This topic is, regrettably, a rather touchy subject that can boil the blood of anyone in the vicinity. It’s been looping through my head these past few days, and I’ve yet to really come to a wholehearted decision. Are dragons considered dinosaurs, or does their residence in fantasy negate any such possibility?
The Mascots of My Internal Toils
Before I delve too deeply into the fat of the debate, I’d like to discuss what brought me to this age old question. I was going through some of my old games recently, when I happened upon my copy of Bust a Move 2 for the Sega Saturn. I grimaced, remembering the stupid amount of time I put into the game, but I was a mere pawn to its forces, and had to boot it up yet again. As I was playing level after level, I began overthinking the origins of the characters Bubble and Bobble, and just what it is they are. They’re undeniably adorable, but they’re also very dino-like in appearance. Their Wikipedia page refers to them as dragons, but I’m not sure I’m ready to concur. If I did go along with this notion, though, would that mean they weren’t dinosaurs? Or would it mean that they’re mythical offshoots of the dino lore?
It started off as an innocent internal debate, as these things often do, but I quickly noticed an escalation of it in the priorities of my mind. I thrive on seemingly unimportant questions like this, and derive possibly far too much entertainment from them. As it stands I’m still unsure of what to truly think, hence the writing of this article. Do you have an opinion on this subject? Do you think dragons can exist in the same realm as dinosaurs?