#dragonhearted

My mum made me this needle felted dragon!! He turned out so cool!! and I wanted to share him with you, hes actually huge.

Hope you enjoy <3

Sincerely, your fellow flying creature, Cadence ^w^

Edit: Just took a few more flights (and I'm gonna be taking more over the summer :]) so here, have some (1 for now cuz I'm on mobile, but there'll be more once my computer charges) more!

Because I just remembered very clearly his mother Valka telling him he had the soul of a dragon or something like that. Am I making this shit up? Did I dreamed it? Because I think Hiccup from httyd is otherkin. Like, sometimes he would act like a dragon and he and Toothless were literally soulmates, two parts of a whole. I need to rewatch those movies, because it's been a while since I watched them, but... I think the evidence is clear as day.

Aside from his mother telling him he had the heart of a dragon, sometimes he acted like them two. Two examples come to mind: That one scene in the second movie where he was arguing something with Toothless and he started acting very draconic. Uhhh in the second movie in the whole mate-dance scene thingie? Him eating fish in the first movie. He literally gets along better with dragons than with people. I'm pretty sure he could communicate with them too.

He made himself gear to appear more like a dragon. He made himself a dragon armor to look like a nightfury, a very draconic-looking helmet. I think once or twice in the movies he walks on all fours too. He ate raw fish like a dragon, sometimes his night fury and him act alike. He literally makes himself gear to FLY BY HIMSELF. Hiccup teach me to do that, I want it.

I just read the book and in the books he could literally talk to dragons. Tho the book is completely different from the movies.

Pros:

Having opposable thumbs is nice

I can eat foods that my theriotypes can’t eat (like chocolate, grapes, alliums, and citruses)

I can communicate with my family and friends easily

I can read, write, and draw

Cons:

My stamina is terrible

I’m not very flexible

I have no ear mobility

No tail :(

I have no fluffy fur to keep me warm and express myself

To add, I also have no scales

My teeth aren’t sharp

I have no claws to scratch things

I can’t vocalize properly like my theriotypes

I can’t fly and have no big wings

I can’t climb things very well

My senses are dull compared to my theriotypes

Have to go to school

Have to pay taxes

Have to get a job

Have to deal with capitalism and bigotry

I have boobs :(

Have to deal with body dysphoria

I think what i really want in a dragon survival multiplayer game would be monster hunter : now you're the dragon. It's probably... too much to ask of indie game devs, honestly, but the idea of a game where you have the kind of attacks the beasts in monster hunter do, with the same kind of timings as how you play the hunter in the game, would feel GREAT when throwing down w/ another player in another beast. Just turf wars but both monsters are players. Hunting involves also using ur skills to defeat the smaller monsters to eat, be it by being undetected until you're sure to get it in one go, through traps, or whatever else.

I didn't really know what otherkin meant or that there was a whole non human community at the time, and the confusion and shame my one interaction gave me put the thought out of my mind

Now I don't know what my actual label or identity is, it's not a spiritual thing or even really mental or physical, it's not a strong feeling or shifting thing

I just know I feel more like an dog, that when my joints or other chronic pain flares up a small part of feels like if I could just shift the way they connect it be better, like they hurt because my body is begging for that change

I know I want my room to be a den, dark and warm and comfy and safe, someplace I can keep my horde and pack safe, that I want a pack and feel connected to people much more like a pack then "normal" human feelings