An expression was just used to allude to suicide in a fic I'm reading, but I can't begin to figure it out: "Does he look like the type of guy to ride the two-legged mare?". The closest I've gotten is a Queen song that mentions a mule.
I'm fairly certain I said no interruptions.
Buffy ,'Potential'
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Juliebird - Sep 21, 2013 3:55:33 am PDT #8725 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Sophia Brooks - Sep 21, 2013 5:00:03 am PDT #8726 of 10434
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Maybe if he had a noose on, and was on a mare, and the mare only had two legs, he would be hanged?
§ ita § - Sep 21, 2013 6:16:15 am PDT #8727 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Maybe after they yank the horse out from underneath you and your legs kick it looks like...I don't know. It's a lot of work to do.
dcp - Sep 21, 2013 6:36:25 am PDT #8728 of 10434
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I've never heard it as an allusion to suicide before.
A gallows made from two uprights and a cross-beam is a "two-legged mare." A triple gallows like the Tyburn Tree is a "three-legged mare."
I don't recall a nickname for a gallows with a single upright and a braced arm, though.
Juliebird - Sep 21, 2013 8:59:12 am PDT #8729 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
It's gotta be the gallows thing, since the suicide was a hanging.
Amy - Sep 29, 2013 11:14:25 am PDT #8730 of 10434
Because books.
Has anyone seen any good Sleepy Hollow fic yet?
Cass - Sep 29, 2013 3:30:18 pm PDT #8731 of 10434
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
A friend of ours wrote this which I really liked.
Dana - Sep 29, 2013 3:37:04 pm PDT #8732 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think Yahtzee also posted one after the premiere aired, though I haven't read it.
Amy - Sep 29, 2013 3:41:41 pm PDT #8733 of 10434
Because books.
Excellent! Thanks.
Cass - Sep 29, 2013 3:42:46 pm PDT #8734 of 10434
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Oh, and a Starbucks one that I found cute.
I think I've read a few others and if I run across them, I will link.