[ANOTHER FLAME WAR] Are dragons overpowered or not?

Well, if your neighbor decided that a minotaur sage is his opinion, and he wants to create such an image, I won't interfere, as long as he doesn't try too hard to prove that his image is the only correct one.

However, this image will only exist in his altered consciousness. For everyone else, the creature will remain a mythological half-bull, living in a labyrinth and tearing apart, and then devouring, young people. And if someone creates a topic on a thematic forum: "Minotaurs - are they cool or not?", and your neighbor writes there about his idea of a smiling minotaur sniffing flowers in a cassock, then he will either be ignored or sent to the infamous three letters. Because opinion is opinion, but no one has ever considered simple sanity to be a negative quality.
I have never liked blind fighters for copyright and intellectual property, but to distort the original source is, at the very least, bad manners.

I love breaking stereotypes. That's why...

Go ahead, break stereotypes and have fun with ancient myths, you can even write your own non-banal bible without stereotypes about the Jewish people, but don't "force others to take into account a different point of view" in that case.

And in the East, by the way, a dragon is a quite peaceful, wise, and positive creature. This is also a tradition, a canon, a rule. And also about dragons.

Do you see Eastern dragons in fantasy works? I don't. So, let's not bring this up.

Perhaps I was wrong/didn't look closely enough, but in your posts, I only saw the imposition of a one-sided opinion about the nature of dragons, when for several pages people have been trying to prove to you that dragons can be different.

Not imposition. As far as I remember, after my statement, everyone suddenly decided to convert me to their faith, convincing me of their rightness and the limitations of my words. I'm just cooling down this fervor with facts. Yes, mythological ones, but facts.

Regarding the appearance, for example, of centaurs or minotaurs. If I'm not mistaken, the words themselves hint at the appearance of the creature they name.

Not really. Just a little bit.

But nevertheless, as was said above, I did not see that you took into consideration someone else's opinion.

Didn't see... Did you not notice my analogy? Have you not read my posts before? There was also mention of intelligent dragons. More than once. Or is it enough to answer a message to forget it, answering the next one?

Hmm. If I say that your opinion is limited, it doesn't mean that I am right.

If you are not right, then why do you have the audacity to talk about the limitations of other people?

You claim that dragons are ONLY stupid killers, and you dismiss "rare exceptions to the rule" as unnecessary. Yes, I understand, this is your opinion, your attitude, but you still need to be at least a little more objective. We all already understand and accept your opinion, but you still don't care about others.

Understood and accepted? By trying your best to prove to me my limitations and wrongness? Ignoring the topic and moving on to personal attacks?

The discussion itself is quite entertaining and interesting, I just would like to conduct it in a more friendly and positive tone. After several attempts to bring the conversation to a semi-fluffy-friendly manner, I ran into a wall of seriousness, closed-mindedness, and a certain categoricalness. Naturally, I couldn't like that. Hence all the attacks. Less sharpness (yes, on both sides) - and the conflict will be resolved.

"I'm a moderator, and I'll ban you," "oh, come on, she was just kidding" - this doesn't really encourage a "semi-fluffy manner," whatever that means. Regarding friendliness, I don't know why you feel offended. Perhaps friendliness lies in putting a lot of emoticons, but I'm sorry, I don't do that. However, maybe you will feel better if I say that I am conducting the conversation completely impartially? Without feeling any dislike? Especially after an apology.

Regarding the voting.

What does the correctness of the option in the poll have to do with it? An option is an opinion. And as you yourself said a little higher - "it's the neighbor's opinion, I won't interfere." So, you can just discuss it, without trying to impose something or accuse someone of something, right?

I repeat once again, it depends ONLY on the author's imagination. Whatever he wants, that's how it will be.

Yes, and then fantasy fans will send him to the three letters for making elves six feet tall and settling orcs in trees. If the book/movie/game/tabletop setting is even released.
Well... At least he fantasized. Ignoring all decency.

P.S. Do hating, warlike gnomes who love magic exist? As far as I remember, neither their height nor their physique allows them to lift heavy objects.