The entire concept of a wyvern is a fairly recent one.
Tom Send a noteboard - 16/12/2013 04:48:15 PM
It generally just applies to a two-legged dragon, so in the traditional (i.e., starting in the 17th Century when the term came around) nomenclature, all wyverns are dragons but not all dragons are wyverns.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug
- 13/12/2013 10:03:50 AM
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Sorry, two-legged dragons are just goofy, even if they did the best they could with that limitation
- 13/12/2013 11:13:34 PM
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I'm glad I am not the only person who cares about that.
- 15/12/2013 08:41:48 AM
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I don't care whether dragons have "hands" or not, as long as it meets all other draconic reqs.
- 15/12/2013 02:16:15 PM
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I'm not looking for "hands."
- 15/12/2013 03:48:26 PM
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The entire concept of a wyvern is a fairly recent one.
- 16/12/2013 04:48:15 PM
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I especially liked Thranduil's scenes. *minor spoilers*
- 13/12/2013 11:25:30 PM
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such a good physical match for Legolas
- 14/12/2013 01:22:21 AM
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Thought he looked more elf than Elrond and Galadriel put together.
- 14/12/2013 07:13:00 AM
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So how is the new female elf they introduce "Tauriel"
- 14/12/2013 05:34:56 AM
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I liked her
- 14/12/2013 10:43:22 AM
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A lot of reviews said she was one of the best parts of the movie
- 16/12/2013 06:05:50 PM
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Have to say, this was even worse than the first one, and I fear the third one may be still worse.
- 04/01/2014 12:32:51 AM
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You know what I think. I definitely have spoilers.
- 04/01/2014 07:23:52 PM
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No point in arguing about such things, of course
- 04/01/2014 09:51:07 PM
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This is true.
- 04/01/2014 11:22:51 PM
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"Hamster", not "Hampster".
- 05/01/2014 05:28:48 PM
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It's a Gerbil from the Hamptons.
- 05/01/2014 08:11:39 PM
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Or perhaps a hipster rodent. All the more reason to poison it. *NM*
- 06/01/2014 07:54:13 PM
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The golden statue
- 06/01/2014 05:55:31 PM
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...that doesn't make me feel better.
- 07/01/2014 06:41:01 PM
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*NM*