Fairy Tale Spotlight: Kobolds Are Cute

Not long ago, Kobolds were suddenly changed to be something far more standardized. Although before, they were just another generic fairy monster that could be just about anything. The current standard makes them out to be a bunch of colorful lizards. Little mini-dragons if you will.

From what I can tell, they like to go on adventures and often get into trouble, mainly from just getting in over their heads. They don't always die, but a lot of them do, and that seems to be the fate of many a kobold. The funny thing about it is that no matter how many you kill, there will probably be more to replace them.

The kobolds we have today look like they were born in one of those gumball machines that spit out the little plastic bubbles. Remember those? I can imagine people wanting to collect little kobolds from one of those machines.

It's a bit remarkable to me that something so prone to being killed has a sort of collector's value to them. I even imagine them getting captured by some wealthy eccentric that keeps them in a room where he can accessorize them and show them off to people for bragging rights. As cute as they are, I can see that happening.

Kobolds tend to think of themselves very seriously, but they will always be low-level individuals. They can't deal with heroes or big monsters. But they might still try... and fail. I think one of the reason people like them so much is because they really aren't all that intimidating, even when they are trying to be.

That's really all I wanted to talk about this time. I just moved into a house and got a new laptop. I'm also in the middle of a bunch of books, so I have nothing to review. Hope you enjoyed reading this either way.

This blog was written on October 17, 2023.

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