I agree. I just don't understand how DreamWorks expects us to accept that the one parent to whom the child is attached to, is killed by the closest friend of the same child. It is so surreal to see that Hiccup later forgives Toothless and they fight the villain together.
Now that you've pointed it out, I think that Toothless looks a little like God. I have not been able to understand and accept how God could stand by and watch as our loved ones are taken away from us. I'm praying for strength to accept the hard reality of life on this earth.
I guess the thing of it is, God made us in His image, and He wants us to eventually become like Christ.
Christ suffered loss and knew pain, and God certainly knew what it was to watch a loved one (His beloved and only Son) die. For whatever reasons, God calls us to go through the same losses.
But for some of us, it is a permanent loss. I found out my ex-father-in-law died suddenly a few years ago. We had had a good relationship and he truly treated me as a daughter.
But there was nothing to indicate he was a Christian. You hope against all hope that a person is, of course, but in most likelihood, I will never see him again and that makes me incredibly sad.
Something I think about is that although God allowed Jesus to suffer and die, He also knew that He would get His Son back. I have always wondered... If God knew that sending Jesus to die for and save us would also mean losing His son forever and they could NEVER be reunited... Would He still have sent Him?
