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[bjornwilde]

 I just had the neatest idea for a dystopia type story with a little girl (first thought was boy, but why?) who finds an odd egg and decides to hatch it since animals are so expensive to purchase due to global warming and eco-disaster. The egg hatches and turns out to be a dragon (more Eastern than Western) which heralds a new age into which dragons first clean up the ecosystems and then dominate trade and such to keep the Earth healthy.

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[amrin_20012002]

Ooooh, I like this idea and would definitely read this!

[bjornwilde]

I can't decide if it would be a whole novel or just a short story. Guess I should write it as a short story and see where it leads. Or try outlining it. Definitely seeing the dragon as more nature spirit than devastator, thus the "more Eastern". I'd be tempted to play with different dragon species though.

[amrin_20012002]

Well, if you're going with nature spirit as dragon type it would make sense that there would be lots of different 'kinds' of dragons. Any part of nature could have its own dragon, really, without stretching things too much.

[bjornwilde]

Definitely!

And now my brain just said okay the eco-disaster is good but what about the Wild West? And now I am imagining Robber Barons as dragons and holy shit that could be cool. Different clans clashing over using resources vs preserving. I wonder if there are any Native America dragon myths. I know South America has Quetzalcoatl.

Anyway, I should mention I have a panic job at work to get through and then hopefully get back to Quin.

[amrin_20012002]

Ewww for panic jobs at work!

There are Native American dragon myths, though I can't recall any specifically off hand. And if you want to conflate serpents and dragons there are even more. (Draco means both dragon and serpent, if I'm remembering correctly.)

[bjornwilde]

I would definitely work with both dragon and serpent/wyrm! Though if there are Native American dragons, that adds a wrinkle to Western expansion. Oh look, more drama and conflict!

[amrin_20012002]

Yay, drama and conflict!

[bjornwilde]

And on the flip side to the future eco-disaster, I can see a fast forward where the dragon is grown and starting to take over companies and demanding the girl continue her education and becoming something of an mother hen.

I think there might be two stories here.

Oh, and I think I know what to use as the base for the Wild West one! I had an idea of a dragon hiring a human to teach it how to behave more human like. Like a personal assistant and coach.

[amrin_20012002]

I like those ideas!

[bjornwilde]

Just had to share before I hit the dishes and then bed...

Quinlan head canon: In the early days of his apprenticeship to Tholme, Quin was very stressed as Tholme would constantly surprise/startle him. It evolved into a low key game of assassin.

As the working titles for those two stories will be Eco-dragons and Wild Wild Wyrms. Not the final titles but I need something to call them. = ]

[amrin_20012002]

Hee. I like the idea of it evolving into a low key game of assassin. Could be rather a shock to other Jedi though.

And good working titles too.