User blog comment:Megadracosaurus/STOP HATING STOICK!!!/@comment-25131623-20140927172527/@comment-25273047-20140927193748

This kind of charactisation error is one of the reasons I generally don't ever read fanfics, the author probably knows how Snotlout should be acting, but tends to strive off of it when writing. It's usually a lack of thinking, and if it is intentional, it's pretty safe to say the author should probably watch some of the stuff again for a refresher. :P

That's not to say all fanfics are bad of course, but a lot (especially in this fandom unfortunately) are.