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Post by Eolith on Sept 10, 2005 0:23:48 GMT -5
That is exactly what I meant to say. In short: One who has experienced both the best and the worst of life can better word both and better appreciate the good. It is the experience that matters.
Having ridden horses for eight years, I can understand them far better than might another writer... like Christopher Paolini! *rips out hair* I can't believe his horses! They are so unrealistic, and Eragon just hops on one day and rides a stallion. Do you know how insane it is to try riding a stallion? I haven't even ridden one, because I actually favor my life! But there's nothing to it for Eragon... even though he's spent most of his life as a poor peasant. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
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Post by coffee on Sept 10, 2005 1:29:11 GMT -5
Eragon? Do you mean the lord of the rings guy? And who is Christopher Paolini?
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Post by Eolith on Sept 10, 2005 8:47:50 GMT -5
Well, I suppose you haven't heard of him. It's a fairly popular book where I am. Christopher is the author. A movie of it will be coming out in 2006... I am seriously green with jealousy... Paolini is around 19! My stories will probably never be popular enough to be a movie... . Oh well, most movies destroy the books anyway... it's always good to have your own version in your head. To find out more about the books: www.alagaesia.comTo find out more about the movie: www.eragonmovie.com
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Post by Shades on Sept 10, 2005 11:42:21 GMT -5
Well I donno that isnt so unrealistic, I started riding horses at the beginning of summer, and at the end of summer, i ended up riding a stallion bare back, lol i snuck into the stables and took the horse that looked most awake, in the middle of the night, to have a night time bare back race, and I couldnt figure out why it kept bucking but about half way to the race, he was fine, so I donno how unrealistic that can be.
-Shades, Admin.
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Post by Eolith on Sept 10, 2005 13:19:27 GMT -5
Are you entirely sure it was a stallion rather than a gelding?... I don't know, maybe you were lucky enough to find of the few stallions out there that do listen to their riders... You're just lucky there wasn't a mare in heat around, otherwise you wouldn't be worth anything more than a sack of wheat. There's a saying that goes: 'You tell a gelding what to do, you ask a mare if she'll do it, and you ask a stallion what he's going to do from a distance.' That about sums it up. You at least knew the basics. Eragon just hopped on a stallion one day. Trust me, Paolini is in no way accurate with his horses... he romanticizes them. I mean come on! How many wonderfully gorgeous white stallions are you going to find for sale at a village? And how many of those horses would let you blindfold them, lead them onto a raft and tie them down? It is extremely hazardous to the horse's health, and a horse would never sanely allow it as it puts them in a position of extreme vulnerability.
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Post by Shades on Sept 10, 2005 13:27:03 GMT -5
Well common it is a fantasy it isnt supposed to be real, and it was a stallion, because I had to play the role of rangler for it, I had to get it in the stables the day the place bought to and trust me the horse is a stallion.
-Shades, Admin.
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Post by coffee on Sept 10, 2005 13:34:12 GMT -5
That doesn't sound like a very realistic book Eolith. Well, like Shades said, its a fantasy novel, is it not? Was there some kind of connection this Eragon and the stallion had? Like some spiritual connection in the book or something?
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Post by Shades on Sept 10, 2005 13:38:26 GMT -5
Alright, they way you were wording sounded completely different from what you said right there.
-Shades, Admin.
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Post by coffee on Sept 10, 2005 14:23:57 GMT -5
Yeah, I get that a lot. Sometimes, wording my mind isn't exactly an easy thing to do...
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Post by Eolith on Sept 10, 2005 14:53:57 GMT -5
Yes I know it's fantasy, but still... fantasy novels should be as realistic as possible so that the reader may believe in the impossible... if you get what I mean. Eragon doesn't have any connection with his horse either.
No one really takes riding seriously, do they? They just sit on the horse and tug on the reins, which is entirely incorrect. Lots of people think it's so easy because the person doesn't have to walk, they just laze around and let the horse do the work. That isn't the case at all. While riding a horse you can never simply let your mind wander.
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Post by Shades on Sept 10, 2005 18:49:48 GMT -5
LMFAO, well it's that simple for me, lmfao, and trust me the horse does the work, thats why people used to ride horses, they go faster and it is easier, lol so dont flatter yourself, AHAHA like the people riding the horses do work, if anything on a horse i diffucult it is bare back, everything else is easy, and fantasies aren't supposed to be realistic, what mroe realistic, fire shooting out of mid air, or a guy riding a stallion....... exactly lol. -Shades, Admin.
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Post by coffee on Sept 10, 2005 19:07:31 GMT -5
Perhaps when you are older Shades...or a little more mature...you will understand the complexities of horse riding. Yes, the horse does a lot of the work, but if you don't know what you are doing, you could be in a world of hurt. Horse riding may have been easy for you, maybe it was because you are a natural? Some are. But not many. Most people, jumping on a horse, and a stallion at that, would have no idea how to ride, no idea how the horse reacts to certain moves or body languages. That person would end up probably being smacked around quite a bit. Was the horse you rode broken in? Was it use to riders? Was it well trained? These are questions you must ask yourself before saying horse riding is easy.
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Post by Shades on Sept 11, 2005 8:37:42 GMT -5
Alright the horse was not broken in, it was bought the day after I arrived. I have learned about horse riding from my dad and sister since I was a young boy, and i have been on horses many times before the ranch, but now that i look back, I worded it as if i had instantly learned. Mature? Let us not delve into that subject, because i will emerge the victor and feelings will be hurt, or so it has been in the past. -Shades, Admin.
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Post by Eolith on Sept 11, 2005 9:31:42 GMT -5
Yes, Joe hit it head on. I rarely ride Western, but I assume that is what you ride? I must say, Western is perhaps a touch easier than Dressage, which is what I have learned. I cannot claim to know everything, but while riding Western, one does not use thier torso to control the speed and length of the horse's step. I do not think they use thier pelvis, shoulders and thigh to guide the horse.
I know that in many other ways Western is a difficult riding style, but after mastering the main ideas of riding, the Westerners get the true challenge from lassoing, outmaneuvering cow/s or doding around barrels.
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Post by coffee on Sept 11, 2005 14:51:17 GMT -5
Do not assume that which you do not know, boy.
But enough about that. I am not a rider, but I enjoy horses very much. But most of my family rides. Hell, most were born on ranches. Do any of you believe in fairy tales? Like elves, fairies, goblins?
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