I think it depends partially on where it sits on the centaur scale.
Noodle arms
They shoot you with their bow.
they clack together two halves of split open coconuts to confuse the enemy
Maybe they Naruto run while galloping
That is absolute nightmare fuel. This image alone is enough reason to ban ai.
Credit? You can have my upvote if this isn't "genAI".
This is just a random picture he made for the meme. He’s not trying to sell it and it doesn’t replace an actual artist. IMO that’s an accetable use of AI.
probably AI, since naruto running isn't done with 🤌 hand
edit: also, very realistic face, not very realistic hair (both on the person and horse's tail) and even less realistic ear
This is AI. My past Photoshop skills were laughable in comparison, lol.
Making 'bad' art is how you get better. genAI will never get better or create anything good looking or original.
Edit: I'd rather see any real people's 'bad' attempts than even 1 genAI slop.
They shoot arrows with a bow?!
This is just another reminder how weird a centaur is as a concept. Vertebrates don't have more than 4 limbs. Land vertebrates mostly have 4 legs, but the structure of their forelegs is very similar to human arms and wrists. Bats have wings, but their wings are basically arms with a membrane of skin between the bones. Even a Naga (human / snake hybrid) makes more sense than a centaur.
Also, think how unbalanced a centaur would be. Instead of a trunk that merely has to support a neck and a head, a centaur has to support a full half-human right at the front of its body. That would shift the centre of mass way forward, so most of the weight would be on the middle limbs. That would affect its ability to gallop, because in a gallop most of the running power of a horse comes from the back legs. If the back legs are almost completely unloaded because all the weight is at the front, the back legs wouldn't be able to push with much force.
A more realistic centaur would have the trunk weight shifted backwards, so instead of having a human torso replacing its neck and head, it would be like a rider on a horse but without the rider's legs or the horse's head.
Fun fact, horse heads/necks weigh about as much as human torsos do. Depending on the horse, and the human.
Modern horses are fuckin huge. It's not unreasonable to think that a horse body could support a human upper body without much additional musculature.
That just raises the question about how big a human torso would be mounted on a modern horse's torso. A huge clydesdale mare with a typical jockey's torso would look pretty ridiculous. But, maybe a clydesdale-type-centaur would have an Andre-the-giant torso, or maybe something even bigger. Maybe it would be a humanoid torso which, if it had legs, would stand 4m tall.
But, even if it is an Andre the Giant head, imagine how much grass he's going to have to eat to keep his body fed. Andre has a big mouth compared to me, but it's still small compared to a horse.
A human torso’s weight would be almost inconsequential compared to a whole ass horse body, not to mention the human part has abs and shit and will be coordinating with the horse part, cause it’s all one creature. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a ridiculous creature, I just think it could theoretically work
With the whole upper half bobbing up/down like a horse nodding it's head while it runs.
By that description, I imagine a centaur walking like a chicken.
It's my failure, not yours.
I might need to make chicken-centaurs in my game. Comical at first until you realize they're raptors.
Steam Deck.
Hmm, humans swing their arms while running to counteract angular movement. Presumably, the horse undercarriage wouldn't have this problem, because there's more legs in an offset motion and just some distance between the pairs of legs to hold the body straight.
But horses nod their heads during gallop, so maybe the centaurs would do a little chug-chug motion with their arms instead.
This is a great anwser, actually
Hold a shield and spear or somethin like that maybe?
So you think centaurs are always going to fight someone? That's racist.
I think, canonically, they're always going to rape someone.
That's rapist.
I have visual references
They cross their arms since they also don't know what to do with them.
maximum aura ngl
I would be holding on to my dick and balls so they don't smack me in the asshole every gallop.
One hand scrolls through tiktok and the other holds an iced coffee, just like humans do while driving a car.
they actually just bend down and use the human arms to help walk (more legs = faster, since less time without touching ground, more time propelling themselves forward)
Does no one watch Xena anymore?
They place them majestically on their hips, as if they're the captain of a boat.
They hold the reins.
Naruto run.
Random, but I've just now realised centaurs can't shake hands with the milkman.
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