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On the Size and Scale of Dragons
Note: This is the finalized version of the essay originally published as "How Large Was Smaug Really?" You can also find it on Quora in...
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Oct 20, 20233 min read
How Large Was Smaug Really?
The following is planned to be submitted for canon review in the Quora space The Nine. You can find the final draft here. Smaug the...
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Apr 5, 20231 min read
Brandon Sanderson On Fantasy and Emotion
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Nov 23, 20221 min read
More Night Fury Firepower Estimation
Fireballs. Beautiful fireballs. In this gif, you can see Toothless blowing up the top of a wooden tower. It makes a pretty impressive...
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Nov 19, 20222 min read
Calcs: Red Death Durability
Note: The numbers here are very rough, and really only good to about an order of magnitude. They just give us some idea of what the Red...
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Nov 19, 20221 min read
Character: Red Death
Universe: Earth (How To Train Your Dragon franchise) Creature type: Dragon (winged) Size: 400 feet long (including tail) Abilities: Fire...
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Apr 27, 20223 min read
Smaug vs Drogon
Movies vs show. Okay, this is a more even fight. Let's dive right in. Size: Smaug's size Smaug was called "twice as big as a 747" by a...
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Mar 9, 20222 min read
What Would Happen If Toothless Scored a Direct Hit On Smaug's Weak Spot?
Spoiler: I don't know. In a previous essay, I argued that Smaug could destroy Toothless. I don't think he'd ever get off a shot to...
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Dec 7, 20212 min read
Red Death Density
Please note that these figures are very, very rough (due to the volume of the Red Death being rather difficult to figure out with...
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Dec 3, 202110 min read
Smaug vs Toothless Analysis
I'm literally agonizing over who would win between a multi-hundred-ton demon who shrugged off molten gold and a car-sized flying lizard with
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Nov 16, 20211 min read
Calc: Toothless Blasts Away Monstrous Nightmare
Here's the feat. All right, I'll run the numbers. Sadly, Imgur does not give precise second decimal numbers on their gifs, so I have to...
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Nov 15, 20211 min read
Does Movie Smaug Truly Have Kiloton-Level Fire?
Smaug blasts Lake-Town. This post is gonna be short. it's just an explanation of why we can know Smaug really does emit...
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Aug 8, 20213 min read
Why LotR and The Hobbit are Scientifically and Theologically Accurate and Consistent
If you are a Star Wars fan or a Harry Potter fan, or a fan of anything besides LotR, you know that reading this blog is not going to be...
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May 6, 20214 min read
Thread Analysis: Smaug vs Darth Vader and Kylo Ren
This is a commentary on the SpacesBattles thread. In blue italics are my comments and rebuttals. I didn't finish this post, but I got...
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Mar 12, 20211 min read
Character: Peril
"No one wants me. No one can even touch me. You saw that. I was born with too much fire."—The Dragonet Prophecy Universe: Pyrriha (Tui T....
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Jan 30, 20211 min read
Character: Toothless (franchise)
"Toothless didn't just become my friend. He became the friend who gave me my purpose." —Book of Dragons (short) Universe: Earth (How to...
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Jan 30, 20211 min read
Character: Smaug (cartoon)
"My armor is like tenfold shields. My teeth are like swords! My claws, spears!"—The Hobbit (cartoon) Universe: Arda (Rankin-Bass)...
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Jan 30, 20211 min read
Character: Smaug (films)
"I am fire. I am...death."—The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Universe: Arda (Peter Jackson) Creature type: Dragon (winged) Size:...
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Jan 29, 20212 min read
Character: Smaug (novels)
"My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail is a thunderbolt, my wings a hurricane,...
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Jan 28, 20211 min read
Intuition in Tolkien's dragons
Smaug (Hobbit films) In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Smaug refers to Thorin by his title of "Oakenshield". Thorin did not gain...
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