I used to wonder what friendship could be, until you all shared it magic with me.and destroyed our enemies.Īnd that pretty much summarizes the graphic novels, except being in comic form somehow makes everything better. It's like a cupcake sprinkled with glitter and blood. The story isn't deep or complex, though there are a few interesting plot points here and there. They already have a theme song that pretty much does that already. I can even see these characters finding an occasion to sing about the power of friendship.
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This is MY Little Pony, but with some blood, death, and many more dragons.
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But with a full female cast of preteen(?) characters, I wasn't really drawn into the story no matter how cute it was. I watched the first few episodes of My Little Pony back when it was everywhere. Things that need regular tuning if you expect them to play well together, or simply be tolerable. Friendships and families are not shown as unbreakable bonds of love and unity, but more like guitar strings. And soon after escaping, they are slapped by reality again and again until they occasionally envy the life they had. We are told what the protagonists expect to happen when they finally escape their "evil" foster family and reunite with their "real" families, having been stolen as eggs by a peace cult who believe these dragon are destined to end a massive war. This certainly wasn't Disney's Wings of Fire.Īnother anti-Disney theme is that of disillusionment. Characters simply murdering one another because they found the other dragon annoying. The depiction of death or mention of torture was no less casual, depriving captive dragons of water and hinting at the removal of the wings of another for decorative purposes. Sacrificing their allies for entirely selfish reasons. Forcing each other to kill one another for the entertainment of other dragons. The dragons of this story were often cute, but others were also cruel. But the characters were flawed, morally conflicted at times, and didn't pull the punches I was expecting, all of which I enjoyed. It was certainly more complex than I expected, well actually the plot was pretty straight forward and there are only about three defined locations in the entire book. I have nothing against the cover, but it does suggest a more childish book than I what I got, which was pretty good.
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I know this series is hugely popular, mostly with kids, but adults seem to like them too, so I gave it a look and it was better than the cover led me to believe. So when I read the first written novel around a year ago, The Dragonet Prophecy, I wrote this review (minus edits): But I decided it was unfair to exclude simply on cuteness. I've been conflicted on talking about these since I finished the third one a few weeks ago since I know they wont be universally appealing, even to dragon fans. Cover of Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, Vol 3: The Hidden Kingdom (even if there aren't kings)