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It is not true that jockeys don't feel pain. We do. We just don't talk about it, even when our skeletons are torn out; we don't feel the pain until people say something hurtful like "why aren't there any horses," and then we have to take all of that toughness and try not to break down and sob, because we are bastards and bastards don't cry, because if bastards start crying even a little bit then they just end up laying on the floor drinking their full bodyweight in brandy, empty, pitied; not having any horses at all, the horseless men of the horseless world.
Instead I said, "because when I put the menaces on people it works strangely well, because I'm so much smaller than them, and it makes them go, oh, look, he's so little and menacing, Gladys, give him a biscuit."
Then I thought about it some more and added, "And then I keep the biscuit."
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An abridged retelling of the 1965 Dick Francis novel “Odds Against.”
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06 Jul 2025
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02 Feb 2025
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Settle Our Bones by batmoniker, justbeyondstars, motleyfam
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Super Sons (Comics)
17 Sep 2025
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A hurt/comfort focused series where Jason never dies, but the Waynes’ weird neighbor kid gets strung along for the ride all the same.
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02 Feb 2025