Username: PuppygirlWillow
Show Name: Light of Love
Barn name: Aurora
Gender: Mare
Age: 5
Height: 13.1hh
Halter color (s): Shades of pink
Personality:
Aurora is a shy and timid young mare, not too confident in herself, but getting there. She prefers the company of people to other horses and appreciates the noises they make that seem to have some sort of structure and system- comforting in a steady, confusing sort of way. She is also a lover of music and you can often hear various albums playing in her stable. Due to her nervousness, Aurora is a difficult mare to ride and will be as likely to bolt and scatter as she is to collect her canter. When her mind is kept on the job, however, and she is made to feel safe, she is a talented dressage pony. She is not vain, though she knows she is beautiful, and perhaps if she feels comfortable and safe with another, her closet fun-loving, prancing self can be seen.
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What does she think of Valentines?
Aurora has various thoughts on Valentine's, and on romance in general, and most of them tie into her need to be protected and safe.
In regards to Valentines Day (the event), Aurora is quite indifferent. Valentine's is very much a human invention, and the mare feels that there is no sense in it for horses. Yes, it's nice to get a gift on a particular day, but watching the men and women around her give each other curiously shaped red boxes, or roses by the dozen, and not actually use them for anything seemed pointless to her. Of course, being a horse, she did not understand chocolate, and perhaps if she did, she wouldn't be quite as hasty to dismiss it, not that chocolate is good for horses at all!
In regards to Valentines (as in, love notes), the mare is not really interested in anyone in particular, as none of the stallions at the stables make her feel safe, and, as such, it is not relevant to her again. It's good for the humans, and perhaps if she was given on herself it would be flattering, but really? What would a horse write on a love note? "How's the hay?" or "Roses are red, violets are blue, do you have a carrot?"
In regards to romance and love (the emotion): Because Aurora is not particularly interested in any other horses, she is often oblivious to the desiring stares of the other horses, and, as such, has not a lot of experience in love. She would say she loves carrots, but that is a very sort of superficial love, really, and doesn't count. She finds it flattering when she gets quite a bit of attention at dressage competitions, for her coat and beauty, but again, this passing flirtation does not really stir anything particularly strong within her.
Truth be told, Aurora hasn't had much experience with anything romantic as yet, regardless of what her riders/owners/trainers try to make her out as, but perhaps in the near future she will be able to experience a little bit more of the world, and create an opinion that's quite a bit more interesting than it is currently!
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Yes, you are welcome to a slot, Rescue. ^.^