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− | To add artwork to pages, have a look at the top of [[Temeraire|Temeraire's]] page in edit mode, and you'll see examples of the code. - [[User:Whitearrow|whitearrow]] 16:15, 18 October 2011 (MDT)
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− | ::I was just trying to categorize the images that had not been categorized. I wasn't trying to add them to pages, just trying to keep them from being completely orphaned. Sorry for the massive amounts of edits. --[[User:Mooir|Mooir]] 21:35, 18 October 2011 (MDT)
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| PS - Are there official "spoiler guidelines" for this site? Like not referring to a book until it's been out for at least [period of time] or not referring to it until it's out in both hardcover and paperback? I'm new here and don't want to step on toes. :-) [[User:Rose|Rose]] 06:01, 5 September 2008 (PDT) | | PS - Are there official "spoiler guidelines" for this site? Like not referring to a book until it's been out for at least [period of time] or not referring to it until it's out in both hardcover and paperback? I'm new here and don't want to step on toes. :-) [[User:Rose|Rose]] 06:01, 5 September 2008 (PDT) |
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− | I do recall there being some level of spoiler-indication safety, and there being a cutoff date... however, I don't know what it is. I don't mind if parts of VoE gets spoiled; I already read a little bit of it at the bookstore anyway, and, most of what's revealed here is more technical than plot-related in detail (e.g. new dragon species). I'm just saying that I'm not fully keyed-in on some of the details about the 'dragonic revolution', or whatever it's being called. [[User:Tallakahath|Tallakahath]] 07:14, 7 September 2008 (PDT)
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| Me, I'm wondering if dragons become acceptable to society, will we see the development of miniature dragons for the masses? I'm thinking of the fact that lap dogs became popular in Europe at the same time as these stories due to the fact that the population of the Cities and of the Court grew so quickly and made it impractical to keep standard sized dogs. If you got a large part of the population comfortable with dragons, they might want their own dragon to travel from the city to the countryside for holidays. Will unscroupulous raiders start to steal unhatch Jade dragon eggs from Chinese nurseries? If dragons can't find other forms of income will they submit to illicite forms of breeding programs to earn cash? | | Me, I'm wondering if dragons become acceptable to society, will we see the development of miniature dragons for the masses? I'm thinking of the fact that lap dogs became popular in Europe at the same time as these stories due to the fact that the population of the Cities and of the Court grew so quickly and made it impractical to keep standard sized dogs. If you got a large part of the population comfortable with dragons, they might want their own dragon to travel from the city to the countryside for holidays. Will unscroupulous raiders start to steal unhatch Jade dragon eggs from Chinese nurseries? If dragons can't find other forms of income will they submit to illicite forms of breeding programs to earn cash? |
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− | Hit four tildes (horizontal squiggle, probably the uppercase character on the key to the left of your 1/! key) in a row to sign your post with your name, time and date. :-)
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− | Re: "miniature" dragons for the home user, how "miniature" can a dragon be and still carry a rider? Jade dragons don't usually carry riders. A Winchester - about the size of two draft horses, i.e., the kind of horses used to pull beer wagons, trolleys, etc. - can carry two grown men or one grown man plus three children. If you were married with children and wanted a dragon for family trips, you'd need something at least that large.
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− | As for dragons engaging in illicit breeding programs, yeah, I could see that. If dragons have freedom to earn their own incomes, there will invariably be some that are unable to. In China Laurence sees a small, older dragon, in poor condition, who's unable to afford a cow and instead must make do with a small, burnt sheep, which he eats to the last scrap, indicating great hunger. Dragons engaging in breeding programs because they need the money would be like humans who work the sex trade as a means to survive.
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− | And I suppose there'll be various sorts of draconic criminal activity as well. Draconic highwaymen holding up stagecoaches and taking not only the passengers' money and jewels but also the horses as well (for supper). Draconic pickpockets... uh, no. Can't quite see that happening.
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− | [[User:Rose|Rose]] 15:20, 6 September 2008 (PDT)
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− | On the matter of dragon crime, do you think there would eventually be... regulations on the breeding of dragons with natural weapons? I mean, a plain 'ole human, weaponless and without skills, can only do so much damage. A plain 'ole kazilik can still do a helluva' lotta damage on their own. And seeing as humans will vastly outnumber dragons no matter how society evolves (dragons breed slower, have a longer in-shell period, need more resources per dragon)... would the very large and dangerous breeds even be allowed to mate outside of military service? I could see a very bloody sort of revolution/uprising necessary for mankind to even let the very dangerous species outside of human control. Which would only further prove the humans' points. [[User:Tallakahath|Tallakahath]] 07:12, 7 September 2008 (PDT)
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− | But human control of dragon breeding depends on the willingness of the dragons to let the humans take and care for the eggs, and that gives the dragons an important bargaining point. If a given nation refuses to allow them to breed except under very controlled circumstances, they can take their eggs elsewhere and refuse to allow that nation any at all. If at least *one* nation strikes a deal with Kaziliks, Celestials, Longwings, etc., then *all* nations will have to do so. It's like nuclear arms. No nation will want to be the *only* one not to have these defenses.
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− | Another point is that if sufficient consumer demand has arisen for the services of the smaller and less dangerous breeds, then there's going to be quite a public uproar if *all* of the dragons band together in a "breeding rights for all" movement, with *all* dragons refusing to allow eggs to nations that don't give them sufficient rights.
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− | [[User:Rose|Rose]] 08:23, 7 September 2008 (PDT)
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