I think I'd rather deal with Sessamaru and casual-level judgement, rather than advanced-level judgement where everything is taken as literally, denotatively as possible. When I think of a the relationship between dog and man, I don't think, "Oh well the dog wants food, water, and shelter and the man wants something to keep guard and help hunt," I think the more connotative meaning- "Man's best friend." The same relationship goes between giant and horse- giants are great big men, making a regular man look like a dwarf, and horses are more suited to their size than dogs- because most dogs would be smaller their their arms.
Go look at your doorway- yes, the one in the room you're sitting in. Imagine a person tall enough to bump their chin into the bottom of the doorframe. Now imagine them only being able to enter by ducking their head and moving sideways because of muscle mass. Now, imagine them so heavy that the floors creaks painfully every time they step. When they get on the bed of your pickup, it doesn't drop slightly- it drops to nearly halfway, and the man's feet are large enough to have a big toe fit into your big cup you're drinking from. The man's biggest finger is the width of three spacebar keys, the smallest, two and a half. His scythe has a shaft that's wider than your forearm, and a blade longer than a longsword- and he wields it as you would a somewhat heavy nerf gun.
Now imagine that man getting on a horse. Do you really think that horse would be wide enough to keep him on? And then, would the horse be strong enough to be able to walk with him there? Really, their footsteps would be up to two or three times farther than yours- every step you take, fast as you are, they gain because they have longer strides. Fierce and proud, not caring if their bulk gets them laughed at or feared. They'll fight amongst themselves and then they'll turn on outsiders, and drive them from their lands as a single unified force, then turn and fight once more.
But since that is needing to have everything explained so thoroughly, so much like an advanced roleplay, I am going to pull it all back, and make a new character, in which I will explain everything to begin with as if it were an advanced roleplay. I find the kind of criticism- harsh, skeptical, or otherwise- that automatically assumes something and then continues on as if that were my entire meaning rather aggravating, especially having been banned from two websites because people wouldn't stop doing it to me, and I could do naught but slowly get angrier and angrier, to the point where it is my fault.
So before your hackles raise and you start hissing in defense, I will remove Declan Horseman, since the concept I am trying to work with requires such complete and thorough detail, and go with something more cliche, because at least with cliche, one is more likely to understand what you're going with!
I DO get this ruffled with this kind of thing. I just want to roleplay, and I think my app was pretty good. I didn't think that it would need a direct pointer saying that he is far too heavy to ride and that he may raise them as another may raise their purebreed dogs or breed certain types of dogs for different things. After all, the land of men brought great wealth from having a great stock of horses- beautiful, purebred, intelligent horses are quite looked-after by wealthier individuals, and mixed breeds could be used for different sport. In addition, armies might need lots of warhorses, and people will always need horses to pull a plow or cart. I didn't think it'd be so not-obvious that I'd need to actually say it- but there it is! Everything you need to know in a great wall of text!
I thought this was to be casual, but nay.
Agh! And if you are offended, this is my stress- I've been sick and my teachers at school are being stupid with their homework and crap taht I've missed. That, and personal/family issues
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