thank you!!! i am vibing so hard here glad other people are too
so. idk if anyones noticed, but i dont reference specific horse breeds in my centaur designs. also, im not sure lydias localised little patch of dapples is something you actually see in horses. blanket appaloosas are similar, but not quite the same.
this is because, while horses and centaurs share a common ancestor, they became seperate species long before humans began selectively breeding horses. from what i understand from a brief google, its a case of divergent evolution between horses and taurs and convergent evolution with humans
THIS IS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
CONVERGENT EVOLUTION MOTHERFUCKERS
This makes me think: what if it’s not that centaurs get co-opted horse terminology, but the reverse?