now idk how commonly discussed this is. but in my viewing, how to train your dragons 3 was one of hardest movies to watch in a long time. and thats all to be blamed on this

this dragon actually made me pause a dozen times just to check if im not going insane. it is like if someone made misogyny into a character design. from old timey ‘perfect women ideals’ to some current ones, they are all here:

• smooth white skin thats translucent
• all the features are smoothed out, horns, tails, wings, any texture of any kind
• body details are gone in order to make the body/skin and even the eyes appear smooth
• she talks with what i can only imagine is intentional ‘stereotypical smooth feminine’ voice
• the way she’s animated itself is that, more smooth and more delicate movements

I know describing it like this sounds stupid. but i had to take days long breaks in viewing the movie bc i thought i was being crazy, “it cant be that bad”. but it is, i cant unsee it, and i feel horrible that this movie has this. they could’ve changed the dragon and it would’ve not been this bigotry.mp4 movie for me. but it is