before I even heard of Valdemar btw

[untonuggan]

MOM: did you ever want a pony growing up? was that just me? is that a British thing?
ME: I wanted to have a psychic connection to a horse. we would be BFFs and fight evil together, probably. also once people realized we were soul-bonded, it wouldn't matter if I "owned" the horse because capitalism and concepts of ownership and property would not be able to keep us apart.
MOM: ... ... ...
ME: does that mean yes?

Comments

[redsixwing]

*lol*

Yyyyeah. It's not just a British thing. (Yours sounds way more fun.)

[melannen]

I wanted to live in a little beach town where the herds of wild mares would wander through and I could go out on the island and watch them and make friends with a wild pony stallion, but that may be really *specifically* a Chesapeake Bay Region thing.

[silveradept]

Horses, nothing, I wanted dragons.

[jenett]

I did in fact get a pony (eventually. There were five years of riding lessons, a year of taking care of a pony otherwise used for pony rides, a medical crisis for my mother, and then the Dorothy.)

Who was amazing and awesome and SO SMART and we were like that, and it's part of why I don't ride now, because there's no way to duplicate that. (Even if I could find another horse, and afford it, there's no way I can get out to a barn often enough and, y'know, also earn a living.)

Sarah Monette (who also writes as Katherine Addison) has a new Patreon specifically for 'Milo, my horse, significantly helps me manage chronic health stuff, but horses are expensive. If I have money for horse related bills, I can stress less and do more writing (and also have money for things like books that help with the writing research)', and the $2 a month and up level gets you posts about Milo, with photos, and that is helping feed some of my desire for horse in my life. (She also does great commentary on things like what ears are doing and what that means.)

[lilacsigil]

I lived in the country and there were lots of horses around which is probably why I *didn't* want a horse! I could pat horses whenever I wanted without having to look after one.

[alatefeline]

YESSSSS SO GOOD.

My toy ponies, in my play stories, had magic horseshoes that let them fly.

[st_aurafina]

Awww, cute little socialist pony loving you.