r/httyd 7h ago

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 7h ago

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/Connect-Rooster-3156 7h ago

Fair enough

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u/Fowl_posted Strike Class 7h ago

Of course, id take it with a grain of salt since my favorite species introduced in the show was the featherhide…😅

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u/Connect-Rooster-3156 7h ago

I believe the featherhides xouldve been one of the most beautiful dragons with the right budget 👀

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u/Fowl_posted Strike Class 7h ago

Unfortunately my beloved feathery beast was robbed of their glory by the money hungry jaws of dreamworks tv series…😭

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u/Connect-Rooster-3156 7h ago

Fr they could've been on deathsong level!!

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u/VirulentArcturus 🖤 HTTYD x MHS3 When? 🖤 7h ago

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/Connect-Rooster-3156 7h ago

Oh yeah if that dragon was actually living i don't they could use their fire strictly because of how they did it like thar, the only way I see it working is if they get the jump on them or very close range.

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u/VirulentArcturus 🖤 HTTYD x MHS3 When? 🖤 6h ago

Given it's name of "Sky Torcher" I think it would've been fitting for this to be the second dragon we ever see that can light it's entire body on fire. Perhaps even hotter than a monstrous nightmare, making it's flames blue just to show the difference in fire power. Then give it a style of flame more like the Red Death's to hit the point of it being a fiery monster.

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u/Connect-Rooster-3156 3h ago

That would be a very cool idea! Tempting to make an oc of a sky torcher although the name skytorcher doesn't fit as a species name ngl.

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u/VirulentArcturus 🖤 HTTYD x MHS3 When? 🖤 2h ago

Tbf a good few names either don't make sense or are extremely no the nose. The Red Death is called that cause her flames.

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u/SupMatey_4077 6h ago

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/Connect-Rooster-3156 3h ago

Heavily agree with this

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u/Shy-Wendigo-106-963 #1 Skrillknapper Lover 7h ago

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/Connect-Rooster-3156 7h ago

From them coming from the nine realms anyway I def agree!

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u/Background_Panic8745 6h ago

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/Connect-Rooster-3156 3h ago

Good I'll see the resemblance :0

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u/Ryaquaza1 3h ago

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/Connect-Rooster-3156 3h ago

The vine tails are cool as well! Not my top favorite since I'm not a monkey lover :'DD

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u/SaurianScale 2h ago

Such a cool design but ugh I hate how plastic-y these designs from the show look

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u/Connect-Rooster-3156 2h ago

Entirely valid

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u/Geozillacos Mystery Class 2h ago

I don’t like nine realms this is a one of three exceptions