Childhood is thinking dragons are real.
Being a teenager is learning dragons aren't real.
Adulthood is realizing that dragons were real all along, and you probably already know a few.

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Childhood is thinking dragons are real.
Being a teenager is learning dragons aren't real.
Adulthood is realizing that dragons were real all along, and you probably already know a few.
When I imagine Hiccup admiring Humungous, I am kind of imagining Moana in “You’re Welcome” when she’s getting really into it and Maui’s accomplishments.
There’s something particularly insane about signing someone’s favorite dragon, though. 😭
One of my favorite things about Dani and her fans is how much they have romanticized dragons and unironically feed into the mother of dragons title and will literally treat those three lizards like they are her 'children.' Like, they don't know that considering fire breathing lizards that can only destroy as your children is probably not a great thing in their fave's arc lol.
Let me answer you with GRRM's words, from the comment section of his blog post "Coolest Dragons Ever" (Feb. 10th, 2014).
George's ranking of the Cooles Dragons Ever is:
Vermithrax Pejorative (From Dragonslayer)
Smaug (From The Hobbit)
Drogon (From Asoiaf)
In the comments, a couple of readers argued that "Draco" (From Dragonheart) was "the nicest dragon ever" and "the most friendly and charming dragon."
This was GRRM's answer to them:
"Yes, but dragons are not meant to be friendly or charming"
So, lets add this quote to the list:
Dragons are the nuclear deterrent, and only Dany has them —GRRM - Vulture - 2011
Yes, but dragons are not meant to be friendly or charming —Coolest Dragons Ever" (Feb. 10th, 2014)
She[Dany]'s the mother of dragons, and she controls what is in effect the only three nuclear weapons in the entire world that I’ve created. —“Interview exclusive de George R R Martin, l'auteur de Game Of Thrones” de -Le Mouv’- 2014 - [Transcription]
If I were Daenerys Targaryen. I could ride on my dragons and eliminate them in the flames. But is death the only solution we have to offer? —Lire Magazine - April 2015
“Oh sure, dragons are cool too,” he chuckles. “But maybe not on our doorstep”. —The Guardian - November 2018
Maybe if she[Dany] understood a few things more about dragons and her own history in Essos, things would have gone a little differently. —Esquire - November 2018
“I have tried to make it explicit in the novels that the dragons are destructive forces, and Dany (Daenerys Targaryen) has found that out as she tried to rule the city of Meereen and be queen there. (...) “She has the power to destroy, she can wipe out entire cities, and we certainly see that in ‘Fire and Blood,’ we see the dragons wiping out entire armies, wiping out towns and cities, destroying them, but that doesn’t necessarily enable you to rule — it just enables you to destroy.” —GRRM - Fox News Channel - November 2018
"In my head the expression "mother of dragons" is much better than "father of dragons". There is also this link with the woman who gives life, who transmits lives, carrying a gigantic power of death, of fire, of destruction. There are very powerful metaphors in there." —Dragons! (2/4) Dragons d'Occident, la figure du mal [2018] - Video - Reddit translation
Now dragons are really formidable and they can turn the tide of a battle. It flies, it's difficult to hit, it breathes fire, against which most knights and men at arms have little or no protection. So if you have dragons, that's were the nuclear option analogy comes in. You're hard to mess around with. So the dragons and fear of dragons was one of the things that made the Targaryens very secure in their power. —Before the Dance: An Illustrated History with George R.R. Martin | House of the Dragon (HBO) - August - 2022
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Read more here:
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Queen of Ashes
All Grrm Quotes About Dragons
Trying to get through my last bunch of Kickstarter sketches today. #sketch #deagons #artbook https://www.instagram.com/p/B5V1p8WjmCs/?igshid=1txpwdicyxs3p
Gonna start off with some deagons
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Dragons are mad just because they cant blow they birthday candles.