User blog comment:Dual Energon/What I think makes HTTYD 2 the supremely better movie./@comment-24018437-20151113155518/@comment-24865409-20151119111419

@ Megadracosaurus

"The Vikings then reacted out of instincts and emotions, not logic."

BOOM! There you go! STUPID VIKINGS!

"Sure, some people go for the first one, but they are a minority."

That means that there are still people that would pick the sickly animal over the healthy one.

And this is now straying from our previous point of animal friendliness.

"Just look at Germany post-WW2, or how the Dutch ruled Indonesia. Or imagine you don't win. All those morals are useless once you're country has been burned to the ground and your people are dying because you were the one to declare war."

What about Germany after WW2? I thought everything was fine afterwards.

Even if the side of good doesn't win, there will always be the next generation to fight for the light.

And karma applies to real-life too. Good will always triumph evil.

Death shouldn't stop people from doing the right thing.

"Why should me and my brothers bleed and die for something that doesn't concern our country? Why should we sacrifice our lives and families for the sake of the troubles of someone else?"

Simple answer = Because it's the right thing to do.

Hiccup, Optimus Prime, Mr Incredible, Ben 10 and many other morally righteous characters and real-life people would agree.

"Or, as Stoick and Valka would say, we protect our own."

And Hiccup forgoes that at the end of HTTYD 2 by declaring that the people of Berk fight not for themselves, but for the good of the world.

Hiccup: We are the Voice of Peace. And bit by bit, we will change this world.

"Whatever works or sounds good in theory, is bound to go wrong in practice."

Proof?

"Therefore, diplomacy is often the preferred choice."

I don't see any diplomacy with the current crisis regarding Syria.

I just see a repeat of the Rwandan Genocide, where politics were used by outside parties to avoid stepping in to help.

"If we could all work together to bring down the enemy and make world peace, that would be great. But its a lot harder and complicated then people think. Imagine if the different countries were families instead. One family is in trouble. Would you sacrifice the lives of your own family for the sake of that one? Most people, again, will choose to take care of their own."

How hard can it be to work together?

God isn't smiling when we choose not to help those in need.

And if we choose not to help, then we are just like the people in the story of the Good Samaritan who just ignore the poor guy who has been beaten to within an inch of his life.

"But the Berserkers still outnumbered the Berkians, and were trained and equipped for Dragon killing."

If the Berserkers are such a threat to peace (thanks to Dagur), how come we don't see Stoick convening with other tribe leaders to sort out Dagur.

There are other tribes, right? Or has the movie-verse butchered that too?

At least politics with other tribes were more frequent in the Books.

"Stoick was only willing to wage war when Dagur gave him no other option, and was actually about to kill him if Hiccup hadn't intervened."

Hiccup shouldn't have intervened.

Dagur deserves to die and I wonder how long it will take for the good guys to realize this.

Seriously, Dagur doesn't have much of a fleet left in Season 3. How come no one has decided to put the bastard down?

"While it is obvious the HTTYD-Vikings are far from the actual Vikings (Even if you leave out the Dragons, you can find tons of reasons why they're not the same) it is important to remember they were based on their real-life counterparts and share characteristics with them. Therefore, using real world examples isn't such a bad way to explain things."

First of all, real vikings didn't wear horned helmets. You want to get realistic, there's a fact.

Also, peace-loving vikings, my ass.

Convevniently for our heroes, we don't see them on raids to other settlements where they plunder, murder and rape.

"I suppose I see your point about Snotlout, though he did get better in Race To The Edge in my opinion."

That's your opninion, not a fact. And I can disprove you.

In "Dragon Eye of the Beholder", Snotlout does mocking impersonations of the other kids behind their backs.

In "When Darkness Falls", Snotlout with his still-huge ego suggests that they make the base in honour of him.

Snotlout is responsible for the damage done in "Big Man on Berk", and doesn't apologize for it, doesn't take any responsibility for it, nor does he receive any karma for it.

In "Quake, Rattle and Roll", Snotlout disobeys Hiccup and insults Hiccup and Fishlegs for their own personalities, refuses to believe Fishlegs about a dragon that Fishlegs had seen with his own eyes and he hadn't, abandons Fishlegs to the Quaken when he finds out what it actually is, tries to blame Fishlegs for his own mistakes, and tries to take credit for Fishlegs' successes.

He is not called out, given punishement, nor does he even apologize for any of the above.

Snotlout hasn't changed. In fact, he's gotten worse.