- So we all know that dragons are big scaly quadrupeds, basically giant long lizards with wings.
- Dragons may or may not breathe fire or acid or ice or other things(?)
- Dragons may also have just two legs. Wyverns are dragons, too. After all...
- Dragons can also be long snake-things with two or four or six or eight legs, that fly around without wings.
- Dragons can be actually just giant snakes. ("Wyrms.")
- Dragons thusfar have only ever been big, but there are also tiny dragons.
- Dragons thusfar have all had scales, but there are maned dragons, and feathered dragons, and fluffy dragons.
- Felkins are literally just furry, unwinged quadrupeds. Verdict? Dragons.
- Kirin have hooves, ox tails, no wings. Dragons.
- Sometimes dragons literally just look like people? Still dragons?
In conclusion, this paper posits that dragon-hood cannot be defined by anatomy, and must be, at best, an intersection between the physical, mental, social, and spiritual. Literally anything and anyone can be — and, indeed, is — a dragon. If you are reading this, congratulations: You are a #dragon. 🐉
Being a #dragon is like being #trans. You may or may not fit into a gender binary. You may or may not have body dysmorphia. You may or may not identify with any or all or none of the gender roles or norms of your assigned or identified gender. The only thing that makes you trans, really, is that you say you are.
Modern research is showing that #autism is kind of the same way. Not really one common through-line, can't call it a concise disorder, and calling it a spectrum is probably even pushing it.
Therefore, all trans people and #neurodiverse people are dragons
QED
