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Clickable Emoticons	Cartoon Freak wrote: > [quote]The TV show is NOT canon. Only the movies and certain > shorts.[/quote] > > Why on earth wouldn't the TV show be canon? It's official material, and > fits in well enough, except for a few instances. > > Now, it is true that there are a few contradictions between the movies and > TV shows. This can be put down to either poor writing or miscommunication > between the relevant parties. In such instances, it is perfectly sensible > to go with the movies over the TV series. However, that doesn't make the > TV show as a whole non-canon. > > Hypothetically, if there was a contradiction between HTTYD and HTTYD 2 (or, > if you prefer, HTTYD 3 and one of the first two films), would that make one > of them non-canon entirely? No, it would be miscellaneous poor writing, or > a straight-out retcon. Either way, you reconcile the two as best as you > can. > > Likewise, the TV series should be taken as canon, except in the instance > where there is an actual contradiction. We don't just get to decide what > is and isn't canon on a whim. If we did, then I would just declare Valka > to be non-canon. > > [quote]If its really true that Valka is 40 then she couldn't have gotten > married at age 10. She would have been 20 when she left, (She does look > around that age in the flashback), and she had to be married for some > years. She probably was 13 -15 when she had gotten married, that was a > normal age to get married at back in the day.[/quote] > > I'm sorry, but I can't follow your argument. Assuming that she had to have > been married for, say, five years before getting kidnapped, why couldn't > she have been married for ten? Either way, we have a period of time that > is not essential before Hiccup is born (note that while that gap of several > years is not essential, it would fit rather well into the story - with > Hiccup being premature, it's entirely feasible that Valka had some > miscarriages and/or stillborn children before him); adding a few more years > certainly doesn't create any contradictions. > > All things considered, the only thing causing problems at the moment is the > website not giving Valka's age (but again, why not just change it to be the > same as Stoick's?), which is why I'm hoping that someone has either a > screenshot or another source.
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Pakba 19 Jan 2015, 15:33

Maybe someone posted a screenshot in the disqus comments a few months back?

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