#how to train your dragon; race to the edge

[abibbi]

“Whose painting am I going to have above my bed?”- Tuffnut Thornston.

Pretty sure Tuffnut put it up at the end of the episode of A Time to Skrill but it mysteriously disappeared hence why there was no trace of it in future episodes.

[that-one-enby-kid]

Rtte era hiccup rots my brain

[crypt1niite]

warning!! so many how to train your dragon: race to the edge spoilers below the cut!!!!!! ive rewatched it many times, and my musings often include talking about how things are foreshadowing to future events!! which means those future events will be spoiled alot!!!!

i decided to rewatch it, but write down my reactions and things i found interesting this time!!! this is episodes 1-5, and ill be posting these in installments of about the same size!!! unfortunately, that size turned out to be about 2k words long, which is alot!! this is the trimmed version, which clocks out at about 800!! ill add a link to the full version below!! it has more of my personal opinions + things i found interesting/cute!! but you can definitely get the general gist with this version!

link to the full 2k one with all my ramblings, insead!!

Ep 1

-dagur is genuinely spooky!!

-HIS GIGGLES!!!!

-hiccup and toothless r so cute, they have the best dynamic

-“i seriously need to get my own wings” adore the foreshadowing to the flightsuit!!!

-hiccup & stoic r so fun, hiccup is full of shit, he knows it, stoic definitely knows it

-snotlout is so sassy i love him

-with the power of hindsight?? johann is so shady??? his story doesn’t rlly hold up to scrutiny

-snotlout immediately yelling at fishlegs to grab his leg the moment he gets a grip on something??? i love how he shows he really cares thru his actions even tho hes a total dick all the time

-dagur genuinely knowing hiccup well, while being extremely unpredictable himself, nearly entirely so, is what makes him such a difficult foe and a genuinely intimidating villain at times

Ep 2

-fishlegs, abt to die “oohh!! cool metal!!!” ND KING.

-guys! dragon calls!; hence starts the stupidest fucking noises ive ever heard, JUST WHISTLE OR SOMETHING

-ruffnutt laughing when tuff passes out from the tranq dart is peak sibling

-"i cant say that to him!! hes the cheifs son!!" did gothi just cuss hiccup tf out?? also, hiccup, stop ignoring other ppls trauma and needs for your dragon hyperfixation, babe

-gobber implying he only has one leg bc him mother cut it off when he got a thorn in his foot??

-someone explain dragon biology, snow wraith walks on its wings like a quadraped, but its wings are placed on its back, not its shoulders, like the six-limbed dragons?? look at hookfang and toothless, hookfangs wings are at his shoulders because they are his front legs, toothless’s are at his back because they are an extra third pair of limbs, the snow wraiths is placed like toothless’s but functions like hookfangs???? i am aware i am looking too deeply into this but i cannot help but think

-gobber is not a licensed medical professional take this man away from the injured

-snowwraithsoundeffect.jpg

-gothi the mvp, look at that crazy old woman beat up a fucking dragon with her stick

-that one snotlout image that im always obsessing over happened!!!827.727,

Ep 3

-into the great beyond!

-deathsong song is /so/ pretty

-toothless fucking yanking hiccup only for hiccups leg to fall off will forever be hilarious

-deathsong continues to be the prettiest rtte dragon, butterfly lookin ass

-hookie and fangster???? So fuckin cute, snotlout

-the deathsongs hissing oh my gods it is so lovely

-thunderdrum purrs!!!!!

-hookfang holding snotlout, looking like an exasperated parent

-lowky hate how hiccup thinks he has the right to fuck things up like this, yeah the deathsong sucks for the smaller dragons but it needs to eat, he cant just- get rid of the ones he doesnt like???

-Hookfang smiliesss!!!

Ep 4

-Snotlout hearing ‘need weapons’, immediately doing that evil little grin of his, and fucking /diving/ for hiccups leg

-the the two of them fighting over said leg, only to be saved by astrid from the boars

-what colour r the twins eyes??? Rlly light brown????

-tuff being a theater kid & ruff being done with him

-no bc ruff eyes are blue /what colour r tuffnutts eyes???/

-grey?????

They sorta look grey

-theyre rlly pretty either way but like.. What colour,........

-toothless looking judgemental

-ok the eyes are like- very very light blue with brown chunks near the top

-tuff seems- genuinely really freaked out and no-one believes him and i lowkey feel bad

-astrid is such a fucking edgelord i love her

-look at these nerds with their arts and crafts

-ARE THE EYES GREEN????

Ep 5

-oh god its the thor bonecrusher episode

-no, tuffnutt i have not seen a honey-covered yak on an anthill

-oh gods why

-i love the twins just- randomly being /hella/ intelligent out of nowhere

-“she wants to paralyze you”

“aahh???”

“YES!!!!”

“check that, hypnotize, sorry, she wants to hypnotize you”

“ughhhh, come on”

-snotlout you are a treat

-snotlout is actually fucking staring in awe hes so fucking gay for fake-fishlegs

-I GUESS I CAN DEAL WITH ‘THORS’ BULLSHIT IN RETURN FOR SNOTLOUTS FUCKING FANBOYING HES SO CUTE!! LOOK AT HIM BOUNCING AROUND?!!??

-SIMPLE BLACKSMITH?? DONT DO GOBBER LIKE THAT??

-“was stoics axe” BITCH IF YOU DONT STF-

-snotlout he dissed ur dragon hes a dick i could treat u better baby give me a chanceeeeeee

-“what was snotlout thinking??”

“he wasn’t! he’s in lovee, he’d do anything for his big hunk of bone-crushing loovvveeee” (mockingly)

-gods i love astrid

-i-!??

-HOOKFANG TO THE RESCUE!!!!! :happy:

-poor stoic, rip his axe

-gobber, /why/

-snotlouts one-sided breakup, LMFAO, poor baby

[the-little-robyn]

Take a shot each time it says year.

HTTYD fandom, this year we RISE.

quick meme i made in the dead of night, sleepy as hell. Honestly it was waaayyy funnier in my head.

[vairsmania]

trying a new brush with astrid :)

[hoodeenie]

the girls are fighting yeahhh!!

[violet-moonstone]

This is so adorable oh my god

he's so sad

he needs his hyperfixation buddy

[neytui]

Some doodles of em :]

[dragonnnfly]

Hiccup: Snotlout? What are you doing here?

Snotlout, wearing a hawaiian shirt, sunglasses and holding a gatorade: My best

[rosiethedragongeek]

I love the fact that Hiccup has a whole little speech that he periodically gives Astrid to remind her that the twins serve a purpose like what else does he have to constantly remind them of

The 'Snotlout is clearly going through something rn just let him be stupid' speech

The 'Stop telling Tuffnut you're gonna eat Chicken, I can only handle him sobbing in my hut for so long' speech

The 'Stop jumping out at Fishlegs at night' speech

The 'Don't interrupt Astrid while she's throwing axes bc I can't save you' speech

The 'No you CANNOT shove the dragon eye up your ass no matter HOW MUCH you want to see if the projection scome outof your mouth' speech (that one's mostly for Tuffnut)

[otiksimr]

Death song from HTTYD?

Race to the Edge is quite literally one of the best media to come out of HTTYD.

[toothbrushfingers]

[000marie198]

The fact that the Httyd gang knows about the effect of dragon nip but they are never seen using it on any dragons throughout the franchise unless it's like a last resort or an emergency to stop extremely out of control, hostile dragons. They know that grass is like a drug for the dragons so they never use it against them even to try and train them. As if it is against their moral code to try the easiest way to tame any dragon.

Like, these kids know all these little perks about dragons that Hiccup learned in the first movie. The dragon nip, eels, moving spot of light, specific disabling scratch spots etc. And none of them uses these to befriend or train any dragons throughout the course of the franchise! Dragon nip is an emergency last resort for when they encounter a super aggressive dragon, eels are an absolute no, nobody used shiny laser light spot on any dragons post Httyd 1.

No, they befriend the dragons with trust. They'll only give a dragon scratches after asking permission that is telegraphed in their body language.

The riders respect dragons and there are so many little subtle things which show how they never treat these incredible amazing beings as if they are animals, they always treat them as individuals. As equals.

I love Httyd so much like you have no idea.

[avisisisis]

been rewatching rtte

toothless is called T multiple times, but the letter T doesn't exist in the alphabet of this world

i think hiccup was also called H???

hiccup went to the wedding of the man who tried to kill him and his family multiple times. no wonder he thought he could change drago's mind

snotlout is canonically a theater kid

"you're so small and cuddly" "please never say that again"

the twins are really smart, but they're also just stupid

hiccup straight up disappears when he's working on something

heather had a super noticeable crush on astrid

fishlegs got a love interest!! a plus size main character actually has a cool, badass love interest!

it was super hetnormative but it was cute

there was an island full of flying women who were implied to regularly commit cannibalism

hiccup taught all the riders how to fly with toothless, that's so sweet

everyone is a flat earther except for the twins

hiccup almost directly killed a lot of people

and killed a LOT more when destroying their ships

“scalding– cal..ding--" "toothle, plama bla!" was pretty much the funniest part of the entire series

dagur was bullied as a kid by a guy 8 years older than him who literally tattooed an imagine of him beating up little dagur in his arm??? What was that all about

actually we need to talk about how messed up everything about dagur is and about how the things that could've/did happen(ed) to him may be the reasons why he's Like That

just why was he imprisoned by the outcasts??? he didn't do anything to them directly

oof my brain is spiraling. "he loved you" "ig now we'll never know" what do you mean he didn't know if his dad loved him

there's a technically musical episode

tuffnut became hiccup's defense attorney and immediately got him the death sentence

hiccup regularly jumps off cliffs

he also jumped off a boat, with his arms tied and without toothless. just where did he think he was going

snotlout's annoying attitude is actually because spitelout pressures him too much and he feels like he has to be perfect for his dad :((

THE 'HICCUP'S EVIL MIRROR' VILLAIN THEME DONE RIGHT YESS!!!

viggo is the best httyd villain change my mind (you can't, swords at sundown, you may bring backup but i will win on my own)

skrill comeback skrill comeback SKRILL COMEBACK!!!!

"COMEEE TO DADDY"

what is a boar pit???

oh my god i had missed this series so much. it has no right to be this funny

this was my childhood. it has forever shaped the way i am

berserker heather the unhinged >>>

actually good disability rep! yay

hiccup complains about his peg leg pinching him

he straight up cannot walk without it and it is shown many times

"well, there are the benefits of a metal leg" after it got caught in a bear trap

funny moments, like snotlout trying to steal it to use it as a weapon

the jokes!! toothless laughing at the jokes!!! hiccup being so fucking done with the twins, who are always making the jokes!

there's an episode where everyone is so sleep deprived they actually start spiraling

astrid becomes a happy go lucky girl, hugs snotlout and tells him he's handsome

the fucking mood swings snotlout got were insane

the twins were straight up just hallucinating

"i sent them to wash their dragons, how could they mess that up?" cut to heather falling on her face with a bucket full of water in her hands

fishlegs becomes so paranoid, he's yelling at everyone all the time

"don't you know the trapper's trap can trap the trapper?? ...oh gods, i must be losing it, i'm quoting dagur"

YOOOO VALKA!!!! it's so nice to see her

hiccup tried to murder dagur to stop him from getting to toothless, which is scary bc it shows just how far he's willing to go for his bff, but also funny because hiccup. that was not going to work

oh the hiccstrid slowburn, how i have missed you

the twins's made up language

there was a beach episode turned murder mystery and a musical episode held at gun point

hiccup has a whole little speech that he periodically gives astrid to remind her that the twins serve a purpose

[howtodrawyourdragon]

Thinking about how Hiccup is considered The Dragon Rider by friend and foe alike, including his Dragon Riders.

Thinking about how he's the Dragon Master. Even when facing Drago Bludfist, the other Riders were fearless because they knew Hiccup and Toothless ("The best Dragon Master this world has ever seen!") were coming.

About how Hiccup trained the Riders' dragons and he retains that relationship all throughout RoB through RttE. How he's still considered the best rider and trainer, though he has taught many others his tricks and skills. He's even indirectly helped teach Heather!

The Riders consider the Hand Thing his Hand Thing! Before the twins ask if they can do it, too, in RttE, no one thought they could do that as well.

Heather and Astrid talk about how he can train any dragon minus a few. Mala, Queen of the Defenders, believes only Hiccup can truly train a dragon.

And when Hiccup returns home in Httyd 2, the people cheer because Berk's Pride has come home and he'll deal with Drago for them.

Tonight, I'm just having a lot of feelings about the boy who no one thought would be anything other than a nuisance (they literally chose a dangerous possibly very fatal and potentially USELESS expedition over spending time with Hiccup!) becoming so revered by almost anyone he knows.

[vairsmania]

rtte screencap redraw pt 2 :D

shout out to the first one i did when i first got into drawing httyd