18 Hand Horses...

[j_cheney]

That really drives me bonkers. Why don't people try getting their own butts on a horse that size before they write that their character rides one? Why? Why? Do they not have any idea how bloody big that is?

Rant over. ::sigh::

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[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Now, the weird thing about this is that the riders in the story are mounting and dismounting....but these were Vikings....I'm 90% certain they didn't have stirrups in Europe til about 1400. (We're not discussing Huns here)

The real circus act would be seeing these guty try to get on the horses (in chain mail) without mounting blocks. ;o)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I did some research, and it looks like they probably had stirrups earlier than the rest of Europe...perhaps 9th century...so that eases that one complain.