Dragons are my Obsession

⏾ "Kneel." - "Make me." - "..." - "That's what I thought, Your Majesty."

⏾ "I could have you removed." - "You could. You won't." - "Don't test me." - "You find me too interesting."

⏾ "Nobody speaks to me like that." - "And yet here we are."

⏾ "You knelt for everyone before me. Why not for me." - "You haven't earned it."

⏾ "I am your queen." - "You are. And you're also the most frustrating person I've ever had the misfortune of caring about."

⏾ "Everyone in this room is afraid of me." - "I'm not." - "I know. It's either very brave or very stupid." - "Bit of both probably." - "Probably."

⏾ "I have never once done what was expected of me." - "I know." - "Are you going to try to change that." - "Would it work." - "No." - "Then no."

⏾ "Lower your voice, there are ears everywhere in this palace." - "Then let them hear. I'm done being quiet about this."

⏾ "You can't love me. It's not allowed." - "Who told you love requires permission."

⏾ "I have given everything to this crown. Everything. And then you walked in."

⏾ "People would die for me." - "I know." - "You look entirely unbothered by that." - "I'd live for you. That's harder."

⏾ "You're the only person who tells me the truth." - "Everyone else is afraid of what you'd do." - "And you." - "I'm afraid too. I do it anyway."

⏾ "Don't bow. I've told you before. Not you."

⏾ "I chose this throne. I choose it every day. Today it cost me something I didn't expect."

⏾ "You look at me like I'm a person." - "You are a person." - "You'd be surprised how rare that is."

⏾ "I cannot be seen with you." - "I know." - "This cannot be known." - "I know." - "And yet every night—" - "And yet."

⏾ "They'll say you manipulated your way here." - "Let them." - "It'll ruin you." - "I've been ruined by worse."

⏾ "I have made decisions that moved armies. And I cannot decide what to do about you."

⏾ "You're going to be the end of me." - "Probably." - "You don't even look sorry." - "I'm really not."

"There's blood on my hands, and i must pay the cost"

I finally finished this art!! Tbh, i think this one is the one of my best artworks. Even if it's not perfect, i'm so proud of the result I love Phillip as a character A LOT and, after reading the art-book, i started to love him even more. He's a really deep fella, i'd say :33 + close ups

Meanwhile in the Sonic games:

Tails's RACE is "fox." Not "mobian" not "anthro" not some special little universal designation that applies to all the animal people. Just "fox."

Groovy~

I didn't draw this for money, internet fame, or even the sake of art. I just wanted to draw Howard in drag. Then it just so happened to have matched the theme for the discord server. So it REALLY worked out.

You've got people out here making youtube videos about the legacy of dragons and dragonriding in fantasy fiction without talking about the dragonriding Grand Master of SFF herself Anne McCaffrey.

This isn't some obscure thing where I'm trying to promote someone who is only kind of known because of forgotten representation. Anne McCaffrey was A HOUSEHOLD NAME when I was a kid when it comes to fantasy literature. She's the first woman to win a Hugo and to win a Nebula. In 2002 there was a TV pilot filmed for Dragonriders of Pern.

Eragon, Temeraire, Toothless, and the dragons of Fourth Wing exist because these people grew up on the blueprint set by the Pern novels. Talking about dragons and not mentioning Pern is like talking about Orcs and not mentioning Lord of the Rings.