Drag-a-Long Coyote Jr.

Drag-a-Long Coyote, Jr. is a grey-furred coyote and Droop-a-Long's oldest brother. Though hailing from a modest yet poor family, Drag-a-Long’s penchant for mischief and trouble took a violent turn, and in his teenage years was exiled from his hometown for it. In his adult years, he became a notorious outlaw known for wreaking havoc across the state of Texas and beyond, and gained notoriety when he supplanted Spike Barnes as the leader of Red Scorpion. He would cross paths with Sheriff Ricochet Rabbit and his brother Droop-a-Long several times during his career, the latter moreso as he became a sheriff and started to gain notoriety in his own field. Though he’d sowed chaos and discord into many lives, and had burned bridges with his immediate family, he would eventually come to see the light courtesy of his younger brother, who at one point also believed that he couldn’t be saved. 
Debuting in the special Powerful Friendship, Iron Bond, Drag-a-Long migrated over to Blazin’ Trails and was intended to be one of the key antagonists in the original series. His status as antagonist would be restored in Blazin’ Trails Redux, where he plays as a main and recurring antagonist for much of its run. 
==Personality==
Manipulative, controlling, and abusive, Drag-a-Long's very name strikes fear into even the hardiest of outlaws. He often kills the lawmen that come after him, which is what make some shy away from hunting him down. Drag-a-Long enjoys causing mayhem and killing people mostly out of the pleasure of seeing the people's terrified faces, and sometimes goes on robbing sprees at random just to get a kick out of it. His outlaw moniker is "Savage" due to the sheer brutality of his killings, especially when he gets "in the zone". He enjoys being dominant, especially with women, and won't hesitate to kill anybody who try to overstep their authority or talk back to him. He's also said to be credited with the term "bed and kill", due to his occasional tendency to kill a woman he's spent the night with after he's done with her. His arrogance and temper are his major flaws, and on at least two occasions were responsible for landing him in jail.
==History==
===Early Life===
Drag-a-Long was born in Shadybrook to Drag-a-Long Coyote, Sr. and Selena Coyote. He was named after his father, although it was apparent at a young age that he would be nothing like his father. Over the course of ten years, his other siblings were born: Hop-a-Long, Droop-a-Long, Sing-a-Long and Betty.
As the oldest of five children, Drag-a-Long was expected to carry on his father's shop, but the elder son had a different agenda in mind--he craved adventure and excitement, and found none of that in running a store. When he was eight years old, an outlaw by the name of Fang rode into town and shot and killed three people during a bank robbery; the sheriff, despite his best efforts, was unable to stop the criminal. Fascinated, Drag-a-Long started learning how to use guns, as well as building up a knowledge of weapons and how to effectively kill people. As a child, he was a troublemaker, but in his teenage years, he was very rebellious, breaking into stores and vandalizing things. He and his group caused so much trouble that his father disowned him and kicked him out of the family, followed by the town banning him from ever returning. Before leaving Shadybrook for good, he told his little brother, Droop-a-Long, that one day they would meet again, but it wouldn't be pretty.
===Taking Over Red Scorpion===
===The Phantom Killer===
His womanizing tendencies brought him into the company of Serena Falconeri, another famed outlaw who happened to be in town that evening. The two's meeting got off to an ugly start, and it even resulted in a fight that almost had Drag-a-Long kill her right then and there. Despite feeling both humiliated and angered that he'd been beaten up by a rabbit, and both of them vowing to kill each other one day, they were also simultaneously attracted to each other; for Drag-a-Long, she was one of the few women he'd met who matched his intelligence. Serena at first wanted nothing to do with him other than to receive information about the gang that was responsible for killing her husband and son, but that changed when a heated moment between the two resulted in them spending the night together. From then on, the two had a rather wild and passionate romance, but it ended when Serena became pregnant. When she had her son later that spring, she realized that neither of them could take care of the boy, as both of their paths would kill him. She left the boy in an orphanage, and later disappeared; two years later, Drag-a-Long came upon the young boy during another one of his sprees through town and discovered that he was his son. Drag-a-Long took the boy in, but his anger at losing the one woman he truly did love due to his son is what caused him to start abusing the boy.
== Relationships ==
=== Drag-a-Long Coyote, Sr. ===
=== Selena Coyote ===
=== Droop-a-Long Coyote ===
=== Sing-a-Long Coyote ===
=== Betty Coyote ===
=== Hop-a-Long Coyote ===
=== Ricochet Rabbit ===
=== Serena Falconeri ===
=== Lucky ===
=== Denise Falconeri ===
==Trivia==
*Drag-a-Long was created by Vulaan Kulaas, who serves as a co-author of the series. He first appeared in Powerful Friendship, Iron Bond as the main antagonist, establishing his fractured relationship with his family in his debut appearance. Though Powerful Friendship, Iron Bond is considered non-canon within the the series, Drag-a-Long was one of many elements that migrated into the Blazin’ Trails series. While some details (including his liaisons with Serena Falconeri) were written by iheartgod175, much of his history would be detailed by Vulaan Kulaas. 
**Similar to how Serena was created to be the opposite of Denise, Drag-a-Long Jr. was intended to be an antithesis to Droop-a-Long, showing how Droop-a-Long could’ve been if he’d followed his brother, or had a different outlook on life.
**Initially, Drag-a-Long was meant to be an irredeemable villain who faced death for the chaos and death he caused. In Powerful Friendship, Iron Bond, Droop-a-Long kills Drag-a-Long when the latter attempts to make him choose between killing Ricochet or their sister, Betty. In the original notes of Blazin’ Trails, iheartgod175 intended for the two to have a final showdown where Droop-a-Long kills his brother on the field. Vulaan Kulaas, however would come up with the idea for him to have a redemption arc, although his path to redemption would be rougher and harder than Serena’s, as even his own brother didn’t believe he could change. This change would be reflected in Blazin’ Trails Redux. 
***This wouldn’t be the first time he would have a sympathetic portrayal. Iheartgod175 wrote a story featuring Ricochet Rabbit and Quick Draw McGraw, titled Best In the West, where Drag-a-Long was the main antagonist. In this story, his reasons for his rampages were more sympathetic: he was married to Serena, and the two were going to have another child (having already had Lucky) when a rival gang member eviscerated his family, killing his pregnant wife. Drag-a-Long loses his mind with grief and rage, wanting nothing more than to track down the man responsible and kill him, even at the cost of his own life. Although the story was removed from Archive of Our Own, the notes stated that Droop-a-Long would work with his brother to capture the man responsible.
**Drag-a-Long, Jr. was designed several years ago by Iheartgdo175, who depicted him as having scruffier fur, longer claws, fangs, and a clipped ear. Much of the art that features him, sadly, was lost when the author moved in 2017. 
***One of the designs that survived featured Drag-a-Long in an outfit that was clearly inspired by Lupin III’s Daisuke Jigen, which was pointed out by the author’s brother. As iheartgod175 was watching Lupin III at the time (and Jigen was one of her favorite characters), she joked that she threw it in as a reference, although Drag-a-Long was a bit more irredeemable than Jigen.
***In other notes, she noted that she tried to not make him look like “a copy of Han Solo”, as he was the first character that came to mind when she started drawing him. 
****In an ironic twist, his great-grandfather, Olivier Coyote, would sport many of the colors that Han Solo would have in his design. 
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