User blog comment:Dual Energon/What I think makes HTTYD 2 the supremely better movie./@comment-24990845-20151113124935/@comment-24018437-20151119104558

Agreed with both points, and that comment about the suspense is indeed true.

Considering they constantly tried to keep him away from fighting dragons, I don't think so.

Hiccup actually has the same problem at first, but I still consider both to be intelligent. Just in differant ways, and this is made clear quite often. Both are very intelligent, but not on the same level (Hiccup is generally smarter) and in differant ways. Or, as Gobber once said: "You may know everything I taught you. But I haven't taught you everything I know! No one knows what's going up here!". Gobber thinks of things Hiccup may overlook (Such as what happens when Hookfang went berserk) and Hiccup come's up with stuff Gobber can't even imagine. But I do see your point.