#bringing in

[circuits-unending]

Thinking of doing more

For my Homestuck babies.

I have over 60 fantrolls yall.

I literally have a massive Homestuck AU that has not been released.

If yall wanna see that, Ill likely start putting it up next to Hyrule-Bound and MSATC. Its also available to talk about on my server. If youre interested, send an ask, reply to this post or DM me.

[equiteach]

Do you have any tips for catching a hard to catch horse? I've tried grain and it works somewhat but he still runs, you can hide the halter but I don't feel like that's fair to him. Any tips?

Grain works, but clever horses don’t fall for that all the time. Hiding the halter is necessary so if it helps to put that behind your back to approach him I would do so. But when you catch him don’t always bring him in to work if you have the time. Maybe catch him, lead him around and give him treats, and then let him go again, and just work on that so he doesn’t always associate being caught with going to work. You can also catch him, bring him in and just spoil and groom him and then stick him back out. I used to do that with a hard to catch pony when I was younger haha. 

Another thing which helps sometimes if it’s safe with the actually catching part is to physically squat down when he turns to look at you. When you lower yourself like that it’s kind of a way of submitting and a lot of horses will walk to you when you do that. If he comes when you squat I would halter him and then give him treats and praise rather than just bringing him in and riding him all the time so he associates that behavior with positivity rather than work and you have a trick to fall back on. 

Eventually with the treats and not always being brought in or worked he should become easier to catch. 

Good luck! 

—Mica

[wealdandwold]

Fox magic, hook magic

Started work on my fox spirit hook.

When we were at home on the family land, jasminekor and I found several places where a fox (or foxes) had been digging for grubs.  Right next to the first of these was a piece of fallen wood that said HELLO TAKE ME I AM FOXWAND.  So I did.

Now, many springs ago, my ex and I discovered that someone had shot several foxes and chucked their bodies over the fence onto the fam’s land :(  They had gone down to clean bones, including skulls and teeth and tiny bones, which we carefully gathered and pledged to heal and use in a magical way.  When she moved out, Ex made off with almost all of them (including the skulls, grr), leaving me with only three leg bones, a pelvis and a tooth, all of which I’ve cherished.

Now I am using the tooth to make a spirit hook, with the tooth on the end.  It makes me think of how much of fox diet is made up of invertebrates hunted this way, and of the spirit of Fox as omnivore and scavenger and bringer-in rather than the dramatic hunter it’s often portrayed as.  Definitely good magic for hook magic!

[asphyxio-philia]

This kid won't stop texting me like i know you like me but Im not replying for a reason. Why are you so obsessed with me.?