Post by Dragon Spirit on Dec 22, 2008 22:16:23 GMT -5
Personally, I've got mixed feelings on the issue on the divergence of the general idea of a dragon from the original legends and tales of ages past.
On one side, I dislike the modernization of dragons. For example - european dragons were traditionally evil creatures, and I feel that fewer and fewer people know this because so many people can think only of making nice, protagonist dragons. I'm not saying that there couldn't be both good and bad dragons - only that the traditional stories about them are being lost as people want to make righteous and morally good main characters, and as dragons are being used much more often as main characters.
On the other hand, I deeply sympathize with authors, directors, artists, etc who take creative liberties with their dragons and dragon-like creatures. I do it often enough. No one should be limited to only one interpretation of a creature when they want to do their own thing.
So really, I don't know if I really care one way or another, since I sympathize with both sides of this issue. Anyone else have any opinions on the matter?
On one side, I dislike the modernization of dragons. For example - european dragons were traditionally evil creatures, and I feel that fewer and fewer people know this because so many people can think only of making nice, protagonist dragons. I'm not saying that there couldn't be both good and bad dragons - only that the traditional stories about them are being lost as people want to make righteous and morally good main characters, and as dragons are being used much more often as main characters.
On the other hand, I deeply sympathize with authors, directors, artists, etc who take creative liberties with their dragons and dragon-like creatures. I do it often enough. No one should be limited to only one interpretation of a creature when they want to do their own thing.
So really, I don't know if I really care one way or another, since I sympathize with both sides of this issue. Anyone else have any opinions on the matter?
