Is Toothless Evil?
Posted: 20 Dec 2015, 14:12
So I've been meaning to share this theory for awhile now, and now that I've got the chance what better time than the holidays. So is Toothless evil well I'm sure we'd all say (myself included) no in a heart beat. But it would be no fun if we didn't consider an insane theory like this once in awhile right?
To start off I need to tell you the basis this theory comes from. That being, according to superstition black animals are (or were) seen as the absolute of their species the alpha if you will, but a black dragon is not only thought to be the top of it's species it's also thought to be the most evil as well. This is the basis for where the theory originated and as I go over the major plot points of the first two movies from that angle keep this in mind.
Now then every evil villain needs a plan or evil goal they're trying to achieve. So what is Toothless's plan? Well he wants to become king of the dragons and destroy all humans.(I'll let you decide where you've heard that before ) Unfortunately for Toothless taking on a Bewilderbeast with that nasty ability they have to control dragons would be far from easy, so currently he is a little stuck. That is until he comes across another dragon with a similar yet weaker ability. This one though seems to be much lazier then it's possible brothers. Only wanting to use that control to eat more and more. So Toothless's plan begins here to first take out the red death, by helping it's raiding parties gather more food. That way it grows ever fatter and lazier until a point where despite it's size and power it just wont be able to keep up with him, and he can defeat it. Why you might ask well because with it defeated the dragons under it's control would be more willing to follow him. Now if you haven't noticed this plan is not a quick one it will take some time. But dragons live for far longer than you or I so patience isn't a virtue for them it's just a way of life. To set a time line though we know Berk has been raided for quite some time. We also know Berk has known of Nightfurys for well before Hiccup was born as well. So with that in mind I'd say he's been doing this for quite a few years at least. (20 perhaps? Possibly a little longer, but do keep in mind he is still a young dragon.)
With Toothless's plan set in motion we fast forward in time to fifteen years after Hiccups birth. To where we see Hiccup shoot down Toothless. Unfortunately for Toothless plans aren't always perfectly executed. And so we come to our first plot point why didn't Toothless kill Hiccup. Well it's not that he didn't want to I assure you but being tied up as he was he couldn't. So seeing this human boy was about to kill him he relented to death, but then the boy did something foolish, he freed him. Now at that time why not kill him you might ask. Well dragons are nothing if not prideful, and owing a human his life just wouldn't do so he didn't kill him even though he could have, a life for a life. From there we all know Toothless's ability to fly was hampered to say the least. So we move forward and see Hiccup go to see Toothless again. Now Toothless is most certainly not happy he lost his ability to fly thanks to this human, but he sees his curiosity and starts to think. Maybe he can no longer kill the dragon(referring to the Red death here) himself but perhaps he can befriend this human, and use that to befriend the other humans, and get them to try and kill the Red Death themselves. At best both the humans and the Red Death kill each other at worst they fail, but many of the humans would be gone and the Red Death possibly wounded so win win for Toothless.
So Toothless allows Hiccup to befriend him. Things are going well Toothless has put up a nice act and the human has been useful, and then he does something interesting. He makes something that gives Toothless back his ability to fly. Well he immediately has to try and so he takes off if this works then there would be no need to keep up this charade. To his dismay it would seem he needs this human in order to be able to fly properly. Unfortunate but now he can at least still take out the Red Death himself again which is what he'll need in order to earn the other dragons trust and loyalty. So this is all the more helpful to him. So they learn to fly together and do quite well at it to. Eventually getting to a point where Toothless is comfortable in thinking they would be ready to take on the Red Death. But how to get the Red Death out of that mountain. In Toothless's current condition he wouldn't put up much of a fight in a cramped space. So he needs to show this human whats out there maybe get him to go tell the others. Then maybe they can free the Red Death.
So fast forward again and where at the point where Toothless saves Hiccup in the kill ring. Why save him? Well at this point it's because he needs him in order to fly, but also because he needs to show the humans the Red Deaths location so they can free it. A risk considering how the humans kill dragons on sight, but a calculated one. And not really all that much needs to be explained motivation wise here I feel since we know what happened, and everything I went over previously covers the fight scene with the Red Death nicely enough.
The Second Movie
So we fast forward through time again, it's been another five years, and during that time Toothless and this human have grown stronger together. And Toothless has earned a lot of goodwill and faith from the dragons he rescued. Not enough to make him a leader or a king but he has their trust as well as the humans trust which is good. Since he thinks they should be able and ready to now take on one of the Bewilderbeasts currently calling itself an alpha. Unbeknownst to Toothless though it would seem others also have plans for the alphas, plans that will coincide with his own very well.
Our first plot point to cover is Toothless and Hiccups run in with Valka and Cloud Jumper. Unexpected to be sure considering it puts Toothless face to face with the very thing hes been after from the beginning the Bewilderbeast. But also his meeting with Valka and Cloud Jumper was a tad bit humbling if not a small hit to his pride to. Since they were bested so easily, it may not be as simple as Toothless thought in taking down this particular alpha dragon. Once again though there is another out there with plans to, and they work quite well to Toothless's advantage.
And so enters Drago with the other Bewilderbeast. Seems humans are pretty good at helping in their own destruction aren't they. And so a fight ensues and one Bewilderbeast kills another, and it would seem Toothless was born under a lucky star. Since it was the weaker of the two, and even better the other dragon rider wasn't on this ones side. And so now we come to it something I'm sure you've been wondering. Why kill Stoick? Well Toothless has learned a lot form his time with the humans. One thing was that the human boy he befriended was next in line to rule these people. Which would be very helpful to Toothless since there is no way this boy would ever harm him. The problem is his father, he would need to be gotten rid of.
Then the best possible thing that could have happened as far as plans go happens. Drago tells the Bewilderbeast to control Toothless to kill Hiccup. Truth be told Toothless isn't really affected by the control, but he's acted for so long now he's gotten quite good at it. He also knows the father would never allow harm to come to the boy. So Toothless acts like he's under the control and gets ready to kill Hiccup. With the intention of waiting for the moment when his father saves the boy to kill him instead. And it happens just as thought now with the most troublesome Bewilderbeast dead and the father out of the way. The only thing to do is play along until the right moment.
That right moment comes back on Berk when Hiccup shows up and tries to break what he thinks is the Bewilderbeast's control over Toothless. Except it never had any control over him so it's simple enough to play the part of coming out of it. From there everything happens as needed Toothless unleashes his full power and defeats the Bewilderbeast, and is crowned the new alpha over the dragons. And this boy is made leader over the humans. What happens next though? Well I don't know to be honest, we'll just have to wait and see how things play out before I can finish.
So that's the end a bit of a read, but worth it I feel. Now I don't think for one second Dreamworks will actually be doing something like this but I would laugh my but off if they did, and would be quite impressed as well to be honest. I mean all I have to do is just describe the different motivations behind everything so far and everything can still play out the same way. With that said I'm never one to look over something cause I feel the writer or author wouldn't do it, since you never really know what they might be thinking. But what do you think so far. Great, terrible, crazy, fun, or do you have anything to add to it. Maybe you have something that puts the whole theory to bed, that you think I just will not be able to explain. Let me know I'm curious to hear it.
To start off I need to tell you the basis this theory comes from. That being, according to superstition black animals are (or were) seen as the absolute of their species the alpha if you will, but a black dragon is not only thought to be the top of it's species it's also thought to be the most evil as well. This is the basis for where the theory originated and as I go over the major plot points of the first two movies from that angle keep this in mind.
Now then every evil villain needs a plan or evil goal they're trying to achieve. So what is Toothless's plan? Well he wants to become king of the dragons and destroy all humans.(I'll let you decide where you've heard that before ) Unfortunately for Toothless taking on a Bewilderbeast with that nasty ability they have to control dragons would be far from easy, so currently he is a little stuck. That is until he comes across another dragon with a similar yet weaker ability. This one though seems to be much lazier then it's possible brothers. Only wanting to use that control to eat more and more. So Toothless's plan begins here to first take out the red death, by helping it's raiding parties gather more food. That way it grows ever fatter and lazier until a point where despite it's size and power it just wont be able to keep up with him, and he can defeat it. Why you might ask well because with it defeated the dragons under it's control would be more willing to follow him. Now if you haven't noticed this plan is not a quick one it will take some time. But dragons live for far longer than you or I so patience isn't a virtue for them it's just a way of life. To set a time line though we know Berk has been raided for quite some time. We also know Berk has known of Nightfurys for well before Hiccup was born as well. So with that in mind I'd say he's been doing this for quite a few years at least. (20 perhaps? Possibly a little longer, but do keep in mind he is still a young dragon.)
With Toothless's plan set in motion we fast forward in time to fifteen years after Hiccups birth. To where we see Hiccup shoot down Toothless. Unfortunately for Toothless plans aren't always perfectly executed. And so we come to our first plot point why didn't Toothless kill Hiccup. Well it's not that he didn't want to I assure you but being tied up as he was he couldn't. So seeing this human boy was about to kill him he relented to death, but then the boy did something foolish, he freed him. Now at that time why not kill him you might ask. Well dragons are nothing if not prideful, and owing a human his life just wouldn't do so he didn't kill him even though he could have, a life for a life. From there we all know Toothless's ability to fly was hampered to say the least. So we move forward and see Hiccup go to see Toothless again. Now Toothless is most certainly not happy he lost his ability to fly thanks to this human, but he sees his curiosity and starts to think. Maybe he can no longer kill the dragon(referring to the Red death here) himself but perhaps he can befriend this human, and use that to befriend the other humans, and get them to try and kill the Red Death themselves. At best both the humans and the Red Death kill each other at worst they fail, but many of the humans would be gone and the Red Death possibly wounded so win win for Toothless.
So Toothless allows Hiccup to befriend him. Things are going well Toothless has put up a nice act and the human has been useful, and then he does something interesting. He makes something that gives Toothless back his ability to fly. Well he immediately has to try and so he takes off if this works then there would be no need to keep up this charade. To his dismay it would seem he needs this human in order to be able to fly properly. Unfortunate but now he can at least still take out the Red Death himself again which is what he'll need in order to earn the other dragons trust and loyalty. So this is all the more helpful to him. So they learn to fly together and do quite well at it to. Eventually getting to a point where Toothless is comfortable in thinking they would be ready to take on the Red Death. But how to get the Red Death out of that mountain. In Toothless's current condition he wouldn't put up much of a fight in a cramped space. So he needs to show this human whats out there maybe get him to go tell the others. Then maybe they can free the Red Death.
So fast forward again and where at the point where Toothless saves Hiccup in the kill ring. Why save him? Well at this point it's because he needs him in order to fly, but also because he needs to show the humans the Red Deaths location so they can free it. A risk considering how the humans kill dragons on sight, but a calculated one. And not really all that much needs to be explained motivation wise here I feel since we know what happened, and everything I went over previously covers the fight scene with the Red Death nicely enough.
The Second Movie
So we fast forward through time again, it's been another five years, and during that time Toothless and this human have grown stronger together. And Toothless has earned a lot of goodwill and faith from the dragons he rescued. Not enough to make him a leader or a king but he has their trust as well as the humans trust which is good. Since he thinks they should be able and ready to now take on one of the Bewilderbeasts currently calling itself an alpha. Unbeknownst to Toothless though it would seem others also have plans for the alphas, plans that will coincide with his own very well.
Our first plot point to cover is Toothless and Hiccups run in with Valka and Cloud Jumper. Unexpected to be sure considering it puts Toothless face to face with the very thing hes been after from the beginning the Bewilderbeast. But also his meeting with Valka and Cloud Jumper was a tad bit humbling if not a small hit to his pride to. Since they were bested so easily, it may not be as simple as Toothless thought in taking down this particular alpha dragon. Once again though there is another out there with plans to, and they work quite well to Toothless's advantage.
And so enters Drago with the other Bewilderbeast. Seems humans are pretty good at helping in their own destruction aren't they. And so a fight ensues and one Bewilderbeast kills another, and it would seem Toothless was born under a lucky star. Since it was the weaker of the two, and even better the other dragon rider wasn't on this ones side. And so now we come to it something I'm sure you've been wondering. Why kill Stoick? Well Toothless has learned a lot form his time with the humans. One thing was that the human boy he befriended was next in line to rule these people. Which would be very helpful to Toothless since there is no way this boy would ever harm him. The problem is his father, he would need to be gotten rid of.
Then the best possible thing that could have happened as far as plans go happens. Drago tells the Bewilderbeast to control Toothless to kill Hiccup. Truth be told Toothless isn't really affected by the control, but he's acted for so long now he's gotten quite good at it. He also knows the father would never allow harm to come to the boy. So Toothless acts like he's under the control and gets ready to kill Hiccup. With the intention of waiting for the moment when his father saves the boy to kill him instead. And it happens just as thought now with the most troublesome Bewilderbeast dead and the father out of the way. The only thing to do is play along until the right moment.
That right moment comes back on Berk when Hiccup shows up and tries to break what he thinks is the Bewilderbeast's control over Toothless. Except it never had any control over him so it's simple enough to play the part of coming out of it. From there everything happens as needed Toothless unleashes his full power and defeats the Bewilderbeast, and is crowned the new alpha over the dragons. And this boy is made leader over the humans. What happens next though? Well I don't know to be honest, we'll just have to wait and see how things play out before I can finish.
So that's the end a bit of a read, but worth it I feel. Now I don't think for one second Dreamworks will actually be doing something like this but I would laugh my but off if they did, and would be quite impressed as well to be honest. I mean all I have to do is just describe the different motivations behind everything so far and everything can still play out the same way. With that said I'm never one to look over something cause I feel the writer or author wouldn't do it, since you never really know what they might be thinking. But what do you think so far. Great, terrible, crazy, fun, or do you have anything to add to it. Maybe you have something that puts the whole theory to bed, that you think I just will not be able to explain. Let me know I'm curious to hear it.