yeah i agree that criticism of the design is… misplaced, it’s a dragon focused website and they’ve used other cultures’ ideas of dragons for design inspiration before. the look of the dragon isn’t even reminiscent of war bonnets, it’s just a stylized feathered crest. the lore, yeah, i can see an issue there (but frankly i just ignore site lore anyway, especially ancients bc they’re a bit of a mess in my opinion), but the design itself… bit of a reach. the only iffy thing is the wicker/woven genes- paired with the lore, that seems misguided.