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Clickable Emoticons	KentuckyWildcat wrote: > I'm not sure I agree with that assessment based on what we've seen so far. > > First off, I don't think she was ever primarily motivated by violence so > much as a sense of honor and a desire to be the best at everything. Sure > she was really eager to kill dragons when we first saw her, but that was > what the Hooligans did at the time. The dragon slayers were among the most > esteemed citizens of Berk, and given her natural athleticism, she wasn't > going to let anyone be a better dragon killer than herself, > [i]especially[/i] the village screw-up who prior to the start of training > had caused far more problems than he ever solved. I never got the idea that > she had a bloodlust to satisfy. They expanded the idea further in the TV > series by revealing that one of her biggest motivations was to regain her > family honor after her uncle was unfairly labelled a coward long ago, which > I thought was a really nice touch. > > Now that things have moved forward five years, I don't see that she's > fundamentally changed very much, her situation is just different. Killing > dragons is no longer the order of the day, so she's moved on to being the > best dragon rider possible as evidenced by her apparent dominance of the > dragon races. It is possible that being in a more mature relationship with > Hiccup will bring out her soft, caring side a bit more in certain > instances, but she's always been capable of such emotions. I find that to > be a believable maturation. Finally, judging by the Eret clip and the > various photos of her brandishing an axe, it still looks like she's more > than capable of getting her hands dirty if need be. I have some concerns > about some things in the sequel, but Astrid's characterization isn't really > one of them.
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ArabianGoddess 13 May 2014, 15:39

I'd like to watch the movie first before I judge. But this looks like an interesting topic and I completely understand what you're saying. I guess I'll put my opinion in? I dunno. La here;

People change, for better or for worse. Trust me...

I always used to go chop wood in the morning, camp, hike, I even had a curved sword and a double bladed axe I used to use for target practice when I was a Freshman, go running in the woods barefoot, and other tomboy things and whatnot. I still do some things but as I got older I matured a lot. She probably has too. Females are like that. =P Actually, everyone can be like that. Btu it's mainly females. I mean, Hiccup is apparently her 'boyfriend' and woman can have a fierce attitude, but appear feminine in the same way. =P That made no sense probably but I can't explain it well enough on this crappy keyboard.

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