#dragon talk

Also, it seems like the designs for Sunfyres build and the sounds he makes kinda indicate that he could've been born from a clutch of eggs from Syrax + Caraxes.

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I agree with you 100%

It's said in canon that all dragons are deemed male until they lay a clutch of eggs (not that they have to survive, just that they have to be produced).

I can very much see Tessarion being from Meleys. Maybe the only hatchling of hers that survived? It would be a sad parallel to both of Meleys riders. Alyssa who wanted to have as many children as possible but died in childbirth and Rhaenys, who lost both her children.

What do I do with this anger? Where do I direct it? I have so much anger and grief about being immunocompromised and being one of the only people in ALL the communities I move in who is still masking.

I am angry to be surrounded by friends, teachers, community members who don't mask at all anymore. My life and the lives of those like me have been deemed less important. People around me will say they care about my presence but continue to not understand why I care about masks and vaccinations.

Namely them both having five talons instead of four

So in the old days the number of talons was very important in medieval East Asia. Only emperors could wear clothes decorated with 5-claw dragons - the heir and kings of vassal states usually had to wear 4-clawed ones, although this wasn't strictly enforced outside of China.

I feel that this distinction correlates mildly with the difference of status between Imperials and Celestials, and it would have been fun to see this translate into the books - but of course, then the misunderstanding of Temeraire's breed wouldn't make sense(although Howe noting Tem having a fifth talon as an Imperial mutant would have character building potential too) so I've no complaints at all

Also on the subject of Imperial-Celestial differences I really love the ruff, I mean Baby Tem is cute but a ruff really adds that sense of majesty. As for the design, I know the ruff is mostly imagined(described? I don't exactly remember the details) akin to miniature wings, with bones and skin and I do dig this design. I also like imagining Temeraire with ruff that looks like a lion's mane. Because that is also very majestic, and East asian dragons look like that most of the time. A mane consisting of tendrils both thick and thin, sensitive and billowing along the wind! That would also be cool.