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my writing fundamentally changed forever ten years ago when i realized you could use sentence structure to control people’s heart rates. is this still forbidden knowledge or does everyone know it now

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Can we talk about how literally everything about How to Train Your Dragon is just absolutely perfect.

An analysis…. an ever-so-slightly bias analysis

The animation? Stunningly beautiful. Even the shows aren’t awful. …not including Nine Realms… The water is gorgeous, the detail in simple background things like the mountains, sea stacks, trees, clouds, and even dragon scales and the IRISES of both dragon and human eyes is amazing. Not to mention the way they’re able to convey flying as both high energy and scary, yet also slow and relaxing is so incredible to me.

The characters and their designs? Couldn’t have done it better my self. Not only are the character designs for each character perfect for their unique personality’s, but they stick out from each other while simultaneously fitting together so well that you can instantly tell they belong together even if you the never seen the movies. And the way each character mirrors their dragon both in design and personality is also perfect.

On the same note, the characters are just… SO well written. The female characters each have their own unique design, goal, personality. AND they’re STRONG! You know how rare that is?! And the character growth of even background or side characters (snotlout for example) is impeccable and so realistic. Each and every character truely FEELS like they are their own person. Just another way you get so immersed in this world.

One of my biggest pet peeves of animation is the over the top voice acting. They always sound too cheery or dumbed down for younger audiences. Not httyd. The delivery of the lines is just so natural. The characters mutter to themselves, they interrupt each other, they raise their voices, they STUTTER and stammer. It’s relatable and it puts you IN their world, because I can guarantee that you’ve done all those things yourself.

I also love that’s there about a MILLION different dragons, dragon types and classes. You can really tell how much thought and care was put into it. And not only that, but each dragon has their own unique look, ability, class, personality, and VOICE. The fact that each dragon has their own voice is an amazing detail that blends in so well, it tends to go unnoticed.

The background noise and music make a beautiful and easy to recognize ambiance. There’s always some sort of background noise, even when there’s no music or speaking to fill dead air. Whether it’s birds chirping, fire crackling, wood being walked on or rocking on a ship, or the sound of giant wings beating through rough wind. It’s always there.

And the music? It makes me cry. No matter the context. There are so many video analysts you can and should watch talking about just this and the amount of care and thought John Powell put into even the smallest of ques is amazing. Each theme has a purpose. You wont hear a character’s theme just because they’re on the screen, no. You’ll hear the STORY theme that fits best in that scene. For example the Lost and Found theme from the 2nd movie. I recommend watching Film Score and More’s videos about it on YouTube.

And of course, last but MOST CERTAINLY not least, the story. Although I’m not a big fan of the final movie and definitely have my own headcanons that contradict it, the rest of the story is one that I will NEVER tamper with. While each movie, special, and TV series has their own story that takes place, there’s also the over arching story. One of growth, acceptance, and learning to let go. And it carries over even through the mini story’s that take place along the way. It’s just… beautiful. And gut wrenching. I’m a good way.

In conclusion, httyd is the perfect series and I will forever die on this hill. Except for the Nine Realms. Never the Nine Realms.

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Reblog if you think fanfiction is a legitimate form of creative writing.

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Hookfang holds Snotlout in his mouth like a mother Crocodile

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Snotlout and Tuffnut have the right idea GKNTJGKGNGNRN XD

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guess what my sense of humor is based on this race to the edge screenshot collection

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i cant believe i haven't done one of these yet...

welcome to my blog!

hi! my name is sigil and my pronouns are they/he/it. im currently very hyperfixated on httyd so expect to see a lot of that on here

i post about my thoughts on blorbos and art from time to time (when my perfectionist brain lets me) but most of the time you'll just see me reblog stuff i see

i write fanfic from time to time so if you're interested in that my ao3 handle is the same as here

my tagging system:

sigil rambles: for when i write my silly little text posts. most of the time its headcanons about my favourite characters and stuff but sometimes rambles about mental health or creating stuff. mostly headcanons tho

sigil reblogs: for when i reblog stuff

sigil doodles: for when i actually feel confident enough to post art (which is rarely if im being honest)

sigil answers: for when i answer stuff straight from my ask box. i love questions so feel free to ask away

enjoy your stay :D

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Ok um what are your opinions about Gustav

okay so um honestly i found him like really annoying at first (i started watching rtte first) and my opinion kinda stayed like that for a while until i watched rob/dob. then my view of him changed. the way he very obviously is neglected by his mother made his behaviour in rtte make a lot more sense.

there's hints to this already in rtte (evidenced by the line 'my mother notices im gone after three days' or something similar to that) but its only there if you squint. watching rob/dob honestly changed my opinion about him a lot. he's kinda just a product of his surroundings and that's honestly kinda sad.

his backstory and attitude remind me a lot of snotlout and i can see why ruff and tuff called him a 'miniature snotlout'.

him trying to be useful at any cost was annoying on my first watch but now i see its sort of a like defense mechanism for being neglected.

overall gustav is imo just a product of his upbringing and if you simply dont care enough to look under the surface he's very easy to hate. he doesn't deserve it tho

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Riders of Berk, Season 1:-

Tuffnut: I have a question. What's fun about that?

Astrid: It's not supposed to be fun, it's a Hiccup idea.

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Race to the Edge:-

Hiccup: Ruff, Tuff!

The twins: Please say Wall of Fire, please say Wall of Fire

Hiccup: Wall of Fire!

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Character development!

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Hiccup finally hitting his limit: FUC- no, you know what that’s it, I’m done. I quit. I give up, I tried. I really tried.

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From then on, we stopped being a family, and became a family (in italics.)

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HTTYD as textposts pt.2 except they're not actually all textposts but who cares

And yes Snotlout gets three, he gets babygirl privileges

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im sorry but i will never get over just how fucking dumb hiccup looks in his old clothes like please bestie

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Last page in this sketchbook!!!!

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so i was re-watching rtte and remembered an old headcanon that i came up with and that i would absolutely love to share with all of you — we all know, that there are days when riders act so insufferable hiccup is about to go mental or batshit crazy or pull a "tiran" and send everyone in different directions with the stupidest tasks possible just so he can have a moment to breathe.

but what if, there are days when riders are so insufferable with their jokes about him that hiccup decides to joke too. during one of the late night checking of the island, he foresees the steel trap and steps accidentally in it — prosthetic leg, of course, but he yells like his only healthy leg got chomped off.

should i mention, that snotlout almost lost his heart and soul when he heard that scream and imagined the worst scenario possible?

«aw, snotlout, were you really that worried about me?»

«only that without both legs you'll become even more annoying... shut up, hiccup»

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Snotlout- *Staring deadpan into the camera with a microphone in hand* And here, you can see the endangered Tuffnut in his natural habitat.

Tuffnut- *Falls down the stairs, spilling his cereal everywhere*

Snotlout- Natural selection is coming for his specimen.

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