@QueenCold
“They earn the title “awful” for this and the ponies do not wish to leave Spike in a place where he is happy, because xenophobia. We really aren’t given another reason at this point.”
>Because that would mean that they would lose Spike. Notice how the dramatic zinger didn’t arise until Spike talked about staying there forever, not because of who he was staying with. The ponies didn’t start a fuse when he was excepted and they even tried to help him pass his hazing tests.
Remember that the mane ponies followed him was that he made there and back in one piece.
“Phoenixes by nature cannot be anything but pest creatures. If allowed to live, they will do so forever. They breed and become engulfed in flames when upset. Population control is essential. Dragons are the only other creatures known to be fireproof and they are predators, so it stands to reason they are the natural enemy of the phoenix”
>This is a great theory, but doesn’t have enough canon bearing for me.
Phoenixes haven’t been presented as pest-like unlike creatures like Twittermites and Parasprits, so how is this idea that they are is supposed to be convey to the audience if they are as you say?
How do we know that their relationship is predator/prey? Many creatures kill for sport so what exempts that idea; especially since that’s what the episode implied.
“We don’t know what the teens would have done with the eggs after smashing them. Maybe they were looking for lunch and the egg shells are tough to break…”
>But they ate during the party and were full by its end so why go somewhere to get food when the migration spot already had plenty? Why waste the effort and energy if food was the motivation? You could argue that maybe they taste better, but again if that was the case then why wouldn’t such a thing be explicitly made know? The chimera made it’s purpose of eating AB very clear so it’s not like they couldn’t if that’s really what they’re going for.
“Dragons are a radically different species, they have different morals and values, and their society is most likely survival-based”
>How do we know that? The only pieces of dragon culture that we’ve witnessed is dragon greed, dragon migration, and the mannerisms of teenage dragons not dragon society as a whole. On that note, where would such a survival centered society come from since only dragon-on-dragon aggression we’ve seen was either out being territorial or for play like with the teens. Dragons are also continually shown as powerful beings with few equals so what would threaten them? Even ponies for all their magic and what not only mess with them if they become a problem.
“It would be incredibly ethnocentric of the ponies to expect them to, especially when they find themselves surrounded dragons instead of the other way around”
>Again were not sure if this is dragon culture since we only see this age-group’s actions. If this truly was a common dragon act then would other dragons take party? Their was like 10 teen doing teen things, but only 3 went hunting and even the adult dragons didn’t partake in any of the teen’s activities nor did other teens like derpy Crackle.
“Besides, it would be incredibly hypocritical of the ponies to judge dragons for their treatment of prey animals, when they themselves keep other sapient species in captivity.”
>Again that assumes that firebirds are actually their prey or that phoenixes are prey animals.
“As for Garble threatening Spike in the end, there’s no way to tell what he was going to do. He looked threatening for sure…This, we’ll never know.”
>Again, how are we supposed to get that if that really was what the writers were trying to convey? Grable showed no previous signs of caring about his position since he had it so securely and the other teens nor Spike really challenged him - even after losing by getting a head spike shoved up his tailhole - so where is the connection?