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Well, it\'s just been confirmed in the interview that Hiccup and the rest of the gang will be living on their own on an island for Race to the Edge. This means that they will have to rely on themselves to solve problems, rather than just referring to Stoick or Gobber.

I think it\'s an interesting move, and I\'m looking forward to see Hiccup hopefully taking more of a leaders/chief role in this new series. I\'m also looking forward to seeing how the twins behave when there is no adult supervision.

What do you think about this?

Let's be honest did they really refer to Gobber or Stoick that much.
But I'm interested I think it's going to be really cool to get away from the village see more of the world and have them solely rely on themselves. It should also be really interesting to see how they use that for character growth and to form different relationships and dynamics within the teens and the dragons.

I have a feeling that Stoick played a role in having the teens go out on their own for extended periods of time to assure himself that Hiccup will make a great chief. Stoick sounded quite confident in his decision in HtTYD2, making me think he's evaluated Hiccup's leadership qualities out in the field.

This could potentially work really well, or really, really badly. I will definitely need to watch some of it before I can make any sort of judgement.

Hmmmm... Lord of the Flies much?

Toothless123

 

Hmmmm... Lord of the Flies much?

Don't say that!

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Let's be honest did they really refer to Gobber or Stoick that much.

Well, not that much, but they were always around to mess things up try to sort things out. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea.

And we'll still see Stoick and Gobber. After all, they still have to get their dragons!

hictooth

It's an interesting choice. Seeing how this takes place a year before HTTYD 2, the gang are around 18-19 years old. If the rest of the world is like here, then around this age it's very common for a kid to leave his parents' house and start living on his/her own(I'm not saying that's true for everyone but it's not un-heard of). So letting them live on their own is also a logical step considering their age.

I have a feeling that this is probably a test Stoick puts for Hiccup in order to see if he could be cheif. But hey, who knows?

hictooth

23 May 2015, 08:11

Toothless123

 

Hmmmm... Lord of the Flies much?

Don't say that!

Lord of the Flies spoiler

That would imply that Fishlegs gets killed!

Ah... I didn't think of that. Gosh, though, in the book was violent though. Mostly because some very disturbing language was used.
I think in the film was kind of worse though...

Oh well. All I can say is hope for the best!!!!!!!!!!!

Hard to comment much on this without more knowledge. On one level, I understand the desire to get the gang away from Stoick and Gobber, forcing them to rely only on themselves. How are they going to set that up within the narrative though? It seems to me like it could easily feel forced. Whether this is good or bad will all depend on execution, which we won't know about until the show actually airs.