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Dragons
Feb 23, 2007 18:18:28 GMT -5
Post by Pishpish on Feb 23, 2007 18:18:28 GMT -5
I tend to have conflicting thoughts about dragons. Being purely mythical creatures, you can make them into whatever you want. I tend to have trouble viewing dragons as all-powerful magical beings (though sometimes I write them as such). More usually, I tend to view them much like I view dinosaurs: powerful, majestic, reptilian creatures. I imagine them with habits and abilities similar to crocodiles (except for the whole flying and breathing fire thing). I was hoping to hear other people's opinions on the subject, what do you think?
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Dragons
Feb 26, 2007 21:46:25 GMT -5
Post by blackninjawolf88 on Feb 26, 2007 21:46:25 GMT -5
Ya, I know what you mean. For the most part I like to think of dragons with little magical abilities (if any) in the hopes that there is a logical and accepted theroy about their existance. The same does not normaly apply to other mythical creatures though. ^ ^ Ya I know, I'm a geek.
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Dragons
Feb 27, 2007 0:30:03 GMT -5
Post by Deathchill on Feb 27, 2007 0:30:03 GMT -5
A dragon in my mind, is a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire. Sometimes capable of speech; depending on the rp...
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MrPoptart
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Dragons
May 16, 2007 1:09:47 GMT -5
Post by MrPoptart on May 16, 2007 1:09:47 GMT -5
i like to think of dragons as a creature of beauty and some times a royal and noble creature and sometimes a dark and mysterious creature...
also i like that you can make them into what ever you want, because i like to draw, no one will say "no, it doesn't look like that" cuz it can be like what ever you want it to be...
depends on how I'm feeling...
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Zir
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Dragons
Jun 3, 2007 15:03:18 GMT -5
Post by Zir on Jun 3, 2007 15:03:18 GMT -5
Okay first off I sorta agree with Pishpish except for the magic thing. I think that they had some magical abilities, mainly the Gold Dragons, but other then them and the other metalic ones they lack in any way magic. I also think that many of them have developed a way to talk. Ive met one
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Dragons
Sept 3, 2007 16:46:31 GMT -5
Post by fourtysecondscarf on Sept 3, 2007 16:46:31 GMT -5
*sigh* well....I tend to imagine dragons as being large reptiles, able to communicate with humans through telepathy. I always liked the idea of dragons eating phospherecent stones in order to breath fire, but I have heard other theories that I like as well.
Recently, I've been reading the book "Dragonflight" by Anne McCaffery. I like many of her ideas about dragons, and how they go "between." I don't think that it would hold up to other dragons though.
I think, in the long run, Dragons are whatever you read them as, and in varies from story to story. Just go with the flow, I say.
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[Q]
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Dragons
Oct 11, 2007 13:13:09 GMT -5
Post by [Q] on Oct 11, 2007 13:13:09 GMT -5
Depends on where im comming from. Dragons all have differant powers and abilities in the differant games i play, From Warhammer, to Warcraft, to D&D. However, Myself, i see 2 differant kinds of Dragons. The first, your regular large, big, huge dragons. These are relativly unintelligent and greedy. They know enough to want shiney things, but thats about it. However, just because they arnt geniuses, they are a scary scary sight. These wouldnt have any sort of Magical powers, but dont breath fire. the Second would be the Chinese style dragons, the long, whiplike ones. These are the ones who can breathe fire, speak with people, and have limited magical powers. However, they lack the brute strength of the other class. These would be the scarier of the dragons to encounter however.
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Yoko
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Dragons
Apr 27, 2008 1:11:39 GMT -5
Post by Yoko on Apr 27, 2008 1:11:39 GMT -5
My advice for you: read the Dragonology books. (I have all three. They're surprisingly worth it.) What's always struck me is that so many cultures around the world could have managed to think up a mythical creature that could manage to fit into one category. You've got your typical European dragons--the most popular image, horned, scaly, shooting fire out its nostrils--but then you have things like the Chinese Dragons [Q] talked about, which incorporate all kinds of animals into its appearance. Then you've got things like the Rainbow Serpent, a water being courtesy of the Austarilan aborigines, the dragon of India that hunts elephants and has an invaluable stone encrusted in its forehead, the Grecian multi-headed Hydra, the Basilisk, the Salamander, the Amphisbaena, not to mention the messy business of the Wurms. Question then being, can they all be considered dragons? I guess it all really depends on how you define "dragon", but I think that, in answer to your question, dragons can be anything you want, just like our friend Poptart stated earlier. On an entirely different note, for those "geeks" (we all are, I think) interested, the Discovery Channel ran a documentary on dragons. You should look it up. I'd tell you what it's called, but I can't manage to find my companion book. -w-;; Online it's listed both as "The Last Dragon" (TV 2004) and "Dragon's World." The cheese abounds, I know, but it's really well done. Have a looksee for yourself: www.imdb.com/title/tt0433367/Enjoy!
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Dragons
Aug 3, 2008 14:03:01 GMT -5
Post by fourtysecondscarf on Aug 3, 2008 14:03:01 GMT -5
Oooh! I saw that thing! It came out several years back. Lots of cheese, but very interesting.
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