#fun fact!! in the past i did a whole scientific study instead of hw on how much dragons would weigh

[starlitfaery]

Headcanons :: On Dragons (and Their Weight and Other Things of Note)

First, I’ve ordered the icons in order of age. Second, here’s some lovely lists

Chase 

is oldest at 1542 years old, 

became a dragon-human hybrid somewhere in his early 20s

ingests soup frequently made from straight up (lesser) dragons that can’t take human form

parents were unknown to him, but perfectly human

he thought the woman that raised him was his birth mom, 

she was not, she lied to protect a baby she found in the dirt

all forms of parents are long since dead

emperor of a country he formed himself

Maleficent

is at least 1300 years old

was born to a dragon and a fae parents

technically only a quarter dragon actually

mum’s full fae, dad’s a dragon-elf hybrid

both parents are permanently dead,

no humans didn’t kill them, they basically killed each other

mum’s a human hater, dad’s a literal human lover

queen of her own kingdom

Malleus

the baby of all my dragon muses

.....no i don’t mean Chase and Maleficent had a kid and named them Malleus (although...there’s a thought...right, now I’m gonna have to edit my pages for that AU....)

is the youngest at approximately 750 years old (age subject to change when more information is given)

oh and his family life was actually the least traumatizing

his parents are still alive and they sent him to school

he’s just a wittle prince of darkness, fear him

no seriously, fear him, his parents let him get away with literally everything

he’s killed or caused the death of so many bodyguards meant to protect him but now they’re hired to protect people from him

apparently killing and eating humans is frowned upon, his parents hoped he would learn a little more self control regarding that at magic school

The thing about all three of these lovely people, is that they appear human, but they can take monstrous forms

Gee Essie what do you mean by monstrous forms

I mean they look like tiny delicate humans that you can probably lift with one hand, but then when you try they’re laughing at you as you struggle to even get a grip, because they all weigh literal tons

Chase here, his dragon form is more of a crocodile, no wings needed to fly, and Saltwater Crocs aka the crocs living in his region can get up to 2,300 lbs (1 ton and 300 lbs or over 1,000 kg)

Unfortunately, there’s nothing of real scale to compare to Maleficent’s and Malleus’ alternate forms so I can’t pull any weight references here unless I wanna dive into aquatic lifeforms

In which case, a North Pacific Right Whale seems about the same size comparison, and that lovely creature is anywhere between 110,000 – 180,000 lbs, between 55 and 90 tons

Or we could go smaller and say the sperm whale which is 77,000 – 130,000 lbs (35 to 65 tons)

So these lovely beautiful human shaped monsters, can literally kill you with the slightest punch if they really wanted to, because alllllll that mass doesn’t simply go away when they put their human faces on, and it can’t just appear out of nowhere when they put their scales on

[hinge]

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