Flight Rising Discussion

Ok so, quick disclaimer before I get started; The main reasons I am thinking about this is because: 1. I usually like to picture the dragon breeds not as full quadrupeds, but instead as pseudo-bipeds / still-in-the-process-of-evolving-to-be-bipeds / [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facultative_bipedalism][u]facultative bipeds?[/u][/url] 2. I was thinking of what makes Obelisks very [i]distinct[/i] against the other breeds 3. I love overanalyzing my pixel dragons [emoji=obelisk laughing size=1] Ok, with that out of the way, here's an observation I made. Obelisks are incredibly broad compared to other breeds of dragons (except maybe Snappers). Every other breed has a decently long neck compared to their body, whereas Obelisks have very broad and short necks. Take a look at this overlay I did: [center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/696747924910112800/887510006495322152/unknown.png[/img][/center] If you look at most other dragons, you can see that their head protrudes out relative to their body much more than that of an Obelisk. Obelisks also have a much broader / denser upper torso than that of their lower torso. You can see this shape a bit better on the Male art: [center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/696747924910112800/887516241995132958/unknown.png[/img][/center] This also leads me into my next point, which is Obelisk's arms. Obelisks have incredibly long and muscular arms, but thinner back legs. The arms on the Male's art are a bit weird looking due to foreshortening, so I used the incredible power of photoshop to show about where their arms would end here: [center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/696747924910112800/887510117958942790/unknown.png[/img][/center] So to put it all together: Obelisks are built like [b]trucks[/b]. They are bulky and stout compared to most other breeds. Here's some art I did to show what one might look like standing upright (again with my half biped/quadruped headcanons): [center][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/696747924910112800/887518439361613894/unknown.png[/img][/center] I don't think Obelisks would be very good fliers, their wings seem much a bit too short to carry their massive frame. Then again, their wings / torso in general seem pretty muscular, so who knows. So yeah. That's my hot headcanon/interpretation for today. I would love to hear your thoughts on this!

ooooo yessss!! I always liked the idea of the dragons being semi-bipedal, and it makes a lot more sense for lore and stuff, but like... how do those little back legs hold em up? Can they actually fly?
My personal headcanon is that they can go for short distances, but they seem more built for combat and ~aesthetic~

I think all dragons canonically have practical use of their front paws. However, the very physique of the Obelisk itself shows that bipedalism would be very unlikely; as shown from the diagram that you have graciously provided, they would be much too top-heavy. While they surely can walk a few steps upright like apes, they would much more certainly prefer walking on four legs(although I certainly wouldn't doubt that they have a wider range of movement for their limbs, just for the digging aspect.) Canon wing sizes ensure that no dragon can fly with Earth-like gravitational forces so we must assume that Sornieth has less gravity than Earth. In that case, heaviness of wing material would likely not be a problem as taking off and staying afloat would likely be much easier. Rather, generating lift and perpetuating aerial motion would be key, and it just so happens that our Obelisk friends have the strong wings to do so.

I'm in love with this over analyzation of the pixel dragons uwu

Chunk.

Chonk.

i love your wireframes, i'm a very visual person so they're super helpful :D

re: flight, i think it makes sense if obes as an earth breed can't fly super long distances or take off from a standstill (like i think maybe fae, veilspuns, spirals, skydancers, & probably a few others can). i definitely think they can glide though, and probably with a good open stretch they could get into a running/gliding gait of sorts? like, wings open, sprinting, a few wingbeats, glide a couple dozen meters, back to sprinting, etc. for covering long distances. (it should be noted i personally like most dragon breeds as facultative bipeds, so the run here is all 4s with wings parallel to the ground)

& just in general: earth dragons mandatory units. i love this for them. Big Friends :]

Amazing, true tanks.

They're pitbulls.

@Metalhead

My brain went to the same place! Pibble dragons.