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

Meh, I don't think Hiccup was being abused. Infact, in a way, he deserved it! Before you start throwing stuff at me, let me explain: in the first film, Hiccup treats the entire war as a game, a way to earn popularity. Heck, in the opening scene, he put everyone in danger! His actions may have paid of in the end, but he let the dragons escape, put people in danger and as Stoick said, the Village needed food. Yet Hiccup turned a serious manner in a joke, as if starvation isn't a big deal.

Hiccup had potentiol, but he didn't live up for it. He wasn't bullied and ignored for being weak or smart. But because he caused trouble and, as Astrid said, never knew where he should be. He wasn't just a risk to himself, but to other's as well.

As for Stoick forcing his way on Hiccup...It was for his own good. Thinks about it real good: The Vikings weren't killing Dragons for the sake of just killing them. It was a WAR! The Vikings fought for their survival, and Stoick was preparing Hiccup for the fight. No one on Berk had a choiche to fight or not. They had to. And Stoick cared deeply for Hiccup. Why did you think he originally wanted him away from all the fights? If he didn't care about Hiccup's well-being, he wouldn't have cared if a Dragon flew of with him. But he did.

And I know, the Dragons are forced by the Red Death to raid Berk. But really, how could the Vikings have know that? The Dragons attacked them on a daily basis, burned down their homes, stole their livestock and killed their friends and family. Can you really blame them for hating Dragons? I never did. I disagree with Hiccup when he said that the Dragons are just defending themselves: it were the Vikings who were defending themself from an enemy they didn't understand. Now, I do applaud Hiccup for ending the war, but still I ask: can you truly blame the Vikings for thinking Dragons were nothing more then dangerous, wild beasts?

While I do agree that the second film is amazing and better then the original, I do have to say the show is in fact canon. It shows how certain things seen in the second film came to be, such as how Hiccup got the idea for the flight suit and how Stoick trained Skullcrusher. Even the website states its canon. As for the books, I agree. They're extremely awesome! But I think both the movie universe and book universe are equaly awesome. And I can't really compare them because...Well, let's face it. They have very little in common. It makes it very hard to compare them to one another.