I've seen posts going around claiming that petting animals is basically tricking them into thinking they're being groomed, and it's bugging me because, like, there's no trickery afoot. Petting and scritching are grooming activities. They help to dislodge loose fur and foreign objects and more evenly distribute protective oils, among other things. Primates are social groomers, and the human impulse to scritch is the legacy of our primate ancestors. We see an animal we like, even a dangerous one, and the monkey brain says "groom that thing".
I love Freddy, but if I could go back in time and change one thing about the franchise I would tell them not to pitch down his voice. Not only does he sound inconsistent but I think Robert’s normal pitch (which you can hear in some scenes) is way creepier. Plus he’d just be easier to understand.
One of the things I resent most about being Animal Brain Apex Predator trapped in Maximum Productivity Society is that I have to work when the weather is gross, instead of following my natural instinct to burrow myself into something dry and soft and sleep until Optimal Foraging Conditions
Chuck’s ma and pa. They arnt the nicest of dragons.
Mama Milkwort is convinced Chuck is the result of brood parasitism (it’s not unheard of for dragons to do it to one another). Aspen tried to “toughen him up” into a proper dragon and had no patience for Chuck’s meek personality and perceived oddness.
Chuck ran away from his mother’s lair when he was around 14 and was taken in by his uncle Hogg.