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Fantasy Commentary| Reflections on Dragons & Fantasy https://carpedraco.com/category/extras/ Carpe Draco - Seize the Dragon! Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:10:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://carpedraco.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-cdIcon512x512-32x32.png Fantasy Commentary| Reflections on Dragons & Fantasy https://carpedraco.com/category/extras/ 32 32 224172145 🐾 Pet Embarrassment and the Secret Desire to Be Dragons https://carpedraco.com/pet-embarrassment-and-dragons/ https://carpedraco.com/pet-embarrassment-and-dragons/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:10:02 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=3736 Most pets live heroic little lives. They guard the house from mail carriers, patrol sunbeams, and bravely demand snacks at inconvenient times. And yet, for all their dignity, they must still endure embarrassments from their humans. Not intentionally, of course. It’s just something humans do with great enthusiasm and very little self‑awareness. Consider the following… Read More »🐾 Pet Embarrassment and the Secret Desire to Be Dragons

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]]> https://carpedraco.com/pet-embarrassment-and-dragons/feed/ 4 3736 🌿✨ Houseplant Dragons for Sale! https://carpedraco.com/houseplant-dragons-for-sale/ https://carpedraco.com/houseplant-dragons-for-sale/#comments Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:43:04 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=3669 (A Totally Trustworthy Advertisement by Fertilizius the Deep) Greetings, discerning plant enthusiasts, dragon collectors, and homeowners who have absolutely no idea why their houseplants keep dying! Step right up – no pushing, shoving, or casting of minor hexes – and feast your eyes upon Fertilizius’s Fancy Houseplant Dragons™. That’s right! Dragons so small, so charming,… Read More »🌿✨ Houseplant Dragons for Sale!

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]]> https://carpedraco.com/houseplant-dragons-for-sale/feed/ 4 3669 The Dragons of the Year: A 2026 Calendar Reveal https://carpedraco.com/dragons-of-2026/ Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:31:11 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=3638 There’s a special kind of magic in designing images meant to accompany you through a whole year. For this calendar, I wanted each month to feel like a small doorway into another world – a moment of quiet myth, a breath of elemental wonder, a dragon caught in a single perfect instant. These twelve pieces… Read More »The Dragons of the Year: A 2026 Calendar Reveal

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]]> 3638 🌱 The Smallest Dragons in the Kitchen https://carpedraco.com/the-smallest-dragons-in-the-kitchen/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:04:56 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=3633 Dragons come in all shapes and sizes, but some of the tiniest ones have always lived much closer to us than the great legends ever suggested. Not in mountains or forests or forgotten ruins, but in our kitchens, where warmth, steam, and the comforting scent of home rise like a quiet invitation. Every year, as… Read More »🌱 The Smallest Dragons in the Kitchen

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]]> 3633 Dragons in Disguise https://carpedraco.com/dragons-in-disguise/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 01:49:28 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=3610 Eight Raptors Who Might Not Be What They Seem Even on National Bird Day, most people who look up don’t see the truth. They see only the birds – circling shadows, flashes of feathers, silhouettes riding the wind. But those of us who love dragons know better. Some creatures in our skies move with too… Read More »Dragons in Disguise

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]]> 3610 What Ever Happened to Happy Endings? https://carpedraco.com/what-ever-happened-to-happy-endings/ Sun, 04 Jan 2026 02:36:50 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=3590 Or: Why “Happily Ever After” Still Matters Somewhere along the way, storytellers decided that giving audiences a satisfying ending was a sign of weakness. A failure of artistic courage. A betrayal of “serious” storytelling. And so, one by one, beloved shows and franchises began to limp, crash, or self‑immolate across the finish line. You know… Read More »What Ever Happened to Happy Endings?

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]]> 3590 🐉 A Dragon’s Guide to the Perfect Roast Sheep https://carpedraco.com/dragon-recipe-roast-sheep/ https://carpedraco.com/dragon-recipe-roast-sheep/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:12:16 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=3351 (A recipe by Dragon Chef Gordanix Ramscale the Magnificent, Culinary Visionary, Scourge of Pastures) 🧡 Introduction (that no one asked for) Greetings, hungry mortals, aspiring gourmands, and idiot sandwiches. You’re here for a recipe, I realize. But before we begin, I must insist you read this entire introduction, because it contains vital information about my… Read More »🐉 A Dragon’s Guide to the Perfect Roast Sheep

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]]> https://carpedraco.com/trivium/feed/ 2 355 Appreciate a Dragon Day https://carpedraco.com/appreciate/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 23:43:41 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=311 Appreciate a Dragon Day

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]]> 311 Get Yourself a Dragon https://carpedraco.com/getadragon/ https://carpedraco.com/getadragon/#comments Mon, 15 Jan 2024 23:31:55 +0000 https://carpedraco.com/?p=270 Get Yourself a Dragon This Winter

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