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“The first thing you need to know,” the stable master announced loudly to the gaggle of school children trailing behind her, “is that these are not unicorns.”
Eleven-year-olds tended to be loud. Their silent scepticism was deafening.
“You cannot keep unicorns in captivity,” she continued. “These are all crossbreeds, mostly with specific breeds of horses.”
There was a small murmur of curiosity and a gangly arm shot up into the air.
“Yes?”
“Only mostly horses?”
It was always fun when some of them paid close attention. “Only mostly horses. I only deal with European breeds, and they tend to cross well with horses. See this here is a cross between a grey Thoroughbred and an English Unicorn. They’re large, and reasonably docile.” They also had that champagne sheen most showy folk preferred. “For people who come here looking for a steed, this is their best bet. Although I've only ever seen it done by people who personally broke them as yearlings.”
By now she definitely had the whole class’s full attention.
“But this French Licorne cross is actually half fallow deer.” She gestured to the pasture beyond the fence. “Look at them. Slight build, slender legs, built for speed and agility. They need a lot of space but they are beautiful to look at, and they’re relatively easy to tame for the pure of heart.” There was still something distinctly deer-like about them and they were all so beautifully cream coloured that they almost took on a silver hue.
“What’s those hairy ones?” a voice piped up.
“That’s a Unicorno/Shetland mix, from central Italy. Traditionally they tend to be crossed with Monterufolino, but they are hard to come by and make their coats even darker.” Unicorni were naturally built more like ponies, some with considerably shorter horns, and their coats were often a much darker gold, or even brown. They were less flighty than the French breeds though, even if they showed blatant favouritism towards certain caretakers. They would even pull a carriage if properly motivated.
“Do you have any bigger ones?”
The stable master turned around. “What was that?”
One of the boys was standing behind her with a determined look on his face. “Do you have any like that but bigger. With the beards and the furry hooves.”
“Feathering,” she corrected automatically and the boy nodded eagerly. She frowned. “What exactly do you mean?”
“There’s really big unicorns,” he pressed. “With wild manes and tails and split hooves like the French ones but hair like those ones!”
“Buddy,” she laughed, “what you’re describing there is a Scottish unicorn and let me tell you, they cannot even be crossbred into domestication.”
The little face fell.
“Any offspring of an Aon-adharcach will be as wild as they are no one can capture them with their horn still intact, not on your life. You go near one of them with a halter and it will skewer you.”
She smiled at the boy, who still looked rather taken aback, despite this proof of his favourites superiority.
“Tell you what. If you want to see something unhinged and imposing, I’ll take you to see the Unicorn/Friesian cross we’ve just got in from the Netherlands.”
#unicorn#urban fantasy professionals#laura drabbles#I had to get the idea of different types of unicorns out of my head#I am generalising but there are definitely differences between how unicorns were depicted in different countries#this thing did not want to get written and the first draft had a completely different plot#I'll put that on my kofi for fun
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'The Last Unicorn' by Mel Grant
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Little Dark Age (full video in link)
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#unicorn#kemonomimi#fairycore#fairy aesthetic#cute#art#artists on tumblr#cute aesthetic#90s anime#90s anime aesthetic#pink#anime#oc#oc art#original character
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⭐ Vintage unicorn sticker sheet by American Greetings ⭐
#unicorn#stickers#american greetings#pastel#stickercore#fairy kei#90s#retro#soft aesthetic#soft pink
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This is so sad.
Roger Corman launched the careers of directors like James Cameron and Ron Howard, who started making cheap B-movies, and ended up being big names on their own right.
He's influenced cinema more than anyone could've given him credit for.
Thank you Mr. Corman. Thank you Roger. We will always remember you, and your wonderfully cheesy movies.
#Ask Pony Blog#Roger Corman#Web Comic#Sharktopus#Fantastic Four (1994)#Deathstalker#Little Shop of Horrors (1960)#Pony#ask movie slate#unicorn#movie slate#mlp oc#ask blog#movie review#oc
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Laser show horse portrait for Vard
#witchtaunter#pony#commission#mlpfim#mlp#my little pony#portrait#headshot#unicorn#anthro#female#furry
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#my polls#plush#plushies#poll#polls#stuffed animals#stuffiecore#stuffies#plushblr#plush blog#Pillowfort#unicorn#unicorns#castle#dragon#dragons#volcano
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Zebra Unicorn
"I'll capture gentle zebras / for your steeds and fill the stable with every kind of unicorn." —"Love Song of Night and Day"
Artist: Margaret Organ-Kean
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Horse figure of the day: Papo #39916 Knight Horse
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Good Morning no matter what!!!
#good#morning#good morning#good morning message#good morning image#good morning images#good morning man#the good morning man#the entire morning#gif#good morning messages#gm#morning vibes#morning motivation#mage#magic user#spellcaster#spellcasting#spell caster#sorcerer#sorcery#wizard#unicorn#unicorn wizard#wizard unicorn#wizard posting#unicorn posting#magic#trick#magic trick
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★ ★ My Mane Take of the Main 6 G4 ★ ★
❖ The Horned Ones ft. Obligatory Spike ❀ ❖
❖ No glasses version ❖
❖ The Winged Ones ❖
❖ A little headcanon lore about Fluttershy's tail ❖
Fluttershy is on kind of questionable terms with RD, but she's doing her best to understand that RD meant no harm. Rainbow's been super protective of her ever since and it kind of makes it hard for Flutters. RD tends to brag about how she can protect Flutters from other dangers. Again, Fluttershy knows she's just trying to be there for her, but she feels smothered. It feels like RD's guilt over this is really beating her up inside. They have a fight about this at some point. Flutters reassuring RD that she forgives her, but Flutters isn't a damsel and whatnot. As well as needs time and space before thinking RD can just jump back into being as close as they once were.
Just wanted to share that. It felt necessary for that tail detail lol
❖ The Grounded Ones ❖
What did Applejack want a shovel for...?? :'o(
I'm so friggin eepy and stressed, y'all I'm glad I was able to get this done, I'm happy with my set ( ´◡‿ゝ◡`)
Thanks for taking the time to look at my redesigns! Hope you have an awesome day! :o)
#joyous kuroneko#pony#mlp fim#mlp g4#applejack#pinkie pie#rarity#twilight sparkle#fluttershy#rainbow dash#mane 6#character redesign#horns#wings#pegasus#earth pony#alicorn#unicorn#dragon#spike the dragon#horseshoes#reformed changeling#digital art#bunny#glasses#cowboy hat
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