#WATCHED THW STREAM

[havethehappyduometup]

guys what the fuck was that.

[theyhitthepentagon]

remembering that time someone sent me an ask like "ummmmm hlvrai is an 18+ series get out of adult spaces" and i was like. lol. and then went in the tag and saw like 2 Main Tagged Posts complaining about minors in the hlvrai fandom or whatever it was like. dude. if ur gonna send anon hate dont go into the maintags complaining about the same thing ur hating on me for bcuz im going to see and know its you. i pointed out that this person was not sneaky and they immediately deleted the posts and blocked me and never posted about hlvrai again

[comrade-emma]

Disappointed in Httyd

Back in 2019, I really wanted to go see THW in theaters as I had seen Httyd 2 in theaters before. I never got to watch it in theaters as everyone else wanted to go see Endgame (I don’t like the MCU). I was later able to watch it via streaming. At the time I liked it, but something felt off. Even when I liked it, it felt like everything had been dumbed down and made more kiddy compared to the second movie. I would rewatch it again and more of its flaws started coming out. I then rewatched the first two films and started watching video essays critiquing the third movie and my opinions shifted. I then began to explore the Httyd fandom online and felt like I agreed with a lot of the takes. They really massacred the characters especially Toothless and it spat on the themes of the first two films like “we are stronger together” or “some may never change, but we’ll never stop fighting”. How could an openly gay man, Dean Deblois, make a movie telling kids to give up on their ambitions because it may not be easy and settle down to have a traditional nuclear family?

[moth--moss]

Finally watching Grians video so I'm gonna summarize my thoughts for the hermits as it goes! This is gonna be a long one so all the summaries and thoughts below the cut :]

Ren: Absolutely love what he's doing with the Gigacorp stuff and the like, poisoned terrain and all??? Always a fan of ppl making stories and worldbuilding so we love to see it! I'm not watching Ren's pov but I've seen bits and pieces from other povs so its not completely new to me :] Ren's honestly just such a delightful person, love to see him stoppin by other ppls episodes!

Tango: One of my main povs this season, a surprise to nobody, absolutely love all the steampunk and his factory and everything he's got going on. Unsurprisingly he's found a new hole to live out of but who didn't see that one coming lmao. Tango rightfully has a place in my three-way tie for favourite hermit.

Cleo: this is my first time seeing their base this season! And damn what a shame its been this long cause I'm already really invested in the little story shes cookin up. The wizard tower is just,,,,, so cool??? I love the block palette for it! Not to mention all the armour stand work its so so cool, definitely gonna have to set aside time to watch their pov after this cause I desperately want to get the full story now! All of the spaces have character and feel very real with all the armour stand work and everything, definitely a master of her craft o7

Scar: So ive only seen Scars latest episodes and streams, i didnt watch anything before them, so it's like kiiiinda new? But also ive watched all of Grian's so ive seen most of this like, out the corner of my eye the whole time. Scar's builds always have so much story and character you love to see it, there's just so much soul and care behind his builds??? Ajcjdjacjs I got so scared seeing the creeper test tube thing empty I'm used to there bein a lil guy in there. The train is SO cool and scar is just So good at glass work??? The swaggon hat o7 emotionally i never left season 8. Scars one of my favourite hermits so i had a lot to say

Joe: another hermit i dont watch yet love dearly, hes just so much fun. Joe is just insane (/pos) and just so creative and imaginative in such a unique way, holy shit. I really need to watch more of his stuff cause the vibes are truly immaculate. Also as an aside this finally answers to me where Cubs labryinth is cause i had no idea until now lmao. That thing is MASSIVE btw. Joe Hills,,, just the whole scale of this whole thing is totally insane he deserves so much credit for this. I envy his dedication wowww.

Bdubs: Another hermit i dont watch but would love to, and who i see a lot of through other povs. Bdubs is like beyond any other builder in this game, hes like,,, a true artist, yhe way he uses blocks and everything is just ajdnfjwkdkw true art. Hes like painting, not building. Always absolutely blown away by everything he does in this silly block game. He wants to make ppl feel feelings and it DEFINITELY comes through. THERES WAS EVEN NYLIUM ON THE GROUND WHO DOES THAT! OHH and the FRAMING of it all?? The way this man thinks is just art on its own. I could look at bdubs builds forever i swear. Its phenominal. Note: keralis spotted in the storage cave <3 thats my guyyyyy. THE SILOS??? so so pretty. The way he uses thw bottom edge of the polished diorite to make those solid lines through it??? Aghhh its so cool. Blown away with how he makes depth on flat surfaces, its just insane. AND THE GRASS IS HAND PLACED? THE WATERFALLS??? Always lovely to see bdubs builds.

Cub: i know almost nothing abt what Cubs been up to except for the rockets, always lovely to see him showing up in other povs. Lovely to see him messing with sculk again, hes gone feral for it LMAO. All the sculk stuff is so interesting im probably gonna have to check out his videos also cause i am DESPERATE to know wth is going on with this because hes being so so cryptic with it. The rocket factory is just so cool? I love how much ppl can do now with the crafters.crqzy that he pulled the fireworks permit and decided to make it like a main part of his season. Just ALL IN with it. Respectable.

Etho: etho!!! Another of my main povs this season actually, which is new for me cause last time i tried to watch his season he made the shulker storage thing and it broke my brain and i couldnt understand anything. (This time it made sense though). I really love ethos base this season, even if his roof was still unfinished at this point in time lmao. I love his little pond and garden and balcony and all that. Also its not here yet in the tour but i LOVE the lighting work he did around the mailbox its SO good. Also obligqtory frogger is awesome. When the server download goes up at the end of the season there are gonna be SO many games to play o7

Impulse: impy!! We love him so much. Dont watch his episodes but love to see him around :] did not know his city was gonna be a game?? Thats so cool?? The citys already so cool and im so excited to see it finished cause its already looking lovely and i can tell its gonna be really cool all together :] love the lore and all around the city too!

Zedaph: a hermit i watched quite a bit of last season but nothing yet this one, lovely guy always a fun time :] no surprise at all to see hes doing something else fun and silly this season. This really is a season of minigames! This guy is absolutely wild and just so much fun

Pearl: another i havent been watching, to my own sadness as pearl is one of my personal favourite builders on the server! Her whole solarpunk aesthetic this season is just DELIGHTFUL. Another hermit ive been meaning to watch for a while now cause i just love how she does like,,,, everything? I love Pearl builds just so so much. Absolutely love the sunflowers in the floor of her storage (my favourite flower) and all the yellows just in general its just such a bright build and so so lovely. Theres so much character and all the build flows together so so nicely. Also her dye qnd flower shop??? SO nice with all the layering qnd the glass roofs and just how open and fresh it all feelsand qjdjfjsjdsj i just love how pearl builds so much she is KILLING IT this season

Doc: so im currently watching through docs pov and i kiiiinda dont want to be spoiled on any big projects and crazy farms hes planning, so im actually skipping his segment of the tour. Though i will still say doc is absolutely insane and i love all the crazy game breaking stuff he does, i just want to see it all as it happens :] if i do catch up eventually i may circle back to the tour episode later but for now no spoilers!

Skizz: what a delight! Havent seen his episodes but we love skizz so much, such a big heart on that guy and so glad hes here. Love him and all his gift hoarding and hes just so iconic. His big pyramid is all a big psychology metaphor and stuff and thats,, very very cool i didn't know that! Truly a season of minigames i love it!

Mumbo: ive watched some of the early stuff for his season but i had a solid like 6 months where i wasnt really into anything like at all, so i stopped watching after some of the early stuff, though i do plan to get back to his videos sometime because i love what hes doing this season! (Oh noo some of the stuff id written got deleted so i gotta try to rephrase) mumbos been getting so good at building lately and it really does show with his work this season! I absolutely love all his work with the concept art and everything, its my favourite kind of excessive and "unnecessary" worldbuilding that makes a project feel that much more alive.

Joel: I've seen joels first few episodes but dont really watch him much. Hes absolutely incredible in just how much detail he shoves into every little space. His whole base this season just feels so real and its all so intentional and well planned and thought out. His build feels almost like its just been torn out of a real city and dropped straight into minecraft, theres just so much characters and attention to his builds. Just a place i would love to visit and explore. One thing: i mean this in the best way, but his little songs give me the WORST second hand embarrassment its so hard to listen to LMAO thats most of why i have a hard time watching his videos. Hes so cringe and i absolutely LOVE it. Never change, joel

Keralis: remember what i said about my three way tie of favourite hermit?? Keralis firmly holds a place right up there <3 another of my favourite builders and always holding just the most DELIGHTFUL vibes and just the sweetest face on the whole server. Embarrassingly i am... not fully caught up on his episodes, ive only seen up to episode 10. In my defence i only came back to hermitcraft in the last few months so i have a lot to catch up on! Though unlike with doc i have no qualms about spoiling myself because its not like lovely builds from keralis are anything other than my expectations :] Ive only just started his part of the tour but i know im gonna be smiling the whole way through <3 absolutely beautiful base i want to go here for vacation asap and never leave, beautiful trees and booshes and all the little huts, i love it all so so much. Also i would absolutely love a tour where keralis shows every single tree individually you dont even understand i would happily sit there and watch the entire thing <3 keralis why are you so hard to come up with a good design for i swear ill find one eventually hes just such a bug to me. I just want to sit along the side of one of the paths with a nice tropical drink its just so so lovely. If yall let me talk about keralis i will NOT be shutting up any time soon, if this mini essay is anything to go by. While on the topic id like to also talk about his season 9 base becau[character count exceeded, the following 10,319 characters have been archived and removed from this post (/j)] jokes aside, absolutely love everything keralis does, will never not be obsessed with everything he does <3

Xb: you know i gotta love him, just such a sweetheart. I dont watch him but you tend to see a lot of him if you watch a lot of keralis like i do. Absolutely delightful guy and such a sweet face :] love his little modern starter house too. Ive never actually seen his monument base thing but its so impressive. I, too, love prismarine so so much, and the oranges too its all so lovely, one of my favourite minecraft mobs <3 absolutely love his storage too with the guardian aquariums?? Amazing

Grian: another of my main povs! Love how open concept it is this season, how loose hes playing the game and how freely he's been playing it out this season, its been a really fun watch! Absolutely love the vibes of the chamber of sea critters its so atmospheric. Always love a grian build :]

Gem: another hermit whos building style i love yet dont watch sadly. First of all i just love how gem does the bright coloured roofs? Theyre very bright and i love the gradients she used with the moss and bamboo its so pretty. I didnt know her base was based on Dredge! Thats a game ive been meaning to check out and now im just more interested lmao. Gems another hermit who does just so much story with her builds and its all so interesting, definitely another high up on the list of hermits i really want to watch. Also i LOVE her little starter boat, its so cute and simple and so well executed. As well as the lighthouse! Honestly just seeing the collectors house now its gotta be one of my favourites, the colours and shapes and forms just look so nice? Nothing but praise for Gem tbh her builds this season are just lovely o7

Xisuma: we finally get to the 3rd and final hermit in the tie for my favourite! Despite the fact that... i havent watched like any of his episodes this season... i do tend to watch X more from his streams though in my defence, and hes the watchthrough im planning after i finish catching up with doc tbh. Not skipping his though cause ive already seen a lot of his base so theres not much that feels all that much of a spoiler. Plus i cant miss out on any Xisuma content <3 also to mention, i would love to be able to draw X one day but,,, i cant draw armour. One day o7 back to the topic of the tour though! I love the vibes and palette and everything hes going for this season! Its so structural and i just love the aztec inspiration! Its very natural and overgrown and its just amazing and impressive. X is just always just so delightful :] i honestly love his storage too with the walls of shulkers and all the colours and everything, and all the sorting and stuff its so cool. X does just so much impressive, i envy his organization especially. Honestly such a delightful person and i always love tuning into his streams and videos alike, and hopefully i finish my doc binge so i can watch xisumas season 10 episodes finally cause im really looking forwards to them in particular! He definitely doesnt give himself enough credit as a builder (a common theme among some hermits sadly). I love all the farms and stuff! I really want to get more into farming and stuff in general personally cause i love automation in any way i can, ive just yet to learn it for minecraft. The Golia copper machine is so cool?? I remember the big aging machine from i think last season, where it spread all the stuff out and brought them together when it was aged or something? Idk i love copper farms even if they are a little less useful now... x is just so cool and delightful :]

Wels: Tbh i know very little about welsknight, hes a pov i dont watch and one that doesnt really interact with my main povs, but hes a very pleasant individual! i really like his build and can appreciate a man with a distinct aesthetic! the silhouette and shapes of the castle is really nice! its just a very solid base :]

Beef: i dont watch beef personally but i did see quite a bit of him at the start of the season through... a certain unnamed perspective that i watched when the server first started, and also because he does show up through some other povs i watch too! He's a really nice guy and its always lovely when he stops by other povs :] i really do like how hes done his base this season with the big open farm, hes done it well!

Hypno: Another hermit i really dont know well, for similar reasons to welsknight, since he didnt really do a tour theres not as much i can say because i really dont know much of anything about him, to be honest. his base is really cozy though! ive only ever seen his exteriors as people fly past/over his base, but its really cozy and warm! ive always been a fan of pink and brown together in general :]

False: another hermit i dont know all that much, admittedly, but another lovely member of the server, i also dont really know what shes been up to this season, but i really like it! The colours, texturing, and shapes are all really interesting! I love the industrial underbelly, its so interesting and cool! False is actually another hermit i really would like to check out at some point! I love the vibes :] I also love the little hints of lore! the trees and terrain is also very nice! id like to see more of what shes been working on! if any false fans see this feel free to hit me up id love to know more abt her and all that!

Jevin: another hermit i dont know very well but i do see him on some other hermits streams sometimes and he is also a very good vibe when hes around! ive never seen his base before but i really love the enchanted forest! never get enough of those. plus the ambience and sounds are so unsettling and its just so cool. i love the palette and its very interesting! I love how dark and moody it all is, theres a really nice atmosphere to everything hes done so far!

And obviously finally the shopping district, what a lovely mishmash of all the hermits and their building styles and its all so lovely. Absolutely loved this video even though it took me like two whole days to get through. im so excited to watch more of these povs that ive gotten new interest in, not to mention the reminder that im only caught up on one of my three favourite hermits, im really overdue a few proper binges, huh?

If anyone actually did read all of these little blurbs thanks so so much for bearing with me, I know I definitely gave some hermits a little more time to talk about than others, and i feel bad for the first few because i may not have gone in depth about how i felt about them as i may have if theyd been later on, but i dont want to worry about revising all my thoughts on everything, this has already been a massive little project for me to basically journal these thoughts as i watched and i dont have the time to do it all over again lmao.

I love each and every hermit so so much for all they do, and im so glad grian did this mid-season tour so we could get a full look of the server all in one place! its lovely to get to see all the work everyone is putting in and how everything is coming together, i know theres always so much from the seasons before this i watched that i still know next to nothing about, so its really cool to get to look at it all!

Thanks for joinin me for this essay of thoughts and ramblings if you took the time, again i really do appreciate it! lmk what yall thought too im so curious to learn so much more that i may have missed in my watchthrough :]

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[themicrophoneii]

OK I WONT BE ABLE TO WATCH THW STREAM CUZ I GOTTA STUDY BYEBYE EVERYONE

[fagatakonin]

Not watching thw stream but are we getting a firefly animated short.

[blackcloudbyjuly]

perhaps it's good that i have work during thw wine stream bc i will drink all the alcohol in the house and go insane if i watch it

[dracolizardlars]

I can't wait to play through Pokemon Scarlet as slowly as possible. Run through every piece of grass. Stop to look at every wild Pokemon. Stare at the scenery. Play for an hour a day and make barely any progress. Use whatever Pokemon I think look cool. Put off battling gym leaders for as long as possible. It's gonna be great

[sonybees]

do you think bumping foreheads with others is one of wilbur’s love languages?

[thesinglesock]

@applejuicewerewolf yeah it feels entirely pointless. it added nothing of value to the overall story. to me the true ending will always be the second movie. They don't really leave any loose ends that need to be adressed with that ending. They're a little beat up and tired, but in the end it's about how the village and dragons are stronger together and they will keep protecting each other and fight for what they believe in.

the 3rd movie decided that the previous movies message was juvenile and it's about time the characters grow up and realize that the world will always be terrible. give up on your idealism and settle for an easy life.

there were only 2 scenes in THW where I felt like I was watching an httyd movie: in the beginning when Hiccup is trying to get something to eat in the great hall and it's total chaos, and the ending scene where the Hiccstrid fam are all flying together. (The rest of the scenes felt like a never-ending fast paced stream of barely-coherent events. it never let anyone breathe or process anything that was going on.)

The great hall scene felt right because we got to catch up with the characters we already know, before the plot kicked off properly and derailed everything.

The final scene felt right because it was a proper HTTYD Flight Scene. But even though I adore it, it's also frustrating because it proves that even the writers didn't believe in the ending they wrote. it's like they spent the whole movie trying to convince the audience that the berkians don't need dragons, to justify sending them off the edge of the world. Then they realized that they couldn't end an httyd movie without a Proper HTTYD Flight Scene, so they added the reunion, which undermines the very message of the movie, because it turns out they couldn't stay separated from the dragons after all. So then what was the point?

finally built up the courage to watch the hidden world again. it's actually worse than I remember. it achieved nothing. it spent the whole film trying to convince the audience that the berkians could manage without dragons so in every action scene they're just running around and climbing on things. 0 cool flight scenes that show off the bond between the humans and their dragons. Portrayed the dragons as nothing but a nuisance to them, despite the second movie emphasising how they've become essential members of the tribe. genuinely what was the point

[mcytersarepretty]

Dream making george mess up his hair with water 🤝 George making Wilbur mess up his hair with water

[yellowhearther0]

So glad the inniters r enjoying their tommy stream :]

[somuch-4-stardust]

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[hiccupbutpurple]

I also agree! Also her hair kinda reminds me of the Jack Frost thing when he’s drawn with dark hair and the white streaks, mainly in the picture on the bottom right lol

And legit the dragon armour, the fandom is so much better in those designs! One if my favs is how @worldwhightnight draws Hiccup’s armour! But like seriously, out of them I don’t mind Astrid’s and Hiccup’s is alright if it was a little less bulky maybe? I’m not exactly sure what I find off about it but something is and I preferred when the wings were not sticking out (it stresses me out lol). I enjoy drawings of canon Hiccups designs too I just don’t like how it looked in the movie I think.

But fucking Snotlouts hat/helmet thing i hated that with a deep passion like I haven’t watched THW probably since it came out but i like some of the scenes so I’ll watch them but every time I see that fricken thing it sends physical pain through my body.

Same with Fishlegs eyehole thing I hate that, it’s just creepy to me lol. Ruffnut’s I don’t mind to much but in some angles it looks like those rock lolly things (Fishlegs also kinda has this problem too but it’s more noticeable on Ruff’s due to the colours I think) and, despite owning a sprinkle skirt that I love, I don’t vibe with it. And pls,,,wth was going on with Tuffs gloves like what djdndjdj

Unrelated but, maybe it’s just my streaming service, but the quality of animation differs so drastically in Rob/dob

favourite character animation styles

Hiccup: Literally any of his character models (except RoB/DoB, oof) are great, but I wish he was equally as freckled through the whole franchise (this goes for all the characters tbh).

Astrid: First movie Astrid is my favourite and RTTE Astrid is a close second - just wish she had more freckles and scars. Movie 2 and 3 Astrid look way too different and airbrushed. Also, I would have quite liked to see Astrid gain more muscle over time. You can't tell me that girl's an axe-weilding warrior with tiny little arms.

Snotlout: RTTE Snotlout is so goddamn cute, I love him.

Fishlegs: Movie 1 Fishlegs is my favourite look for him. REALLY don't like his look in the 3rd movie.

Ruffnut: Looks good in everything, no notes.

Tuffnut: Literally anything except THW. Can't do the head hair/beard thing, sorry.

Dagur: I prefer his character model (and character in general) in RTTE, but I liked his outfit way more RoB/DoB. The skrill armor is cool but looks out of place to me. Not very Viking-y, even in a costumey way.

Heather: tie between RoB and RTTE. Definitely prefer her outfit in RoB.

Gustav: RTTE

Valka: THW - love her outfit and graying hair

Stoick: HTTYD 2 - again, love graying hair. The sunlight shining on his beard looks so good in the opening scene. Also prefer his outfit here.

Gobber: His outfits are pretty consistent throughout the series, so no notes there. Generally prefer his look in movie 1 before things got all shiny.

I cannot overstate how much I dislike the way the dragon armor looks in movie 3. Love the concept, hate the execution.

[f1newgems]

watching le mans on tv (well online tv but same thing) and oh my god haven't watched a race with hungarian commentators for so long

[yetanotherknitter]

why has nickelodeon made it impossible to watch things on their website. why. why this.