When a Centaur runs…

[Chaosolous]

…does it move its arms?

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[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

I've only ever seen them charging at me with weapons.

[Vox]

Yeah like the t1000 in terminator 2

[salamander]

in fantasy films and shows centaurs always seem to kind of flex or clench their arms still when they are running. they do not seem to require moving them like bipeds do when walking or running.

[kingjames488]

is napoleon riding it?

[salamander]

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

When a centaur moves, does his package flop around?

probably but the lower half is always covered in thick fur

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by PaulKrawitz:

When a centaur moves, does his package flop around?

I don't think they're all male?

then again, I've never heard anyone make a big deal over centar teats...

[L1qu1dator]

Originally posted by Vox:

Yeah like the t1000 in terminator 2

Humans do it for balancing purposes. It wouldn't seem necessary for a centaur given the horse half is so big and human arms relatively small.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

No, arms are their inventory system because they don`t have pockets.

[permanent name]

my phantom limbs are considered an unfair advantage so i'm not allowed to see myself using them to do stuff, unless I am facing a strictly regulated series of qualified usages.

running is in the hips, where the phantoms start, thus they trigger small arm movements out of association.

afaik centaurs would be the same, as horses are similar and whether you extend the horse anatomy or graft a human on the result is still muscular stimulation which requires the manhalf to brace to get up to speed.

supposedly the traditional ninja run with arms at waist is based on the same concept, and the arms flying behind comes from a specific advancement where the center of mass is outside of the body while running and the hands are used as counterbalances and to fine-tune toe movements by creating interference, so that they don't autonomically cramp and contract and disrupt the foot's widening and flattening as a spring board for the momentum. as if they did this would create counter forces which would twist the momentum into certain muscle groups and likely make you fall down and/or rip a major muscle group.

[Dracoco OwO]

If you think about it, it depends what you mean by arms, front legs of an horse could be arms relative to the rest of the body even if the centaur has human arms, he still move some in the end if he runs.

[Drain]

Generally no, and that makes sense, as arm motion would have little to no benefit for a body that already has 4 legs.

[tom tomorrow]

They use their arms to raise their battleaxe.