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"He deserves the world and not just the weight of it" become a poet,NOW

A little appreciation doodle for Feign’s Lycanwing!Hiccup because he deserves the world and not just the weight of it.

Inspired by @grayyylake99 ‘s Feign on Ao3 here.

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There's so many great things in these pictures and I can't breathe bruh

I’m on photo duty for the funeral.

Why is every photo of my grandpa taken when he was oiled up?

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Op I'm about to ruin your day but here we go;

So, I believe the LA copied the plot and took away the soul of what made the og great,plot and dialogue and theme wise and character wise.

So, Nico Parker. One of the most horrible misscasts I've ever seen. Her forehead didn't move an inch throughout the whole movie. Her face for most of the duration remain blank,bland and soulless. Astrid in the original,contrary to some fanon is a very emotive girl, making borderline outlandish faces through the film. None of that in the LA. Her line delivery. Falls flat every time, manages to loose the point horribly. When they enter the arena she sounded like a valleys girl going at fkn Coachella. What kind of acting we like is subjective but like... there are bad performances, and that was one.

Now, Astrid being meaner. Why?? Simply fucking why? What is this epidemic of making female characters unlikable for no justifiable reason. In the og, every time Astrid wasn't some mean bitch. She was a 14 year old,a lone with anger issues, focused on her goal. She did not go out of her way to snap at Ruffnut after she compliments her(she did in the la). She did not say to the heirs face that she wants to usurp him(she did in the la). She did not preach how she's a victim in the og(she did in the la). Astrid's goal in the og was simply to do her duty and protect Berk, in the LA she is power hungry and walks all over people for no reason. When she learns about Toothless, her reaction -after she has chewed out Hiccup, AGAIN- is to say " huh that's cool i guess but you still suck for being a traitor". She never apologized to him, only to Toothless when he took her for a five second flight over an incredibly shitier version of the Northern lights.In the og, you can see the moment she decides to join him, when he terns to her and after the smallest delay, he says absolutely determined "Yes", he is willing to die for his "pet". She nwver instantly went all cute and cuddly idk waht you're on about, but I won't tolerate the slander against og Astrid. She never promises to Hiccup that she will keep Toothless safe, Hiccup just tells her to keep her perfect reputation sade in case something bad happens cos his dad and everyone must suck her off apparently.

Now, unto her hair, the og movie was set in Viking times too, what are you on about, and it was actually more plausible compared to this, cos the people in the og actually looked like Scandinavians. It's just a wig we want,give an inch ffs. Now unto the diversity. They couldn't even TRY to hide the pandering it was, just threw some bullshit line about how they come from all tribes. Have you ever seen a map, do you know where sub-saharan Africa is co pared to Scandinavia? How am I supposed to believe, that this movie takes place in a world that is the same with ours except that there were dragons, once. It's not about realisim, it's about believability, plausibility. All I'll say is this, the American Hollywood executives that decided this,were very pretentious in their decision to look at real Viking culture,take a massive dump over it and say"Fuck you our American culture is more ENLIGHTAH than yours, we'll make it look like ours". Sure it's doesn't matter at the end of the day, that Nico Parker has is like a bit black , but it's an objective fact that with a blonde wig she looks more like og Astrid.

Now unto Ruffnut. Not every female character needs to be a duo with the oy other female character. In the og Ruffnut made fun if Astrid for being a lone, because that's what her character was, she made fun of people, she and Astrid where fundamental different and Indifferent to eachother, something much more realistic than whatever the generic girls stick together trope.

Now unto the Great Hall. Making Berk some random outpost inhabited by a collection of random tribes, instead of the Vikings ANCESTRAL home, takes away it's soul, it's sense of deep rooted community. Didn't help the island was small and banal af and the lighting was awful.

With the rest of what you said I agree with intensely, BUT the last bit about Hiccup . You said it yourself, the whole point of the film is Hiccup learning to accept the duty he HAS to bear,httyd 2 has a theme of great morbid realism in that Hiccups installment as chief isn't smooth it's sudden and harsh. But Hiccup takes the chieftainship anyway not because he should but because,he realises, he could. And imagine for a moment httyd 2 but Hiccup always wanted to be chief and never runs away from it in the beginning and everyone holds hands and whatnot. The film wouldn't happen among other things. This what a his arc is about,sure he doesn't full on want it,not because of sellfish reasons,but cos he doubts himself,and in the end as always, Hiccup choses to be selfless and step up for his people and protect his own.

just rewatched the httyd live action for the third time, here are somethings that I liked and didn’t like as someone who actually enjoyed it:

just to preface, I (obviously) think the animation was a much better film overall, but there were some changes that I preferred a lot and wished were in the original.

Astrid. I think she was one of, if not the best, casted character. I think Nico Parker did an amazing job and I kind of liked how Astrid was portrayed as slightly more mean? (if that’s the right wording) but especially when she tells Hiccup how hard she had to work to get where she was, it made me empathise more with why vikings hate dragons so much.

I truly could not give a fuck if she’s white or not, especially with the scene in the great hall where they explained where many of the viking’s had ventured from. I also love her hair and I think slapping a blond wig on her wouldn’t look as ‘perfect’ as a lot of tiktok comments are suggesting. People commenting under every astrid cosplay about how much better it is is insane because a movie which is set in the viking period is very different from a tiktok cosplay.

on that note, I also preferred how the shift from Astrid disliking Hiccup to #hiccstrid was MUCH smoother. It was one of the things that rubbed me the wrong way about the original movie how she was ready to kill him then instantly was all cuddly and sweet. I thought the friendly banter on the romantic flight was a better option and reflected Astrid’s shift in opinion whilst still keeping the standoffish personality she had at that point in the narrative. Also how Hiccup seemed much more at ease with Toothless and argued back against Astrid’s criticism when he never would have on the ground and in his ‘home’ was so good.

I liked how they fleshed out Astrid’s relationship with Stoick (if only slightly), when Toothless is discovered and Stoick gives Astrid this betrayed look and she just looks so torn as she’s just essentially (in his eyes) chosen the dragons over her people.

I really loved how they made Ruffnut and Astrid more of a duo, I had always wanted them to bond in the series and movies but it never really happened so I liked this change.

I thought changing the killing ring to the ‘trial of flame’ was awesome, no notes. Also when they explained all the different areas where the vikings came from in the great hall was SUCH an improvement rather than it just being a crowd of random people that we get not much insight into.

Snotlout’s dynamic with his Spitelout was maybe one of my favourite things that was brought in as it was pulled from the series and showed a more human side to Snotlout (I thought the casting for Snotlout was phenomenal too, Gabriel Howell absolutely crushed it)

Something I didn’t like however was the twins’ dynamic. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t hate them as much as many people did, there were some scenes that were great. A specific example that I liked is when Astrid shouts at them and Tuffnut mutters to Ruffnut to ‘take it more seriously’. But overall their vibe lacked the whimsy, sort of reminded me more of the hidden world when the twins are so miserably out of character. I think dragging out the ‘we think we’re identical’ joke might have made me more forgiving but the only reference to that was a passing comment.

Hiccup. this hurts me to say this because I love Mason Thames. but it really felt like a lot of his lines fell kind of flat which was a little frustrating because I’ve heard that he’s an amazing actor. some of them were great (e.g the romantic flight scene, when he’s asking Gobber about a ‘night fury pamphlet’) but I feel like the character was lost a little. I also wish they’d added a few more sarcastic lines rather than stuck with just the original scripted ones, which are good but I just want more sassy Hiccup tbh.

The only scene I’m sad that they cut was the terrible terror scene. I thought it was so cute and also led to Hiccup getting the idea to shoot into the Red Death’s mouth so it was a little jarring to have it cut. Also on the Red Death, I really hate the new design. I think it’s clunky and there’s something about it that annoys me.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one to nitpick the designs of the dragons because enough people have done that. the only slight problem I have with Toothless’s design is the shape of his wings, but I also understand that it differentiates between the animated Toothless more.

I will say that I am SO excited for the live action Httyd2. can’t wait to see the hiccup glow up and valka and ahh. I know they’re changing it a bunch and i’m ever so slightly worried that they’re going to make Astrid become chief due to some hinting about her ‘having her eye on hiccup’s house’ which, although it could be an interesting plot change, would defeat the purpose of a lot of Hiccup’s character development. However, there was so much in rtte and defenders of berk that suggested Hiccup actually doesn’t want become chief so maybe I wouldn’t be so opposed to this.

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Ok i can talk more now. And what you say is peak, especially in the modern world and politics (cough Americans cough) where the dehuminization and demonization of the opponent is standard practice. People stopped assuming the other person has reason behind their action and at best look at you like lost puppies when they hear you have a "wrongthink" opinion " Whaa, b-but, how could someone not agree with x, could could you be so y"

Take 15 - The world's never been black and white, only grey.

Sometimes you're an entitled brat who has also been wronged.

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Preach mate. I'll re blog later to expand

Take 15 - The world's never been black and white, only grey.

Sometimes you're an entitled brat who has also been wronged.

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Things That Are Attractive to Read About a Woman Doing...

⭒ Fixing her lipstick in the mirror without looking away from you, like she knows exactly where your eyes are and likes it.

⭒ Running her fingers through her hair after something messy, like she’s resetting herself, but somehow it makes you want to ruin her again.

⭒ Laughing with her head thrown back, completely unbothered, like nothing in the world could touch her unless she lets it.

⭒ Pulling her sleeves over her hands when she’s cold, then slipping her fingers into yours without asking.

⭒ Looking up at you from under her lashes like she’s debating whether you’re worth her time... and you want to earn it.

⭒ Sitting on a countertop, legs swinging, sipping something strong and looking at you like she’s already decided how this night ends.

⭒ Stretching with zero self-consciousness, back arched, shirt riding up, like she forgot you were watching, or didn’t care.

⭒ Standing way too close when she’s arguing with you, eyes locked, voice low, like the fight’s just foreplay.

⭒ Smudging mascara under her eyes after a long night, and somehow looking even hotter wrecked than she did going out.

⭒ Catching you staring and not looking away, just raising a brow like yeah?

⭒ Curling up in your hoodie and making it look criminally better than you ever did.

⭒ Putting on jewelry in the mirror, slow and focused, like each ring and clasp is armor, and she’s about to start a war.

⭒ Dancing alone, headphones in, eyes closed, completely lost in her own world, and you’d sell your soul to be let in.

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"omg we should start a band!!" said every alt friend group ever (+ bonus)

I've been neglecting my tumblr </3 sorry

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"omg we should start a band!!" said every alt friend group ever (+ bonus)

I've been neglecting my tumblr </3 sorry

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Whatever happens up there, I'm proud to call you my son.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2025) dir. Dean DeBlois

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also can i just talk more about how awful the cinematography/shot composition is in a lot of the live action httyd stuff we've seen so far. idk maybe i'm just missing something - i don't have any sort of formal education in filmmaking or anything like that - but a lot of the shots so far seem to be a straight downgrade from the original film. like it honestly seems like they don't know what they're doing. it's truly baffling

^ e.g., one of my favorite shots from forbidden friendship. in the original, both toothless and hiccup are positioned close to the center of the frame. there's a gap between them, which may seem like a small detail but it's one that means a lot i think. the gorgeous pink sky is behind them, while the surrounding cliffs and trees frame them. toothless' perked ear plates are fully visible, allowing the audience to get a better idea of the curiosity he's feeling. his wings are also cleverly hidden/tucked away behind his back, giving him an incredibly strong silhouette.

compare that to the live action version. hiccup is centered, with toothless close beside him - parts of his left wing and leg are literally behind hiccup. instead of them being against the sky with the cliffs and trees framing them, the cliffs/trees are directly behind them. the entire thing is more zoomed in, leading to things like toothless' ear plates being mostly out of the frame. toothless' silhouette also isn't as strong with his wings visible like that.

idk. it just looks bad. and don't even get me started on what they've done to the downed dragon lmao

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just watched the live action httyd movie and-

i have to say i'm rather let down

there are several scrapped scenes that just completely rob the later scenes of their impact and significance ↓ for example, the scene where Toothless lights up Sharpshot and Hiccup learns that dragons aren't exactly fireproof on the inside- and then later uses that knowledge to defeat the Red Death

and having Astrid say Hiccup's line? makes little to no sense

we already know Astrid is strong, and that she's more than enough to garner her own respect. that wasn't the point of her character arc -> that scene was meant to show Hiccup coming into himself

anyway, someone said that this movie being an almost perfect shot-for-shot remake was pushing the notion that animation was somehow a lesser form of media

and i have to say, that's exactly what this movie felt like.

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The duality of a good man is Hiccup Haddock or Arthur Morgan. No objections

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The duality of a good man is Hiccup Haddock or Arthur Morgan. No objections

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The overall shallowness, redundancy and pandering surrounding Astrid is nothing short of a tragedy.

just watched the live action httyd movie and-

i have to say i'm rather let down

there are several scrapped scenes that just completely rob the later scenes of their impact and significance ↓ for example, the scene where Toothless lights up Sharpshot and Hiccup learns that dragons aren't exactly fireproof on the inside- and then later uses that knowledge to defeat the Red Death

and having Astrid say Hiccup's line? makes little to no sense

we already know Astrid is strong, and that she's more than enough to garner her own respect. that wasn't the point of her character arc -> that scene was meant to show Hiccup coming into himself

anyway, someone said that this movie being an almost perfect shot-for-shot remake was pushing the notion that animation was somehow a lesser form of media

and i have to say, that's exactly what this movie felt like.

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just watched the live action httyd movie and-

i have to say i'm rather let down

there are several scrapped scenes that just completely rob the later scenes of their impact and significance ↓ for example, the scene where Toothless lights up Sharpshot and Hiccup learns that dragons aren't exactly fireproof on the inside- and then later uses that knowledge to defeat the Red Death

and having Astrid say Hiccup's line? makes little to no sense

we already know Astrid is strong, and that she's more than enough to garner her own respect. that wasn't the point of her character arc -> that scene was meant to show Hiccup coming into himself

anyway, someone said that this movie being an almost perfect shot-for-shot remake was pushing the notion that animation was somehow a lesser form of media

and i have to say, that's exactly what this movie felt like.