#just queue and associates

[elodieunderglass]

And one amang, an Iyrysch man,

Uppone his hoby swyftly ran…

WAIT HANG ON - slamming the brakes on drawing this stupid picture - do you nerds even KNOW the etymology of the word “hobby”? The thing you do for pleasure? The thing you have too many of? The thing you spend too much money on and share with your friends? The thing tumblr probably is to you? Those hobbies?

It comes from a now-kind-of-extinct breed of Irish pony-horse. It was called the Irish Hobby. Supposedly the hobby got its name from the Gaelic word obann, or swift. They definitely were. They’d obann your pants clean off.

Fast tough little bastards, built for rough terrain and renowned for their speed and stamina, hobby horses belonged to the Celts, and their highly annoying style of mounted warfare. but their conquerors liked hobby horses a lot, kept them, used them for themselves, and found them useful enough, despite the fact that they also had famously useful things like mounted knights or horse archers. A lightweight Irish warrior, mounted on a hobby horse, was called a hobelar.

Reportedly and in depictions, hobelars rode without stirrups. Or saddles. Or bridles. Or - well - this is all sounding very improbable, because the hobelars COULDNT have just been charging around basically bare-assed on naked ponies, screaming, and somehow in the process undoing the composure of actual mounted armoured knights. Knights who, I remind you, had stirrups. Stirrups are useful! It’s quite likely the hobelars had some gear. And clothes. and weapons. And the ponies probably had some tack - I am picturing a bellyband that you could at least hang a saddlebag on, and a neck rope for catching the bloody thing, even if not a saddle. But the overall impression, somehow created by people on darling little ponies, was apparently quite striking and fearful.

I mean. God Forbid People Have Hobbies.

Anyway after a while, whatever people became the British had eventually conquered all of the rough terrain that hobbies were best at, and horse archers just got sexier, and mounted knights became aristos, and all the bog and forest people had been subdued, so it was time to sunset the hobelars. but WAIT! Hobby horses are still tremendously fun and appealing! They’re so fast! and you can ride them without a saddle! Sure, they’re not up to the weight of a mounted knight, or indeed a lot of guys… but surely we can still find a use for a hobby or two? In the back garden? Somewhere?

At which point an English king decided to keep hobby horses just for fun. No military application. No further development of the technology. Not for fun. Just as expensive, pleasurable, pets. Just for the joy of the thing.

And that is how hobby (activity done purely for pleasure) comes from hobby horse (small horse) possibly from obann (swift.) they’re very interesting and you should look all this up for yourself! because it sure sounds like Elodie doing a bit, doesn’t it?

Today, Irish Hobbies are functionally nonexistent. References for drawing include the Kerry Bog Pony, the Connemara, and (I personally think) Dartmoors and Exmoors. They’re said to have lent their speed to the Irish Hunter/Sport Horse and from there to the Thoroughbred, but every damn horse in the world claims relation to the Thoroughbred, and they can’t be THAT thoroughly bred.

At any rate - you can never have enough hobbies. Just be glad that yours aren’t expensive beasts with minds of their own, eating their heads off in the pasture! …Unless they are. In which case, you’re part of a proud tradition.

[is-that-plural]

currently was in the middle of writing like the longest explanation of why i think a character was plural and then i remembered that this is a tumblr ask,, SO

how long of asks are you comfortable with before it'd be better to just,,write a post and @ it to you,,,

[not a rating]

as long as humanly possible !!

the more information and 'support' you provide the more we will agree with your stance and overall opinion, it doesnt take much convincing haha <//3

we've gotten very VERY longwinded asks before and we absolutely adore and Heavily encourage them; especially on things we know nothing about ! gives us the full insight we need to properly rate if a character is plural or not

[fala-alfredo-pasta]

did you have a tdi instagram account in 2020? ur artstyle looks so familiar its scary

TDI as in Total Drama Island? No. lol

I only joined Insta like in 2021 I think?? I used to be real into TDI back when it was airing many years ago, but the very few drawings I made of it have never seen the light of day and I'm too embarrassed to show them to anyone lol

I'm curious now to see some of the art you're remembering tho. Anytime anyone brings up my art style I can't help but wonder what they perceive it as since I flip flop so much with it.

[ksfnmoments]

I don’t think I will EVER get over how breathtakingly gorgeous the Chapter 3 island theme is. From the epic, adventurous intro to the lush, flowing strings of the mid-section and back to grandness of the third section it is just so beautifully composed. As much as I love the other 2 themes (chapters 4/5) and believe they are just as good, they haven’t quite taken me on such a ride as much as this one. Phill Boucher is absolutely our fortnite music lord and savior and as a a current music composition university student I aspire to produce something like this💜

[gazeboarcade]

Queued post for later: why is it so you think even the most lgbt / lib accounts on here will always draw fem versions of male characters in heels??? Like it’s very all cats are girls all dogs are boys and lame

[cryscendo]

cryptozoology: you just might exist.

↳ cryptozoology | patrick stump

[homosandhomies]

idk if this is controversial or not, but you can interpret queer subtext in songs/shows/films without speculating about the creator’s sexuality. there isn’t ONE single way to interpret a piece of media. they’re made for people to enjoy and relate to

[daily-hanamura]

[therighthandofvengeance]

my mom said “Tastes like chicken,” about some food I had made for a meal, and now I’m somehow not supposed to think of A View From the Gallery? Somehow, I’m not supposed to think of Mack and Bo?

I’m not supposed to think “You’ve seen him and Delenn together, right? Now that’s true love, my friend.”

I’m not supposed to think “I heard he [Sheridan] was dead once,” and mentally follow it with “Yeah, well, nobody’s perfect, Bo,”?

[comet-wire]

Ngl I've been having a gender crisis again on top of all the stuff that's happened with my dad, I think I still identify as male/masculine idk 🗿

Same with my ace/aro spectrum placement ☝️🗿

[feisaru]

What makes Fei so special to me is - among other things - that despite all the wacky shit that happened to him, he still has it in his heart to be kind. To genuinely smile. To care. To actually stay even if leaving would be the quick fix

[strawnav]

@spirestar : ❛ well, i do feel better now that you're here. ❜ ( from shirley! she's a high school student w ptsd from code geass, we have to have a council of the gingers meeting tho ) / accepting.

She looks so young — Shirley looks so young, and it's a jarring reminder that Nami is young, too, in the ways that anyone can see. She seems so small to her, but Nami can't have more than three or four years on her. The scar on her arm burns, and her teeth grit.

She's so sick of terrified, trembling teenage girls and the bastards that make them that way, but right now there's more important things to focus on. Nami squeezes Shirley's hand and resolves to worry about why the Marines are apparently after her later. Right now, what matters is making sure they don't take her.

Luckily, there's only about a thirty of them. Easy pickings.

"I'll keep you safe," Nami promises with a smile, the kind she always saves for scared kids. She dares a glance out of the closet she'd hidden them both in. Three in this room. Probably ten guarding the outside of the abandoned home. The rest scattered throughout the house. "Now, I need you to stay here and hide for me, okay? I'm gonna take care of the people looking for you, and I'll get you when I'm done. Then we'll find a safe place."

[celestialmelodiess]

GOING GOING GONE ALBUM RANKINGS🩵✈️📄

1. Win Some, Lose Somebody

2. Now & Then

3. Going, Going, Gone

4. You Happened

5. Happily Ever After All

6. Voicemail

7. The DJ

8. All American Tragedy

9. D.N.A

10. Oxygen Thief

11. She’s Not Okay

12. Head First

13. 50/50

14. A Heart Still Breaks

15. Pick Your Poison

16. Not The 1975

[maya-chirps]

People should learn to block tags more and yes even if it's the most minor thing ever and even if it's something that's inherently harmless like if you hate a meme that's overplayed but you can't shit on it because it's overall innocent and even sweet for other people you are allowed to block certain keywords related to it like you don't have to take it as some sort of specific attack on you or whatever and if you can't help but feel it that way then that's your queue to block it

[daltonsnightmare]

MacGyver (2016) s4e7 Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey | Cold Open

[thedetectiveofinaba]

Smh, after starting Ruina and enjoying it & realizing how to be a pro at Project Moon deckbuilders I remembered how Malkuth is based and my fav Librarian/Floor Manager of all times. I deadass considered writing them after finishing Ruina as a whole and watching a LC LP, given how it's a huge part of her character.

She's like me in many aspects and the whole dilemma of hers IS to think best of people, despite everything what has happened. She is able to hold on a grudge and remain neutral and is less able to yell "fuck off not ALL of us got trauma you went through. Stop lashing out at others bc you feel sad 24/7" in that kinda circumstances.

Who even knows, I'd be probably able to feel everything she's gone through even though I already love ALL dynamics Roland has w/ the Libarians so far. They all make sense and feel unique to the Sephirah in charge.