EP088: Blood of Virgins

[slic]

That the dragons drank virgin blood had me thinking: Whoa! What do the genetic engineers make of that one? Weren't they able to isolate the genes responsible?

I made roughly the same point in the comments section.  It really took me out of the story because I kept thinking that this was ridiculous - it was just a contrivance of the author's hamfisted into the story

[adir1]

Is it just me or is everyone over thinking this story? Genetically engineered or not, clearly, that wasn't the focus of the plot at any time.

For me, the point was very well presented and use of dragons added to vividness of the World created in this story. Story came across wonderfully and I am sure there were plenty other people who remembered their youth, with whatever behavior and silliness was there, for each.

I felt there was a call to review our morals and face our fears, and through all that, I was entertained also!

[slic]

Is it just me or is everyone over thinking this story? Genetically engineered or not, clearly, that wasn't the focus of the plot at any time.

I felt there was a call to review our morals and face our fears, and through all that, I was entertained also!

Yes, I think that was the purpose/focus of the story, as well, but I don't see the critiques as overthinking, for me it is how the author hard a point (morals, etc) and said - I know I'll throw in some dragons so I can call it fantasy.

[fiveyearwinter]

The preachiness doesn't bother me in the least - I just find most of the stories that happen to slant "left-ish" to be boring. I mean...the talking trees thing? It just didn't get to me. Actually, I didn't like "Joe Steele" when I first heard it either. It took me another listen, and the ending packed quite the punch.

To me, this was more about the struggles of young adulthood than it was about how awful/evil the auto-I mean dragon industry is. They were kind of secondary to the plot. It was more about his own issues, and his idiotic attempts to get into some girl's pants as a cure for them, than it was about how Ford's new dragon gets 6 miles to the gallon.

Speaking of - did anyone consider the fact that blood is unlikely to be sufficient to sustain a full-sized, cargo-bearing dragon? I mean, honestly - I know this is fiction, but let's not get out of hand here!