Why do humans not like reptiles?

[The Kilted Heathen]

Mythical you say?

Yes, mythical. Would you prefer I say pretending to be a dragon in a futile effort to impress is childish and pointlessly dumb?

 

[Silverscale derg]

I can't imagine anyone wasting a perfectly good lizard on fish bait. Personally I gobble those suckers down all on their own. Sauteed, roasted, fired... nothing quite as succulent as lizard meat. Now if I could get my hands on a DRAGON... well, that would feed me for months!

So, Silverscale... where exactly did you say you lived?

Good you like to eat instead of making them suffer. Death is only acceptable to be done in a calm way. I live hidden from humans because I don't want ot be found and killed again yet I invite you to find me, kill me if you wish to have my meat, but don't you dare just kill me to rip off my head and nail it to a wall. Can you make my death something that's not stabbing me in the heart that would be nice. It's painful

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Walk into my cave and answer a riddle then I will give you gold

If you tell me where your cave is...

 

[Silverscale derg]

He was sacrificed by the Children of the Forest, but the Night King turned against his creators, and he has control over the dead, including the ability to reanimate them to build an undead army, as a Lich would. It's why I said "resembles a Lich of sorts." His creation, and the purpose behind it, isn't something that would traditionally create a Lich, but his actions and powers after that is where a "Lich-like" description becomes accurate. Perhaps even "Lich King," (except he's already the Night King) given there are at least a few who serve directly under him and are not a part of the common undead puppet running around.

I'm describing the "dragon killing" in Game of Thrones that you claimed is there and then appeared to have said you haven't seen, and a bit of Westeros history, a history that includes dragons being a normal part of an ancient civilization, and how an entire house rose to power and total domination because dragons were their allies, not their enemies. And one of the main characters in the series has the blood of dragons in her (she cannot be harmed by fire), her dragons are her children, and it's really only her enemies who are out to kill her dragons. Everybody else is either awe stricken and spellbound by the sight (as there haven't been any in that world for 300 years), and generally and pretty much always terrified. As Dany's Hand (righthand man to use modern terminology) puts it, "I'd say you get used to them, but you never really do." Of course the Lannister army tried to kill Drogon when Dany rode in with her army and decimated the Lannister lines (and that one dragon alone did massive damage). But it was the undead Night King who killed the dragon Viserion, because, among other reasons, the only discernible goal of the Night King is to bring death and eternal winter and darkness to Westeros.

Okay I guess. I don't get why dragons can't be seen as strictly heroes although I understand they would be poorly written as such

 

[Silverscale derg]

Aye, but he wasn't a sorcerer or magic user. Any old Necromancer can raise an army of the dead.

Magic especially for humans doesn't work like that, you of most should know that...

 

[Silverscale derg]

Yes, mythical. Would you prefer I say pretending to be a dragon in a futile effort to impress is childish and pointlessly dumb?

I'm not pretending. Someone found me out so I guess I will spill it. You know what therians are? They're humans with animal spirits inside them...they can be harnessed and as such I am a dragon in spirit, I have contact with other dragons as well. I come on here shifted to speak for dragonkind

 

[Silverscale derg]

If you tell me where your cave is...

A dragon doesn't say stuff so simple. I will tell you after I take a basking break.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Magic especially for humans doesn't work like that, you of most should know that...

Yeah, probably because we're talking about fiction. Necromancy in real-world terms isn't raising the dead.

I'm not pretending.

Yes you are. I know very well what therians are, and I think they're pretending too. Because being a human is so boring, so it's more fun to pretend that you've got the heart of a dragon or phoenix or whatever.

Not only that but you're going on about "shifting". You're pretending.

I will tell you after I take a basking break.

If a dragon is fire-made-flesh - as they're believed to be - then they have no need to bask as they're not cold-blooded. If you're going to pretend to actually be a dragon, you could at least do it with some manner of consistency.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Okay I guess. I don't get why dragons can't be seen as strictly heroes although I understand they would be poorly written as such

You said you haven't even seen it (and I presume you've not read it either), so how can you access if it was poorly written or not?

 

[Kapalika]

So confusing. There was him that was kicked out

It's only confusing if you are just that ignorant. Is what I said really that hard to understand?

I have no idea what a D&D is. I am so confused right now.

I have no idea what dungeons and dragons is.

What are you, 12? What rock have you been living under for the past 30+ years?

I don't know much about the elder scrolls because I despise it for killing dragons.

Well that much is clear or else you'd know there was no dragons in the game until the fifth game, Skyrim. Something about people in universe thinking they were just stories until that point in the storyline.

You do know wyverns are dragons. Wyverns, westerns, and easterns are sub groups of dragons.

Actually no, a wyvern has the head of a dragon but the body of a reptile. It's mostly from modern fantasy that they have been confused for one another. It would be like saying a snake is a lizard.

The right word is therian and fine you caught me, I am a therian but shifted. I get on here when shifted you know. Dragons have magic. The only good thing about this body is the warm blood although I still know the cold blooded struggle

No, therian is someone who thinks they are an animal. You're an otherkin since you think you're something that's fictional. Actually apparently the real, original definition of Therian is apparently "mammal of the major group Theria" when I looked it up. So explain to me how you're a mammal.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Well that much is clear or else you'd know there was no dragons in the game until the fifth game, Skyrim.

Technically no, as in TES IV: Oblivion, you see Martin Septim become an avatar of Akatosh.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

A dragon doesn't say stuff so simple. I will tell you after I take a basking break.

It's obvious you're just going to give me the run-around. First it was "all you have to do is ask", and then when I ask it's "all you have to do is answer a riddle in my cave", and then when I ask about the cave it's the good ol' magic-eight-ball reply of "Reply hazy try again."

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Next it's going to be "I'm in my dragon aspect, but you just can't perceive it..."

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Aye, but he wasn't a sorcerer or magic user. Any old Necromancer can raise an army of the dead.

He's clearly not any old necromancer, though.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

Aye but what of the other Others? They can raise the dead too, and they weren't even killed to be made into what they are.

Honestly the closest thing that I've found to compare with the Others are wendigo.

 

[Milton Platt]

This question is serious. It spans back to dragons. We dragons are peaceful, we only kill once a month to eat something not insects or fish. We took princesses to treat them equally because womens rights of that era didn't exist. Knights act brave when they kill us in our sleep and even takes our head as trophy but why if not going to eat us? Why kill for sport?

Sub on this is why do humans feel the need to use live lizards as fishing bait because that's just cruel when literally anything else thrown into the water would work, not just fish bait but some idiots feed lizards to pet fish which is just revolting. Sure lizards can take eggs but they have a bank they can go up on to escape...putting them in a tank is not even fair.

(I mean no offense by this so please don't kick me)
On lizards how come brown anoles are seen as invasive yet green anoles are just fine but when you put it in the name of humans then everyone freaks out. If someone said that brown anoles should be killed off that in human would be "All the black people should be killed off" but no that's racist...Everyone knows that? Anoles are anoles...the only thing different is the color of their scales.

Anoles change from green to brown depending on the background they are on. Just like chameleons and octopi. They are both the same animal
That aside, this belongs in the jokes area maybe?

 

[Flame]

Yes you are. I know very well what therians are, and I think they're pretending too. Because being a human is so boring, so it's more fun to pretend that you've got the heart of a dragon or phoenix or whatever.

Not only that but you're going on about "shifting". You're pretending.

Not to mention why are they always 'mythical' or 'cool' creatures? I've yet to hear about a beaver or a mice.

 

[Kapalika]

Technically no, as in TES IV: Oblivion, you see Martin Septim become an avatar of Akatosh.

Spoilers@!!! Oh wait, we are 11 years late on that lol. Nah, I just forgot about that. But he was on fire. Is that really a dragon? The characters in the game more seemed to think that being an avatar of Akatosh wasn't being a dragon based on what I recall them saying. The way they talk about dragons in Skyrim it seems like they were seen as distinct.

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

But he was on fire. Is that really a dragon?

Eh, yes and no. Akatosh is as much a dragon as Alduin is, only the "good" dragon whereas Alduin is the "bad". Strictly speaking, neither are dragons so much as they are gods.

But yes, Martin did become Akatosh (or one with Akatosh when he came to Nirn to confront Mehrunes Dagon), rather than just appear to.

 

[Milton Platt]

This question is serious. It spans back to dragons. We dragons are peaceful, we only kill once a month to eat something not insects or fish. We took princesses to treat them equally because womens rights of that era didn't exist. Knights act brave when they kill us in our sleep and even takes our head as trophy but why if not going to eat us? Why kill for sport?

Sub on this is why do humans feel the need to use live lizards as fishing bait because that's just cruel when literally anything else thrown into the water would work, not just fish bait but some idiots feed lizards to pet fish which is just revolting. Sure lizards can take eggs but they have a bank they can go up on to escape...putting them in a tank is not even fair.

(I mean no offense by this so please don't kick me)
On lizards how come brown anoles are seen as invasive yet green anoles are just fine but when you put it in the name of humans then everyone freaks out. If someone said that brown anoles should be killed off that in human would be "All the black people should be killed off" but no that's racist...Everyone knows that? Anoles are anoles...the only thing different is the color of their scales.

Posted previously on this, but decided to come back around again. Not all people don't like reptiles. I came dangerously close to becoming a Herpetologist. I know people who don't like amphibians, or who don;t like spiders, I even know one who it terrified of birds (too much Alfred Hitchcock?)