsgirl then when she found out. Their first kiss being right before she had to ‘kill’ him for sport in an arena. Her giving up her life to keep him and his family safe, him giving up her to keep her safe. 😭😭😭 they don’t make em like they used too
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4. Draco/Harry from HP. The ship that started it all. Before this I’d never read a slash fic before is it even still called that. Anyways this right here is my longest going ship I’m still into only reason it’s not higher is that I love the other ones more. You get so many variations of this, from the super toxic fic, to the I’ve always secretly loved you, to the meet up after the war is over and so on and so forth. Ugh I love it. There’s like 50,000 fics of them on a03 and I know I’ve read like half at least 🤣
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5. Zuko/Katara from Avatar. My second non canon ship on here. When I tell you I was obsessed with them. Sigh then I discovered other fandoms and by the time I came back to them I was just done. Which I think comes fromm just not being as much of a Zuko fan anymore. This ship was gold, tho, I mean come on I’ll save you from the pirates how can I not. The way he jumped in front of her (obviously he’d do the same for everyone but like listen it ate down bad) the whole crystal caverns episode was fuel to the fire, the writers/creators knew what they were doing
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6. Jake/Miley from Hannah Montana. Another OG omg she hated him so much. The flirty the snark then they had to kiss and both of em were like oh hot damn. They were so cute together and I will forever hate Disney for making her choose Jake just for him to cheat on her like what was the reason. What was the reason 😭😭
7. Alejandro/Heather from TDI. Woo child buckle up. This is one of those slowburns cause it’s not until like a quarter in to the season you’re like hold up. Are they going where I think they’re going and then they did. I don’t like the ending cause seriously wtf was the point. But the lead up and bruh the stuck in a hole song I still sing that on a daily. They were literally made for each other.
8. Chad/Sonny from Sonny with a Chance: one thing about Disney they ate down when it comes to enemies to lovers, or annoyance to like, whatever you wanna call it. Chad Dylan Cooper and Sonny omg the drama was beautiful, they hated each other so much and when they started dating I bout passed out. Lol they were so hilarious together I miss it.
9. Raven/Beastboy from TT. This and next two aren’t super enemies to lovers, more live annoyances or belligerent sexual tension. But I really was obsessed with this, like I was the girl reading Terra bashing fics 😭😭 they were so cute, the Beast Within was ship gold, Nevermore, the fact that she holds onto to the penny he gives her when she ‘dies’ and oh he only turns into the Beast again to protect her from Slade and never again. Beautiful
10. Jimmy/Cindy from JN. They may have only been nine but sheesh the rivalry to lovers or in this case crushes was intense. Cindy was down bad since day one but she hid that shit so well. The Valentine’s Day episode still makes me giggle like a kid. And the last episode where they’re legit just straight up flirting with each other I can not. When she almost confesses when he’s the orange hulk. So cute.
Honarary mentions:
Jinx/Kid Flash from TT. They were cute but I hated it solely for the fact that it shoulda been me 😭😭🤧🤧
Sam/Freddie from icarly. Ok so I used to love this one and as I got older, Sam was just so fucking mean that I couldn’t ship like damn. At some point it’s not cute anymore, it’s just down right abusive, early seasons yes, later seasons where they’re actually together no.
Bakugo/Deku simply cause some days I think it’s cute other days I hate it
Mindy and Josh from Drake and Josh. Cute and amusing but didn’t care for em much.
Bailey and Code from Suite Life on Deck see above.
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ok gumy, i actually would like some more elaboration in this moon big season such as:
The cults, what the fuck is up with that?
something, something bdubs’ last stand as the moon crash down on him (bc almost every king tag in the last 101 mentioned that and my ears are perked up)
the graphic of the moon crashing into world looks so pretty where we’re you when this happened 🎤 ?
hehehe you’ve fallen into my trap >:D
THE CULTS:
there were at least two cults formed in response to the moon big: the Mooners and the Order of Octa.
the Mooners cult was formed by mumbo jumbo at the end of november. mumbo believed that the moon was angry because hermits kept sleeping to skip through the night, so he gathered the other members of boatem village (impulse, pearl, scar, and grian), and they and cubfan135 all decided to stop sleeping in hopes of appeasing the moon.
as they went longer and longer without sleeping, the mooners got a little. silly. and by silly i do mean insane. their skins got more disheveled, eventually turning out to look like this
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(in order: grian, mumbo, scar, impulse, cub, and pearl. i know you aren’t v familiar with these guys and what they normally look like, but i think you can get the picture)
the mooners even resorted to human sacrifice to try and appease the moon, but nothing worked. eventually they gave up, tried (and failed) to blow up the moon with a missile, and started sleeping again.
the other cult i don’t remember as much about. the Order of Octa, comprised of rendog and docm77, had been doing an ARG all season, which culminated in them getting a little bit possessed, shaving their heads into monk tonsures, and going around beheading people while chanting their names. for their finale, they gathered all the heads together and input a code? i think? that opened up a portal out of the simulation that was season 8 (note: the season being a simulation is only canon in ren and doc’s storyline)
BDUBS’ STORY:
okay yeah this one’s pretty tragic. for bdubs’ finale, he rides his horse around the server, collects the profits from his shops, business as usual. except the moon is giant, the ground is basically disintegrating underneath him, and for the large majority of his episode there’s just nobody there. he doesn’t seem afraid of the moon or the chaos at all, instead spending the whole time talking about how everyone’s leaving, so that means that really, all this stuff is his now! how fortunate for him!
all his friends are already gone. his only companions at this point are his horse and his pet parrot. he does his usual outro, saying goodbye to his audience and telling us he’ll see us in the next episode! and then he turns around, and the animation of the moon crashing into the server plays- it is clear from the animation that he could not have survived the impact.
that on its own is sad, but what kicks it into high gear is tango’s finale. in tango’s final episode of season 8, he’s on the moon trying to figure out a way to knock it back into its usual orbit, and he receives a transmission from bdubs. this message shows bdubs a couple days pre-impact, and he is panicked, yelling about how everything’s going to shit (static cuts off the “shit” part bc this is a pg server) and everything they’ve built is about to be destroyed. as he finishes the message, he urges tango to stay in space, because things are so bad on the ground, and talks about trying to find a way to escape.
in this context, the general consensus/implication of bdubs episode is that he tried to find a way to escape the falling moon, failed, and decided to live out the rest of his hours in total denial before dying in a massive fucking explosion. which is significantly more tragic.
WHERE WAS I WHEN THIS HAPPENED?
in the kitchen. i remember being super excited for new episodes, and then got gut-punched by nearly every hermit i watched uploading their finale at the same time.
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seafoamdew · 1 year
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Genuine question about your dragon care 101 au: Isn't it better for the mount to wear a saddle? I thought bareback riding was bad for them in the long run. I don't know much about riding but from what I understand the saddle distributes the weight more evenly throughout the mount's back and protects them from our sitting bones (aka butt bones).
Saddles are usually just for the benefit of the rider, to make sure they don't fall off, to better steer their mount, comfort and all that. I think weight distribution is much more of a concern when it comes to horses rather than dragons since dragons vary in size and shape. A person's weight is hardly a strain on dragons since we've seen them carry objects more than their weight. Most dragons are flexible, and Jack's tribe values the dragon's comfort above all. Anyways, Jack's tribe doesn't use dragons for transport as vigorously as the Riders do, no dodging and looping around Hunters here. They do fasten saddlebags on dragons from time to time and they wear padded riding pants when they take them on long trips. Hope that answers it!
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nyaagolor · 11 months
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Hello, may I share some thoughts/headcanons about Rika having a Mudsdale. Rika gives off cowboy vibes to me, so I thought her having a horse made sense.
Mudsdale is her most recent addiction to her team, having been caught as a Mudbray.
Rika caught him because it fitted her team (Ground type, cute/dopey looking, etc.)
Mudsdale and Clodsire are besties.
Rika uses Mudsdale to score babes (chicks love horse girls), although it doesn't work and she doesn't pick up any (not because of Mudsdale) Mudsdale is happy to help due to getting treats and pats.
Rika lets Poppy ride Mudsdale and brush his mane.
Geeta is a bigger horse girl than Rika (Rika is a causal horse enjoyer while Geeta is a 'did you know that horses' fact #101 type of a horse girl.) So Geeta is more than happy to help with Mudsdale (Rika never asked and doesn't really need any but she does appreciate Geeta's help).
Rika does ride with Geeta (sometimes on their own separate steeds [Geeta on Gogoat, Rika on Mudsdale] other times on the same steed {both of them on either Gogoat or Mudsdale})
Geeta got Rika into Dressage, so Rika and Mudsdale now often perform in Dressage competitions and shows. Dressage is a fun hobby done on the side for Rika, but she does get into it and does practice Dressage techniques with her Mudsdale during some of her free time.
Sorry if this is so long, I have brainrot. Feel free to add and expand on any of these.
I AM INSANE ABOUT THESE????????? you may ALWAYS share ur thoughts / headcanons and these are making me lose it. Never apologize for this being long if anything I want more. Canon. All of them.
I don’t even have anything to add these are absolutely perfect, I love this chronically bitchless woman and her dopey lil donkey. Also??? Geeta being into dressage is everything to me. Infodump to me about the history of gogoat show breeds, Geeta. I know you want to
Anyway here’s Rika on her Mudsdale, thank for the ask this was delightful
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