Doctor Whooves™ 332 April 19, 2012 Share April 19, 2012 Hey, this is Rainbow Dash, the greatest pony of all. OK, Twilight told me that Spike grows giant when he's greedy and collects things. How does that work? That makes NO sense. Can somebody explain this to me please. That's actually how old dragon legends worked.They accumulated treasure throughout centuries, growing alongside their stockpile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavelColt 22,880 April 29, 2012 Share April 29, 2012 My bigger question is why does Spike want to know what Dragons do later down the line in 'A Dragon Quest'? He experienced himself that Dragons hoard and sit on valueable things x.x; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponyvangelist 732 April 29, 2012 Share April 29, 2012 Spike's growth is a metaphor for Capitalism. Or, for that matter, the way Socialism plays out in the real world. Which is probably why I find that episode so depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hironakamura 126 April 29, 2012 Share April 29, 2012 (edited) Spike's growth is a metaphor for Capitalism. Or, for that matter, the way Socialism plays out in the real world. Which is probably why I find that episode so depressing. Actually, there are a lot of older mythology about dragons regarding greed, enchanted hoards and how a dragon's power is relative to their hoard. What they did with Spike being greedy and growing to his greed isn't anything new. MLP adapted it from older mythology. Come to think of it, I read somewhere that Spike's dragon behavior in SomE was directly borrowed from the D&D monster manual about dragons. Not really surprised because Hasbro owns D&D too. Oh and this is probably just a guess but I think the magic of teleportation is somewhat relevant to unicorns in D&D world. I don't play D&D but I used to watch an old cartoon show about D&D and unicrons were coveted for their teleportation magic. Edited April 29, 2012 by hironakamura 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadmallon 353 April 29, 2012 Share April 29, 2012 What exactly happens when Spike becomes an adult dragon (nice one) and continues to live a normal life in Ponyville? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponyvangelist 732 April 29, 2012 Share April 29, 2012 (edited) Actually, there are a lot of older mythology about dragons regarding greed, enchanted hoards and how a dragon's power is relative to their hoard. I was being a bit abstruse for the sake of my own amusement, but I do appreciate your well-informed, helpful and decidedly less abstruse reply. Edited April 29, 2012 by ponyvangelist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jaguar 1,403 April 29, 2012 Share April 29, 2012 (edited) Apparently that's just how all dragons grow...idk It makes me wonder, is spike never gonna fully mature as long as he avoids being greedy? That's pretty.....odd, that a species can't reach full maturity past baby-hood without hoarding lots and lots of physical items and becoming more and more greedy. Perhaps he'll still grow up, but since he's not going to be a greedy hoarder he wont be a ferocious monster when he's an adult. Or alternatively, since it's a show about candy colored talking ponies ladies and gentleman.... Pinkazoid logic at it's finest Your name's berryzoid now! Edited April 29, 2012 by Pegasus25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princes Cadance 345 April 30, 2012 Share April 30, 2012 WHen you obtain more power you tend to want more. It's just human (and I guess dragon) nature. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proctra Music 335 April 30, 2012 Share April 30, 2012 Well who are we to question MLP? They can talk, and use magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoria and Co. 782 April 30, 2012 Share April 30, 2012 I think it was the other way around... He was greedy, because he was growing and his maturing mind became greedy... That's what I always thought they meant at least. This is something I do? This is something I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swit Swat 536 April 30, 2012 Share April 30, 2012 Don't question MLP FIM logic, like some say. Just go with the flow. Don Mec. Lean x Cloud Chaser All You Need Is Love ~ John Lennon Signature made by Cloud Chaser Avatar made by Dragonshy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Noecker 27 April 30, 2012 Share April 30, 2012 Its a genetic trait of dragons I guess. Id imagine they grow naturally as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandy_C 30 April 30, 2012 Share April 30, 2012 The whole idea amused me. In fasntasy fiction we see that the oldest (and therefore largest) dragons have the largest hordes. Normally it is assumed that they accumulate more treasure as they mature/grow. Buit to see this cause/effect turned on its head was a clever idea. It doesn't contradict the fiction it is inspired by, and makes a twisted kind of sense. Also reminded me of Warhammer Orcs, where the most successful leaders grow in size, and the largest orcs tend to be more successful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grtxkkyz 388 May 2, 2012 Share May 2, 2012 Perhaps it's something like the myth of Sigurf and Fafnir from Norse mythology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafnir My Dragon Cave scroll: http://dragcave.net/user/Dino-Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Cyborg 26 May 2, 2012 Share May 2, 2012 His body grows as the greed corrupting him grows. Material possession is also in the equation. Body Mass=BM Greed=G Material Possession=MP If we state that Spike usually have a BM of 8, a MP of 4 and a G of 3, then: BM=MP^(G*0,50) Also, he gets gasses when he becomes exited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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