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fire dragon Grenexar
04-26-2006, 10:37 PM
Why does everyone think that red dragons are evil? We're just misunderstood. I tell you, dragons like Smaug give us other reds a bad name. Hey a village! *burns the village to the ground* Uhh... yeah... like I said... just misunderstood :D
Demondragon
04-26-2006, 10:42 PM
Sure....Misunderstood....Right. ;) :D
No, really. I like red dragons.
Zhuge Liang
04-27-2006, 11:43 AM
all dragons are the same to me but chinese have a certain something about them
Dragon Knight
04-27-2006, 01:09 PM
i like all kinds of dragons....but the chinese ones are strange.....i don't like them much...
Addis
04-27-2006, 09:46 PM
All dragons are not to be sterotyped. Alas, Reds are not just evil....BUT I AM ONE OF THE EVIL ONES!!!!MWAHAHAHA!!!!
fire dragon Grenexar
04-27-2006, 10:25 PM
Yeah! All hail evil! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!! *burns more villages and laughs maniacly* But I'm still just misunderstood *shifty eyes* :rolleyes:
Shadow Dragon
04-28-2006, 02:52 AM
yes...evil.....time to destroy the world...
*smirks*
Dacos
04-28-2006, 05:04 AM
Tolkin allways makes a dragon evil.(don't like him)
But smaug wasn't that evil, that hobbit (bilbo) and the dwarf's made him angry by steling his cup.
The red dragons of D&D was evil too.
Red= devil= evil= human creation!
CelestialDragon
04-28-2006, 07:34 AM
d&d just typed it, you don't have to always go with the creature's original alighnment, but it will have a tendancy to revert to it. tolken made smug eavil because in most old legends that he was useing dragons were evil. tolkin based his serise (the hobbit and the lord of the rings) on old legends about those creatures that apered in the books.
Zhuge Liang
04-28-2006, 09:01 AM
i must admit evil is good mwhahahahah time to go blow up a planet *fires the armagedon gun at an unsuspecting planet*
Why does everyone think that red dragons are evil? We're just misunderstood. I tell you, dragons like Smaug give us other reds a bad name. Hey a village! *burns the village to the ground* Uhh... yeah... like I said... just misunderstood :Dare u kidding me? i wrote a book with a good red dragon in it.
Addis
04-30-2006, 07:44 PM
WHAT!?....How sad....a good red dragon....it has fallen from the grace of the Queen of Darkness
hehe.:p too bad for u Addis
Shadow Dragon
05-02-2006, 03:54 AM
a GOOD red? the shame....
CelestialDragon
05-02-2006, 07:34 AM
i must admit evil is good mwhahahahah time to go blow up a planet *fires the armagedon gun at an unsuspecting planet*
why, arn't you nice? and you guys do realize that "good and evil" are really just consepts? they are the consepts of what socioty or an indavidual find as right and wrong. the government condemns a man for sleeping with a 17 year old when he's 18, but the 18 year old sees nothing wrong with it. all a matter of perspective.
Zhuge Liang
05-02-2006, 12:41 PM
hey they were heretics they went against the Emperor and Kyles krew they deserved it
*shruggs* what? u can;t be so generalistic. just cause some red dragons r bad doesn't mean all of them r.
CelestialDragon
05-04-2006, 07:38 AM
hey they were heretics they went against the Emperor and Kyles krew they deserved it
ooookaayy. just explain to me HOW, cause as far as i can tell they did nothing wrong.
Jacree
05-04-2006, 09:32 AM
Hope you don't mind me for asking, but why can't a red dragon be good? Isn't it the actions of that specific dragon that decides the character not of a general view of the entire race? I know a good red dragon, and she is very nice.
Phlame
05-04-2006, 04:38 PM
Well cause of my FF ALL RED DRAGONS ARE NOT EVIL! In the FF my dragon is RED AND IS A PURE HERO! So to bad!
Addis
05-04-2006, 06:31 PM
Ugh....more good red dragons.....
THIS is something that would insult all dragons though:
I KILLED 4 RED DRAGONS IN ONE TURN DURING FF DAWN OF SOULD(1&2)
belthazar
05-07-2006, 01:30 AM
"evil" is in the eyes of the beholder. what might be evil to you may not be to me or viceversa. so...no...i dont belive that red dragons are evil just because they dont take crap from anyone!
Draconis Infernvs
05-07-2006, 12:01 PM
Regarding the red dragon as evil, many dragons are evil, good, or inbetween, just like humans. Yes, evil is in the eye of the beholder, as is everything. Very good way of putting it Belthazar.
Dragon_chick
05-07-2006, 05:53 PM
dragons have the choice of good or evil. But.....most choose evil. or at least they did in all the books i'v read.
Addis
05-09-2006, 06:04 PM
All will embrace the Darkness.
Flamer
05-10-2006, 06:57 PM
dragons have the choice of good or evil. But.....most choose evil. or at least they did in all the books i'v read.
well that's true... but books can be wrong! (anyways, evil and good dragons often fight in books in a war when evil vs. good)
Addis
05-10-2006, 11:23 PM
I don't see why this happens: Good almost always wins......it ain't fair. Why can't you give the evil person a chance!? Wait...does that mean some hero will slay me because I am evil!? BRING IT!!!!!!
Ultimate-dragon-queen
05-11-2006, 12:46 PM
Hei,fire dragon Grenexar,I understand you.As a queen,I know all dragons are good!AND PLEASE TELL Addis HE IS A DRAKE!!!!!!!!!
O,and Addis,I WILL LIKE TO KILL YOU,but,how come dragons are good,they just deafet the draiks and I send them in a cell untill they become good.
Shadow Dragon
05-12-2006, 02:57 AM
I'm a Red Dragon and I'm Good.
Addis...we evil dragons are becoming extinct, good is taking over!!!!
Ultimate-dragon-queen
05-12-2006, 05:10 AM
Drake,drake,you,,bad Dragons'' Are Drakes!
Flamer
05-12-2006, 03:55 PM
Ultimate-dragon-queen, will you please give it a rest?? It was their choice to become evil and they are dragons!! dragons have that choice to become good or evil and just because they are evil doesn't mean they are drakes...
addis, no one is going to come slay you as long as you offend no one by hurling fireballs at people, etc, etc... Although sometimes the temptation is strong, I admit... Even good dragons have to control their temper...
wow, that was long... well not that much I suppose...
Philosipher
05-12-2006, 09:30 PM
Im a human,im the real monster out of all of us <jk> humans have driven numerous creatures to extinction.:(
Ultimate-dragon-queen
05-13-2006, 01:37 PM
Hei,what hapened to my post?
Addis
05-13-2006, 11:16 PM
Hei,fire dragon Grenexar,I understand you.As a queen,I know all dragons are good!AND PLEASE TELL Addis HE IS A DRAKE!!!!!!!!!
O,and Addis,I WILL LIKE TO KILL YOU,but,how come dragons are good,they just deafet the draiks and I send them in a cell untill they become good.
Oh....really!? You think you can defeat the chosen of Tahkesis(Tiamat)!? A whelp like you? Funny.
No one is going to slay me?!......but I HAVE burnt a few things(towns, etc.)....
Oh, I do not think the evil is extinct yet. It is mearly waiting..
Ultimate-dragon-queen
05-14-2006, 02:24 AM
OOO,Addis,I AM SO SCARED!!!:eek: Evill will be enstinct,I promise!!!:p
Addis,you are just a bad dragon,not a drake.I admit now.
suugakusha
05-14-2006, 03:15 AM
Actually there's a difference between bad and evil. Addis chose to be evil, not bad. A bad dragon is one like you because you keep offending people by insisting on your points of view which are clearly NOT open-minded.
Shadow Dragon
05-15-2006, 03:08 AM
addis...i will aid you....the so-called queen will not hurt us...and can definatly not slay us...
Zhuge Liang
05-15-2006, 03:28 AM
Oh....really!? You think you can defeat the chosen of Tahkesis(Tiamat)!? A whelp like you? Funny.
No one is going to slay me?!......but I HAVE burnt a few things(towns, etc.)....
Oh, I do not think the evil is extinct yet. It is mearly waiting..
oooooo are you wanting a fight cause ill give you one and it wont be easy heheheheheheh
Ultimate-dragon-queen
05-15-2006, 05:55 AM
But,I didn't say I will do it alone!I will find all the good dragons,and all my friends to do this!I mean,I don't want to kill you,I want you to see that beeing evil is not the way you should be!
Shadow Dragon
05-15-2006, 06:33 AM
so get your almighty good dragons (sarcasm), i will get the entire shadow realm on your back....aswell as the undead...
Zhuge Liang
05-15-2006, 08:51 AM
you want a fight as well shadow brilliant i havent had one in ages
Shadow Dragon
05-15-2006, 09:06 AM
*grins*
bring it on zhuge!
Addis
05-15-2006, 07:05 PM
Ah, my thanks Shadow.
"Queen", you will fall for you are not the queen of dragons.
Zhuge, save it for a rpg(I mean, either make a rpg I understand(Non warhammer) or join one of mine)
Shadow Dragon
05-16-2006, 03:58 AM
your welcome addis, i will stand up for my evil bretheren, down with this "so-called-queen" for she is no queen of mine, my loyalty lies with Tiamat
Ultimate-dragon-queen
05-16-2006, 05:01 AM
Timat???Who is he?Is he in this site?
Shadow Dragon
05-16-2006, 05:22 AM
no, SHE is not on the site
Ultimate-dragon-queen
05-16-2006, 05:27 AM
OK.But who is she?Another evil dragon?
Shadow Dragon
05-16-2006, 05:28 AM
only the most evil dragon i know!
Zhuge Liang
05-16-2006, 01:59 PM
well shadow you want to take it to an rp?
suugakusha
05-16-2006, 02:11 PM
But,I didn't say I will do it alone!I will find all the good dragons,and all my friends to do this!I mean,I don't want to kill you,I want you to see that beeing evil is not the way you should be!
Flamming = bad... but I think you misunderstood her... atleast I hope you did because if you didn't then I would be wrong and even more confused. -KuJoe
Shadow Dragon
05-17-2006, 02:44 AM
alright zhuge....this will be fun...
amandaleeh2
05-22-2006, 07:49 PM
all red dragons cant be evil some have to be nice and some mean
Dragon spirit
05-26-2006, 02:18 AM
yet another question about this? *sigh*[why do we seem to be evil....]
it depends how dragons grow up.......they have a mind for those who don't think so.
some can be born evil and others good...and every creature has his reason why to kill and destroy as well as heal and help.
all of them have a "heart" remember that........in every heart lies "darkness"
that couses pain...and the reason of this pain can couse dragons to kill and destroy....
BUT I AM ONE OF THE EVIL ONES!!!!MWAHAHAHA!!!!
my *** youre evil addis;) :p
Zal_Balk
05-26-2006, 01:39 PM
Does it really matter what others think .
P.S. you are evil muhahah. jokeing:D
laurelanneh
05-26-2006, 06:14 PM
I think dragons are good. Not evil. Or just misunderstood. Even red ones.
Holly
05-27-2006, 07:01 PM
I think that all dragons are not evil I think that they are awsome.
Tressen
05-30-2006, 01:25 PM
Ooohh. What an intresting debate about good and evil. I think that everything starts out not as good or evil, but nuetral, and as such true power resides in balence! :cool::cool:
I'ts a dragons choices then make them good or evil!
Thats my opion:)
Chakahlah
06-02-2006, 02:56 AM
I agree with you, Tressen. But even if a dragon makes the wrong choices, it doesn't make them evil just - misguided :)
Indogali_739
06-02-2006, 04:53 AM
I also agree, I specially hate when someone steriotypes the red dragon as evil. Makes just wanna go over there and scare the heck out of them.
They would obviously deserve it.
Tressen
06-02-2006, 02:12 PM
I agree with you, Tressen. But even if a dragon makes the wrong choices, it doesn't make them evil just - misguided :)
I worded that wrong i should've said 'its the reason a dragon makes a choice that determins whether it is good or evil'
Chakahlah
06-03-2006, 03:46 AM
I understood what you ment to say, Tressen. Sorry if it didn't seem like that. :(
Tressen
06-03-2006, 05:14 PM
Hey dont worry! Im no good at explaining thing anyway. I often have to explain things more then once to my friends.
Ultimate-dragon-queen
06-04-2006, 01:17 AM
Finnaly I found somebody that think's dragons aren't evil!:D :) :cool: ;)
Tressen
06-04-2006, 03:17 PM
Dragons arn't good either!
Dark Tear
06-07-2006, 06:39 AM
it all depends on what choices thay have made during there lives
Tressen
06-07-2006, 03:03 PM
I think everyone has said that now!:D
oh yeah! Balance is power!! Why? Because balance is the true alignment of the universe!!
Philosipher
06-07-2006, 11:50 PM
The dragons were demonized by the church in the Medieval Ages because of the way they looked and that they breathed fire. But,im not saying they are evil.
Tressen
06-10-2006, 04:23 PM
I dont like curch or religion. I despise being told what to belive, and hate those who tell others what to belive. I dont mind those that are religous though, some of my friends are. Im an athiest through and through.
takaya_739
06-11-2006, 12:54 PM
i dont think they are evil..
Tressen
06-11-2006, 01:22 PM
I don't see how a person's religion came into topic here, Philosipher was just stating some history behind some of the dragon's stereotypes.
Sorry, I got carried away! :(
takaya_739
06-11-2006, 01:45 PM
everyone does that alot more than you think...especially me lol
Tressen
06-11-2006, 04:00 PM
yes well i dont like doing it. I like to stay in control...
loc_zsu
06-20-2006, 03:04 PM
those that think they are more in control are the ones that loose it more.
Tressen
06-20-2006, 03:27 PM
those that think they are more in control are the ones that loose it more.
Thats just not true!
loc_zsu
06-20-2006, 03:30 PM
ah but it is im afraid. they think they have achieved total balance but hwen it all goes wrong they are usually the first to go down.
Tressen
06-20-2006, 03:34 PM
...What on earth are you talking about? you're jumping from one point to another.
loc_zsu
06-20-2006, 03:38 PM
but am i? oh wait yeah woops sorry but you get what im on about heh my bad:p
Tressen
06-20-2006, 03:41 PM
I understand but i still disagree.
loc_zsu
06-20-2006, 03:42 PM
very well. i know that once your mind is made up there is no changing it.
shadow man
06-25-2006, 01:55 AM
evil in one mans eyes is good in another
Brass Dragon
06-25-2006, 02:16 AM
Very true shadow man
yebeasgods
06-25-2006, 05:16 AM
dragons are missunderstood they think they are far superior to everything else so they dont bother themsleves with lower lofe forms so therefor they look evil and about the whole burning villages..that just practice and exercise...hey dragons gotta stay in shape to :D
Tressen
06-25-2006, 02:17 PM
Hey! Thats Stereo-typing dragons. Thats not fair! Not all dragons are big headed!
yebeasgods
06-25-2006, 06:06 PM
sorry..didnt mean to streiotype...but come one dragons are supperior and the ones that are so called "evil" are just confident.. :D
loc_zsu
06-26-2006, 03:40 AM
hmm i just had a thought! dragons are superior to humans right? wich means that humans versions of good and evil would most likley be different to that of a dragons! so yes there could be evil dragons but not how we would think it!
yebeasgods
06-26-2006, 04:09 AM
hmmmm true we cant assume that there evil is the same as our evil
someone needs figure out what evil to a dragon is
loc_zsu
06-26-2006, 04:26 AM
evil to a dragon liley consists of traitors and the likes of
yebeasgods
06-26-2006, 04:32 AM
hmmm yeah but what else would a dragon think would be evil
Tressen
06-26-2006, 01:57 PM
Evil to a dragon? I guess we need to ask one!
loc_zsu
06-27-2006, 06:34 AM
i will get right on it!
laurelanneh
06-29-2006, 10:29 AM
If I come across one that talks, I'll ask it.
Tressen
06-29-2006, 01:37 PM
You Do That! In The Mean Time Im Guna Say Dragons Probably Consider Anyone Entering Thair Lair Evil!
Transcended Dragon
07-08-2006, 06:30 PM
Id Think That Betrayal of Your Flight, Would be a biggie, Not sure if Dragons Are Adulterous or not, but seeing as how Mates are supposed to be together for life, I think that if commited, would also be a rather large evil of Dragonkind
Crimson Dragon13
01-17-2007, 06:22 PM
Many people say red dragons are evil....I don't agree with that.....and Crimson Dragons are good......Though they get mixed up....I don't think either is right.....Dragons can choose to be what they want to be...Whether it is good, evil, or neutral....
E Drago Pazzo
01-17-2007, 09:15 PM
All that is pretty much the dragon equivelent of a steriotype.
Dark Lady
01-18-2007, 04:44 AM
the welsh dragon is scarlet.
and thats not evil.
its a symbol of hope and unity.
E Drago Pazzo
01-18-2007, 11:47 PM
Is a griffin possibly a Greek dragon? (I mean I know that it's tecnichally not)
Dark Lady
01-19-2007, 11:35 AM
well thats kinda like saying is a minotour(sp) a dragon, lol!
yes i get what you mean....no i think its more of a mythical animal in general.
Griffins are not Dragons.
Dark Lady
01-19-2007, 04:31 PM
yes exactly but i get what Drago means.
Crimson Dragon13
01-21-2007, 04:14 PM
Gryphons may not be dragons, but I get what E Dragon Pazzo means...I think.....
Dark Lady
01-28-2007, 12:41 PM
was just wondering...whats the big deal on red dragons anyway?
is there something specific bout them or just random scail colour?
Ramoth
01-28-2007, 01:37 PM
Evil? What is the deal with evil?
Why can't Red dragons be good or neutral?
Why is the evil dragon so appealing to some people? Can't it just be the uniqueness of the being be enough of an attraction?
To be different, to not follow the crowd, to think out of the box, to not care what other people think or say, isn't that the real attraction to dragons no matter what the color?
Tressen
02-02-2007, 01:22 PM
no........
Ramoth
02-04-2007, 05:46 AM
Why??????????????
Ramoth
02-04-2007, 07:23 AM
maybe, there would be many things to take into considration. Size, color, type, what time of day it was.:D
liberatedragon
02-04-2007, 11:57 AM
The reason why dragons (esp. Red ones) are "evil" is because in the Christian Bible the form the devil took on was a red dragon.(I'm guessing because it was so strong) So all the people who were Christians, I guess that from reading the bible misinterpreted the bible and saw all dragons as evil beings, when most were not.
Tressen
02-04-2007, 02:26 PM
Mystery and magic is what make dragons so apealing.
Ramoth
02-04-2007, 05:32 PM
Well I like them because they are awesomely, powerful, beautiful, graceful, beings. Magical is like a bonus feature.
I like them because I feel closer to them than to any human I know...
Tressen
02-05-2007, 01:45 PM
I like tham because the've always had a presence in my life.
philosopher
02-05-2007, 08:20 PM
The reason why dragons (esp. Red ones) are "evil" is because in the Christian Bible the form the devil took on was a red dragon.(I'm guessing because it was so strong) So all the people who were Christians, I guess that from reading the bible misinterpreted the bible and saw all dragons as evil beings, when most were not.
Well,besides the thing with the devil and the hellish fire,humans did hunt off all the food like deer and raised cows,pigs,chickens,and when their locked up it makes an easy catch just so you can survive to the next day. Geuss some dont like their property being eaten alive?
liberatedragon
02-05-2007, 09:01 PM
Well,besides the thing with the devil and the hellish fire,humans did hunt off all the food like deer and raised cows,pigs,chickens,and when their locked up it makes an easy catch just so you can survive to the next day. Geuss some dont like their property being eaten alive?
You see, that's just the thing
Everyone thought dragons were evil because they had to steal livestock to survive and people who saw dragons as the devil from the bible didn't help them either.
And that's where a lot of my questions come in...
philosopher
02-05-2007, 09:11 PM
Questions like what?
liberatedragon
02-05-2007, 09:32 PM
I mean:
A Spirit Dragon usually has a connection to an individual. They are always there for that individual when they are feeling down or somthing of that nature, and seem to be able to cope with that human.
Well, when dragons were labeled "evil" was the nature of the dragon to be an agressive creature, and not have been able to cope with humanity?
Or were dragons still serious creatures and could have lived among humanity longer, had they not been persecuted by most of the human race?
Sorry I can only really make it a brief question, it's a This or That kind of question.
I've been so inquisitive as of late, for I am creating a story involving Spirit Dragons and dragons, and I need to know if there is a relation between the two.
philosopher
02-05-2007, 09:35 PM
PM DragonSeeker,he seems to know quite a bit. Valoren too.
liberatedragon
02-05-2007, 10:12 PM
^ thanks, I'll do that!
Ramoth
02-05-2007, 10:39 PM
I've been so inquisitive as of late, for I am creating a story involving Spirit Dragons and dragons, and I need to know if there is a relation between the two.
I would say that Spirit Dragons would be a classification of dragons. Like Red Dragon, Elemental Dragon, Western Dragon. Spirit Dragons help beings on this plane of existence. If a person is receptive to the Spirit Dragon presence, then the person and the Spirit Dragon can interact.
philosopher
02-06-2007, 07:30 PM
^ thanks, I'll do that!
No problem. And nice thoughts on the spirit dragon thing. No one can be wrong or right,it is your own opinion on these matters. (unless a dragon walks into a senate building and argues over it :P)
liberatedragon
02-06-2007, 07:52 PM
So how can a dragon's species be distinguished? I mean there could be a European Dragon with red scales, so what would it be classified as?
What is a Red Dragon?
Ramoth
02-06-2007, 10:15 PM
A Red Dragon could be categorized as a chromatic Dragon, Like a Black Dragon, Green Dragon, Blue Dragon, White Dragon.
liberatedragon
02-06-2007, 10:44 PM
So if you were like classifying a dog by it's fur, they are different, but still have aimilar anatomies, now I get it.
Ramoth
02-06-2007, 10:49 PM
Yes, that's it.:D
I think they're misunderstood. Smaug does give respectable dragons a bad name.
Yeah. He's the typical greedy and evil Red Dragon...
Ramoth
02-21-2007, 09:24 PM
I think Smaug was a tool to make Bilbo seem more of a hero than he really was.
Don't be downgrading Bilbo. He was a hero. Smaug was stupid for taking the dwarves' gold in the first place.
philosopher
02-23-2007, 08:54 PM
Lol,we all have our own opinions and stick to them...i havent read The Hobbet so im not going to say anythin
Addis
02-23-2007, 10:12 PM
Dragons can choose to be anything they wish. Red Dragons (most I think) are just misunderstood like Grenexar said. We just like seeing buildings......plants...trees....animals....people ....etc etc. on fire. That doesn't make us all evil.
philosopher
02-25-2007, 01:16 AM
Lol,Addis,i think the "On Fire" thing might be just you and a few others. Just remember all are different.
Addis
02-25-2007, 12:15 PM
Yeah, I know...But still I think fire is fun to watch lol.
philosopher
02-25-2007, 06:43 PM
Pyro....well...i must admit,Im an Aries and my element is Fire.
One of my friends has the exact same views. She LOVES fire.
If she sees a flame she responds by saying: "Fire! Fire!" in an excited voice.
philosopher
02-26-2007, 08:12 PM
Lol, "Fire,Fire!"
Sounds like what a little kid would say lol.
Ramoth
02-26-2007, 11:48 PM
http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/5/5_1_119v.gif (http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZNxmk762YYUS) I love bonfires, you can dance and play loud music.
Hah doesn't make me evil :P
http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp?pc=ZSzeb098&pp=ZNxmk762YYUS (http://smiley.smileycentral.com/download/index.jhtml?partner=ZSzeb098_ZNxmk762YYUS&utm_id=7926)
liberatedragon
02-27-2007, 06:01 PM
This is the only time when evil and fire go together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6LWtGY-LAY
philosopher
02-27-2007, 09:20 PM
Heh,ive seen better...*shruggs* all our own opinions though
Ruberial Dragon
03-05-2007, 11:45 AM
Personally I reckon that a Dragons colour means it's element and overall beliefs, not it's alignment; A White could be more lustful than the darkest Red.
Addis
03-05-2007, 05:44 PM
Ruberial's gotta point. But I don't think color changes to many beliefs/emotions. That stuff varies between dragons, not really their types.
SupremeAlien
03-06-2007, 02:29 AM
I think Reds are most often classed as evil because they simply tend to act like it. Aside from the general mayhem, they're known for their little plots and plans and usually don't think twice about betraying someone if it means they'll profit from it.
But also Reds are the stereotype for dragons. In practically all stories, the evil dragons are colored red or gold. Gold when they want the dragons to appear mighty, and Red when the extra mighty air isn't needed.
For some reason, Blacks aren't pictured nearly as evil as Reds are, despite their 'worse' color. In most books and stories I've red, Blacks are either under a spell, or under control of a wizard, went beserk or something, but it's never truly their fault.
So calling Reds evil just because they're egocentric and cunning is just wrong XD Hell, if I were a dragon, I'd be the Copper-kind (see nick) with a hint of Red-attitude most probably.
Dacos
03-21-2007, 06:19 PM
Red dragons where used to frightnend the villagers in the middle ages.
Prists made an image of the devil, to show the people how a devil looked like.
http://www.keyway.ca/gif/dragon2.gif
http://www.pathguy.com/michael_and_dragon.jpg
The people of the jears 1400 where real scared of all the church had to say.
Witches and red dragons.
Thats why a red dragon is "evil" in a humans eye.
CrimsonDrifter
03-21-2007, 08:52 PM
good point. The color red has always been the talk of evil or wrong doing, etc etc. seeing a red dragon youd automatically assume its mean or tempermental at best. just a form of discrimination. but then I for one do believe reds can be very bad.
Ruberial Dragon
03-22-2007, 06:29 AM
Nah. Before anybody says, I didn't originally say this....forgot who did. Anyway, most reds, blacks or whatnot are usually just sidetracked or forced to do the bidding of others. Like Thorn in Eldest, or Smaug in the Hobbit. Smaug was sidetracked to just be left alone, and Thorn was forced to do evil things. All you do with a Red dragon is catch it at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Dacos
03-22-2007, 07:01 AM
Red seems to be allways evil, dragon or not.
A stoplight is red, Blood is red, the devil is red, fire is red...
Storywriters used it becose red is a scary color.
If a brown dragon shows his teeth....thats not scary.
But is a red dragon shows his teeth... nightmarish.
Tolkin could have used a green dragon, but a green dragon wasn't scary enough to be the evil Smaug.
The red dragon is just a myth,
no more, no less.
Ruberial Dragon
03-22-2007, 07:52 AM
A decent summary. Convincing, yes. But that's not going to shake me from my belief. Red is probably just a scary colour because that's the one that all evil genres always took on....and black, but that's hardly the point.
See, I doubt Red was always an evil colour; probably an ordinary colour. But all the "Evil" cultures and civilisations etc took up Red as a colour, giving it's place.
All of the creatures and things coloured Red aren't necessarily evil; Blood's not evil. Stoplights aren't evil. And hell no fire's not evil; without it, we'd be.....frozen toast. But still, they were just born or made that way, because that's how it is.
Now on to Red Dragons. They were born Red because of where, when, and from who, they were born from, I think. Not because of their alignment, although this may be the case in some coincidences.
Now, because of the Colour Red's dark background, we think of it as an evil and scary colour just because of the past of it, when it's just as scary and evil as the rest of the colours; we just have to look at it in the right tone, and then it seems good or evil. Like with Red there's red, pink, orange, Magenta etc. All of them are different tones, so they seem just as good and evil as the rest.
Did I go too far?
SupremeAlien
03-22-2007, 07:58 AM
Thorn in Eldest isn't forced to do anyone's bidding. He is who he is and he supports his rider. His rider is half forced, but even he enjoys it.
As for the rest:
Red is the color of love and of blood. Red can be identified with fire easily as well. Red is used as a color for evil along with black, because it's the colors of the nasty things you see on a battlefield. It's a symbol. Not all evil dragons are said to be red or black, and not all good dragons can't be red. It all depends on the writer of the story being told.
Ruberial Dragon
03-22-2007, 08:03 AM
Have you actually read what Murtagh says? "Galbatorix forced me and Thorn to bow under him, and to capture you and Saphira" or something along those lines. Doesn't that say enough?
And nice about the battlefield; blood and gore is rife like strife there. Forgot to go on about that, you took my cue once again......
SupremeAlien
03-22-2007, 08:17 AM
Yes, after which he said that Thorn didn't know any better and was used to that sort of life under Galbatorix and Murtagh said he was starting to mind less and less because of the powers it brought along.
Are you capable of understanding his words?
I don't take anyone's cue. I just say what I have to say. Reds are usually seen as evil because of prejudices, not because they are. The fact that several of them -are- evil, can be easily compared to what's going on all around the world. It's a small group of foreigners that messes up in countries, but because of it, all foreigners are looked upon.
Ruberial Dragon
03-22-2007, 08:26 AM
Can I just ask you a favour?
.....stop repeating what I just said.
And about Thorn, I can't remember that much, I only went on what I had at time; I shot in the dark and hit nothing.
SupremeAlien
03-22-2007, 08:36 AM
I'm not repeating you. And if you don't remember the fact you're writing down well, then don't bring it up unless you're sure about it.
liberatedragon
03-22-2007, 11:15 AM
Red isn't just evil. I've been told that red could also be festive.
Dacos
03-22-2007, 06:25 PM
"the battlegrounds colored red, we where fighting in the fields of death(1942)",
"The snow is red".(1944)
Get my point?
liberatedragon
03-22-2007, 06:52 PM
I get your point, but perhaps not all red dragons are evil...
Ruberial Dragon
03-23-2007, 06:23 AM
THANK YOU for saying.
Dacos
03-26-2007, 06:10 PM
Not only Red dragons are evil.
Some said that all dragons are evil.
They made some images of angels that kills a dragon:
http://static.flickr.com/42/79249589_e1e45ebc3f.jpg
http://ldolphin.org/dragon1.gif
http://www2.bc.edu/~selkisr/Essay2pics/apocalypse35.jpg
liberatedragon
03-26-2007, 08:55 PM
I know that too. Dragons were a symbol for many things, such as the 7 deadly sins. And back in the past, religion was strictly enforced on people. So almost everyone probrably didn't like dragons.
Ruberial Dragon
03-27-2007, 07:19 AM
In other words, it was biased with peer pressure; it would seem humans weren't very.....intelligent then (as if most of us are now.)
liberatedragon
04-22-2007, 06:41 PM
http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w53/Rekluse1111/Picture1.png
-Image from http://therithere.comicgenesis.com/d/20060827.html
RedDragon
06-11-2007, 03:21 PM
yea i'm a Red Dragon and I'm one of the Good ones
it is The Dragon Chose to be evil or good
Blakdragon
06-16-2007, 05:37 AM
I agree with red and the comic, dragons CHOOSE if they want to be "good" or "evil".
Actually I think the reason for steriotyping is because an individuall is only exposed to the majority of the beings he steriotypes.
(for example, i know this is a bit racist, but a lot of poeple here in California would steriotype all Maxicans as very poor. This is true for a large part of the Mexicans who immagrate to California and true for a large part of Mexicans in Mexico, but it doesn't mean they're all poor.) So im guessing poeple steriotype red dragons as evil probably because a lot of them were evil.
Logical thinking and I agree.
Sardonyx44
07-19-2007, 10:16 PM
I think we can all agree that a dragon can choose his own path. im a law-abiding blue dragon.
Shiori
08-15-2007, 04:15 PM
yes just like a red dragon who was once evil can also change. There is good and bad in every race like many said.
Black Forbearance
08-15-2007, 06:32 PM
Haha, I think I speak for everyone, dragonkin or other, when I say screw D & D for their stereotypes that metallic dragons are good and non-metallics are evil. Red dragons are just as good as they can be evil
Shiori
08-15-2007, 06:36 PM
yep now that i can really agree with!
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