Trope Talk: Dragons 

Mulan

Right in the childhood. Good stuff.

*DISHONOR ON YOUR* 🐄

It's funny. In French, he says "Nous ne parlons pas la même langue" before doing the tongue thing (aka "We don't talk the same language") so there's a nuance that's lost in translation there. The more you know...

As AronRa once pointed out, dragons are the only kind of lizard(except snake) who actually do that tongue thing.

As it should be

Why not both?

both. both is good.

​@@jazzratoon Fwench Fwy from the artist Chikn Nugget. Nuff said.

Huggable, reptilian girlfriend who gives head scratches and kisses I listen to too much asmr

Honestly think that might be it

or on average people have more subconscious scaley tendencies than furry

@@xynged fluffy dragons exist!

@@icel8828 Get that idea out of my head

@@alpharius2omegaboogaloo384 no. I will put it there

Indeed it was.

Is this an Aurora reference?

@@myartjoruney3523 It's a Kung-fu panda reference

Odin, sighing: Ugh... fine. Roll initiative... again...

Sort of; Gwyn is a pretty explicit parallel to Zeus and a lot of Dark Souls 1 is steeped in Greek/Norse mythology.

@@tank19768 I can see the Gwyn's connection to Zeus and Nito's connection to Hades, but I'm not seeing any other parallels. Could you please elaborate?

Ooh... Robert Baratheon was the lord of the Stormlands..... And he killed the dragon kings!

@@Epicmonk117 I could see Gwyn and the other founders of the age of fire being a parallel to the Olympians usurping control from the Titans. Gwyndolin's association with moonlight, femininity, and archery also gives off Artemis vibes.

@@Epicmonk117 If we're talking general parallels between Dark Souls and other mythologies, there's obviously the creation myth, which has the gods overthrowing the dragons to bring about a new world order, similarly to the Greek gods overthrowing the titans. There's the world tree from Norse, as the world of Dark Souls lies atop an archtree as seen when descending through the Great Hollow to Ash Lake (notice how the lake extends all around despite being far below ground). The titanite slab is engraved with 100% legible and translatable runes. Anor Londo, being a city of gods on top of a mountain has parallels to Mount Olympus. There's the primordial serpents, which are obviously involved in a lot of mythologies. There's the balder knights, which while bearing no explicit parallels to Baldur, is a pretty obvious reference. I'm sure there are others, but these are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

shame we never got a deep dive into the storm spirit trope 😔

L Guffee dragons are evil super rich people, who throughout history would reign terror on the poor. Just think of gangsters who made it as big as could be. After a few generations, power corrupts, they sit on gold. Hydra is their organisations, when you cut off the head, another arises. What is more likely, real dragons and mythical creatures, or it's symbolic of reality from people who couldn't write, but would draw images to pass on information. Propaganda is real.

An explaination for that would actually be; indo-europeans. Those guys had a HUGE worship of the dragon as both a god and a monster symbolizing war and violence. That's why, with some variations, a lot of the places they went to ended up having some kind of dragon in their mythos. That would actually explain the "defeated by a storm god". That part had to be in the original indo-european myth. That's of course excluding the Mesoamerican and autralian dragons, which were simply a serpent worship mixed with birds/rainbow. So, dragon-coincidence? I think (mostly) not!

@@Valaame so what youre saying is, colonisation

@@Valaame That's why Susanoo slaying the serpent Yamato-no-Orochi is now believed to be Indo-European in origin as well, probably introduced to Japan from India with the arrival of Buddhism. It's amazing how that myth managed to find itself spread all the way from Scandinavia to Japan!

Dragon Grandma/ Check.

I honestly would like to know more about them. The only Fire Emblem dragon I really know anything about is Corrin

​​@@phoenixfire1074 It will be very interesting for you to then go and play the other games in this fantastic(al) series. I will give you some guidance. If you want a dragon as a villain, play a fire emblem game. Like, any. Even Corrin opposes one in their own game xD That kinda coincides with the apocalyptic thing. Rideable dragons also come into play fairly often. There are Unit-, classes that ride what FE calls Wyverns. Which are basically the animalistic and tamable kind. There are people in the FE-Universe who can transform into Dragons by the use of a special object called a Dragonstone. In FE-Lore they are called Manakete and technically Corrin is one of those. So the shifters and humanoids are covered as well as the Jewelry. Some FE-Stories are about a clash of Gods. Usually represented as Dragons. So we have the Divine Good as well as evil. And when it comes to the last one.... Fire Emblem Awakening and Fates allow you to establish romances between a variety of characters and units with a degree of freedom. Those pairing then can even have children. In Awakening one of those is a Manakete called Nowi. I will let you Google her yourself to figure out why OP was a bit... Uncomfortable about that 😅

Dragon hero: Corrin Dragon villian: like half the franchise's main villians Divine dragon: Alear Demonic dragon: Sombron Apocalyptic dragon: the fire dragons from fe7 and medius from fe11 Nuisance dragons: alot of them Human like dragon: tiki, Fae, myrrh, ninian and Nils Animalistic dragon: maneketes Dragon shifter: maneketes Dragon riding: wyvern riders Dragon banging: eliwood and ninian

Getting pushed down the stairs? Check

How is that a cost, exactly?

@@StarshadowMelody listen sometimes people can be really annoying to the point where instant remote lobotomies can be a boon okay

"I am limitless, fathomless, undefinable. I strike fear into the hearts of my enemies and defy categorization. But.... can I also be _sexy?_ "

They sometimes do that anyway! Source: Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull

@@crypticmedicine Gotta get them ladies

We’ve only got the Komodo sub-species now

Oof

Ssssssh we added them to fiction so people would forget they ever existed

I see Jocat is on the same youtube cycle as me right now.

This is why they are never the protagonist

I broke my feet today because I kicked my computer because someone commented that my videos are bad! I hate unjustified criticism. Please wish me a speedy recovery, dear meme

@@AxxLAfriku your videos are bad

@@AxxLAfriku your videos are bad

AxxL delete your channel

@@illegalmemedealer3549 okay there's no need for that

It is. Gold is a very soft metal so it makes sense that dragons, who hoard gold to begin with, also use it for a bed. This gives them a comfy mattress and protects against thieves

​@@Cara-39yeah,the fact that it's valuable to humans is just a coincidence

Honestly I'm not sure that's entirely evil, if I had to wait 1000 years to become a dragon and then had start all over again last second just because some guy couldn't look the other way, I'd be extremely pissed off as well

Bruh, I know this from the movie Dragon Wars.

there not lizards they dont do the tounge thing

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Japan: Hear me out here me out What if the lizard couldn't fly was even bigger and nigh indestructable

@@evagriusponticus4080 Fun fact: Godzilla (aka Cthulhu aka Kraken aka Leviathan aka Kagutsuchi) straight fulfil definition of a dragon. Quetzalcoatlus northropi, so actual big (33ft/10m) lizard what did fly, do not.

​@Waffie The Dweeb A elemental deity. Word dragon originated from bible where it is used in Latin version of bible as title of Satan as the Serpent. But later it become used to describe broad category of wild elemental deities and overpowered monsters such as Lindworm or Wyvern. Here it is worth to mention that most famous and most stereotypical (gold hording) dragon is Fafnir who actually is a dwarf, who in Nordic mythologies were also a deities (earth elementals specifically). Being a deity is in fact most constant trait even in many cases overshadowing snake part. For example in Journey to the West white dragon Bai Longma spend way more time as a horse and later human then actual serpent. Anyway, even if most elemental deities are serpentine some also appear as birds (Phoenix, Suzaku, Rok, Geruda, Ziz, etc) or other types of beasts (like Behemot, Byakko, etc), also a "sacred steeds" (Unicorns, Griffins, Kirins, Burak, etc) and of course human. In fact it is quite possible that smith/knight defeating dragon in legend dating to Proto-Indo-Eurpeans as storm deity was a dragon himself.

Chinese dragons: But I *am* a storm god

@@michaelzheng5250 * Existential crisis intensifies *

Michael Zheng can’t trust anyone not even yourself

Dying 🤣

@@michaelzheng5250 Lots of Chinese dragons get wrecked by other dragons because of family drama so that tracks XD

No! Please god no! Noooooooooooooo!

Literally the lost continent in wings of fire

Tell that to someone with either arachnophobia or any insect phobia like mellisophobia or apipophobia

Considering how cool dragon_flies_ are, I've had the idea of dragonfly-inspired dragons

The idea of dragons could have arisen because ancient people found dinosaur fossils and, not knowing what dinosaurs were, [ahem!] imagined dragons.

Well if you think about it, dragons are ultimate, powerhouse, magical, juggernauts. So it’d kinda make sense to throw them up against the more powerful gods in any given story. Said gods are usually storm gods in some capacity. ...I think... idk

@@joshuakirkham9224*cough* thunder= big roar of flying monster

Is THIS the reason the dragons in Dark Souls are weak to lightning!?

@@joshuakirkham9224 Either storm, sky, and/or sun are the most common top-power of most myths, and all three are usually at least high-tier.

Pretty much every old Mesoamerican culture had human sacrifice. The Aztecs were just particularly...enthusiastic about it.

A* people that did blood sacrifices. FTFY

Well Valyrians only tamed dragons through blood magic and blood sacrifices...

@@veggiesblowup8785 Not sure if "a people" is grammatically correct but yeah it _is_ hisorically correct.

@@toprak3479 'A people' is grammatically correct, as it refers to a single body in collective. Upon further thought, though, it's probably more historically accurate to say "some number of peoples", 'cause mesoamerica had as much diversity of people groups as anywhere else.

In Asia too. In Taoism there is an entire category of deities that ride dragons, either on their backs or with chariots. Partly because Asian dragons are to animals what dosas are to humans: who are enlightened in the Tao and ascended. We even have 용마, which is a literal horse-dragon.

@@user-ng4xe5rf8n how are dosas related to humans

@@phryg2035 Dosa is an ascended human through understanding The Way. There is no dosa that is not human. edit: typo

I hate you for putting this in my head, you genius.

Could you elaborate?

Glaurung would like a word. Ancalagon would too, only he can’t talk. And letting Glauring talk to you is a really bad idea; just ask Turin, or Nienor. *Especially if you’re unwise enough to look into Glaurung’s eyes are the same time.*

Oof

Firedrake from 'Dragon Rider' and all the dragons from 'The Fire Within', maybe?

Dragon Hunters stretched the definition of Dragon to its absolute breaking point. I mean, you had the Ramadur and the "Draft Dragon" (that pulled an airship), both ofwhich fit the european description, but also more outlandish stuff like Hector, who was a fuzzy dog-ferret thing with roughly human intelligence, the Vanikoro, which was just a huge Chameleon, and the Aartog which was a huge Spider Creature that could shapeshift into human form, and had a desire to live *as* a human as opposed to being a "Dragon" (It still got killed at the end after it tried to take the place of one of the Protagonists), among other species. I think in that world, "Dragon" seems to be a catch-all term for any monster that isn't more or less a normal animal, like sheep or pigs, though domesticated Dragons, like Hector, also existed which muddles the whole thing somewhat...

Yis

Definitely underrated comment. I agree.

Awesome

He is definitely important, First of, in many ways he is kind of a mirror to Hiccup: -One of a kind and an outcast -far smarter than their peers -unwilling to submit to a hierarchy kept in place through force -missing a limb -leaders of their respective sides (by birth, but both had to prove themself and earn their positions by gaining the necessary respect of their peers) And only a dragon with the necessary intellect and understanding of what it means to be an outsider would have given Hiccup the chance he needed to discover the true nature of dragons and bring about the changes he did, And Hiccup and Toothless both recognised themself in the other - the story would likely not have worked out with any normal dragon

@@lemmetalkaboutthis I may be wrong but I think it’s ironic like hmmmmmm I wonder is the *dragon* important to how to train your *dragon*

@@galning2768 I mean, the movies sprang from children's books, it can probably be excused for being a little on the nose lol tl;dr: it's about Toothless counting as a "real dragon" by _Tolkien's_ standards, which include more than just the physical shape - WE might see all the dragons as "real dragons", but Toothless might be the only one of them that Tolkien would ALSO consider a "real dragon" Okay, long explanation: there's a huge difference between movies and the books - in the books, dragons are more... kinda like livestock? A mix between pets, hunting dogs, and working-animals. But they also have a language, one that humans can speak, even if it's forbidden - the movie made them a dangerous force to be reckoned with, but also much more animalistic; smart animals, DAMN smart animals, but still animals If you went by "how to train your dragon", it sounds more like a guide for training a *pet* rather than a story about befriending an intelligent being that's on the opposite site of a generations-long war But even then, Toothless is still quite exceptional - with him and Hiccup it's more like we have two people that are learning to work with each other, while with the other dragons, it really feels a lot more like training an animal with food and commands and so-on I can see Toothless understanding a lot more from the human language than the other dragons - hell, he expresses exasperation, kind of sarcasm at times, and plays along in fake-arguments, he actively follows the human's conversations, etc.... and Hiccup talks to him like just another person a lot more than we see the other riders - they talk to their dragons a lot more like pets, or well-trained dogs, not expecting a reply or full understanding Hiccup also doesn't talk to other dragons like he does to Toothless, likely knowing that there is a pretty big gap in how well he will be understood So, like I said earlier, Toothless would count as "a REAL dragon" by Tolkien's standards, not because of what he physically is, but because he was necessary for the story itself- it wouldn't have worked with a Nadder or a Monstrous Nightmare, which WE also classify as dragons, but with Tolkien's view on the subject might not count as "real" dragons

Idea based on your comment: 6th group of vertebrates?

@@yusheitslv100 definitly lol

@@yusheitslv100 Nah, because dragons DEFINITELY seem like they're in the clade Sauropsida, considering they're generally reptilian, and although some have wings, birds are Sauropsida too; the Reptilia class contains all sauropsids other than birds, so dragons fit right in there. As the original commentor said, they fit as an order, although I *guess* I can see making them a different class, considering that birds and reptiles are both sauropsids but are in different classes.

haha, have i got news for you...(go read the dragonriders of pern books and marvel at the dragons' "soft hides," and wonder (as i do) how these creatures can still be so clearly and obviously dragons despite missing the dragon's only consistent defining feature)

May I offer you Seath the Scaleless (I know I’m cheating as he is literally just a regular dragon with a genetic defect but still)

Happens in some Discworld books.

Dragons don’t kill people, people with dragons kill people

Thor 4 plot confirmed

Irodoku Puzzle oh my god he even fought a dragon in Thor Ragnarok wtf

Mac N’Cheese ...You’re right.

@@UCjNrKLyRJI-abFA8qiNo92Q Maybe it's Susanoo posing as Thor?

You just yee’d your last haw

He’s even called a dragon

A kind philosophical old man who nonetheless _kicks major ass_ too

He invented lightning redirection for that inevitable showdown with a storm god.

IROH-NIC isn't it?

He sounds more like a Chinese dragon than European dragon to me

Exactly, and this is why I never liked the movies - I was a hardcore How to Train Your Dragon BOOK fan. The movies basically just stole the character names then wrote a completely different story that spit on everything that made the books good - that being the unique take and perspective on dragons as a species and their interactions with humans.

@@jplus1054 I liked the movies. They're a bad _adaptation,_ but they're good if you take them as two separate things.

I like it when there are both intelligent and animal-like dragons in the same world. It sets up so many potential storytelling opportunities about the world and its lore, on top of any story's revolving around a central set of characters who need to interact with dragons.

That’s how I depict all monsters. The Realm of Dragons is a project on my DevaintArt where I treat dragons like real creatures, give them scientific names, and try to classify them as best I can.

@@soulcyclone360 Fire Emblem! (The actual stories being good is up to debate)

@@Dexuz is there a particular game I should start with? Or should I just pick up the first one I see.

​@@soulcyclone360 I'd say Awakening is best for a first-player experience, maybe Fates too.

How about being the dragon is a gun, lots of guns. See Digimon , Gundramon

“No girls! Girls gotta die!” -that one video

@@TheRhuen not close to Enter the Gungeon Dragun who throws knives which shoot bullets

What about the "Dragon his feet" one?

Gungeons and Draguns

Infographic show: WRITE THAT DOWN

If we're being really technical it was a war god and a storm dragon (drake) but either way they whooped my ass several times before I beat them

Who says I'M not a dragon too? Dark Souls gives you that option in all 3 games, and I ALWAYS take it!

Meanwhile, in One Piece... Kaidou : *"I AM THE STORM DRAGON!!"*

More like storm god, dragon and camera vs you.

I thought she was going to mention that one. Which reminds me, I've the word Dragon appeared a lot more in the original King James Version. It has since been replaced by other animals, namely the jackal. It's was likely referring to dinosaurs, as it is believed that many tales of dragons came from dinosaur bones.

My personal favorite tidbit about Satan in his seven headed serpent form is that japan was like "Yamata-no-orochi has eight heads lol" and the greeks were like "Hydra has nine heads lol"

yeah. its not that helpful for trope analysis, but its incredibly helpful for worldbuiliding or just enjoying media on a deeper level

I just do it because I am weirdly desperate to be thorough in my worldbuilding, lol

Archibald, NO!

@@leomoreno7369 I hope all of us can be the best of chums, and nothing will ever change that.

Well, this journey’s only just beGUN

If only my little brother Gunther could see me now

@@cappertilge8916 Guys I’m right here. I think I have dialogue for this

“I was an adventurer like you, till I took an arrow to the knee.” - Whiterun Guard before being crushed by a dragon.

"Someone stole your sweet roll?" To you after murdering the dragon.

@@RequiemPoete you know come to think of it guards really are just assholes fucking with you aren't they.

Pesant: "Excuse me, Lord Player Character Sir. Please. There are those mudcraps that occupy the river banks and keep me from catching fish to feed my hungry children. Please Sir, help me and slay those mudcraps. I'm just a simple pesant and wouldn't stand a chance agai..." *dragon appears in the village Pesant: "Excuse me Sir..." *Pesant draws iron dagger and charges the dragon: "Leeeroy Jeeenkiiiiins!!!"

@@kingnothing8570 They are police after all.

Lysanderoth you were behind all this!

Mari Uchiha “if think that was a nice shot....”

This journey has only just beGUN

@@mariuchiha4664 Yes it was I! My machinations lay undetected for years

C3EO for I am a master of deception.

What if it was an actual real event every mythology had it's own version of ?

The dinosaurs going extinct

Same for Vedic myth. Vritra gang, upvote this!

@@grogmadman522 I'd say it's more likely it has something to do with the common culture and religion all these cultures and religions came from.

Plot twist it was the same stormgod all along!!!

Spiders with wings, sea spiders, fire-breathing spiders, gold-loving spiders, venomous spid - wait

@@hogndog2339 on the spiders with wings: there are spiders that can fly in real life, using a process called ballooning. It's awesome. I had one float in front of my face while I was on a hike. It's more floating on the wind. And I also find this really cool and want to ramble about it.

@@epauletshark3793 What species do that? (My only experience with weird spiders is with social spiders, which raise their young instead of eating them.)

In all reality, the ultimate creature is crabs and lobsters. They always find a way back.

@@epauletshark3793 Oh, I hate everything you just describe. I just had a nightmare today where a spider nest fell on me. I’m still traumatized.

But I can do you one better why are dragons

But...but...BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS?

@@shadenfroda273 well that's great and all but have anyone asked how are the dragons?

Title: Trope Talk: Dragons Everybody: *WHAT ABOUT THEM?*

Exactly why not dragons

but you never get to ride him as a dragon, he just goes into lame horse mode. Thats like saying Bumblebee is a giant anime mech because he is a giant robot and people drive him. there both true but not at the same time and thats key

But for most of the story he's... a horse... not a dragon.

Well he’s kind of meant to serve as an allegory which is why he mainly acts as a horse, but his origins as a dragon is still very important.

Yes

/gestures to the JttW series here/ It is absolutely a joke to her.

Or owls.

It's cats.... I mean, look at them, they're staring into the corner, while I'm right by their side..... Yikes

Wasn't Falkor, the Luck Dragon in The Neverending Story, more dog-like? After all, what is a Pointer, but a dog who stares?

Johanna Geisel, omg, OWLS ARE FLYING CATS

Matthewzard Considering that owls can actually eat cats, I strongly advise that you think that comment through.

Wings of Fire has that. It’s a book series with dragons as the protagonists

"Upgrades people! Upgrades!"

I mean, there are the Komodo dragons...

Petr Ševčík but wings

**Ancient human finds dinosaur fossil** "Holy shit! What kind of monster died to leave this here?!"

@@Vegas242 a giant human of couse

Make them embody metal stereotypes by subgenre

Yes

Oh wow! Play snake jazz in the back ground. :D

So... Just normal baseline D&D? Guys, please read the lore.

now I'm remembering that one tumblr pose about a noble dragonborn knight being sent to slay a dragon and rescue the princess only to realize she is both the dragon she is meant to kill and the princess she was sent to save

Man I watched that when I was like 7. Probably inspired my love for fantasy. However nowadays it rings a lot of woo woo alarms and alerts me to film Quakery. You're really telling me they found an actual dragon, and it's not all over every history book?

Why did it take me a second to get that

Michael my friend needed 2 days!

Thanks, I'm stealing that for a DND character

@@Chickentendies1989 How long did it take you to figure out that Alucard is Dracula backwards?

Jeremy go ahead

Nice insight

Lightning is often seen in the sea during storms so it makes even more sense that most lightning gods fight sea dragons.

the lightning god x dragon instantly made me think of a cursed ship

The idea of a thunder god fighting a dragon has roots in a pre-historic culture group known as the "proto-Indo Europeans" who were spread across (get this) Europe and India, bringing their stories and mythology with them. One of those myths featured a thunder god facing off against a sea serpent connected to the ocean. It spread across the continents and changed over the course of thousands of years, but the seeds of the story remained mostly constant. The story of Susanoo and Orochi is actually a relatively recent myth that likely originated from Buddhist (i.e. Indian) influence on Japan.

Less likely but what If someone say on those thunderstorms that sometimes come off of volcanic Eruptions. That could easily appear as fire and lightning doing battle. On second thought is that Typhons thing? That He was trapped under as mountain that’s actually a volcano in real life? I can’t remember

everybody gangster til the spider starts drinking trees

If the spider had killed Morgoth earlier a lot of trouble would have been saved from happening.

In Japanese folklore giant spiders act a lot like European dragons.

@@IdiotinGlans Aren't giant spiders in Japanese folklore also inclined to be prostitutes as well? Now I'm upset about European Dragons are not all whored up standing on the corner in the Red Light District... >.>'

@@NimhLabs amsterdragon

Exactly. Plus there is a chance somewhere in history, there are stories that describe a dragon to be more wyvern like before the term wyvern became a official thing.

I mean, that might be because wyverns are seen as lesser or weaker. So if you’re into powerful dragons, it might be a sore spot

All wyverns are dragons, not all dragons are wyverns.

D&D had the right idea, making "Dragon" its own creature category.

Same goes for people in the Pokemon fandom who whine about Altaria or Kingdra being dragons.

In the Red Dwarf television series, one of the characters said that the 'woman top - fish bottom' arrangement was the stupid way of doing it. Referring to their intention to have sex with a Mermaid.

Sirens are birds.

I have that on a t-shirt!!!!!

Protagonist: Yeah thats a cool story bro but uh, can you give me a ride? The final battle has started and I need to look cool.

But in Soviet Russia, humans eat dragons. Dragon sandwiches... 😎

I laughed so hard 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

Nion Ashborn where can I get this shirt?

“So as shown in this ancient poster of some sort, they worshipped some sort of goddess with a snakelike tai and deer like horns. We have yet to translate these ancient Japanese runes, but we think she has something to do with the copious depictions of the goddess with cat ears.”

@@liammclin5722 or they can just google the translation.

Historical studies in the far future are going to be so much weirder.

Imagine them thinking the dragon maid dragon was a fertility goddess because of her… well y’know, and pondering the connect BEWD had with Ancient Egypt.

If I'm not mistaken, Konami made a series of yugioh cards based off Dragon maid

Well spotted! And some of the other monsters aren't entirely consistent either. Some ancient depictions of gryphons from Crete show them without wings. The term "Chinese Phoenix" has been given to a fabulous bird from Chinese mythology which does not have the association with fire. And while nowadays the Kraken usually appears as a cephalopod, for hundreds of years it switched from being a squid, lobster, crab, or whale. The original defining feature of the Kraken was that it was so huge it could be mistaken for an island.

well, considering I know what an oubliette is...that's terrifying.

I got a few "Fun sized Dragons" of my own, if you catch my drift.

@@sewerrat7321 that was a bad reference, but I got it 😉

Aztec mythology, warrior culture and weapons technology is about as metal as you can get without using actual metal. Obsidian 4 life, yo!

As much as I love things being metal, it honestly gave me more cartooney/looney tune vibes xD Just imagine the other Aztec gods going around bending other beings into weapons and engaging in slapstick shenanigans together while their human followers are all the polar opposite engaging in tortorous blood-rites and shit.

Very Nice, I Chuckled

Well, you're not wrong

This post really sucks, what even is the joke

I have a plaque with almost the same quote. Except it's "for thou art crunchy and would taste good with ketchup."

I want that sweater

omw to rob you, sorry pal

My mom has that shirt!

I remember having that shirt when I was like 6

Kiryu Kazuma and Ryuji Goda arch eyebrows...

I would say I'd kick the ass of anyone who disagrees with this assessment, but that's not what Iroh would want me to do.

@@blackjacktrial your rejection application will be... well, rejected. The origional commenter is not accepting criticism on this particular matter at this time.

Agreed

@@sayerglasgow115 unless they're Azula If it's Azula then it's fine

Me. I loved that series.

I found the comprehensive compendium in the book bus when I was a kid, and I got so exited because I thought dragons were real and this was an actual record of different types of dragons. I cried so hard when I read the part about extinct dragons because I thought it meant that I’d never get to meet a real-live Krakatoan dragon and have it eat out of my hands like the book said they did and have a cool pet mini dragon. I was a stupid kid. But I absolutely loved that book, so thanks for reminding me that it existed.

I have the original, and also borrowed one of the spin-offs on a library. It is a big part of my childhood.

MEEEE!

Ive got Two dragonology books as a kid and i loved them 🐉🐉

Dragonology! That takes me back X3 That said, I'd argue it might have instead been due to that Animal Planet documentary about dragons.

I remember that book!

I remember trying to carefully tease open one of the sealed envelope elements so as not to leave any tears or damage the book when my mum came by with a letteropener like "oh I'll help with that" and just ripped the thing open. Almost two decades have passed and I'm still upset.

God, let's be real tho, those books were rad and fun and they got me into that kinda thing for actual animals

Yeah

Tbf to other chimera, dragons are chimera, from the tarrasque to smoug

You seem to have watched too much of the "god creates things" from P.M. seymour.

dragon stone Also someone paint a dragon on the side f my warship yeah

Heh, horse plus spike

Also they are in pornography

Also in the list: Sexualizing woman in media (And men at times)

Bᵤₜ Wₕₐₜ ᵢF ᵢₜ ᵢₛ ₚₒᵣₙ

@@Ribbons0121R121 you'll know when you see it

thank you for this

Thor: I concede

Jormüngandr: *P O W E R S N E K*

Vimes of the Watch: Oh hey, I have one of those too

So toothless

yo now i wanna see funny dragon vids

That explains their hoards.

@@Ribbons0121R121 "DRAGON ACCIDENTALLY BURNS DOWN FIREWORKS WAREHOUSE! [hilarious]"

I’m still waiting for one of my cats to breathe fire when I’m 3 seconds late to feeding them

That sounds like an awesome world!

@@scorfadontis8110 Haha, I use the Dawn War pantheon and The Alrisen from GenuineFantasyPress' Compendium of Forgotten Secrets: Awakening and twist them to fit my own world. It's not nearly as cool or original as I made it sound.

When I read that, I imagined the undertaker with Thor's hair grabbing the dragon by the back and doing a suplex with him sending thunder down to the earth on impact.

Things get boring when you fight for over 500 hours

It sound pretty cool thanks for sharing it ☺️

Jajajajaja

Dammit Zeus

We need some sort of fic or animation about a dragon and a Greek woman drinking tea and gossiping about the latest shenanigans of the storm gods

@@amethyst_cat9532 That would be hilarious XD

Every woman ever: men *shiver*

“Haha fire lizard go FOOOOSH”

"Haha fire lizard go FWOOSH

Someone clearly didn't see the end of this vid

@@royalninja2823You sound so self important.

@@squid5523 You sound like you didn't refute any of what they said. If I'm an asshole because I shout at an idiot, sure, I'm an asshole. Does that mean he's correct in being a idiot? No, it means both him and myself are wrong in some capacity.

Sorry... but reading that while seeing your profile picture of a dude with a fedora just made me die.

I love this quote

NiD0 Ravensbeard Thank you? It’s actually a cowboy hat. The picture was taken when I was a sophomore in high school and I edited with a now non-existent photo software. I like the colours.

That quote is not from Gaiman, it is from one of his favorite authors Gilbert Chesterton.

@@Mark_Goddin *Fairy tales, not "tails". "Fairy Tail" it's an anime.

I think that enemy got... the point!

this reference is so random and yet I instantly understood it

AYOOOOOOOOOOOOO

“HRRAAAH!” Gee, do you think that enemy did or did not get the point?

"Why are you doing this?"

Horse sized duck?

Taller and thinner Long wings hit much harder, from further, then real world swans May have been over a half ton it was long ago

omg i so wanna use this in the campaign i’m running lol

I didn't know ducks were called drakes

Stealing this.

Dracula meant Son of a Dragon, I think.

Do it, coward

@@pablotomasllodra4423 Yeah, that's because Vlad III 'Dracula' the Impaler's father was Vlad II Drakul - Vlad the Dragon.

@@pablotomasllodra4423 Satan himself has also been given the epithet "The Dragon." So next time you do Christianity based fiction, add dragons.

@@JimBob4233 And he got that nickname from being part of a chivalric order known as the Order of the Dragon.

Then go get a PHD in genetics, study CRISPR, find a wealthy eccentric to bankroll you in secret and Make Them Real! Eh, a sapient can dream

Tell that to the Komodo Dragon and its venomous fangs!

When I first had to confront this, I cried. I was 8.

@Peter Bota with time and money, it is very likely that a dragon like creature can be made

@@thearchitect2112 even better, discover a creature that exists and nobody knows, write a book were said creature is a dragon, then reveal the creature saying "real dragon found in nature"