{"id":103682,"date":"2025-02-26T15:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutiething.com\/?p=25550"},"modified":"2025-02-26T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:56:34","slug":"ex-corporate-banker-says-transition-to-becoming-a-human-dragon-cost-their-sons-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/ex-corporate-banker-says-transition-to-becoming-a-human-dragon-cost-their-sons-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Corporate Banker Says Transition To Becoming A Human Dragon Cost Their Son&rsquo;s Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Humans are constantly evolving. Some evolve more than others and create their dream lives. This is the case for Tiamat Legion Medusa, who transformed themselves into a \u201cgenderless dragon.\u201d\n<p>Medusa\u2019s extreme physical transformation did not sit right with their son. Because of this, they are estranged from each other. Medusa hopes one day to reconcile.\n<figure id='\"attachment_25554\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25554\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25554 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Ex-Corporate-Banker-Says-Transition-To-Becoming-A-Human-Dragon-Cost-2.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1602\"' height='\"1293\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25554\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>STUART VILLANUEVA\/The Daily News\n<p>Medusa opened up and told their story to YouTuber Anthony Padilla. They are 61 years old and live in Texas. The last 10 years they have been working hard to achieve their ideal physical appearance.\n</p><p>Medusa was born Richard Hernandez and uses they\/them pronouns. Before their transformation, they worked as a successful corporate banker. The conformity of the corporate world never felt authentic to them.\n<figure id='\"attachment_25551\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25551\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25551 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Ex-Corporate-Banker-Says-Transition-To-Becoming-A-Human-Dragon-Cost-1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1536\"' height='\"1024\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25551\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Denny Shoopman \/ Jam Press\n<p>\u201cI was in my late 40s, prior to me living my life as the freak that I am \u2026 I already had 79 piercings and most of them were hidden,\u201d Medusa began. \u201cThe ones that weren\u2019t I could take out every day and put them back in, which is what I used to do.\u201d\n</p><p>Medusa wanted more freedom to look the way they desired. They wanted to have more piercings and tattoos, which would be taboo in the corporate world. So they left their cushy job to begin pursuing their dragon dreams.\n<figure id='\"attachment_25552\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25552\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25552 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Ex-Corporate-Banker-Says-Transition-To-Becoming-A-Human-Dragon-Cost-1.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"615\"' height='\"769\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25552\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>tiamatdragonlady\/Instagram\n<p>To achieve their ideal look, they split their tongue. They got face tattoos. They even spent $80,000 for horn implants on their forehead.\n<figure id='\"attachment_25553\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25553\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25553 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Ex-Corporate-Banker-Says-Transition-To-Becoming-A-Human-Dragon-Cost-2.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1080\"' height='\"1350\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25553\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>tiamatdragonlady\/Instagr\u200bam\n<p>Medusa\u2019s son did not approve. \u201cThe relationship or the connection with my son has changed,\u201d Medusa revealed. \u201cAt the time when I started my transformation, my son had already turned 16, and he rejected me at that point in my life.\u201d\n</p><p>\u201cMy son hasn\u2019t been in my life for seven years; I\u2019m hoping that he is at least watching me on the internet because the reason I\u2019m out there in such a big way is for him,\u201d Medusa said.\n</p><p>Medusa also hopes their life serves as an example for others who want to live their authentic truths that may not fit into societal norms. Medusa loves proving people\u2019s assumptions wrong.\n<figure id='\"attachment_25555\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25555\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25555 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/Ex-Corporate-Banker-Says-Transition-To-Becoming-A-Human-Dragon-Cost-4.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"1280\"' height='\"721\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25555\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>tiamatdragonlady\/Instagr\u200bam\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible to hear and see people who don\u2019t know me to automatically assume that I\u2019m a loser, I\u2019ve never accomplished anything in my life, or I\u2019m ignorant and probably didn\u2019t graduate from high school,\u201d Medusa said.\n</p><p>Medusa also shared some pictures of themself before their body modification journey\u2026\n<figure id='\"attachment_25562\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25562\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25562 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/download-6-3.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"574\"' height='\"754\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25562\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Credit: In The Know via YouTube\n<figure id='\"attachment_25561\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25561\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25561 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/download-5-4.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"670\"' height='\"462\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25561\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Credit: In The Know via YouTube\n<figure id='\"attachment_25563\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25563\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25563 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/download-7-2.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"669\"' height='\"832\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25563\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Credit: In The Know via YouTube\n<figure id='\"attachment_25564\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-25564\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-25564 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/download-9-1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"669\"' height='\"813\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-25564\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>Credit: In The Know via YouTube\n<p>S0urce: littlethings.com\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Humans are constantly evolving. Some evolve more than others and create their dream lives. This is the case for Tiamat Legion Medusa, who transformed themselves into a \u201cgenderless dragon.\u201d Medusa\u2019s extreme physical transformation did not sit right with their son. Because of this, they are estranged from each other. 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