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Crown me the queen of unfinished pieces 😔

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At the moment how I feel

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Lil flat color on procreate :) decided to just pos the unfinished because it will NEVER get finished :’)

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Fuck typhoomerangs. Those things are scary as hell 🙁

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"average viking gets struck by lightning once" factoid actually just statistical error. average viking is never struck by lightning. Snotlout Jorgenson, who is hated by thor and has been struck by lightning fifteen times, is an outlier and should not have been counted.

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I drew all of the gang’s beloved dragons together.

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Art by Shan Yanan

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lil screenshot redraw from the episode Heather Report part 2

⬇️original⬇️

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I literally CANNOT watch httyd 3 through because to me it’s not canon. Like seriously I always think about the ending and how disappointing it is. Even in 2 where Hiccup officially becomes chief it just doesn’t sit right with me at all. I can’t tell if it’s that kind of story where everyone is happy in the end, because to me it’s very lukewarm. Hiccstrid getting married is nice and all, but with the dragons leaving and them having a family is just such a typical type of ending. I love that Hiccstrid had kids but I feel like the story should have gone as ‘Hiccup and Astrid have a family, and Hiccup becomes chief when he’s actually ready to?? Like how are you going to basically take his lifeline, Toothless, and all the dragons, throw some jank over feminine dragon into the mix just so something makes sense, make Hiccup gain his mother, (at what cost) , just for Stoick to die, automatically placing Hiccup as chief and have the workload thrown on him as he’s most likely struggling with grief from his father’s passing.

This is definitely character development, and it sure did create a good story, but I would assume that Hiccup would get to live a nice life with Toothless and Astrid especially after how shitty some aspects of his life have been. I know he’s happy with his life with his family, but I can tell he’s probably living with tons of nostalgia. I wonder how hard it was living without Toothless after he left. Can this boy ever catch a damn break.

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Where No One Goes on repeat. Need I say more

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Everyone here seems to like them so here's some more

@thereweredragonshere

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Interesting and, in my opinion, often overlooked thing about Hiccup is how he's like, not really a compassionate person by default. It was learned, not an innate trait like it seemingly was with Valka.

From things said in the first movie, we can presume he's always had a fairly intense interest in dragons, but it was solely with the intention of killing them – and very stubbornly his way at that, considering he hadn't even read the Book of Dragons yet – and it kind of makes sense considering, he's likely desensitized to violence with how often their village was repeatedly burnt to the ground then rebuilt. Like he got excited there was a raid, completely one-track minded on his plans to shoot something down for his own benefit with no regard for the danger everyone (and himself) was in (and yes! This is somewhat selfish, but he was also a child.) Again, a lot of people overlook the fact that while he was insecure about it, alienated by his peers, and looked down upon by adults, Hiccup is still a viking – or at least was raised as one. He still very much held the same, core dragon killing beliefs every one else on Berk did. The only thing that set him apart was his inability to follow directions due to his unwavering obstinacy when it came to doing things his way.

He had every intention of killing Toothless upon finding him, only changing his mind after seeing the dragons fear and realizing they're both trapped by circumstances outside of their control, and even then had no plans of seeing Toothless again after freeing him. He thought he lost his chance at killing a dragon, after uaving the realization he just didn't have the heart to look an animal in the eyes and take its life, he was fully prepared to return to his mundane routine of ignoring what adults want him to do in favor of his own, ironic and futile attempts at making his father proud.

He's never had any kind of 'natrual' connection with dragons, it was something he stubbornly worked towards. Like I said before; he was as set on killing one as any other person on Berk, I just think he had an easier time accepting they were wrong due to spending most of his life as an outcast.

He only went back to find Toothless after his first attempt at dragon training, it was with no intention to get closer, more of an almost childish curiosity, a fascination that grew out of hand, especially after Astrid yelled at him and forced him to confront what he was doing with the question: 'Whose side are you on?"

I know Forbidden Friendship is the moment we all talk about, but I don't think Hiccup and Toothless had any kind of solidified bond until they flew together, and from Toothless' point of view, the realization that Hiccup had now gone beyond just brief fascination and was actually invested enough to help him fly again.

And even then it wasn't until he met that Terror he realized that Toothless wasn't just a one off thing, that most dragons won't attack pointlessly unless pushed to. And even then his relationship with them is still very flawed, and remains that for a long time; I know we're mostly talking about movie Hiccup here, but would the 'do-no-wrong dragon whisperer' that some people act like he is really have trapped that Skrill in a glacier because it was the easy way out? (In his defense he was like sixteen and at least realizes it was pretty fucked up when he was older and did his best to fix things)

It took time for him to get to be the so called 'peace keeper' he is as an adult (though he always seems to prioritize dragons over people, especially Toothless which is a really interesting and fitting flaw but I digress).

tldr; Hiccup was kind of a selfish, maybe even insensitive kid in the beginning, his compassion took time to develop. I feel like people too often forget that, one of his best traits wasn't an innate thing; it was something he worked for.

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We need more rtte hype. It has me cackling every two seconds and I feel like tuff carries the show, like he’s so out of pocket I luv him

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"hiccup and astrid dating" this "hiccup and astrid kiss" that, but lets talk about BEFORE they were together

im currently rewatching rtte and im noticing a bunch of details people DONT TALK ABOUT!!! hiccup and astrid always standing or sitting next to each other, hiccup being the only one to comfort astrid when heather leaves, hiccup and astrid just being the bestest of buds and always hanging out, astrid talking about hiccup when he's not there, even just the smallest of details like just glancing at each other. the twins are doing something stupid? astrid turns to give hiccup a raise of the brow, and hiccup just shrugs.

AND LETS NOT FORGET IN LIKE THE FIRST EPISODE, HICCUP AND ASTRID SIT NEXT TO EACHOTHER ON THE BEACH WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IS ASLEEP, JUST TALKING WHILE GAZING AT THE MOON!!!! these are the purest details never mentioned and it makes me sad :(

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"treasure planet" and "how to train your dragon" really take the cake when it comes to soundtracks that make me feel indescribable emotions and animation that takes my breath away

and also for having protagonists ive had a huge crush on for ages. clearly my type is misunderstood, chaotic, brown-haired nerds who like to build shit

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