On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

uioor1 · Saturday at 4:24 AM

Regarding the whole discussion on if Shirogane is even willing to have kids, this bit here seems pretty clear to me that she's open to the idea. Not necessarily actively looking or anything like that, but if she definitely 100% wasn't interested in kids she wouldn't be considering the ability to pass the restaurant down to those future kids one of the upsides of her new life that makes her so content

WrandmWaffles said:
Dream? "...I have a family that cares for me at their own expense and expects too little in return; I live in a pleasant place where aside from natural disasters, I do not have to fear for my life, and barring severe economic downturn, I will have something to inherit to pass down to any children I might have."

Shirogane smiled. This life felt like a dream, like the retirement she imagined in her past lives.

"What else could I wish for?"

Rexmaster1 · Saturday at 4:25 AM

wtdtd said:
Would you kindly spoiler that image? It's quite large.

Sorry, I'm new to this site, could you tell me how?

uioor1 · Saturday at 4:26 AM

Rexmaster1 said:
Sorry, I'm new to this site, could you tell me how?

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EDIT 2: Just look at this link, it explains how to do the markdown stuff

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tacobowl8 · Saturday at 4:48 AM

uioor1 said:
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Well, QQ (and probably most xenforo forums) also has a BB-codes page: https://forum.questionablequesting.com/help/bb-codes/

As far as what Rexmaster wants to do (and uioor1, the plain tag is your friend (it keeps BB code from rendering)), surround the content you want in the button with spoiler tags:

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mauveine · Saturday at 5:09 AM

Rexmaster1 said:
Sorry, I'm new to this site, could you tell me how?

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macdjord · Saturday at 5:26 AM

uioor1 said:
EDIT: Not trying to be a smartass or anything, QQ is auto completing the Spoiler tags and they keep coming back when I remove them

FYI: you can use the [plain] and [/plain] tag to tell Xenforo to not parse any tags in a given section of text. It also disables the rendering of smilies and the parsing of @-names, which can be useful for things like PHO chapter in fics.

BlastHardcheese · Saturday at 5:38 AM

Liar said:
From my perspective, I believe those interpretations are overstated. I don't disagree that they exist and are important, but they seem overly limiting. I think Tanya is more than capable of falling in love or being interested in finding a partner. You just need to establish the conditions that allow her to do so, and I don't think it would be a struggle depending on the story you're writing. I can imagine that in this story, she would be more than willing to settle down after her racing career ends, once she completes her education, and she inherits the family restaurant.

IMO the way to go with Tanya and romance is that she justifies the relationship to herself as being for the economic/social/family benefits, but in truth it's because she is absolutely head over heels for the person.

Sheogorath's Avatar · Saturday at 5:55 AM

BlastHardcheese said:
IMO the way to go with Tanya and romance is that she justifies the relationship to herself as being for the economic/social/family benefits, but in truth it's because she is absolutely head over heels for the person.

Pretty much. One thing the WN gets across pretty well is the fact that Tanya isn't as much of a self-serving rational being as she thinks she is. She just has the emotional intelligence of moldy cabbage. She clearly cares about her subordinates, but rationalizes it away as her "not wanting to waste investments," and she doesn't understand that she's started to develop some pretty bad PTSD post-Arene. Given that the Journalist the WN and LNs use as a framing device is canonically her grandson, I'd bet she did just that.

ranmatoushin · Saturday at 6:02 AM

Sheogorath's Avatar said:
Given that the Journalist the WN and LNs use as a framing device is canonically her grandson, I'd bet she did just that.

Wait, what?
Please provide a source to that, I've yet to have seen any information regarding that, and it's the first I've even seen it mentione.

CantFocusOneThing · Saturday at 6:43 AM

https://mangadex.org/chapter/b76e7fa7-a249-4079-b0ff-effb45b8bf2d/15 I think this chapter settles my vision on what kind of future the salaryman wanted; the soldier could only hope to be explicit about wanting a "retirement" and i hope the uma version reaches her ideal future now that being X isn't there, and even if somehow it comes back, it gets its ass beaten by the 3 Goddesses, specifically the parts when it says, "I needed that job", "So i could build the foundation of my future". I just want to see her ult very soon. Races can change your life and there is no bigger race than the one called life.

Vadelent · Saturday at 2:07 PM

WrandmWaffles said:
Over the course of her brief tenure at Tracen so far, Shirogane had observed that many of her classmates seemed not to notice her for no clear reason. She hadn't been intentionally sneaking around, but there were too many cases where her classmates had been surprised at her presence for it to be a coincidence.

It was a bit odd, since she didn't remember this phenomenon happening that much beforehand, and some of the incidents with motor vehicles probably had more to do with her height than any unusual sneaking ability.

WrandmWaffles said:
Maybe I'm just less noisy in comparison to most students there." That could track with how Suzuka-san seemed to have heard her in the relative quiet of early morning.

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast. Less often stated is that smooth is often quiet. Her training not to jostle the food during her deliveries is likely the key factor here. A smooth, steady gait with low impact on the ground would mean the food is less shaken up and as a consequence means her stride is quiet silent for someone running so fast.

WrandmWaffles said:
Oh…well I guess I am your senpai then."

She and many others. "I'll be in your care."

"R-Right…do you want to go running?"

"That was my intention coming out here, yes."

"Ok then!"

That… That almost feels like an uma's equivalent to a confession. An intent to woo. I might just be reading too much into it. XD

WrandmWaffles said:
Geez, pony-chan, you don't really have to keep talking while doing sprints."

{squints} If she has the capacity to speak easily while sprinting there's yet more speed she can eak out. Move those legs little pony cause you're still holding back.

Sheogorath's Avatar · Saturday at 2:15 PM

ranmatoushin said:
Wait, what?
Please provide a source to that, I've yet to have seen any information regarding that, and it's the first I've even seen it mentione.

Checking a translation of the WN, I was mistaken. Sorry about that, but I was remembering a pretty bad mistranslation of the final chapter where poor Andrew gets some of the truth from an Albish intelligence type after failing to uncover much beyond the name "Degurechaff." I got it confused with Side Story 3 of the WN where Zettour gets floored when he finds a "leaked" document with a dedication to her "and their two children."

Rexmaster1 · Saturday at 6:43 PM

uioor1 said:
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tacobowl8 said:
Well, QQ (and probably most xenforo forums) also has a BB-codes page: https://forum.questionablequesting.com/help/bb-codes/

As far as what Rexmaster wants to do (and uioor1, the plain tag is your friend (it keeps BB code from rendering)), surround the content you want in the button with spoiler tags:

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generates:

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macdjord said:
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Vadelent · Saturday at 8:10 PM

WrandmWaffles said:
"So far during your time at Tracen, you have not injured yourself in any way, something none of your classmates have managed to avoid, even if, thankfully, all incidents have been minor so far."

Hmmm, I imagine if she's going to get hurt anywhere it's going to be in an official race. Likely when she's hugging the bar to squeeze past at speed and someone "accidentally" nudges her into it.

Jadalier Rune · Saturday at 10:48 PM

Vadelent said:
Hmmm, I imagine if she's going to get hurt anywhere it's going to be in an official race. Likely when she's hugging the bar to squeeze past at speed and someone "accidentally" nudges her into it.

Nah, she's going to sense it. Just because she's rusty of war doesn't mean she can't sense hostility and dodge it. Just because she left the soldier life, doesn't mean the soldier in her left her.

Crispy Taco Shell · 2026-05-10T10:36:06+0100

Vadelent said:
Hmmm, I imagine if she's going to get hurt anywhere it's going to be in an official race. Likely when she's hugging the bar to squeeze past at speed and someone "accidentally" nudges her into it.

In Japanese derbies, physical roughing is banned and even accidental nudging can result in disqualification and fines. An uma would have to have some serious beef with Shiro to attempt that.

Also, physically manhandling Shirogane during a race would be a bad idea. Her warhorse instincts would result in the target uma being beaten bloody and everybody involved getting suspended. Depending on how televised the event was, Shirogane could get a bad lifetime reputation and lose sponserships. Worse, Tracen Academy and her trainer would have to deal with 24/7 scandal news coverage and uncomfortable investigations by the sports commissions.

Alphea · 2026-05-10T21:14:57+0100

Shirogane Ozrel, Aka The Money Machine

Vadelent · 2026-05-11T03:55:49+0100

WrandmWaffles said:
"Look, you already stand out a bit, and if you wanna catch enough attention to get into the Triple Tiara circuit, you've got to stand out magnificently." The diva of an uma laced her fingers together and stretched, pulling her arms up above her head. "So work with what you got.

Having taken to looking up the Uma's in question when their names come up I know precisely what you did there girly and what you meant by "stand out".

WrandmWaffles said:
She had prayed for a trainee who wasn't too eager to get herself injured, or too blinded by the glory to be mindful of her own limits. Now it felt like the Kami had a sense of humor about her life.

Got a bit too much of what you desired eh? Knows her limits excruciatingly well even if she's dreadful at knowing comparatively where she stands to her schoolmates.

WrandmWaffles said:
Still, Shirogane did know Polish to some degree, enough to converse simply with her grandparents

If she thinks it's good enough to converse with her grandparents I'm going to take that to mean she's fluent enough to serve as a professional translator.

WrandmWaffles said:
Akira wasn't quite sure if she had ever realized how beloved she had become by being so effortlessly good at what seemed like everything while not lording it over everyone else.

Normally I imagine quite a few people would get frustrated with that and not like her on principle.

WrandmWaffles said:
And also bringing food.

Ah, there we go. Most people, especially children, can be bribed into liking other people with food. Especially if it's good food.

LordTom · 2026-05-11T09:54:19+0100

I feel like I am missing so many social cues when I read the fic and comments.

Yonlionz/Amber · 2026-05-11T11:17:10+0100

LordTom said:
I feel like I am missing so many social cues when I read the fic and comments.

Just like Shirogane herself

On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

I trust you know where the happy button is?

Getting out there.

I trust you know where the happy button is?

Know what you're doing yet?

Well worn.

Not too sore, are you?

Not too sore, are you?

Confused, As Always

It can get better and definitely can get worse

In your kitchen, stealing your pie.

Not too sore, are you?

Getting out there.

In your kitchen, stealing your pie.

Experienced.

Getting out there.

Your first time is always over so quickly, isn't it?

In your kitchen, stealing your pie.

I trust you know where the happy button is?

Getting out there.

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