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Isaac McKinstry 05/02 near Pawn Promotion

First off, while not the main intention of this post, I've quit Club Sunshine. My shop is now earning enough money that I can live off of that instead of having two jobs. I guess I should really thank Retrospec for giving me some of my domain back and making my shop more haunted. I can't complain about making more money that way. But here's what I want to ask and why I'm here: What are your thoughts about dragons? I know we hear stories about the knight in shining armor coming to rescue the princess from the tallest tower guarded by a dragon and people generally think of them as evil. Some people think they're good, too. You always see posts on the internet defending them. But what would you do if you knew dragons were evil beings? No, not that. Soulless beings. I think that's the right term I'm looking for. I need to know. If you don't care to talk about dragons, then let's talk about pirates.

Comments

[thesettingsun]

Sorry to see you go. You're always welcome at the club if you want to come back.

When you say 'soulless beings', what does that mean? Like on the level of a normal animal? Then I'd think of them like any other normal animal that could eat me.

[coinflipped]

Soulless beings, as in they act only on malevolence and nothing more. They don't differentiate anything and likely just cause destruction due to the nature of their being.

[ascatic]

Why not dragon pirates?
Or pirate dragons?

One would ride a dragon to attack other dragon riders,
while the other would be a dragon with pirating as their profession?



However, I would have to ask if having a soul is a requirement of being 'good' or not.

[coinflipped]

...we're kind of talking about [irate dragons, actually. Or a very unique dragon pirate.

Anyway, a soul is probably at least a requirement to make a choice instead of just causing rampant destruction due to being corrupted. If that makes sense.

[promisedyou]

To be honest, I think that would depend on what the dragon does as a soulless being. If they aren't doing anything to harm anyone, I suppose I would leave them alone.

[coinflipped]

And if they are doing harm?

[devoid]

have you remembered a lot about dragons?
i'm still new to all this so i don't really have an answer for you
soulless dragons sound kind of creepy though

[coinflipped]

In a sense, I've remembered a bit about them.

About my race and how we're related to dragons.

And how we probably become soulless dragons with the correct catalyst.

[nachetanya]

Can there really be such a thing as a soulless being...? I don't know if I like that idea! Especially if it's some other species like that . . .

[coinflipped]

What else would you call a creature who's lost all sense of itself?

[smothershadow]

I am one, so I suppose my opinion must count for something.

[Just straight to the point there.]

Saint George and the Dragon is a commonly aped story, boiled down to its most simplistic parts, but the full tale is rarely told.

We are not "evil beings," so far as I am aware.

["Morally debatable" is much more diplomatic.]

[coinflipped]

It does count.

But, it's nice to hear of a dragon that's not evil. Or... soulless.

Maybe it's just my world where we're like that then.

[penalizing]

what does that mean???
i always thought dragons were bad because they kidnap people and eat them in stories, but that's just stories...
i dunno anything about if they have souls or not

maybe i'll know more about pirates!!!
what did you want to say about them??

[coinflipped]

Yeah, I'm asking outside of stories for personal reasons.

Anyway, pirates.

They seem pretty standard as in they steal and pillage. And might be evil as well. At least pirates seem cooler than dragons.

[windowdressing]

Glad to have contributed.

[ clearly his several christmas purchases were a real game changer for your business ]

Why are you so concerned about dragons?

[ he initially adds "Did one steal your invisible spirit wife or something?" but decides to be a little less of an asshole and deletes it ]

[coinflipped]

You were a help, I'll admit that.

As for why I'm concerned with dragons, well, apparently my past self became one. Except from the stories I've heard, turning into a dragon is worse than death.

[No need to hide this from his friend, he supposes.]

[sivard]

I'd rather not talk about dragons at all.

[Hi, Isaac.]

[coinflipped]

They need to be talked about.

I can't keep avoiding this forever.

[livingimpaired]

I have no real thoughts on dragons, but if they become evil and soulless beings, they no longer have any worth or value in the world. And so, there is no reason to keep them in it.

[coinflipped]

That's harsh, but that's probably the proper way to look at it.

[lesinset]

pirates
only pirate my other knew
kidnapped him
and was female
very very female

also friend was a dragon
he is stubborn but not evil

[coinflipped]

That sounds like a pirate I'd like to get to know.

And I suppose it's nice to hear that this friend was stubborn. That not all dragons are bad.

[beneathmoonlight]

I think it’s best to judge them based on their actions, though I don’t know enough to say if they could plan destruction, or if it’s just in their nature.

Is it really evil if that’s all the dragon knows?

[coinflipped]

It's more like they don't know anything. It's like who they were had died and left the body of a dragon behind.

At least that's how it sounds.

They've been corrupted so much that a dragon is what they've become.

[floret]

Jamie Doh Soulless...
I don't know. I'm not sure I understand. How did they lose their souls? What do they have, if not a soul?

[coinflipped]

They lost their souls because of corruption. So they only act on that.

On malevolence.

[twostringsonebow]

Dragons are very cool and I would like to have a pet one.
That aside, I always found them... neutral. Neither good nor evil. Nothing from my world quite sways it one or the other, though I've ridden on them a few times here, so I'm rather favorable regardless.

What do you mean by "soulless being"? Like golems of legend, listening to the command of their master? Or something else?

[coinflipped]

I suppose that is good to hear there are good dragons. That they're not some universally feared species.

As for soulless, I'm talking about those who pretty much have lost themselves and probably only know how to bring about destruction. As far as I know, they have no master.

[imaginex]

Soulless?

That seems so sad, honestly... I've never heard lore like that.

[coinflipped]

It is sad. I don't think there's any other proper word to describe it.