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Tossing these two together since they’re kinda related, thanks for asking I love talking about these guys! Riders typically have both a centaur and humanoid halves making up an extended family group. The groups consider each other family, raise their children together, often share flocks and homes, and will call each other cousin/uncle/grandmother.

So humans can definitely be part of the centaur herd! But with my Riders in particular the culture is pretty much 50/50 centaur/humanoid. It probably started with rider/runner pairs raising their families together as a result of their war-time bonds, but as the children are raised together they frequently find ready-made pairs among the other children as they grow up playing rider games together, thus deepening the bonds between the families.

Only so much "horseplay” allowed before the elders are yelling about “Get off their back! You’ll be swaybacked by 30 if you keep that up!”

As prospective warriors get older and closer to joining a war party, if they don’t have a partner already, the best way to find someone you work with well is the games! GoatPull, Racing, and Wrestling are all great informal ways to test out prospective partners and get to know how the other moves and build trust! Even for partnered pairs, they will sometimes switch riders/runners as part of the fun. Usually if the pair are raised together as siblings their bond will be pretty solid by the time they are grown. For those finding each other as adults there is typically a lot of trust-building and weapons drilling together before they actually face battle together. And even then a few pairs may dissolve after their first battle if on decides they aren’t made for the battlefield. It’s rare but happens, along with the usual death a battlefield entails. If the remaining half chooses to go on as a fighter, they will find a new partner in the same way. Usually with growing up playing games with the whole tribe, everyone knows a few Riders they would get along with reasonably well.

There’s a lot of trust when you’re putting someone on your back with a sword or bow and arrow that you wont end up with those weapons in you instead of the enemy, or if you’re standing and firing from a charging centaur’s back that you wont end up on the ground in the middle of a fight. There’s a LOT of communication, trust, and practice involved in a Rider pair to ensure that the rider doesn’t get tossed by an unexpected maneuver or put a sword in their runner’s shoulder trying to regain balance during the stress of a battle.

Oh snickerdoodles, I just saw one of your posts about leaving things vague enough for people to tack onto, so if it makes it easier feel free to discard my previous ask. It occurred to me as I was running with another prompt so I put too much into it. Sorry again!

hey no problem! your request is FAR from the most specific I’ve had, and I also really appreciate the consideration in your second message even if there’s no need to apologise <333

I love the idea as well!! using the sidekick as a taxi service, never letting them fight so they can’t advance up the ranks, refusing to understand the limitations or exhaustion of their powers, summoning them to dangerous battlefields with villains they have no hope of beating if they get pinned down--it’s all so tasty! and then a villain cottoning on to what’s going on and either being genuinely sympathetic and wanting to help, or realising how useful a teleporter would be on their side and how easy it would be to improve their treatment enough to convince them to swap sides.......OR BOTH! both is good ;P

Aww, thank you !! ;;

And sure!

Don't be like me and constantly buy flowers starting out because it's a nightmare to dig up when you ACTUALLY get around to renovating your island.

Scorpions & Tarantulas sell for big bells -- but they also can't cross holes. The shovel is your best friend, and the rivers / lakes / oceans are your enemy bc sometimes the bugs just yeet themselves in there. Make sure you make a full square too! They can cross diagonal spaces. Don't move when the Tarantula is standing up, & don't move when the Scorpion raises its claws! Obliterate everything on Nook Miles islands to turn it into the respective islands (bamboo island is best for this), divide it up into sections so they can't catch you, and catch as many as you can. Save them to sell them to Flick if you can! He buys them for +50% than Nook's Cranny would.

Alternatively, with sharks being around, if you want to farm for sharks (running up and down the beach, scaring away smaller fish -- unless u wanna catch them -- until you hit the tail fins!), save them for CJ! He'll buy them for +%50 like Flick.

THE CRITTERPEDIA WILL TELL YOU IF YOU'VE DONATED TO BLATHERS. The initial message after catching a fish/insect will also tell you whether you've caught that creature yet!

Pls use art guides if u wanna buy from Redd. He's crafty this time.

You have like 5 rocks on your island and while you can hit them for resources, one of them you can also hit for money! Just make sure you hit them consecutively to get the most resources (you can do that by again, digging holes behind yourself in an L-shape).

Some people go for the turnip market. You can buy turnips from Daisy Mae on Sundays. Don't time travel backwards with turnips! You'll rot them. Selling prices change everyday at Nook's Cranny with different patterns; pretty sure there's calculators online that'll help if you want to figure out when's best to sell them! They'll rot the next Sunday otherwise.

Craft any weeds you have ingame into leaf umbrellas. They'll sell for a lot more than the weeds themselves! Check out Hot items too to see if you have any spare resources so you can craft items for Timmy and Tommy.

Run into a building - museum is best bc no door - if wasps are chasing you! They're also scared of party poppers & won't attack you if you sit on a tree stump funnily enough. Calling for rescue will also ward them off!

yes!! this is so cute, atlantic puffins are a wonderful form! your mom sounds like a very sweet person.

first off, atlantic puffins are such neat animals! their beaks change colors throughout the year and they have these “teeth” on the top of their beak so they can keep holding onto fish as they collect more into their beak (they’ve been seen carrying up to 60!). they’re incredible diving birds that spend much of their life at sea and their migration is highly variable, suggesting that they engage in individual exploration. chicks also have two types of calls: peeping and screeching, the latter of which is common begging for food, but the former of which is speaking up about how happy and well-fed they are.

the atlantic puffin soul is someone who is a beautiful compromise between extroversion and introversion; they're delightful people though they also appreciate their alone time. they're exceptionally loyal and communicative, and they're known for being extremely proactive and hard-working. this genuine sense of determination is far from ruthless ambition: they always prioritize a peaceful environment and the feelings of their loved ones around them. they’re incredibly efficient people whose specialized expertise often goes unnoticed as they are definitely the modest sort. this is likely someone giving and honest, who has a large heart but struggles to see that in themselves... they tend to be more self-conscious and sensitive, and their expressiveness is never harsh or boastful. they’re most likely privately curious and inventive with a wide imagination. the atlantic puffin’s metabolism is incredibly primed to survive a harsh life at sea; i’d also expect them to be enduring and hardy, and the sort who are sentimental about routine, but not afraid to break from the mold if that’s where their heart takes them.

Damn pal, I’m so sorry. I just quickly gotta state for my narcissistic/other cluster B followers that I am generally not a fan of anything which portrays any personality disorder as inherently abusive, but that being said, I am sorry that your dad is abusing you whether he actually has NPD or not - and I’m so fucking sorry he found the book you downloaded! 

That really sucks and in the future you have to be more careful not to search out info and resources about his abuse on accounts he has access to. I am not  judging you or attacking you for having downloaded that preview, I just don’t want anything bad to happen to you so I encourage you to be really careful. That being said, maybe you could lie and tell him that it’s a resource for a friend or something? Whatever you need to say to stay safe is okay to say. 

According your psychiatrist, then I am sorry that they aren’t providing the health care you need. Have you attempted to talk to them about your dad? If not, maybe that could give them a new and more accurate perspective on your situation and your anxiety/potential C-PTSD, especially considering that there’s a big difference between anxiety as an irrational mental illness thing and anxiety as a serious trauma response. I definitely think having that conversation will be worth a shot.