Horses, at least in fiction, seem to have an affinity for the gentle. In my real life, too - when I went to riding school, THE biggest horse (out of like 50 on that ranch) was the one I got along with the most when I was a tiny and underfed little 8-year-old. One of the ranch hands would have to put his knee on the mounting black for me to get up. ^_^
I know there was a similarity between the styles of medieval and Western riding - Western and medieval are both for either war or work, whereas in English it's largely show and plain ol' transportation - but it's the terminology, itself, which is what I'm trying to avoid.
And I love making Merlin not clumsy, especially since I think he is. I feel the need to point out that all the freakin' time in the show, Merlin will run across distances to chase after someone that took much longer to cross the same distance. Either he's more graceful and faster than he thinks, or magic is helping him along significantly - which works for me, either way. ^_^
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I know there was a similarity between the styles of medieval and Western riding - Western and medieval are both for either war or work, whereas in English it's largely show and plain ol' transportation - but it's the terminology, itself, which is what I'm trying to avoid.
And I love making Merlin not clumsy, especially since I think he is. I feel the need to point out that all the freakin' time in the show, Merlin will run across distances to chase after someone that took much longer to cross the same distance. Either he's more graceful and faster than he thinks, or magic is helping him along significantly - which works for me, either way. ^_^