#ruff n tuff stuff

[ur-little-brother]

‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️

I’m officially looking for staff to help me with the production of my webcomic/webseries Ruff n Tuff! I want to note that this is obviously not a project made for profit, it’s just a little passion project I want to share and put effort into :)

Some roles I’m looking for are: Backup artists, comic pitchers (some who suggests ideas for pages), comic colorers (I don’t plan on having the pages in full color/shading btw, I’m going to make an example page for reference when this job needs to be done.), and a social media manager!

I have a staff only discord server that all this will take place in, if you’re interested in a role, DM me so I can send an invite privately. The only reason I’m not linking the server to this post is because it’s not for (potential) viewers of the comic to interact in, I do however plan on having a community server in the future :D

Thank you for reading and considering joining me in pursuing this project <3

[luvendiary]

stealthy / h. haddock

hiccup haddock iii x reader

request: EEEJDHJS your writing ALWAYS has me giggling and kicking my feet LIKE ACKSJSS MWAH /p I wanted to try and request a HTTYD oneshot on where us and the gang are on a mission and fighting off dragon hunters as usual BUT hiccup finally witness us being a total badass since we never like to team up with anyone and be alone and stuff and he’s like ‘wow, that’s a hot badass woman right there on the spot-‘ and we get hurt in the process but still carry on and hiccup takes care of us after.🤭 You can choose the dragon species if you want! AKDNDJ YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME WITH THIS💕

a/n: thank you for your request. i had a lot of fun with this one. let me know if you like it!

It was supposed to be an easy mission. A simple raid. Go in, release the dragons, and get out. But as always, your friends had a knack for a dramatic entrance.

Hiccup had gone first, the rest waiting for his signal to prance out of the shadows. You, hidden in plain sight, watched along with your dragon as a guard seemed to take notice of Hiccup's presence. He squinted his eyes, trying to make out what exactly it was he was seeing amidst the fog. He drew his lantern closer, but there was no need to, as not a moment later Hiccup’s blade ignited, giving his faint outline now more visibility.

“What are you?” the guard asked, his voice trembling slightly.

Hiccup, ever so dramatically, placed his finger near his mouth and shushed the guard. You couldn’t help but roll your eyes.

Apparently, that had been Toothless’s signal to make himself known. A deep growl came from behind the guard, and his bioluminescent scales showed the small man exactly what he was up against.

Before things could get any worse for him, he decided to enact his attack on Hiccup. Forcefully thrusting his spear to him. Your boyfriend managed to evade his maneuver easily and unarmed the man without much effort.

In a panic, the guard threw his lantern at him, making it shatter completely against his suit. Fire consuming the wood beneath his feet and catching on to his suit.

“You dumbass,” you muttered to yourself as you secured your helmet, ready to come in at any given moment.

“He does love a dramatic entrance,” Valka whispered, perched next to you as you both watched him walk theatrically amongst the flames with Toothless by his side. “A demon!” the guard screamed.

Hiccup’s confident demeanor promptly fell as he started hushing the guard. “No, no! I’m not a demon” he whispered frantically. “I’m not a demon”

As he said so, he removed his helmet and the ash-cloth that had been previously covering his mouth and nose. “See! Just a guy!”

The guard did not seem appeased by this and frantically tried to scurry away as Hiccup persecuted him. “Just a guy!” he repeated. “Here to rescue these dragons,” he gestured towards the iron cages all around the ship.

“You walked through fire!” he screamed at him, now sweaty from a mixture of the heat and his nerves.

“Dragon scales!” Hiccup explained reassuringly. “Dragons shed a lot.”

“Oh I know a demon when I see one!” the stubborn man continued to scream as he stumbled backwards.

From your vantage point you saw a large shadow appear from behind him. It took no time to realize that it was Snotlout with a dramatic entrance of his own. Hookfang was completely on fire, as the guard kept on mumbling about how those were not human legs.

“You might want to get in there soon,” Valka chuckled next to you as you adjusted the saddle on your dragon. You hummed in agreement as you heard Snotlout chant about how he made a better entrance before setting himself on fire.

“I knew it!” the guard yelled. “More demons!” as Snotlout ran around in pain, trying to put out the fire eating his suit from behind.

“That’s really just a nitwit,” Hiccup sighed. “Forgot to fireproof his butt-”

“Behold!” another voice came from the darkness. Ruff and Tuff.

“Your worst nightmare!” Tuffnut called out as their two-headed dragon lowered its head, setting them down on the floor of the ship.

“Behold-” Ruffnut echoed.

“Along with his sister who insisted on coming!” he interrupted her.

“That’s my introduction?!” she whined.

Not a moment too soon, Astrid swept in, her dragon’s mouth filled with water as she spit it out all over Snotlout, effectively extinguishing the fire he had been spreading.

“Gross!” the boy cried out as he stared down at himself.

“Too soon guys! You always come in too soon-” Hiccup called out to the twins, interrupted by Fishlegs clumsily tumbling down towards the dack and crash-landing.

“Again with the baby?” Astrid asked as she expertly dismounted Stormfly and joined them.

“Sorry, she’s still getting the hang of her wings,” the chubby boy replied as a baby Gronkle perused around the ship clumsily.

“This is a raid,” Hiccup complained. “Find a sitter.”

Amongst all the chaos, the guard had been promptly forgotten. He hid away in the shadows, trying to go unnoticed. However you wouldn’t allow that. You swept in, your dragon grabbing his head with their claws and slamming it against one of the metal cages.

You heard your name being called, relief evident in Hiccup's voice. “I had him right where I wanted him,” he chuckled as he approached you, whilst contracting his fire blade.

You stretched your back and rolled your neck. “And now he’s right where I wanted him!” you replied cheerily. “Let’s get to work,” you said as you patted his shoulder.

He couldn’t help but to look at you with admiration for a second.

“Okay, we screw that up. But at least no one else knows we’re here,” he said, signaling instructions to the riders on which direction to take.

Just as the words left his mouth, alarms blared through the ship, and from the shadows, more men emerged, weapons drawn.

“Spoke too soon,” you muttered, already reaching for your weapon.

Toothless, right on cue, appeared at Hiccup's side just as he unsheathed his sword.

“Get the dragons out of here!” he ordered and you immediately jumped to action.

You wasted no time and with a running start you planted your staff into a broken railing, using it as a lever to launch yourself into the air. The momentum sent you soaring high above the fight, twisting midair as you aimed for the largest group of hunters.

You came down like thunder. Your staff crashed into the nearest hunter’s head, knocking him out cold before you spun, striking another square in the gut. As they stumbled, you twisted, taking the opportunity to open the cages.

With no time to lose you slid the iron bar containing the dragons, swiftly jumping on to the next cage.

The freed dragons wasted no time. A Monstrous Nightmare burst from its cage in a ball of fire, sending hunters scrambling. A Gronckle barreled forward, knocking the guards aside like ragdolls.

It was a dance-like trance the way you skillfully made your way through the chaos. No change in your expression and every movement perfectly calculated. To Hiccup it would always be wonderful looking at you in that state. It was beautiful and dangerous.

“You can gawk later,” you chimed in, breaking him out of his trance as you forced the blunt end of your staff upon the head of a man who fully intended to beat Hiccup to a pulp.

“You promise?,” he replied with a grin as he stepped over the man’s unconscious body and swung an arm around you while you walked away.

“Duck,” you said. He immediately obeyed as you swung on your staff and kicked a guard who had been sneaking up on you.

“You bitch!” he groaned in pain.

“Hey, apologize to the lady!” Hiccup said as he discarded the used oil cartridge in his sword and put in another one. “Geez, people nowadays,” you mumbled as you opened yet another cage, setting the dragon free.

Just in time, Toothless came down the ship, persecuting a group of hunters. Hiccup cut their path, his sword ablaze.

The terrified men looked for any way out of their current predicament and took a sharp left, walkin in the cage you had just opened. With a swift swing of his tail, Toothless closed it shut.

“Thank you,” Hiccup said as he rubbed the dragon’s snout. “Now go get the rest bud.” Obediently, he jumped up onto the cages and like a cat, disappeared into the shadows.

“I thought this was supposed to be a stealth mission,” you said as you geared up once again, standing next to Hiccup.

“Yeah, they always start that way.”

Just as Hiccup was about to signal the retreat, a hunter lunged from the shadows, aiming straight for you. Reacting quickly, you spun on your heel, staff meeting his weapon with a sharp clang. You knocked him back, but before you could finish him off, Hiccup’s sword swung in from the side, cutting through the air and forcing the hunter to retreat.

“We’ve got all the dragons!” Astrid called over the chaos. “We need to move out!”

“Everyone, back to the sky!” Hiccup commanded, swinging onto Toothless. The gang obeyed, dragons lifting off one by one. You turned to follow, but just as you took a step, something heavy wrapped around your ankle.

A chain.

Before you could react, the hunter yanked hard. Pain shot through your leg as you were ripped from your feet and slammed into the deck. A sickening crack echoed through the air.

Your vision blurred, but you forced yourself up, adrenaline pushing past the pain. The hunter sneered, stepping closer. “Not so tough now, are you?”

You gritted your teeth, shifting your weight despite the searing pain in your foot. Your staff spun in your hands, and with a desperate swing, you aimed for his legs. He stumbled, giving you just enough time to struggle against the chain.

You tried to stand but immediately came tumbling down, as your foot would not allow your whole weight to rest on it. You screamed out in pain, trying to claw your way to the ledge of the ship. Your dragon made its way to you, trying to help you up, but with the thick chain still wrapped around your foot, their wallows and struggles were in vain.

You barely registered your name being called out, followed by a dropping figure from the sky -Hiccup.

“Get out of here!” you screamed as you tried to stand once again. Your breaths came heavy, hands shaking from the pain, but you refused to stay down.

With one final strike, Hiccup sent the hunter sprawling. He rushed to you, eyes wide with panic. “Are you okay?”

You were about to give him a response, but instead, a pained groan came out of your throat.

Without hesitation, Hiccup scooped you up into his arms and leapt onto Toothless. “I’ll take care of her,” he said to your dragon who had refused to leave your side. “Go!”

With hesitant eyes, and after a brief moment, they leaped into the air, joining the rest of the ridders.

As Toothless carried you both home, the wind rushed past, cooling your skin. You groaned, shifting slightly in Hiccup’s arms.

“Are you okay?”

You winced. “Broke my foot. But I’ll live.”

“That hunter was an absolute bastard. I swear, if I see him again—”

Hiccup chuckled. “You mean if you hobble over to him?”

You scowled. “I had it handled.”

“You were on the ground.”

“Temporarily.”

He laughed again, shaking his head. “You are something else.”

By the time you reached Berk, the pain had settled in, and Hiccup wasted no time getting you back to his hut. He set you down carefully, grabbing a cloth and some water as he examined your foot.

“You’re terrible at taking it easy,” he muttered, wrapping the injury with careful hands.

You smirked through the discomfort. “You’re terrible at stealth missions.”

He sighed, shaking his head, but there was something fond in his expression. “Just… let me take care of you for once, alright?”

For once, you didn’t argue.

[sivyera]

Httyd request here!

The gang’s reaction to reader having a cannibalistic dragon?

(Death song, Deathgripper, Cavern crasher, Red death, Slither song, etc.)

Fem!reader

that's such a cool idea! problem is that red death and some other cannibalistic dragons cannot be tamed, i know that, so let's pretend that they can be tamed. i really hope you like it, enjoy!

httyd characters reacting on you having a cannibalistic dragon

ft. hiccup, eret, tuffnut, snotlout, grimmel, astrid, ruffnut, valka,

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⤷  Hiccup

-Hiccup would find it so cool but dangerous at the same time. He'd be really proud of you and he'll brag about it to others, saying something like "yeah heh my love actually has a cannibalistic dragon Deathgripper (od other dragon you like), she tamed him, cool hm?"

He'd ask a lot of question and will definitely write them into his notebook. He'd wanna know everything that's possible, most of all he'd want to know how you managed to tame it. He would touch it only if you are near so he's 100% sure that your dragon won't accidently hurt him, because your dragon listens only to you.

⤷  Eret

-Eret would be really surprise and he wouldn't trust your dragon that much. I mean he still has some hunter reflexes so even know when he doesn't hunt them anymore, he's still focused and careful around them, just in case after all they're just animals..

After some time he will get used to it, he would want to hear what your dragon can actually do, how to met it, tame it, all these stuff... maybe he would be interested more in some cool stories/memories of yours with your dragon like hunting with it. He'd also be really proud of you, telling others how cool his girlfriend is.

⤷  Tuffnut

-Tuff would find it epic and awesome and so cool! Like you managed to tame a cannibalistic dragon and now you are dating him?! He'd brag about you to his twin sister or Snotlout all the time, just to make them jealous.

He'd ask a lot of questions like if your dragon ever eat other dragon in front of you, if it does it often etc... but he'd never go and pet your dragon, never! When is Ruff being a little more annoying then usual, he'll tell her something like "you know what, i will tell y/n to come over with y/d/n (your dragons name), i bet it's hungry!" and this will shut her up most of the time.

⤷  Snotlout

-Snoutlout would brag about it the most, like really! Mostly to Hiccup or Fishlegs telling them how you're cooler then them and much tougher and badass. From the start he'll be confident saying stuff like he can tame dragon like this, that he himself has a pretty dangerous dragon, but soon as he hears your dragons roar, he's gone.

At night, when no ones listening, he whispers into your ear that he's proud of you and that you are strong and all these stuff just because you managed to tame your "special" dragon.

⤷  Grimmel

-Well Grimmel has himself cannibalistic dragons but he still holds big respect for you, because he control his dragons with venom, you somehow managed to tame it with your bare hands! He was thinking about it whole night when you first told him.

I believe he'd be more careful around your dragon because he can't control him, it's "wild" animal yk, so he's more careful because he knows what they can do.

⤷  Astrid

-Astrid would have a huge respect for you, because of that. She'd also ask a lot of questions and she would want to introduce your dragon to hers because Stormfly has her venomous thorns so Astrid thinks it will be alright.

She will often stare at you from a certain distance when you interact with your dragon, she admires you. She always say that you and your dragon are like beauty and the beast. Deep inside she thinks that you are much better then her, much stronger and cooler, but she'd never say that.

⤷  Ruffnut

-Ruff's reaction would be pretty similar to her twin brother's. She'd ask a lot of questions and be really really curious, with confidence until she sees your dragon, then all of the sudden she's hugging you from behind.

She admires you a lot, she finds you really really strong and badass because of it. And when she cannot sleep or when she's bored she will ask you to tell her the story how you tamed your dragon over and over again until she falls asleep, it's so cool that it's like a fairy tail to her, almost unreal.

⤷  Valka

-Valka lived with dragons most of her life so she knows everything but when you told her that you have a cannibalistic dragon (probably deathgripper) she was surprised and curious.

She'd want to meet him and try to "tame" it again, she knows dragon body language so if she notice that she's making your dragon uncomfortable, she'll stop. But be prepared for tons of questions even more then Hiccup would ask. She's really proud of you and really glad that she has such a strong partner.

[rubysparx]

Ok it’s been a very long time since I’ve made an original httyd post (don’t look at the old ones they’re embarrassing. Look at me. Hi) but I want to share wif you my modern au thoughts, ok? Im sharing pls b nice..

Ummmm anyway the whole story kinda centers on Gustav idrk why just worked out that way. Ummm all my gender + sexuality hcs r still mostky the same I think. Hiccup got into a sick and cool and based collage with mostly everybody else probably too but like Tuff kinda flunks out eventually and maybe Snot too (they were roommates) (bisexually, yes). Ruff drops out, she maybe could’ve kept going but she’s doing soooo bad mentally chat . It’s not good <3 I love when. One twin’s life gets better and the other’s plummets but they’re so “package deal” brained that the idea of them becoming distant in any way is really fucking with both of them. But basickahlee Tuff n Snotlout start unofficially dating but it’s like weird and secret bc Snotlout is like still working things out in his brain and stuff and also Tuffnut is scared of his sister finding out in case she tries to push a “well share him!” thing that she’s done before. Her polyamorous swag vs his scared-of-her virgin aura! Astrid and Hiccup r dating fucking obviously but also they’re learning that actually you do need to like work on a relationship to maintain it, both of them are very busy ppl so like . “You never have time for me when I miss you” thing happening both ways but aLSOO Astrid is sooo bad at talking abt it. This is an unrelated fact but Snotlout has a knife collection and sews a lot of patches. Uhhh um uhh fishlegs is like . Idk I think he’s aroace but I’m flexible with it I think maybe he’s also kinda cupio wif if. I think at some point Ruffnut decides to make a bad decision and get with him but it’s ok she accidentally falls in love with him (BAD. DOOM DIMENSION. WATCH THIS BPD SPIRAL SOOOO HARD) but guysss it’s ok he’s super niceys and patient and direct and I think that eventually they would have a really based and epic qpr.. but also sometimes it drives Ruff bonkers bc it looks normal to outsiders and she’s scared of looking like a tied down wifey so she gets Extra Weird (and perhaps freakkkyy) (sexual) with him in public . Or just goes off and does something unhealthy or impulsive and comes back like “ok I’m normal now” I LOVE HER. Grips the armrests of my chair. I love her..

Anyway dagur exists and his story is p much the same. Heather also real, she and Astrid dated for a short while just before collage then Heather straight up went missing n messy breakup and all that blah blah blah. She’s fine tho guys don’t worry (<- plotting evily) um and alsooo Gustav real! He would be in highschool but he doesn’t ever go in and his family doesn’t rllyyy care, he lingers around Snotlout (and subsequently tuffnut) or dagur most of the time. Astrid tries to be a mother figure to him, it doesn’t work, he’s scared of her. He kind of subconsciously sees Ruff as a mother figure? Bc she ignores and neglects him, sometimes she’s mean to him, reminds him of his real family. I think ruff hates him bc he reminds her a lot of her when she was younger (tramgender) and also bc he clearly wants her attention in a “you’re like my mom” way (although again it’s subconscious for him) and she hatesssss thatttt.

Also Gus (pronounced Goose) is probably trans in some way but he doesn’t have that figured out yet so neither do I rlly, so dont worry abt it just yet ok bye

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(hdr credits @/cafekitsune)

[snappergeoff]

Ruff n tuff n stuff

[affectionatebunny]

Andrei Baciu

a/n: I’m a sucker for big scary tuff guy, who’s actually a big softy (to you at least)

Masterlist   Andrei’s masterlist

Warning: Possessive behaviour, injuries and blood, killing, animal deaths

Type of yandere: He’s not to bad of a yandere, but when he does stuff it’s real big, he has no problem with killing people (he’s killed things his entire life), he’s a bit obsessive, really possessive

Hair: Browny blonde hair

Eye colour: One brown, the other a milky white because of his scar

Skin: Beige colour, he has a few scars all throughout his body

Build: He’s a big boy (don’t matter what your size is he’s bigger than you), tall, and got that chubby body we all love

Age: 27

Place of birth: Romania

Personality: He seems really scary, but he is real sweetheart (people never find out because their too intimidated by him)

Job: Butcher

About them 

He is a big boy (I won’t specify to much because I want him to be perfect for you, but he’s big)

He’s really insecure about his size, a lot of people find him intimidating because of his size and his huge scar he has across his eye (he’s half blind) 

But don’t let that fool you, he may seem ruff around the edges but he is a real teddy bear

The fact he works as a butcher doesn’t really help his image, having bits of blood on you, and carrying a huge knife, yeah that’s not going to help peoples opinion on you

Also the way he got the scar on his face is nowhere near as scary as people would think. He got it when he was a kid, he just really wanted to pet this cat, wild might I add, and miraculously he was able to escape before the cat could kill him because he touched it.

He proceeded to go home with blood dripping down his face from the huge scar he got, no one even noticed until dinner because he went straight to his room

Even though his job literally involves killing animals, he is a huge animal lover, you could give any animal and he would love, he loves the weirdest animals

He would give the best hugs, he’ll make sure you feel safe and happy

He can also cook really well, always making dishes he grew up with

He started hunting with his dad at a really young age, his family had always been involved in the meat industry, so he grew up doing everything he does now for his job

Because of all his time spent outside hunting, he has quite a few scars, from little accidents, sometimes from his own knife, or the animal, one time he wasn’t paying attention to where he was going and fell into his own trap

Going to his possessive side as a yandere, the reason being because you were the first person to treat him like a normal person, other than his family that is, so how could he let you go, he doesn’t want to risk you meeting someone that you might find better than him, so yeah, he’ll gladly eliminate competition, 

[sco07ut]

i’ve got rtte on the mind so rvb race to the edge au but i mostly ignore canon and also pick and choose lore from the movies and book series at will (also largely ignored). as always i didn’t do any worldbuilding and all the “””plot”” is about grimmons so keep that in mind when nothing makes sense

ok just learnt how to make a cut so adding that now x sorry

the reds n blues are the dragon riders but don’t ask me how they all ended up as the dragon riders bc i only have ideas for grif n simmons (who knows maybe i’ll have thought of something while writing thi s up)

hiccup as church, idk they’re both main characters with sucky ‘dads’(creators?)

toothless as a dramillion called switcheroo. ik it’s like the whole point of the series but church n switcheroo don’t have the whole prosthetic leg/prosthetic tail going on i just didn’t think it fit very well? i didn’t want his dragon to be a nightfury bc imo it doesn’t really fit his vibes. switch is a dramillion bc of their multi-shot fire type, i was kinda hoping it’d be reminiscent of the different ai

astrid as texas, love interest moment😟 but ya both are badass blondes who everyone is scared of and they only have romantic feelings for their pathetic little boyfriends

stormfly as a deathgripper called grimsting. those things are fucking terrifying !! they have the black colour scheme n their weird little front legs remind me of mantis legs and as we all know, mantis ladies rip off their mans head & i think tex would do that to church if given the opportunity

ok quick note for tuffnut and ruffnut befor i get into it. we’re disregarding all the lore outside of rtte idk who ruffnut marries or whatever in the movies and idc at this point . so, donut and caboose are like, interchangeably ruff n tuff (but like donut is Mostly ruff n caboose is Mostly tuff, it’s just not set in stone) but they’re not related ! they’re just friends

tuffnut as caboose (most of the time), they’re really stupid that’s pretty much it. idk just in rtte tuffnut really gives me caboose vibes and and his pet chicken, chicken can be freckles :))

belch as a gronckle called bait, gronckles are basically like cute little puppies and also i think the size difference of caboose’s massive frame on a tiny gronckle is funny. dw about the name

ruffnut as donut (most of the time), again it’s mostly just vibes. when ow as rewatching rtte i could just see him as ruffnut aslo! the weird little fling between throck (who is wash in this au) and ruff reminded me of their season 16/17 relationship i can’t remember which one but uh the one where they fix time together and lowkey flirt

barf as a hobblegrunt called awe, it’s a dragon moodring, enough said

snotlout as tucker, i don’t even need to explain this one c’mon. womaniser meet womaniser, yes ik tucker has development or whatever but a key part of his character is that he can’t get any woman to sleep with him and a key part of snotlout’s character is that he can’t get any woman to sleep with him. they’re also both over-confident and kind of annoying (sorry this feels a bit mean idk why i’m tearing these guys a new one i actually really like snotlout my stupid little glup shitto)

hookfang as a razorwhip called dreadbeast, i did initially consider giving him that dragon that wears metal and tools as armour but changed my mind bc i think razorwhips are a bit cooler and tucker with a razorwhip-spike sword is a cool concept yk

oohoo now we’re gettin to the good stuff

fishlegs as simmons, come on!! it’s a perfect match!! nerdy little men who are the smartest idiot in a group of idiots, they both feel under appreciated in their leadership roles and get bullied by snotlout and tucker respectively for not being able to pick up women. i think the friendship between fishlegs and hiccup could be reflected nicely onto simmons and church but that’s probably just bc i’m dying for content of them together. i’m plucking that one bit of book lore that says fishlegs is of berserker descent (but was raised on berk by adoptive hooligan parents) bc i think the connection to the skrill is cool, it explains his very red hair and also taps into knife!simmons energy. it also becomes a relevant plot point in the au!

ok i’m so mad a massive block of text was just deleted abt simmons and his dragon and i cba rewriting so this is the abridged version. meatlug as a skrill called stormwrought, simmons stumbles across a singetail, singetail tries to eat him, random skrill on the hunt for a meal spots the singetail and tries to eat it- effectively saving simmons from the singetail. simmons loses an eye, arm and leg but survives and becomes a hermit studying dragons all day. by chance, he comes across the same skrill that saved him and studies it for a while until the skrill faces off against a much bigger singetail that nearly kills it, simmons is like oh shit and helps the skrill kill the singetail for good, gaining the skrill’s respect and it allows simmons to become its rider. (revelant info: simmons being a berserker knows their methods on how to reel skrills in by using metal and since half his body is partially metal the skrill takes a liking to him)

heather as grif, i initially jusg made grif heather bc of the fishlegs/heather relationship thing but then i was like wait this kinda works bc kai can be dagur since she’s literally batshit insane. oh and also heather is canonically the best chef out of the dragon riders and i feel like that’s reflective of grif’s entire personality x

windshear as a rumblehorn called slobgobbler, i absolutely love this pair, rumblehorns are the best trackers out of all the dragon species, and yes that’s probably so that they can follow objects or people or whatever but the prospect of grif making his dragon sniff out delicious food for them is something that tickles me. plus it’s very fitting of grif’s character since the madman managed to sniff out genkin’s pizza

dagur as kai, so this is another fun one, i think kai being a villain is a very under-utilised concept bc who doesn’t love sexy female villains?? so in this au, grif n kai’s mother takes the place of heather and dagur’s father (oswald the agreeable), however, instead of travelling alone prior to the shipwreck on vanaheim, she’s with kai, and an accidental fire is what causes the boat to capsize. kai manages to escape however, and returns back to their tribe (in this au they aren’t berserkers bc i wanted simmons to be a berserker, they’re just some unnamed tribe idk . ) grif doesn’t handle his grief well and leaves the tribe, blaming kai for their mother’s supposed death. kai also doesn’t handle her grief well but she channels it through her new position as the tribe’s chief. after that her story basically follows dagur’s in the sense that she eventually has her redemption

i’ve decided that shattermaster can stay as shattermaster and sleuther is still sleuther except i’ve changed his name to ravenous. i didnt see the point in changing that, instead of fishlegs/simmons training her to ride a gronckle caboose can do it instead. like in rtte canon, she has shattermaster first while learning to ride dragons and then bonds with ravenous after shattermaster dies

ok cool bit over now we’re just going back to listing

throck as washington, as afore mentioned, donut and wash’s relationship in season 17(?) reminded me of throck’s wee crush on ruffnut, and also throck’s whole ass personality just reminds me of wash minus the whole ‘graarr i’m evil’ moment w/ the meta

mala as carolina, i debated over this one a bit bc i think kimball would fit mala’s personality a little bit better but having mara!lina means there can be a kai x carolina wedding <3 plus it allows us to have the carwash duo as super cool ninjas

atali as kimball, so after i concluded that kimball wouldn’t be mala i was like who’s the next coolest woman, ah yes, the one who flies. kimball and the other (female) lieutenants (basically just simmons’ squad) are the wingmaidens w/ jensen being minden

ok i only just thought of this one but jensen got me thinking abt the other lieutenants and uhh palomo is gustav. that’s all + grey is gothi

alright villain time ! rubs my hands together like an evil little fly

johann as felix, now ik felix wouldn’t be betraying kimball in this situation, but i really liked the ‘pretending to help but was secretly a traitor the whole time’ parallel going on between them, plus they’re both good with throwing knives !! and were both foiled by their desire to gloat and hear themselves talk

viggo as locus, redemption arc redemption arc redemp . ok but in all seriousness both viggo and locus treat their respective wars as just a job instead of getting emotionally invested in it like johann and felix. viggo has his weird little obsession with hiccup, locus has his weird little obsession with wash . ultimately they both realise that their actions were wrong and try to make things better

krogan as sharkface, idk tbh. they’re kinda just there?? as the muscle of the team??

um anyway! i think that’s it for the characters ik i haven’t covered anyone but this post is getting too long anyway and i’m too tired to think of any more. i’ll just add in the extra ones if they come to me x

next post is more rtte!grimmons <3

[dukesnukes]

hello, i am here to bother you again! are we allowed to save the duke edits and use them on our friends? me and my friend love the Duke Nukem meme compilations, i especially like the ones where he goes "i love my wife" and other wholesome stuff like that, i hc Duke as someone who acts Ruff n' Tuff™ but actually has like 5 kittens at home and watches Disney Princess movies bc he's not toxically masculine and totally feels that princess movies are not unmasculine or anything

oh sorry, im kinda...i just really like Duke Nukem

ID SAY HES NOT TOXICALLY MASCULINE AT ALL!!!! JUST LOOK AT THIS GAY SHIT HE SAID TO A SOLDIER HE WAS WORKING WITH ON THE BULLETSTORM DLC!!!!!!!(WHICH TOTALLY MAKES HIM CANONICALLY BISEXUAL, BY THE WAY!!!!)

YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY USE THEM WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!!! THATS WHAT I MAKE THE COMPILATIONS FOR!!!!!!

[ur-little-brother]

400 FOLLOWER DTIYS

There aren’t any specific rules for this or time limits, just a little fun thing to celebrate :)) tag me in your posts so I can see ‘em :3

[kmp78]

"She’s a down-to-earth Miss All-American Cali girl who loves yoga and all that hippy dippy health stuff, and he’s a ruff-n-tuff NYC dude." Kinda why it didn't work out with her and Brad either. Despite pretty much being the king of Hollywood, he doesn't seem like the Cali type." Also why it didn't work out with him and Angelina either. But she's a whole nother story.

Yeah there is not a man on this planet that could deal with Jolie's psychosis... 😬

And speaking of psychosis...

Remember this one? 🤭

[dzamie]

What is your opinion on the third movie htyd?

It was visually fantastic. The plot was bad, and the characters were less than stellar. Still a strong movie, but definitely the weakest of the three. Here’s a read-more because I T ‘ S   R A N T   T I M E   B A Y B E E

The light fury was fantastic. She looked beautiful, was sufficiently wild and catlike again (my main complaint against the 2nd and 3rd movies is that Toothless acts way more like a dog in them), and I love her cloaking ability. Shoving Hiccup off of Toothless only for Toothless to dive towards him, was mirrored beautifully with shoving Toothless to safety, then diving towards Hiccup to save him, too.

Toothless was... back and forth. I suspect I would’ve liked the mating dance scene had I not seen it in the trailers so many times already - as it was, it was hard to watch. I liked him pining for his ability to fly when Light took off and expected him to follow, and his exchange with her when she shoved Hiccup off was hilarious. I’m never a big fan of “infatuated at first sight” plotlines, though, so he definitely had the weaker part of the romantic subplot. And the lightning thingy was really cool, but I wish they’d used it between him discovering it an using it against the controlled dragons - not only would it follow the “rule of 3,” but it also would’ve made it seem less like “it’s not a deus ex machina if we show it once before” and more like something he could’ve practiced or played with, especially when flirting. Also, not really digging how Toothless is suddenly ruler over all the Hidden World. He took down one Bewilderbeast. ONE!! And it’s not like Light is clearly, undisputably Queen Of Hidden World by being a light fury, because there are other light fury families in the background! It seemed like a decision made to give him a reason to stay in THW instead of just... having a nest with Light somewhere away from Berk (for her comfort) but within a reasonable flight (for his).

Hiccup was dumb. I can only imagine that this took place about five years after HTTYD2 or even more, because that is an awful lot of trust to put on the line for some whackadoodle plan that has no guarantee of fruition. In the first movie, some Vikings were a little on the edge about finding the Nest, despite knowing that it must exist, and that finding it would be objectively better than not doing so. In 3, Hiccup somehow gets them to all agree on something that is incredibly unlikely to exist, they have no idea where it is, and it’s unknowable if their lives would improve or worsen from finding it. Also? After that big, climactic battle where Berk only wins because both Vikings AND dragons were working together? “Oh well I guess we don’t need each other, and we’re probably better off separate.” NO YOU DUMBFUCK GO GRAB YOUR BIG SCALY DOG AND SET UP A TIMESHARE

The other riders were actually really good. I loved Tuff’s “come, cry into my long, manly beard” stuff, and Ruff annoying the hell out of Villain Guy. Valka, too; she continued to move far more in sync with Cloudjumper than the other riders did with their dragons, which is great because they’ve presumably been flying together, isolated from Vikings, for over two decades. Actually, just typing that makes me even madder about the “uwu we can’t live together anymore” ending. Those two spent TWENTY YEARS happily together, there is NO WAY either of them would just be “oh okay, bye then.” Nope, even if everything else happened like that, Valka would either become That One Dragon Lady or Cloudjumper would just... “Valka. I hope you’re ready for a couple more decades among only dragons.” Like... “oh, Chief Hiccup said dragons are going away” “aye well the last chief said dragons were evil killers and to slaughter them on sight and look what Hiccup did. Looks like disobeying stupid orders runs in the family.”

Villain Guy. Whatever his name is. I’m calling him VG because I don’t respect him. He looks smart not because he IS smart, but because he’s never in the same room as people who can walk and think at the same time, except for when he’s threatening Hiccup. His motivation is roughly the same as Drago’s, but instead of combat ability and a goddamn Bewilderbeast, he has an endless potion of Plot Contrivance. Ah, yes, we know that Berk will go west because Sherlock Holmes But Unlikable has declared that furies don’t like the cold, despite Toothless loving to play in the snow and having the time of his life - it can’t possibly be that the map has your army one way, islands on a straight shot west, and literally nowhere else to go. How devious of you, to have put off killing Ruff and that other dragon for long enough to get the basic idea of following an unwitting pawn to your destination (a destination that YOU KNOW THE LOCATION OF ALREADY). Like yeah dude I get it you think you’re the Joker or Moriarity or something and you’re in it for The Thrill Of The Hunt, but, like, you don’t arm your men with anti-dragon weaponry at all when it comes to finally swing that trap shut. What happens if, somehow, your masterfully masterminded master plan of mastery fails to capture the Alpha, because who knows maybe alpha furies are magically immune to Plot Venom? Well, I guess you just lose. Helluva linchpin if you ask me.

Seriously, I suspect the guy only retains control of that huge fleet because the three numbskulls whose men they actually are are so ridiculously incompetent that he simply went “hey let’s toss a coin, heads I get your army tails you give me your army” and they responded “yeah that seems right.”

“Furies mate for life” boy wouldn’t it SUCK if Light already had a partner before you caught her? Wouldn’t it be JUST MISERABLE for you if Light decided that actually, fuck Toothless, he’s too human? Wouldn’t it just RAIN ON YOUR PARADE if it turned out that mating for life is a behavior only exhibited in cruel, forced captivity and thus is not present in Light, a wild fury, or Toothless, a fury who, the very moment he expressed desire, got Hiccup to build him a working tail? Wouldn’t it be just MAGNIFICENT if Toothless was already mated to Hiccup and Astrid? anyway my point is that this guy’s presented as a mastermind and he’s about as much a mastermind as Monster Musume’s generic protagonist.

HTTYD3 was a beautiful move and I don’t regret a single second nor cent I spent on it. But boy, could it have been so much better.

[theplaid-wearingmoose]

Sister Grimborn Part 5 ~Hiccup x Reader~

Your name: submit What is this?

The men at the Grimborn camp had seen plenty of rage-filled destruction at the hands of Viggo, but none as serious and frightening as this. Splinters of wood flew everywhere as Viggo angrily hurled tables, chairs, anything he could get his hands on. Hunters that couldn’t get out of the way in time were thrown back by Viggo’s fist connecting with their jaws. Even Ryker made sure to stay out of the way of his little brother.

“That scrawny little worm has meddled too much into our business.” Viggo growled to no one in particular. His knuckles were white from clenching his fists in anger. “He and the rest of those pathetic Dragon Riders need to be destroyed.” Viggo began to pace back and forth, angrily muttering to himself. Ryker approached cautiously, not wanting to show fear but also not wanting to have something chucked at his head by Viggo. “And what about the runt?” He asked. Viggo paused. “Yes....our little sister. When we retrieve her from those foolish Dragon Riders, we will have to question her. Although he can be more ruthless than he thinks, Hiccup does not have the stomach for torture. If she told them our plans, she did it willingly. And for that she will have to be dealt with severely.”

“What do you want done with her when we get her back?” Ryker asked. “Bring her to me. I will deal with her personally.” Viggo growled. “For now, prepare some men for an attack. They believe we are coming tomorrow morning. We will send only a few ships. This will give me time to mobilize a new attack. I have something special planned for Hiccup and his little friends.”

~Dragon’s Edge, 2 days later~

“Did you watch Y/N train yesterday??” “Yeah it was awesome! She almost beat the dome!” “She’s really bonding with her dragon. They work together so well. Hiccup doesn’t even have to help her, it’s crazy.”

The rest of the Riders had watched you and Mako train together over the past couple days. They were all thoroughly impressed. Well...everyone except Astrid..

“Um have you guys forgotten that she lied to us? There was supposed to be a massive attack from Viggo and Ryker, who are her brothers might I remind everyone. The only “attack” that came was a handful of small scouting ships and we took care of those easily. It was nothing like the plans she brought. Don’t you guys think that’s a little suspicious??” Astrid demanded, furiously. The rest of the Riders stood there silently for a minute. Snotlout snorted. “I think Astrid might be jealous of Y/N.” He laughed before letting out a scream and ducking as Astrid launched her axe over his head. “I am not jealous of Y/N Grimborn. Her brothers are vicious dragon hunters. I’d never be jealous of her.” Ruff and Tuff chuckled to themselves. “Pretty sure Snotlout meant you’re jealous of her and Hiccup.” Ruffnut snickered. Astrid’s face turned bright red. “I am not! Hiccup can be with whoever he wants! And we’re just friends!” She shouted before spinning on her heels and storming out of the main hall towards Hiccup’s hut.

You and Hiccup were standing at his desk, going over the plans you had drawn out from your brothers’ attack. “I don’t understand why Viggo would only send a couple ships. You think he did that as a diversion?” Hiccup asked you. You sighed. “Most likely. He probably assumed I told you all about the original attack and just did that to throw us off. If I know my brother, he’s probably planning something much worse for us. And since I’m here, I have no idea what it is.”

“Hiccup we need to talk!” You jumped and turned your head towards Astrid, who had just come bursting into Hiccup’s hut. “Thanks for knocking, Astrid.” Hiccup said, sarcastically. Astrid glared at him and folded her arms. “We have to talk about this whole attack thing. You don’t think it’s odd how we’re told about this big attack and no attack even comes?” She asked. “Actually Astrid, we were just talking about that.” Hiccup replied, nodding his head towards you. Astrid’s eyes narrowed as she looked at you. “What exactly are you playing at?” She demanded. You sighed again, just wishing she would either try to trust you or just leave you alone. “I’m not playing at anything, Astrid. I was just telling Hiccup that I guessed Viggo assumed I’d told you guys the plans and he changed them to throw us off. My brother is a lot of things, but he’s not stupid.” Astrid scoffed and turned to Hiccup.

“When are you gonna see that we can’t trust her, Hiccup! She’s a Grimborn and no amount of dragon training is gonna change that. If anything, that makes her even more dangerous!” Hiccup stood in front of you and glared at Astrid. “Okay that’s enough, Astrid. You don’t even know her! You aren’t even trying to get to know her either. Y/N is one of us now and you’re just going to have to deal with that. Just because her brothers have done bad stuff doesn’t mean she’s like them. You better learn how to get over this because we can’t afford to have this behavior on the team. It’s ridiculous and could get somebody hurt. I’m serious.”

You were stunned. You’d never seen Hiccup act that way before, especially towards one of his own. Astrid let out a frustrated yell and stomped out of Hiccup’s hut. Hiccup turned back towards you and took your hands in his. “I’m sorry.” He muttered. You squeezed his hands gently. “It’s alright. I know it’s gonna take some time. There’s not really much I can do besides try and prove to her that I’m not like Viggo and Ryker.” Hiccup sighed and pressed a soft kiss to your forehead. “I’ll do what I can to keep her from bothering you.” You smiled and lifted your head to kiss him. “Much appreciated.” You said, forcing a grin. Hiccup could tell you were still upset about what Astrid said. He could hear the sadness in your voice and tried to think of a way to distract you from all the stuff with your brothers. He looked behind him at Toothless and Mako who were busy lighting balls of scrap paper on fire. He turned back to you and gave you a mischievous grin.

“Fancy a race?”

[theluckiestwitchatblackwell]

First Choice

New chapter time! I was inspired by something to start on this chapter instead of TLO but there’s more on that in the authors notes over on AO3 and FFnet. Read the chapter under the cut and please reblog/review!!

*Flashback*

Leaving his meditation garden, Fishlegs made his way to the Thorston hut, the first logical place she might be. 

As he approached, he froze as he watched Tuffnut lead Ruffnut by the hand from woods behind their hut to the front door. He almost dropped the little bunch he held in surprise, as Ruffnut’s head was slightly drooped and her pace sluggish, and Tuffnut glanced back every few seconds to make sure she was still upright. Reaching the porch, he wrapped an arm behind her shoulders and led her up, closing the door behind them gently. Maybe… I should come by later, he thought.

At dinner, he looked out for the twins to see that only Tuffnut had entered the Great Hall. Seeing him struggle to carry two plates and two goblets, he quickly finished the little food left on his own plate then hurried to take a plate and goblet before he dropped them. He glanced at Fishlegs, gruffly saying,”Thanks.”

“Oh, it’s no problem! I actually wanted to give something to Ruffnut while I was there.”

“Didn’t I tell you and the other yak breath to leave her alone not this morning?”

“I mean, y-you did but… I thought she might like some herbs from my garden. I know her supply o-on the Edge is running low and-“

“Great, I’ll take them. She’ll appreciate it.”

“W-Well they’re at my hut, so…” 

“So, go get them.”

“Okay!” Fishlegs squeaked, more scared of the slowly agitated Thorston brother than he was determined to cheer his sister up, as he hurried to his house, taking care to not spill any food or drink. Shoving the stems in his front pocket, he carefully hurried to meet Tuffnut at the Thorston hut, following him upstairs to their room. 

“Uh… Ruffnut? I brought-“

“He brought you some medicinal herbs.”

“N-Not just that! I brought some wildflowers from my garden too!” He set down the plate and goblet on her bedside table as she rolled over, and he presented the little bunch to her. The corners of her mouth upturned ever so slightly, small enough that Fishlegs almost missed it, then fell again as she said, “Just put them on the table, I’ll deal with them in the morning. Thanks.”

Fishlegs blinked, not expecting such a dull response from her, despite seeing her this way earlier in the day. “Uh… goodnight, both of you.”

He set the flowers and herbs down beside her plate and shuffled out of the room, glancing over his shoulder as Tuffnut sat down at the end of the bed and they got to work on eating.

*Flashback over*

He only wanted to go check on them, he told himself. That’s why he was going to the Thorston house again, but in the cover of the waning night sky as dawn broke over the horizon. He was 100% not expecting to watch Snotlout run out of the house at full speed. Did… did he stay the night with them? I know they’re all close but… Fishlegs’ eyes dropped as he turned and shuffled back to his own house. Who am I kidding, they tormented me together as children. Their bond is stronger, how could I have a chance… ___________________________________________

“It was kinda nice of Fishlegs to help you bring the food back last night.” Ruffnut began.

Tuffnut paused minutely, before continuing to load fish into a basket. Ruffnut stood by, leaning against a pole, helping in exactly no way at all. “I guess.”

“Then again, he’s just kind of a nice dude, y’know? Smart but so oblivious. Maybe that’s why it-“

“Stop, Ruff. You know you’re just trying to make excuses.”

She let her arms drop from their crossed position, along with her eyes, and sighed. “I know.”

She heard him mumble under his breath. “What was that?”

“I didn’t say anything.”

She rolled her eyes, “Sure, and our boar pit at the Edge isn’t the best there is.”

“What would you rather I do, sis? Let you have your wishful thinking and watch you torture yourself further or nip it in the bud and stop you from overthinking?” He stood, motioning for her the take the other side of the basket and they started for the stable behind their house.

“I don’t know, but if either of them make themselves interested in me, I have to make a choice eventually, don’t I? No use sulking about it now. We’re Vikings.”

He dropped his side of the basket abruptly, eliciting a cry of indignation from her. 

“What happened to you? You were crying last night to me about this and now it’s all ‘we're Vikings?’ I’m not complaining, I don’t want to see you cry, but it’s just… sudden.”

“I don’t know what happened. Now c’mon, they’re hungry.” She tugged on the basket as he took the other side and continued on. Tuffnut would seal his lips for now, for her tone implied she didn’t want to talk about it. __________________________________________

Entering the Great Hall, the group was relieved to see Ruffnut had joined Tuffnut, and was looking to be in slightly better spirits. Astrid was the first to meet them, when they were not ten paces inside.

“Ruff, I am so sorry, we-"

“-we didn’t think about how-“ Hiccup had joined them.

“Guys, shut up. It’s fine, really. I’m okay now.”

“Are you sure?” They said together, worried still etched on their faces. Ruffnut gave them a small but sincere smile. As they headed back to the table, she whispered to Tuffnut with a hard nudge to his ribs, “Did you tell them?"

He nudged her back just as hard, “I’m not stupid, of course I didn’t it was probably Fishlegs.”

She rolled her eyes. “Such a Fishlegs thing to do.”

They arrived at the table to find two filled plates across from each other.

“You guys-“

“We didn’t know if you would both come tonight but Fishlegs thought it would be a nice gesture.” 

Ruffnut smiled at him while Tuffnut frowned slightly. They sat down, Ruffnut taking the seat closest to the doors, which was conveniently beside Snotlout.As she sat down, he mumbled to her, “Hey, can I see you outside after dinner? Just us two.”

“Uhh, sure,” she mumbled back, casting a glance at him with apprehension, before facing her brother again, who had lowered an eyebrow in question. She shrugged her shoulders and looked down to her plate, missing the little dawn of realisation in his eyes, and he glanced at Snotlout before starting on his own food.

Finishing quickly, Snotlout excused himself and hurried to his house to collect the delicate crown he created, then stood outside the Great Hall. He didn’t have to wait long.

Inside, Ruffnut wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and stood up, saying, “Snotlout wants to see me outside.”

Tuffnut, not finished with his food, immediately stood up and said, “Let’s go then.”

Hiccup held out a hand to motion to Tuffnut to sit and quickly said, “H-hey, Tuff, let her go speak to him alone, alright?”

Both twins turned to stare at Hiccup, both confused. 

“But-“

“No, Tuff. Finish your food.” Hiccup’s authoritative tone surprised everyone, most of all Astrid. She’d not heard her fiancé speak with a tone quite like his father’s Chief “I mean business” voice, but it shocked Tuffnut enough to make him sit down, as Ruffnut slowly headed out.

Outside, Snotlout caught her wrist as she pushed the door shut behind her. “Hey, come with me.”

“Where are we going?”

“Not far, just around the corner really.”

Around the corner turned out to be behind a row of huts, facing the bay. Moonlight shone over the water and illuminated their faces as they sat with their legs hanging over the cliff. The starlight also glinted on a bit of metal that caught Ruffnut’s eye.

“Whatcha got there?”

“Oh! Uh… well, it’s for you?”

He pulled it out, and Ruffnut’s jaw dropped and she let out something between a sigh and laugh. “A crown?”

“Yeah, the metal is kinda flimsy though, and it took me forever to carve it all out but Hiccup helped me and-“

“Wait, Hiccup? So you told them?”

He somewhat flinched under her narrowed eyes, expecting her to be angry, but hastened to explain. “Hiccup wouldn’t help me unless I told him why I was making it, but he didn’t tell me he was going to tell Astrid! I’m just not good at forging stuff, but you deserve to… y’know…” He gestured to the crown. “To be treated like a, uh, a queen.”

Her eyes softened and she hoped the moon wasn’t bright enough to show the blush that was definitely spreading across her face. She couldn’t be mad at him really, Hiccup and Astrid were bound to find out eventually, she told herself. She took off her helmet and looked at the intricate designs that were carved into the crown, turning it in her hand to discover a flower engraving, and her name below it.

“That’s the front. I know your favourite flower is the-”

“Lily-of-the-valley,” She said while tracing the flower with a finger. "Too bad they don’t grow a whole lot here. How did you know it’s my favourite?”

“It’s the only flower you pick when we find them. Are… are you going to put it on?”

“Of course I am, I’m just admiring it. Did you two spend all day in the forge?”

“Almost. I spent all last night in there too.”

She looked into his face, and really saw how exhausted he was for the first time. Dark circles under his arms, hunched over posture, it was a wonder he was still awake honestly. She held a hand to his chin and moved his face to the side ever so slightly as she leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you,” she whispered. Letting go of him, she turned back to her crown, taking it in two hands and placed it on her head gently.

“A perfect fit…” She turned her head to face him again, and caught him staring at her in awe. “What?”

“I, uh…” He had the decency to look flustered. “Nothing, it just, um… it suits you.”

She smiled, and carefully took it off, placing it beside her and replacing it with her helmet. “I don’t want it to fall over the cliff,” she explained.

“Took long enough to find you two!” Ruffnut’s angry brother’s voice broke their comfortable silence after a few moments, both of them turning to meet him as he stormed around the side of the hut they were behind.

“C’mon, we’re going home.” He took hold of her arm and dragged her to her feet, grabbing the crown next to her.

“Wait-"

“Ruff-"

“It’s late, you’ve been out here for like half an hour. I’m tired,” Tuffnut added in a whiny tone. His sister sighed, shaking her arm out of his grasp. “Just wait a second, alright?”

She made a half turn and held out her hand to Snotlout, which he took gratefully. Not letting go, she said, “Goodnight, and thank you for the crown.” He squeezed it lightly, the small gesture conveying all that he needed to say, though he added, “Sleep well.” _____________________________________

“Do you want me to stay with you again tonight?”

“Yeah, just one more night.”

Changed into their night clothes, they squeezed once again into Ruffnut’s bed holding each other how they had the previous day and night.

“What do you think of it?”

“Think of what?”

“The crown Snotlout gave me. I didn’t think I wanted one until I saw it.”

“Oh, it’s okay I guess.”

Tuffnut had to admit, he was impressed with the work. He had realised that Snotlout paid more attention to her than he had originally thought, knowing her favourite flower and the kind of designs she would idly draw when they were in theory classes for, ahem, dragon killing training not three or four years beforehand. He tightened his hold on his sister. “I just don’t want you to get your hopes up yet. It is Snotlout, still.”

“Yeah, I know.” And from there, conversation slowly drifted off, until all he could hear was her slowed, even breathing indicating she was asleep. And he too could now could sleep peacefully.

Buy me a hot chocolate?

[despiteherself]

Snotlout, and Dagur?

snotlout:

favorite thing about them: snotlout says what he thinks and whilst sometimes he’s insensitive, i think being able to say what you mean is admirable. he’s a strong character, and firm in his opinions and i like that. i like that he’s a sensitive jock, that’s always fun, that he cares, deeply but struggles expressing it due to his upbringing. least favorite thing about them: sometimes he’s mean to the others for no reason and it’s :/ often he says insensitive stuff but it’s coming from a different place then the rude/mean things with no reason and i don’t like that. the story resolved but i didn’t like when he pushed hookfang to almost death. or when he’s mean to gustav all the time. favorite line: this is hard. maybe the thor line. or any line where he’s like “who died and made u chief?” bc it’s funny and ppl acting scandalised about it are silly. brOTP: SNOTSTRID……..ULTIMATE BROS…………snotlout & tuff, snotout & ruff , i mean, the whole gang tbh. snotlout & gustav OTP: fishlout, snotlout/eret maybe idk , daglout. nOTP: rufflout die, random headcanon: he’s only part-jock and he translates astrid’s jock speak for tuff when tuff asks. 

jk. a better headcanon: snotlout actually gets really good in the forge. he learns under gobber, but gobber finds him annoying so often gets hiccup to teach him. and they get to have lots of fun learning experiences like that time they were stuck on beserker island. it really helps them grow as people, and it’s fun spending time getting to know ur cousin whilst hammering a bit of metal. 

unpopular opinion: he’s gay. he only likes men. ONLY. song i associate with them: im skipping this bc i dont associate characters with songs. favorite picture of them:

dagur:

favorite thing about them: i love how wacky his lines and how much he overthinks and gets all worked up it’s fun. he wants to be a good brother, andh e tries really hard but he’s not quite sure how. i love how kind he is to gustav - especially when the gang were mean to him - like. making gustav feel important :,) least favorite thing about them: uhhhhhhhhh. hm. this is hard bc i enjoy characters for their flaws as well, but i guess he was really pushy and mean and like. he literally murdered heather’s foster family. the whole brother and sister thing kinda falls a part a bit when you dig into it bc dagur was a massive prick ??????? and whilst i don’t think he was rushed into redemption completely i wish they paid more attention to it. favorite line: “not that i don’t love a good fruit bath.” but dagur has such FUN lines. he gets to say heaps of wacky stuff. “you shifty sky vermin!!!” brOTP: dagur & the gang, dagur & gustav, dagur & heather OTP: hm. tuffgar nOTP: dagur/mala, dagur/women he’s gay godnight. random headcanon: i feel like dagur has a phase where he wants hiccup and heather to marry so he can call hiccup brother officially. heather sorts him out. unpopular opinion: are there unpopular dagur opinions? i don’t like him with the triple stryke and i wish he still had shattermaster. i felt like a gronckle was perfect for dagur, and sleuther was astrid’s dragon. song i associate with them: n/afavorite picture of them:

[burdenedwithgloriousfandoms]

HTTYD 3 was a heckin great movie and here's my opinion why

(Also why Dreamworks is awesome and my little thank you)

 WARNING SPOILERS (duh) and also lots of ranting. Strap yourselves in kiddos off we go

 - the animation.

Jesus fucking chRIST it's amazing. I'm not over it. Dreamworks I love you this is the best goddamn thing skshsjjsgksjshakkahuebadgfjdkk tHE ANIMATION It was already spectacular in httyd 1 and it's just improved so much I can't even

  Wait lemme go on a rant about why I love Dreamworks so much. Okay so you see the thing with Dreamworks is with each of their animated universes they have a particular style (eg. compare Shrek, HTTYD, Voltron, She-ra... Etc) that they do really well in for that show/movie.

This means that all their stuff isn't the same old thing again and again (ok I don't want this to turn into a Disney vs Dreamworks debate bc A. This is meant to be about httyd anyway - maybe sometime I'll do a post on it... B. I know a lot more and am way more into Dreamworks.... Etc (but Dreamworks is better lmao) but anyway basically I find Disney is really repetitive)

 Another thing about Dreamworks is they A. don't take themselves tooooo seriously and are always ready to try out something weird and new (eg. Shrek lmao) and B. USUALLY try to be inclusive (canonical LGBTQ rep (yes httyd has that!! It's just subtle) (also Shrek) (even more so with newer shows... shE-RAAAAA) (Again I find Disney often doesn't do so well at the above. Correct me if you think I'm wrong but don't shout at me pls) They also have loads of little quirks like the Dreamworks intro thing always being different (not sooo much in the older stuff but still.)

 Ok let's get back to HTTYD im sorry

  -plot n stuff (this is where it gets real SPOILERY and that's your last warning) Ok so some of the plot (mainly the villain showing up out of the blue like a Monster of the Week and not having any background (hE INFERRED HE'D BEEN ON BERK BEFORE DID HE COME FROM THERE I MUST KNOW what was that line meaning help) was a bit meh but the rest of it made up for that a hundred times over.

 Ok so basically I expected to cry. But not in the way I did.

Lately a lot of fandoms have been throwing feels at me, and they've all had a particular style of doing it, so I expected more of that.

The feels I mean are the ones where characters I love are killed or lose stuff in the big battle filled finale (or not finale exactly eg. IW) and I cry a bit but usually that night or the day after because I just feel empty and slightly let down.

 But that's not what we got and I am so damn glad.

 The whole movie wasn't a big enormous dragged-on battle or lead up, and the battle didn't feel like the one in HTTYD 2, which I was glad for (it worked better in that movie than it would have in this). It was also resolved pretty well (fuckkk the scene where Hiccup was falling,,,, Alexa) and there was breathing room (not much but more than we had in IW and VLD) to come to terms with the fact that the fight is done before the movie fucking sucker punched us right in the gut with the dragons leaving.

 Yup, as soon as Hiccup started saying goodbye I broke the fuck down. And cried silently the entire rest of the movie and a lot of the credits.

 But the thing with this is that it gave us an ending that was kind of fulfilling. It was bittersweet. We can cry and mourn this beautiful franchise that has been such a part of our lives with good memories of it going out strong and sad though wonderful.

Yeah I was just waiting for the 'there were dragons when I was a boy' and yeah I cried even more but I was smiling while crying through that whole last scene with the marriage and then especially the scene with Hiccstrid & kiddos meeting Toothless & family again.

That was the fulfilling ending and even though it's so damn sad it was so damn beautiful sorry I'm ranting but still.

 - there were plenty of jokes and funny scenes without becoming too silly or juvenile (which a lot of things fail at) Also jokes for the older fans too (ruff lmao) (and the whole thing with Gobber and Tuff talking to Hiccstrid about getting married) There were plenty of scenes that were just genuinely hilarious and had the whole cinema laughing, which is a very beautiful thing

- I was initially worried about the introduction of the Light Fury especially because when we first saw it I literally went 'that's every 8 year-old's OC dragon why'

But it worked out pretty well, see below for more

 - the movie had romance without being too focused on the whole romance thing (I mostly mean the dragons) I was worried this wouldn't work and be cheesy or whatever but it did pretty good so yay The romance was still quirky and funny and had the whole cinema laughing at times, yet at other times it was just really beautiful (also the damn animation hhhhhh is this true love I feel)

  In the end I just want to say:

Goodbye HTTYD. You've been such a wonderful part of my life and I can't thank you enough. I'll never get over this damn franchise, I love it so much.

Even though [i]of course I want more, I think that here is a perfect place to leave it.

(....though I'm not going to complain if there's little a Christmas episode or maybe a small Netflix show set between httyd 1&2.........)

 So yeah, thank you How To Train Your Dragon. Thank you Dreamworks, the cast and crew. Thank you Cressida Cowell. Thank you Hiccup and Toothless and Astrid and Stoic and every character (apart from Traitor Johann that bitch (also basically everyone who has wanted to kill dragons except for Dagur bc we love him)).

Thank you HTTYD fandom too (you'll always be here and that is a wonderful thing)

 The friend I went it see the movie with and I stayed til the very end of the credits.

I've probably picked up the habit from Marvel... But I like to see the very end of things properly.

There was one other group left at the end, sitting in the very front seats. They were a bunch of teens (varied in age and gender), and when the credits finished, we all stood up and clapped.

 These movies have been part of so many people's lives and for that, I say thank you one last time.

 Goodbye, How To Train Your Dragon <3

  (Also can we please please please have an editors corner or how it was made sorta video for this movie. Love from an animation nerd)