#in which there is a queue

[nerdgatehobbit]

Here are four screencaps of Gwen from the scene in "The Mark of Nimueh" where she encounters Merlin and Gaius.

[baba-is-blog]

Baba like dragons?

DRAGON IS FAVORITE

[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.

[katebeckets]

how to say "I love you" in x-files [121/?] ⤷ 1.18 — “Miracle Man”

[deviouz]

bruce wayne who likes to sit you on his thigh, bare cunt pressed against the hard muscle, and slowly drag your hips back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. sometimes he’ll tie your hands behind your back, usually with an expensive feeling tie once he’s stripped it off after a long day of schmoozing with gotham’s elites at a gala. he’ll tell you to be silent, threaten to leave you all desperate and needy even if you’re at the cusp of an orgasm if you so much as make a peep. he likes to hold your hips still and deny you orgasm after orgasm when he’s feeling particularly mean; not even puppy eyes and whiny pleas will appease his vengeance.

[sandushengshou]

Interview with the Vampire 2x04 | 2x05 | 2x08

[warmfuzzyanimal]

i really need help

i've been putting off making a post like this for awhile now out of shame and embarrassment about asking for help, but... it is. truly undeniable that i could use some now.

to keep up with stacking bills i've been working and taking as many commissions as much as possible. on a regular workday i'll draw for an average of 6 - 8 hours a day, and it is quickly becoming apparent my wrist can not keep up with that kind of strain. on top of that, i've got a defunct car (forcing me + my disabled household to mostly get around via public transit & walking,) cavities that are giving me jaw pain, residual mold poisoning, and taxes that drained what little savings i had managed to amass. AND. the mental strain that comes with.... all of that.

i have been making massive strides in other areas of my life- finding ways to stay positive and hold onto hope- despite my depression and anxiety surrounding the entire situation. a little boost to get me back on my paws would quite literally change my life.

if you can spare anything, spare it here: square paypal venmo @ cowdragons or if want something for your generosity: i have furry bases on kofi

reblogs & shares immensely appreciated.

[tabooiart]

it's pride month, you know what that means

huh. what. do you want me to draw like. gay eldritch horrors. what.

[artsymeeshee]

After so long, I finally finished my idea for the future events idea I had. There is some small things I would have added but I couldn’t really figure out how to go about doing them but regardless, it’s finally complete ;w;

[kraftykelpie]

Codywan hugs!

[nerdgatehobbit]

Three images of Gwen from the throne room sequence towards the end of "The Once and Future Queen".

[namchyoon]

day 530/547 until joon returns for @jung-koook 🤍

[intramoon]

To be reborn, you have to die first.

[katebeckets]

how to say "I love you" in x-files [178/?] ⤷ 3.14 — “Grotesque”

[preqvelle]

[epiaphany]

epiaphany's 911 advent calendar - 20/24