Who can impress what types of dragons?
At Mirror Lake we are very relaxed about impression. The only real guidelines are that golds can only impress women and bronzes can only impress men. This is one of Anne’s rules, and besides that, as progressive as Mirror Lake is, we just don’t think Pernese culture is ready yet for male goldriders. There is also a specified age bracket that candidates need to fall inside: 14-20 for fighting dragons and 16-22 for queens. Most candidates fall somewhere in the middle of that range. Aside from these rules, it’s all up to the dragon. Q: Why don’t you follow the usual guidelines on sexual orientation? A: Well, the short version is that I have a strong educational and personal background in gender studies and human sexuality, and to be honest the biological explanation for why certain dragons will impress only those of a specific sexual orientation just struck me as pretty silly and mildly offensive, as well as just being way off the mark as far as scientific accuracy goes. I’d accept cultur
