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This is incredibly dumb, but I was watching Dragons: Riders of Berk (the HTTYD TV series) yesterday and I was incredibly annoyed that they had an episode where the moral seemed to be, "Being competitive is bad! You're a better person if you let the other guy win." Especially because it was Astrid saying it.

I think I'm less mad about the moral itself and more mad about the character butchery that had to occur for that.

THERE'S A TV SERIES???

Is it any good.

It's definitely not as good as the movie, but there are some episodes that still hit that nice combination of wittiness and ~feels~ (the latest one was pretty good). But that one just pissed me off. X(

It also had this whole setup where somehow the big competition on the island was Hiccup v Snotlout and not the much more obvious Astrid v Snotlout or even Hiccup v Astrid. Like they just sidelined Astrid the entire episode and I was like... wtf.

The latest episode was lovely! And it focused on the friendship between Hiccup and Toothless, which was the best part of the movie, imo. Though the father/son stuff was really good, too (and there was a good episode for that too; the one with the painting).

Like they just sidelined Astrid the entire episode and I was like... wtf.

Ugh, no kidding... I actually think Hiccup vs. Astrid would have been far more interesting.

Edited 2012-12-19 02:40 (UTC)

Hiccup v Astrid would have totally been more interesting! They touched on that competition with the races in the Heather episodes, I was annoyed they didn't keep going with that instead of introducing this whole random Snotlout angle.

But yeah, basically any episode where it's about the dragon bonding is good. And I genuinely really like that they're showing the slow progression of the other Vikings and Stoick especially towards accepting the dragons the way the kids do (and aw, the one where they were all sick).

Exactly. Snotlout isn't really that good--he's a braggard with no real skills to back it up.

Yeah, I do like that they spent a few episodes trying to work out the logistics of living with the dragons (the other animals being skittish around them, the way ending dragon-fighting and -hunting has changed or even eliminated some jobs), and still have some people who are uncertain about them. Though I could do without that Mildew jerkass, though. Argh...

NNNNN, but I LOVED THE MOVIE SO MUCH.

Okay, yeah, can't resist. Hunting it down now.

I also recommend "Gift of the Night Fury", one of the follow-up DTV movies.

And, as stated elsewhere, the show it usually pretty good. (-:

Yes! Gift of the Night Fury was great and made me go awwww all over the place.

I know, right!? I... don't even want to mention my fave part, since it's a spoiler... (-:

I enjoy it... well, usually. (-:

YES YES YES.

And the whole, "Hiccup bragging a little about doing well in the contest (for the first time in his life) = him apparently being a complete dick who deserves to be yelled at". NO.

And it's not part of the moral, but the fact that it was Snotlout and not ASTRID who was usually won the context? WTF, show?

OMG, RIGHT? LOL I'm so glad someone else watched this and had the same issues, you have no idea. I think you just made my day.

Also I kind of had to laugh/cringe that everyone was kind of egging on Hiccup and being a dick to him and he is MISSING A LEG, YOU ASSHOLES. I know that's more normal in Viking society and all but give the dude a break maybe! Or maybe I just would have liked it acknowledged in the writing, like, it's cool he's still participating at the same level.

Aww... I'm glad. Just... ugh... so much fail all around.

Yeah, that's a good point. But, in general, I kinda wish they'd deal with that a little more. He hasn't had it very long, but it seems like he just started walking around on it with no issues? Really? d-:

Yeah, it would be cool if they brought it up more often, since one of the things I loved about the movie was how bold a move that was. I liked them acknowledging it in the last episode, at least.

I think we're meant to infer that he was still dealing with it in Gift of the Night Fury (falling on the ice) and he's since gotten used to it, but there are times I'm like "this could be a good time to mention..."

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