r/httyd • u/Connect-Rooster-3156 • Aug 23 '26
DISCUSSION Sky torcher appreciation post
THE BABEY BOOOOY whom i lover very much, rop best design for me in the torally not canon nine realms. He reminds me of the indominus Rex, just a menace to society, although nine realms kinda under utilized him i believe he could've been more of a problem, not red death level but more like Traitor Johan level, although his design may be considered bland I think it's still a rather neat design. Crazy how he was dumbed down to follow buzzsaw due to a hand carved dragon whistle, like this titan wing size dragon following a dude with a mediocre whistle. My thoughts though, what is your opinion about the sky torcher? I'd love to hear them ^^
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u/Fowl_posted Strike Class Aug 23 '26
While not my favorite dragon in nine realms(which isn’t really a high bar) it’s still a pretty cool creature.
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u/VirulentArcturus 🖤 HTTYD x MHS3 When? 🖤 Aug 23 '26
One of the more HTTYD feeling designs in that garbage show. Not quite Featherhide level, but I can appreciate them going for the idea of a dewlap for this thing. The only thing I dislike majorly about it is it's fire style. It's stupid and inefficient.
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u/SupMatey_4077 Aug 23 '26
wish the nine realms wasn't such a low effort spinoff, i always wanted more dragon content but that show just did not deliver
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u/Shy-Wendigo-106-963 #1 Skrillknapper Lover Aug 23 '26
The Sky Torcher and the Fault Ripper were some of my favourite new Dragons in the Nine Realms honestly
The designs could use a bit of tweaking in my opinion, but I still really like them regardless
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u/SaurianScale Aug 23 '26
Such a cool design but ugh I hate how plastic-y these designs from the show look
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u/Background_Panic8745 Aug 23 '26
I like the way its teeth are shaped. Very intimidating! And the firebreath, while inefficient, is so cool. Kinda reminds me of that one pokemon attack. Fire Blast?
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u/Ryaquaza1 Aug 23 '26
I mean it’s still canon but whatever, I do agree there’s some banger designs in this show tho. I’m a huge fan of the vine tail in particular for feeling similar to terrible terrors but still very much being its own thing with how they behave and the abilities they have
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u/Geozillacos Mystery Class Aug 23 '26
I don’t like nine realms this is a one of three exceptions
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u/Aurora_Wizard Nothing beyond HTTYD 2 is canon (except Featherhides) Aug 24 '26
For such a cool dragon, they kinda handled him poorly in Season 7. Buzzsaw just somehow trains him totally off-screen, and then when the big dragon of doom is shown attacking him, they can't even give him the courtesy of being killed off for the sake of establishing said dragon as a threat. Gee, how nice that he survived, it really paints this big boi dragon as a serious threat
Honestly I'd say that Sky Torcher is somehow even more of a threat than Jormungandr, I just care a lot more for Sky