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Hi sorry I am new, can anyone tell me why I am not getting any Quests?
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Its a dog marsh
Its a boof
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Oh come on why am I only catching grullo coloured horses(⁠ノ⁠`⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ノ⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻
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ilove
starmutt
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Wip yay :3 -Click-
Boulder Creek
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Going through my old (very slow and geriatric) computer - found a note outlining this idea:
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Would love to have this!
SCF Sporting Chance
01:22:22 SCF/Gibbs
Dynasty... The Knot is a good planning source... it has all kinds of info and you can use it as your registry as well.
New Dynasty Stud
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There are HEWGQ shows once a week but your horses need to be in a futurity and level 8-9
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Dusty
I have trust issues with wedding planners after watching my mom’s experience lol. I’ll probably end up taking ideas from a lot of people and narrowing them down
Calela Eventing
01:19:59 Cali
Can someone explain the HEWG qualifiers? Do you get points for it by normal shows or are there special ones
New Dynasty Stud
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Roan
Love my in-laws don’t like how particular they are… overall they’re amazing and pretty accepting of me though thankfully! It’ll probably be smaller (50-75 people simply because both him and I have large families) so I also have to take into account any allergies since I wanted the wedding to be at my families ranch but many of them are majorly allergic to horses so that idea had to go out the window lol
Lucky Ranch
01:18:44 luhckeigh
my fiances family has driven several of them to mental health crisises already
Savannah Stables
01:18:06 Dusty
I think there are like professional wedding planners who could help
New Dynasty Stud
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Diva
His family is pretty well off along with him so that’s part of the stress because I need to make sure it’ll be something they’d approve of and something I also like
Foal Me Once Farms
01:15:44 Roan🦋⃤
Absolutely!! Don’t forget that you absolutely never have to do anything huge, unless that is something you like!!
I invited only close friends and family, since most of my in-laws are a bit uh.. yeah haha
Mooncreek Magic
01:14:34 Diva's fruits
I ve been married twice now, didn't do too much planning or such, found it quite easy actually. I guess it depends from circumstances and where you live as well
New Dynasty Stud
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Roan
We’re doing it about two and a half years from now (Going for an October wedding) so I’ll be finished with nursing school and my parents will be more accepting since they don’t want me getting married at 18 so I’m trying to take advantage of the time I have! Thank you so so much for the advice since I have no idea what I’m doing
Foal Me Once Farms
01:10:01 Roan🦋⃤
NDS
We planned ours over a lengthy bit of time we never had a set date for the marriage to happen on. I will say though, having some close gal friends and or guy friends that are willing to help, is so very helpful!
New Dynasty Stud
12:57:08 
If there’s any married folk on here how did you plan your wedding? I’m a little clueless and stressed over here lol
MK Sport Horse Yard
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if we want another account do we use the same email?

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Hi sorry I am new, can anyone tell me why I am not getting any Quests?
Elysium Opalus
03:10:08 anti gen ai
Its a dog marsh
Its a boof
Namerik Stables
03:07:12 Rose
Oh come on why am I only catching grullo coloured horses(⁠ノ⁠`⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ノ⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻
Lucky Ranch
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ilove
starmutt
01:46:38 marsh 🌈
Wip yay :3 -Click-
Boulder Creek
01:43:34 
Going through my old (very slow and geriatric) computer - found a note outlining this idea:
-HEE Click-
Would love to have this!
SCF Sporting Chance
01:22:22 SCF/Gibbs
Dynasty... The Knot is a good planning source... it has all kinds of info and you can use it as your registry as well.
New Dynasty Stud
01:22:14 
There are HEWGQ shows once a week but your horses need to be in a futurity and level 8-9
New Dynasty Stud
01:20:32 
Dusty
I have trust issues with wedding planners after watching my mom’s experience lol. I’ll probably end up taking ideas from a lot of people and narrowing them down
Calela Eventing
01:19:59 Cali
Can someone explain the HEWG qualifiers? Do you get points for it by normal shows or are there special ones
New Dynasty Stud
01:19:33 
Roan
Love my in-laws don’t like how particular they are… overall they’re amazing and pretty accepting of me though thankfully! It’ll probably be smaller (50-75 people simply because both him and I have large families) so I also have to take into account any allergies since I wanted the wedding to be at my families ranch but many of them are majorly allergic to horses so that idea had to go out the window lol
Lucky Ranch
01:18:44 luhckeigh
my fiances family has driven several of them to mental health crisises already
Savannah Stables
01:18:06 Dusty
I think there are like professional wedding planners who could help
New Dynasty Stud
01:16:26 
Diva
His family is pretty well off along with him so that’s part of the stress because I need to make sure it’ll be something they’d approve of and something I also like
Foal Me Once Farms
01:15:44 Roan🦋⃤
Absolutely!! Don’t forget that you absolutely never have to do anything huge, unless that is something you like!!
I invited only close friends and family, since most of my in-laws are a bit uh.. yeah haha
Mooncreek Magic
01:14:34 Diva's fruits
I ve been married twice now, didn't do too much planning or such, found it quite easy actually. I guess it depends from circumstances and where you live as well
New Dynasty Stud
01:14:06 
Roan
We’re doing it about two and a half years from now (Going for an October wedding) so I’ll be finished with nursing school and my parents will be more accepting since they don’t want me getting married at 18 so I’m trying to take advantage of the time I have! Thank you so so much for the advice since I have no idea what I’m doing
Foal Me Once Farms
01:10:01 Roan🦋⃤
NDS
We planned ours over a lengthy bit of time we never had a set date for the marriage to happen on. I will say though, having some close gal friends and or guy friends that are willing to help, is so very helpful!
New Dynasty Stud
12:57:08 
If there’s any married folk on here how did you plan your wedding? I’m a little clueless and stressed over here lol
MK Sport Horse Yard
12:49:32 
if we want another account do we use the same email?

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Least Favourite Tropes/Cliches? March 21, 2021 05:24 AM


Tanglewood
 
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I'm writing a book, but I want to try avoid the stereotypical tropes - unless I somehow believe I can pull it off in a somewhat original manner [very very unlikely, but it's technically still an option xD]. I already have a list of my least favourite ones, but I want to reach out to the HEE community and see what ones you guys hate reading. Feel free to just post your least favourite tropes OR only answer a couple of these questions, I'm aware that it could be time-consuming to answer all of them :)

- What are your least favourite tropes in general?

- What characteristics or portrayals do you hate in a protagonist?

- Are there any common mistakes or tropes in the equestrian genre that you personally hate?

And also:

- Are there any tropes / cliches which you enjoy when written correctly?


Edited at March 21, 2021 05:27 AM by Tanglewood
Least Favourite Tropes/Cliches? March 21, 2021 05:46 AM


FirstLightFarms

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The last question is a bit of a trick question, because there really isn't anything I don't enjoy when written properly. Tropes and cliches are popular for a reason- when written well, they can be really, really useful. However, people think that they're just useful enough to stand on their own, when that's not the case at all. They need to have a proper foundation and a reason to be in a story.
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That being said, I do think the "mean girl" trope in the equestrian stories is overdone. In all my years working at barns and competing and riding, I've come across maybe two girls that thought they were better than everybody else because their parents had money, and they didn't end up mattering. People like that don't stoop to sabotage like they do in stories, and riding is still a hard sport. No matter the price of the horse, if they beat you in the ring, it's because they can ride. So I don't really enjoy seeing that in books, because it's overdone and just screams to me that the writer couldn't think up an original plot on their own.
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The "misunderstood girl tames feral horse" trope is also a little overdone, but in the wrong way. I think if we see the training process and watch the girl (or boy, hey) and horse develop a relationship and become better for it, then the trope itself isn't terrible. It's when the misunderstood person meets a wild horse and says "easy there, Misty" and suddenly the horse is tame and the person feels Understood that I start to roll my eyes.
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So again, no such thing as a bad trope. Just a trope done badly.
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Edited at March 21, 2021 05:47 AM by FirstLightFarms
Least Favourite Tropes/Cliches? March 21, 2021 01:47 PM


Tanglewood
 
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FirstLightFarms said:
The last question is a bit of a trick question, because there really isn't anything I don't enjoy when written properly. Tropes and cliches are popular for a reason- when written well, they can be really, really useful. However, people think that they're just useful enough to stand on their own, when that's not the case at all. They need to have a proper foundation and a reason to be in a story.
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That being said, I do think the "mean girl" trope in the equestrian stories is overdone. In all my years working at barns and competing and riding, I've come across maybe two girls that thought they were better than everybody else because their parents had money, and they didn't end up mattering. People like that don't stoop to sabotage like they do in stories, and riding is still a hard sport. No matter the price of the horse, if they beat you in the ring, it's because they can ride. So I don't really enjoy seeing that in books, because it's overdone and just screams to me that the writer couldn't think up an original plot on their own.
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The "misunderstood girl tames feral horse" trope is also a little overdone, but in the wrong way. I think if we see the training process and watch the girl (or boy, hey) and horse develop a relationship and become better for it, then the trope itself isn't terrible. It's when the misunderstood person meets a wild horse and says "easy there, Misty" and suddenly the horse is tame and the person feels Understood that I start to roll my eyes.
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So again, no such thing as a bad trope. Just a trope done badly.
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(Editing to add spacing because wow those blocks were hard to read)


Thanks for the input Puck :D Agreed about the well-written tropes - but there are some that I actually don't care how good the book is, I can't stand them xD
Least Favourite Tropes/Cliches? March 21, 2021 03:58 PM


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like Puck said, one of my least favourite cliches (or even just singular people) are the whole "shy girl jumps on wild stallion." ones. its just so unrealistic.
second one has to be the "popular people." like ive read so many books when theres this crowd of often mean people who are constantly applying lipgloss (?) and have expensive warmbloods or shit. never come across that kinda thing at the yard.
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and this isnt really a clique, but-
i read so many equine books (especially as a kid) where you get on your perfect pony and just gallop off into the sunset. then i got horses. i was brouht up on that whole "your pony will never get dirty, wont cost any money and will be the perfect jumper."
NO. when i got horses i realised how unrealistic it all is. horses are hours of blood sweat and tears. they cost money, get sick and are fucking hard to train. so keep it realistic as possible.
Least Favourite Tropes/Cliches? March 23, 2021 02:46 AM


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Olive Tree Equine said:
like Puck said, one of my least favourite cliches (or even just singular people) are the whole "shy girl jumps on wild stallion." ones. its just so unrealistic.
second one has to be the "popular people." like ive read so many books when theres this crowd of often mean people who are constantly applying lipgloss (?) and have expensive warmbloods or shit. never come across that kinda thing at the yard.
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and this isnt really a clique, but-
i read so many equine books (especially as a kid) where you get on your perfect pony and just gallop off into the sunset. then i got horses. i was brouht up on that whole "your pony will never get dirty, wont cost any money and will be the perfect jumper."
NO. when i got horses i realised how unrealistic it all is. horses are hours of blood sweat and tears. they cost money, get sick and are fucking hard to train. so keep it realistic as possible.


Will keep that in mind :D
Least Favourite Tropes/Cliches? March 23, 2021 04:45 PM


Mediterranean
 
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Olive Tree Equine said:
like Puck said, one of my least favourite cliches (or even just singular people) are the whole "shy girl jumps on wild stallion." ones. its just so unrealistic.
second one has to be the "popular people." like ive read so many books when theres this crowd of often mean people who are constantly applying lipgloss (?) and have expensive warmbloods or shit. never come across that kinda thing at the yard.
-
and this isnt really a clique, but-
i read so many equine books (especially as a kid) where you get on your perfect pony and just gallop off into the sunset. then i got horses. i was brouht up on that whole "your pony will never get dirty, wont cost any money and will be the perfect jumper."
NO. when i got horses i realised how unrealistic it all is. horses are hours of blood sweat and tears. they cost money, get sick and are fucking hard to train. so keep it realistic as possible.


Okay, from my experience as a teenager when I was really competitively show jumping, there were sort of "mean girls". But not like they're portrayed in the books and movies. There were spoilt rich kids who stuck their noses up at me but that was it. And it was all in micro aggressions too, nothing overtly mean. When I transitioned to competing against adults that all stopped though and for the most part, people are pretty professional. Equestrians can still be so brutal at times.
Any realistic depiction of the sport would just be amazing. I'm tired of the romanticism, I want a protagonist who REALLY struggles. Because, let's be honest, this sport sucks and it's not pretty. I want it portrayed in all its unglamorous glory. I want to see the stone cold reality of how hard it is to actually go pro.

Edited at March 23, 2021 04:51 PM by Mediterranean

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