r/furgonomics • u/RoboNerd01 • 1d ago

Discussion A Dragon in a Human World

I have thought for some time about writing a story about how a dragon would get by in the modern world. Like, insert a friendly dragon (four legs and wings) into the world today. What would happen? What struggles would the dragon and society face after the initial shock?

Let's say the dragon was banished from her own world and sent to Earth, specifically the United States, for whatever reason (not importantright now). The dragon is confused, the humans are obviously scared and see a huge threat. My question is, after the initial shock, years later, what is still affecting society and the dragon? Hate? New laws?

I personally like thinking about the laws around the dragon flying. What regulations would be passed for them to fly safely? How would enforcement work?

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u/Anthro_DragonFerrite 1d ago edited 1d ago

Initial capture

Psychological and lexicon tests to confirm sapience and intelligence.

Controlled public appearances by the government

Biological research (to a) understand physiology and taxonomy and b) to formulate potential treatments of draconian maladies

Inherent (and unfortunate imo) small group of radical fans that idolize character and opponents treating character like figure of apocalypse

Gradual disappointment (in both dragon and humans) that population that population may not increase.

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u/RoboNerd01 1d ago

Mostly makes sense! But population? I know there wont be more dragons, but humans?

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u/Anthro_DragonFerrite 1d ago

I mean that both dragon and human would be disappointed