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One of my partners (female) just sent the tracking to me. Love how they got his "bitch whip" tail end lol. Shits pretty tight

Just my contribution to the zodiac mashup, and I felt I should at least share this here being as it's the year of the dragon.

Maybe it is just me, but I despise dragon stories written through the human lense, which is to say nearly all of them.

Allow me to explain.

Some examples might be dragons written with purely human motivations like greed or selfishness. Or the other side of that, dragons that are overly submissive to humans.

I know I'm likely in the minority on this one, but I prefer dragons with emotions and motivations unique to them. I love the idea of dragons obsessing over something that interests them because it fills an instinctual need. Or dragons that look at another species problem through a purely draconic perspective.

Let me give this a shot at describing what I mean in simple terms.

A hot summer day (because we can all relate to those).

A human is sweating and miserable and only wants to lounge in the shade or hide inside away from the heat. They complain about the heat and go on and on about it.

A dragon, enjoys the heat, goes hunting, flying and just generally has a fabulous day, but doesn't really think about it being anything more than a beautiful day for them.

They are very different creatures approaching the same setting in very different ways. And that is how I feel it always should be, in every situation and setting. They wouldn't possibly see the situation the same because being what they are will always color it differently. Yet sooooo many pieces of literature/entertainment treat intelligent dragons like just giant flying humans in a dragon body. Or they treat lesser intelligent dragons like livestock.

(Yes I dislike the idea of dragons being mounts in all but the most exceptional cases and only with someone they share a deep bond with or out of necessity. It feels demeaning as a dragon to be relegated to someone's transport.)

Anyway. Fellow dragons? Thoughts?

We are a furry, three of us are various kinds of dragons, and a fourth presents as a kind of dragon. Are We welcome here?

Edit: We forgot to mention one thing. We use "We" specifically because We are a plural system. This has caused... resentment from others in the past upon discovery of this.

I would be surprised if anyone recognizes this species of dragon/what ip the dragon is from

Lemon flavoured. OC. The fire was kinda hard, but i am happy with it.

I'll be brief and get right to the point. In the old movie “Excalibur” there were no dragons literally, but Merlin used the term to describe the power of life itself, of creation. In the Japanese novel by Mariko Ōhara “Hybrid Child” there is also something isothermal under the word “Dragon” - there are also no dragons literally, but their “dream” describes the tranquility of the world, and also, quote, “He could still feel the power of the dragons nearby-the power to cross space-time.”. And I'm wondering what was the motivation for that interpretation. What's the origin of that? Why is it that in works where dragons are not present, they are used to mean nature/life?