Talk:Mildew/@comment-31135394-20191228234340

Aren't we, as a wiki, suppose to uphold what's actually confirmed? This whole Mildew in "King of Dragons, Part 2" theory is as sketchy as the Bewilderbeast egg in the same episode. The fact that Dean also used the term "Easter Egg" in reference to Drago's Bewilderbeast appearing in HTTYD3 isn't confirmation of anything. Since we love being technical over the details, here's some problems with that-

To quote what both Brook and Dean said "It was indeed a Mildew Easter Egg."

- Brook

"Rehabilitated and now living among the dragons of the Hidden World. Just a little Easter Egg for fans."

- Dean


 * 1) "It was indeed a Mildew Easter Egg" =/= "It was indeed Mildew". In Brook's statement, the name "Mildew" is just an adjective, not the subject. The subject of the statement is the term "Easter Egg".
 * 2) In Dean's statement, he confirms it's Drago's Bewilderbeast before he even calls it an "Easter Egg" by providing additional info.
 * 3) We can clearly see that it's Drago's Bewilderbeast in HTTYD3, even if we had never gotten a statement from Dean about it: it has the broken tusk/horn and metal cuffs on each. Not so obvious with Mildew.
 * 4) As we are all aware, in the TV series if a character model is seen wearing different clothing, it's an indication that it's actually a different person. In Riders/Defenders, Mildew is wearing brown. In RttE "he's" wearing green (see image).
 * 5) Unless someone official actually says that it was Mildew in RttE and not just a recycling of his character model to serve as an "Easter Egg", it is not actually confirmed to be him.

And though it could be passed off as just an opinion, it simply doesn't make sense that Mildew would randomly join Drago's army, when according to when we last saw him, he reformed along with Alvin at the end of Defenders. But interpreting Brook's vague statement to mean it is in fact him is just as much an opinion.

I know I'm not alone in getting frustrated when inconsistencies like this arise, nor am I alone in wanting to defend the franchise's integrity when it happens. So I don't think we should insist that the soldier in "King of Dragons, Part 2" is indeed Mildew without further confirmation.