Mar-21-2010, 04:56 PM (UTC)
I think that the Pratchett quote might be from The Unadulterated Cat, but it is ages since I read it and I don't own own a copy. I wonder whether it is even still in print!
In some ways, the dragons of RotE are a lot like cats; graceful, individualistic, predatory and arrogant. The relationship of dragons and elderlings is also a little like the ambiguous relationship of humans and cats (who has tamed who?). It makes me wonder whether the earliest Wit bonds were between humans and cats.
Perhaps the Others fear cats because cats are like dragons writ small. Then again, perhaps it is merely the fishlike nature of the others that makes them afraid of feline predators.
In some ways, the dragons of RotE are a lot like cats; graceful, individualistic, predatory and arrogant. The relationship of dragons and elderlings is also a little like the ambiguous relationship of humans and cats (who has tamed who?). It makes me wonder whether the earliest Wit bonds were between humans and cats.
Perhaps the Others fear cats because cats are like dragons writ small. Then again, perhaps it is merely the fishlike nature of the others that makes them afraid of feline predators.
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