The OOC Hangout Thread (New people introduce yourself here!)

[DarkScarlettVixen]

Dullahan?  

[Tanakietsu]

I see. Well I suppose it's too late for I already started without using a skeleton.

DarkScarlettVixen, a Dullahan is a headless horseman.  

[RagingBluMunky]

I thought all Dullahans were female (like Valkyries)  

[Tanakietsu]

I am unsure where you heard that from, there are several examples of male Dullahan in mythology. *shrug*  

[RagingBluMunky]

alright then, thanks for clearing that up for me  

[Disturbing Tale Teller]

Should I be typing up a RP for people to make characters for? -blinkblink-  

[DarkScarlettVixen]

Tanakietsu

I see. Well I suppose it's too late for I already started without using a skeleton.

DarkScarlettVixen, a Dullahan is a headless horseman.

Oh! Thanks for clearing that up....I've only heard of one headless horseman and that's the one that plagued Sleepy Hollow  

[Magni Prime]

Wikipedia

The Irish dullahan (also Gan Ceann, meaning "without a head" in Irish) is a type of unseelie fairie. It is headless, usually seen riding a black horse and carrying his or her head under one arm. The head's eyes are massive and constantly dart about like flies, while the mouth is constantly in a hideous grin that touches both sides of the head. The flesh of the head is said to have the color and consistency of moldy cheese. The dullahan's whip is actually a human corpse's spine, and the wagons they sometimes use are made of similarly funereal objects (e.g. candles in skulls to light the way, the spokes of the wheels made from thigh bones, the wagon's covering made from a worm-chewn pall). When the dullahan stops riding, it is where a person is due to die. The dullahan calls out their name, at which point they immediately perish.
There is no way to bar the road against a dullahan—all locks and gates open on their own when it approaches. Also, they do not appreciate being watched while on their errands, throwing a basin of blood on those who dare to do so (often a mark that they are among the next to die), or even lashing out the watchers' eyes with their whips. Nonetheless, they are frightened of gold, and even a single gold pin can drive a dullahan away.

 

[Tanakietsu]

Grazie, Talon. :3

*shrug* Global mythology is a passion of mine. There are plenty of different types of of headless horsemen and Dullahan in the various regions of the world. I am particularly fond of the word Dullahan, though for no particular reason.  

[Magni Prime]

I've always adored the mythos of the Greek. The ideology, the creatures, everything. It just grabs my attention.  

[Tanakietsu]

*Whistles merrily*  

[Disturbing Tale Teller]

Ack! I tried starting up an RP base and I can't do anything with it! It seems so bland, but I can't set my mind to fixing it! gonk


Edit: Ah! I think I've got it!  

[Tanakietsu]

It's like Goosey is an amazing princess and then she smashes it out of the park with awesome-tude. *big hug*  

[Disturbing Tale Teller]

-blinkblink-

Wha? How does that work? oAo

-Huggles-
Does it seem okay? Should I add more?  

[Tanakietsu]

It seems fine. Though I, for one, shouldn't be who you ask for such things; I have been out of the loop for years.

And it works because I want it to? oMo