#urrons

[swaps55]

Okay, but if I ask *nicely* will you yell about how Shadowfax can't do lead changes? :D

MY TIME HAS COME.

Ok. So. When horses are moving at a canter or a gallop, they have ‘leads.’ As in, one front foot and one hind foot is always ‘leading’ the opposite foot. Generally, when they are tracking to the right, they will lead with their right foot, and when tracking left, they’ll lead with their left foot. Turning is smoother when the lead foot matches the direction you’re turning.

Horses can change leads while moving at speed. It works a lot like a skip, only they have to skip the front and the hind end. Changing leads is something horses do naturally, but they can also learn to do it on cue. The trick is getting them to change both the front and the hind in the same stride. If they don’t – and what usually happens is they change the front end but take another step or two to change the hind – their movement gets really choppy because their front and hind ends are on different leads. This can cause you problems when jumping a course, for instance, when you sometimes have to change directions quickly.

Here's a video that demonstrates it:

SO. Imagine my horse-obsessed ass sitting the theater at the midnight showing of The Two Towers, eyes peeled for Shadowfax, because the Lord of Horses was going to be in front of my eyeballs AT LAST, and if Asfaloth in Fellowship of the Ring was not the Lord of Horses, then holy fuck I can’t wait to see who IS.

...

Before I continue, let’s talk about the Flight to the Ford.

This is one of my favorite sequences in film, and it’s largely because Asfaloth is such a badass. Watch this horse’s feet throughout this sequence. This horse is carrying two fully costumed riders (I can’t remember if they had Kiran – Elijah Wood’s stunt double – actually in the saddle for those scenes, but even if they didn’t, they had something bumping along up there) while moving at high speeds, turning, and jumping.

WATCH THIS HORSE’S FEET.

The way this horse moves, the way he changes leads is incredible to watch.

(Side note: the horse’s name is Florian, and his stunt rider, Jane Abbot, adored him and was devastated that she couldn’t afford to buy him when filming ended. Viggo Mortenson bought him for her, and when I looked, she still had him at age 29.)   

[gently takes your face in my hands] WATCH THAT VIDEO AGAIN.

I believe without question that Florian was indeed Asfaloth, Glorfindel/Arwen’s steed.

Hang on, I’m gonna go watch it again.

…

Ok. I’m better now. I’m fine. I’m not totally overwhelmed by how much I love Asfaloth and how quickly I would sell my soul to sit on that horse’s back.

Now let’s talk about Shadowfax.  

One of the Mearas. Lord of Horses. Who should definitely be able to do a really elegant lead change, because of the whole Lord of Horses thing.

As Shadowfax is running down the hill towards Gandalf, he’s on his left lead. Since he’s about to bend right towards Gandalf, he switches to his right.

In the front.

It takes him another step and a half or so to get the hind end to follow suit.

Is that totally normal for a horse, especially one with no rider? Sure.

BUT THIS IS SHADOWFAX, LORD OF FUCKING HORSES.

ASFALOTH IS OUT THERE DODGING RINGWRAITHS WITH TWO PEOPLE ON HIS BACK AND SWITCHING LEADS ON THE FLY LIKE IT AIN’T NO THANG AND THIS ‘LORD OF HORSES’ CAN’T EVEN HANDLE A HILL.

This was your BIG INTRO, man. There was inspirational music. The rapt attention of Aragorn, Legolas, and fucking Gandalf, and he flubbed the lead change.

SHADOWFAX: LORD OF LAZY LEAD CHANGES.

It’s been over 20 years and I am still not over it. Asfaloth was better, fight me.

#swaps replies #scribblesandknots #lotr #lord of the rings #shadowfax #the two towers #flight to the ford #asfaloth #urrone has had to listen to me go off about this in person several times for over 20 years now #she was the first to hear me yell about this ahahaha

[vakarians-babe]

Hi, I was just wondering if you sell prints of your art anywhere? I love your Cullen/Lavellan art and would love to put it on my wall. :)

I'm so sorry for the delay in answering this ask! Tbh I've been trying to set up an inprnt for a lil bit, but I'm not entirely sure what pieces to put up--if you'd like to see any in particular, you can hop in my inbox and lemme know!

#urrone #sorry for the delay i literally kept being like ohhhh i'll answer this when i upload a few things and then i just never got the chance #anyway idk if inprnt is gonna be any real way to make revenue or whatever but its worth a shot lol

[foofyschmoofer]

Oh man all I keep hearing about is Astarion and what a kinky fucker he is. It’s even in the Halsin tag. I don’t get it. Not everyone is sleeping on Halsin but a lot of people are.

I must have gotten lucky with my circle then lol I mean for awhile, I couldn’t take a step without tripping over an Astarion post 🤣 but now, not necessarily on tumblr where there’s a healthy mix of most of the companions, but discord? So much Halsin. And not all of it necessarily sexual, a lot of it has been sweet fan art of him and ducks.

I have yet to make it far enough to meet him in-game (I got sucked into Skyrim again just before BG3 release) but I’m very much looking forward to it

#foofy answers #urrone

[laelior]

Okay so like to continue Rogue One discussion, I think one of my favorite things about that ending is that they never kiss. It’s just all these LOOKS and these LONGINGS about what could have been. It’s a lifetime, they don’t even NEED the kiss.

EXACTLY. It's all in the eyes. The way they see a whole world in each other for the first and last time.

I mean, major props to Diego Luna and Felicity Jones for how they acted that scene. It's so understated and subtle. And despite everything, it plays out hopefully. That they found something in each other was that worth everything.

I just *clenches fist* love them so much.

#star wars #rogue one #rebel captain #i could scream about this for DAYS #and not get tired of it #thank you so much for screaming with me! #urrone

[wrathbites]

14 and 41 for spotify wrapped!!

14 is "Superhero" from Simon Curtis!

And 41... "My Love", Vitamin String Quartet!

#urrone #I like to tune it tune it

[asoiafreadthru]

HOUSE GREYJOY

The Greyjoys of Pyke claim descent from the Grey King of the Age of Heroes. Legend says the Grey King ruled not only the western isles but the sea itself, and took a mermaid to wife.

For thousands of years, raiders from the Iron Islands—called “ironmen” by those they plundered—were the terrors of the seas, sailing as far as the Port of Ibben and the Summer Isles. They prided themselves on their fierceness in battle and their sacred freedoms.

Each island had its own “salt king” and “rock king.” The High King of the Isles was chosen from among their number, until King Urron made the throne hereditary by murdering the other kings when they assembled for a choosing.

Urron’s own line was extinguished a thousand years later when the Andals swept over the islands. The Greyjoys, like the other island lords, intermarried with the conquerors.

The Iron Kings extended their rule far beyond the isles themselves, carving kingdoms out of the mainland with fire and sword. King Qhored could truthfully boast that his writ ran “wherever men can smell salt water or hear the crash of waves.” In later centuries, Qhored’s descendants lost the Arbor, Oldtown, Bear Island, and much of the western shore.

Still, come the Wars of Conquest, King Harren the Black ruled all the lands between the mountains, from the Neck to the Blackwater Rush.

When Harren and his sons perished in the fall of Harrenhal, Aegon Targaryen granted the riverlands to House Tully, and allowed the surviving lords of the Iron Islands to revive their ancient custom and choose who should have the primacy among them. They chose Lord Vickon Greyjoy of Pyke.

The Greyjoy sigil is a golden kraken upon a black field.

Their words are We Do Not Sow.

#a game of thrones #appendix #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf #house greyjoy #pyke #iron islands #ironborn #the grey king #age of heroes #ibben #summer isles #kingsmoot #urron redhand #andals #qhored the cruel #the arbor #oldtown #bear island #harren the black #riverlands #house hoare #harrenhal #aegon's conquest #aegon the conqueror #house tully #vickon greyjoy #we do not sow

[ittyybittybaker]

2, 4, 24 and 42 for the Spotify wrapped game!

2.) Blame - The Maine [x]

4.) Loved You A Little - The Maine ft. Taking Back Sunday and Charlotte Sands

42.) Meltdown - Niall Horan [x]

Spotify Wrapped Ask Game

#this one really called me out lmao #the maine are 3 out my top 5 songs #and niall !!! don't think for a second that i'm not still a niall girl even all these years later #spotify ask game #music #urrone #friend asks

[liminal-zone]

Liz can I tell you a Great Lakes fact that terrifies me? If you take all of the water out of the lakes and spread it over the entire land mass of the lower 48, the water would be 12 feet deep. TWELVE FEET DEEP.

I made a hoarse wheezing noise imagining this.

#the Great Lakes #apparently #text post #urrone

[stoppit-keepout]

1 and 20!!

1. book you’ve reread the most times?

Definitely was a kids book, quite possibly The Baby Unicorn (a completely surreal book where a unicorn mom turns herself into a house for her baby to live inside), which I used to demand my parents read to me because it was really long, so it meant I could stay awake longer. :) Then maybe the Animorphs book where Tobias gets turned into a hawk (#8, I wanna say?, by K.A. Applegate), then we get into the less embarrassing Two Towers (Tolkien), which I'm sure I've read 7 times, or Night Watch (Pratchett), which I read most years in May. Oh, or Strong Poison (Sayers), because I looove it hahaha.

20. what are things you look for in a book?

I stand by my earlier answer, with the predictable addition that if there are queer people, that's a big plus too :)

#thanks for playing! #replies #urrone #the most reread fic in my life is almost definitely Drop Dead Gorgeous #which may be a basic answer but what can I say! the heart wants what the heart wants

[sebeth]

The World Of Ice And Fire: The Andals Vs The Children of the Forest, the Ironborn, and the North (Revised 12/7/22)

Warning, Spoilers Ahead…

  Erreg the Kinslayer, an Andal hero, came upon a grove of weirwood trees in High Heart. The Children of the Forest, under the protection of the Kings of the First Men, tended the trees. Archmaester Laurent’s Old Places of the Trident notes the grove contained thirty-one weirwood trees.

Erreg and company promptly started cutting down the trees. The Children and the First Men united to defend the holy grove but were slain by the Andals. The ghosts of the slain are said to haunt the place and rivermen shun the location to this day.

Erreg sounds like a charming character. Is he mentioned in the Seven’s texts? What kin did he slay?

Were Erreg and his fellow Andals so intent on destroying the weirwood grove because they were aware of the Children’s magical abilities or was it only due to the weirwoods’ importance in a rival religion?

The Andals then focused on the Children: “The Andals proved bitter enemies to the remaining children. To their eyes, the children worshipped strange gods and had strange customs, and so the Andals drove them out of all the deep woods the Pact had once given them. Weakened and grown insular over the years, the children lacked whatever advantages they once had over the First Men. And what the First Men could never succeed in doing – eradicating the Children entirely – the Andals managed to achieve in short order. Some few Children may have fled to the Neck, where there was safety amidst the bogs and crannogs, but if they did, no trace of them remains. It is possible that a few survived on the Isle of Faces, as some have written, under the protection of the green men, whom the Andals never succeeded in destroying. But again, no definitive proof has ever been found.”

I would say the Children did flee to both areas. Howland and Jojen Reed of the Neck have magical abilities that seem to derive from the Children, and no one can land on the Isle of Faces due to repeated mysterious winds and bird attacks. The Children of the Forest are also still found north of the Wall.

The Andals defeated the First Men and conquered the southron kingdoms after endless battles and wars. Many of the defeated First Men took up the faith of the Seven.

The Andals switched from conquest to consolidation. Many Andals “took the wives and daughters of the defeated kings to wife, as a means of solidifying their right to rule.” Many southron castles retained their godswoods with carved weirwoods to avoid conflicts on differing faiths.

It took a thousand years for the Andals to turn their attention to the Iron Islands. The Andals underwent a renewed zeal and “swept over the islands”, extinguishing the line of Urron Redhand, “which had ruled by axe and sword for a thousand years”.

The Andals tried to convert the Ironborn to the faith of the Seven but they said “no thanks, we only worship the Drowned God”. Eventually, the Andals on the Iron Islands converted to the Drowned God religion, though a few houses remember the Seven.

 The North remained unconquered. Numerous Andal armies were destroyed in attempts to take the North “thanks to the impenetrable swamps of the Neck and the ancient keep of Moat Cailin”. The Kings of Winter “preserved their independent rule for centuries to come.”

Dorne isn’t mentioned as one of the unconquered areas so apparently they weren’t “unbowed, unbent, and unbroken” in regards to the Andal invasion.

Speaking of Dorne, up next: The Rhoynar.

#ASOIAF #TWOIAF #Game of Thrones #Andals #Erreg the Kinslayer #Children of the Forest #First Men #Drowned God #Isle of Faces #Urron Redhand #A Song Of Ice And Fire #Ironborn #High Heart #Kings Of Winter

[swaps55]

🌸 SHOW ME PIXEL

YOU GOT IT.

Pixel when you tell him it's Walk Time, not Ball Time.

Pixel 'I Cause Problems On Purpose' :

#Urrone #swaps replies #mememe #meme replies #Nerd Dog 3000

[vakarians-babe]

https://www.tumblr.com/urrone/713182097925406720 hey no worries on the delayed answer!! This is one is my absolute favorite but honestly I would be happy for any art of them!

(the secret is that this is one of my favorites too)

You can find it in my Inprnt store here!

#urrone

[foofyschmoofer]

for the word game: tool, awake, touch

... this is from November 2021. Don't ask me why I've waited this long because i really don't know lol

"tool" is from Juxtaposition, an unpublished papa!Vido Shega fic that I've been working on for ages

"awake" and "touch" are from an unnamed FenHawke fic I've also been working on for ages lol

Tool:

When Emilio and James were gone, Vido locked himself and Ryu in his office. He knew time was of the essence, but he still needed a moment to steel himself. 

He paced a circuit around the room, poured a Scotch and soda, paced some more. He’d used half a bottle of scotch, all the while pacing and muttering curses, before he dialed Zaeed’s omni-tool.

He answered almost immediately, as if he’d been waiting for Vido’s call.

“I need your help.” Vido took a pull directly from the bottle, trying to wash the bitterness of the words from his mouth. “Don’t know who it was but somebody took Isadora.”

-

Awake:

Ianthe coughed and yelped at the pain in her ribs, causing a flurry of activity from the trio by the fire. Isabela nearly trampled Fenris in her haste to see her. 

“You’re awake! How do you feel? Are you–”

“Down, Rivani,” Varric said with a laugh as Anders glared at all of them. “Let the good doctor tend to his patient, then you can talk her ear off.”

-

Touch:

“I’m sorry, sweetheart, I wish I had more answers for you.”

Ianthe held up a hand. “Don’t. Just… don’t.” She sighed. “I… I’m gonna go. I’ll see you later, uncle.”

[Gamlen] nodded. “All right. Thank you for coming to tell me. I realize that must have been difficult.”

“Can’t say you made it any easier,” Ianthe said. “And as much as I wanted to ignore it, I couldn’t leave it to Aveline or one of the guards to tell you.”

“I understand. Will you tell Carver or shall I?”

“Bugger. No, I’ll do it. Anders will know how to get in touch with him.” She waved from the doorway. “Good-bye, uncle.”

#foofy answers #foofy writes #urrone

[ferindencadash]

15 Questions for 15 Friends

Tagged by @teamdilf and @finchmarie Thank you! ❤️

ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?: My dad's ex-girlfriend. 🙃 Not weird at all, right?? I was going to be named something else entirely (which I would have actually preferred as it easily shortened to a masculine name) but my mother mentioned it to her sister-in-law, who gave birth two months before my mom did, and she used the name for my cousin! My mom was unimpressed. So I got a backup name. (My dad swears it's just cause he liked the name, they weren't even that serious.)

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?: Hmm... A couple weeks ago I think? While reading fanfic. 😅

DO YOU HAVE KIDS?: Nope. Tried a while back. Turns out my reproductive organs are broken as hell. It was probably for the best as it means I'm not permanently tied to my now-ex. Hope to foster some day.

WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED?: Hahahahahahahahahaa... no. Though every school coach tried to recruit me for basketball until they found out I have zero hand-eye coordination.

DO YOU USE SARCASM?: Probably too often.

WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?: Hair, I think? Or some cool shirt/accessory.

WHAT'S YOUR EYE COLOUR?: Blue

SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?: Happy endings. But I like monster movies.

ANY TALENTS?: I like to think I'm getting pretty good at writing? I hope... I'm also a former pastry chef, so I can make all kinds of fancy shit and wedding cakes and such.

WHERE WERE YOU BORN?: Ontario, Canada.

WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES?: Writing, gaming, reading fanfic excessively, crochet (and knitting, cross stitch, sewing, all the fibre arts basically).

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?: Currently two cats. Orange and Void. The Halloween Duo.

HOW TALL ARE YOU?: 6 foot (hence the basketball)

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?: Spanish

DREAM JOB?: I do not dream of labour. But since I must work, I really just want to do something I can feel good about. And if I could pay my bills, that would be a nice touch.

If you want to play: @biotickaidan @dandenbo @rowansnaps @aleksxo @deerbab @lonesurvivorao3 @hippotooth @vorchagirl @keriweird @eavangeek @eregarden @maintitle @choccy-zefirka @urrone @tatterings and literally anyone who's interested. ❤️

#ask game #tag game

[writes-in-space]

Thanks for the tag to do this picrew, @ad-astra13

So here’s my face, kinda:

Tagging @mallaidhsomo @urrone @swaps55 @screwyouflightlieutenant and @crescentbunny . No pressure, ofc

#picrew #tag game

[laelior]

shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals <3

Thank you! I love any excuse to inflict my taste in music on others. <3 Tagging @bisexual-kaidan-alenko and @vela-ad-astra, since they tagged me in a similar game a while back (sorry for taking while!)

Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage!

They Might Be Giants - Particle Man

Tacocat - Men Explain Things to Me

Great Big Sea - The Chemical Workers Song (Process Man)

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

Going to tag @shadoedseptmbr @urrone @favoriteblogonthecitadel @dandenbo and @unicorn-farm (no pressure, of course).

#lae replies #hawkeykirsah