#Yes that's a httyd reference at the end

[lilyannaraeofsunshine]

Essay on the Irony of Stoick's Death

Okay so I saw @mxsonwillixm2’s post on TikTok about how Stoick didn’t have to die and it got me thinking about the irony of Stoick’s death. I had commented “Hiccup almost died multiple times in the first movie because Stoick didn’t listen. Stoick died in the second movie because he didn’t listen to Hiccup” and I wanted to expand upon it more here. (This post is essay length, over 700 words, and written in an hour, be warned)

Examples from HTTYD 1 of Stoick Not Listening:

1. When Hiccup first meets Toothless

We know that Toothless didn’t want to hurt Hiccup, he just wanted to scare him, but Hiccup and the rest of the Vikings wouldn’t have known that. Stoick did not listen to Hiccup (or believe) that he had shot a Night Fury.

2. Dragon Training

I think it’s safe to say that dragon training wasn’t safe for any of the teens, however Hiccup had specifically said that he “cant kill dragons,” and Stoick put him in training anyway, dismissign Hiccups concern. In training, his life was in danger constantly from day one when Meatlug would have shot him if not for Gobber. There is also the session with Stormfly and Barf & Belch that can be lumped into this one.

3. The Final Test

I'm going to specifically refer to when Hiccup is trying to show the Vikings that dragons aren't all bad. Hiccup is just trying to get through the Final Test when he takes of his helmet and says "I'm not one of them." Stoick then demands "Stop the fight."

Hiccup retorts with "No," and talks about how the dragons "are not what we think they are." Stoick once again ignores Hiccup and yells "Stop the fight!" as he bangs his hammer against the bars of the arena. This startles Hookfang and everything unravels from there as we all know.

4. Leaving for the Dragons' Nest & the Red Death

Hiccup gets in trouble with Stoick and is forced to stay behind after telling Stoick about the Dragons' Nest and how dangerous it is. Stoick does not listen and spearheads a mission to the Nest to kill the dragons "once and for all." Obviously, Hiccup and the gang follow on their dragons (minus Toothless). Now, this act itself doesn't necessarily 'almost kill Hiccup' but it flows into my last topic, the Red Death.

The Red Death is what Hiccup was warning his father about. I think it would be agreed that Stoick ignoring Hiccup's warning caused Hiccup (and gang) to swoop to the rescue on dragon-back. (I could throw Hiccup almost drowning in attempt to save Toothless in this category too, I suppose, as it's a domino effect of Hiccup showing up to the battle, but I'd like to focus on the battle of the Red Death itself.) Now, we all remember the battle of the Red Death. Hiccup and Toothless fight, they win, the Red Death explodes, and Hiccup looses a leg. This is definitely the closest that Hiccup has come to dying in HTTYD 1 and can be traced back to Stoick not listening to his son. Yes, they made up and Stoick came to terms with the dragons, but this battle would not have ever happened if Stoick had just listened to his son in the first place.

Now that we have all of Hiccup's near-death experiences (that I can remember off the top of my head) out of the way, lets get into the irony of Stoick's death.

Like Mason's video covered, Stoick did not have to die in HTTYD 2. Hiccup had known Toothless for years and knew that he would survive if he jumped out of the way at the right time. Stoick was not thinking clearly, was not listening to Hiccup, when Hiccup yelled "Dad! No!" He was a father, protecting his son from Drago-controlled Toothless. Stoick's life was almost ruined in HTTYD 1 when he thought Hiccup had died after the battle of the Red Death. Stoick's life was ended in HTTYD 2 when he was shot by Toothless. Both situations arose from refusing to listen to his son when it mattered most.

If anyone read this monster of a post, thank you! Its insanely appreciated <3 I really just needed to get this... theory? analysis? whatever this post is out there.

[dykekarkat]

HI um. can i ask about your httyd aftg au?

omg yes ofc!!! this is one of my fave aus rn i love httyd so much :) here's the first post i made about this au for reference i have maybe two chaps written but i want to get solidly into it before i post anything on ao3 cause im planning for this to be a longer fic!!

just some basics before i get into it neil = hiccup, andrew = astrid, kevin = toothless, nathan = stoic (i love stoic and i do believe he loves hiccup and is trying his best however im having a lot of fun making nathan the evil chief/father)

OKAYYYY this au is actually so fun to write for i love dragons and i love being able to fuck around with the traditional aftg character dynamics :) the fic largely follows httyd 1's plot not aftg's. the most fun to write so far has been neil and kevin's dynamic. ive decided the dragons use dragonese here and neil is fluent in it like hiccup from the books. neil's fluency comes from mary pre-death (wink) and pure spite for his father. while nathan has whipped berk into a dragon killing frenzy and never ending war, neil is going behind his back (at major risk to himself) to try and foil his plans.

neil does still hit kevin and injure his tail but it's a lesser of two evils situation, where lola was aiming at the same time and she would've for sure killed kevin. neil immediately is running off to try and find the night fury and get it the fuck outta berk before his father can kill it. this leads to kevin and neil are fighting like cats and dogs in the beginning but there's this consistent underlayer of "why havent you killed me yet??". kevin is also frantic to get back to the Nest and due to the fact they can communicate they end up making a deal where neil will try and make a mechanism for kevin to fly again and kevin will give him info on dragons. the first time they fly together its like Oh. I Get It Now. Besties for Life.

while this is happening dragon training is basically a punishment for neil Not a privilege. all of the teens/young adults are forced into dragon training so that they'll continue popping out soldiers for war with a few exceptions (aaron training to be a healer, neil originally training to be a blacksmith but is forced into it). for the longest time neil forcibly distanced himself from his peers (the foxes) because he was terrified of nathan using them against him or hurting them because he made friends. the fact he's nathan's son is also offputting to a lot of ppl (its not quite as us vs them as the upperclassmen and the monsters but its similar). so we're emphasizing the neil weird loner who seems desperate for connection but every time ur nice to him he flat out runs away dynamic.

neil does his best to stay under the radar during the training sessions which eventually fails miserably (not spoiling this part bcus its one of the first scenes i thought of. its good tho prommy). andrew is basically quietly obsessing over him and trying to figure out what the fuck is going on with him. he sees himself in neil but he also doesn't understand Why. neil of course is fully oblivious to this, until uh oh. neil's pet kevin has been found out. cue andreil truth games :)

anyway this got long and idk if i even said anything of importance or coherence but its one of my fave aus just because its really fun <3

[thequeenofthedisneyverse]

Dragonoid's - Encanto Au

Ok I know there already has been a dragon au, but I was listening to the HTTYD soundtrack and when inspiration strikes, I have to take it-

So, in the world, there are two types of dragons. Normal ones you see flying around with "violent" tendencies. And the second kinds are called dragonoid's. Dragonoid's are a sub type of dragons. With every different type of dragon there's a dragonoid to follow.

As a dragon-oid you are either looked at as a Zoo animal, bad omen, or something to kill for money. Dragon scales and just skin in general is very valuable. Just one scale or slither of skin could have you set for life. 

Eggs are even more valuable because the shell is like a crystal. For example:

Plus, dragon eggs have children in them. If you have one, you can have a constant supply of money. (I'll let you figure that entails on your own)

Dragonoid characteristics. 

So, the obvious, scales! 

Scales start from the fingers and slightly pass the cubital fossa in a gradient like fashion. Same for the legs. The scales Start from the tip of the toes and slightly pass the knee. Claws are retractable but are still sharp and noticeable. 

Their skin is also bioluminescent so they have tons of beautiful spots and patterns that light up in the dark. 

Sclera can be a variety of different colors and so can the iris. So when a dragon needs to hide out in the open they need to wear a cloak, as well as gloves. 

If you have horns it’s best to shave them down or find a group to stay with. When you live in a group others can bring in much needed necessities for you. Also, horns can be a variety of sizes and can stretch far. So it’s usually mandatory to shave them down so you can lay down properly.

Alma has smaller horns that are about three inches tall so she doesn’t need to worry about shaving them down. 

Tails are always gonna be long, about five feet in length  for an average adult. But thankfully they are somewhat thin (only 4-five inches thick) and can easily wrap around a dragon's leg as a way to hide it. 

Some have wings, some don't. So, others have to rely on climbing or running/walking. Some can breathe fire, spit out lightning, acid, and some can’t at all. Those that can’t usually rely on their claws and strength. 

And yes, every single dragon has a fondness for shiny things and are semi-hoarders of anything shiny and glittery. 

Typical places for dragon groups to live are far away areas in forests or crystal caves. Crystal caves are the most common places to live and other dragons will fight other dragon groups for it.  (Dragonoid's are smart resourceful people with astounding intelligence, but I didn’t say they weren’t feral, especially when they need safety.)

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Alma lived in a pleasant little dragonoid village. She was happy, which is an oddity when you are considered poaching material. It was hidden within the mountains and WAS a safe haven for dragonoid's AND regular dragons.

The story starts out the same, and you know how it ends.

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The encanto is one big underground crystal cave mixed with a jungle..sort of? Kind of like this for reference (Yes, it's from HTTYD, BITE ME!)

There’s even a water part for more aquatic dragons. Speaking of which, the underground sanctuary has smaller caves inside fit for families to live in. These smaller caves have large holes in them that work like bedrooms. 

However, as an egg and even a baby, you sleep inside your parents' room until you're at least five years old.

I need worldbuilding ideas for this au soooo

@miracles-and-butterflies

@glowing-celesticpetals

@gamerbearmira

@evostar

@thefourchimes

(You are definitely NOT obligated to give my ideas. I'm just tagging y'all in case you might be interested in helping)

[p-receh]

Ooo wait are your thoughts on the two boboiboy movies?

Wah, Nice one!

I've had nostalgic memories when I rewatched movie 1. Particularly because it was the last entry I followed before I went on hiatus. ... 8 years ago I think?

Whereas I watched the second one during my marathon session this year.

Due to 'my messed-up order of watching' this series, I ended up knowing big spoilers about The movie 2 and I forced to give up my 'anti-spoiler' act before I watched it. Kinda of a bummer for the general view, but you know what? It made the scene more fascinating to watch!

"Oh this is Retak'ka? THE Retak'ka?"

"No wonder why Adudu is so into martial arts now."

"So that's how Ice got his bow eh?"

"Oh Fu-Yes! The debut of Fusion Elementals!!!!"

ehem.

From a general technical standpoint, they stepped up their game drastically. Of course, it's for movies after all. They went bold for expanding the areas, improving the graphics, increasing action scenes, and also adding more music as well.

At the same time, they also upgrade Boboiboy and Kokotiam gang's power so it's making it a 'bit' op for the sake of spectacle. It's not that bad in a negative way, I understand that because the enemies themselves were hella strong as shit. (the first one used a black hole and the second one used all-in-one power hunger fest that could also destroy the galaxy. Logically the earth's supposed to be gone by now :/).

I loved what they did to the lighting and hue for both movies. it's like watching smash bros ultimate but in the movies(weird reference I know but hope you get the idea :/)

The details! Holy- IT'S SO PRETTY~~~

ehem.

Both of them were also establishing the expansion power of elementals and what they can do about it. The first one was the fight with all elementals showcased and the second one was the alternative way of fighting by combining two elementals.

Alsoooo both finally managed to properly introduce the one and only .... Boboiboy Hatless! :D

I'd say they had a fair share of hiding it perfectly well. Cleverly teasing the audience to grasp 'Why the hell do they keep hiding his hair with that particular angle?' Because... If I'm not wrong, Boboiboy was one of the characters that falls in the same category with Upin&Ipin: limiting the haircut for animation efficiency during the first production.

So when his hat does let off, It is always an impeccable scene to watch. That trick never fails to amaze me. (like Professor Layton's hat case :3)

Now I wonder how much screen time his hat is off for the movie 3? I'm sure it takes a lot more than the previous one since his 3rd tier is pure hat off(and dyed hair).

If I want to say from my opinion. Movie 1 has its standout over Movie 2 and vice versa. Both have ups & downs yet they are equivalent to each other. For instance: the timing to add their theme song was a bit out of place in movie 1 so the latter fixed that, whereas the Fang and Ying banter in their language was lacking in movie 2 when the former had this iconic scene (sound on recommend) :]

Oh speaking of Music, my god their theme songs are epi~~~c

I remember how hyped I was when one of my fav local band, D'masiv, created a credits song for Movie 1 AND Galaxy season 1. But heck all movie themes in order are wholesome af!!! 'Masih Disini' - 'Dibawah Langit yang Sama' - 'Fire & Water' are in my repeat playlist recently. So overwhelming that I actually cried? The montage during Fire & Water played was not a sad moment but heck I cried because it's soo touching for no reason.

Oh yeah, I forgot it's a family movie so they have rights to not make any deaths scene. I can understand why yet I'm still disappointed.

I cried. HARD when I saw Tok Kasa collapsed. It portrayed emphatically well and worked for new characters that was introduced a bit short.

Then, not long after that, we got this

(I guess they didn't want to do another httyd 2 moment. It's too painful for kids to watch)

So... There's my review. Honestly I don't know what goes on for movie 3. It could be anything after season 2. But if I may guess...

It's between father and son now...

[asm5129]

Dragons: the nine realms—final thoughts (Full series spoilers ahead)

Genuinely, I’ve become quite fond of this show over time. It definitely needed to grow into what it actually wanted to be, and with only 7 or 8 episodes a season it took half the show to get there, but even so I think it really found it’s footing as it went on—some somewhat forced-feeling team drama in the penultimate season notwithstanding.

In terms of the characters, I grew quite fond of Tom, Alex and Jun, and even managed to come around to D’Angelo later on—probably later than the writers intended though, haha. Eugene less so but they surprised me by giving him some genuine emotional moments , particularly in the last two seasons, and most of them hit right. It never felt like the show was just repeating what people already saw, Tom isn’t Hiccup, Jun isn’t Astrid, and D’Angelo isn’t Fishlegs. The closest direct parallel would be Eugene to Snotlout frankly, and that’s about it. These characters feel like their own characters, not a cheap attempt to continue the popularity of what came before.

Also, Alex is pretty autistic coded, but never confirmed. Jun kinda is too honestly. I appreciate that the things that we might call their special interests are never devalued within the show, both turning out to be incredibly useful many, many times. Alex is an introvert who spends most of her time on her tablet, and even as she makes friends and socializes more that never changes. Jun has interests many dismiss as “weird” and she has genuine trauma around being referred to as such that is taken seriously.

The supporting cast of parents and other crew members of the research station the majority of the show was based in or below were pretty strong, with even some much less significant cast members getting fun moments, and also add a nice sense of diversity to the world.

The bonds with their respective dragons also always felt well established and strong, and I was genuinely sad when the riders had to let their dragons go in the last episode.

Dr Sledkin and Buzzsaw as villains never hit the heights of Viggo in RttE but actually think I prefer them to the human villains from HTTYD 2 and 3—definitely liked them more than Drago from 2 at least. And i actually felt like Buzzsaw’s change of heart at the end of this final season didn’t come out of nowhere. We had seen, in particular last season, that he is a man starving for genuine connection, so when his dragon—the only creature, dragon or human that it could be argued ever genuinely seemed to accept his presence—was actually at risk it makes sense his ability to put up a bold front would crumble.

World-wise, while the titular realms themselves couldn’t be realized as the kind of beautiful environments we got from the films or even RttE, I think there was some really great usage of the modern day setting for the conflicts that drove the characters and the story alike. There was also great use of the established stories from the HTTYD series. Even though we as the audience knew a lot about Hiccup and co, imo they managed to make Tom discovering that history meaningful. He is a direct descendant of Hiccup, yes, the finale makes clear the fact that Tom being very much a blend of Hiccup’s ability to connect to Dragons and love of exploring and Astrid’s more blunt, action-focused impulses was always very much intentional. I think that’s a smart play, and the legacy of Hiccup proves a source of very compelling drama for Tom’s expectations of himself.

I’m also particularly fond of how the final two seasons really reconnected to the Norse mythology that has almost never been brought to the forefront outside of aesthetics by introducing the World Serpent who has a name I’m not motivated to look up how to spell right now. Regardless I think the way they tied the world serpent and ragnarok into the story was quite well done, and the built in fear of the world serpent being the reason dragons freak out at snakes is a fantastic bit of retroactive lore.

If these characters were brought back aged up, with a bigger budget for new stories I would watch it. This is by no means a masterpiece of a show, but there’s a lot to appreciate.

[redsplash1]

I beat EW and well. I’ve got too many fic ideas omfg- (shoutout if you know what song the tentative title is from)

Info under the cut because I’m not trying to clog dashboards LOL

So! I’ll just throw it out there and say with the way I wrote Talia, she’s probably gonna go home for good. Am I pulling a HTTYD 3? Well yes!

Btw, it’s not finished, but here’s a carrd I made for Tatake (some of the info I’ll probably change). The backstory tab should give you enough context to know about Tatake’s life:

Currently, the barebones plan I have for her post EW is that the Shifters go home back to Sylvane, never to set foot in Etheirys again. I’ll probably write it out at some point, but when Fandaniel finds out Tatake is one of the Shifted, he bruteforces his way into Sylvane, where he sends hordes of blasphemies to attack. The casualties are…really bad, to the point where the Shifted agree to cut off all contact with mankind once the Final Days are averted.

Now I haven’t done any post EW content yet, so once I do them I’ll work around how Talia goes around to doing that. Either way, I’m thinking to timeskip a year before post EW begins.

(I’ll make the timeline on the carrd at some point, but in my WoL-Verse, ARR to EW takes place over 3 years. As a frame of reference, Alphinaud and Alisaie turned 19 inbetween post SHB - start of EW. I’m too lazy atm to even figure out the logistics of the time bubble in SHB LOL)

Anyways that’s what I have in mind rn, we’ll see if it even gets executed in the end </3

[glowstone23b]

UAGSHDHFK ITS SO FUNNY U SHOULD MENTION TOOTHLESS FROM HTTYD BECAUSE WHEN I WAS DESIGNING A CONCEPT FOR SAGE’S WINGS (which im still in the process of making) HE WAS MY FIRST REFERENCE :’’’) I LOVE NIGHT FURIES

but also to answer some of those previous elytra questions because they have been on my mind . i’ll sort of just be quoting them audvdhfj ive been thinking about them all day

“What if the elytra (after having been fully fused, I guess, but early users apply too) runs out of durability?”

— okay so pre-fusing the elytra is sort of. brittle. not fully but like regular durability you get in normal minecraft; it wears down after a while and this is because of a couple factors

1.) still adjusting to the host, hasn’t gotten the proper intake of blood and nutrients in its wings to fully sustain itself for the while yet so it’s trying to run off what it currently has (which tends to be very little resulting in them damaging over time if not fixed)

2.) it doesn’t wear down post fusion because the mutations and genes mixing in with the host lets it sort of stabilize by itself and become a part of the host entirely; once the “magical” properties of it are slowly simmering and is replaced with blood, skin, bacteria, etc (on that note the tendrils inside the host’s shoulder blades etc also sort of melt and become new veins/paths for blood circulation to take) (dont ask me how that works uhhh magic and minecraft stuff idk)

“Are the wings something you yourself can feel once they’ve fused with you, or is it more like… a neurological thing, where the elytra just know what you’re thinking?”

— OKAY when the tendrils slip in you’ll feel some generous amount of discomfort but pulling them out hurts more than letting them sink in

— new elytra users need a small bit of time to adjust to the wings and get a grasp on how they feel. its sort of different for everyone but at first it feels like a very strange version of pins and needles- you can move the wings around but it feels weird.

— although yeah the parasitic-ish parts of the elytra kind of do. connect with your brain (DIY lobotomy /j) in order to both A.) get the brain to move the wings around and B.) to do all the increased reaction time and instincts shabang (these stay permanently after fusion)

“Could you feel them as an extension to your body? If they get hurt, would you be able to feel it as if it were your arm or something, or would it be numb?”

- new elytra users get a numb sort of sensation when the elytra gets damaged via an arrow or something

- older (fused) elytra users get the similar sensation to the webbing of your fingers being sliced or punctured (owie)

- also at first they do feel like weird body extensions before eventually adjusting and them becoming literal body parts aisnfwidhfjfk

“If you run out of durability on fused elytras, is that something you could ever fix?”

— yes actually!! healing potions + usually phantom membrane is an efficient way of patching up deep wounds— depending on the type of wing it might just require a lot of healing potions and bandages, but eh its different for every user

— although if a massive chunk of those wings is like torn off then oooh. ouchie thats like having ur arm torn off. yeah that probably wont heal

^ — however . you can get fixes where they attach like a leather-like wing and hollow light silver(?) rods onto where the bones end to make a makeshift wing repair (leather is typically dyeable and able to be decorated)

bonita drawing ik . but you get the idea !!!!

“Would you be able to get a new pair if you hadn’t been fused yet?”

— YEAH

— if you get the new pair from another person who used it previously the process of the wings shifting to suit you better will take a while longer and vice versa

“Would you have to try to cut off your old elytra to replace it if you *were* fused?”

— yes

— not a pleasant experience but if you hate ur wings so bad then yes you could probably slice them off (i wonder what you would do with them afterwards?? Whats to do with sliced human-sized wings? … wall decoration?? Could you cook and eat them maybe?)

“could you potentially *pick* how your elytra form to look on you?”

— kkkkkkind of? the elytra by default looks like a weird mix of dragon and beetle wings all in one. good flight but also not infinitely durable like mentioned

— the shape of the wings, however, changes to fit the user from what the elytra can gather from their brain

(for example, Sage’s wings are based off night furies and peregrine falcons — fast speedy creatures due to Sage’s own history of enjoying fast speeds/being thrown or spun around and also from the lack of any fear of heights/falling)

(in fact actually enjoying those things) (yk how some kids ask to be thrown into lakes because they enjoy the sensation. yeah thats her)

“Like, if you tried to repair your elytra using a combination of some standard repair materials (phantom membranes, occasionally scales) as well as some other thing (like parrot feathers, for instance), could you possibly get the elytra to take on a form you’d prefer?”

— this is sort of tricky to answer because like. the elytra chooses what form of wings suits you best.

— mutations, though? Like having the elytra change from the dragon-beetle-ish look to having feathers and bright colours? That’s still achievable!! Theres even the possibility to mix and match different biological materials from the desired creatures however if you add in too many the elytra might like. kill you by accident or something (im talking more than like 5 or 7) (usually people opt to have only one or two main repair materials) (3 is teetering on the edge slightly i imagine because of like. neurological effects with all the mutations both physically behaviourally and mentally etc etc)

this also kind of raises the question of “how do you get bug wings” and i’ll be honest w u i have no idea. I imagine there’d be *some* strange way to achieve it? go ham many methods for elytra repairing

( mini rant of sage vv)

(Her way of flying is very similar to toothless in the first two movies. shes sleek and elegant in that cat-like fashion but she also does dive bombs and spins and rolls and is overall extremely confident, nigh cocky with how she flies. a lot of control too!! ,,,, most of the time has definitely crash landed several times) (not to mention speed,,,,, in certain situations when she picks up enough velocity you can hear a whistle coming from the air being sliced by her wings . no idea how to explain but you get the idea)

ALSO THE PHANON TAG IS ALR !! she/her pronouns for me but idrc if you use they/them ajdbfjk

Apologies for the late response, I wanted to make some quick doodles for this at the least!!! It's so fascinating to me! A sidenote before I forget-- what do you think about rocket-propelled elytra flight? Would that be possible at all, or do we pretend canon isn't there for it? It's very silly to think of, but I don't think it'd be very safe, lol.

Here's a rough gif of how I think it might work! (emphasis on might). The 'elytra' (used to refer to the parasite in this sense) feels like a bug to me... like a palm-sized ladybug, sort of. Just the right size to fit on the small of your back pretty easily. Once you set it there, it'll like... pinch/hurt a bit as it sets in its initial veins & whatnot to connect to you, but it just chills there otherwise. I feel like for pre-fused elytras, trying to take one off would feel kinda like a tick? Gross, but hey

I also use "elytra" in the literal sense-- the hard, chitinous sheaths that cover bug wings-- here, so I could draw it in my head. I think that wouldn't be very comfortable to sit back on, to be honest, if you were in a high-backed chair or something. Anyways, like bug wings they'd unfold and the blood that goes through them would fill them up to full size like you said! It'd likely happen in a matter of seconds for long-time users, but take up to a couple minutes for first-timers.

I've also got a couple post-fusion drawings here, under the cut bc it's kinda veiny and a little gross, so if you're averted to that thing, look away!

Again, bonita drawing, but just to get it out of my head. The main "body" of the elytra would start to stretch down your back to get further up along your spine, where all the good veins are! Eventually, the body of it would be more vestigial than anything, because it no longer needs it to look for a host (do you think elytras in end cities would be able to wander freely before fusing to someone? Kinda funny to think of someone just getting like. hit in the face by a stray elytra buzzing around).

I do have this as bug in my head, because my brain loves making sense of things, so it's struggling to figure out how other wing types would work. I know it's magical, so whatever goes, but hmm... maybe the customization just comes after fusing, when the elytra doesn't need to expend the extra energy on needing to find a new host, and can instead divert it to making different, sturdier wings...?

I like the makeshift wing repair with lightweight metals or leather and whatnot, it'd be neat to explore that! Just like toothless :). Color & style customization, too! Do you think anybody gets wing jewelry or piercings just to show off? Like irl vultures with wing tags?

"(i wonder what you would do with them afterwards?? Whats to do with sliced human-sized wings? … wall decoration?? Could you cook and eat them maybe?)" -- I mean, if we're in a world with human-sized wings, there's most likely a market for them! I wouldn't be surprised if long-term elytra users were hunted for sport if they had a particularly unique wing type... Wall decoration, for sure, I think hunters would enjoy them! Also good for food in dire situations, as human meat is probably a lot more gamey than any other available source. Feathers or membranes would also be valued for use in repairing of other elytras, in clothing, ceremonial stuff, etc. Kinda neat!

Tell Sage I love her and her flying skills are unmatched. She's crashed before? Didn't see it. She rules

If any of this is coherent, congrats! If not, poke me so I can explain it! Most of my posts will be one long rant and not really read over again for mistakes or anything so godspeed, buddy! Overall I like your thoughts on the matter you rule!!!! Gives my brain more things to rotate :)

[fanficfish]

came on tumblr to find some funny fanart and history facts but i blew theough my feed so funky wrring ideas time!

here's a little hogwarts x hetalia idea i was working on to entertain myself the other day

So the premise was that, y'know how in HP there's dragons and a couple are Scandinavian? Norweigen Eidgeback, Sweedish Shoetsnout. And Denmark has a magical government. Finland the personification also probably has some magic because of the whole santa thing, and just becuase tou can't see norway's trolls doesn't mean you don't know Hp magic cuz even muggles can see that stuff. So let's assume countries could see HP magic, just not always do it themselves. And i would hope they know about their magical governmwnts except maybe America who is in denial. Actually maybe Germany doesn't know either but you canMt tell me the Nordics don't know about theirs, not when Norway is right there and Iceland literally has A TALKING BIRD and can probably dk magic if he wanted to and Sweden is up in the air (i like the headcanon he's very much in need of a new glasses prescription) but i want to say he does because finland + isn't durnatrang somewhere up there and potentially in Sweden? And Denmark, well he's besties with Norway sooooo

also you can't tell me they didn't know for 1000 years like c'mon. Older countries def know about magic and younger countries are like modern people, they don't believe it unless it's smack in their face. Can't tell me HTTYD came out of nowhere either and is based on VIKINGS-

anyways lets say this is set like 2000s after stuff dies down

so i had this little picture where the nordics got really bored and what did they do? Hey look, a dragon! Let's ride it!

iceland thinks it's a bad idea but nation power = animals galore so anyways now Norway and Swedenband suprirsingly Denmark are being menaces on dragons. Finland is filmin but soon joins Sweden on his Sweedish Shortsnout. Iceland will keep his feet on the ground thank you very much he does not like flying, when his whole thing is boats and water and fishing.

well before he knows it, the Nordics have a new paatime: professional dragon riding. And professional HTTYD-type fighting. Cuz wizards love old stuff like that.

they get a little popular to Iceland's annoyance

anyways at some point they end up at hogwarts and oh joy this is fine. Iceland just has to talk to each year, because five days = mornings + afternoons = ten slots for this little guest series and if they give years 1-7 one of those slots each and then some extra time for the COMC class and then pne more day for doing whatever like demos or stuff or in case of a delay, it works out peefectly! Iceland as the one not riding gets deemed "the lresenter" but its fine he leads tours of his home all the time anyways being in tourism buisness.

and anyways they're using Norway's usual ruse of "my name is Lukas Bondevik, heir of the Ancient House lf Bondevik" and Sweden pulls out his "my laat name is Oxenstierna" card whoch Denmark stares and gapes at. While sweden snickers, and Iceland just triesbto figure out s family tree to explain that one because seriously you guys one day the public will realize something's up idc if the both governments muggle and matic said it's fine-

anyways he always starts his spiel to the children with with "don't try this at home dragons are DANGEEROUS, yes rhe hirncolor is natural, and for the older ones "no i am taken i am not single" (he's refering to having a life partner in a bird as his one truest friend btw)

and iceland is just kinda done by the end lf it, cuz he's on the ground and the nordics are showing off more and more and finally on the laat day after telling everyone he doesnt fly for pwrsonal reaskns he loses it at Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland teasing him and oop now he's flying and the others are scrambling a little because it's Iceland that knows things the wizards want to know, and Denmark is trying to keep it together while Norway takes pics and Sweden is flying because kh gosh iceland gkt on NORWAY's dragon and Finland is laughing. Hogwarts is amazed the 17 year. Old can also fly but also omfg-

and that's as far as i got for now tbh

[losertriangles]

Everything I do, I do for her

A/N: I'm taking a quick break from Trollhunters as I'm starting to get burnt out with it, and don't want to get sick of it, so I watched Moana for the first time in 5 years and decided to make this.

Warnings: Angst, swearing, mentions of death, no gore, angst with no comfort

Word count: 2.6k

The night was dark and silent over the ocean. On a small canoe, Moana and Maui sat silently as they sailed over the sea.

Maui had taught Moana a great deal that day, and was exhausted, so he sat at the front of the boat while she steered, making sure to keep her under close supervision.

With little else to do, Moana began to look over his tattoos, which the moon illuminated on his back, as she steered.

She glances towards his shoulder, stopping at one particular tattoo that stood exactly where his heart was.

It was of a girl, standing in the ocean, the water going up to her knees as she holds a large bouquet of flowers in her hands. Her smile was wide, and she was obviously very happy, like this was her favorite place to be.

Moana stares at the tattoo curiously until Mini Maui notices her staring. He jumps over Maui's shoulder and waves with a smile.

Moana smiles faintly and waves back before gesturing to the tattoo curiously.

Mini Maui's smile immediately falls into a frown as he looks at the girl, not daring to approach her or interact with her, so she stayed exactly as she was.

"Which one are you looking at?" Maui's voice breaks through the silence.

Moana didn't answer, not wanting him to know she had been staring.

"You're terrible at hiding it, princess." Maui says, glancing back at her. "Which one?"

"The girl." Moana finally responds, her voice quiet. "On your back, where your heart is."

Maui sighs as he glances at his chest, where the exact same tattoo laid over the front of his heart, like it had bled through his body.

"Her name was Xenosa. She was the kindest mortal I've ever had the pleasure of meeting." He explains, his voice heavy, though he tried to hide it. "All of my achievements, everything I did, I gave to the humans. Keep the rep, you know. But everything I did, everything I do… I do it for her."

Mini Maui leans against his boulder with a sad look, letting out an inaudible sigh.

Silence ensued once again, save for the lapping of waves against the side of the boat.

It wasn't exactly tense, but the feeling in the air made Moana know he didn't want her to ask anymore questions. But, of course, she did anyways.

"Have you seen her? You know, since she took your heart?"

"No more questions." Maui says softly.

"But-"

"No. More. Questions." He repeats, looking at her with a warning glare.

She looks at him with a bit of surprise before glancing at Mini Maui. His fingers traced the boulder aimlessly as he stared at the girl with longing. There was so much emotion behind his eyes. Longing, admiration, love, sorrow.

The way Maui had said it… she remembers when she had pushed him to tell her about his backstory, how angry he had gotten, but it wasn't anywhere near the amount of rage she felt radiating off him right now.

"Okay." She says softly, finally dropping it and turning her attention back to the ocean.

Maui sighs softly, glancing at the tattoo one last time, touching it gently with his hand before turning back to the water.

"Eek! Maui!"

Maui laughs as he looks at the now drenched woman in front of him, spitting the sea water from her mouth as she walks onto the beach.

"You jerk!" The woman says, shoving him.

Not that it did much besides make him laugh more.

"Oh lighten up, water lily." He says, ruffling her wet hair.

The woman huffs angrily, glaring up at him before storming off.

"Whoa, whoa!" He says, quickly stopping her.

She glares up at him, water still dripping from her hair and clothes.

"Okay. You're right. That was really insensitive of me to just toss you into the ocean like that." He says. "I'm sorry."

The woman's gaze softens as she looks up at him before she sighs.

"It's alright. I can't stay mad at you, you knucklehead." She says softly, hugging him around his midsection resting her head on his chest.

He smiles slightly as he wraps his arms around her.

He chuckles slightly as he squeezes her.

"I could squish you so easily." He comments.

"I could kick your ass so easily and you know it." She says, making them both laugh.

"You moron." The woman says as she sits with Maui on a rock, his foot resting on her lap as she picks out coconut fibers from his heel.

"Hey! It's not my fault!" Maui says defensively, yelping as she pulls out another fiber. "Your favorite Hibiscus flowers were on the other side of that clearing. They were practically begging to be picked! How was I supposed to know that that clearing was home to an active minefield of exploded coconuts? Yipe!"

The woman gives him an unamused look as she pulls out another shard.

"While I appreciate the gesture, you're still a knucklehead." She says, making him chuckle.

"Aw, come on. You know you love me." He says, leaning close to her.

"Please. The last thing you need right now is to have your ego stroked." She says.

"I can think of something else that needs to be stroked." He says, his smirk growing.

She stares at him for a moment with an unamused expression before standing up, making his foot fall off of her as she begins to walk away.

"Hey! Where are you going!" He calls. "My foot still needs tending!"

"Bandage it yourself!" She shouts.

"You took the bandages!" He says.

He grunts as a roll of bandages suddenly smacks him between the eyes before falling onto the ground.

"Aw, come on! I was kidding!" He says.

She shakes her head as she walks back.

"So inconsiderate. I'm sitting here, in the hot sun, tending to your wounds that you got from your own stupidity, and you don't even say thank you!" She says dramatically, a playful smile on her lips.

"Ya know, you're right. That was really rude of me." He agrees, the same smile on his lips. "If only I had thought of some way to say thank you." He continue, reaching behind his back.

She jumps slightly as he pulls out a bouquet of purple and yellow Hibiscus flowers, all tied together with a string made of bark fibers.

She smiles slightly as she takes the bouquet, looking down a them before smelling them.

"They're beautiful." She says softly, sitting beside him again. "Thank you."

"Anything for you, Buttercup." He says, gently pressing his forehead against hers as they both close their eyes.

"Okay, give me your foot." She says, setting the flowers aside as she goes back to mending his foot.

The woman pants heavily as she and Maui hide inside of a small cave of a small island.

The woman was covered with relatively small cuts, but still looked banged up nonetheless.

"It won't be long until the Kakamora surround the island." Maui pants, looking around the entrance of the cave and surrounding forest.

"What do we do?" She asks, looking up at him.

Maui grabs his chin in thought before smiling.

"Wait here." He says.

"What? Where are you going? Maui!" The woman shouts in a whisper as Maui walks into the forest.

She sighs as he disappears into the vegetation, laying against the wall of the cave.

The minutes ticked by slowly, and eventually, the woman grew bored of sitting and doing nothing, so now, she was pacing the length of the cave, trying to keep her mind occupied

"Guess who." A voice says as a pair of hands go over her eyes.

"By the Gods, Maui!" The woman exclaims, turning to face Maui, who was covered head to toe in a red liquid, that smelled like sweet berries, that made intricate designs on his skin.

"What are you covered in?"

"The solution to our problem." Maui smiles. "The Kakamora aren't very smart. So, we'll disguise ourselves as them!"

"Are you insane?! Would that even work?!" The woman asks. "And what berries are those? Did you take the time to see if they're poisonous?"

Maui hesitates slightly before looking down at his body. He then shakes his head slightly.

"There wasn't time. Look, it'll be fine. Now let's get you dressed up." He says.

He sits in front of the woman as he dips his fingers into a bowl full of the red juice of the berries, gently drawing on her lips, face, collarbone and stomach.

As he continues, she begins to squirm, making him huff in annoyance.

"Quite moving, or I'm going to have to start over." He says.

"You know I have a hard time sitting still." She mumbles.

"Yeah, yeah, I know."

"It would be quicker if you let me do it myself."

"The Kakamora have very intricate designs. I've spent my entire life fighting these murderous little pirates, and have every detail memorized. If you do it, they will recognize you." He says.

She huffs again as she sits still, allowing him to continue.

After a few more minutes, she looks at him with a slight smile.

"You know, in some cultures, painting on each other's bodies is a sign of marriage." She says.

Maui stops for a moment to look at her with a smirk.

"You tryna say something, Buttercup?" He asks.

She shrugs innocently, a dorky smile growing on her lips.

"Okay, okay, slow yourself." Maui chuckles, painting on her again. "Maybe, if we survive this, we can talk about marriage."

She sticks her tongue out slightly before giggling as he paints her arms.

Maui walks up behind the woman, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind as he buries his reddened face in her neck.

"Maui?" The woman asks, looking down at him. "Are you okay?"

"Better now that I'm with you." Maui says with a large, dorky smile on his face.

"Oh by the Gods, Maui, are you drunk?" The woman asks, smiling faintly.

Mini Maui nods his head as he looks at Maui with an unamused expression.

"Ua haʻi aku au iā ʻoe i ka nani o kou mau maka?" Maui asks. (Translation: Have I ever told you how beautiful your eyes are?)

"What?" The woman asks, looking at him.

He chuckles as he presses his forehead against her shoulder, kissing her shoulder blade gently.

"Ke hoʻomanaʻo mai nei kou mau maka iaʻu i ka mālamalama o ka lā i loko o ke aniani whiskey. ʻOi aku ka nani ma mua o nā mea a pau e ʻike ʻia." He continues. (Translation: Your eyes remind me of sunlight shining through a glass of whiskey. More beautiful than all that can be seen.)

"I can't understand what you're saying, asshole!" The woman giggles.

"I fucking love you, you moron!" Maui says irritably, making her laugh.

"I love you too, you dork." She says, kissing the top of his head. "Now, let's get you to bed before you collapse on top of me again and trap me." She says, leading him towards their boat.

"I'm sorry… There's nothing we can do…" The village healer says softly, sorrow and sympathy heavy in his eyes.

"No… No! There-There has to be something!" Maui shouts, a fearful expression on his face.

"Maui, her fever has gotten too high. She's too far gone. I'm afraid she only has a few more minutes to…"

"No! Don't say it! I won't allow it! I can't allow it! I-I-I'll hunt down a cure. I'll pray to the gods! I'll-"

"Maui!" The healer says firmly, making the frantic demigod look at him. "There isn't time." He says, both firmly and sadly.

Maui looks at him before falling onto his knees, covering his eyes with his hand as he let's out a silent sob that shakes his body.

The healer kneels beside him, gently rubbing his back. Mini Maui hugs his arm to the best of his ability, his own eyes filled with sorrow and regret.

"You know she's going to want you with her when it happens." He whispers.

Maui looks at him before nodding, wiping his eyes and standing up.

He walks towards the back of the hut, where two guards pull back the curtains for him.

He stops in the doorway as his heart drops into his stomach at the sight in front of him.

The woman laid on a cot, a blanket draped over her body.

Her face was mostly flushed of color, except a bright red blush covering her cheeks. Her breathing was shallow and irregular, her eyes shut loosely.

As soon as the light reaches her, she slowly opens her eyes and turns her head towards Maui, smiling weakly.

"Hey there, knucklehead." She whispers, her voice weak and barely useable.

Tears began to fill Maui's eyes, but he put on a tough face as he walks into the room completely, the curtains falling behind him.

"Hey, Buttercup." He whispers.

He slowly walks up to her and sits beside her, brushing a strand of hair from her face.

She smiles slightly as she lets out a half hearted chuckle as she stares up at the ceiling.

"I'm not leaving this hut, am I?" She whispers.

Maui closes his eyes for a moment, trying to keep his tears from spilling.

He takes a slow, deep breath in before whispering, "No…" in a shaky voice.

"So much for getting married, huh?" She asks softly, turning back to him.

He smiles faintly as he takes her hand.

"It's not too late, you know." He whispers.

"What do you mean?" She asks.

He looks down at her for a moment before climbing onto one knee, still holding her hand.

"Maui, what are you-"

"Xenosa, will you marry me?" He asks in a soft voice.

She smiles faintly as a few tears begin to trickle down her cheeks.

"Yes, of course." She whispers.

He smiles slightly at her before leaning down and pressing his lips against hers in a slow, passionate kiss.

She releases his hand to cup his cheek as she kisses him back.

After a moment, her hand suddenly falls from his face and lands limply at her side as her whole body goes slack.

Maui slowly pulls away from her, noticing her eyes were still closed.

"Buttercup?" He asks softly, clutching her hand tightly as he cups her cheek.

He clenches his jaw when she doesn't respond, the final bit of color draining from her face.

"Xenosa?" He asks again.

He gently presses his forehead against hers with closed eyes as tears begin to slip past his eyelids, dripping onto her cheeks.

He lets out a shaky sigh as he holds her body close, his own shaking as he takes in the last little bit of heat she would ever give him.

"Xenosa!" Maui gasps as he shoots up from the deck of the boat, looking around in a panic.

He looks towards Moana, who had fallen asleep on the other end of the dock, and was still sleeping peacefully.

He looks around realizing she had anchored the canoe to sleep. They weren't sailing towards Te Fiti, or anywhere.

The stars still glistened above, telling him it was still late at night.

He had fallen asleep… it had all been a dream. A nightmare, of both the best and worst moments of his life.

He sighs heavily as he looks at his tattoo of Xenosa, which had formed mere moments after Xenosa had passed. Mini Maui looks at it sadly as well before glancing up at Maui.

"Oh, the gods hate me." He whispers, laying back down, trying to ignore the stinging of his tears.

[aldoodles]

Guilty conscience

[oseytorvan]

Okay… I have something to say.

Fans of Tuffnut were shocked that in the third part he left his sister in a burning Grimmel shelter. They say that this scene is disgusting because it is not at all in the nature of a Ruffnut.

 I agree that the act is just a nightmare. But the fact is that…

  It's in his nature.

  I see hundreds of arguments from the rtte series being born in your heads, which it is impossible to argue with, but please let me explain everything. 

We all watched the same show, and we know that almost always the Tuffnut behaved, if not as an exemplary, then as an unambiguously loving older brother: he saved the Ruffnut's life and defended her honor, was ready to do anything for her. Naturally, when you think about all the cool moments between the twins, you can't help but start to resent how much the last movie didn't match that. But in fact, it wasn't the third part that didn't correspond to the show, and the series didn't correspond to the third part. 

Believe me, I also don't like all these conversations in the style of "rtte is not canon". I LOVE rtte, I LOVE the way the Tuffnut, Ruffnut and other racers were portrayed in this series. But we have to take into account the fact that Dean Deblois did not rely on the show when he created the third part. No matter how wonderful rtte was, not all HTTYD fans watched it, so there can be no question of any references to it (except the most veiled ones). 

Yes, the behavior of the Tuffnut in the third part did not correspond to the show, but it corresponded to the two previous films – the very basis of his personality: 

In the second part, Tuffnut never tried to save Ruffnut: neither when Eret shot her with a net, nor when Ruffnut accidentally slipped off the dragon (in the end, she was saved by Snotlout and Fishlegs). In the first part, the Tuffnut ran through it at all to escape from the Zippleback. 

And yet, this does not mean that Tuffnut is bad. It's just that we have to swallow this bitter pill that he has his flaws. Along with Hiccup's stubbornness, Astrid's arrogance and Snotlout's sycophancy.

[limesandcoconuts]

i also just think in general, i like bittersweet endings bc they feel more realistic. i think its a risk dreamworks took but also it wasnt some half assed way to round up the trilogy, at least they were trying to reference the books yk they didnt just pull it out of their asses.

each to their own on httyd 3, but having hiccup say goodbye to toothless i think is a nice way of teaching kids about letting go, good things come to an end but it doesnt mean it wasnt worth it and all that jazz which i think is nice.

is httyd 3 the weakest of the three ? yeah. is the light fury og design better ? yes. is it still a good movie and an amazing trilogy ? also yes.

I've been finally having feelings about Hidden World and people think that it was unnecessary and im just like?? R u insane?

Look, we all know the villain like kind of sucked and we enjoyed the rtte ones more but that isn't the point

The point is toothless is rhe alpha now, which means more attention from dragons but also hunters

And the point is Berk is one of the only peaceful islands among a MASS of hunters which means Berk is constantly having to fight and free dragons

This is an endless cycle

If you look at the ARMADA that came for Toothless and the light fury at the end of the film its HUGE MASSIVE bigger than any other we've ever seen

And sure they could fight but that means an all out war with more dragons and people dying, something hiccup would never want or allow

So it was best they went away to a safe secret place that they could only visit occasionally so as not to give it away

HOWEVER the holiday special irks me because those people love dragons and would have told so many stories of friendship and love that there's absolutely no reason for zephyr or nuffink to be afraid of dragons

[bigbrightmama]

(Edit, gave her freckles!)

(Edit edit, her nickname is now granny radiance! Or just radiance)

Sorry if this looks really weird, not the best at art, and please forgive any spelling and punctuation errors, not very good with that either, doesn’t help I’m on mobile and got fat thumbs haha.

Name: Necrozma, formerly- blinding/radiant one

Age: unsure, but it’s somewhere in the billions

Pronouns: mostly she/her

Height: can get as big as 33ft, or as small as 8ft

Weight: unsure about this as well, but does seem to be a little on the heavy side

Status: estranged, but still deeply in love

Captured statues: yes, captured in a luxury ball

Extra: chest plate in actually made of gold scales and is bendable, so she can walk on all fours. Is much better with modern language and technology than most other legendarys. Is a foodie and loves to eat all types of foods, including extremely spicy ones and sometimes even things that aren’t food. Has the mouth of a sailor and is constantly dropping the f bomb. Has retractable teeth (think toothless from httyd), when she has them out, her bottom canines stick out her mouth. Will either refer to herself as “young” or “old” there is no in between.

Relationships-

Selene: “I will be honest and say, I hated that girl when we first met, couldn’t believe that someone so small and weak could think they had any chance against me. Welp, it took her a long while, but she ended up kicking my ass and giving me a home, so she’s not too bad, just don’t get why she insists on putting stickers on me and brushing my scales, and no, I don’t secretly like it, not at all!” -⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Ultra beast: look at these absolute morons, stupidest creatures I’ve ever met and I absolutely love them for that, and for the fact they do what ever I say, and I didn’t even have to threaten them!”-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

island guardians/tapu’s- nope, absolutely not, get these things away from me, yuck-❌

Silvally- didn’t like the fact you were made to beat my idiots, but, you’re actually sorta cool to hang out with, just don’t get why you’re face is always red when I’m around”-⭐️

Solgaleo: “mufasa!? Just kidding, would never disrespect the king like that!, mufasa has already been through enough”-❌

Lunala- “… I can tolerate you, for her sake”-⭐️

Marshadow- “so… how long have you known?”-⭐️❤️

???- “I’m sorry, so sorry I wasn’t there, if I’d known, I would have saved you”-❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[vilmublue]

So I was today years old when I found out that there’s lesbian rainbow dragons in a special of Rescue Riders: the How to Train your Dragon spin-off for notably younger kids (in which the dragons talk because the kid protagonists were raised by a dragon and thus understand dragon speech...though it's also probably a nod to the original HTTYD books where the dragons talk.)

So there’s this dragon species called Songwing which are colorful dragons with beautiful voices. Their song has a relaxing and hypnotic effect on other dragons and they use it for self-defense if threatened (the more mature Race to the Edge series included a little similar dragon called Death Song, but that one eats the dragons it attracts.) The Songwings always live in pairs they themselves refer to as “song mates.”

So one Songwing named Melodia acts as an antagonist in the story by hypnotizing dragons to stay with her and act as her friends and singing companions, kind of like some weird chill singing cult. But it’s revealed that she has lost her song mate and was hypnotizing everyone, because her species really can't stand loneliness. And then the protagonists help her to call for her mate and she hears their voices and the lesbian dragons are reunited and there’s a happy ending. Cute.

I really like antagonist(ic) characters with hypnotic powers, and it's a good way to create urgency in a show for young kids as it doesn't need to get violent. I also think Melodia makes an interesting antagonist, because her species appears to be naturally pacifistic (they normally only use their power for self-defense, even though they could rule other dragons if they wanted to) and while she isn't a vegetarian as far as I know her more flat-looking teeth and bill-like mouth give her a more harmless look.

And yes, the blue male dragon is voiced by Zach Callison.

[blazingstar29]

Hey 👀 I made that art you just reblogged, and yes, it is a httyd reference! I had drawn the sky first and was tossing up between drawing the tomcats or toothless, I ended up choosing the tomcats for icemav but kept the httyd theme with the romantic flight vibe :) <3

ahh that is so so so cool!!! it's literally the art result of if 13 year old me and current me came together haha

the art in question or anyone wondering!

[to-be-frank-i-dont-care]

thanks for the tag m'dear! :)

How many works do you have on AO3? 54

What's your total AO3 word count? 273,270 (somehow)

Your top 5 stories by kudos/likes:

the faces left behind (LU)

Marinette Has Cookies (Of Course Chat Showed Up) (MLB) OK BUT I LOWKEY HATE THIS ONE NOW AND THE TITLE IS SO STUPID WHY

Just Allergies? (HTTYD)

Juli's Tree (Flipped)

inkstains (School Bus Graveyard)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Yes I do, comments are probably my favorite part of writing fanfiction! However I am SEVERELY behind in replying, with longer comments I have to really think about my response so sometimes I forget to reply for...months 😅 (I currently have 100 comments in my inbox that I haven't replied to yet, if that says anything LOL) I absolutely love them all though and read them all, it just takes me years to respond heh

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending? we were always meant to say goodbye (Twilight Princess) is 1000% the saddest one I've ever written lol.

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending? probably Letters (another Twilight Princess fic lol, I've written several for it) but a lot of my fics tend to end happily so there could be others that are happier? idk

Do you write crossovers? unless LU counts then no, I haven't yet. I do have an idea for one but I'm not sure if I'll ever do anything with it

Have you ever received hate on a fic? well... 2 years ago there was an incident in which I worded something in a way that offended people (yes, I could have worded it much better, but I was a minor and the topic I was referring to was deeply uncomfortable because it involved minors, so I was harsh about how I said that the fic was not related to that topic, I guess). anyway I got a few comments by people who were upset by what I said and someone even made a post about it here on tumblr that also got a lot of negative comments, and I got reported at least twice and sent a warning by Ao3 (the fic also got locked for a while and I ended up just deleting it to spare further incidents, because I did not feel like apologizing for what I said since in my opinion it was justified). If anyone is curious about the details send me an ask or dm and I'll tell you about it privately, I don't really want to talk about it publicly though because I know there are probably people who would still get mad at me for it, so 😅 (even though the topic was, like I said, something deeply uncomfortable and gross which is why I was so adamant about stating that my fic was NOT part of it)

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? No! :)

Have you ever had a fic stolen? not that I'm aware of but I guess it's always a possibility lol

Have you ever had a fic translated? nope!

Have you ever co-written a fic before? technically part of one, but never one that's been published :) (I'd love to though)

What's your all-time favorite ship? JOANDEAVOUR JOANDEAVOUR DID I MENTION JOANDEAVOUR-- *ahem* anyway. joandeavour my beloved, I have a lot planned for them <3

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will? there's a few I don't want to finish anymore, but like softboiledwonderland said, I hope to finish all the ones I want to finish someday :)

What are your writing strengths? dude I have no idea?? this is a question I struggle with lol. maybe descriptions and atmosphere? idk

What are your writing weaknesses? motivation is a big one, I've sat down so many times intending to finish writing a chapter and then I'll spend four hours on tumblr or youtube and lose all my motivation. another is starting things and never finishing them, the "longest" finished fic I've written was a measly six chapters and 8,729 words (and I've written oneshots way longer than that 😅). I'm hoping to change that with my fic the faces left behind, it's currently at 18 chapters and 67,287 words, and I have all the final chapters planned out so I just gotta write them!

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? I think it's okay, like a few words or so, just so long as it's not half the fic with no translation, I suppose. I mean, it's easy enough to copy and paste but (not to sound pretentious or mean, sorry) if the fic says it's written in one language and then you find out that a lot of it is in another that just...doesn't make sense to me?

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to? ooo dang hm. see, the thing about me is that when I like something I'll typically write fanfic for it, but oftentimes I just won't finish said fanfic, so it never gets published. So most of the fandoms I "haven't written for" are actually ones I have written for, I just haven't published for them yet, if that makes sense 😅 a few I can think of like this are Newsies, Hunger Games, Pirates of the Caribbean, Artful Dodger, and OTGW. I have drafts of fics for all of those, but idk if I'll ever go through with them lol. (dang how many times have I said "lol" and "idk" this post 💀)

What's your favorite fic you've written? probably the faces left behind, the community has been wonderful and super supportive and I've had so much fun writing it (and it's helped me get through some stuff) so yeah :)

tagging: @blueberryrock @hero-of-courage @ anyone!

Fanfic writer interview

Thank you dear @sotwk for the tag, this was so much fun <3

(I have unfortunately lost most of my previous Tumblr mentions so if anyone's tagged me in something and I haven't done it, I'm sorry - I love getting tagged I'm just very slow!)

How many works do you have on AO3? 29

What's your total AO3 word count? 108,178

Your top 5 stories by kudos/likes:

Let Love Conquer Your Mind (Broadchurch)

Chocolate Cake (Downton Abbey)

Rocket Science (Stranger Things)

Castles (Stranger Things)

Puzzles (Resident Alien)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? Yes! It's lovely to talk to people who enjoyed something I wrote <3

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending? Voices at the Door (Endeavour), though I still consider that a happy ending.

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending? Most of them have a very happy ending but I want to mention Mirror (Endeavour), since it gave a happy ending to two characters who didn't really get one in canon.

Do you write crossovers? I've written a The Librarians fic featuring a character from Terry Pratchett's Discworld and an Endeavour at Hogwarts fic, but they're not posted anywhere. Oh and an Endeavour in Discworld drabble.

Have you ever received hate on a fic? Thankfully no!

Do you write smut? If so, what kind? Nope!

Have you ever had a fic stolen? Sort of. It's made me wonder whether I should even post things I care a lot about. Still don't really have an answer to that, so until I do guess I'll keep posting them.

Have you ever had a fic translated? This will probably sound super weird but as a translator IRL I would absolutely hate this lol! I have been asked before and I hope I managed to refuse in a kind way, it was so lovely to be asked. But just no, especially in this age of AI.

Have you ever co-written a fic before? Nope!

What's your all-time favorite ship? Really have no idea, I've never been that much of a shipper. One of my oldest ships is Usagi/Mamoru from Sailor Moon though <3

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will? All the ones I want to finish I still hope to finish someday.

What are your writing strengths? Dialogue and characterization and emotion and vividness and relationships. (Wow does that sound confident lol, don't know how true it is but that's what I enjoy when I read my stuff)

What are your writing weaknesses? I get hung up on parts that don't work or try very hard to fix them instead of just deleting them or changing them up completely (slowly learning to do this). I'm not too good with tenses and prepositions and sometimes I mix up words and use language in a weird way. Sometimes I'm lazy. Not good at including the boring but necessary stuff and making it not boring so I probably leave too much out and things get confusing.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? Very subjective answer but I only like it if it's languages I at least somewhat know because then it's like a puzzle for me to figure out what is said. I probably wouldn't do it in my own fics.

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to? Would love to write something for Gilmore Girls!

What's your favorite fic you've written? Gifts of the Water (Lord of the Rings) is very special to me.

Tagging @dangerously-human @astridcontramundum @to-be-frank-i-dont-care @konartiste in case you feel like doing this <3