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[drakyns]

okay, but like. would you guys still love me if i changed the httyd2 ending a tiny little wee bit? so that in the battle against drago, håkan/hiccup challenges him directly and kills him by his right of vengeance (holmgang)? because haha drago killed his father! despicably, no less! håkan has every right to demand blood for blood according to medieval scandinavian customs. and i, for one, think håkan should be allowed to go fucking berserk and honour his father's death! for him to experience violence, for him to retribute it! but also... him feeling the blood hot on his hands? feeling relief? he is the son of his father, alright. god, let him kill him. bats my fucking eyelashes at you. well then. would you still love me. would you. can i make this silly dragon movie bloody and dark and violent and horrifying? can i. would u let me. please? please? please i just need (1) teeny tiny enablement.

[drakyns]

have you ever loved someone so badly that they leave scars all around you? on your face in the shape of tears and tiny scratches, as well as on your heart and everywhere else on you body; your back, your shoulders, your limbs. your body is covered with memories and stories of them, their love and their loss. you let them take everything, because they're your everything. you offer your heart as a nest for them to destroy, or rest or forget. and you'll love them until your hairs are gray and until your last bone breaks. they're the entire world. you just hope you were also a part of theirs.

@drakyns pointed out that hiccup has a fucking scratch mark over his heart when toothless finally leaves and oh my god. oh my fucking god?????? oh my GOD finding out about this 5 yrs later, dreamworks you must PERISH FOR THIS

[drakyns]

HAPPY NEW YEARS! 🎉 i hope 2025 is kinder to us all and that we get to make a bingo out of our resolutions. ~ thank you for the new friends and memories along the way, and may we keep creating better moments! i hope you all get to celebrate the holidays with people you love and lots of warm food. here's to another planet rotation around the sun, hooray!!

[drakyns]

I saw that youre writing hiccup+jack but you also claim you want to take a more """historical""" interpretation with your rps? so which one is it?? you have to pick one or the other :/

hello, happy new year! yes, you’re right; i ship and write one of our beloved 2010s dreamworks nostalgic ship hijack with my wonderful best friend and creative soul-mate, @frystsnow. i’ve been having such a fun time! and yes, you’re right again; i am taking a more historical approach and interpretation with my portrayal of hiccup. but no, you’re wrong; i don’t have to choose one or another. my hiccup (håkan) has a more historical take and is queer (demiromantic and bisexual). one does not interfere with another whatsoever.

first of all, thank you for your question! though i don’t know if it stems from genuine ignorance or a hint of homophobia or hypernationalism. either way, i want to extend the benefit of the doubt and commend you for taking the time and energy to send in your inquiry, even as an anon. as someone who specialises in medieval queerness in my current master’s degree and as a licensed history teacher, it’s incredibly heartwarming to see people questioning things (even when it comes to literal fictional ships). i shall not, therefore, take your question as an attempt at an insult. instead, i will respond to you as i would to one of my students and/or the public at a conference. please let me know if you’d like any clarifications, and i’d be more than happy to oblige. should you need such access, i’m excited to send you pdfs of the following scientific articles, too.

i am assuming, by the tone and content of your comment, that you take vikings to be these white-centric, heteronormative, misogynistic and savage-like people, correct? the good old supreme white and straight men propaganda. they were barbarians, blindly bloodthirsty, and god knows how virile they were! they wanted to conquer the world, behead their enemies, muscles and brawl everywhere, grrrrr grrrr! etc etc. the whole spiel of supreme predators/conquerors. this mythical belief has roots in the hyper-nationalism and romanticism ingrained in 18th century northern europe: to prove themselves as worthy, old societies, germany, sweden, denmark, england, scotland and many others utilised their ties with these old tribes and reshaped (rewrote) narratives to fit into their then-current ideals of power, masculinity and politics. an excellent book on historical representation and its rewritings across geographies and due to political influences was written by f. r. ankersmit and a 38-page preview can be found at this link.

it isn’t far off to claim, then, that the use of symbols, narratives and imagery from old norse cultures have been continuously used to represent politics of hate in various countries with the rise of patriotism and alt-right extremism. just look at how john toll’s braveheart (1995) is a hymn to white supremacists in the usa or how european incels love robert zemeckis’ beowulf (2007). i highly recommend reading verena höfig’s article about old norse myths being used as tools for radical nationalist groups and andrew b. r. elliott’s book on medievalism, politics and mass media. “viking men are straight, hyper-masculine and obey this white fantasy of pure dominance.” this way of thinking, shouted and supported by reactionaries, reinforces whiteness, androcentricity, and authoritarianism. medieval scandinavian societies were highly intelligent: being a viking was a profession, not an identity in itself. diplomacy was important for commerce and cultural trade. battle-crazed lunatics were frowned upon, if not straight up removed from tribal settings, as they represented danger to the whole society. a conscious and perfected balance of violence, peace-keeping, trade, conscious pillaging and sea-voyaging made vikings who they were. how else do you think that they kept in contact with asian and african societies? even indigenous ones in americas, too! they were not interested in expanding and conquering more than they could keep and they valued communal efforts. so when contemporary media (tv, books, comics, games) represent our oh-so-beloved macho vikings as being queer or even not all that violent or intolerant, people tend to frown upon such a notion, thinking they’re ludicrous. this, as i’ve continuously expressed up until now, is political propaganda—an old, outdated and incorrect one.

you might here be thinking: “okay balu, i get it, vikings weren’t all that masculine, nor that savage, nor anything, but were there really queer vikings?” and the answer to that is: YES! first of all, queer people didn’t suddenly sprout from the ground all of a sudden. we’ve always existed from the very beginning of times—queerness is humanity itself. have you ever wondered why loki, a literal mythological norse god, is genderfluid and pansexual? he’s also described as one of the oldest of the bunch, alongside odin himself. if a deity exists in mythology, it’s because they represent societal beliefs and practices. or do you think people made up whatever they thought was cool, and everyone just agreed on their ideas, canonising said things in their literal tribal history just because, hey, it sounds neat? it’s more logical to deduce that, since loki existed, people like him existed, too, no? and not only loki—jess nevins has a superb paper on how most of the old norse pantheon are queer gods and goddesses, from gender to sexuality (it’s the first one of the list, though the others are super interesting, too). contemporary religious practitioners of heathenism and ásatrú also heavily embrace and welcome these queer readings. this is further endorsed by critical analysis of old poems such as the poetic edda, lokasenna and others, which contain concepts such as hvatr and blauðr, which are used interchangeably between men and women and their partners, not to refer to their binary genders per se, but about their role as either more submissive or dominating in a relationship.

if you need more “concrete” evidence other than theological, linguistics and culture studies, do not fret—archaeologists and anthropologists also agree that the “viking” (read: medieval pre-christian scandinavian) societies were more queer than most people think. for example, marianne moen studied graves in norway and, with the little samples she had, she concluded something fascinating: the biological sex of individuals (read by the use of double x chromosomes detections or the absence thereof) did not always correlate with their masculine/feminine social roles, i.e by their clothes and materials they were buried! a woman could be dressed highly masculine, and a man completely feminine. unlike our modern societies (that claim to be o so progressive and freeing), they were not bound by fixed societal norms. they were fluid. moen’s study is also a further contribution to hedenstierna‐jonson’s research team findings: in 2017, they found the body of an elite viking-age warrior in sweden, which many historians and anthropologists hyped. at first, they thought the individual was sexed male due to the “maleness” of the objects found in the grave site. however, upon further investigation, they were biologically sexed female (two x chromosomes, bone structures, as well as ritualistic objects for young womanhood). a lot of people wanted to contest such a finding because the belief that women can be powerful rulers and warriors just like men are is something detested by traditionalists, as we all know. however, what was more interesting is that said warrior individual seemed to socially fluctuate between masculine and feminine roles throughout their life (being accepted and honoured by their tribe, by the way), and had a partner that also fluctuated between masculinity and femininity. they were, therefore, both queer in gender and sexuality. as well, ever since the start of the 2000s, studies have shown that queer expressions of sexuality and gender can be found being supported by religious practices and objects—a book called “queering norway”, edited by pal bjorby and anka ryall is fairly popular on that front. it has the contribution of many historians, anthropologists and more on old norse traditions.

lastly, in case you wonder if we can read dreamwork’s “how to train your dragon”’s characters as being queer, the answer is, of course, yes. i will not enter into art studies discussions or literature queerness appropriation theories because otherwise this post would be much longer than it already is, but i will say these points: hiccup is literally described, from the first movie alone, as not being like the other kids. this could be read as him being autistic, as him having adhd, as him being queer. as well, the presence of monsters (especially dragons) in media tends to represent queerness/clash with heteronormative ideals (i recommend checking out jeffrey cohen’s seven theses chapter). it’s a queer series by its very theoretical premises and execution.

[drakyns]

his little smile! ❤ ue ue ue i think i'm satisfied with this simple icon border for now.... if you squint, you may find some funky symbols hehe. also, hewwo to new mutuals, thank you for joining me in my nostalgic brainrot! i plan on taking a more historical-esque approach on hiccup/håkan, so please consider liking this linked post here if you'd like to plot some interactions and/or relationships or for me to randomly send you something in your inbox. some verses i'm cooking up:

royal verse (either a prince or a king, half dragon, winks at tea)

pjo verse (son hephaestus, thank u bri for indulging me)

maybe a genshin verse (pyro or cryo vision, unsure)

bg3 verse (druid companion)

modern au verse (engineer and biker)

[drakyns]

hi hi hi! :) i'm super low profile here, but hiccup has been taking over my brain like a little worm (or should i say dragon? haha i'm so funny). anyways, if you wanna plot or if you want me to send you something in your inbox, drop that sexy ❤ you got in your pocket there.

[drakyns]

a few hours ago i was like "oh I'm just gonna rewatch all 3 httyd movies in one sitting, it's okay, it's been more than 10 years, i won't cry that much, I'm ready. how bad can it be anyway?" I will have you guys know that I was, in fact, not at all fucking ready.

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new (and probably temporary) mobile header is up! also, i made a carrd while i gather the energy(tm) to make graphics for a proper website later, lmao. my pinned was also updated to link things more easily. i will spend most of my following days working on comms, but i might reblog some prompts in the meantime, too! mwahs your cheeks. let hiccup take your muse on a dragon ride.

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you know when you're looking for ✨ aesthetic ✨ pictures/gifsets and/or musings, but you just cannot find anything that really fits your muse well? oh the struggle. THE STRUGGLE! i can already feel myself doing those type of posts myself. håkan "hiccup" horrendous haddock iii, the lengths i will go for you.