#traw

[some1willrememberus]

Rizha ft. Traw - NO MOLESTAR

[llyfrenfys]

PLEASE TELL US ABOUT Y DDRAIG TRAWS!

Certainly! I'm more than happy to oblige.

First though I'm gonna need to tldr: the history of Y Ddraig Goch before we get onto the (accidentally) canonically trans part.

A brief history of Y Ddraig Goch:

(The modern Welsh flag)

Y Ddraig Goch first appears in the tales of the Mabinogi (Charlotte Guest version) in the tale of Lludd and Llefelys where it is fighting a white dragon. The fight is also described/expanded upon in the c. 829 AD text Historia Brittonum (attributed to Nennius) - where the red dragon represents Wales and the white dragon represents the Anglo-Saxons. In the story the red dragon triumphs over the white. Of course, Geoffrey of Monmouth also covers the story c. 1136 in Historia Regnum Brittaniae in which he introduces the concept of the red dragon heralding the arrival of King Arthur.

Geoffrey of Monmouth claims Arthur used a banner featuring a golden dragon. But we also know the accuracy of Monmouth can be questionable at times. Owain Glyndŵr did use a banner with a golden dragon called Y Ddraig Aur - raised in 1401 at Caernarfon - Glyndŵr chose this banner as a nod to the supposed banner of Arthur and his father.

Later on the Tudor monarchs (being a Welsh family) adopted a red dragon on a white and green background in their heraldry. Eventually Y Ddraig Goch on a white and green background became the official badge of Wales in 1800. The design became the official flag of Wales in 1959.

Y Ddraig Traws:

Now for the thing you're all here for -

So, as outlined, the history of the dragon as a national symbol of Wales goes back a long way. If we're just talking post-1959, there's some interesting implications for Y Ddraig Goch's depiction.

This is what the Welsh flag (and Y Ddraig Goch) looked like in 1959 when it was officially adopted as the flag of Wales. It looks broadly the same as the first flag and has some common features - such as not having a penis (or, as in the correct heraldic terminology - a pizzle). Meanwhile, in the arms of the Tudors (specifically Henry VII)

(Tudor dragon with pizzle) vs (dragon on the flag of Cardiff - pizzleless)

the penis is almost always included. So much to the point that the present royal family still includes the penis. While pretty much 0 depictions of the dragon in Wales include a penis. So you could interpret this as the dragon is seen as male only by the British royal family and as female everywhere else (which kinda implies that at some point the Tudor dragon had an mtf transition in Wales and she keeps getting misgendered by the royal family every time she is depicted in (mostly) England).

So much to the point that in 1995 this pound coin was made by the Royal Mint featuring the pizzle on the dragon with all four feet touching the ground as opposed to standing up (passant rather than rampant).

But in Wales you'd be hard pressed to see a pizzled dragon anywhere. Ergo, we can only conclude Y Ddraig Goch is trans and she transitioned in Wales and keeps getting misgendered in England.

[note: This is mostly tongue in cheek - but I do think it's fun to extrapolate that the Welsh dragon is trans because of the differences in depiction between Wales and England. Like many things Welsh, it is misrepresented by England and the idea of the Welsh dragon being misgendered only in England is, I think, a good metaphor for a whole lot of English treatment of Wales.]

Unrelatedly, there is a gay Welsh flag held at the National Museum of Wales which has a very wonky dragon which I find very endearing.

(cleaned up version I made)

So much so I made it an emoji in my Welsh bilingual LGBTQIA+ Discord (requirements for joining are - be 16+, either speak or are learning Welsh and identify as LGBTQIA+ in some way. Dm for link!).

(triaist ti 'you tried' emoji)

~ Completely unrelatedly ~ never forget the time someone was trying to homophobic to me by suggesting that I was disrespecting all the soldiers who died 'for the Welsh flag' by making it rainbow colours and not red - arguing that any change of colour of the dragon was disrespectful. Reader, my bus pass at the time for Mid Wales Travel had a purple dragon on it.

[smnxi]

  ꒪  ★   ᧔ ⑅ ᧓   ˚   . sour cream 𝅄

[chimerical-daydreams]

Let's put the king in a little dress

To make him a beautiful princess

So when he waves his little hands

He'll be the cutest across the lands

He gets to rock a dress. As a treat.

[spineless-lobster]

My friend asked me how to pronounce patroclus and the only response I could give was “do whatever your heart tells you”

[localratwithcowboyhat]

I gaze in to the pool,, AND NIEL CICIEREGA GAZES BACK

“ will wood and niel cicierega are the same guy (they exchanged souls) and that’s cannon “

[textpostscymraeg]

Mae'n frawychus bod yn drawsryweddol yn y byd o hyn o bryd ond os wyt ti'n drawsryweddol dwi'n dy garu ac mae angen i ni aros gyda'n gilydd a dal ati i frwydro a dal ati i fyw a dal ati i garu

It's scary to be transgender in the world right now but if you're transgender I love you and we have to stick together and keep fighting and keep living and keep loving

[pethaucwiar]

life win: looked in the mirror and smiled! suck it dysphoria

[keyboardfantasies]

just wrote a really bad poem. creativity is magical <3

[llyfrenfys]

A collection of Cardiff flag/Pride flag mashups!

[stilled]

And I didn't find it.

[iinnnsane-time-freak]

GIMMIE A FUCKING ART TABLET BITCHES PLEW4ELEEASEE I WANNA DRAW SO FUCKING BAD IMMA BE SO FUCKING ANNOYING W/ IT PLSSSSSSSS

[background-process]

sorry for the lack of midnighd trawings. I've been actually sleeping a lot more now that I'm in college and haven't had the time to stay up as late as I'd like.

so MT will have to be taking a hiatus for a few months. I'll still post random doodles and drawings if I have the time, though.

when it comes back, volume 2 will be next up on the list.

see ya in the layers!

[ayanos-pl]

作業後、マスクをはずしてみると、イノコズチやセンダングサの種がいっぱいついていた（10月8日）

moja maseczka z nasionami traw

my mask with grass seeds

[lamusique1]

Dogdance World Championship 2023. Eliska Mikulcova + Sofi ft Czerwone Gi...

[pawlmtree]

do you have any tips for drawing longer snouted furries (most canines, lizards, birds and such) because everytime I traw to draw one the perspective is off or it just looks wrong...

when i draw furries i typically start with the eyes and eyebrows and then move down!! i like to use the eyes/eyebrows as a guide for where i'm going to place the nose bridge (dark blue) and then i can add the upper mouth (turquoise) and the chin (purple) and cheeks (pink)

i try to think of the face as being these separated parts in 3d space and fit them together like a puzzle to make different species/appearances (shorter for cats longer for dogs etc)

idk if that helps at all but good luck