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> I think it's a pretty reasonable conclusion from the little that we know about dragon lore that _*all_* dragons are born without wings, and they grow wings when they mature past a certain age and molt. We can call that a disability as much as we can call a baby bird not having large enough feathers for flight a disability. [/bq]



 
True, but there was no reason to suspect this was the case until the episode where Spike _*got_* his wings, it doesn't change the fact that no other wingless dragons have ever been shown, and back in "Dragon Quest", Garble specifically
picks on Spike for not having wings, so it might still not be normal to take so long. JAnd just because the writers decided to say "oh, this always happens, we just spent eight seasons not mentioning it" doesn't change that its practical upshoot is to remove the difference between Spike and other dragons.


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> As I said before, I would not be _*too_* salty if the writer's were to give Scootaloo flight, depending on how it is executed. It is true that some disabilities can be overcome, and it would indeed be triumph for her character to be able to eventually see that. **With that being said,** we have had at least two episodes now where a large part of the main lesson learned was "not being able to fly doesn't mean that Scootaloo can't be awesome". If the writer's were to give Scootaloo flight, they risk giving the impression that they think that Scootaloo flying makes her more awesome than her not flying. There are different plot devices they could employ to mitigate this impression, like introducing a new character, but I don't think there is any way to completely avoid reducing some of the poignancy of episodes like S4E05 and S8E20 to people who have historically empathized strongly with Scootaloo's character. [/bq]



 
I honestly feel like part of not letting your disability define you should be that you don't have to embrace it, and you're not obligated to be inspirational about it. At the very least, I feel like Scootaloo should be allowed to _*seek_* treatment, even if it just turns out there's nothing that can be done.

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I think it's a pretty reasonable conclusion from the little that we know about dragon lore that _all_ dragons are born without wings, and they grow wings when they mature past a certain age and molt. We can call that a disability as much as we can call a baby bird not having large enough feathers for flight a disability. [/bq]

True, but there was no reason to suspect this was the case until the episode where Spike _got_ his wings, it doesn't change the fact that no other wingless dragons have ever been shown, and back in "Dragon Quest", Garble specifically
picks on Spike for not having wings, so it might still not be normal to take so long. Just because the writers decided to say "oh, this always happens, we just spent eight seasons not mentioning it" doesn't change that its practical upshoot is to remove the difference between Spike and other dragons.


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[bq="SmolderTheDragon"] As I said before, I would not be _too_ salty if the writer's were to give Scootaloo flight, depending on how it is executed. It is true that some disabilities can be overcome, and it would indeed be triumph for her character to be able to eventually see that. *With that being said,* we have had at least two episodes now where a large part of the main lesson learned was "not being able to fly doesn't mean that Scootaloo can't be awesome". If the writer's were to give Scootaloo flight, they risk giving the impression that they think that Scootaloo flying makes her more awesome than her not flying. There are different plot devices they could employ to mitigate this impression, like introducing a new character, but I don't think there is any way to completely avoid reducing some of the poignancy of episodes like S4E05 and S8E20 to people who have historically empathized strongly with Scootaloo's character. [/bq]

I honestly feel like part of not letting your disability define you should be that you don't have to embrace it, and you're not obligated to be inspirational about it. At the very least, I feel like Scootaloo should be allowed to _seek_ treatment, even if it just turns out there's nothing that can be done.