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Anon finds a plot hole (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 42 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I feel like it would be much more effort to tame a flying creature or magic, with the latter often being displayed as a life-long commitment.

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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At the very least, building a fence to keep in a Pegasus seems like MUCH more work

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[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

As would building a fence to keep in a bird.

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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Cages are clearly more effort (and cost) than fences (given a similarly-sized creature), though.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago

Except high-magitech worlds of course.

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[–] Estiar@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

And it would be especially hard to feed those things. Can you imagine how much a magical creature eats? They use a lot of energy. Much more than a horse would normally

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[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, you can put horses on any pasture and they will happily graze on whatever weed grows there. Gryphons (just one example of a popular fantasy mount) should be carnivorous. So how many cows do you need to feed that thing before it will fly someone safely across the countryside, without deciding that this someone looks awfully tasty?

Big flying mounts should be horribly expensive to maintain. Only the most wealthy nobles and wizards who can literally conjure money should be able to pay for them.

Personally I always have to suspend a lot of my disbelief whenever dragon mounts are being mentioned in fantasy books and there is absolutely no explanations how these creatures are being fed. Usually the topic is quietly sidelined or simply dismissed with "something something magic".

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