Let's talk about Ice Dragon
I mean.. this thing is literally my namesake! Let me give it recognition.
I know I frequently post about characters such as Susie, Magolor and Marx, and yet I have "icedragonlizard" as my username which would imply that I should be more all over this big chubby blue dinosaur.
Funny of me to be acting the way I do.
However... despite seldom talking about him, I do love this thing.
I chose this username for two reasons: 1.) to stand out and 2.) while Ice Dragon may not necessarily be my top favorite character in all of Kirby, it is however one of my very favorite designs in the series!
I adore the appearance of this big cute silly thing.
He's big. He's chubby. He's blue. He looks very squishy. I want to hug him even if he'd bite me or turn me into an ice cube. He just straight up looks like a dinosaur, despite having dragon in his name. This is like the perfect sort of kawaii dinosaur design you'd expect in Kirby.
He looks like the substitute decoy from pokemon, LOL.
We don't have much reptiles in Kirby. There's also Landia, of course, which is another dragon. And there are also Galbos, an enemy species with evolved variants such as Galboros. I've noticed the visual similarities that Ice Dragon has to Galbos. May they be related at all?
I think the biggest problem with Ice Dragon is that he... isn't much of a character. He's very under-utilized. As far as I know, all his main appearances are: a boss in Dream Land 2 where he debuted, he's a painting that Adeleine summons in Dream Land 3, 64 and Star Allies (the former two as bosses, the latter as playable), he's a hologram in Planet Robobot, and if I'm not mistaken he also shows up in the clash games. I've never actually played the clash games but I've seen images of him in it.
And the fact he sadly has little recognition in the fandom in general.
He's much less major than other boss characters like Whispy Woods and Kracko. At least those two show up in like almost every game.
He doesn't even have a mask of his likeliness in Merry Magoland!
At least he does appear in the anime, though. I think it was cool the way they handled him, where they gave him a small version and then he just grew really gigantic.
There's unfortunately just very little to work with or talk about with Ice Dragon. One can try to rectify this with headcanons, which I've tried.
I do have headcanons for him.... it's just not a ton due to how little and minor of a character he is. For one, I headcanon that he's the king of whatever is Popstar's main snowy/arctic area, whether that be Iceberg (from DL2 and DL3) or White Wafers (from RTDL). And I imagine he's friends with King Dedede or at least gets along with him well, since they both serve as kings in their respective lands. Adeleine and the animal friends may know him and get along with him well, too, since the former even has paintings of him that she can summon.
If Ice Dragon was more major than he is... if they made him a more frequent boss and did more with him, I'd be all over it. I'd talk about him a lot more. I'd develop more headcanons for him at that point!
I once thought about that if Forgotten Land was willing to include dinosaur-like creatures during its game, then a primal version of Ice Dragon would've been absolutely perfect for the Winter Horns section.
If they ever do a Kirby game that includes dinosaurs, whether they be the villain faction or something else, then I think Ice Dragon himself or a relative could show up, and the aesthetic of his design could be a great base for other dinosaur creatures that get added in the series.
^ Just an idea, more ideas could be made.
This could be said for a lot of other characters in Kirby, I know, but I think a lot of really cool and awesome stuff could be done with Ice Dragon if HAL were to utilize him as such. I'd love to see it happen.
Oh and by the way, I'm aware that a plushie for Ice Dragon exists... it's from the Roly-Poly Friends merch line, but it's extremely rare to find and also costs a ton of money. It's out of my luxury to get it, sadly.
I would love to see a Sanei plushie of this guy come out at some point. I did say after all that I'd expand on my plushie collection more when they introduce more Sanei plushies later down the road, didn't I? Hahahahaha. Although I have the feeling that may take a while. That's fine. No need to rush. But if an Ice Dragon plush from Sanei comes into existence, I'm going to get it in a heartbeat. It'll be great.
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All PPPH Magolor and Chilly Moments Part 2
This is the rest of volume 4. The gang goes to Halcandra and things start to heat up. The romantic implications start at this part.
Part 1
Part 2 (you are here)
Part 3
V4, Ch10 (Landing on Halcandra)
With the Lor restored, Magolor takes everyone to Halcandra as promised. Kirby and DDD are getting excited about the “delicious food”, which causes Chilly to sweat remembering the lie he told.
Chilly then asks if Magolor’s planet is an enjoyable place, causing Magolor to sweat bullets, which worries Chilly.
After they get near enough to see that Halcandra is a volcanic wasteland, Chilly tries telling Kirby and co. not to get their hopes too high, but DDD and Kirby have already jumped out of the ship.
The ship lands near a bunch of abandoned factories, causing Chilly to basically go “What the hell, Magolor”.
The Lor is then attacked by Landia, causing Magolor to say “ That guy again!!”.
When Chilly prompts him, Magolor calls Landia a horrible monster and says that they attacked the Lor and destroyed Halcandra.
Magolor then bursts into crocodile tears once more and asks the gang to help him defeat Landia.
While he is begging, Magolor’s eyedrops fall out of his robe. DDD, BWD, and Kirby think Magolor just had bad eyes, but Chilly knows what they’re really for, though he doesn’t say anything.
Chilly then gets jumped and injured by random enemies (he’s usually not this useless I swear), causing Meta Knight to tell Magolor to take him in the ship (which he does off-screen).
BWD then tells Magolor to leave everything to them, causing Magolor to visibly use his eyedrops to fake cry and say that everyone is a good person, while inwardly thinking about how gullible they all are.
After Kirby sings the enemies to death with Mike Kirby, he tells Magolor to housesit with Chilly, which Magolor happily agrees to while telling Kirby to beat Landia to a pulp.
When Magolor gets back to the Lor he is moving his futon closer to Chilly’s, very happy about being together with Chilly again. Chilly is not pleased with this.
V4, Ch11 (Egg Engines, Metal General Battle)
When the gang runs into Metal General, Chilly asks Magolor about him. Magolor tells Chilly that MG is Landia’s heinous robot henchman and that it’s really smart.
Magolor trembles and cries as he tells Chilly that MG is so smart that…it memorized the entire multiplication times table, which Chilly points out is on the level of an elementary schooler.
After the gang defeat MG, it asks Meta Knight why people like them are taking the side of the invader, which causes alarm bells to go off in MK’s head.
V4, Ch12 (Before the Fight with Landia)
When trudging through the heat of Halcandra, the gang finds a water and food stand owned by a Water Galboros. When Kirby says that they’re here to defeat Landia, the WG says that they won’t permit invaders and attacks them, causing MK to remember Metal General’s words and get even more suspicious.
Meanwhile, in the Lor, Magolor is excitedly showing Chilly footage of Kirby’s fight, but watching videos of volcanoes causes Chilly to melt.
Meta Knight then calls Magolor to ask him about his true intentions. The implied accusation startles Chilly, causing him to accidentally break the communication device with his melting before Magolor can answer. Magolor was sweating profusely with his heart racing, freaking out.
The gang later encounters Dubior, initially very friendly, who was also enraged at the gang’s intent to defeat Landia, and says that Landia is Halcandra’s protective deity.
After the battle with Dubior, Meta Knight is extremely suspicious and asks the gang if they can confirm something, fearing they might be making a huge mistake, but he is interrupted by Landia’s appearance before he can convince them.
Yeah, Meta Knight starts to become important as well. Volume 5 is where things, get really spicy, though.
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WHITELIST
Current Hyperfixation: The Collector (Owl House)
[Will be changed many times]
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Characters:
Bold: Absolute favorites
Kaijus(Godzilla): Shin Godzilla,Heisei Burning Godzilla,Millenium Godzilla,Gigan, Kiryu, Mechagodzilla 2021, Destoroyah,Gorosaurus,Heisei King Ghidorah,Kaizer Ghidorah,Skull Crawler,Titanosaurus,Methuselah,
Mecha Ghidorah.
Kaijus(Gamera): Gamera,Zedus.
Jurassic World/Park: Spinosaurus, Indominus Rex, Indoraptor, Giganotosaurus, Echo.
Kirby: King Dedede,Kirby,Meta Knight,Galacta Knight,Morpho Knight,Magolor,Shadow Dedede,Landia,Grand Doomer,Sphere Doomer,Galboros,Kibble Blade,Dark Matter Swordsman.
Super Mario/Paper Mario: Bowser,Dry Bowser,Dark Bowser,Midbus,Dry Bones,King Bob-Omb,Chill Bully, King Boo(Luigi's Mansion),Meowser,Black Paint Bowser,Doppliss,Sir Grodus,Mimi,Count Bleck,Rookie & Popple,Bonechill,Boshi,Dino Piranha,Gobblegut,Megaleg,Ruined Dragon,Chain Chomp,Bouldergeist,Prince Bully,Hisstocrat,Polluted Piranha,Petey Piranha.
Metroid:Ridley, Mecha Ridley
Star Fox: Wolf O'Donnell,Falco Lombardi.
Fnaf: Withered Bonnie,Golden Freddy, Montgomery Gator,Nightmare Foxy, Nightmare Chica,Jack-o Chica,Jack-o Bonnie, Twisted Wolf,Ignited Bonnie,Ignited Foxy,Creation,Lefty,Ennard,Molten Freddy,Springtrap,Phantom Freddy,Phantom Foxy,Moondrop/Sundrop,Shadow Freddy.
Undertale/Deltarune:Sans, Frisk,Kris,Chara,Berdly,Burgerpants,Greater dog,Lesser dog,Doggo,Snowdrake,Endogeny,Undyne,Asgore Dreemurr,Grillby,Omega Flowey,Asriel Dreemurr,Chaos King,Jevil,Ralsei,Susie,W.D.Gaster.
Madness Combact: Hank.J.Wimbleton,Tricky,The Auditor,ATP Engineer,Mag Agent V2.
Undertale AUs:Error!Sans,Ganz!Sans,Fatal Error!Sans,Abyss!Sans,Underswap Sans,Underswap Papyrus,Underfell Sans, Underfell Papyrus,Nightmare!Sans,Dream!Sans,Outertale Sans,GenocideSwap!Sans,Aftertale!Sans,X Sans(Cross),X Gaster,X Chara,Quantumtale!Sans,Underfell Asgore,Hardtale Asgore,Hardtale Sans,Color!Sans, X Alphys,Storyshift Chara,Storyshift Asriel,Core!Frisk,Altertale Sans,Altertale Flowey,Storyshift Sans,Bird!Sans.
Tf2:Pyro,Merasmus,Soldier,Medic.
Tekken:Alex,Ancient Ogre,King, Armor King,Gigas, Yoshimitsu,Kuma.
Demon Slayer:Inosuke Hashibira,Tanjiro Kamado,Rengoku Kyojuro,,Obanai Iguro,Shinobu Kocho,Nezuko Kamado,Sabito.
Minecraft:Creeper,Enderman,Ender Dragon,Warden,Iron Golem,Ravager,Wither,Skeleton,Wither Skeleton,Stray.
Fnf:Hex,Whitty,Agoti,Tabi (i only like these, the game itself has a lot of explicit shit.. the fandom is even worse bruh)
Fairy tail:Natsu Dragneel,Lucy Heartfilia,Erza Scarlet,Happy,Gajeel Redfox,Panther Lily,Juvia Lockser,Mystogan,Lector,Erik,Capricorn,Guttman Kubrick,Simon,Kama,Irene Belserion,Igneel,Acnologia,Skiadrum ,Atlas Flame,Animus,Selene,Ignia,Deliora, Salberay,Bloodman,Skullion Raider,Tauros,Pyxis,
Black Clover:Asta,Mereoleona Vermillion,Salamander,Yami Sukehiro,Zora Ideale,Luck Voltia,Vetto,Liebe,
Ninjago:Pythor.P.Chumsworth,Zane,
Skales,Skalidor,Fangtom,Acidicus,
Clancee,Lord Garmadonn,Mr.E,The Crystal king, The Overlord,Vengestone Warriors,Boreal,The Great Devourer.
Lego Chima:Cragger,Crug,Eris,Foltrax, Rawzom,Scorn,Sir Fangar,Sykor,Vardy,VoomVoom.
Steven Universe:Steven,Lion,Garnet,Amethyst Alexandrite,Obsidian,The Cluster,Biggs[Corrupted],Cookie Cat,Peridot,Dogcopter,Jasper,Lapis Lazuli,Malachite,Centipeetle,Steven[Corrupted],Spinel.
Star Wars:Darth Vader,Stormtrooper, Captain Phasma,Death Trooper, Range Trooper,Kylo Ren,Boba Fett, General Grievous.
Mlp:Spike,Ember,Thorax,Gallus,
Smolder,Changeling(Original),Queen Chrysalis,King Sombra,Lord Tirek,Grogar,Discord,Iron Will, Shadow Pony,Timberwolves,
Miracolous:Dragonbug,Fang,Kagami Tsurugi/Ryuko,Longg,Mei Shi, Chat Noir,Chat Blanc,Viperion,Caprikid,Plagg,
Multimouse,Sass,Hawkmoth (his other costumes look like absolute crap),Mayura,Frightningale,Queen Wasp,Weredad,Silencer,Princess Justice,YanLuoShi,Truth,Qilin, Strike Back.
Marvel/DC: Venom,Carnage,Ghost Rider, Killer Croc, Lizard, Cat Woman, Dex-Starr, Krypto, Streaky, Ace, Larfleeze,Raven,Killer Moth, Slade Wilson, Trigon.
TMNT 2012:The Shredder, Splinter, Donatello,Donbot, Triceratons, Bebop & Rocksteady, Rahzar,Fishface, Leatherhead,Tokka, Slash, Mondo Gecko, April O'Neil,Kraang.
Pokémon:Feraligatr,Rayquaza,Aggron,
Mega Charizard X,Kyrem,Zekrom,Zygarde(100 and 60%),
Yveltal,Chandelure,Krookodile,
Haunter,Garchomp,Guzzlorr,Fuecoco,
Zamazenta,(Shiny)Tyrantrum,Magnezone,Houndoom,Arbok,Venonat,Articuno,Ho-oh,Onix, Chatot,Salamence,Regice,Druddigon, Silvally,Type: Null.
Noragami: Bishamonten, Yato, Yukine, Iki Hyori
Fire Force:Benimaru Shinmon, Joker, Maki Oze, Shinra Kusakabe,Takehisa Hinawa,Tamaki Kotatsu.
Edens Zero:Shiki Granbell, Elsie Crimson,Happy, Hermit Mio,Rebecca Bluegarden, Seth Anderson, Sister Ivry, Ziggy, Witch Regret.
Assassination Classroom: korosensei, Nagisa Shiota, Karma Akabane, Kayano Kaede, Itona
Mha: Principal Nezu,Thirteen,Hound dog, Ectoplasm,Power Loader, Tsuyu Asui, Mina Ashido,Ochaco Uraraka, Eijirou Kirishima,Koji Koda, Kyoka Jiro, Fumikage Tokoyami, Shoto Todoroki, Katsuki Bakugo, Izuku Midoriya,Itsuka Kendo, Jurota Shishida, Manga Fukidashi, Juzo Honenuki, Kojiro Bondo, Tamaki Amajiki, Nagamasa Mora, Tamashiro, Wash, Ryukyu, Gang Orca, Shishido, Fat Gum, Centipeder, Backdraft, Gunhead, Selkie, Elecplant, Godzillo,Takahiro, Death Arms, Gyges, Daigoro, Chimera, Leviathan, Kurogiri, U.s.j Nomu, Chomper, Twice, Spinner, Geten, Shin Nemoto, Kendo Rappa, Rikiya Katsukame
Hunter x Hunter: Kanzai,Kurapika, Leorio, Gon Freecss, Killua Zoldyck, Biscuit Krueger, Tsezguerra, Kite, Kiriko, Monta Yuras, Alluka Zoldyck, Gotoh, Mike, Gido, Shalnak, Nobunaga Hazama, Phinks Magcub, Blobster, Meruem, Neferpitou, Menthuthuyoupi, Welfin, Peggy, Leol, Ikalgo,
Dorohedoro: Kaiman, Shin, Aikawa, 13, Chidaruma, Jonson, Tanba
TOH: The Collector, Hunter, King Clawthorne, Eda Clawthorne, Luz Noceda, Belos/Philip, Papa Titan, Willow, Kikimora,
Adventure Time: Finn, Jake, The lich king, Gunter, Me-mow, Fern, Golb, Ice King, Cosmic Owl, Death, New Death,
(I might add more characters in the future)
Favorite Dinosaurs: Suchomimus Tenerensis,Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus, yutyrannus,Torvosaurus,Allosaurus Fragilis,Siats Meekerorum,Ichthyovenator Laosensis, Irritator Challengeri,Pyroraptor, Sinosauropteryx,Carnotaurus Sastrei, Baryonyx Walkeri,Dilophosaurus Wetherilli.
Non-Dinosaurus:Kaprosuchus, Sarcosuchus.
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Wyvere ranks the dragon designs in Kirby!
Out of all game franchises, Kirby is definitely among my favorites for its fun gameplay and mechanics, creative designs, and surprisingly deep characters and lore. And right now now, we’ll be talking about some of the character designs, specifically the designs of the dragons and dragonlike creatures that appear throughout the series!
We’ll be starting off with the Ice Dragon, a beastie that first appeared in Kirby’s Dreamland 2, one of the earliest adventures of everyone’s favorite eldritch abomination! And it’s pretty par for the course with their design for this series, with a simplistic, cutesy design that makes me wanna snuggle with them. Honestly, I’d say this little friend could’ve joined Kirby’s main cast of pals! Though maaaaaaaaaaaaybe that’s just me being optimistic. I mean, they never got to be a really recurring character anyway.
Though in recent years, they’ve actually gotten a few variations! The Holo Defense API in Planet Robobot is able to recreate some of Kirby’s past foes as holograms, and the 2.0 version creates some of the stronger forms of the foes in question. However, unlike Kracko, the Sphere Doomers, and Coily Rattler, the Ice Dragon’s never had a EX/2.0 version for themself. So, we got a completely new design for our frosty friend! This design is more elaborate, with icy markings on the dragon’s belly and diamond-shaped spines on their back. I’m... not really a fan of the spines, honestly. They add a bit of personality, but it’s a more aggressive personality that contrasts with our frosty friend’s rather cuddly design.
At least with the Electric Dragon, they’re very likely a completely separate individual, since they’ve got lightning powers rather than ice. I’d imagine they’re related to or even the same species as the Ice Dragon, since they look pretty darn similar. Obviously, this friend has more lightning-related flourishes on their design. I’m more okay with their more energetic appearance, as them a difference character than the existing Ice Dragon. Honestly, this gives me hope with them becoming a recurring character, maybe even eventually being playable eventually!
The next most common dragons in Kirby are the Galbo species, which are round, limbless, and goshdarn adorable. I like this art for them, their eyes and spines are very reptiley.
Post Return to Dreamland designs for this sweet little beasties have bigger eyes and less crocodilian spines, but they’re still adorbs.
There’s also the less cute Galboros, a similarly round dragon with a fiery back and eyebrows. Since this fellow is much larger than the Galbos, this seems to imply that the Galbos are juveniles while the Galboros is an adult. In that case, I’d personally prefer for the Galboros to be a more serpentine design, though not to the point they look like realistically noodley snakes, as that would just be too much of a departure from the Kirby art style.
There’s also the Water Galboros, and I dig the tropical fish colors and how the design somewhat evokes sharks with the fins and snout. You can easily get a vibe that this beastie is associated with water.
In Planet Robobot, we come across a (or several?) Galboros corrupted by poisonous fumes produced the Haltmann Works Company. Poor thing... Miasmoros seems to be made out of sludge, and seems to have some metallic stuff coming from their back. I’d wanna hug the poor creature, but I don’t want to get, you know, poisoned.
Next up, the Great Dragon from the weird Computer Virus boss. I... don’t have time to get into how weird the whole boss is, but one of the foes it sends at you is a dragon, so that’s cool. The original Super Star design is a pretty standard modern Western-style dragon, if a little bland.
The Ultra redesign has a less bland design with its spikes and more realistic wings, but it’s kinda clashing with Kirby’s art style... Well, the Computer Virus is just really weird already, so at least there’s that.
While the rather uncreatively named Flappy is more like a weird bird, they’re kinda dragony, so they have a place here! And they’re just precious, and I want a plushie of one! It’s a crying shame they’ve only appeared in Air Ride, as they were set to appear in Kirby GCN, which... well we all know what happened there.
Fangora here is the first boss of Epic Yarn. Alongside the Great Dragon, Fangora is the most typically DnD style “““true””” dragon in Kirby. It’s a little hard to comment on its design since it’s made of yarn, but I do like the freaky looking eye and the projectile tongue which ends in an arrow much like some dragons in medieval art!
The aquatic Gaveela never made an appearance ouutside Canvas Curse, which is quite a shame because they’re just precious! Though that’s probably because the Barbars from Return to Dreamland kinda stole their niche as giant, aquatic beasts that will happily gobble up anything swimming by, which includes Kirby! Anyway, I like Gaveela’s little gills(?) on the side of their sweet faces, they kinda remind me of an axolotl.
In Triple Deluxe, the Winged Eggers appear as minibosses in one of the Hypernova levels. Like the Ice Dragon and the Galbos, these fellows are very round and adorable, and they also have more realistic/gritty details, like their armored backs, scales, and tattered wings, and it’s impressive how both of those meshed so well! At first, I thought they spat soccer balls at our puffball, but while I was getting pictures for this post, I learned that they actually eggs out of their mouths which... I don’t even have time to get into how weird that would make their biology.
Like Flappy, the Tortoner and the larger Tortuilding probably don’t count as dragons, but they’re very dragony regardless! Besides, a Tortuilding in one of the later levels spits fiery rocks from their mouth. I love the detailed scales and spikes in this design, and how these big reptiles are almost like hermit crabs with how they collect shells (or buildings in this case) to protect their vulnerable backs.
Okay, now for the three most important dragons in Kirby, at least to me. While the first is the most important role and lore-wise, you’ll see why I find the latter two so important...
The four headed dragon, Landia, at first seems to be the main antagonist of Return to Dreamland, but in reality, they were simply guarding the Master Crown from Magolor, who painted them as a dangerous beast to get Kirby to defeat them so he could steal the relic from them, the fiend. After the traitorous egg reveals his true colors, Landia actually aids you in the fight against him by letting Kirby and pals ride on their backs! Yes, they can separate into four separate dragons, which is rather interesting, as I’ve mostly seem them referred to as a single individual, so I’m not sure if they’re a single dragon with four heads or four dragons which combined themselves into one body. Interestingly enough, I’ve seen theories that they could be one of the four heroes of yore who vanquished Void Termina, so they would be counted as a single individual there for obvious reasons...
Wait, this is about their design, I forgot! Well, I definitely like how imposing they are in their combined form, but they’re so cute in their separate forms. I also like their little fluffy collar around their necks, it reminds me of a vulture!
Okay, I know people might be rather surprised by Driblee being here, as they’re definitely a far cry from DnD ‘‘‘‘true””” dragons, and are simply just regular enemies in Star Allies that serve as the friend for the Water ability. But guess what? Most older stories of dragons had them as aquatic and serpentine, much like Driblee here, and that would mean Driblee is the first true playable dragon in the Kirby series, and to me, that is very important. And Driblee is absolutely precious too, with their charming little flippers and big eyes!
But even better than that, Kirby themself can become a dragon through evolving the Fire ability in the most recent game, Forgotten Land! And let me just say as someone who’s played it, this ability makes an already fun game even more fun, with its glide attack and how your fire breath leaves flames on your foes that causes lasting damage! I like how unlike most depictions of hypothetical dragon abilities for Kirby, this one doesn’t have horns, instead having scaly claws and a purple flame on the pink eldritch abomination’s head! Obviously, this is my favorite copy ability, though if I were ever to make a ranking of my favorite abilities, I doubt evolved abilities would count, so I guess if I were to do that, I’d just have to say Fire is my favorite... Nah, just kidding, if I ever do that, I’ll just say my fave would most certainly be Beetle.
Honestly, Kirby’s creature designs have always been great, whether they be simple or complex, and that extends to the many dragons throughout the series, as you can see here! Who knows, maybe the next planet-destroying abomination our pink hero will face next will be a dragon?
...In that case, Kirby could very well end up fighting dragonfire with dragonfire...
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