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Making a term non-gendered
4 years ago
(Disclaimer: This isn't me deciding, as a singular nonbinary individual, to canonize a word in such a way that no one else can use the original, this is just me trying to find something that works for me)
Soooo I've been into "Dad Bods" recently. As in, I want to have one as well as enjoy the ones others have.
...Except the "Dad" part of the "Dad Bod" makes me somewhat dysphoric.
So I'm sitting here, musing with
RustySteele about this, when suddenly I get an idea.
Dragon Bod.
And I don't just mean this because I'm a dragon.
Think about it. "Dad Bods" are the way they are because fathers are often taught to be handy around the house and do a lot of heavy lifting/physically intensive housework. But they're fat around the chest and belly area because they eat and drink a lot of comfort food and alcoholic stuff.
But it's not that different from how dragons were once typically depicted as.
Dragons have to be strong, muscular to defend their hoards from would-be thieves and invaders. But also fat, because they eat and sleep a lot.
Dads can be either inviting or frightening, and so can dragons (especially pear-shaped dragons, being incredibly friendly, even if they're usually given stick-thin arms as a result)
And honestly the big thing I am kind of dissatisfied with as far as recent dragon designs go is that they're often skinny and with overly plated bellies (when they're typically supposed to have *soft* bellies)
As for having pecs, well...
As lizards who lack mammaries, dragons shouldn't have pecs, but who the fuck cares? It's sexy and I want to feel sexy.. More tiddies for dragons. Nipples, too.
Even for the "feral" dragons. Especially for the "feral" ones.
Soooo I've been into "Dad Bods" recently. As in, I want to have one as well as enjoy the ones others have.
...Except the "Dad" part of the "Dad Bod" makes me somewhat dysphoric.
So I'm sitting here, musing with
RustySteele about this, when suddenly I get an idea.Dragon Bod.
And I don't just mean this because I'm a dragon.
Think about it. "Dad Bods" are the way they are because fathers are often taught to be handy around the house and do a lot of heavy lifting/physically intensive housework. But they're fat around the chest and belly area because they eat and drink a lot of comfort food and alcoholic stuff.
But it's not that different from how dragons were once typically depicted as.
Dragons have to be strong, muscular to defend their hoards from would-be thieves and invaders. But also fat, because they eat and sleep a lot.
Dads can be either inviting or frightening, and so can dragons (especially pear-shaped dragons, being incredibly friendly, even if they're usually given stick-thin arms as a result)
And honestly the big thing I am kind of dissatisfied with as far as recent dragon designs go is that they're often skinny and with overly plated bellies (when they're typically supposed to have *soft* bellies)
As for having pecs, well...
As lizards who lack mammaries, dragons shouldn't have pecs, but who the fuck cares? It's sexy and I want to feel sexy.. More tiddies for dragons. Nipples, too.
Even for the "feral" dragons. Especially for the "feral" ones.
I certainly don't want to force a term on anyone they don't want.
(I tend to prefer dragons more bipedal even when they're "feral", though, due to my love of toon dragons and how they'd sit up with their big belly and stuff)
I'm actually planning on buying clothes that allow me to, effectively, present myself in a way I find sexy.
Including a shirt that can be opened so I can effectively bare my chest and belly to the world, but can still be closed when I need to be modest.
I'm just debating on what kind of pants... or shorts, even. How "Parental Unit" do I want to go with my look?