Thursday, December 12, 2013

My Dragons

My sister was recently reading the book Eragon, and there was a picture of the dragon Sapphira on the cover. I was taken aback, truly astounded at what Paolini considered his dragon to look like. Then there is the different dragons shown in How to Train Your Dragon. Don't get me wrong I loved the movie, but I just can't accept a dragon that doesn't look cool. I come from a long line of fantasy. My earliest memories are sitting on my father's lap, watching him slay dragons on our antiqued Windows 94. For this reason, I have been collecting pictures of Dragons from across the internet to show what dragons should look like. (This is also partly because I am hoping they do Smaug correctly in the next hobbit movie. Fantasy is a serious business.)

BTW: This is a phoenix and a dragon and an apophis like snake creature. They are no doubt rushing at each other in order to hug.

A night wing. Particularly fashionable this year with the night owl who likes to party above the clouds with glowing swords.

Don't mind Chapman over here. This Black Dragon is really a softie at heart.

This is what Sapphira should look like.

It must be a drag blowing out your birthday candles.

If you look very closely, you can see bob's next meal on the outcropping in front of him.

I don't even want to know how uncomfortable riding that thing would be.

I like to think that he is saying "HHHHHEEEELLLLLOOOOOO!!!"

This big fella takes getting a tan a little too seriously.

This wyvern will heroically fly into the sunset.

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  1. RennukeDecember 13, 2013 at 10:33 PM

    If you look even closer you may notes that the "meal" has a horn they appear to be blowing I reason that they have in fact just summoned the dragon..... seriously though what do you have against the dragons in how to train your dragon ? or is it just the over all stile you don't like ? By By I'm back... MaAHAHAHAAH !!!

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  2. The_GryphonDecember 14, 2013 at 8:06 AM

    Well true enough, but might I suggest to you that even dragons like to have dinner bells. There is a certain magic to supper when your food calls to you with a trumpet fanfare.


    Hmmmm.....well......I would say that HTTYD dragons are better than most interpretations. The problem isn't with the innate design, but with the animation. You can't really blame them, because the whole movie was animated, but they just made the dragons too *cutsie*? That being said, I truly do enjoy the movie, and it looks as if the second might even be better than the first. (Plus there was the whole "riders of Berk" series that I enjoyed.)

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