Fantasy needs to be grounded. It is not simply a license to do anything you like. Smaug and Toothless may both be dragons, but they should never be confused. Ignore canon, and the world you’ve created comes apart like tissue paper.
— GRRM on writing (dragons)
https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2024/07/11/here-there-be-dragons-2/
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