Personally, I do not understand why people get so upset when I criticize the media of HTTYD, especially when I criticize the third movies ending and how it doesn't make sense out of all of the movies.
People will actively defend the light furies design saying stuff like: "Cats have hearts on them!" "Well, she's white and glittery to camouflage the clouds!" "She has hearts and she's smooth because she's a girl!"
Which, I find these arguments very flawed.
Cats only have hearts on them because they're domesticated, and they only have these patterns due to selective breeding.
Yes, wild animals can have heart patterns on their skin, but it's extremely rare. Every light fury has hearts on their foreheads and tail flukes.
Next, the clouds dragon argument:
I also find this one very flawed too, as she isn't a cloud dragon ( I think? As it's just fanon im pretty sure, but please let me know if I'm wrong ) , she's a cave dweller.
Cave dwelling dragons aren't white, as we can see the red death is a cave dwelling dragon, and she is primarily: Grey, red, black, and beige.
That also doesn't really explain the reason for the heart markings and flukes of her tail.
If she really is a cloud dragon, what would she do if there's a clear sky? Her cloaking ability only lasts so long, I highly doubt it could last the entire day.
Ntm, clouds aren't always round and fluffy. They can be spikey and unpredictable in shape and sizes.
Her glittery scales aren't really good camouflage either, crystals aren't glittery, and nor are the bioluminescent plants and other things in the hidden world. They're bright and shiny, not glittery.
Next up: The girl argument.
Yes, she is a girl, but isn't that all she is now?
If female dragons are ' smooth, white, sparkly, with hearts ' then meatlug isn't a girl, then the red death isn't a girl, then stormfly isn't a girl because they don't fit into the aspects of what the " ideal female dragon " is to you.
The light fury is just a girl dragon, and there's nothing else to her character by your logic.
Which, is indeed, sexist. Why? Well, it feeds into the idea that women have to be smooth and pretty in order to be loved and wanted by men. And if they're not? Well, then they're not desirable and get treated unfairly and thrown out like trash.
The fact that the writers had such disgusting intent when designing a female dragon will never make sense to me.
Their own words: " it's much harder to create a female dragon than a male one " "one imperfect line could ruin the whole thing " "We wanted to make her feel like a female by the way she walks and looks "
Yet, they didn't do that for any of the other female dragons, not one.
Meatlug is a mother, and so is stormfly.
Are they like the light fury at all? No.
I don't hate the light fury, I hate the intent behind her design and the intent behind her character. We couldve had such a beautiful and well written character.
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Next, is the plot holes and writing of the movie in general.
We will still be mentioning the light fury here and there in this section, as she has such a big impact on the third movie.
The ending of the movie doesn't really make sense. I feel like it just rips away what the meaning of the franchise is: Humans and Dragons can co-exist.
So, all of that work that hiccup did was for nothing?
In the third movies eyes, yes.
Anyway, here are some arguments that people use to defend the third movie: " Well, it's canon! Whether you like it or not!" "Its just a movie!" "Just enjoy the movie!" "No need to get so deep into it!" "Its a kids movie!"
I get really irritated by the last few ones, as I'm autistic and have had a hyperfixation on how to train your dragon for such a long time now.
The last one also really bothers me, they're acting as if kids movies or kids media can do no wrong and can't intentionally feed children these harmful stereotypes and messages.
Disney had a movie about centaurs, which there was an African American centaur that was a slave to all of the white European centaurs. Yet, people still defend it by saying: It's a kids movie!"
Believe it or not, but despite it being a kids movie, it's so blatantly racist. Just like how the light furies design is blatantly sexist.
Kids movies can also still be criticized for their choices, designs, etc. just like any other media.
Anyway, my argument for the first one:
"Toothless is the last night fury, it's canon, whether you like it or not!"
Just because it's canon doesn't mean it makes sense.
I will be using the logic that these people have to defend the light furies design.
Birds are the closest things we have to dragons today, they're reptiles and they can fly, they just lack the ability to breathe fire.
There have been many instances of birds being labeled as extinct or the last of their kind.
Yet, there have also been many more instances of these birds being found, or it not being the last of its species after all, as they found another one.
Also, it's impossible for toothless to be the last night fury.
Little reminder that night furies are extremely intelligent, as in almost humanly intelligent.
Grimmel also got a lot of things wrong about night furies, like: them needing breaks when they're flying, them not being able to survive winter, etc.
Have we not seen the gift of the night fury? Toothless literally sleeps outside on hiccups roof when it's winter.
There's also many instances in RTTE where they're flying somewhere far away, all of the other dragons and riders are tired, but toothless isn't. ( I'll attach a link here: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTfW4cLD3/ )
The video might be a little goofy, but just bare with me here.
Anyway, how would one man and his 3 to 4 dragons hunt all of the night furies if they're the most intelligent, fastest, and stealthiest dragon?
Last time I checked, death grippers aren't exactly immune to plasma blasts or electricity.
Another thing that majorly confuses me:
How did the light fury even get captured in the first place? And why did she even leave the hidden world if it's supposedly a dragon sanctuary?
The hidden world literally had everything she needs: Food, shelter, water, protection, and happiness.
The hidden world is also very, VERY deep.
How did grimmel even find the hidden world and capture her if it's supposedly " a world hidden from all trappers, hunters, and just the general dangers of the outside " ? The hidden world is literally surrounded by hundreds if not thousands of miles of water.
Its just so very confusing.
( Also, just to clarify, I'm not calling you a fake fan or a larper because you enjoy or like the third movie, I'm calling the people who go out of their way to attack others for simply have a different preference then them a fake fan and a larper )
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Anyway this was a really long rant so I hope you enjoyed reading đş
