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Sleipnir doesn’t make sense

One thing I never really understood was Sleipnir (meaning “slippery one” fyi) in depictions of Norse mythology. Sleipnir is an eight-legged horse, the steed of Odin and the son of Loki, and he is commonly depicted like this:

(image not mine)

But why would you depict an eight-legged horse like this? Horses gallop the same way most other mammals run, with all feet leaving the ground at one point, so having extra feet here doesn’t seem like it could make the horse any faster. I’m also not sure it would give it any more stable footing, since it doesn’t have a wider base.

If you want a stable eight-legged form that can reach great speeds for its size, wouldn’t you want to start with what nature has already provided? Wouldn’t you want something more like… this?

(my drawing)

“But wait!” you might say, “Sleipnir was conceived when Loki, in horse-form, seduced another horse! That’s why it looks all horsey, just with extra bits!”

Well, that’s a good point, but consider that Loki as a deity was originally based off the spider, and his name even derives from the old Swedish word for spider (source). Therefore, it’s not too hard to believe Sleipnir inherited his horse half from his mother and the more spidery half from his father. In conclusion:

Spider-Horse, Spider-Horse, He does spider-things of course! Weaves a web, Makes you gawk, Riding round ‘til Ragnarok! Look out! Here comes the Spider-Horse.

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Happy Pride!

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Also, with the child cast of HBO’s Harry Potter now revealed, we’ve got to be VERY careful.

Any attacks on these actors is only going to justify JK’s anti-trans ideology as she’ll rewrite any online bullying towards these kids as predatory actions under trans ideology. She’s got the government on her side, so don’t think she won’t go further; maybe advocating for a complete ban of trans-positive ideology from the internet in disguise as ‘protecting children from online hate’.

So please, even though it’s all unfair and disgusting and we’re all mad, DON’T go on the offensive. It didn’t work before. We need to be smart about it this time around.

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this is high calibre art

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Results from the #paleostream

Spinosaurus in a Ponyo setting (a wish by Tim Morris on Facebook), Liaoconodon, Tappenosaurus and Vectidraco (eating Eoscaphites from a rock pool formed by a Titanites).

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Some pride flag tieflings.

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Hey, take it from someone creeping towards 40:

Ignore the fun police.

If you like it, order your steak well done. Get your bagel toasted with jam and butter. Put ice in your scotch and ketchup on your hotdog. Get red wine with fish and white with steak. Who cares?

If you want to, listen to pop music. Watch blockbuster popcorn flicks. Read dime store novels. Enjoy them.

Dye your hair or cut it off. Paint your fingernails blue. Wear whatever the fuck you want on your own time (ie, when not at a job or school or whatever where you can get penalized for breaking rules) as long as you aren’t like welding or shoveling snow.

Anyone who tries to tell you you’re wrong? Say “okay” and go back to what you were doing. You’re not hurting them by enjoying yourself or having things the way you like them.

There are no caveats or addendums to this. No “but what about x?” Nah. You’re allowed the things you like. You don’t have to justify your taste or apologize for it if it’s not hurting anyone.

And likewise, let other people live their lives. We’re all dead in the long run, so tend your own garden before you become fertilizer in it.

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Reblog the child

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dr who’s on first, doctor strange is on second and doctor house is on third. theres no way theyre getting through a single inning

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The Green Knight

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I put every bird I could think of into this wheel. Spin the wheel. You're that bird now.

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ishgard_jobs.mp4

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No thoughts. Head empty. Only circles.

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I love the au ra thousand yard stare, there is nothing going on in that noggin’ 😂