#Butterfly Gene

[aetherdaily]

Pistachio/Robin/Cantaloupe

[candycoloredragons]

Cinnamon/Orange/Pink

[nightlight-rising]

just got this dragon, her name is etera. haven't figured out what her deal is yet, but she's a moody punk

[bonusdragons]

October 22, 2024:

Beige Tertiary, Obelisk, Butterfly.

Rax of Orcalot's clan!

[fr-thecollectors]

oh?

did i hear that it's transfem dragon share day???

here's some lovely ladies <333

[dragonbleps-fr]

Hmmmmmm im torn on terts

[sinusoidaldysfunction]

Malachite. His colors were hell I need a nap.

[fr-thecollectors]

that means more spring for me <3333

I haaaate tomato, tho

What do you think the most cursed color for a dragon is. Like one color that will ruin any dragon it touches. Mine is Spring.

spring is a very good answer, i was going to say crocodile and they're right next to each other LOL

beige is not Great but i've seen good gene pairs with it, maize is....... questionable, megenta can be a bit Much and so is orchid. but im not sure if any of them outright ruin a dragon so i think our sickly greens are the winners

[miyrumiyru]

⋆｡. ｡☼ ʚїɞ 𖤓｡ .｡⋆

[aetherdaily]

Twilight/Cerise/Sanguine

[candycoloredragons]

Blackberry/Plum/Banana

[fr-thecollectors]

Lyra and Kalle are both entertainers for the clan, so they put more work into their appearances than a lot of other clanmates. Lyra makes sure her feathers are preened and clothes clean, and Kalle that there's no knots in her mane or dingy scales anywhere.

They'll often help each other out before performances (or, in Lyra's case, Kalle will also help pretty her up before she goes on outings with her gf)

Which dragon puts the most effort into their fur/hair/scales, ensuring that they are silky smooth and shiny at all times? Alternatively, who has the softest fur?

Posts for the month of April were inspired by @dragonaday-fr 's April art prompts. Be sure to check them out!

[nightlight-rising]

another pride drawing! this is my romantic boy Nyfin <3

[bonusdragons]

September 8, 2024:

Abyss Secondary, Snapper, Butterfly.

Maritime of PunkPinkPower's clan!

[fr-thecollectors]

Me: You Don't need more spring G1s.

Also Me: ...but what if I say No.. 🥺

some are completed, some are in my projects tab, but.... spring is my weakness <3333 idk how to dress the last PC and SD yet

[rolandrockover]

Do You Wanna Touch Me Now

What can you call something like this? A review of a Kiss song that was not recorded to completion and never officially released? If you ask me Phantom Entry doesn't sound too bad, and also kind of Kiss-like.

So, who among us Kissians doesn't inevitably think of the often mentioned Do You Wanna Touch Me Now, the only leftover from the Revenge (1992) sessions, which Paul had written with this Skid Row guy, but ultimately didn't make it onto the album. For a long time, even a very long time if you want to do yourself the displeasure of measuring your life in time, this one was considered pretty much a Holy Grail among ever-searching fans.

Until it was leaked on a mainstream platform, just like that. Out of the blue. After 30 years. (0) So, it's precisely this tiny blip that makes our little head trip here possible in the first place, so shhh, all this is top secret, of course. Let us therefore try to be gratefully and humbly accept what this may offer us.

Firstly, we have the long-range main riff that also opens the song, which can best be described as massive and anything but bad. If Take Me's (1976) chorus riff comes to mind, that would be pretty close. If you were to dance a few steps further and stop at the end with spread legs in a self-assured pose, then we would even have a bull's eye. On top of that, you get a Mr. Speed-style lick as a sort of calling card (1). This works in much the same way as the Roadrunner in the cartoons likes to stick out his tongue before he meeps and blasts off at the speed of light.

Anyway, to my ears it seems as if, in the overall context of the song's structure, it harbors a certain short-sighted, extroverted attitude that is unwilling to take the final step and whose own unrequited expectations unfortunately become its undoing. In simple terms, it promises more than it means to deliver (2).

Kind of like a long-armed boxer with a handful of excellent swinging hooks in his repetoire, with which he is able to send his opponent to the mat very safely and quickly, only to make the fatal mistake of letting go of his opponent too early and using his additional light-footed skills just to put on a little extra show for the audience (and himself), which unfortunately has little to do with the fight. And with that, I've basically already given away the verses and the bridges.

And these sound like a continuously alternating vivid, but still somewhat unsatisfying mixture of The Elder's (1981) The Oath (3), Mr. Blackwell (4), and now dear people fasten your seatbelts, Welcome to the Jungle (1987) respectively its main riff. Which should come as no surprise once you consider that in 1991 Guns N' Roses were probably the biggest rock band on this planet alongside Metallica (5).

And so it goes back and forth until you eventually reach the mid-part section, which is not much more than a big brake pad, led by Detroit Rock City's (1976) cinematic widescreen riffs, those that follow its super iconic pulsating intro, and to which you literally have no choice but to imagine Paul leisurely and majestically swinging his arm out wide. Still, you're not supposed to enjoy it to the full, because after just one run-through, the fun is over again and it moves like a souped-up tractor at adle in the direction of Black Sabbath and Iron Butterfly. This is noticeable in a passage that sounds as if somewhere the beginning of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968) was stuck in a loop. On steroids, of course.

And somewhere in between a guitar solo must have been envisioned, although unfortunately it never materialized. Which is regrettable, but not necessarily essential for the sake of this cause.

But hey, since when can beggars be choosers?

Side Note:

(0) Hardcore Insiders not included, which in turn should include myself.

(1) And from the first refrain even a riff appendage in the guise of Plaster Caster's (1977) bridge melody, as well as another old buddy, this time from the future, who can be found on Sonic Boom from 2009 and beyond (which we can talk about another time).

(2) So much for the gratitude.

(3) I (1981) would also fit the bill, but The Oath even more so. Just think of its characteristic opening.

(4) That AC/DC Back in Black thing we already talked about here.

(5) On the other hand, I wouldn't necessarily accuse them of intent.

And no, Do Yo Wanna Touch Me Now is not a link, just a photo. All other links are real, by the way, and highlighted:

Do You Wanna Touch Me Now (1991/92)

Take Me (1976)

Mr. Blackwell (1981)

The Oath (1981)

Welcome to the Jungle (1987)

Plaster Caster (1977)

Detroit Rock City (1976)

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)