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GoT - Is Over, Post Your Drogon Sightings
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Siliconemelons
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So? The dragons where used as weapons - the human is riding them / controlling them ... the dragon riders don't really "ride" or "control" the dragons like we do horses with leads, stirrups, legs, spurs etc. to physically move and guide them- as yes a little ant human would not be able to "pull a reign" and direct the dragon- its a magical / mental link and control - so a giant dragon like that is an insane weapon to have that's nigh invulnerable to attacks and can burn down and entire castle / town (harrenhall) at ease.
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Xevy
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In the books they talk about how they basically did just saddle up on them. And they'd hit them on their flanks for the direction they wanted to go (counter to what you do with horses). As with Daenary's dragons, most of them most likely knew commands and if Tyrion is right they're highly intellectual so basically you just hop on and tell your dragon to burn their army and then knock over their tower and the dragon goes "Yeah, sure" and does it. People are thinking of dragons like horses or dogs, but they're probably closer young kids, intellect-wise.
Isn't the reason in most fiction dragons sleep so much is because if they're too active they can't get enough food?
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They're probably akin to crocodiles. They basically just absorb the suns radiation for thermal energy and basically lay and wait for prey when they need nutritional energy. Reptiles get most of their energy from other heat sources as they're ectothermic and don't use energy from food like we do to maintain homeostasis.
I imagine in real life dragons wouldn't be in caves but rather on top of mountains and plateaus most of the time. Coming down only when a food source is nearby.
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Yeah pretty much every fantasy setting I've read that goes into any kind of detail on dragons says that they eat surprisingly little considering their size. Most adult dragons need to eat every couple days, and in the high fantasy settings where dragons could get absurdly large like Song of Ice and Fire or Inheritance, dragons tend to eat an impossibly small amount of food for their size.
But it's not like the physiology of a dragon would actually support flight either. It's all fudged because hey, dragons are cool.
But it's not like the physiology of a dragon would actually support flight either. It's all fudged because hey, dragons are cool.
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s contrite return | EW.com
Tiny little interview, but it does seem to confirm that Littlefinger dun goofed and is upset his little redhead got abused.
Tiny little interview, but it does seem to confirm that Littlefinger dun goofed and is upset his little redhead got abused.
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Yeah, IM pretty sure he made up the story so he could legitimize where Jon came from. He obviously needed to create a fiction around the fake chick who had his kid.
