Cute and Adorable (WIP) (Patreon)

"Come on, Smoulder! You'll love baking, it's my favorite hobby!"

i find the "student six" to mostly be pretty boring (and p much the reason i kinda tuned out of season 8), but Smoulder is interesting in that one scene where she somehow passes some friendship test by wearing a dress (??). It's implied that Smoulder is afraid of being "cute and adorable", and even more afraid of admitting she likes to be so. I'm gonna guess that'd be because dragons value strength and toughness, and probably hold serious disdain for cutesy frivolities like make-up, pretty dresses, and tea parties. Those things are equine foolishness, and real dragons have no use for it.

poor smoulder just wants to be pretty and girly, good thing friendo Spike is there to encourage her

i hc Spike is about 10 years old. It's kinda tricky determining his age, cuz he's written inconsistently in the show....sometimes he acts like a dumb little kid, sometimes like a snarky teenager....but for the most part, I figure him to be a precocious child. His growth has been stunted a bit by his pony-like diet (too many grains and carbs, no meat), and he's also a bit chubby for the same reason.

Smoulder, comparatively, is the dragon equivalent of 15 years old. She is studying to be an ambassador under the employ of Dragon Lord Ember.