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Vermont and Iowa - so very well done.

I especially like Iowa’s judgement (stolen from etumukutenyak http://etumukutenyak.livejournal.com/148935.html#cutid1 )

http://iowaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/07-1499.pdf

It’s such a perfect debunking of all of the stupid arguments the homophobic bigots raise time and again. Quality slap down

And from moondancerdrake a wonderful you tube of hope about this whole thing

http://moondancerdrake.livejournal.com/123950.html


Moving forward, step by step :)

World Building - Dragon appearances

Generic Appearance

Dragons

Generically Dragons are relatively similar to our European-myth dragons. 4 legs, 2 wings, reptilian, tail, long head, large teeth, no ears, large claws. Legs come straight down at the hop rather than being splayed like a crocodile. Front legs shorter than rear (but not massively so). The wings are large, ribbed - a lot larger than is usually depicted (a dragon’s wing span will be 4 times as long as its body when fully unfurled at very least)

Half-dragons

Half-dragons favour their human parentage strongly with only a few draconic characteristic, these fade through generations unless more dragon blood is added until oddly glinting skin or and oddly hued or shining eyes remain as clues to their ancestry. For a first generation half dragon the changes are very noticeable.
A half-dragon stands a minimum of 9 feet tall. Their skin usually carries some suggestion of their draconic heritage but that varies from dragon line to dragon line. They have extremely large wings growing from their back. I have a terrible judge of distance, but these wings will stretch WELL above their heads when folded. Outstretched they would probably have a 30 foot+ wingspan (which sounds ridiculously long but the more I try and work it out the more I come back with the same numbers - if anything 35ft would be pretty minimal). Half-dragons are capable of flight but any attempt at prolonged flight (more than say, 15 minutes or so) exhausts them. Half-dragons generally say it’s not worth the effort and they have 2 perfectly good legs. The wings are near direct (but smaller) replicas of their draconic parent’s (the skin is scaly, the colour different from their normal skin tone)
They have long talons on each finger ranging from 1-3 inches long and pronounced upper and lower canines (the rest of their teeth tend to be sharp and pointed).
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