Here Be Dragons

[sirhugs]

I just thought this could make a nifty Literotica story title.
Like so many good titles, it HAS been usventurers travelling ded once for a NonHuman story in 2024 about a dragon looking for a human mate. And again in 2026 for a Mind Control tale featuring a dragon.

So, the trick is to dtay away from those categories and actual mythical dragons.

Early cartographers printed the inscription "Here Be Dragons" in areas where they had no idea what would be discovered, or where adventurers had returned from journeys with incredible tales. You know, obvious fictions like the world being round rather than fla. Fools. Serves them right when they sail off the edge...

So I figure the space we could work in includes:

• outer space(speaking of space)- adventurers travelling to the edge of the known galaxy- what do they find there (ok, maybe they find a space dragon)
• historical erotica featuring sailors to the edge of the known planet. Instead of falling off and never returning, they discover such shenanigans that they just never want to return
• a woman (or even a man, but everybody knows they have no sense of adventure) who uses the phrase as a warning to her lover(s) when she introduces them to kinks exploring the limits of human sexuality.

What do you think:

• is it unfair/unsafe to reuse the title?
• about these ideas?
• about other variations you might have?

 

[anthrodisiac]

It's a common phrase, perfect fine for reuse.

You could have a dragon society, and on their maps it says "Here be humans." On the human part of the world, you have "Here be dragons." Story would focus on the dragonfolk (not full dragons, more dragonborn/anthro dragon) and humans meeting at one of the spots on both their maps that they happen to be exploring. Trying to communicate, both shocked that the legends are true (both sets of sailors thought it was nonsense, no such thing as humans/dragons), and, of course, the eventual bow-chica-bow-bow as they try to get along. Could be additionally stranded there, have to work together, and they learn each other's language and that leads to friendships and more as they try to build boats to sail back from whence they came.

 

[Brandnewbuddy]

How about a mashup of maritime legends?

Age of exploration a crew sets out and the captain has a heading which will surely lead them to a land of spices and riches…then a month in, the crew finds out he’s using a map and heading for the dragon…which as they are all experienced they know is just there as a warning. The crew mutinies and pushes him out on a boat and heads back…only to hear and then see in the distance as a dragon rises out of the water, adorned in gorgeous mermaids who take the captain into their naked embrace and give him booze and riches as they pleasure him.

The dragon then sails off and the crew gives chase, not wanting to miss out

 

[Rob_Royale]

'Here there be monsters' was also used interchangably, which was made famous again by Jeffrey Rush in Pirates of the Carribbean.

In the context of this idea, it shifts things a bit. For me it brings to mind a bar called "Here there be Monsters', and it would appear to be one of those theme bars. In this case, the classic werewolf, vampire, mummy, and other Creature Feature mainstays. But that is just the facade that hides the places true nature from the average tourist looking for a burger and a beer.

But that was years ago. Now the place is boarded up and nearly forgoten. A hopeless relic of the 70s and 80s when such camp was the norm.

Until a group of criminals decide to use the place as a hideout after making a big score. Three men and two women, they party like it's 1999, enjoying their life-changing success. Until one of them wonders. "Hmm, I wonder why this door is locked?"

 

[StillStunned]

Richard Sharpe fan-fic, "Here Be Dragoons".

 

[Brandnewbuddy]

Totally different tract but as Rob Pointed out “Here be monsters” is used interchangeably and with that in mind, what if there was a book of children’s horror that was called “Here be Dragons” or “Here be monsters?”

Not like Goosebumps but rather those anthologies that would get sold at book fairs and were written off as cheap cash ins so parents rarely read inside of them and sometimes those anthologies would cover extremely adult topics despite being marketed to kids (like Bruce Coville’s collections usually started with something kid friendly but then he would mix in some very dark stories as the collection went on)

So MC vaguely remembers a book called “Here be dragons: don’t read at night” or something similar. He remembers a particular picture of a woman in there that as a kid he just thought was pretty but now as an adult he finds arousing. While helping his parents clean he finds the book and the illustration is there.

He reads it that night and the woman emerges…she disrobes and beckons him to come to her. What MC doesn’t know is that the horrors in the book only can’t harm children. He on the other hand is more than fair game and if he had paid attention to the subtext of the stories he would have known what he was getting into

 

[StillStunned]

Richard Sharpe fan-fic, "Here Be Dragoons".

If you uncultured savages can't appreciate a Sean Bean-related pun, how about this? A series of stories centred around a tavern: "Here Be Flagons!"