Talk:Mistletoe Dragon/@comment-5790229-20131210231638/@comment-5835936-20131211120837

Yeah, mistletoe is a parasitic plant. Not a fungus or a weed. And I believe the distinction being made between flower and plant was that Poinsettia is the name of the whole plant, not just the flowers, and also what you may think are flowers are actually coloured leaves.

Anyway, even if it were just a flower, that doesn't mean it would have to be Flower recoloured. Rose and Nightshade are flowers, but they aren't flower recolours. So are the cherry blossoms that Sakura is based on. Nobody can predict what BFS will do with dragon designs, but if anything it seems like they are moving towards fewer recolours. And rightly so, imo.

My personal dislike for the poinsettia lies in the fact that it is a modern invention to associate it with christmas, because it brings christmasy colours to areas that don't experience very wintry conditions. For example, I saw them most frequently when I lived in Georgia/Florida for a year. Whereas, mistletoe is an ancient tradition, and as such has been associated with christmas for a very long time. And I think traditional things make for more interesting design bases, as they have more story to go with them, and the myths and legends associated with them fit better into the magical world of DragonVale.