History Quotes / OurDragonsAreDifferent

->''[[MysteriousPast Nobody knows where Blood Dragons come from]], but it's a firm middle finger at humanity that [[AlwaysABiggerFish adds a rung to the top of the food chain just outside our reach]]. These mysterious, almost alien beasts are [[MadeOfIron heavily armored]], their [[BloodyMurder blood is a mutagen]], they have [[SuperSenses excellent hearing]], and they [[EyeBeams shoot fire from their eyes]]. I mean, sure, the [[RealityEnsues Dragons are nearly blind]], but [[HandicappedBadass what do they care]]? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis They shoot fire. From their eyes]]!''

-->-- ''CradleSeries'' book 3: ''Blackflame''

-->--''Literature/AlexVerus'', ''Marked''

->I've only met the dragon twice, and both visits are hard to remember. There was something disorienting about the experience, like looking through an unfocused lens and trying to trace a path you followed in a dream. Dragons don't fit in our world, or maybe it's more accurate to say that we don't fit in theirs. According to Arachne, dragons [[NonLinearCharacter exist outside time as we perceive it]], only touching our timeline at points of their choosing. To them, our world is like a story in a book: they can flip between pages as they choose, and if they decide to leave, [[EldritchAbomination we have exactly as much ability to stop them as a fictional character has to stop you from closing the book and putting it on the shelf]].

->Real Chinese dragons are nothing like their literary depictions. ''Real'' Chinese dragons have faces that could launch a thousand traumas. They're fire-breathing lightning-swilling centipedes with mouths full of knives. Mile-long Komodo dragons with scales and an attitude like a lungful of acid.\\
Primordial monsters. [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraft's Elder Things squeezed through a lizard-shaped mold]]. Pre-''pre''-B.C. shit.\\
[[OhCrap And one of them is now dangling over my head]].

->''[[MysteriousPast Nobody knows where Blood Dragons come from]], but it's a firm middle finger at humanity that [[AlwaysABiggerFish adds a rung to the top of the food chain just outside our reach]]. These mysterious, almost alien creatures, are [[MadeOfIron heavily armored]], their [[BloodyMurder blood is a mutagen]], they have [[SuperSenses excellent hearing]], and they [[EyeBeams shoot fire from their eyes]]. I mean, sure, the [[RealityEnsues Dragons are nearly blind]], but [[HandicappedBadass who cares]]? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis They shoot fire. From their eyes]]!''

->''[[MysteriousPast Nobody knows where Blood Dragons come from]], but it's a firm middle finger at humanity that [[AlwaysABiggerFish adds a rung to the top of the food chain just outside our reach]]. These mysterious monsters are [[MadeOfIron heavily armored]], their [[BloodyMurder blood is a mutagen]], they have [[SuperSenses excellent hearing]], and they [[EyeBeams shoot fire from their eyes]]. I mean, sure, the [[RealityEnsues Dragons are nearly blind]], but [[HandicappedBadass who cares]]? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis They shoot fire. From their eyes]]!''

->''Dragons! You know the ones -- big, scaly, firebreathing, sometimes not any of those things.

''"We like to keep a low profile. Best not to draw attention to ourselves, unlike those [common dragons]. And where are they now, eh?"''

->''Dragons! You know the ones -- big, scaly, firebreathing, sometimes not any of those things.\\

--> ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIDaggerfall King Edward Part XII]]''.

->''There are some evils possessed of infinite patience and guile. Dragons are such a force.''\\
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-->-- '''Kos''', a Rogat Orjak, quoted in ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Hardwick & Little's Bestiary]]'', ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt''

->''"Personality-wise, dragons are nothing more than giant, scaly, fire-breathing cats."''
-->-- From the ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' forums

... Err, a little more ketchup please ... The whole bottle?\\
Never mind, just pass the cow."

'''Knave:''' No, he's just your run-of-the-mill dragon, you know..\\
-- ''[[Creator/StanFreberg St. George and the Dragonet]]''

->''Dragons always attracted me as a mythological element. They seemed to be able to comprise human malice and bestiality together so extraordinarily well, and also a sort of malicious wisdom and shrewdness — terrifying creatures!''

->Real Chinese dragons are nothing like their literary depictions. ''Real'' Chinese dragons have faces that could launch a thousand traumas. They're fire-breathing lightning-swilling centipedes with mouths full of knives. Mile-long komodo dragons with scales and an attitude like a lungful of acid
->Primordial monsters. [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraft's Elder Things squeezed through a lizard-shaped mold]]. Pre-''pre''-B.C. shit.
->[[OhCrap And one of them is now dangling over my head]].
-->--''Food Of The Gods'' by Cassandra Khaw

->''"Every time you mention Barashin dragons, it confirms my suspicion that they must be extremely tiresome people."''
-->--'''Narax''', an ''Literature/{{Elcenia}}n'' dragon

->I've only met the dragon twice, and both visits are hard to remember. There was something disorienting about the experience, like looking through an unfocused lens and trying to trace a path you followed in a dream. Dragons don't fit in our world, or maybe it's more accurate to say that we don't fit in theirs. According to Arachne, dragons [[NonLinearCharacter exist outside time as we perceive it]], only touching our timeline at points of their choosing. To them, our world is like a story in a book: they can flip between pages as they choose, and if they decide to leave, [[EldritchAbomination we have exactly as much ability to stop them as a fictional character has to stop you from closing the book and putting it on the shelf]].
-->--''[[Literature/AlexVerus Marked]]''

->''Now, the Tarasque is a classic medieval dragon, which means it looks nothing like any self-respecting dragon should and is instead a chimeric mashup of half-dozen wildly incongruous animal characteristics barely masquerading as a functional life-form.''
-->'''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions''', "Miscellaneous Myths: The Tarasque"

->Primordial monsters. [{EldritchAbomination Lovecraft's Elder Things squeezed through a lizard-shaped mold]]. Pre-''pre''-B.C. shit.

-- ''[[StanFreberg St. George and the Dragonet]]''

->''Moraelyn asked with a smile, "All right then, I've always wanted to know this - considering the shape of your mouth and teeth, how do dragons manage to speak the humanoid languages so clearly?"''\\

->'''OP''': Imagine a standard [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] campaign. Now imagine that the highest-level monsters are goblins, kobolds, and whatnot. And you fight beholders, dragons, illithids, demons, etc. at the beginning. Only they are easily killed by a wizard with a knife.\\
'''Post #7''': To be fair, this idea kinda makes sense. You're facing these giant, supernaturally gifted beings. They dont have to fight to survive, they're fucking monsters. But then you have these... things. These little lizards, who in a world where there are mind stealing multidimensional horrors, shouldn't even exist. But they do. They've learned well from the constant slaughter of their race from the monsters of their realm. All of the small humanoids have had to. The kobolds, the dwarves, the orcs, they all have had to learn how to easily take down the monsters which threaten their worlds. The small, weak kobolds have built up a method of taking out dragons by scampering up their backs, and hijacking the bodies using "weak" telekinetic forces or by implanting them with devices which render them nothing more than steeds. The entire world is built around kobolds having taught their methods of combat to other races, and selling dragons as steeds. All races are equally dangerous to each other, because they have had to exist together for such a long time. Its no surprise goblins are still alive: They know how to defend themselves.\\
'''Post #11''':\\
So the Prime plane is the strongest, and the farther away from it a creature is from, the weaker it becomes. Summoning things becomes quite trivial, as even the weakest adventures could wipe out a city in the lowest hell (if they had some way of getting there).\\
Dragons are small lizards a la Pratchett's swamp dragons. Kobolds and Goblins are the redonkulous powers of the setting. I like it.
-->--''#12209964 on [[Website/FourChan /tg/]]''

-->--''#12209964 on [[{{Imageboards}} /tg/]]''

->''Moraelyn asked with a smile, "All right then, I've always wanted to know this - considering the shape of your mouth and teeth, how do dragons manage to speak the humanoid languages so clearly?"''
->''Akatosh paused, and then carefully responded, "Why, in much the same way that we can fly, even though our wings are not naturally strong enough to support such heavy torsos."''

->''There are some evils possessed of infinite patience and guile. Dragons are such a force.''

->''"We like to keep a low profile. Best not to draw attention to ourselves, unlike those [common dragons]. And where are they now, eh?"''

-> "Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons.
-> For thou are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup.
-> ... Err, a little more ketchup please ... The whole bottle?
-> Never mind, just pass the cow."

-->''Dragons always attracted me as a mythological element. They seemed to be able to comprise human malice and bestiality together so extraordinarily well, and also a sort of malicious wisdom and shrewdness — terrifying creatures!''

--> ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrolls King Edward Part XII]]''.

--> ''[[TheElderScrolls King Edward Part XII]]''.

-->-- From the ''DwarfFortress'' forums

->'''OP''': Imagine a standard [[DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] campaign. Now imagine that the highest-level monsters are goblins, kobolds, and whatnot. And you fight beholders, dragons, illithids, demons, etc. at the beginning. Only they are easily killed by a wizard with a knife.\\

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-->-- '''Kos''', a Rogat Orjak, quoted in ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Hardwick & Little's Bestiary]]'', ''GunnerkriggCourt''