#dragonlinker

[your-bigender-big-brother]

Felt silly, so I made a gay dragon flag. If you're a gay dragon, this is the flag for you. This is for dragonkin, dragon therians, dragon fictionkin, dragonhearted folks, dragonlinkers, dragon fictives, and other types of draconic beings. Enjoy!

- 💙💚

[a-dragons-journal]

It's the dragonlinker anon, just wanted to thank you for the help, and ask a couple follow-up questions if that's alright? Do you have any tips/tutorials for dragon vocals? You mentioned "throat-clicking" which sounds like it might be a noise I've been trying and failing to make lol. Also, less of an advice thing, but how do you feel about quadrobics in relation to your own draconity? Personally as much as I want to walk on all fours my body is just not proportioned the way it should be for that

Of course! Glad it was helpful.

Assorted Noises Posts:

On clicks of various kinds

The bullshit tongue-click that's a part of my name (R-ani, except I have no way to transcribe it properly lmao)

From @/dreamingdragonkin, a bunch of assorted noises and their meanings + an explanation on roaring

A recording of various noises of mine

A recording of me hurring, unvoiced, since I kind of skipped over it in the above link

An explanation of throat-clicking, complete with diagram

Bonus explanation of growling high up in the throat (as opposed to the hurr, which is much lower):

Growling - there are a million ways to do a growl, but the way I do it I can sustain it for a lot longer than hurring, and it takes a lot longer to wear my throat out (I can only hurr so many times in a row before my throat starts hurting). It does sacrifice some of the low pitch, however, since it’s higher in the throat and thus has a smaller chamber of air to vibrate. It’s a uvula motion, not involving the vocal or vestibular folds at all, and it’s basically closing up the back of the throat as much as you can and then forcing air through so the uvula is forced to rapidly vibrate/open and close the passageway, creating a kind of rattling/hissing growl. Tense up the muscles in the floor of your mouth/jaw to accomplish that. If you put a hand on your thyroid cartilage (Adam’s apple, the hard bump you can feel most prominently when you run a hand down the front of your throat), you should feel that move upward as it partially closes off the airway, like it does when you swallow, except it stays elevated instead of dropping back down into place. Then exhale while holding that, and it should produce that rattling growl sound. (I find it helps if I snarl/pull my lips back to bare my fangs teeth, possibly because it helps pull the submandibular muscles tense.)

Bonus crocodilian noises for your enjoyment, because Big Dragon Feels for the me

And personally, I'm a big fan of quadrobics/bear crawl, though I can't maintain it for terribly long. It feels very natural and very awkward all at once because of how bad human proportions are for it - it's not just you, humans just aren't built for it. It gets easier with practice, as you might imagine.

[juustozzi]

i want to share this au i've had in the back of my mind for awhile now

basically Tenma and Yamato are half brothers ( i don't know which parent they would share) , i have no idea how they found out that they were related to eachother i just know that they have mix feelings about this because of the whole fifth sector thing

(also love your art)

ohh that sounds interesting! it would definitely bring an extra emotional layer on top of everything else :> I think it would be Tenma who tries to get closer at first, Yamato being more distant and probably just trying to ignore the new situationship. I don't think they'd get overly familiar, but there could be a good ol' sibling rivalry coming out of it!

(and ah thanks!! <3 I'm happy that falling back in to the inazuma hole has made me draw this much again!)

[kitthefoxkin]

May I get a copinglink moodboard? It's for my OC/rainwing linktype! Image below

Sit super te stellae ridere

rainwing oc (wings of fire) copinglink alterhuman moodboard with themes of orange + purple!

[wyvernscavern]

I need wings >:( Sky too pretty I wanna get a better look >:(

[ferrodraconic]

Am i dragonkin or just link??? the fact that it's not innerworld physical is really confusing for me. How do non-physical non/alterhumans figure it out.

I mean do i want to be a dragon? hell yea. *am i one*? i wish/(yes??) but also technically no, i'm fine looking human in headspace for now. To be determined, i guess.

[moved-to-darkplanets]

Any other dragons or membranous-winged things watch the delicate ribs of umbrellas with both fascination and envy as a child or was it just me

[infinitedraconity]

Hi there, I'm an otherlinker, and I've been considering a dragon linktype, and thus was hoping you might have some advice for being more draconic based on your own experiences? Sorry if this is a weird ask, and feel free to ignore it if you want, I really don't mind, I just want to get some advice since there isn't really any resources about voluntary draconic identities out there.

Oh hey, grey friend with sunglasses!

Unfortunately, my draconity isn't voluntary, but might I point you in the direction of @sarcophobia? It is an otherlinker, and so may be able to give better and help you find resources. @linklocus also has a few resources on otherlinking that you might find helpful!

It's hard to really give catch-all advice, since dragons are so incredibly varied in how they look, act, and think. Are you wanting a western fire-and-fang dragon identity, or would you seek a more eastern-style water-and-wind approach? Or perhaps something in between, or not related to any at all? The things you do to create and connect with that identity will change depending on your answer.

As far as what I do to connect to my dragon kintypes, it depends. Hiking is a big one, as well as art, food, and consuming content related to dragons are all common ones. For my Aether dragon side, I have collections of items I love (books, instruments, crystals, tarot cards, etc.); for my Eastern side, I meditate, and step outside when the weather is inclement.

Feel free to send another ask if you wanted something more specific; otherwise, please check out the other bloggers I linked; they might be able to help you more than I can.

Wind at your back, friend!

[educasino]

¡Guau! Grandes apuestas y enormes botes en la tragamonedas Autumn Moon D...

[pilidod]

Cannot wait for the banlist to kill Chaos Ruler. Tired of this cunt.

[your-bigender-big-brother]

A nonbinary gay dragon flag, to go with my gay dragon and lesbian dragon flags! 💙💚

If you enjoy my content, please feel free to tip me here! It would help me out a lot!

[a-dragons-journal]

Hi, so, I'm an otherlinker, and ive been considering linking a dragon, but I'm not sure where to start, so I was wondering 1) if you could give me some advice on being draconic, if that makes sense? And/or 2) link some blogs/resources that might be of help? Sorry if this is a bit much, I'm just not sure where to look for this kind of stuff 😓

So, first off, I'm... honored by the request, honestly. I'm no 'linker, and I confess I don't know much about how to best go about 'linking something in general, but I know draconity, so let's see what I can give you there.

I am going to assume, since you're coming to me, that you're looking to become a dragon at least somewhat similar to my own species. I clarify this because, as you likely know, "dragon" is an enormously broad term that can mean a lot of things. There are dragons out there that have almost nothing in common with my species. That may, if you haven't considered it yet, be a good place to start - what kind of draconity are you looking to achieve? This can be as broad or specific as you like; don't feel like you need to iron out every detail, but having a vague idea is probably a good move.

For the rest of this, I will mostly assume that the answer you came to was something adjacent to my own species, because that's the experience I can speak to most directly. So:

What does being a dragon mean to you?

Why are you looking to become a dragon? What about it appeals to you? The strength and ferocity of a territorial apex predator, able to protect itself and the things and people it cares about and unafraid of much of anything? The wisdom and knowledge of a being that can live hundreds or thousands of years, the riddlemaster dragon archetype who knows secrets the rest of the world has forgotten and who approaches difficult times with wisdom and grace? The freedom of a child of Earth and Sky, able to fly up high, see the world from afar, and remember that this, too, is smaller than it seems up close and shall pass into a gentler future? The ferality of a creature free from the constraints and expectations of human society, living by instinct? A creature that can be proud of its strength and beauty and flawless nature, never wavering in its self-confidence? Something else entirely? All of these things are dragon, and yet not every dragon experiences all - or any! - of them. (Such is the nature of a word that includes so many species within it.)

What are the downsides of what you're considering, the parts of draconity - specifically, the type of dragon you're considering becoming - that might cause problems for you? A powerful, protective apex predator likely comes with a territorial instinct and a prey drive that can be inconvenient at times. A wise, knowledgeable, ancient being may also become slower to move and hesitant to make changes it needs to. A creature of freedom and distancing may become prone to escapism and not wanting to face its problems up close. And just in general, dragons are prone to vanity and pride - we are, after all, creatures that deserve to be proud of ourselves ;) (joking. this is a joke) - and while that can certainly be good for your self-confidence, it can also easily go too far and turn to arrogance and an allergy to admitting wrongness. (There's a reason draconic spaces are so prone to toxicity, violent misanthropy, and interpersonal drama.) Are these things things you can manage, things you're willing to risk taking on as part of yourself?

So. All those things that hopefully weren't just repeating things you'd already thought about aside.

Giving you advice on how to feel more draconic is... difficult, given that I'm starting from a place of draconity to begin with, but there are things that help me connect with my draconity. Physical activity works for a lot of people; aggressive things like Krav Maga works best for me, but some report biking feels like flying and other things like that. Being out in nature, especially places where I can get up high and feel the wind, helps a lot - plus my prey drive goes wild in any place where there's a lot of birds and other small animals moving around; trying to pay more attention to them may get your predator drive in gear too. Hoarding behavior - collecting hoard items, arranging and displaying them, and showing them off to others - definitely is high-key draconic hours for me.

Games that let you play as a dragon are few and far between, but I'm going to give Golden Treasure: The Great Green its own paragraph here, because as a game made with input from dragons, I'm of the opinion it's probably a really good way to get you thinking from a draconic perspective - at least one kind of draconic perspective, one that's very reflective of my own, though there's certainly dragons out there who don't connect especially well with that kind of dragon.

Generally speaking, actively taking time to engage with your senses, try to induce phantom shifts and imagine yourself as a dragon, make draconic noises, and otherwise act like a dragon is probably the biggest way to go about it. In terms of more daily-life activities, I... kind of don't have a lot for you, actually; most of my constant-small-daily things are me trying to manage my draconity (don't growl or snarl at that person annoying you, remember that no one else can see you gesturing with your wings and tail, don't listen to the instinct that says you should steal and hoard the crystal in that drawer because its owner isn't guarding it appropriately, etc. etc.), and I'm not really sure how to give advice on going the opposite direction without giving you more problems than help, ha.

As far as links go, I don't have a whole lot on otherlinking, or on draconity specifically, but some places to start:

The Chordata Guide to Otherlinking

Can't link it directly without Tumblr blocking my post from the tags, which I don't want because I want people to give input if they have it, but the website tomorrowlands.org/draconity/index.html, has draconic writings that helped me enormously during my awakening

beyondhumanity.net/home

invisibleotherkin.neocities.org/

lunastre-draconis.dreamwidth.org/641.html, which is a big ol’ list of other websites, forums, and Discord servers to look through

And there’s probably more in my “kin resources” tag (which, contrary to the outdated name, contains resources for all sorts of alterhuman terms and experiences)

Hopefully that all helped at least somewhat, and maybe others have more input, especially 'linkers and especially dragonlinkers - I'm afraid I don't actually know any dragonlinkers firsthand, but I'm sure they're out there. Keep an eye on the notes on this post for a while for any others who might be giving input!

[masterduelnames]

duelist cup time again, my friends and enemies

[unetherian]

A drawing (on paper this time)

For dragonkin, dragonlink, dragonkith and dragonhearted!✨(credits required)

tips for giving an old parchment effect to your creations:

Mix brown and orange paint with water.

Test on a separate paper: if the color obtained is like the color in the center of the drawing in the photo, it's good!

If the color is too light, add more paint, and if it is too dark, add water.

Paint the entire support with this mixture

Add a little paint to the rest of the mixture and paint the sides with (blend with your finger)

Tear the sides a little for more realism.

Finally, add a little black paint to the tears and spray a few drops of paint all over the sheet.

Done!✨

[wyvernscavern]

Why do rocks have to looks so pretty and shiny.. I need to cronch

[ferrodraconic]

Man so i'm technically a factive of an old friend the body used to have in high school; and it's so strange as an experience. I am him with a different name and altered interests, but i also have fake memories of his. so to speak. And am also gay and a dragon, which safe to say he was not.