Actually, finding out Tessa canonically graverobbed for fun is really great for me because long story short it gives me a reason other than "IDK she thought they looked cool" as to why she'd own books about necromancy in that How to Train Your Dragon AU I need to be working on.
The fact that the Httyd gang knows about the effect of dragon nip but they are never seen using it on any dragons throughout the franchise unless it's like a last resort or an emergency to stop extremely out of control, hostile dragons. They know that grass is like a drug for the dragons so they never use it against them even to try and train them. As if it is against their moral code to try the easiest way to tame any dragon.
Like, these kids know all these little perks about dragons that Hiccup learned in the first movie. The dragon nip, eels, moving spot of light, specific disabling scratch spots etc. And none of them uses these to befriend or train any dragons throughout the course of the franchise! Dragon nip is an emergency last resort for when they encounter a super aggressive dragon, eels are an absolute no, nobody used shiny laser light spot on any dragons post Httyd 1.
No, they befriend the dragons with trust. They'll only give a dragon scratches after asking permission that is telegraphed in their body language.
The riders respect dragons and there are so many little subtle things which show how they never treat these incredible amazing beings as if they are animals, they always treat them as individuals. As equals.
The fact that the HTTYD (movie) dragons are made out of pure muscle to be able to carry themselves is honestly horrifying. Because you see birds can fly because they have hallow little bones to be able to lift their little bodies, look at a finch and tell me you're surprised that its little bones are hallow.
But the dragons? Their bones are most definitely not hallow, by the fact that they're around five hundred pounds despite looking very stick-ly in terms of appearance. That's most definitely because their bones are sold and their whole body is made of muscle to be able to let them fly
The only dragon who probably goes against this are Gronkles (and similar dragons) but that's probably because they're following Bee Physics so we can't really question it
Night Furys are the best example of dragons being made out of pure muscle because Toothless' wing span is made to carry a dragon his size, but as a strike class his body is also fit to match the "vice-like jaw strength" the class of dragons is described for. Even how his face is shaped makes him much more aerodynamic, the fact that hiccup doesn't hinder him much is probably because he's a hiccup, the runt. His small size and probably lighter body doesn't hinder toothless too much
TL:DR - Dragons don't have hallow bones like birds (except gronkles and the like who are the Bees of dragons), and that makes them more horrifying
i bought this from my local library for a dollar. literally went in there and it was the first thing i saw. instant impulse purchase and i'm so glad i did because.
first of all how the fuck did ryker get into this book and viggo didn't
second of all a) why does toothless have a tattoo and b) why is that baby nadder right next to dragon root like y'all know what dragon root does right??
oh wow thats actually creepy
oh wow thats actually not (is it... dead???)
hi dagur what are you doing
there... is so much wrong here. why have thye got badly photoshopped helmets on. why does hiccup have that shield. what is toothless doing.
CEASE DRAGON
mildew with no fucking shoes on
overall this is not as bad as the novel adaptation i found for the first movie but oh my god this is hilarious to look at