Tumbleweed vs. Sweet & Smoky · 2:06am May 30th, 2019
WELP.
I admit, this one's late. But it was a holiday weekend, aaaand it was a Spike episode, and, uh-- certain things take priority over others, y'know? Not to mention the episode title made it sound like a barbecue sauce. Not to mention the fact that the show's called "My Little Pony" and not "My Little Dragon," you know?
But! I finally got around to watching the episode, and ... it wasn't terrible? Admittedly, a great deal of my entertainment came from the fact that most Dragons are unrepentant jerks. Not to mention the running gag of Ember's inability to tell ponies apart because she's racist.
And, uh, if you have a couple of beers and squint, you could almost interpret Garble as a fanfic writer, hiding his shame gift from his friends and family. And no I am not reading too much into a tiny pony cartoon no you shut up.
So, uh, yeah. Amusing enough twenty minutes of animation, but not exactly an ep I can see myself returning to unless I really, really need to do Dragon-research for whatever reason. But I already wrote Octavia's Eleven, (which you should read, for the record), so that's probably all I got to say about dragons for the time being. Because some questions probably are better left unasked. Like, do dragons lay eggs in clutches like sea turtles? Especially considering the fact that we see fewer and fewer older dragons in comparison to young ones, this suggests a rather ... high mortality rate. Which can be expected, if one takes into consideration a prevalence of XP-hungry adventuring parties ... but I digress.
EDIT: ALSO! Apparently the Dragon Lands are in sore need of a proper geologist which hey Maud Pie is right there and THE FANFIC WRITES ITSELF.
I really felt for Ember in this one. She's got the whole "I'm surrounded by idiots!" vibe down cold. No wonder the old man passed the stick of leadership down to her. He's off at some volcano, soaking in the hot tub while his daughter goes nuts with the citizens.
"Hello, Princess Celestia? Can I trade some of my subjects for some of yours? Yeah, some smarter ones. As long as they can breathe without instructions, they're better than what I got."
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See, one of my terrible headcanon things is that "Dragon Lord" is something of an ... honorary title. In that it's a major part of Dragon development to reach a point (and a size) to say "fuck this business, I'm gonna go conquer a Dwarfhome or something."
'cause you don't get a proper hoard by lava-surfing, you know.
5066645 I consider the scepter (blanking on name) to be a magic item that lets the holder know every dragon's True Name, the one most precious thing a dragon owns. Plan on using that on Twinkle Twinkle once I get it written to that point.
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Bloodstone Scepter.
5066638 That would just end with Ember having dragon jerks AND Canterlot nobles.