Hehehe, yes, we unicorns are the epitome of vain ^_~

<i>You're so vain~You prolly think this song is about yoou~</i> ^.^

I love your sexy male hunks, but I like your fantasy creatures even better. =D

Thanks :) You gotta tell me why you like this vainest of creatures. :P

It's because under my hard black shell there lives a dreamy romantic... Same thing goes for food. You can try to eat healthily, but there's always a weakness of some sort. Like cheese cake. =D

I actually drew this in reaction of your unicorn skeletal drawings. Unicorns are most insulted when you drew them as horses with a horn. Their anatomy reflects their graceful and nimble nature. It is a small and lean creature with long thin limbs with double ungulates. Unicorns can never be ridden due to their small size and wild nature. So when you put a unicorn next to a horse, you can see how the horse is immediately turned into clumsy and ungraceful gorilla compared to the small, timid unicorn.

I agree that the horse-shaped "modern" unicorn might look clumsy when in comparision to its medieval cousin.

But when it comes to fantasy creatures, there are infinite ways to depict them - all of them equally justified and right, when keeping in mind that they are the product of our imagination and personal aesthetic values. The most important thing is that the many various ideals of the unicorn live on in our art and culture. =)

You raised valid points. I am beginning to imagine a conversation between a Medieval unicorn and a horselike one ...

"Being ridden like a horse?! But you are a person!"

The same is often asked of dragons... "A dragonrider? But who would be great enough to ride a noble leviathan?" I've never liked fantasy novels where a man has clear and practical dominance over dragons. =/

I think that when riding a dragon, a unicorn or any mythological creature with a personality, there has to be an immense amout of trust and friendship involved for both parts. It's then when the question of authority is put aside and we have a situation where the stronger and bigger one takes care of his or her smaller friend. I think that the rarity of such an union always makes a story worth telling.

I recommend reading this "Unicorn Sonata".

It's about a street-wise girl living in downtown, and one day she is charged with the responsibility of saving the universe of the unicorns and the sicken creatures themselves. I assure you it is not a teenage read. It's really deep.

I will look for this book. It sounds interesting! =)