#the stag and the horse

[huntressofthesea]

Despite suffering under the dreaded twitter layout, I'm just BRIEFLY coming back to share this book trailer for my novella, The Stag and the Horse!

It'll be available for purchase in a couple weeks, but you can pre-order it now!

Just go here: https://books2read.com/u/4EEY00

[artofmaquenda]

My two new cave pins are finally here as well and I'm so happy with them! :D They are much thicker, sturdier and larger! They are available here: Stag: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/1702729943/large-deer-cave-pin-lascaux-chauvet Honse: https://artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/1688551436/large-horse-cave-pin-lascaux-chauvet

[suskindkore]

Engraved

credit: suskind

[crown-and-stallion]

oohhh. Please feel free to elaborate on wildlife and cheronbyl.

So basically in the years following the reactor meltdown, the Chernobyl exclusion zone has become an unexpected haven for wildlife. There are now a lot of animals there: deer and foxes and the like, but also a lot of species that are really rare in other parts of Europe, like European bison. There are actually so many boar and wolves that they've started to spread into nearby areas.

A pair of Wolves. Note the houses behind them.

Wisent, or European bison. They're threatened or endangered in many areas.

There are quire a few dogs and cats still in the area, from pets who unfortunately got left behind. Dogs of Chernobyl is an offshoot of the organization Clean Futures Fund, which has been doing a lot to care for the animals, providing food and medication, and to my knowledge a few of the animals have been able to be adopted.

Thats' the reactor sarcophagus right behind him.

My favorite part is the fact that the Chernobyl exclusion zone is home to the only population of Przewalski's horses outside of Mongolia and China. They were introduced by a wildlife reserve in the late 90's in the hopes of improving biodiversity in the area. Przewalskis horses are the last truly wild horses (horses that have never been domesticated by humans) and they were extinct in the wild for most of the 20th century.

House for Horses

They've adapted pretty well to the zone, and they've even been seen using abandoned buildings as shelter!

As far as science goes, there's been some research into the ecology of the zone (a lot of it has been lost or put on hold now, due to the war). There's so much that we don't know about how the radiation effects the animals generation to generation, and how long term radiation exposure effects ecosystems as a whole. The radiation seems to be less of a danger than one might think, but there's a lot we don't fully understand.

As somebody who is studying conservation medicine in graduate school, this is something that really inspires me, and I would love to be involved with this kind of research and rewinding someday.

I tried to keep it short lol. Here's some good links if you'd like to read more. I can link scientific papers if anybody is interested too.

I'd also recommend following chornobyl_reserve on instagram: it's the official account of the Chernobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere Reserve, the reserve area of the zone. It's all in Ukrainian but they have stunning photos illustrating the diversity of the area.

And finally: right now, the animals and people in Chernobyl are in danger. If you're in a place to donate or provide assistance, this page has resources where you can help a number of reserves, protected areas and zoos during the war.

[werewolfarthurmorganenjoyer]

this hc literally makes no sense but, consider, what if Rufus is Arthur reincarnated

[queenvhagar]

The white stag revealed itself on Aegon's second name day, important because this particular day marks the survival of infancy (a big deal in this world) and the time when people really started to consider the impact a living male heir could have on the future of the realm. This symbol of "divine" approval to reveal itself on that exact day and Criston was there to see it too, which means the Greens might even know about it too and could use that to their advantage. Pretty funny that the show wants you to take that scene as a good omen for Rhaenyra just because she was there to see it (wherein she was only there to see it because she publicly threw a fit and stormed out of Aegon's party over the fact that 1) the attention was on Aegon at his own party and 2) as a member of royalty she would be expected to marry at some point in her life).

[whats-in-a-sentence]

And he led them a great pace over rough and smooth and through thick and thin, till the horses of all the courtiers were tired out and only these four were still following.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - C. S. Lewis

[thedarkmongoose]

i present you with more evidence that handball ≡ franklyn

[longnose-gar]

@lockandkeyhyena's rancher hyena story has captivated me

[dirtytransmasc]

self indulgent got concept.

Ned brings Jon home, Cat hates the boy, everything stays the same... until Robert Baratheon is charging through the halls of Winterfell looking for the babe, ready to butcher the poor thing where he lay helpless in his cradle.

in a matter of moments Catelyn learns three things:

The babe was never a bastard, Ned had only lied to her to protect Jon, and that she would die before she let Robert lay a finger on the babe she'd previously wished death upon.

cue Catelyn Stark snatching Jon from his cradle, holding him, protecting him, loving him as she would her own son, risking it all to keep him safe, all care for herself thrown to the wind.

like they say, what a mother's love holds no bounds, and what it makes her capable of had no limits.

[huntressofthesea]

So . . . it's going to be published.

The first story, at least.

The Stag and the Horse

is coming August 15th, 2023.

It'll be available as an ebook. (As a novella, it's too short to print. I may compile the first few novellas into a print version, at some point) Expect more details (and the cover!) to come shortly.

Or just bookmark the page on my website and check that. That works too.

[rastronomicals]

1:24 AM EDT April 5, 2024:

Melvins - “Skin Horse” From the album Stag (Jul 15, 1996)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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[xiphosuras]

When your captain is a centaur

[threeuniverses]

finally colored this so now you can get a idea of how Lightning Pegasus's forms look like colored.

[crown-and-stallion]

Jarnulf's horse Salt from Empire of Grass and The Witchwood crown. I love how important his horse is to him, and I definitely miss Salt! I based this design off the Finn Horse breed. Instead of making him straight up gray, I made him a cremello. Forgive me for forgetting to give him pale eyes.

[labyrinth-guard]

Heehee, I did it again, I made some cute animals into bugs (Hollow Knight)

@shawzii - Spendidol & Glacier

@zombinary - Snoozy & Sweetie

@hostilemuppet - Frosty & Princess

@not-emti - Breezy

@tatzlyip - Strawby

@unreone - Snippy

@zxc6713 - Immatury