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Dragons: The Great Victims of Worldbuilding (sheepandsorcery.blogspot.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I do not agree with a lot of the person's ideas here, but it was a fun read. And I will give them that

Big
Snake-like
Flight
Breathes fire

is primarily how I'll visually recognize a dragon. You can differ from this template, but I'll probably always recognize it as a variant drawing from this.

And I do also personally dislike dragons shapeshifting, especially into humans, and sorting dragon personality by color, though I could not say why. It's always interesting to see someone I disagree with have a few opinions that resonate with me.

Overall, I think this person is very much a fantasy trope traditionalist: stick with the established dragon stereotype and don't move too far from its spirit; while a lot of people nowadays (including myself) like playing with it much more.