What the fuck is it with dragons and taking permanent residence in human castles or structures just so they can horde treasure or burn and eat anyone that crosses their path? Are they just assholes?
>>748998523the same with cats and some place u like they take it
>>748998523Dragons and vampires were originally satires of ultra rich people.
>>748998523>he doesn't want to live in a beautiful castle and be filthy rich so you have no worriesAre you insane? I remember one week years ago when I wasn't so well off, several different payments all concentrated in a single month were needed for various reasons. Long story short, that shit still haunts me even now I'm well off.
Thank Tolkien for doing it with Smaug in the (admittedly dwarven) fortress
Dragons tend to have connotations of greed, destructive impulsiveness, and possessiveness. Castles in medieval times are often, but not exclusively, holds in which large amounts of wealth or power are held by local nobility. By assaulting and controlling a castle, a dragon is showing it's superior strength comparative to the local population. Tribute and possibly worship soon follow.
They view humans as nothing but pawns or food. They roost in places far away then eventually end up destroying the ecosystem or human villages and kingdoms. Reminder that Erebor was once a sprawling kingdom that traded and contributed to the rise and success of both several human and dwarven areas until ONE dragon ruined it, and he was the runt of the litter. They are meant to be slain. The only good one is a dead one.
>>748999138This, dragons make a lot more sense when you start thinking of them as cats
>>748999231>vampires were originally satires of ultra rich people.They wore tiny hats, had big noses, love to eat peoples children
>>748999231>>749000105Vampires are a metaphor for periods
>>748999485Tolkien got it from Fafnir though.
>>749000582Yeah but more authors probably looked at what Tolkien did and went "hey I'm gonna do something like that" than what Tolkien was influenced by
>>748998523The original dragons in such stories were metaphors for abominable, greedy people. Also, in Dark Souls 1 the Hellkite Drake is trying to keep people away from the Sunlight Altar, where people can learn lightning miracles that are strong against dragons.
>>749002257Fucking wokes, ruining arthurian legend by interjecting their anti-capitalist nonsense!
>There are seventeen great dragons in the world today. Seventeen ancient wyrms, millennia old, slowly dividing the planet into seventeen piles of gold to nest upon.>In front of our eyes. Once upon a time, they burned castles to steal the treasure we collected. Laid waste to entire armies. But here, here in the Sixth World, it is no longer about tooth and claw and fiery breath. Now it's public relations. Marketing. Mergers and acquisitions.>You see it every day. Dragons on the trideo in the board rooms. They gather influence, wealth, power, continually hoarding, hoarding, until one of them sits atop it all.>Perhaps not in this cycle of the world. Perhaps not the next. But one day, one wyrm will stand alone - triumphant. With all of humanity as its cattle. With all the world as its prize.>And that... That I will *not* allow.
>>748998523most dragons are assholes yeah. most people are asshole by default. imagine if they were giant nearly indestructible monsters that can breath fire.
>>749002257The Hellkite Dragon is just a DeS reference to the Red Dragon that also takes over a castle and burns people on a bridge.
