I haven't seen enough appreciation specifically for that one scene where Finnegrin threatens to cut off the hand of whoever stole his glow toads and everyone immediately tries to get him to pick them over the others in like... the most them way possible. Ezran immediately trying to do the selfless thing, Rayla showing her dark humor, Soren just advertising his hand because he knows his worth, and Villads immediately joining in and making the best of it. They're all so ride-or-die and it was kind of delightful how genuinely it confused Finnegrin
Or, and just hear me out, Callum is human, and humans were supposed to connect to arcanums by themselves, so they could chose, but then the knowledge was wiped from history, until Leola gave magic to humans. We see Villads has a connection to the sea and sky, even if he does not use magic.
Humans were not born with magic, they were meant to be able to learn it.
I love how in this scene almost everyone is looking at Callum with varying levels of excitement, surprise or whatever ... meanwhile Villads obviously doesn’t see what’s going on and just faces in the opposite direction as if it’s the least interesting thing in the world. 👌
I’m still reeling from my initial hc that Villads knew Rayla was an elf the whole time and just didn’t let them on to it…only to possibly be validated by him being pals with Nyx. Since he was aware she could fly.
Which TDP characters would be the HTTYD gang’s favourites (in a universe where the HTTYD gang can access TDP for some reason) with little to no explanation
Hiccup- Callum and Ezran and Janai. He can relate to Ezran with the whole ruler thing as well as the connection to dragons, ending war and stuff. Like Ezran, he also typically prefers to deal with things without bloodshed. However, like Callum, he’s not opposed to the occasional murderous intent(I am using The Longest Day from RTTE as an example, like, exhaustion literally made Hiccup 10x more murderous). Like Callum, he dealt with being in a life he didn’t fit into and then when he found the thing that clicked with him, he became obsessed. I feel like he’d also like Janai a lot with the way she was handled in arc 2, plus the new ruler thing as well. Hiccup struggles in his role as Chief and it was never something he truly wanted but leading is something he is good at.
Astrid- Amaya. I feel like she can relate to her whole “doing things alone” thing she mentioned in The Great Bookery and she’d also admire her strength and intelligence.
Fishlegs- I feel like he’d have a hard time deciding but he’d adore a lot of the side characters like Kazi and Terry, Kazi for their love of books and Terry for his kindness.
Snotlout- Soren. They both want to make their fathers proud.
Ruffnut- Nyx. She’d find her witty humour entertaining.
Tuffnut- Villads. He’s funny and he has a pet bird. He also gives like the best advice.
Heather- Claudia. Vibes ig. Dark haired morally-grey girlies rise I suppose. She’d find her fascinating. They also both have that dedication to their fathers that often puts them into precarious situations.
Dagur- Rayla. I’m just thinking about what Dagur said about obsession and vengeance consuming you and then I’m thinking about Rayla leaving to hunt Viren. Plus he’d just be her biggest cheerleader.
Newest wild headcanon:
Villads' wife Ruth was an elf all along, and "she doesn't like sailing much" is just an excuse for her to hide while in human communities.