Hey friends! Do me a quick favour?
Can you imagine a stereotypical witch riding on a broomstick? Picture her as much as you can (sorry, I know a bunch of people here are aphantasic!) and then answer my question in the next post…
witch question
Does your witch ride her broom side saddle, or astride?
Extra credit: where did you grow up and what was your formative witch media?
witch question
I just told my girlfriend that witches ride side-saddle (and that thus the ride would be more comfortable if you have some junk in the trunk). The Worst Witch books by Jill Murphy (UK) back me up on this.
She says that witches ride with one leg on each side, and Ottfried Preussler’s Die Kleine Hexe (Germany) backs her up!
Then again, in picture three here, die kleine Hexe is doing something different again. 🤔
witch question
@villainousfriend my default witch is definitely astride, as is @Lady’s but she’s arguing the second die kliene Hexe is the option that makes the most actual sense
