I'm almost embarrassed by how much my ancient Childfree ass loves the first HTTYD (I swear they used my kitty Stewie to do the motion cap for Toothless) and all indications are I'm going to love this one, too.

I am a white, straight, able-bodied cis-gender male. I think it is a great move. All kids should have characters who embody some part of themselves, whether that be orientation, sex, skin colour, anything. Being a teacher I know how important it is to kids to have someone to look up to.

paranorman has one.

Kat, I know that you value dialogue and civility. But seriously. The "dismiss" key is your friend. There is absolutely no reason why you should grant trolls a platform.

Out there somewhere is the person missing five-grams of weed who thought they were doing a great thing taking in a stray cat.

Bring on the Viking Daddy Realness.

You know what helps?

These examples are about race, but the message is the same. I'm just going to leave them here for your perusal:

Sinner! Traditional wardrobes are the foundation of society!

The children! They'll learn equality and to treat others with respect! We can't let that happen.

You're boring. You're also a basic bitch.

So, not only does DreamWorks treat disability as a natural part of life in these films, they're totally cool with Gobber being gay? Oh, hell yeah! Guess where me and my little girlie are going to be on June 13!

I don't want to have to explain to my child what a closet is! We're a chest of drawers family!

BUT YOU MUST! It is swell. And Toothless looks like my cat.