#worst option is that someone misunderstood/misremembered and then that just got telephoned without anyone fact checking

[dagur-nott]

i do gotta wonder if some of the people who are vehement that dagcup is bad bc dagur and hiccup are siblings (they are not) just like. watched a different version of the show. this isnt even a media literacy issue; it's just straight up not paying attention to the show you're watching, so i'm wondering if in some translations they just changed the dialogue to make them siblings? or maybe people watched the english version when it's not their first language and got confused by the use of the word "brother" outside of a familial context? the misconception is too prevalent there's gotta be a reason for it