Dragon (creature)

Dragons are very popular fantasy creatures in fandom as in original fiction. 
They may be imagined as sentient with human-like minds, or as animals. Sometimes they have or are able to take human appearance. They are frequently chosen for animal-human bonds in stories with special animal companions. They are also a fairly common choice for animal transformation fic, even in fandoms that do not have canonical dragons.
== Fandoms with canon dragons ==
*The Chronicles of Narnia
*Discworld
*Dragon Age
*Dragon AU
*Dragonriders of Pern
*Earthsea
*Escaflowne
*Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire
*Harry Potter
*How to Train Your Dragon
*Various works of J.R.R. Tolkien, including The Hobbit and The Silmarillion
*Merlin. See Great Dragon and Slash Dragon
*Norse Mythology
*Professional Wrestling promotion CHIKARA had Dragon Dragon, a guy in a foam green dragon costume. That was the entire gimmick, and it got over immediately and stayed over for its eight-year existence.
*Temeraire
*Spyro
==Dragons in Fanworks==
*Fanworks tagged Dragons at Archive of Our Own
*List of SGA fic with dragons
===Examples of Dragon Transformation Fic===
*Prince of Tennis - Draconic by kishmet. Tezuka/Ryouma fantasy AU. Tezuka is a dragon, but Ryoma doesn't mind. (2006)
*Panic! at the Disco (Bandom) - Spyro! (Or, The One Where Spencer is a Small Purple Dragon) by solar_cat. Panic!GSF, fantasy AU. (2009)
*Harry Potter - What Familiarity Breeds by skellywag. Dragon!Harry/Charlie bestiality for hp_kinkfest. (2011)
*Sherlock - How to Tame Your Dragon by Mad Maudlin. Sherlock/John slavefic, in which Sherlock captures a dragon who turns into a human. (2011)
*Supernatural RPF - Unchangeable by bewaretheides15. J2 high school AU fic. "Jared's basically the sweetest guy on the planet, except for the fact that he is actually a giant fire-breathing lizard." (2011)
===Recs & Thematic Lists===
* Recs tagged Dragons at Fancake
* Recs tagged Mythical Creatures: Dragons at Fancake
==Gallery of Dragon fanart==
File:Strangejustice-10.jpg|from Strange Justice, artist is Connie Faddis (Starsky & Hutch) (1982)
Image:Alexandersdragon.jpg|cover of Alexander's Dragon (original slash, 2006)
Image:Calloway.jpg|cover of Callaway Conspiracies (Dragonriders of Pern, mid-80s)
Image:Pern dragonchild.jpeg|Dragonchild (Pern, 1981)
Image:Pern dragonfire.jpeg|Dragonfire (Pern, 1981)
Image:Pern dragonhunt.jpeg|Dragonhunt (Pern, 1981)
Image:Dragonsandkings.jpg|cover of Dragons and Kings (TS, 1997)
Image:Dragons.jpg|cover of Dragon's Teeth (SW, 1986)
Image:Dragons Teeth interior by Nancy Stasulis 2.jpeg|interior art from Dragon's Teeth (SW, 1986)
Image:Firstflights.jpg|First Flights (Pern, mid-80s)
Image:Herethere.jpg|cover of Here Be Dragons (Man from UNCLE zine) (MUNCLE, 1991)
Image:Ofdreams13.jpg|cover of Of Dreams and Schemes 13 (multifandom, 1998)
Image:Triway1back.jpg|back cover of Tri-Way 1 (multifandom, 1982)
Image:Weyrfest1.jpg|Weyr Fest (Pern, 1992)
File:Scales.jpg|Scales of Justice cover by Connie Faddis (Starsky & Hutch, 1985)
File:Vault8.jpg|Vault of Tomorrow #8 cover by TACS (ST:TOS)
File:05Forever always 3 sue k.JPG|cover of Forever and Always #3, also featuring a unicorn (Beauty and the Beast, 1991)
File:Alphacont4-13.jpg|back cover from Alpha Continuum #4 (ST: TOS, 1980)
File:The Magician's Apprentice-Cover by ALmkkr.jpg|Cover for The Magician's Apprentice zine
File:Magapponline-3.jpg|art for The Magician's Apprentice zine
File:Masiform9back.jpg|back cover of Masiform D issue #9, Amy Falkowitz