#bowen dragonheart

[munalizart]

This scene from Dragonheart...

[westernstardh]

Draco (Dragonheart, 1996) Appreciation Gif Set

[unibat]

Draco: “…and you’ll kill me for sport? And when there are no more dragons to slay, how will you make a living knight?”

Bowen: “SHUT UP!”

Dragonheart. It was my first real experience of a dragon in a movie besides the 1 minute debut of Maleficent’s dragon in Sleeping Beauty.

The cgi still holds strong, 27 years later.

I loved working on this despite my hand cramping bad. I used lots of texture brushes in Clip Studio. I had to redo a bit of the line work since I wasn’t really aware of the shape of Draco’s belly plates. The reference was a bit too dark to tell.

I hope you enjoy!

Rest in Peace Sean Connery 🐉❤️

Sai/ Csp (12 hours)

[captainlaurence]

Inject this score directly into my bloodstream

[ellena-asg]

"Go save your dragon, Bowen" and "I go to save the dragon! Who will go with me?" are the best quotes from that movie. These are the most beautiful and emotional words said by a human about a dragon/dragon's life. Best ever. How to train your dragon? I like it but, sorry, Dragonheart is the best ❤️

[wheres-all-the-tea-gone]

Sometimes I think Dragonheart would do better in a fantasy setting

[nerdylibertarian928]

Einon was waving red flags and Bowen was colorblind

[trekkitkat]

Underrated battle couple. Bowen and Kara.

[laylanatorseventeen]

Watching dragonheart and einen is waaaay too overconfident about his immortality.

Bowen coming at him with a big ass axe like he couldn't chop his fucking head off. Like I doubt your magical chest engine would save you from brain death were your head separated from your body. And if it could, would you really want to live like that?

Of course he's also got plot armor bc falling like eight stories through a stone floor should have horribly mangled him, which is also some fridge horror bc his heart may have kept him alive but his bones still should have broken lmao. He still should have been terribly injured.

Also Draco and Bowen are sooooo gay oh my god why did they make this so needlessly romantic FOR GODS SAKE

[nevgig]

“To the stars, Bowen. To the stars!”

Been depressed lately and I’ve been thinking a lot about mr Draco Dragonheart for some reason

[munalizart]

They were the original Shrek and Donkey, Geralt and Jaskier...

[westernstardh]

[nightbringer24]

Every time I think of Dragonheart, I remember this killer scene, with Bowen (played by Denis Quad) recites The Old Code, recited by King Arthur, which the novelization of the film gives in full:

Inside the table's circle, Under the sacred sword, A knight must vow to follow The code that is unending. Unending as the table - A ring by honor bound. A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His might upholds the weak. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked. The right can never die If one man still recalls. The words are not forgot, If one voice speaks them clear. The code forever shines, If one heart holds it bright.

[captainlaurence]

In the last 24 hours I’ve been on a kick to rewatch all my favorite medieval fantasy children’s movies and so far on the list has been The Sword in the Stone, The Black Cauldron, the Last Unicorn, and now I’m starting Dragonheart.

No wonder I am the way I am.

[liminalwings]

Working with Dragons: On 'Draconic Codes of Honor'

   In my early days of searching the internet for dragon magic resources, a lot of the same information got yoinked and passed around from website to website. This was the days of Geocities and Angelfire, when literally anyone could build a website and almost nobody liked to cite where they got their information. So you would have pages copied verbatim from D.J. Conway’s (singular) book on dragon magic (now there’s three), with personal UPG or other cool and mystical-sounding embellishments sprinkled here and there. 

   One of these often passed-around tidbits would be a “Draconic Code of Honor”, a 15 or 20 bullet-point list of ethics to follow that some sources brazenly added that “all true dragon magicians follow”. This at least did not stem from Conway’s writings, but originated online at about the same time as Dancing With Dragons’ original publishing in 1994; specifically, from J’Karrah Ebondragon’s “Clan of the Dragon” website. Formerly “Kerowyn J’Karrah SilverDrake”, J’Karrah has been a long-time active member in both Pagan and Dragonkin internet circles, as well as being a dragon artist. Her website, “Clan of the Dragon” (CotD for short) can be searched as far as 2001 on the Wayback Machine, with much of her content being stated to date back as far as 1994. Her dragon magic information is probably the second most-reposted after Conway’s work, including being directly plagiarized in some smaller self-published books in more recent years.  

   Her ‘draconic code of honor’ she even says was based on older traditional sources and codes that were being used in pagan spaces at the time, and according to information gathered by another longtime dragon magic practitioner and Dragonkin, Tysharina, the code was mostly created for use of J’Karrah’s small group of fellow practitioners for their particular ‘Draconic Tradition’; it was never intended to cover all draconic paths, especially with there being so few publicly at the time of its creation. It has been passed around and revised by numerous people and groups, with one version claiming that “dragons will not work with a practitioner that ignores [the code]”. Given that this code was created for one specific group and was never intended as a universal rule for working with dragons (and in fact the original version does not have this ‘dragons won’t work with you’ caveat), this can be misleading and off-putting for those looking to work with dragons with no prior experience or knowledge, and is in fact not shared by all draconic paths. 

   Some folks from around that same timeframe might also have been inspired by the DragonHeart movie from 1996, as the character Draco emphasized Bowen to follow ‘the Old Code’, which, in this case, refers to the Code of Chivalry. This may likely have led to a connection for some between dragons and some sort of code of honor, which has since infiltrated most information you see on dragon magic and working with dragons. 

   Since these two large influences on modern dragon magic, it has become almost standard for dragon magic resources to include some sort of code to be followed. Some of these are vastly different from the CotD’s code, original to their authors, and have been created to best suit their specific tradition. 

   In short, while you might find agreement and feel moved to follow such a code (which is perfectly fine, I’m not trying to dissuade anyone), do note that following such a code is not a necessity for working with dragons, is not universal to all dragons, and was created for specific traditions; dragon magic in general does not require moral guidelines in order to begin working with it. Anecdotally, the dragons I work with have never demanded or even discussed an ethical code with me, but I also give them the same basic respect I would give other people, which tends to be all you really need. 

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https://web.archive.org/web/20091024212649/http://geocities.com/jkarrah/Honor.html - J’Karrah’s Clan of the Dragon 'Code of Honor' page via Wayback Machine

https://aminoapps.com/c/worldofmagic278/page/blog/the-clan-of-the-dragons-code-of-honor/odp5_Drsduq1NE3eX0x464DRNNb1odEjmW - Tysharina’s article on the CotD’s Code including information gathered from her personal correspondences with J’Karrah, and references to other draconic groups’ codes. (I would love to simply reblog her writing if she had posted it on tumblr, but alas, Tysha tends to go poof every few years, thus why I write this instead with due credit and linkage)

[goodhairbadmanners]

The first Dragonheart is the only one in my universe. Dennis Quade was the typical 90s asshole(high key sexist) hero and Sean Connery made me sob over a damn dragon.. who was the last of his kind *starts weeping* and was still secretly the kindest soul to ever live! while also being a bad bitch.*tears down curtains* *shatters all existing fine china* *curls into a ball* "The stars Bowen. The stars." *dies*