The Dragon's Den

Cay's alterhuman sideblog | She/her/any, optional dragon vivterms | Participating in dragon activities :]

[draconic-creature]

Alright, fancy new sideblog

Hi, I'm Cay! I'm aroace and am fine with any pronouns, but tend to use she/her for myself out of familiarity. For vivterms, I use human, dragon, and cat terms interchangeably, so any are fine. My main blog is @catermeow.

As far as I can tell, I'm a human/dragon hybrid, though the specific amounts of each aren't really clear to me. I just call myself draconic or dragonkin for simplicity. I am also (domestic) catkin, otherhearted (feline cladohearted and martyn itlw fictionhearted), and have a hearthome.

Asks are welcomed and encouraged! I like to chat when I've got the energy for it so don't be scared to say hi.

I do drawings of kintypes/kinsonas! See here for details. Ref sheets, icons, sketches, and full drawings are all on the table. If you want art examples, you can either look at #draconic doodles on this blog or #cay's art on my main blog.

Tagging system is under the cut.

#creatureposting - Original posts

#dragon lore - Posts about the nature of my alterhumanity

#hoard - Saved posts

#dragonden drop-ins - Asks

#bulletin board - Info posts

#draconic doodles - My art

#dragon's dealings - Requests

[neurovarious]

[draconic-creature]

On the subject of being a cat: it presents itself a lot differently than being a dragon hybrid does. Like if I could snap my fingers and have my dragon features back I would, but I don't think I would do the same for my cathood.

I'm already a cat in all the ways I want to be, except maybe for my arms being too short to do quads as well as I'd like, and I think I've been this way since I was little. My draconity, on the other hand, involves more dysphoria, missing the things I don't have in this body, and I'm pretty sure it developed later on (at least as specifically being a dragon rather than just 'vague nonhumanity').

There's a lot of overlap of course, many dragons are famously catlike and I'm no different (another reason it took me so long to figure out. Thought it was either a dragon thing or a hearttype), but there's definitely a lot of stuff that is just a cat thing and not an aspect of my dragonhood.

[draconic-creature]

Y'know I think I'm a cat too actually

[crookedwandererr]

Oh to be able to sprawl out my legs and wings on a comfy rock and let the warmth of the sun heat my scales in the afternoon~

[arwenkenobi48]

Any other dragons tilt their heads to one side when looking at something?

[dammit-theclown]

As corny and way-off and consumerist and borderline KFF-y as they can be, i kinda miss the golden age of ‘kin help/self-care blogs. Like yeah sure i’ll buy a log pillow to put in my bed so my bed. Looks like it has a log in it idk. This is relevant to my identity and crucial to my happiness and dysphoria management. Still have fingers but my bed has a fucking log in it so who’s the REAL loser here? Huh??

I’m sure they’re still around but it’s not 2015 levels anymore. Feel like they could have a solid revival as DIY project blogs as opposed to government-assigned shopping lists. Also obligatory shoutout to ‘kin food blogs for which none of these complaints apply because they absolutely slapped and i still use them years if not decades after going inactive. If anyone wants to bring THOSE back i’d mail so many love letters to your house you’d need a restraining order. Zero complaints

[draconic-creature]

Really interesting to me how I only seem to get snout shifts when I'm feeling threatened or protective. None of my other shifts are triggered exclusively be emotions like that

[sleepparalysisghoul]

The urge to go to the woods and be a creature of the forest

[draconic-creature]

Hmmm. Cold and dark here now, hibernation instincts are kicking in. Nesting/denning too. I have Responsibilities I can't just tidy my den for the winter and sleep all day :(

[draconic-creature]

Yeahhh the sleepytired is really hitting me now that I've got less stuff to do. I've been napping so much it's great!!

[draconic-creature]

Hmmm. Cold and dark here now, hibernation instincts are kicking in. Nesting/denning too. I have Responsibilities I can't just tidy my den for the winter and sleep all day :(

[draiochtdragon]

All the moss I saw on my walk today

[draconic-creature]

(To myself) You cannot threat display at cars to make sure they see you. That's not how that works

[draconic-creature]

I find it very funny that I get so much species euphoria from my body hair. Like yeah it's like fur that's awesome!! It's so nice and soft and (somewhat) dark, much like fur! I love that! It feels so euphoric! I don't have fur

[draconic-creature]

Of course I get a shift in the middle of a road trip :[ my poor wings

[errantwyrm]

ive learned how to make a deep purring/rumbling sound that makes me very pettable and endearing

[bloodbitts-blog]

Tell me your ways

[errantwyrm]

you know the sort of back-of-the-throat fluttering that happens when you’re snoring? if you do that while breathing out through your nose it sounds like a purr. its easier to do after yawning, i think you have to relax your throat muscles or something, idk

[aurorathedragon45]

my dragon identity kinda doubles as a cryptid identity lol

i see myself as kind of a cryptid-y dragon, like some scary beast one might see in the woods at night and run off in fear

or the local town's great myth