#book!Fishlegs

[dragon-wolfie]

Doomsday day 4 - Safety

I love the Deadly Shadow so much, I should draw them more

[campichor]

pov you just insulted the king of the wilderwest

[common-or-garden-blog]

One of the many great things in the HTTYD books is the existence of Fishlegs. Most of the boys are big, rough-and-tumble tough guys raised in a warrior society and you probably wouldn't meet many like them in real life. And of course there's Hiccup, maybe not someone of your usual Viking mold but he's a polyglot and a great sword fighter who is really great in a crisis, so he's exceptionally talented in ways you probably also don't encounter IRL.

But Fishlegs breaks the genre. He was born to be a band and choir nerd but he was born more than a millenia too soon. And so we see his suffering as a typical nerdy kid tries to survive Viking society. With modern medicine his asthma, knock knees, poor vision, etc. could be corrected and he could fit in with most of his peers and find a nerdy friend group, but since he's a viking, he's just painfully inadequate.

It's fortunate that he and Hiccup build a better society where not only the strong can belong.

[7greentears]

The gang.

[selkie-tea]

GUESS WHAT JUST ARRIVED IN THE MAIL!!!???!!!!!

I will soon post when these will be available in my shop so stay tuned 👀

[siyi-draws]

It's finally his birthday again :))

[aldoodles]

“‘He’s been hit…He’s been hit…’ Hiccup heard a shaking Fishlegs say as he helped Hiccup down from the Deadly Shadow’s back, and because Hiccup was nearly fainting it sounded like Fishlegs was talking from a long distance away.”

[asterthought]

THE JEWEL

THE LOBSTER CLAW

ALVIN IS FISHLEG'S FATHER?!

[midnightcoffes]

first book doodles bc i laughed at these moments

"DEATH OR GLORY!" yelled Gobber.

"DEATH OR GLORY!" yelled eight boys back at him fanatically.

Death, thought Hiccup and Fishlegs, sadly.

"HEROES OR EXILE!" yelled Gobber the Belch.

"HEROES OR EXILE!" yelled eight boys fanatically back at him.

Exile, thought Hiccup and Fishlegs sadly.

[moumouart]

ms paint shenanigans ;P

[its-raining-tonight]

A small doodle I made of the precious sillies, they are the best friends ever and I would die for them

[junkydoodle]

I'm obsessed with HTTYD in case you never knew,,

[thewolfwarriors]

Chapter 2 is coming up!

Have a fishlegs until then

I really love this face

[common-or-garden-blog]

As a kid, I appreciated the lack of romance between the kids in the HTTYD books. Now that I am an adult, I enjoy romance, but between the ages of 9 and 13 when I first read the books (and about the age of the characters) I still thought love was gross and books with romance between kids was weird. Why did kids have crushes on each other? In my eyes, boys were just my friends, I didn't understand why anyone would want to date at that age. I wasn't allowed to date until I turned 18. Now, I actually did like the romance stories in the HTTYD books but they were about adults, and it seemed appropriate for adults to have romance. (Valhallarama, Stoick, and Humungous) I found those stories interesting!

When I finished the books, I actually did sort of ship Hiccup and Cami. Because it wasn't forced, and because I was older and more receptive to love stories. Because they were older, too.

But when I started high school, something woke within me. I felt like Fishlegs looking at Tantrum for the first time. I started to be attracted to the boys around me. Now, at 19, I would welcome a relationship. I'm glad I wasn't allowed to date until I was 18 because I didn't have the maturity to understand what romantic love was at the point. I haven't yet dated anyone, and I'm glad. I didn't make any mistakes that I regret.

Other books and movies about children with romance inserted in them have always seemed strange. A lot of these kids haven't finished puberty yet, who cares if he has a nice voice, it's going to change. Kid me really liked HTTYD because of its lack of romance, because romance is the cooties. Let kids be kids.

[misterrttegrimborn]

The Oh Hellos - Soldier, Poet, King

(my edit)

[selkie-tea]

Wake up babes! New interest check just dropped! 👀

Trying to see if there’s enough interest in these designs to order some Fishboys and Tiny Burglars to go along with my restock of Hiccups! The Camicazi charm would be the same size (2.5”) but the Fishlegs one I might make 3” because the design is taller and I would want him to be in proportion with the rest of the trio. All of them would be the same price as the Hiccup charms in the first run, $16 CAD (not including shipping of course)