User blog comment:Dual Energon/What I think makes HTTYD 2 the supremely better movie./@comment-24990845-20151113124935/@comment-24865409-20151116121857

@ Megadracosaurus

Also, if a scene is deleted, the nthe details in it don't count.

So Hiccup's "overweight joke" is passable as harmless.

And I know what scene you're talking about and I've seen it. No need to send me a link.

And maybe Sanders and DeBlois didn't add that scene in because it was not necessary.

'' "He never said he wanted to run away from the Tribe's treatmeant. Not once." ''

Because HTTYD 1 is a kid's movie. More realistic and scarier than the average kid's movie, but still a kid's movie nonetheless.

If HTTYD 1 were PG-13 and had a longer running time, then I'm 100% sure details like Hiccup's abuse would have been given more screen-time and gravity.

'' "Hiccup turned serious matters, like winter and Dragon Training, into jokes." ''

I already stated on a different thread that he no longer wanted to be a part of the training - he was just forced to do it.

If he doesn't want to do it, then he has every right not to take it seriously.

The serious matter of winter has been nullified with the removal of the aforementioned deleted scene.

Again, details in deleted scenes ae not canon.

And again, that means Hiccup's "overweight joke" remains passable as harmless.