pretentious-strikes

[pretentious-strikes]

[pretentious-strikes]

CONGRATS ON 400 <3 YOU'RE LITERALLY THE NICEST AND YOU DESERVE SO MANY MORE

Abigail's 400 Followers Musical!

Thank you all so much! Honestly, I'm super surprised so I'll leave it at that. The celebration will run until next week's Friday (March 4) and feel free to send as many asks as you like! I can't say how long it'll take to get everything published- tech week for the musical is coming up- but I can promise that I'll answer each and every ask!

🎭 broadway- i'll suggest three (or more if i get carried away) songs that you may like.

🥀 beauty and the beast- name any character/scenario/anything and i'll make a list of headcanons.

🗞️ newsies- give me a prompt and i'll cast my mutuals.

✡ fiddler on the roof- ask me any question you like and i'll answer honestly.

👠 mean girls- give me a fandom and a quick blurb about yourself and i'll ship you with a character.

tag list:

@mendesxruel @justarandompjofan @thelatinlibrarian @wellredacademic @she-nuwanda @finding-an-angle @tuskofthyme @fishlad @neilperrysflannelshirt @pittsiesbooks @andersonsdeskset @pretentious-strikes

[pretentious-strikes]

I ACCIDENTALLY UNFOLLOWED IM SO SORRY

anyway

can you do a 🗞️ for this post? ty!!! congrats once again <3

NO WORRIES

i adore this post; thank you so much for sending this in!!

bimbo: @neilperrysflannelshirt

mean bisexual: @wildestdreamcatcher

even meaner lesbian: @nightofthelivingpoet

she/theys: @finding-an-angle

he/theys: @fishlad

token straight that's on thin ice: @pretentious-strikes

astrology bitch who has everyone's birth chart memorized: @wellredacademic

short king/queen/ruler: @mendesxruel

note: if i in any way misgender/mislabel your sexuality/romanticism, please let me know!! this isn't intended to cause mental or emotional harm and i'm doing this purely based on vibes but if it upsets you in any way, please let me know so i can fix it! i love you all <3

[pretentious-strikes]

i cannot imagine being norbert and being so disrespected by a little girl and then to be knocked out by her? oh my god, i’m stepping down as chief bruh ain’t no way

[pretentious-strikes]

Almost Every Character in the Series: There’s no way Hiccup can find his way out of this predicament! He’s out of Impossible Tricks! He must be!

Hiccup the Third: Hold my ale.

Alvin the Treacherous: Oh no… Not AGAIN!

[pretentious-strikes]

Toothless and friend :)

[pretentious-strikes]

We all talk about Neil's heart eyes when the camera shifts to him after Todd's impromptu poetry but you know what else we should talk more about? Todd just sitting there breathless while watching Neil perform.

He looks so in love please-

[pretentious-strikes]

Heroes who die in battle go straight to Valhalla.

[pretentious-strikes]

The ending we all deserve

Shit, I mistyped something nooooo

[pretentious-strikes]

there are many problems with the film adaptations of how to train your dragon but i think the worst one was the decision to make the dragons voiceless. 

I understand having the dragons speaking a entirely separate language and the possibility of constant dragonese subtitles would have been very hard to pull off, but I feel that the consequences are pretty damaging for the story and the overarching themes.

the dragons are basically reduced from intelligent beings with plenty of agency to dumb beasts, and although some are still ‘intelligent’, it’s in the way a dog or a horse might be intelligent. along with the fact that it means dragons and humans can’t communicate on any sort of high level, it also cheapens the core message of the series into something like “don’t keep animals in cages”. this is a perfectly fine theme and a really good message, but compare it to the core message of the books, which is basically “don’t keep slaves” - specifically don’t keep any kind of slaves, whether it’s dragon or human. this is an immensely more powerful message.

that being said, the films are perfectly fine to enjoy on their own. I just find it hard not to compare them when i’m such a huge fan of the books and the films seem so much more popular.

[pretentious-strikes]

Sometimes I wonder how many people are aware of the sheer contrast between Toothless’ original design from the books and his film adaptation because like. this is the biggest difference between a character’s original design and their reimagining that I’ve come across

[pretentious-strikes]

the fact that camicazi and hiccup literally started a trend on Hysterics Island? what a power move

[pretentious-strikes]

A bunch of sad Hiccup‘s because i finally finished reading the book series;;;;💔

1st doodle is Hiccup at the ending of book 9 (i srsly thought that was hiccup at his lowest BUT OH BOY LITTLE DID I KNOW 😂)

2nd doodle is Hiccup at the beginning of Book 12

and the 3rd doodle is Hiccup facing Furious ;;;

[pretentious-strikes]

I will not apologise for the amount I rant about the httyd soundtrack because it is literally the best thing ever created

[pretentious-strikes]

[pretentious-strikes]

Half hour practice thingy where I didn't let myself blend. So of course it looks messy but LOOK! A LITTLE GUY

[pretentious-strikes]

Chameron Fanart

Some Fluffy Chameron for once!

Basically Charlie gets bored waiting for Cam to finish studying or reading so he snuggles up to him. Cameron actually likes this habit of Charlie's.

(If you wanna write a fic you have my permission, just please tag me <3 @aedan-mills)