#queue are magical!!

[cure-sensory]

cure grace!

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[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.

[dapper-lil-arts]

this is how their first meeting went right

[colorful-horses]

snowman

[carouselunique]

Commission for @sigmasonicx of Celestia thinking about Twilight’s future stepmom Trixie! Love drawing the Princesses because of how fun their manes are!

[allykatsart]

Weapons of Equestria!

History repeats itself as a band of 6 must rise up against a mystery foe! They must face the trials of each weapon, prove themselves and master each before it's too late! (And maybe find friends along the way)

But the elements awakening slowly starts to rouse another power, older villains trapped in long forgotten blades. Ones that had been forgotten or lost to time. Will the ponies only repeat history? Or find a different path this time...

You know how artists sometimes draw sets of swords/armor/weapons inspired by characters in a show? That but also give it lore and we end up here! I figured I would share it so others could also play around with the idea too!

More info about the world...

The Repetition of History

✦ The Sun and Moon

Friends, Foes, and Others

✦ Flurry Heart

✦ Starlight Glimmer

✦ Discord

✦ The Pie Family

✦ The Apple Family

✦ Spike

Asked Questions

✦ What Happened to Cadence?

✦ Does every Weapon have a Guardian?

✦ The trial of Laughter

✦ Do the Spirits Communicate? / Who's the protagonist?

[amerricanartwork]

Oh my, is that really what I think it is...?

It is!! Another little creature has arrived! And it's so fluffy too! Though that isn't gonna do much in this hot weather!

Here, have some food, little guy. And come inside! I'm sure the others would love to have you!

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That's right guys, Rain Wool is back in business!! Now that I'm getting back into the swing of needle-felting and FINALLY have lots more core wool to make all sorts of projects with, it's only right that I keep on going with this project, especially since, after Saint, I'm only one away from being done with the slugcats! I apologize for waiting so long to continue on with this project, but going forward I hope to start felting more of these guys more frequently.

In the meantime, however, I'm happy to finally share this fluffy little green bean!

It probably isn't very visible in these images, but on the cheeks, arms, and tail I intentionally left the wool less felted in for a softer, fluffier appearance. Since I have barely any of the straight wool roving felters normally use for long hair, this is my general go-to method for fluffy creatures.

I still think he looks adorable though, and I'm so excited to be close to finishing the slugcats!

Well, I hope you enjoy this new Rain Wool content! Hopefully there will be more to come soon!

[serickswrites]

Exhaustion

Warnings: magical exhaustion, blood, unconsciousness

"Whumpee, we need more. Give us more!" Teammate One shouted back at them.

Whumpee was so exhausted. They barely registered Teammate One's words. Though they were a siphon, essentially they were a magical battery for the rest of the team. They had near limitless energy. But even they would reach a limit after a long battle.

"Whumpee's exhausted, are you sure?" Caretaker called up to Teammate One.

"Yes! The shields are failing. We need just one last push. You can do it, Whumpee!"

"Whumpee, are you sure you can do this?" Caretaker asked gently.

Whumpee nodded slowly. They were having difficult time focusing. Talking required too much energy. With a sigh, they drew on the final dregs of their energy, siphoning them into the team's weapons. One final push.

"Thank you, Whumpee!" A chorus of voices called.

Whumpee barely heard them. They felt the blood dripping from their nose as their vision went dark and they pitched forward. They could only hope that Caretaker wouldn't let their head smack on the ground. They had exhausted their magical resources.

"Whumpee!" Caretaker's voice sounded so distant. But Whumpee didn't have the energy to respond as they sank into the quiet dark.

Tags: @mousepaw @jumpywhumpywriter @knightinbatteredarmor @hufflepuffwritingstuff2 @anightmarishwhump

@steh-lar-uh-nuhs @celestialsoyeon @st0rmm @ay5ksal @pedro-pedro-pedro-pedro-pe

@pepeniascat

[nerevar-quote-and-star]

Last Dragonborn: You really put everything aside and came here for me? How did you even get here so fast?

Lydia: Several traffic violations.

Miraak: Three counts of resisting arrest.

Ralof: Roughly thirteen bottles of skooma.

Serana: Also, that's not our horse.

[cure-sensory]

cure sparkle!

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[kill-your-faves-with-hammers]

[saphig-iawn]

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[part 2]

(If you would like to see more fiction writing like this, then please support me over at https://ko-fi.com/saphig, where you can also commission 1-on-1 hypnosis sessions and your own kinky short story just like this!)

[swapsartgallery]

My Little Deltarune

Also don’t follow me just for utdr content cause I kind of wanna do original stuff right now, this was just an exception (though I might do another batch later)

[brodorokihousuke]

this is literally the funniest fucking thing ive read ever