I feel there should be alliterations here somewhere. You should try to work with a dictionary to make the title more deliciousAs it says in the can, judge it.
The story title is: The Dragon Patriarch’s Compendium of Failed Matchmaking
It's failing because the matchmaking process can only be described as forcibly storing any beings into his hoard.I think we will finally know how @Prince_Azmiran_Myrian's love life looks like.
Interesting point, but the fundamental flaw is that the matchmaking should be matriarchal. Given Dragon= Power, sex is by female's consent -- no rapist could survive the attempt(eviscerated with claws? Incinerated by dragon breath? Or throat ripped out with teeth?). Only social forces, or perhaps some type of heat, might create a ... less than desirable mating. Or odd male/female ratio, or size/magic/Imbalance between genders. Or baroque sex pattern like M/F/Neuter-egg-creator? Mother Nature likes KISS principle, usually...I think this will be fun as a writing prompt;
The Dragon Patriarch has struck gold in his love life, he has a beautiful and accommodating wife, awesome children who bring smiles to him, and he also has awesome friends. In a sense, he is truly loved. That's why he feels bad for his bachelor friends. Red keeps kidnapping princesses from the south, Black is obsessed with necrophilia and courting a self-obsessed vampire, Blue is a wanderlust and keeps making random hybrid babies everywhere, and Green is a shut-in. As dragons, it is the male population's responsibility to expand their numbers so that they don't go extinct, thus the beginning of... The Dragon Patriarch’s Compendium of Failed Matchmaking.
Though it might seem negative, this Compendium should help future generations which examples not to follow. Doing his best to record the failed matchmaking of his Dragon friends, the Dragon Patriarch proceeds to doggedly set up blind dates, and all kinds of gimmicks with his friends in hopes that they graduate from being a bachelor finally! Moreover, humanity should be more at ease if Red stops his princess-kidnapping... not to mention the random hybrid dragons that Blue keeps on spawning.
My judgment: I'd absolutely read it regardless of what species the Dragon Patriarch will be matchmaking.
I don't really understand... but I do have a two-syllable reaction: "Oh god..".Interesting point, but the fundamental flaw is that the matchmaking should be matriarchal. Given Dragon= Power, sex is by female's consent -- no rapist could survive the attempt(eviscerated with claws? Incinerated by dragon breath? Or throat ripped out with teeth?). Only social forces, or perhaps some type of heat, might create a ... less than desirable mating. Or odd male/female ratio, or size/magic/Imbalance between genders. Or baroque sex pattern like M/F/Neuter-egg-creator? Mother Nature likes KISS principle, usually...
This is so flawed with sexism, coming from a perspective narrowed by such strict cultural norms, that I don’t even know where to begin…Interesting point, but the fundamental flaw is that the matchmaking should be matriarchal. Given Dragon= Power, sex is by female's consent -- no rapist could survive the attempt(eviscerated with claws? Incinerated by dragon breath? Or throat ripped out with teeth?). Only social forces, or perhaps some type of heat, might create a ... less than desirable mating. Or odd male/female ratio, or size/magic/Imbalance between genders. Or baroque sex pattern like M/F/Neuter-egg-creator? Mother Nature likes KISS principle, usually...
Sounds personalSounds interesting.
what a closed bubble, limited view of society, and thinking that being "rational" is always better does to a mferThis is so flawed with sexism, coming from a perspective narrowed by such strict cultural norms, that I don’t even know where to begin…