✩ Sonnet ✩

Rant below.. be warned

Writhing on the floor about this but the clean white look/aesthetic I dont think would be found comforting or pretty by any other district (even D1!!!!!!!). In the Capital I even feel it would be kinda like a ‘different’ style but I could also see cuz it contrasts with like, the hyper color of the people. I just cant see Victor Villages (I do not subscribe to the D12 movie village look) looking modern.

Especially because its just so like.. outta touch?? Not out of touch but the normal district citizen does usually have the ability or the means to make everything look so ‘clean (soulless)’ or like they own nothing. Like even the minimalist style does not seem like something a Victor’s house would have. And D2 I understand and even headcannon has a more brutalistic aesthetic to the architecture but even house wise I think the general community would have a more mountain/Colorado vibe to it.

So it's kinda gonna be a mix of both!

D1: As a horse breed they are some type of warmblood. Something you wouldn't bat an eye at when at a Dressage show but also wouldn't go find the owner to ask about their breeding yk? I think for discipline they would be Dressage. Beautiful from an outside perspective but from a rider's eye and general knowledge you know something dark usually lies under (the upper level!) training. A small hc of mine is that D1 has a very small amount of civilians that works in horse training for Capitolites who want a dressage/show jumping horse. I think D10 is not involved in this at all, instead D1 has their own facilities to breed and produce these horses.

D2: Thoroughbreds! Especially OTTB. These horses come in all shapes and sizes but all the ones I know are extremely athletic and competitive. As for discipline I think they would be a working/police horse. I know it isn't exactly a discipline, and it is also probably an easy train of thought, but these horses are also very athletic and cool under pressure, much like how I think D2 citizens in general are.

D3: I think D3 would be a Morgan, small and agile while being incredibly smart. I think they would be western versatility, these horses need to be smart with/on their feet and agile, kind of like how I think many D3 victors were in their games.

D4: Not a breed, but I think they are the ponies from Assateague Island! I don't have any discipline for them.

D5/6/7/8: Some type of Draft, these guys would be the ones doing carting. I could see them doing both shows and actual cart work.

D9/10/11: These guys are your mustangs and quarter horses. I think they are ranch work or barrels/pole bending. Funnily enough I think the citizens should be compared to ranching horses, and the victors should be ranch horses turned western pleasure/gymakhana. Another small hc is a LOT of people out here own horses. Equine husbandry is very big, and the equine community is tight knit because these creatures are their livelihoods. Cars are not commonplace and horses are, they're main transport and are usually components of your job. I also think in certain areas horses are either very loosely documented or kept with strict records, it simply depends on how rural the area is. Peacekeepers use horses but it's easy to distinct between the two because PKs have warmbloods that tower over everything. Equine Herpes is also a BIG deal out here, and when there is a case the citizens take it very seriously!

(mine is either the AQHA bc that's what my irl mare is or the Ardennes bc they're so fucking cute, ughhh)

My girl is a Hanoverian and so I am very partial to them! Realistically I think I would buy a Holsteiner when(if) I decide to own again (10+ years from now) but my favorite horse and the one I have always wanted is a Cleveland Bay.