#d:tnr

[crxwnedalex]

The Tom Cycle

Resisting the urge to rename Tom Kullersen to Tommy 'Innit-Craft' 'cause they're literally the same person. Like the writers just took a british person and made them the american main character.

Like i WISH i was joking bruv.

[hrshlandfunkypics]

Dragons : The Nine Realms is funny as shit for having a scene where the main guy (who's Hiccups descendant) is having a "omg I failed my ancestors" moment and his girl is like "you're not just from Hiccups. So maybe you're not Hiccups, you're Astrid"

So yeah the guy isn't a guy anymore for me. Trans girl assigned by girlfriend.

[zoomzooml]

Concept doodles of The Nine Realms dragons because I fell into spiral with those lmao. I have no idea what to do with Feather so I'm ruling her out for now lmao.

I feel that one of the main problems with D:TNR is that this original dragons are done in one style, dragons from previous series are done in another style and dragons from yet another (Bubblehorn is from some series for really young kids from what I know) are done in yet another style and the creators lump it all together.

And the fact that I'm not fond of The Nine Realms artstyle at all is a private opinion. Mine doesn't rally fit HTTYD universe either but I think it's not hard to translate these design so I hope it works anyway lol

Most important text from pics under the cut:

WU 'N' WEI

I feel like two heads don't work for that dragon but I tried to roll with that.

I give them spinosaurous-like snouts bcuz I wanted to keep it round but non-deformed lookin' (lmao).

Catfish-like whiskers on both jaws and in front of eyes.

Knee bends forwards now (why do they bend backwards in canon design??? I don't understand)

More Zippleback-like legs and body.

I hate their colors and tried to improve it but my brain can't do colors either ಥ_ಥ I feel like it all crashes together...

Personal note: I don't like designs of animals who have colors 50/50 at all but I want them to be recognizable. Color pattern like this feel super unnatural unless it's mutation. Like those birds or butterflies who are half male, half female. It's also my personal headcanon for these two lol

I don't like pattern of their wings bit idk what to give them. I just don't want wings to be solid but different than body color, it just looks kinda awkward??

PLOWHORN

In my opinion, because only her wings are covered in armor they look out of place. Rumblehorns' armor looked more conected to it, because head also looked hard/armored. So I tried to connect her armor to her body a bit more

Horn is no longer made of crystal.

She doesn't grow crystals. Crystals grow on her because of her natural habitat

I give her a bit smaller head

Details of her unique wings. They are still made of skin and bones but folds in more bug-like style

BUBBLEHORN

Bodytype similiar to Terrible Terrors, maybe a bit shorter.

Horns like those of Deadly Nadder.

Eyes like parrots'. Idk why lol

Spikes and scales on legs and tail similiar to those of Night Fury

[goldenrdkin]

Rewriting D:TNR

Okay, before I start... I love this entire franchise. And not just because I’m HTTYD-sourced, I genuinely love all of it, ever since I was little and watching the first movie. It has been a joy to be apart of HTTYD, even as a fan and fictionkin.

Now... saying this, I have grown a horrible distaste towards The Nine Realms. It feels... so offensive to hardcore fans like myself. The story makes no sense, the character designs are just... 🤢... and so far, the plot hasn’t gone ANYWHERE. It’s so obviously a cash-grab, I’m surprised Dreamworks didn’t just come out and say “hey, we want your money. Give it.” (Side-note: I’m not referring to the people who actually worked on the show. Animators, designers, VAs, etc... they aren’t to blame, they tried their damn hardest. It’s the higher ups we should be mad at, the ones calling the shots.)

So, in honor of the burning pit of vengeance in my heart, I’m rewriting The Nine Realms. You heard me. I’m going to rewrite it and just TRY to heal myself from the torture and trauma this series has brought me.

Just for a sneak peak, here’s what I’ve written for Tom so far (yes, I’ll be redrawing them too, I haven’t gotten to it just yet!).

(I’ll leave a text-only version below the “Read more”) Any details are still subject to change, but I want to keep this as... “authentic” as possible. While I hate The Nine Realms we have now, I want to make a version that doesn’t suck as much while still being recognizable. 

But for now, this is gonna be a long road. Hopefully I don’t get burnt out right after this... I’ll be sure to keep y’all thoroughly updated (if I remember, heh-).

-- TEXT-ONLY VERSION --

Tom Kullersen Nicknames: Tommy Gender: Male (he/him) Age: 14 Ethnicity: European Relations: Olivia Kullersen (mother)

His Dragon: Thunder Interests: Animals Personality: Reckless, impulsive

Backstory Tom was raised alone by his mother, after his unnamed father left them without return. He has no recollection of his father, and he doesn’t care to see him. His mother was (and still is) a world renowned geologist, and struggled to stay actively involved in Tom’s life. At a young age, Tom was fascinated with animals, even finding himself crawling into a polar bear exhibit which he’s still reminded of to this day.

Knowing his passion for wildlife, Olivia brought Tom with her to Project Icarus in hopes of indulging and developing his passion into a career. Here, he will meet his future team and friends — D’Angelo, Alexandra, and Jun — while (unexpectedly) uncovering the biggest discovery in zoology right below Project Icarus.

[harley-style]

how should I feel about a new httyd series, a thread:

im still very salty about the conclusion of The Hidden World

but since it’s a series I’m very hopeful

WHY IS IT MODERN? I’m not complaining but WHAT

“nine realms” oh, norse mythology pog?

this dragon has a beer belly

isnt this toothless’ kid? HOW MANY YEARS HAVE PASSED?!?!?!?!?!

if we dont get a scene recalling hictooth dynamics i will cry

if we dont get a berk mention i WILL bawl my fucking eyes out

new kid has undercut. i approve.

DECEMBER 23 MOTHERFUCKERS

it’s out on hulu and peacock both of which i cant access because country borders are stupid and i hate them 

i dont have a vpn FUCK

genuinely want to watch this but am feeling wary over THW

still really not over that btw

[digimonandpokemon]

Hiccup would have loved Tom

[flowers-for-flamingos]

As I Promised: Dragons: the nine realms review

Episode 1: First Flight Part 1

Let me get over the big hills here before diving into the actual show.

1. The animation is kinda so so, I’ll admit but so has every single Dragons show based on this franchise ever. You guys remember Riders and Defenders right? Bushy eyebrow Hiccup still haunts my dreams sometimes.

Now some of you might be thinking about Trollhunters and the absolutely gorgeous animation for that show and movie, but this isn’t Trollhunters. It hasn’t taken almost a decade to create. I will assume that as the show progresses so does the animation (and you get used to it as you watch) and this will probably be the only time I bring it up (as an future animation artist it hurts me but can’t really do anything for it)

2. I have watched all the episodes already, so this isn’t an episode by episode blind react to the introduction of these knew characters, but I will do my best to tell you what I first thought of them and my opinion on them as we continue to get more info about them. I will tell you right now I like all of them, even if my first impression of them started out a bit rocky. There will be spoilers for the whole season in these reviews, so if you want to watch it for yourself before coming back go ahead.

So without further ado let’s begin...

So the very first thing we see in this whole show is what appears to be Hiccup’s sketch book. There’s the nightfury emblem on the cover and other sketches of each of the dragons. I’m hoping that someone has Hiccups sketches and notes as well as the Book or Dragons somewhere and hopefully the new gang get a chance to use it for guidance.

Okay, I kind of like the character design for Tom, he looks like what a descendent of Hiccup and Astrid would look like and his mom looks like Heather and Ruffnut mixed together. I’ve seen a lot of people complain that Tom is boring and bland as a main character and in some instances, yeah I can see it. But I don’t think he’s overall bland. He’s a kid that loves adventure and exploring, but also understands that, unfortunately, discovery and exploration have price tags. There are people who don’t care about what you find or how important it is pulling the strings up top. He has leadership in his veins and it’s apparent from very early on how loyal and protective of his group he is. My only complaint when is comes to blandness is his name...Tom? Why the most generic name in all of History?

From what little of a first interaction we get with Tom and his mom they seem to have a really sweet relationship (reminds me of Jim and Barbra) I’m really liking the whole single mom and loving son who don’t care about and don’t need the deadbeat father.

So, the design of the whole “Project Icarus” really put a bad taste in my mouth and, honestly, still kind of does. The building that Tom and Olivia are flying toward screams “we’re going to make a plastic look alike and sell it” Not a fan, but the fissure looks cool and I saw a little sparky sparky (Thunder) as they were flying over.

Edna Mode? I didn’t know you would show up?

In all seriousness I kind of dislike Director Wong. Her design is really good and I genuinely like it, but I dislike her character. The way she treats Tom as if he can’t keep his fingers off of important things (he can’t but that’s besides the point) and her daughter, Jun, as if her hobbies and interests are stupid and have no value. I feel like she has the potential to be a sort of obstacle for this new gang in later seasons.

I love her! It’s like Astrid’s and Claire Nunez’s personality were scrambled together. And, yes, it is kind of obvious that her and Tom are going to be the new Hicstrid, but I mean how can you not ship them immediately?

Go ahead and hate me but I have a soft spot for the recurring trope of “every time I want to spend time with you/tell you something important you get called away”

He’s adorable! It’s Snotlout but if his father genuinely loved him and encouraged him (but that’s an entirely different topic)

I didn’t really have a huge opinion of Alex in the first episode, but I instantly liked her character design. However, charging cables would not work as hair ties and don’t ask me why it took me 4 episodes to figure out that’s what they were.

I think it’s cute that already we have Tom sticking up for his future team. “She said here.” He could tell Alex was uncomfortable and decided to fix that problem without a second thought.

No, Tom, D’Angelo is right do not touch the dangerous cotton ball.

I don’t understand how adults still don’t understand that showing kids things and letting them explore it with supervision helps them not...I don’t know, sneak off and explore it alone?

Hiccup would too. The only difference, however, would be Astrid would 100% be telling Hiccup to go for it, or joining him. Couples who wreak havoc together stay together.

Sparky sparky flying by.

No cause when I first watched it I genuinely thought she died.

There is no possible way stick boy could hold a full grown woman up for that long. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

So you’re mad that he wasn’t where he was supposed to be, but if he wasn’t there Linda would of died? Please, I hate when they do that!

The Hiccup Lean (tm)

Okay, I know this is supposed to be Hiccup’s old helmet but I can’t get over the fact that those horns on either side are NOT the same horns. They’re way too long.

The dialogue is cringe sometimes and I’m sorry to all my astrology people but so is Jun’s constant reference to that.

But they’re sooo cute it makes up for it

Okay, sheering the sheep is hilarious and the fact that it hates Tom, even though Jun crashed it , for the rest of the show is so funny to me.

“Something life changing” and then the notes of the HTTYD score really gave me chills.

That drone should be full of wool. There is no way it could still fly.

I will admit the score for this show is pretty cool, especially when Tom is climbing down the fissure.

Also on that note, there is no way that 15-year-old boy has enough strength to use a tiny pick and climb all the way down there. I get that it’s fictional and all that, but there are just some things that your brain just says “absolutely not” and this is one of them for me. Like, your telling me mans can climb back up only using a tiny pick axe and his finger nails?

I thought Tom was going to have to make a tail like how Hiccup did with Toothless and that was about to be my final straw and I was going to put the show to bed, but thankfully it wasn’t and I continued.

He looks like the Geico gecko. I’m sorry, but this first episode made Thunder look TERRIBLE. His movement is so glitchy I don’t know how to explain it. But the rest of the season is better with his movements so I don’t know. And I genuinely still don’t know how I feel about him. Sometimes he’s cute and other times I find him ugly. I can’t make up my mind.

Upon the first watch I thought this episode was absolute trash, but while I was rewatching it for screen caps I did realize that I had to come in with a more open mind. Still, though, not a great opening episode. 4/10 in my opinion, but I would love to hear everyone’s take on it, so please comment what you thought of episode 1.

[dragoneyelll]

Trying to figure out which dragon species from HTTYD I want to draw. So many choices…so many opportunities to learn…Maybe I’ll throw myself intro D:tNR redesigns? Or just regular stuff in general? Cuz I really wanna take a shot at a Plowhorn/Gembreaker redesign since I absolutely adore insects and find those beetle wings soooo disappointing and frail.

[crxwnedalex]

Dragons the nine realms but re-written with angst has got me on a chokehold lmao

[goldenrdkin]

D:TNR Rewrite (Update 1)

It’s been a while since I announced I’ll be rewriting The Nine Realms, and I haven’t made as much progress as I was anticipating... Other issues got in the way - family problems, semi-art block, and just a loss of motivation.

However! I have been brainstorming a bit, so hopefully I can work on this a bit more. I don’t have any concrete concept art yet, so this update will be all talk and thoughts.

Rewriting Thunder

So, if you aren’t familiar D:TNR, Thunder is our protagonist’s night light. I was planning on renaming him, but honestly, I think the issue isn’t the name, it’s mostly his design and story arc (if you can call it an arc).

Before I get into the new Thunder, lemme infodump some context (and headcanons in a way);

After the Hidden World was sealed up, pure night furies will go extinct, their genes living on through night lights alongside pure light furies. Build-wise, night lights will take on predominantly light fury traits (less “ear nubs,” dorsal fin, more smooth and less spiky features). (Headcanon here) since furies have genetic coding for patterns similar to leopard spots and tiger stripes, black scales will act as the base while white scales will fill in these patterns.

Over time, natural camouflage will aid night lights; mineral caverns with striking dark and white veins can now help night lights blend in, whether it be to escape opponents or a safe place to rest.

Now, onto the rewritten Thunder! I plan to make his “home” a black and white onyx cave, which matches his wing and tail patterns. And, he’ll earn his name for how he defends his cave - by whipping his tail against the walls, creating a thunderous “BOOM!” that crackles throughout the cavern.

Finishing Thoughts

Honestly, looking back at the original Thunder saddens me. They could’ve made him so beautiful, intimidating even, but whatever corporate figure opted for the ugliest, plainest option... Why. But I guess that goes for all of the characters, too.

Either way, this is just a brainstorm dump! Any of this is subject to change, and I’ll be working on churning out some possible Thunder designs! Stay tuned~

[goldenrdkin]

Oof, sorry for the lack of posts y’all... I’ve been really distracted and unmotivated lately, haven’t got any interesting updates or just general talk-stuff.

I do have a few projects on my backburner rn; some art, stories, maybe a few other things if I ever feel up to starting new projects.

Oh, and I haven’t forgot about my D:TNR rewrite! I took a break from it so I wouldn’t get burned out, so I’ll probably hop back on that soon, too.

Otherwise, though, I’ll try to update y’all whenever possible. I’m still not all that “social-savvy,” but I’m trying my best to keep this blog active and running! 😅