Talk:Dragons/@comment-29981995-20181110095322

So I have two theories regarding the great size disparity between dragons:

A. Since dragons live a really long time, their growth is slow and it takes a long time for them to achieve a size like Torch's.

B. The only dragons that attain massive size are ones who, like Spike, become consumed by greed to the point of hoarding everything. Why Garble and Sludge haven't undergone such a process is a bit of a mystery, but I could see it being explained in a couple ways. It's possible such a process has to take place when a dragon is sitll very young, as demonstrated by Spike. Also, Garble seems to be motivated more by spite than by greed, while Sludge is greedy but also very lazy; as such, these traits could be preventing them from undergoing the growth process.