#httyd3 concerns

[sallykie]

In the trailer, the Light Fury still kinda looks like they forgot to render her skin properly or something :/

[sallykie]

I'm... not... very fond of the Light Fury design and how far removed it is from the aesthetic dragons typically have in this franchise...

Also, fingers crossed that the awkward-sounding "romance with this complete stranger will be more important than the symbiotic close friendship that's been built up this whole series" talk ends up being about as accurate as when the stupid marketing for HTTYD2 claimed that Ruffnut would be desperate for husband but no one wanted her 'cause she wasn't attractive enough or whatever...

[sallykie]

With fan criticism/discourse, it's often good to remember

1) yes, trends in media/fiction do affect people's world-views, so there's SOME level of importance in talking about that stuff. However, a screenwriter writing inconsistent characterization and That One Episode With The Actually Bad Moral Lesson is... not a level of heinousness where it's reasonable to react as if the writer personally burned down your hometown.

2) Your fellow fans are (almost certainly unless it's some really rare specific situation) not responsible for whatever it is you're critiquing about the canon. Not even if they're not visibly angry about something you are. Not even if they interpreted it differently and actually liked the thing you didn't. Not even if you can't even tell if they interpreted it differently at all, yet they still somehow seem okay with it.

(Seriously, in most cases you don't actually know why someone is or isn't visibly reacting to something that's a big deal to you. They might be trying to focus on the positives because they're trying to get enjoyment out of it. They might have a different context for it, a different interpretation that comes across as more positive. They might have raged and ranted about it in a private chat with a friend, but don't wanna negativity on main. They might find it too taxing to engage in criticism in fandom spaces. They might be a casual viewer/reader who missed the detail that bothered you. They might have lost faith in the source material a long time ago and been going "lalalala death of the author I'm reinterpreting everything until I actually like it" for years. In many cases, you can't tell by just looking.)

Let's not witch hunt/judge fellow fans over things like perceived lack of upset over imperfect fiction. *

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* unless the reaction is something blatantly heinous ("I love how this guy started killing women after his girlfriend dumped him, it's really relatable, I wanna do that irl"). At that point, you can judge.