#source: httyd 2

[sleeplessdreamer14]

[musicaljuice and demon! reader were separated for a long long time until Lydia found a way to get them back]

(Name): Stop being so stoic, Lawrence, go on. Shout, scream, say something!

Beetlejuice: (walks up to them, his hair purple with streaks of pink sprouting at the roots) … You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you.

[writingfool001]

Imagine if Lilia and his lover were separated for a long time then he finds them again.

MC: "Go on, shout. scream! Say something!"

Lilia: "You're as beautiful as the day I lost you."

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Yang: Hey, uh, Jaune? I think you should take point on this one.

Jaune: *Drawing Crocea Mors* Uhm. Alright?

Tarnished Spartan: ... Hello Again.

Jaune: *Drops Crocea*

Pyrrha: I know what you're going to say. "How could I have run off to die, why did I throw you in the locker, why didn't you come looking for me!"

Jaune: *Slowly Stepping forward*

Pyrrha: I- I've been looking for an exit for so long- Hell, even if I found one I don't think I'd even fit in back on Remnant! This is my Home now! You weren't meant to find me- I wasn't meant to be here.

Jaune: *Continuing his approach*

Pyrrha: Rrrrgh! Say something! Anything! Shout in anger, yell for joy, scream in fear- Anything!

Jaune: *Gently taking her hand*

Pyrrha: Please ... Anything.

Jaune: *reaching up to cup her cheek, tilting their heads together as softly as possible* You're just as beautiful as the day I lost you.

Pyrrha: ... *presses back into him as tears run down her cheeks*

[howtodrawyourdragon]

The Post In Which I Deduce How Old Baby Hiccup Was When Valka Disappeared

You know, in order to write this Httyd Retelling, I have to do some preparing. I have to collect plot points for future storylines, keep certain canonical facts in mind and take a closer look at certain scenes.

Like the flashback scene in which Valka gets taken, for example. Because that'll be a vital scene for the prequel-type fic that I'm currently working on.

And I don't think I've ever realized how truly young Hiccup was when his mother was stolen from him. And I'm not talking about how he was a baby, because that fact is obvious.

I'm talking about how it's possible he was barely 6 months old.

And there are a couple of things about the flashback that point to this.

When Cloudjumper finds Hiccup and appears to play with him, I notice that Hiccup is:

Laughing

Grabbing Cloudjumper's wing talon

Clapping once (which could be a fluke as he is waving his hands around wildly)

Appears stimulated by Cloudjumper's attention and actively seeks interaction

Now, the laughter I won't waste much time on because I don't really see it as an indicator. On average, it starts as early as 4 months, but in my experience that highly depends on the child. I've seen a 3 month old laugh, I've seen kids not start laughing until they were almost 1.

Points 2 through 4, though, are much more interesting as what Hiccup is exhibiting is actually not "true" play, but rather hints that Hiccup is still actively learning to interact with the world around him. This may seem strange for people who don't interact with babies and toddlers on a daily basis, but children actually have to learn to play and this starts by interacting with the world around them.

Putting a variety of things in their mouths, sucking on things, grabbing things (like Cloudjumper's talon), shaking things, etc. This is usually how a baby between ages of 4 to 6 months old begins to learn how to play.

You can try to offer toys to a 3 month old, but chances are they won't do anything with it or even react much too the toy at all. Older than 6 months old, it's possible you can see them actively pick what interests them to inspect rather than simply put whatever they've been giving in their mouths.

In my personal experience, it's not until around 4 months old when babies start to show interest in the things around them. (Which doesn't mean you shouldn't try to stimulate your child by at least offering a toy before that time, we do.)

Something else of note in this scene is:

Hiccup can't sit up

No teeth

Hiccup simply lying there swaddled in a cradle is actually a big indicator that, not only is he not sitting up yet, but he doesn't appear capable of rolling over.

And if you think "Oh! but that's because he's swaddled in furs!" Wrong! Babies of any age are surprisingly determined. If a baby wants to roll over, they will fidget their way out of the swaddle and roll over. In no good conscience would Valka or Stoick leave Hiccup in a cradle unattended if this child showed signs of rolling over.

Now babies can start rolling over as soon as 4 months. (If you know what that looks like, it's quite an endeavor, takes a lot of manuevering, which the previous unattended Hiccup didn't appear to be doing)

And I know you may be thinking; "doesn't that mean Hiccup is younger than 4 months in the flashback?" I don't think so simply because of how he reacts to Cloudjumper, whose attention and stimulation he actively seeks out. Rather, I actually think Hiccup is a little bit of a late bloomer physically.

He was canonically born prematuraly, to the point that his mother feared he wouldn't make it. And often when a child is a late bloomer physically, they actually usually end up ahead of the other kids in other areas. Like mentally, verbally, or with their finer motor skills.

In my experience, children who can walk by the time their first birthday comes along, take longer to even begin to start talking. (which takes the form of making sounds. Not forming words, but voluntarily making sounds)

Meanwhile kids who are barely crawling by their first birthday are usually already showing signs of forming words (usually done by trying to repeat sounds they hear others in their life say) and verbally responding back to the people in their life (though through sounds and not actual words)

Being late in his gross motor skills while actually excelling in his finer motor skills and speech seems in line with the Hiccup we know and love. Even between the ages of 15 and 18, he still appears to be a bit of a late bloomer. The example I'm thinking of is how he can work years in a forge, yet struggle to pick up a single weapon versus to 3 years later when he's a swordsman himself and picks weapons up with no problem now.

That brings me to the lack of teeth.

On average, babies will begin to teeth between the 4 and 7 months old. From my personal experience, it tends to start much closer to 7 months than the minimum 4 month mark. I've even looked after plenty of children who didn't start to teeth well beyond the 7th month mark. (even had one who didn't start teeth until they were almost 1 and then suddenly got multiple teeth in at once.) Hiccup has no teeth.

So lets line all of the evidence up.

In the flashback, Hiccup:

Actively seeks interaction with Cloudjumper

Actively interacts with the world around him, but doesn't know play yet.

Responds positively to Cloudjumper's stimulation

Doesn't yet appear to even try to roll over

Has no teeth

And all of these points point to the very likely scenario that Hiccup was only 4 to 5 months old when he and Stoick lost Valka.

4 to 5 months old.

That's hella young to be losing your mother, a terrible time to lose your wife and mother of your very young child and, honestly, a terrible time for a mother to have her abduction be preceded by watching her premature son and her husband almost die due to her lack of actions.

I realize that I'm ending this post with a hot take, maybe even an unpopular opinion, but as it already takes months for a parent who gave birth to feel somewhat normal again even without breastfeeding their child... No wonder Valka, in this highly sensitive and vulnerable time, internalized that both Stoick and Hiccup would've been better off without her.

Valka, who:

Was still on month 4 after her pregnancy, meaning her hormones would've still been all over the place

Had to breastfeed with a lack of better options at the time, meaning it would remain that way for quite a bit

Had a traumatic labor that involved nearly losing her son

Her son who was born much too early, which would come with complications (right down to getting him to eat at all, for example)

Almost watched Hiccup and Stoick die in a fire right before she got abducted by a dragon, which would've meant hours if not days or weeks of believing she was going to get eaten

Doesn't mean she just gets to stay away for 20 whole years, but it definitely puts a different perspective on her sudden departure from Hiccup's life.

Everyone in the Haddock family was hurt that day. Though, the biggest victim of all was that literal 4 month old boy.

Video from SoloMinike-Movies & Shows scenes HD for reference.

[saturnniidae]

Astrid hofferson is bipolar btw. It's very true and real

[binfinsqudina]

Daily reminder that Valka basically raised her bewilderbeast and that makes him Hiccups brother

[midnight-xx]

Hello! I hope your having a good day, I wanted to request a hiccup x fem! Reader who has a female night fury , sorry if this is too vague

No problem! I gotchu lol

ORPHIC

Pairing: Hiccup x Fem!Reader

Synopsis: Hiccup thought Toothless was truly the last night fury, but discovered otherwise, and found a possible future along with it.

Timeline: Before HTTYD 2

— ཐི♡ཋྀ—

— ཐི♡ཋྀ—

“Toothless! Where are you, bud?” Hiccup called. In response, the dragon’s head popped out from behind a large boulder, his tongue flicking out of his mouth.

“There you are, now we have to go meet up with Astrid,” He told the night fury. Toothless rolled his eyes and grumbled, turning away from his trainer.

“I- don’t be like that, Toothless! It won’t take long…” Hiccup reasoned. Begrudgingly, Toothless made his way back to the brunette and let him climb on.

— ཐི♡ཋྀ—

A scent in the air caught Toothless’s attention. Swerving away from the original destination, he surged over the ocean, his trainer desperately clinging to the saddle.

“Toothless! Stop!” The man frantically yelled, but the dragon paid no mind. Continuing on his path, an island slowly appeared in the distance. The night fury eventually slowed his pace, flying at a leisurely pace before landing gently on the ground.

Hiccup stumbled off and away from his dragon, glaring all the while. He looked around the island, taking in the scenery. A waterfall cascaded into a beautiful blue lake, tropical flowers surrounding the water body. The lush grass rippled in the wind like waves, and towering trees ascended towards the sky, harboring various animals and plants. The sun peeked through various locations in the canopy, providing a sun-speckled effect. The call of various birds resounded throughout the forest.

What caught Hiccup and Toothless’s attention, however, was the screech of a familiar dragon. A sound that only one dragon had been heard making.

“A… night fury?” Hiccup asked, in awe. Toothless happily shoved Hiccup to the source of the noise, urging him to investigate.

The duo jogged to a clearing, where they stumbled upon a sight they thought wouldn’t be possible. A night fury slept on the lap of a girl, around Hiccup’s age.

“Woah…” Hiccup breathed. In his haste to get closer, Toothless stepped on a twig, snapping the wood. The woman and dragon snapped their heads towards the two boys, scanning the shadows.

Hiccup stepped into the clearing slowly, Toothless following behind anxiously. The woman and dragon shifted into defensive stances, and Hiccup raised his hands in surrender.

“Woah, I’m not here to hurt you,” Hiccup reassured.

She rolled her eyes. “I’ve heard it all.”

“No, really. H-here, Toothless, come out.” He beckoned his dragon forward, and Toothless stepped forward.

The woman’s eyes widened, and so did her dragon’s. Tentatively, the woman relaxed and urged her dragon forward.

The two night furies met in the middle, sniffing each other carefully. Suddenly, the mysterious woman’s dragon pounced forward, and the two rolled around the clearing happily.

Hiccup turned to her, smiling, and was met with the woman raising her eyebrow. Her face relaxed, and she smiled softly,

A red tint covered Hiccup’s cheeks, and he turned away quickly. He could hear the woman chuckling beside him.

“The name’s (name),” She said.

“I-I’m Hiccup,” He cringed at his stutter, but (name) paid no attention to it.

“U-uhm… would you like to- Gods, I mean- would you like to come back to Berk with me?” The man asked nervously.

(Name) shook her head. “I don’t think she should be shown to the world just yet,” she referred to her dragon.

“What’s her name?” Hiccup questioned.

“Her name is Orphic,” (name) told him.

“Beautiful name…” Hiccup trailed off. Not as beautiful as you though, He thought.

“Thanks,” (name) said from beside him, and his face erupted in red after the realization that she heard him.

“You’re welcome to… y’know, come back here sometime,” (name) invited nervously, suddenly looking down while a faint blush coated her cheeks. (If you can’t blush, or the color of your blush is different, then ignore the previous sentence and replace it with “her face was warm” or smth else ^^)

“Yeah, I think I will,” Hiccup replied and smiled at the woman.

In that moment, with the greenery in the background and the sun shining down on her and illuminating her eyes, Hiccup realized that he found the woman he wanted to be with.

— ཐི♡ཋྀ—

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ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ʙʏ ᴍɪᴅɴɪɢʜᴛ

[lightfin]

How to train your Dragon x tales of Arcadia. P1

Ok, so I’ve wanted to make this post for such a long time but it’s finally here.

My two favourite franchises have always been httyd and Trollhunters, and the fact that it is cannon that these two universes are connected, are not talked enough about.

So, I’m going to talk about it. Some head cannons I’ve got, and why it is cannon in the first place.

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So, why do I think it’s possible these two worlds are connected?

First off, both franchises are owned, and made by the same company Dreamworks, so the possibility of the two worlds alining can happen.

Second, the world both are based in is very grounded to our own, just in seperate time periods.

And third, BOTH franchises reference each other closer then any other Dreamworks production has done. But also in a way that doesn’t break the idea itself.

So let’s start at the beginning shall we.

Httyd 1- 2010

Befor the world of Trollhunters was even brought to light, the first how to train your dragon film gives us hints that other magical creatures besides dragons, exist in there world. But not just any creatures as hiccup explains.

“Vikings say that a hideous name will scare off gnomes and trolls.”

Gnomes and trolls! where have I seen those two creatures lining up in the same room?… oh yea.

Furthermore, it’s not the end of it, because Gober later explains.

“Trolls exist! they steel your socks, but only the left ones, ah what’s with that?”

Just to clear up Gober only has a left foot so of course it’s just the leaft ones, but what have we also seen trolls do in Trollhunters on multiple occasions.

And if that doesn’t convince you, let’s move on to Trollhunters, shall we.

Trollhunters season 1, ep 7 ‘To catch a changeling’

After Jim and Toby meet up with Blinky, Aaarrrgghh and Vendel about there discovery of Killahead bridge. They pull out a tarp they think is hiding said bridge, only to reveal a Viking long boat in its place. But not just any model, the same ones used in httyd. This image being of Johanna’s trading ship from RTTE.

Now it could just be a model reuse, just like how Pixar puts in Easter eggs in each of there movies and there not connected. Or aren’t they? because the long boat isn’t the only thing.

On multiple occasions, team trollhunter uncover items like Viking helmets, jugs and various other items from the other franchise, but one of the greatest examples, is in season 2 ep 8 ‘Just add water.’

Where you can see Blinky, Aaarrrgghh and Draal playing a trolls version of D&D ( which I love by the way) using a Maces and Talons board!!

Now for any httyd fans who haven’t watched the shows, Maces and Talons is a strategy game played in Race to the edge (on Netflix) which plays a significant roll in establishing one of the villains motives and cunning.

And it’s used in Trollhunters!

Now you might think, how did they even come to aquire it, why isn’t it in a museum or back with nature. Trolls live for centuries, no doubt a troll during the time period undercover it and somehow bought it to Dwosa and later Trollmarket to be used for other means.

And if that doesn’t convince you, I’ve got more.

In wizards tales of Arcadia, during the dungeon break, there are two, animated Night terrors in one of the cells in Camelot. I’m not joking it’s a blink and you will miss it, but they are there.

Not only are this Viking culture cannon, but the very dragons themselves!

And now for my final peice of evidence, the crown jewel itself, these two images.

A source of light and sustenance- that’s what a heartstone is, and it is the same in both scenarios.

Trollhunter and HTTYD are of the same cannon universe.

And I LOVE THAT!!!!

That opens up so much possibility for storytelling it is blowing my mind!!

Now, I am not forgetting the picture of Toothless on Jim’s desktop laptop in episode one, but I have an explanation for that one too.

What if both the httyd films and characters are cannon to that universe, Hear me out.

In our world, the world and characters are crafted, inspired by the book series we all know and love. So what if instead of books in the TOA world, it’s history.

What if toothless is a well known historical dragon in history, depicted in tapestries, books and architecture that Hiccup and the vikings of Berk left behind that has been discovered by archaeologists of the 21st century. Which have made for interesting story’s to then be adapted into the films. But the films are slightly different from the real life events, which in this case would be the franchise we know. But toothless very much staying the same. Which is realy cool to think about.

( I am not counting the nine realms logic, that was made after both franchises existing, that is not cannon and I will never accept it to be.)

[transformers-spike]

Continuing with this 👇

https://www.tumblr.com/transformers-spike/778286689548369920/wouldnt-it-be-funny-if-the-reason-es-megatron-had?source=share

Imagine that ES! Reader is revived (how? magic idk) Soundwave is shaking and slowly kneels down near them, brings his servo closer to the human and let them climb on it.

He slowly approaches him while his human just looks at him with a look that is affectionate.

The words come out of the Decepticon "You're as beautiful as the day I lost you"

And they join in a hug, one they've needed for a long time.

That line from Httyd 2 always makes me feel sentimental, and I wanted to make a scenario where ES! Soundwave is happy.

Little extra

ES! Megatron: I...

ES! Soundwave & Reader: 😡/😐🖕

They're still upset with Megatron, so he will not be forgiven for a long, long, long time 🙂

I think Soundwave should dropkick Megatron

[paramoreparaless]

anyways <3 thinking abt non verbal galra communication

body language - taking heavy inspo from my lovely cat bc she’s a true fountain of activity; tail lashing for irritation or anger, tail twitches for interest, fur puffing either as defensive displays or as a startle response, the “crab walk” as a play initiator. Then (kinda like horses as well ig) ears pinned back for irritation, forward for interest, twitching in response to noise.

other things I was thinking would be dragging the tail low on the ground to challenge other galra, basically an “I’m going to attack you so be ready”

blinking - slow blinks as a display of trust

then of course you have purring, rumbling. I think they should get to have a special rumbly vocalisation for when they’re asserting their territory, like a kind of echoey version of laminated paper flopping. If that makes sense. Like the sound toothless from httyd makes.

Then I was thinking of deer and their alarm barks so I think they should get those too. Also the usual hissing and such, or yowling. I think it would be kinda funny if Keith couldn’t quite hum bc he slips into a rumble if he tries.

And of course I think scent would be a very important communicator at least pre-empire before the galra industrialised and Zarkon took over. Rubbing scent on pack members, dens, etc. to show who lives where and with whom and how much territory they control. Also an indicator of health

Wrt other behaviours probably even just lounging in proximity to others to express closeness and trust… not sure if all this technically falls under non verbal communication anymore but it’s all linked in my mind. Oh and can’t forget the passive aggressive claw sharpening while glaring at the source of annoyance my cat does that all the time to me

For specific calls I think 1) the above territory defending rumble 2) a call-and-response between a parent (dama) and kit/s where the adult calls with a single clear note and the kits respond with a stuttery call 3) the alarm bark 4) a sort of whining call that basically amounts to “what the FUCK is that”

ugh I could probably go on and on but this is already so long so. Bye lol

[alan-in-the-outernet]

AvA/AvM Comics and/or Au's

This is basically a masterpost for my comic's and au's

Alan's Adventures in the Outernet

Tag: #Alan's Adventure AU

Main Comic: Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3 - Page 4 - Page 5 - Page 6 - Page 7 - Page 8 - Page 9 - Page 10

Human Alan in the Outernet

Tag: #HAiTO AU

Summary - Monster School - Chilling - God??? - Rapidly Approaching - Squish

Thank you (Short Comic) - What Have You Done (Short Comic) - First Meeting (Short Comic)

The Beginning: Page 1 - Page 2

Fantasy AU

Tag: #fantasy au

Cursor Alan AU

Tag: #Cursor Alan AU

Summary - The Beginning

Cursor Dragon AU

Tag: #Cursor Dragon AU

Cursor Dragon Design - HTTYD - Doodle Dump - The Box - Dragon Emma

Apotheosis Alan AU

Tag: #apotheosis alan au

Oc Tags: #ava emma heart

Patient - Dr. Heart Design - Constellation - Stick Form - Evil Apotheosis... - Cannenta (request) - She's Angry! -

Evil Noogai and his Kids - Cannenta Has a Gun (Request) - Unreality

Stick Alan

Tag: None Yet

Anxious

VR AU

Tag: #vr au

Summary -

Time Travel AU

Tag: #time travel au

Summary - Doodles

What I Need (Short Comic)

Alan in the Underground

Tag: #alan in the underground

Monster Designs - Noogai

Evil Second AU

Tag: #evil second au

Summary - Where do you think you're going? (Request) - Love In Paradise

Sticks in the Physical World

Tag: #SitPW au

Jar

Adopted AU

Tag: #adopted au

Walk

Fallen Gods AU

Summary - Video Game Screen Shots

Kid Alan AU

Tag: #kid alan au

Kid Alan Design - Kid Emma - Kitty(Kid Alan) Doodles

Figment Noogai AU

Tag: #figment noogai au

Figment Design - Figment Extra Designs - Not Alan - The Terror (Request) - Snakemint - Swap Au - Cursor Dragon Figment - Smol Figment(Request) - Fable

Virus AU

Tag: #virus au

Summary

So Above, So Below AU

Tag: #so above so below au

Alan Design - True Name

Virtual Apocalypse Au

Tag: #virtual apocalypse au

Title Card - Game Designer's - Nala's Avatar - Creator and Creation - VRN - Pride and Joy - Squish That Blob - Creator's Cursors - Sunglow Fluster Nala Doodles - The Creator's/Dev's

Not Alan Au

Tag: #not alan au

Summary - Stick Nala Design

Starcraft Crossover

Tag: #alan in space au

Emma Design - Nala Design

Source Au

Tag: #source au

Summary

AU Crossovers/Side Stuff

All of my Alan's! - Three Stick Alan's - He's Coming to Adopt - Fantasy Alan and the Stick!Noogai gang - Kill for Fantasy Alan - Multiverse - God Convention - Ex - Sassy Lost Tiny God - Sassy Lost Tiny God Continues - Kitty(Kid Alan) and Inspo - Teen Alan's - EN and His 'Kids"

HAitO + Apotheosis The Light Said "I love you"

Amalgamation Alan Crystal Alan - Fine...?

[rwby-encrusted-blog]

Ruby: *Putting CR Away* It's Me- It's me, Jaune, I'm right here, Come back to me bud.

Jaune: *Charges Mindlessly at Ruby*

CC: *Chuckles* He's not your friend anymore. He belongs to me now. But please, oh mighty Silver eyed warrior, try to take him~

CC: Just keep in mind He's killed before~

Ruby: It wasn't your fault Jaune- Penny asked you to!

Jaune: *Slashes, just nicking her- He's getting faster*

Ruby: If there was another way- you had to do it!

Jaune: *Swings again, stuttering with his movements*

CC: *Smug Silence*

Ruby: You'd never hurt us, never.

Jaune: *swings wildy, knocking Ruby to the ground- He's not faster. She's going slower.*

Ruby: *Getting back to her knees, still not striking back* You'd never hurt me.

CC: *Looking shocked and Confused* ... How are you doing that?

Ruby: Please, you are my best friend jaune ...

Jaune: *Raises Crocea Mors, ready to strike her Down*

Ruby: *Staring Jaune in the eyes, unflinching as she reaches a hand out* My Best Friend.

*The sound of Metal meeting stone rings out as Jaune plunges his sword downward*

Ruby: ...

Jaune: *Reaching out to Ruby, supporting himself on Crocea* Hey ... Need help?

Ruby: *Taking his hand* I sure could Vomit Boy.

CC: Enough! *Charges* RRRAAUGH!

Jaune: *Bounces CC back with with Shield*

Ruby: *unfurls Crescent Rose* Yeah! Let's do this!

Jaune: We're almost out of here Ruby!

[ashleybenlove]

Title: Ashfall

Prompt: Volcanic Eruption + Weather Whump + Dragon’s Edge

Summary: Right after the volcanic eruption in Shell Shocked Part 2.

Fandom: How To Train Your Dragon

Pairing: Hiccup/Astrid

Word Count: 1468

Rating: Teen

Warnings: Swearing, Mentions of Dead Bodies

Disclaimer: I don’t own the source material in this fanfic. That’s to whatever company or person owns it. I would never claim to own it.

Notes: There are probable influences from fandom and whatnot in this story.  Written for @httydbingo HTTYD Bingo “Volcanic Eruption” and #10YearsRTTEWeek Alt Prompt: “Weather Whump” and June 25 – Day 1: “Dragon’s Edge”. Takes place directly after Shell Shocked Part 2. More notes on AO3.

AO3.

[potato-for-the-venomous-vorpents]

Glow-Worms

Fear factor: 0 Attack: 0 Speed: 0 Size: 0 Disobedience: 2 (They're very stupid)

NOT MY ART> ART FROM OG BOOK

The Glow-worm is a tiny creature that looks more like a worm than a dragon, but is still, genetically speaking, part of the dragon family. Although technically they can't be trained exactly, they are a useful source of light on moonless nights, or in caves. The Vikings use them in lanterns, to light up homes and ships in the night-time.

Learn more here

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Part two of my series: Educating httyd fans about the OG dragons from the books that were arguably cooler then some movie-verse dragons based on "The in-complete book of dragons" (I'll make a link post later)

[dkniade]

There’s gonna be a live-action remake of How To Train Your Dragon?? (Here’s a shot-by-shot comparison with live action’s trailer)

1) Toothless looks surprisingly close to the original animated version, but in the part where Hiccup is about to kill him, the pupils are indeed too round (and cute) compared to the Night Fury in the first half of the film. He’s not supposed to be puppy-dog-like yet!

2) The lighting makes it look like a strange cosplay video with the human characters which breaks the immersion since it’s easier to accept cartoony characters in a story about dragons, thus you’re not expecting the lighting to be too realistic.

3) Putting a fairly stylized animated dragon with a real human actor in the same shot is… strange considering the original’s style, but since they’re already going with stylized dragons, I feel it’d work better if they spiced up the live-action’s colours/lighting to be closer to the original’s (or at least more saturated with a more unifying colour scheme) instead of having the shots be so washed out.

Like, original movie’s frame:

Very simple two shot, background’s fairly blurred with a pink-purple tint, pink rim light on the two characters outline their silhouettes well, and the brightest spot is the light on Hiccup’s arm, so your eye goes there, and then your eyes naturally goes to maybe Hiccup and then Toothless’s smooth and big eyes. And of course the lighting on Hiccup’s hair is fairly warm too. Seems like the lighting is from a pink sunset in the background. Toothless does have some bits of cool light on him, but it’s fairly subtle and vaguely purple-tinted too so it fits the rest of the shot. I’m not questioning if there’s another cooler light source from the camera’s position.

Live-action’s trailer:

So I’m looking at the center and then live action Hiccup, but then the background is so bright (and his face points at bottom right corner of the frame) that I end up looking at the lake behind him. And then the next brightest place is… the pinkish rim light on his hair. But why’s there cool-tinted reflected light on his hair? Is that lighting off-screen from the camera? The sky can’t be too cool if the background is warm. Is it overcast? What’s going on? I’m supposed to be looking at his arm and then Toothless. Okay, his arm is lit in reflected cool light again. Where’s the cool light coming from? Anyway, Toothless, right. The rim light on top of Toothless’ head is more notable than any light on Hiccup, and Toothless’ own eye for that matter. And then the strange spot of light near his neck too? There’s that cool reflected light again on his scales. Where’s that coming from? Are we supposed to be looking at Toothless’ eye or head here? Why’s Tootheless’ eye more saturated than any green in this shot?

Feels like Hiccup is filmed before a greenscreen (or maybe bluescreen), then Toothless is edited in with some lighting to match Hiccup, (but like, bright enough so we can see the black dragon), and then the background footage is edited in and colour graded to kind of fit the characters’ colours, but it doesn’t quite work. It’s already hard to make a soft CG dragon look believable beside a real human actor. The lighting here certainly doesn’t help…

I tried to edit the frame to be a little closer to the original’s colour scheme while bringing down the exposure and blurring the background some more, but it’s hard to unify the lighting’s temperature and frankly… I don’t think this iconic shot is lit and colour graded well in the trailer.

Actually I think the highlights are brighter in the second and third HTTYD movie so that’s why the live version has such bright highlights? Even though it doesn’t work well for the iconic scene in the first movie

[xvamehok]

Hold up one second, I don't know if you're still taking requests rn, but are there any rules or conditions that we should be aware of? Do they have to involve certain fandoms and such? And are crossovers also allowed?

Big post! Apologies!!!

Some time ago there already was a post, there's someone asked about rules for requests (here's the link: https://www.tumblr.com/xvamehok/783769418026172416/any-rules-for-requests?source=share)

But, since time passed, I think I can add some changes to it.

1. I still don't want to work with nsfw (I don't think I'm ready to draw, y'know, "certain human parts that are should be censord in most of works"). I can do wounds/blood however, but if it's a serious trauma, like thorn parts or maybe an open stomach - this will be tough, not sure about it.

2. I'm DEFINITELY not gonna draw any kind of "waste of vital activity"(not sure if it translated right, but I hope you get it). That's some kind of freaky kink, that I don't like at all.

3. Most of my request includes some kind of fandom characters (right now I only have got reqs from Helluva Boss and Tangled the Series, but it doesn't mean that I take only those. I have a really long list of different kind of cartoons/games with which I'm familiar, but I still haven't posted it yet). I can also take an oc request, but only one for person(at least if it's an full art - with coloring, shading, background. If it's just some silly funny sketches - I can do some more, BUT they should include a bonding with canon character). I would like to get some more reqs/asks about my own characters...

4. I don't mind any kind of oc + canon ships/self ships/canon x canon, as long as it's not a pedo-/inces7. Can do your fave au/theory/headcanon, but in that case please give more information about it - I am very interested in listening that kind of things and will be glad to hear more of things what you like! Crossovers are allowed, I don't mind about it.

And I absolutely love silly, goofy and funny reqs, so don't be shy if you have some ideas like that - it's really great!

In last, but not least - I still don't feel confident with my level of English (because it's not my first language), so if my words will sound like I'm just got my school diploma - I'm very sorry. I see how some of the phrases look like it was chopped with the axe, but I really trying (I even use translator, but less times than before, trying to be better)!

I also drop a list with all fandoms I am familiar and can remember right now here below:

Cartoons: NINJAGO! LMK! MLP:fim(ofc), Steven Universe, The Owl House, Helluva Boss, Hazbin hotel, The Amazing Digital Circus (not much, but heard about it/saw few episodes), HTTYD(actually almost all DreamWorks movies), Tangled/Big hero 6: the series (same as DreamWorks - saw almost all Pixar/Disney cartoons), Sony/Blue sky/Illumination animations, Marvel the series (Avengers assemble, Ultimate Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2017, Guardians of the galaxy, Avengers: Earth's mightiest heroes(forgor the name ahhh)), Teen titans, The Batman(2007), Young Justice, Transformers (Prime, RiD, RB, RBA, Earthspark, Cyberverse(not all episodes)), Sofia the first, Elena of Avalor, Avatar, Ducktales 2017 (ATLA, TLOK), Gravity falls [Can't remember the rest ughhh]

Games: TBOI(don't know if there's any fans of it), Enter the gungeon, Detroit: become human, Bioshock, Slime runcher, Genshin/Honkai Starrail/Zenless Zone Zero, Hollow knight, Sonic (not all games, but most of them ig), Hi-fi Rush, Cult of the Lamb, Last of us(but I don't know much about second part - dropped it after death of certain character), Sky: children of the light (didn't played a lot, but know about it), Minecraft, Terraria, Angry birds, Subway surfers (ehh?? Maybe there's a fandom for that), Pokémon??? Portal, Half Life (don't know the whole story, but know about half life 2), Stanley parable, Cookie run [don't remember the rest, yeah]

Anime: Naruto, House ki no Kuni (watched anime, still trying manga), BNHA, Rising of the shield hero, acashic chronicles of the bastard teacher of magic (not sure if wrote it right, but yeah), my reincarnation as a slime(ehh? Not sure about name too), Bungou stray dogs, Demon slayer, Firefighters/Soul eater[don't remember the rest]

Also watched movies: Sherlock bbc, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Now you see me(don't know if it has a fandom) Avatar (only first one)... Yeah, I'm not a big fan of real humans on my screen...[i REALLY don't remember the rest]

That's a big list and I'm SURE it's still not whole...