Thoughts on Thunderfraud
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A fan discussion recently emerged on Reddit regarding the character Thunderfraud from the *Dragons Rising* storyline, capturing strong mixed feelings about the villain's execution within the series. Redditor /u/Spiritual_Zebra6883 shared a detailed critique pointing out that despite boasting some of the best visual designs in the entire *Dragons Rising* theme, a fitting musical theme, a great motivation, and a compelling backstory as an evil dragon rejected by the source dragons, the character ultimately suffers from wasted potential.
The critique highlights several major narrative shortcomings, noting that Thunderfraud takes the spotlight away from the "forbidden frauds" while barely receiving enough screen time to justify his prolonged presence standing around from Part 1 through the Part 2 finale. Despite praising the villain's conceptual premise and stellar voice performance, the user ranks him as the second-worst villain in the franchise just behind the Overlord due to how his promising attributes were handled in the story.
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For Me: I hate this character so much, not the worst villain but definitely the second worst villain behind the overlord because he took the spotlight from the forbidden frauds, standing there for the entire time till the finale in part 1 and especially part 2, he hardly gets any screen time and he is full of wasted potential, his designs are really cool and definitely my favourite Dragons rising character in terms of design wise, his theme is fitting and memorable, has a great motivation,...
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