Magical Magic Creature Spotlight: Dragon: Common Welsh Green

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

Race #3

Common Welsh Green

As opposed to a Rare Welsh Green?

This dragon, which Fleur fought in GOF, is the cutest of all dragons, much like the Opaleye above, since it prefers to eat sheep and actively avoids humans unless provoked. Kinda like most real-life carnivores, no? Oh, and it even has a pretty roar. Clearly this dragon is only fit to be tortured by women that aren’t perfect Hermione or Ginny.

The entry also references an incident described in the introduction to the book, where one of these dragons landed on a beach where Muggles were hanging out. Naturally, a Wizarding family (somehow) managed to get the situation under control- largely by mind-raping all the Muggles in the area (it’s unknown what happened to the dragon).

This may be the most stereotypical dragon of the bunch, at least where Western dragons are concerned. The Welsh flag does in fact feature a dragon, but a red one (I remember I used to have a plush Welsh dragon, but I lost it somewhere, or gave it away- I can’t remember).

Comments

[sharaz-jek.livejournal.com]

Naturally, a Wizarding family (somehow) managed to get the situation under control- largely by mind-raping all the Muggles in the area (it’s unknown what happened to the dragon).

I looked this bit up, and I still can't believe what she wrote here. "Fatalities were mercifully prevented by the brave actions of a holidaying wizarding family (subsequently awarded Orders of Merlin, First Class), when they immediately performed the largest batch of Memory Charms this century on the inhabitants of Ilfracombe, thus narrowly averting catastrophe." Fatalities averted by removing the memories of everyone in the town. Immediately performing the charms. It seems clear that Scamander can't be referring to dragon-inflicted casualties here (and what happened to the dragon anyway?), which leaves the only possible interpretation of this as referring to torches-and-pitchforks casualties inflicted on wizards and witches in general once the Muggles find out about them. Oh, and let's not forget how immediately acting to preserve the magical world's secrecy rather than driving off the dragon is a "brave" action.

[nx74defiant.livejournal.com]

(it’s unknown what happened to the dragon).

What happened to the poor dragon doesn't matter. The important thing is that the wizarding family was ok!

Big animal lover that JKR

[aikaterini.livejournal.com]

Yes, how exactly was mind-wiping all of the Muggles “brave?” Wizards and witches do it on a regular basis! By that logic, almost everyone in the wizarding world should have received an Order of Merlin by now.

[charlottehywd.livejournal.com]

Good call there. Maybe the Order of Merlin isn't actually as prestigious as it's made out to be. I wonder if it's like those noble titles that you can buy from the "nation" of Sealand or something.

[sunnyskywalker]

Sirius did say his grandfather bought one... maybe that was actually true.

[sunnyskywalker]

That is some pretty impressive doublespeak. "Fatalities were mercifully prevented" sounds like "nobody died"... but no, that can't be right. "The dragon didn't kill anyone, because wizards wiped the humans' memories" makes no sense (why would the dragon care whether the Muggles remembered it or not?), so "the Muggles didn't later kill witches and wizards (or the dragon?)" is what's left.

[stephanie-draws.livejournal.com]

"The dragon didn't kill anyone, because wizards wiped the humans' memories"

It was clearly a dragon breed which finds being remembered (by lowly non-magic wielders to boot!) an offensive and aggressive action, warranting an attack. Thus the brave obliviators heroically prevented the dragon from attacking humans by mind-raping said people en mass, for their own good. Even if it were only second class humans.... Or perhaps, THAT they bothered at all for muggles led to the order 1st class, because it so seldom happens. I bet it was a proud Gryffindor-family in JKR's mind who accomplished the feat.

But honestly, that "fatalities were..."-sentence really makes absolutely no sense.

[jodel-from-aol.livejournal.com]

The dragon probably landed, sniffed around, didn't find any sheep, and flew off.

Ho, for the brave obliviators!