this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2025
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[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago

Calm down Satan

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Fight the reincarnation, Artax!

[–] protist@mander.xyz 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Edit: I just came back to this and cannot get the idea out of my head that Artax remembers drowning in the swamp in vivid detail when he suddenly wakes up about to drown again, over and over

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

~~Poor horsey. Iirc they actually had to drown it ;(~~

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

No they didn't, that's just a false rumor.

[–] lib1@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just looked it up. There were 2 horses who played Artax so they could film continuously while not working the horses continuously. They trained the horses for 7 weeks to be comfortable submerging themselves up to the neck in mud. Still a wild thing to do to a horse but neither of them died

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, that's good to know