Alright, let’s put season 5 to bed before moving onto a new
series with dragons
No Dragon Left Behind
The Edge is still in a rough shape after the coming battle
but there’s another issue, Garff has captured Smidvarg in its amber and with
its adult instincts kicking in, the feeling is he’s too dangerous to keep on
the Island. It’s Astrid comes to his defence, Garff and Stormfly have bonded in
a way that grants immunity to Garff’s call.
Fishlegs has found an island that’s seemingly perfect for
him, and the riders say their impressively unique goodbyes. But before they
leave, they’re ambushed by Slitherwing dragons, which are highly poisonous.
Astrid is knocked off Stormfly but saved by Hiccup as Stormfly goes to Garff’s
defence, the Slitherwing’s taking particular interest in him.
By the time the other riders are there, Stormfly is poisoned
and Garff is missing. There is an antidote but it requires some ingredients.
Fishlegs and the twins head off to get those, Astrid is tasked with looking
after Stormfly whilst Hiccup and Snotlout search for Garff. One of the main
ingredients of the antidote is a sample of Slitherwing venom, so when Fishlegs
and the twins fail to secure it, Astrid charges in herself, getting poisoned
herself in process. I feel like we’ve been here before, twice.
Thankfully they cut out the middle man and have the antidote
work immediately on Astrid but for some reason it’s not working on Stormfly. They
deduce that rather than being poisoned, she was in fact in mourning for Garff.
Hiccup and Snotlout find Garff encased in amber and free it, it uses its song,
which Stormfly hears so it can come to the rescue.
They drop Garff on another, better island.
I can’t say I’m feeling this one, the Twin’s gimmick in this
episode is extremely irritating and the plot is old ground in my opinion.
Rating 7/10
Snuffnut
Oh god, they’re still making Throk and Ruffnut an item?
It’s the annual Changewing migration and Tuffnut is channel
his prankster persona just to make things more irritating. Throk arrives on the
shore with the intent of grabbing Ruffnut, throwing her over his shoulder and
taking him back to DotW Island (I’m not typing out it’s full name) which is
considered a bit sexist by these VIKINGS! Astrid in particular is upset. It’s
up to Fishlegs to teach him the ways of the women or something… I can see I’m going
to not care about this plotline.
Fishlegs’ encouragement leads to a Throk presenting a dead
bush and a poem that would insult anyone but Ruffnut. But it goes downhill when
she wants to bring Tuff along and states that they come as a package deal. OK,
I get family loyalty but… yeesh, you two are so clingy. Astrid and Hiccup
putting blame on Tuffnut is uncalled for.
And the result is somewhat predictable, rather than talking
it out, Tuffnut decides to fake his own death. How do I know that’s what he’s
done? Well, I’ve seen the films, and it’s in Netflix’s description of the
episode. They hold a funeral and Throk is there to support Ruffnut. The VAs for
Ruffnut and Fishlegs don’t give convincing performances either. Hiccup and
Astrid don’t buy it at all.
Toothless finds Tuffnut immediately after Ruffnut leads the
not very Viking funeral. Hiccup calls this the worst idea in the history of
worst ideas and I can’t understand why that wasn’t mentioned in the writers’
room when they came up with this concept. Ruffnut heads off to, they think,
kill the Changewing but instead she’s drawn a Tuffnut tattoo on him and made
him essentially Tuffnut’s replacement, she calls him Snuffnut. Throk tries to
convince her to abandon this plan, but it only reaffirms her dedication to it,
but making matters worse the other changewings are surrounding the stables, as
they’ll only continue their migration as a pack.
Hey Tuffnut, maybe being in your hut when you’re trying to
convince people you’re dead is not the best idea. Hiccup stops by and insists
that Tuffnut tell the truth before this starts to get crazier. It’s already
started as the Changewings as Throk finds himself under attack by the
Changewings. I could tell you how but I’ve decided I don’t care.
The Riders push the changewings away from the Island, and
Hiccup saves Throk and there’s no life debt there because this show is
inconsistent. Because of the tattoo, Snuffnut can’t go fully invisible. But the
twins have an idea, they lure Snuffnut through the waterfall, washing off the
tattoo. Water would take it off, but acid wouldn’t? What kind of paint is that?
Throk leaves, accepting that the twins belong together.
I hate this episode, it’s really boring, it’s predictable,
the event that sparks the plot makes Hiccup and Astrid look like malicious
idiots.
Rating 3/10
Searching for Oswald … and Chicken
Heather and Dagur have been searching for their father,
Oswald the agreeable. They have his journal and they’ve been following in his
footsteps through various death traps. Dagur has had enough and not wanting
Heather hurt, he takes the diary from her secretively.
Meanwhile, the most horrifying thing has happened at the Edge.
CHICKEN IS MISSING! Yeah, I’ve barely mentioned Chicken since her introduction,
so now I’ve mentioned him, let’s get back to the main plot. Dagur arrives and
shows Hiccup the journal, wanting him to see if there’s anything of merit in
there, and to discourage Heather if there isn’t.
Hiccup immediately spots drawings that remind him of
Vanaheim, the badly named final resting place of dragons seen earlier this
season. Dagur, Hiccup and Fishlegs head to Vannaheim and the Sentinels
immediately attack them, recognising their scent from before. Thanks to a Dagur
plan, they make it to the ground.
They continue searching the island and eventually find
conclusive proof that he was there, a massive dragon skeleton from his journal.
One question, how did his journal leave the island? Anyway, there’s a group of
hunter dragons that somehow make it pass the sentinels and attack the dying
dragons.
They find a hut, made from salvaged wood from a Bezerker
ship but it’s too late, Oswald is already dead and there’s no take-back this
time, he is actually dead. Though in his final days he helped the Sentinels
fend off the Hunter Dragons. He has scrolls ready for both Dagur and Heather. Thanks
to them keeping up with the family tradition and helping off the hunter
Dragons, the trio have earned the sentinels respect and are allowed to leave.
Oh and it turns out Chicken found a boyfriend and had kids. In
amongst the notes Oswald had kept is a picture of a dragon eye lens, which
Heather now has on her belt, as Trader Johann tells her that someone has seen
her father, alive?
It’s a tale of 2 halves, one part is an interesting return
with some emotional weight, some character growth, and expanded lore, the other
was a search for a chicken with Snotlout doing over-dramatic narration, it was
cr*p
Rating 7/10
Sins of the Past
Snotlout is heading to the Northern Market for chicken feed.
The stall owner, who clucks a bit like a chicken… go figure, manages to dupe
Snotlout into paying for an expensive brand, paying in both gold and clothing.
Before he goes back, he sees Heather and Johann flying overhead, with Heather
still convinced it’s a lead to her father.
Dagur is a bit distraught at the thought of having to tell
Heather that Oswald is dead, he gets news from a Bezerker who is clearly a
copy/paste of a dragon hunter, what Heather is up to. Hiccup, Fishlegs and
Dagur quickly set off after her, knowing she’s walking right into a trap.
They approach a Tavern but Johann says he isn’t welcome
inside and has to wait outside. Heather approaches the informant and they begin
to talk as Snotlout gets the lowdown as to what’s going on from Johann. The
tale he tells has holes in it you can drive a truck through but in her
desperation, Heather is willing to believe it. Although she does find it
strange when he confides that there are those who don’t want a reunion. She
tests them by claiming her father has a hook, and when they fall for it, she
gets into a fighting position, but it’s an ambush by Krogan.
Heather buys time fighting them head on until the dragons
come to their rescue, unfortunately of course, Krogan’s group have fliers too,
they manage to knock first Johann and then Heather off Windshear, who is then
captured by the Hunters. Unable to continue flying, Snotlout has to bring
Hookfang down to rest.
In the markets, Dagur is shaking up the local tradespeople.
They find out about the part of the fight that took place on land. Back with
Heather, Krogan gives them an ultimatum, her dragon for the lens. Snotlout says
that under no circumstances can they hand over the lens but Johann is more
practical, given that they’re outgunned and overpowered. Heather sides with
Johann and they agree to make the trade.
They make the trade but in takeoff, Krogan knocks the cage
Windsheer was trapped in into the ocean, Heather dives in after her but finds
they key she got doesn’t work in the lock. They’re only saved as Dagur arrives
with Shattermaster bringing them up to shore. And Astrid has arrived suddenly,
like seriously, where did she come from?
A brief fight ensues, with Snotlout using his chicken feed
as a distraction to get the lens, it works briefly but they decide to play
keep-away with it and Johann messes up Snotlout’s catch. Krogan retrieves it
and withdraws.
Back on the edge, Snotlout manages to recover some of the
corn that was popped in Dragon fire and they all take a liking to this popped
corn. Dagur tells Heather about Oswald and grants her closure. Our final reveal
tells us Viggo and Krogan are working with Johann, who believes this lens may
get them one step closer to the King of Dragons. He’s been playing a long game.
It’s a solid ending with a solid reveal, that definitely
makes a deal of sense given things that have happened over the past 5 seasons
Rating 8.5/10
That may be it for this show for now, but we’re not done
with Dragons just yet, from a dragon trained to a Dragon Prince.
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