Daneasaur 
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It doesn't make garble sympathetic in the slightest. He's been the alpha male of the "teen" dragons and has out performed every one of them. He was also going to win the gauntlet of fire and it required Spike AND Ember working together, along with a distraction of Twilight and Rarity in order to keep him away from the scepter. Why was it so important to stop him? Because his rule = Full on dragon war with equestria.
I've said this before, Starlight was going to cause catastrophic damage, but what was her intended goal? The removal of cutie marks. That's it. She didn't intend for Sombra to rule, for Chrysalis to win, for Flim and Flam to turn the world into a mechanized dystopia, or for the world to be burned into a barren wasteland.
Garble is a dragon. A home grown dragon with no pony philosophy in his life. It's been shown that ANY weakness is exploited by other dragons for personal gain. Ember was unique in that her father actually cared about her so much he refused to let her participate in the gauntlet (with good reason as, without spike, she would have died shortly after the starting line). Moreso, who was the one who smashed into her and made her fall? It was **Garble.*
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Ember had a predisposition to kindness other dragons don't showcase. Smolder being a prime example of this relishes stories of abuse, loves dispensing harsh news to others, and was overjoyed to make Spike think his life was over. While showing that she HAS a soft spot she's horrified to show is nice, it doesn't change what she actually has done in front of, or to, others.
Garble had a chance for redemption, and the episode was called Shadow Play. So, did he calm down any? Nope, he was as aggressive as ever, and exploited a loophole in the dragon lord's law so he could attack Spike. If anything, he was MORE aggravated than before.
But no, lets just forget about that, forget about his genocidal goals, and feel sorry that his art project isn't going as planned.
It's no different than feeling sorry for Adolf Hitler because he failed art school and ignoring World War 2.
It doesn't make garble sympathetic in the slightest. He's been the alpha male of the "teen" dragons and has out performed every one of them. He was also going to win the gauntlet of fire and it required Spike AND Ember working together, along with a distraction of Twilight and Rarity in order to keep him away from the scepter. Why was it so important to stop him? Because his rule = Full on dragon war with equestria.
I've said this before, Starlight was going to cause catastrophic damage, but what was her intended goal? The removal of cutie marks. That's it. She didn't intend for Sombra to rule, for Chrysalis to win, for Flim and Flam to turn the world into a mechanized dystopia, or for the world to be burned into a barren wasteland.
Garble is a dragon. A home grown dragon with no pony philosophy in his life. It's been shown that ANY weakness is exploited by other dragons for personal gain. Ember was unique in that her father actually cared about her so much he refused to let her participate in the gauntlet (with good reason as, without spike, she would have died shortly after the starting line). Moreso, who was the one who smashed into her and made her fall? It was **Garble.*
Ember had a predisposition to kindness other dragons don't showcase. Smolder being a prime example of this relishes stories of abuse, loves dispensing harsh news to others, and was overjoyed to make Spike think his life was over. While showing that she HAS a soft spot she's horrified to show is nice, it doesn't change what she actually has done in front of, or to, others.
Garble had a chance for redemption, and the episode was called Shadow Play. So, did he calm down any? Nope, he was as aggressive as ever, and exploited a loophole in the dragon lord's law so he could attack Spike. If anything, he was MORE aggravated than before.
But no, lets just forget about that, forget about his genocidal goals, and feel sorry that his art project isn't going as planned.
It's no different than feeling sorry for Adolf Hitler because he failed art school and ignoring World War 2.