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Anyone who doesn’t think the dragon is the ideal pet, can debate me here please? (Without regards to which book is selected from the answer given)

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I mean, they are not really handy to walk

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So are cats! Or horses, or (theoretical as to this list and discussion) unicorns. Horses and unicorns you can ride, as you could a dragon! Riding > walking 95% p value.

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Not as cute as cats, nuff said.

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That would mean waterbears are better pets than cats?

Also cuteness factor can be overcome with a dragons horde of gold, see Hugh Hefner.

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Discworld dragon, LOTR dragon, or Pern Dragon?

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In my head I had lotr dragon.

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Well, if it’s an LOTR dragon, and you’re Sauron, then sure. Otherwise, good luck being charcoal.

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You’d have problems taking a very sick dragon to the vet. I mean, if it can at least walk under its own power that’s one thing, but you’d need a Very Large Truck for one that’s out cold. And a crane to put it on the trailer. Then you have to find a vet who’s willing to look at it. Not all of them will treat reptiles, or large animals of any sort. Also, they have to have a parking lot that will take your truckload of dragon (ours doesn’t).

Also, the food bill would be prohibitively large. Can you imagine how much meat you’d need to feed a dragon for a year? Now think about current grocery prices. The dragon won’t pay out of its hoard (by definition—you hoard a hoard), so it’s all on you.

Don’t even try to think about cleaning up what comes out of the other end.

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Very realistic points. It’s like you had an option to adopt either a cat or a dragon, so made a pros and cons list.

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I worked my way backwards from my favorite series: Assassins Apprentice (Realm of the Elderlings) and found that the path to this series is WAY off!

“Animals more your thing?” - NO!?!?!

The main character has the deepest relationship with animals I’ve ever read.

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He literally has a form of animal telepathy.

“Looking for an old-fashioned Trilogy?” - YES!?!?!?

The series is 16 books long. If you want to make the argument that only the Fitz books count, there are nine of them…

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I feel like ‘Dune’ should have been there somewhere. Maybe I’m missing it.

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It’s in there as The Dune Chronicles. Just a little below the middle on the right-hand side.

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Iirc Stardust does, in fact, have pirates. This chart is lying to you! Airship Pirates are pirates too

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Airship pirate awareness!

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The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis. Basically, what if Napoleon’s engineers had access to helium? Author does a fantastic job of ‘building’ the airship and giving her a crew.

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Is there a higher red version?

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