I don’t think it’s a coincidence that some of the most powerful, thoughtful, interesting, memorable stories written about dragons are by people of marginalized gender, ABOUT gender, confinement, that flaming, roiling, transforming, magnificent, sharp creature inside you’re told to apologize until you meet other dragons
And then you get straight men who overwhelmingly tend to write fantasy fiction about dragons the same way they often write about people of marginalized genders: monsters that are at best remarkable and alien at a distance, or beasts to be exploited, destroyed or entered into a lopsided partnership to lift them up.
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all of the book recommendations i got for stand alone fantasy:
piranesi, jonathan strange & mr. norrell by susanna clarke
babel by R.F. kuang
the sword of kaigen, blood over bright haven by M.L. wang
house of hunger by alexis henderson
dark lord of derkholm by diana wynne jones
the raven tower by ann leckie
starless by jacqueline carey
the goblin emperor by katherine addison
spinning silver by naomi novik
dreamsnake by vonda mcintyre
juniper & thorn (and other books) by ava reid
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The little dragon that threw himself in front of Lien to take the brunt of the cannon shot was a brave little creature ;-;
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Is there a spell that could possibly remove the necklace that wouldn’t touch or damage it to where it would hurt the person?
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Jisiri’s collar has been broken by the Empress’s Moonblade, freeing her from the Dragon Witch’s control! Theoretically, at least.
The party converges at the site of the battle, where Roman still lays dying after almost singlehandedly defeating her. Virgil successfully channeled a Lightning Bolt, but is unable to re-reign in his magic in the aftermath. Annie is also having trouble with her magic, her human-like glamor melting in her distress...
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Queen and Dragon
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain meets a Chinese dragon in Hong Kong during the Royal Tour of 1975.
📷: Hulton Archive / Getty Images
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Oh my gosh! I can't believe that I've missed Genereux's creation day!! My darling girl is just over a year old now! Oh how I love her! Here's a portrait of her for all of you, I made this sometime last year when I was taking notes for one of my classes!
Along with having eyes and spots that are lighter than Temeraire's, she is also missing the whiskers on the front left side of her nose. It is her very first battle scar, which she received while fighting Praecursoris. Yeah, she might have bit off a little more than she could chew with him, but Laurence was in danger! And fortunately Temeraire was there to leap in to her place after the shock and pain from her whiskers being ripped off dropped Genereux out of the air ^^
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Having just been reminded of dragons race to the edge i may not sleep tonight, I may instead watch season 3 in all its glory
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