@joliealbury6936
The original How to Train Your Dragon books were pretty good at having dragons that were both friendly companions and ferocious beasts. On one end of the spectrum, you've got the little green Common-or-Garden that looks exactly like the generic idea of a "dragon"; on the other end, you've got stuff like the octopus-like Monstrous Strangulator and the Woden's Nightmare that has literal laser eyes and the borderline invincible, impossibly massive Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus that experiences the past present and future simultaneously.
@orbweaver9750
Dragons never stopped being cool, my dear Tale Founderer. Different approaches to them is what contributes how awesome they are.
@Catalyst375
To be fair to HTTYD, the expanded universe has more dragon varietys than you can count of various sizes and shapes, including ones big enough to be mistaken as islands.
@badger273
My main takeaway of this video helped me understand something (iirc) Tolkien said about dragons, that they should be defined by whatever's best for the story. I think he actually said they should be in service of the story or something like that, but the idea that getting caught up in preconceptions of what a dragon "is" detracts from that didn't really occur to me before
@vampyresmiles713
On the note of "dragon" being retroactively applied to various reptilian monsters across the world, this happens honestly in a lot of places. Things like vampires, demons and fairies in English are considered types of "youkai" in Japan, and likewise, youkai are often called fairies, demons or ogres when English speakers portray them for other English speakers. (I don't know as much about other cultures, but it seems pretty common from what I have seen.) Humans like to group things that remind them of things they already know, even if those aren't really the same things.
@traverserthein-between9359
I must admit that this does feel very much like an old man going on about the good old days as well as a very Western viewpoint on Dragons.
@RealJohnnyAngel
Turning vicious monsters that haunt the night into friends is something we humans do as a species. also Monster Hunter is still going strong for dragons as speculative biology. and some are reserved as terrifying living apocalypses with grudges, but are ultimately unknowable. like Fatalis.
@osheridan
0:34 Toothless bashing? This is the worst scandal any YouTuber has ever committed.
@SHPYD3RM0B
Skyrim is 100% NOT telling you heres dragons they’re youre friends. Skyrims dragons are very much more than just dragon breathe fire fly around. They have an entire culture built around them, they controlled all of tamriel and had their own “cult leaders” called dragon priests. Not to mention the literal DRAGONBORN the main character in the game.
@pigkingsam
I think the fact that dragons can be friends and for and categorized as a species makes them more fun and fascinating
@Peecamarke
Whoa whoa whoa.. House of The Dragon? Netflix’s Damsel Movie? The latest MonsterHunter Game? Netflix’s DOTA animated series? The Delicious in Dungeon anime? Vox Machina animated series? Pokémon? All those came out in like the last couple years and they all have serious, traditional dragon concepts and there’s still more I could name
@PhiaPrevost
I’m a little disappointed that the ‘Dragons were meant to be feared’ angle was the only one talked about in the majority of the video when you breezed over another reason dragons are so revered, ‘they are symbols of wisdom.’ Sure they were scary in Europe, but in Asia dragons were often depicted as benevolent and wise, something for humans to learn from. Why wouldn’t humans be enamored with an idea like that?
@FattyMcFox
About 2 and a half minutes in and i have to put in my 2 cents. Just because you have a pet dog, that does not make being hunted by a pack of feral dogs or wolves less terrifying. Dragons have never stopped being "cool" as you put it, it is just that sometimes you get to see the other side of a being. Robots are often used as sidekicks, but the Terminator series didn't suddenly become tames.
@Wonky2
It was incredibly difficult to keep watching after the first minute. The premise of the video is that modern dragons suck because they're not scary, except you only focus on the dragons that you think they suck just to prove your point, which is very wrong. So, firstly, there are plenty of "cool" ferocious dragons, if you just take a moment to look. Really, it's not that hard to find scary dragons in modern media. Secondly, just because some dragons are friendly and likeable doesn't mean they're "uncool". They add variety to the world of modern dragons. I think it's beautiful that there are so many different kinds of dragons in modern media. It means there's something for everyone instead of just for people like you. This video gave me the impression that you're incredibly narrow-minded when it comes to fantasy.
@technomajicdragon6294
while i understand how you feel about Dragons today, It is rash to just want to go back with out thinking, i feel like instead of "let's go back this were better before, and let's keep things as they are." Should not be a definite answer, we evolve matters to a better new standard. I can think of of one i really like, Dragons are Ancient, and Smart creatures, misunderstood by the world as evil beings because of their size and the way they do things. I think of it as a better staging ground since it gives writers a chance to make dragons come alive even more. Plus, it so intringuing just thinking of how Dragon society might work being quite fascinating with many opportunities of stories that anyone could produce. This was written by; Dragons aren't just big lizards gang ^.=.^
@amakitsukyuuka236
isn't the word dragon more of a thing that doesn't exist but used as a umbrella term like the way Trees don't actually exist, but use it as a way to describe plants that share very specific traits?
@00poole
Honestly I'd rather just hear about cool, weird, old dragons than pretending like modern dragon concepts are somehow worse in any way. No need to pit anything against each other
@DRAGONMASTER2004
I know someone else said this but in httyd there are plenty of nearly untamable dragons (like the majority of the ones with “death” in their name) and they are still creatures you should fear
@Draconitron
I absolutely love dragons. They are my favorite fantasy creature of all time. There's a reason that everyone in my D&D campaign is half-dragon. Also TF you guys rock. Best way to learn about fantasy stuff.
@TheTaleFoundry