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My next sale's theme is dragons with pets, and so far this little guy is my favorite.-----------------------------------------
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This is AMAZING! 
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That's amazing!!!! I can't believe how cute this is! <3
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Did you painted that snake by hand or you just have some cool way of roling colored clay together? !
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Had to look twice, I thought you had made Cynder
I wonder if snakes would be popular dragon pets? Like the dragon equivalent of guinea pigs.
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Heh, perhaps, but maybe not. In a lot of my early headcanons, Dragons had a lot of fears of dragons ingrained into their own culture. It was never set in stone, but it was how I explained a few parts of the TLoS stuff.
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Wait, you mean dragons feared themselves?
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Well, it was originally going to be a myth, and this was before we came up with Relgimism, that some dragon god or their son or daughter or something was assassinated with a venomous snake, and so some dragon god put a spell on all future dragons so they'd know fear when they see snakes, lest anyone else ever die from them again... Stuff on the cutting room floor, I guess.
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Ah, you meant that dragons fear snakes. Gotcha.
Well, it can still be a thing somewhere. You remember how we once discussed how during the Crud Cerrig ritual, the dragons did not just get the element from their respective Ro, but also some of their character traits? So Ro'Morne was a bit... libidinous... and a lot of Fire dragons acquired that trait, and that is why there are now disproportionally many of them compared to other elements
This could be the same thing: if one of the Ro's had something against snakes, then maybe that was accidentally passed on to a good portion of those who shared the element, and the creatures may upset them today?
I do remember one thing though: wasn't one of the Avalarian kings also killed by a snake? Not sure which one, but that could also contribute. ?
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Hah, I'd forgotten that part of it; the libidinous Ro'Morne contributing to fire dragon numbers...hee hee, that needs to come up in the series somewhere! Maybe fire dragons are stereotypically quite passionate lovers.
Hmm, interesting...actually, I think we were vaguely exploring that with an older concept, weren't we? I seem to remember discussing something where a dragon recently changed by the ritual might find he no longer likes the taste of his favourite food, or that something he was once really good at is now something he's awful at because of the characteristics gained from the High Spirits. It's also a bit like a thing in the Wings of Fire series...to be as vague as possible, a character ends up with a false identity and memories, and this causes them quite some agony when the spell is lifted and they realise who they were; they've got loads of conflicting memories (for instance, one memory of being a champion swimmer, and one of being truly awful and sinking like a stone in water)...
Yep! As noted, it was an old concept about an Avalarian monarch or something getting killed by a snake, so when sorting out the family tree, I made it that Lucianus' wife Aelia was killed by a poisonous snake during the Civil War against Malefor...who was implicated, although he swore his innocence and it was never proven (my headcanon is that it was by someone in Lucianus' court trying to kill Aelia to impress Malefor/punish Lucianus for not aiding Malefor, but nobody would know this)...
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Well, their respective Ro stands for love, it would be strange if they would not have had that stereotype already
Yep! I also recall you proposing the idea that one of the Ro's feared rats or something, and after the ritual just the sight of one would send a whole ruck of dragons cowering together 
Ah, right.
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Yeah, true.
Ah, that's right! Was it the Light Dragons who were like that (with it halting their conquest over the other dragon types)? Or the Fire Dragons?
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Not sure the rats idea was tied to any element, but the fear of snakes is a Fire thing now, while Poisons have an affinity/fascination instead.
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Hmmm, yeah... I might have an idea, but so far, it's like looking at it without my glasses, I can't make out details.
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Well, and I'll tag here too. Maybe I should go the other way, and have one of the gods, perhaps the venom one, have a strong affiliation for snakes, but one of the others being afraid of them; it adds to the interactions of the gods themseelves, but means dragons fear snakes, but are still quite fascinated by them.
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Oooh, sounds cool! Adding personality to the gods as well!
Wait, so you mean one element fears/dislikes snakes, or that they all do except one?
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Well, maybe Ro'Mourne was the one who was scared of snakes? Then, it doesn't really matter much outside of that, since fire dragons are some of the most common, and their culture would be some of the most prevalent.
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Sounds good to me! , maybe just read the whole chain before replying to the tagged comments individually.
Hahaha, maybe this would contribute to a little reputation/stereotype of Fires being seen as slightly more dense than others? There's the thing with fire being a very easy combat element, and cannon fodder requires not much brains. Meanwhile, they would be having more babies, and have a fear of snakes. I can easily see this turn into a joke
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I'd say dense is unfair... Cowardly, soft, something like that perhaps. Consider Sekeolasian ice dragons: They live in a harsh, freezing part of the world, and are some of the strongest, most fearsome dragons in Europe. Then you have the Avalarian fire dragons, who live in a comfortable, warm part of South-Western Europe with a large and varied supply of food for them to live off of; they're cultured, they're artisan, they're refined... And by comparison they're incredibly weak... It's like the Starks and the Lannisters.
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Hmm, there was a thing about this in one of the earlier stories, I think? Either that or you mentioned it in a very old comment, but I remember something about an element affecting the emotion of a dragon in some way; like an ice dragon could be frosty towards people at times because of their element...or was it a fire dragon being hot-headed? Gaah, it was something like that...well, in any case, I like this idea; draconic elements should have some stereotypes/common traits attached to them.
On that note, I did find a bit in DU that states; "As I entered the town-house, I couldn't help but notice how chilly it was. As far as I knew, ice dragons preferred colder temperatures, while me and other fire dragons liked hotter climates." ...makes sense, really, but that would also be something else to take into account; dragons of different elements would prefer different climes or weather. Perhaps Wind Dragons actually like being outside in mad storms, where they can just stand and feel the wind all over their bodies...I imagine they'd have a reputation for being quite sporty and aeronautic (heh, so I guess Rainbow Dash, then?)! Obviously, not EVERYONE would conform to these stereotypes...the majority would, but there'd still be plenty of people who'd not fit those categories (just like how New Zealand is stereotypically OBSESSED with Rugby and other sports, but which I care little for).
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Hmm, maybe not the hot-headed/chilly/frosty thing. That's more of a language thing, and can be contradictory with other languages.
But otherwise:
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Oh, I didn't realise that could be a thing! I guess I assumed such expressions would transcend languages...well, that works in any case! But I still hope we can find the line wrote discussing elements...
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Ah, I'd forgot about the climate thing, but considering where I put all my various dragon civs, it makes sense.
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It could potentially range from a minor character element (for instance, dragons of certain elements prefer certain climes; Ddraig and Alexander would both like warm climates due to their fire element, but since Ddraig's got a few weak nature elements from her mother, that might also affect her heat preference) to something that actually shapes how buildings are designed for these dragons. Perhaps they're built in a way that makes them resemble their preferred climates? Wind Dragons prefer living in high places or in tall buildings with balconies, while Earth Dragons prefer low-lying houses with some even having earth floors so their feet touch the soil?
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Hmmm... Explains why Ddraig likes that old style of buildings, rather than skyscrapers....
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Heh, it could indeed! Hmm, what would fire dragons like...actually, wait, maybe that's why Avalar's buildings are made out of stone? Harder for fire dragons to accidentally burn down? Perhaps nature dragons also object vaguely to making things out of wood...nah, that'd be too problematic (and it wouldn't make sense; a dead tree still helps nourish the environment it's in). Perhaps they like being around wooden items, gardens and soil...I suppose that would work for Ddraig!
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Hmm, let's keep this in mind; it could make for some interesting building designs in Avalar! And imagine if Avalaria Palace had rooms specially tailored for each element!
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Hmmm, that seems going a bit too far to be honest. I don't think, in the modern day, the elemental differences would affect a dragon's toleranes for climate that much, especially bare in mind dragons of differing elements will have been living in other climates for generations, and so there would be some natural adaptation going on in there as well.
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Oh, I meant more in terms of architectural style than climate...stone for fire dragons, one storey buildings with gardens for earth dragons, high buildings with balconies for wind dragons...perhaps very smooth and shiny surfaces for ice dragons? Presumably metal buildings for electricity dragons, or things with crystals (they'd have discovered the conductivity years ago, as we know from concurrent skies, so their homes could be made for that sort of thing), and so on...what else?
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Hmmm, truth be told, I'm still not sold on basing architecture on race or element, rather than culture or something of that ilk... :S I mean, it's not really something humans do, by comparison, and I don't think it would be an entirely conscious thing.
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Hmm, I think there's a bit of overlap between the two, really (what makes race other than a culture?), but I was thinking it'd be more like...originally it would have been a climate/tolerance thing, with dragons building homes that would be comfortable to them, and then that steadily would have evolved into a cultural thing, with the designs being favoured in the modern day even if they're not crucial for dragonkind anymore. I'm somewhat thinking of a design I saw back when I was on a course of a pre-colonial house in South East Asia somewhere (Burma, I think?) and it was an entire hut built on poles to put it at a second storey level, and when Europeans showed up, they dismissed these designs in favour of "tried and tested" Western designs...only to discover later that the whole point of that design was to avoid the worst of the weather; I think it helped keep them cooler in hot summer weather or something?
Hmm, maybe I should make a list...
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I'd agree to keep the architecture thing a bit more limited. As you said, the climate plays a big role in what buildings look like. And not all dragons had their buildings made for themselves, and not many buildings would have been made having specific elements in mind, as that's not very flexible since they would have travelled a lot more in the early ages than humans did, having wings and all.
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Hmm, true. I think it'd be more a feature that shows up nowadays in custom-built houses, or perhaps even just telltale signs that make you go "Oh, I'm in a X dragon's house"...
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Haha, good comparison. I'd agree with that idea. Might be subject of joke between Ollie and Eve even?
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Oh definitely. And the comparison's there too! Ollie's the big, cool tomboy, while Eve's the soft-spoken demure sort. When they marry, Eve's definitely the wife of the couple.
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Heh, that could be fun. Another idea for a story! Or even a funny scene where Ollie and Eve are teasing each other around Evelyn, who giggles at her parents being silly?
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Well, then I think we have a bingo!
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Its so cute!!! I have a ball python and she does that all the time!
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