Cats are dragons.

[krossbow]

Compare the two; its true!


Both Cats and dragons are excessively vain and view themselves as the most important creatures in existence.

Both Cats and dragons have a disturbing tendency to play with their food.

Cats and dragons both have a natural affinity for shiny objects.

You do not exist in a cat or dragons world... till dinner time.

Both Dragons and cats spend the majority of their time sleeping in excessively expensive beds (or wherever they please).


This obviously explains why housecats can murder commoners with such ease.

[hamishspence]

This does go well with the comments about, in Draconomicon, the remarkable similarity between the dragon skeleton and the cat skeleton overall.

There are differences (feet, breastbone, wings, skull) but the general shape is fairly close.

[Urpriest]

Cats have an affinity for shiny objects? Isn't that ravens?

[Teln]

Compare the two; its true!


Both Cats and pseudodragons are excessively vain and view themselves as the most important creatures in existence.

Both Cats and pseudodragons have a disturbing tendency to play with their food.

Cats and pseudodragons both have a natural affinity for shiny objects.

You do not exist in a cat or pseudodragons world... till dinner time.

Both pseudodragons and cats spend the majority of their time sleeping in excessively expensive beds (or wherever they please).


This obviously explains why housecats can murder commoners with such ease.

I corrected your typos.

[Aidan305]

There's a short story, I believe by Peter Dickinson, that involves a dragon gradually turning in to a cat over time as it drinks milk. It ends with the warning that, should you not give your cats milk they'll turn back in to a dragon.

[flabort]

I may risk getting hate from saying this, but in the recent movie "How to Tame Your Dragon", you can observe the dragons behavior. It helps if you're watching it with a real cat on your lap, so you can observe the similarities.

[AslanCross]

I may risk getting hate from saying this, but in the recent movie "How to Tame Your Dragon", you can observe the dragons behavior. It helps if you're watching it with a real cat on your lap, so you can observe the similarities.

Nah, those are perfectly acceptable. The dragons in D&D are also explicitly mentioned to be catlike even in anatomy (as per Draconomicon).

[nedz]

I have this vision of a BBEG stroking a small white dragon

Yes - that would work.

[hamishspence]

While very few wyrmling dragons are Tiny (cat sized) wyrmling white dragons are one of them.

so, it would work.

[krossbow]

and he could have even murdered the baby dragon's mother to get his egg too, for extra evil points.

Cats have an affinity for shiny objects? Isn't that ravens?

[Psyren]

"Dragons are cats" might be a more accurate thread title imo.

[AstralFire]

- The internet is far too obsessed with both.

[grarrrg]

Compare the two; its true!

I must disagree.

The key, and most important notable difference being...


Cats don't feel the need to mate with anything that moves. Case in point, there is no "Half-Cat" template.

[Heliomance]

Point countered with: Any episode of Red Dwarf.

[turkishproverb]

I must disagree.

The key, and most important notable difference being...


Cats don't feel the need to mate with anything that moves. Case in point, there is no "Half-Cat" template.

Point counted with: Anything killed by gaming physics discussions.

[boomwolf]

While very few wyrmling dragons are Tiny (cat sized) wyrmling white dragons are one of them.

so, it would work.

Dungeonbred template for reducing size?

[Archpaladin Zousha]

There's a short story, I believe by Peter Dickinson, that involves a dragon gradually turning in to a cat over time as it drinks milk. It ends with the warning that, should you not give your cats milk they'll turn back in to a dragon.

Actually, I think you're thinking of E. Nesbit.

[TeqSun]

One problem with your theory: dragon brains >>> cat brains.

[The Dark Fiddler]

One problem with your theory: dragon brains >>> cat brains.

That's what they want you to believe.

[boomwolf]

actually cats are proven to be very, very smart. they are just too apathetic to the surrounding to ever do something with their brains.

Dragons on the other hand are too vain to make use of their brains in many cases. so it kina adds up.

[WinceRind]

Point countered with: Any episode of Red Dwarf.

Touche.

I think this reference might miss quite a lot of people, though...

[Mewtarthio]

Critical difference: Not all dragons are Evil.

[Halae]

Critical difference: Not all dragons are Evil.

neither are all cats, but those that aren't evil are Neutral Apathetic

[Tiki Snakes]

neither are all cats, but those that aren't evil are Neutral Apathetic Dead.

Fixed that typo for you.

[Aidan305]

Actually, I think you're thinking of E. Nesbit.

Perhaps, I haven't read it in about 14 years.

A quick browse reveals that you are, indeed, correct. Thanks, Now I know which section of my bookshelves to look for it.

[Thrawn183]

- The internet is far too obsessed with both.

Yeah, except dragons are awesome and cats are quite the opposite.

[Psyren]

Yeah, except cats are awesome and dragons are quite the opposite.

Continuing the post fixing

[Serpentine]

I noticed this tendency. Pretty much any dragon will have feline attributes - Tamora Pierce's, Pern's, How To Train Your Dragon's, D&D's, Dragon Milk's... In fact, I'm gonna go see if it's a Trope.

[Psyren]

Remember that the trope should be that Dragons Are Catlike, not the other way around!

[Serpentine]

Hm. No actual trope, but a couple of references. Who wants to fix this?!