#the white dragon

[dae-15]

Ok but it's so freaking intriguing to me that the entire merlin fandom decided that Aithusa is a girl, cause I'm pretty sure that they're a boy in canon??? Like when was this decided who is the diva that started this movement cause I wholeheartedly support!!! Like every fic, headcanon, edit or just generally most fanworks have Aithusa as a girl and that's freaking cool

[triassictriserratops]

Rhaenyra at 15:

Also Rhaenyra, after glowing up at 33:

[judgeitbyitscover]

The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey

Cover art by David Roe

Corgi 1980

Never in the history of Pern has there been a dragon like Ruth. Mocked by other dragons for his small size and pure white color, Ruth is smart, brave, and loyal—qualities that he shares with his rider, the young Lord Jaxom. Unfortunately, Jaxom is also looked down upon by his fellow lords, and by other riders as well. His dreams of joining the dragonriders in defending Pern are dismissed. What else can Jaxom and Ruth do but strike out on their own, pursuing in secret all they are denied? But in doing so, the two friends will find themselves facing a desperate choice—one that will push their bond to the breaking point . . . and threaten the future of Pern itself.

[midground]

Re-reading The Dragonriders of Pern books from the beginning and The White Dragon hits different as an adult who now understands their own asexuality

[threadfall]

A weird bit of fandom history!

I can't find anything specific about this campaign, but I assume it was the general promotional campaign Del Rey put in place for the White Dragon and not for a specific con.

The photos of the shirt are from the Ebay listing by goodolejays_23vtg and the pin is from the Ebay listing by Yammy Time Studios. I can see multiple listings for the pin, but only one for the shirt!

[dmmdipodcast]

Episode #5: The White Dragon

In this episode, we attempt to find a coming-of-age story buried underneath a whole lot of geopolitical trivia, talk about consent and the abrogation thereof by dragons, and celebrate having hobbies.

Transcript is available on our website!

[drzime]

Our next "Smaugust" dragon is Ruth from the Dragonriders of Pern series!

Yes, I had to include a few book dragons. :3

I decided to include Ruth from all the dragon in the Pern series because I feel like he's the most unique and recognizable. And he's super interesting because he's the only white dragon--smaller than the others and sterile. He was even too weak to exit his own egg when he was born.

It's hard to find a unique series about dragons like Pern. Mostly because it's part scifi and somewhere between plot-driven and character-driven. :0

Plus the dragons can do weird things like teleport and talk telepathically.

Enough gushing over Pern! Our next dragon is a shy one who can turn invisible. And quite likes apples.

[the-desilittle-bird]

Author's Note- Sorry for late update but exams got me busy.

Thank you and Enjoy your reading!

The White Dragon

I Have Seen (Chapter 2)

Summary- Proposal of marriage between Aerea and Cregan has been spelled out and a friendly sparring follows

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Warnings- Mentions of Arranged Marriage, Westrosi Things, Fencing.

Chapter 1 Chapter 3

"I have seen you and Princess engage in conversation at the day of the feast, my lord," Otto said, his eyes watching the wolf lord who sat in front of him. Alicent sat next to her father, watching Cregan with cautious eyes.

"I would like to assure you that it was nothing related to any betrothal," Cregan replied, his mind trying to find a way out of this increasingly awkward conversation. "We have been made aware of that, my lord."

Cregan was suddenly realizing the intentions of the Hightower Lord and the Queen as to why they pressured Cregan into thinking at the first place. Cregan was, after all, the Lord of a Great House of the Seven Kingdoms and the Targaryens were on the verge of a war between two proportions of the dragons.

"Is it what the princess desires?" Cregan asked, watching with interest as Otto looked on the verge of losing his patience. "The princess has approved of the betrothal, if you approve of it, my lord," Alicent said, her fingers playing with the skirt of her gown.

"Who else has been deemed worthy of the hand of Princess Aerea?" The Wolf Lord queried, leaning in. "Lord Baratheon and..." Otto hesitated to say the name of his second grandson, as he was aware of the disgust people felt towards the incestuous marriages in the Targaryen House.

"And, my lord?" Cregan toyed, sadisticaly, enjoying the look on the Lord's face. "And my son, my lord. Aemond Targaryen," Alicent said, making Cregan nod, humming as his mind processed and formulated a plan.

"May I speak to princess beforehand? If you have no offense, My Queen," Cregan asked, his eyes trained at the green queen. Alicent glanced at his father before looking at Cregan, giving him a small nod.

"You will find her in the training grounds, my lord," Alicent informed Cregan who nodded his gratitude before departing. His shoulders squared as he walked straight towards the training grounds.

Usually filled with dozens of guards and young lords and knights, stood empty in front of Cregan's stormy eyes except for two guards guarding the entrance. "I wish to see the princess. On queen's order."

The guards spared a look before nodding, letting the Wolf Lord walk in. The ground was completely silent except for the sound of a steady breathing. The voice of an arrow hitting something solid echoed through the large span of earth's surface.

Princess Aerea stood a few feet away from the wooden target. Three arrows already attached to the target; two around the bullseye and one right on it. Her posture remained firm as she calculated another arrow's path through the air.

She wore a black leather tunic she usually wore for dragon riding. A red dragon stitched on its back. Aerea paired the tunic with black pants, and dark brown boots. Her silver hair firmly set in a bun, keeping the strands away from her face.

Her hands let the arrow go skillfully. Time slowed down as Cregan watched the arrow flew through the air and split the arrow on the bullseye into half. Cregan smirked, slowly raising his hand to clap.

Aerea turned around, surprised. Her violet eyes widened as she found the wolf lord clapping. A light shade of red flushed her face as she looked around with a shy smile. Her fingers caressed the bow to comfort herself.

"Lord Stark," she nodded with a smile. "Princess Aerea, your skills are amazing," Cregan gestured to the target, letting his face soften. "Thank you, my lord. This is all due to my uncle Daemon," Aerea said, her eyes watched as the lord moved closer, yet keeping an appropriate distance.

"I see, he has taught you well, my princess," Cregan commented before turning to face the princess of the realm. "I am here to address an important topic," he continued, his voice firm and unwavering. His hands clasped behind his back, giving him a regal posture.

"I suppose my mother and grandsire has spoken to about..." Aerea left the sentence incomplete, instead, deciding to fiddle with the string of her special bow.

Cregan nodded, his eyes moving to the sword hanging around her waist. "Do you wield sword?" Cregan asked, amused. "Yes, my lord," Aerea smirked, her fingers reached for the dragon shaped pommel. "Would you mind?" He continued to ask, walking casually to a sword lying in the corner.

"I must admit, I am terrifically fantastic, my lord. I hope you don't have a fragile ego," Aerea mocked, unsheathing her sword and letting her body and mind take over, as her uncle had told her. "Then it would be interesting."

Cregan studied the lady before striking first, his movement rough yet fast; but Aerea was even faster. With her elegant moves and quick mind, she dodged every attack landed by the lord, coming up with hers when an opportunity arisen.

"Why did you agree to our betrothal?" Cregan went to attack her left side, but Aerea was smart enough to sense it and block it with her sword. "Why wouldn't I? I wish to leave this place and what other way except for to marry someone."

Aerea ducked underneath Cregan's hand as he raise his sword to attack her. She went for his legs but Cregan quickly stepped back, letting his sword touch hers in mocking.

"Why not someone else?" Cregan stepped back, taking a deep breath. He had surely not anticipated this sort of fight from a princess of the realm. "Why marry someone you don't know?" Aerea huffed, her breath uneven.

"Why not your brother?" Cregan moved his sword and tried to land an attack on Aerea's left leg, succeeding partially as he caught her off guard by his question. Aerea stepped back to avoid the lord's sword but she stumbled back, falling on the ground.

"Not him. At no cost," Aerea whimpered, shaking her head as she looked up. Cregan could spot the faint fear in her deep and beautiful eyes. Her face neutralizing from her usual smiling face.

"What shall I get in return?" Cregan asked, offering the dragon princess a hand to help her stand up. "Whatsoever you wish for, my lord," Aerea said, letting her small hand slip into his larger ones.

"I will let you know when the times come then, princess."

[liu-shubao]

((I mean this is basically their dynamic))

[emblazonet]

The White Dragon

I finally finished The White Dragon. It only took me three months? That's totally a normal length of time for a standard-sized fantasy paperback. Oh my god I am so sorry I am so slow. I enjoyed the first third because Ruth is an adorable dragon and the return of Ramoth's egg was fun, and it could've ended there.

Unfortunately, Jaxom decided to have an affair with a woman who is granted no onscreen personality, and as soon as she seems to get into things and have desires, he fucks off and never talks to her again. Wow, class act. Then he gets sick and it's stupid and boring and he falls in love with his nurse only his nurse is Sharra, who is a nice person who deserves someone who isn't a spoiled asshole like Jaxom, but apparently rescue Sharra from her domineering (but otherwise far more interesting) brother gets to be the climax! Woo! How wonderful. Kill me now. Did this book win an award simply because they unearth a spaceship? Were readers back then just so fucking horny for spaceship that they overlooked Jaxom's noxious personality?

Why is Jaxom/Sharra even a thing when Politics/Spaceship could have been the central, erm, ship.

I still struggle to tell F'lar and F'nor apart and it's making me feel really good about the names I chose for my novels. Oh, Robinton had a heart attack and that was super sad actually because Robinton is great! And he and Menolly have such a cute dynamic and I loved that moment where they were like, wow, if we were close in age we could've been lovers. I've occasionally met older people where I've experienced a hint of that bittersweet wistfulness. I think modern readers might find that creepy, but it actually really worked for me. Probably because they didn't go on to have a spring/autumn romance, but acknowledged that, yeah, life is unfair sometimes, and it just won't ever be.

Pern wine must be made of different things than the literal poison of our alcohol.

The other tragedy of this book is how much I wanted fun archaeological expeditions but Jaxom got in the way. Like... couldn't we have focussed way more on that? Instead of him being sick in a cove for pages and pages?

Also the whole Holder bloodline thing? There's just this unexamined classism where like, Jaxom is supposed to be good for Ruatha because he's got the ~*Blood*~ for it and Lessa's all happy and Sharra is ok to marry him because she's also of Holder class and it's just. Why. Whyyy.

WELL THAT'S OVER hope I never get to see Jaxom again, on to Moreta!

3/10

[vermilllionsands]

Cover art for The White Dragon by Michael Whelan

[passions-and-pupils]

drew the bestest of boys

[wyrmoftheweb]

funny jaxom and ruth fanarts. humans are so much harder for me to draw than dragons… like, i spent less than 10 minutes drawing ruth in these and the 2 jaxoms took me OVER A WHOLE HOUR. auauauauagh.

[azazel-dreams]

Doctor Who: The White Dragon (graphic novel)

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤

[auntieoneandauntietwo]

Someone who isn’t explicitly painted as a villain challenging F’lar’s authority? Fascinating.

[the-monkey-ruler]

The White Dragon (2004) 小白龍情海翻波

Director: Wilson Yip Screenwriter: Law Yiu Fai / Yip Wilson Starring: Cecilia Cheung / Ng Chun-yu / Andy On / Tang Kin-hong / Ruan Siu-yee / Hui Siu-hung / Snowy Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance / Martial Arts Country/Region of Production: Hong Kong, China Language: Cantonese Date: 2004-10-28 Duration: 93 minutes Also known as: The Little White Dragon / 飞侠小白龙 飛俠小白龍 IMDb: tt0441263 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

In a twist departing from the standard superhero formula, White Dragon is a narcissist, forever worried about her good looks, even as she's fighting with Feather, a blind assassin nicknamed "Chicken Feathers" because of his propensity for using chicken feathers as his calling card.

Feathers is first challenged by White Dragon, an elderly woman with proficient skills in martial arts to almost match his, but not quite enough. Thinking that she has been fatally wounded, White Dragon transfers her kung-fu knowledge into empty shell Black Phoenix, turning the young woman into the prettiest martial arts expert around. The downside to having these extraordinary powers, which she does not fully understand, is bad acne, which she manages to prevent only by doing "noble" deeds like robbing from the rich and giving to the poor.

Phoenix is reluctant to take on her new role at first, but soon becomes interested in tracking down Chicken Feathers when she learns that her love interest, Second Prince Tian Yang, might become his next target. Using her flute-playing as bait, White Dragon finally faces Feathers in an attempt to defeat him before he can carry out the assassination. Feathers proves to be too good for the new White Dragon, however. When White Dragon tries to exploit his "weak points," she ends up injured (breaking her leg while trying to kick Feathers in the nuts) and dependent on Feathers, who does nurse her back to health after their heated battle. While Feathers plays nurse, White Dragon seeks to find her true weak point to stop him once and for all. What she finds instead is that Feathers has fallen in love with her, and that he is growing on her as well.

After a while her leg healed and Feathers found a letter for Second Prince Tian Yang and had it read by the town's doctor. This letter made Feathers thinking that Black Phoenix already has a boyfriend, namely the Second Prince Tian Yang. Feathers confronted Phoenix Black with this and they ended up struggling. Accidentally the girl stabbed her flute into the back of Feathers, which gave him a moment of sight. She ran away.

The Third Prince, brother of the Second Prince, apparently hired Feathers to kill his brother, this was revealed at the very last scene.

Source: https://movie.douban.com/subject/1388219/

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