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sandeewithtwoe · 9 months ago
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It’s that time of the month where I miss Technoblade, so here are some old drawings I made
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wodania · 1 year ago
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This is almost never an issue with Tumblr but it’s popped up recently on Twitter and therefore I want to make a disclaimer here as well:
If the only takeaway you get from my art is a character think piece on how much you don’t like them, I’m blocking you. Whether it’s well-meaning or not, I’m an artist who puts hours of time and effort into each piece. To see you commenting “well here’s how this character fucked up everything” on my post and not liking, sharing, or any other thing that supports my art is insulting. Maybe not every artist sees it that way, but I’m putting it out here that I see it that way. It hurts when I’ve put out a piece I’ve slaved away at and it only motivates you to write a comment about how much this character sucks. You can not like a character, but if you hate a character so much that you can’t even bring yourself to like my art bc they feature in it, then please just ignore it. I don’t need your comment. I can’t tell Egg that his house fell and descendants died bc he fucked his wife. I’m a fanartist. Please just be nice I’m surprised I even need to clarify this but Twitter always blows me away.
Thanks and double thank you for Tumblr for not having the sort of mindset that every fanart post is the perfect place for meta discussions about characters you hate.
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raflovestuffs · 6 years ago
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That is who you are: Chapter 12
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“We're no longer safe here” ~ “We have to fight for their freedom”
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Okay guys, here we go, here’s my theory for HTTYD3 end I made 3 years ago... 
Now the trailer came, I’ve seen a LOT OF SIMILARITIES with this fic so that’s why I want to share this chapter with you now. So please Guys, read it even if you don’t read the rest of my story. This chapter is really important to me and I want to know your opinion on it.
This will be my birthday gift to Mr. Dean DeBlois because this man inspires me so much...
I want to thanks my bestfriend because you’ll see his art in this chapter and also because this fiction is dedicated to him because like Toothless for Hiccup, he’s my bestfriend. I also want to thank all the HTTYD fanartists who illustrated this fiction @leffie-draws-fanart, @winxrus and also @raidesart ;) Thank you a lot guys! I also want to thanks all the people who helped me corrected it @wolfie-dragon-rider, @JoyOfBerK and @chiefhiccstrid who always supported me in this fic as well as @poppys-fanworld. A big thank you to my french friend @megtoons who helped me translate it! <3 And above all, a big thank you to my previous translators and to my dear translator @whosthatgal! Thank you so much girl <3
Now, enjoy it.
“Astrid, wake up!” I screamed, shaking her to force her to open her eyes.
She woke up, confused, and rubbed her eyes before the sound of the horns registered.
“Oh no
” she whispered.
She got up quickly and threw herself into my arms. We held each other tightly. I pushed her away gently and caressed her cheek with my thumb. I smiled bitterly to her. She held back a tear.
“We have to do it...”
“No, no! I don’t want us to be apart! Not again
” she cried while holding me really tight.
I rubbed her back to reassure her as best as I could, when my mom came in suddenly.
“Hiccup
” my mom began, but she faltered.
“Astrid, Astrid
 Calm down,” I begged her. “Everything is gonna be okay
”
My words didn’t seem to comfort her much, and with regrets, I left her in my mom’s arms. I kissed her on the cheek.
“I love you, Astrid.”
“Me too, Hiccup,” she said sadly.
I addressed a grateful smile to my mother and got out of the house, taking Inferno with me. Toothless was not far behind. I had never seen the village so prepared; every person found their place and knew what they had to do. I ran to Heather’s hut and once there, I found her at Fishlegs’ side.
“Oh Hiccup, finally!” she exclaimed.
“We were waiting for you,” Fishlegs added.
“Sorry, I was with Astrid and—”
“It’s okay,” Heather said while putting her hand on my shoulder, understanding.
Snotlout and the twins joined us not too long after, coming from next door.
“So, how’s the situation?” I asked.
“Eret is leading the ships with his men, there are already a lot of casualties
 and Drago’s army is almost at the village’s doors
 Gobber and Erik are trying to slow them down as long as they can, but Drago will be here soon.”
“Thank you Fishlegs; we’ll be ready in time.” “Okay, so I’m going back now!”
Heather walked close to him and kissed him passionately— then Fishlegs climbed on Meatlug with clumsiness. He was a bit shook, poor guy.
“Follow me!” Heather ordered.
We moved towards the village square, very closely followed by our respective dragons. Hundred of vikings, men and women, were waiting for us.
“Your army,” she declared with a smirk.
“Heather, I—”
“Come on chief, go on now
”
I was afraid. Afraid of taking the floor, afraid for all these people who were ready to give their lives for Berk and were counting on me, afraid of taking my responsibilities. Then, I thought about Astrid; she would have wanted me to be strong and to take it. So I did it:
“Northern peoples, vikings, men and women, the fight we’re going to lead will be difficult, there will be blood, there will be tears but don’t forget the reason of this fight and remind yourself of Drago Bludvist’s acts
 Don’t forget who you fight for and above all, don’t forget what we fight for! We fight for peace! For giving a better place to our children! So fight for peace! Fight for Berk!”
I had grown in strength over my speech and I had yelled my last sentences. I never thought I’d be able to be so confident. The crowd answered me with war cries and swinging of weapons. Heather, Snotlout and the twins started it too, they motivated the troops even more. And they all cried my name
 It was a strange feeling.
Once this fuss ended, everyone took their positions, and I found myself at the helm of a whole army with Heather as my right-hand.
“Form ranks and get ready!” I ordered.
I turned and found myself facing Heather who was looking at me with a shifty look.
“What is it?” I asked.
“Seems like you’re enjoying it.”
“Enjoying what?”
“Leading armies, of course!” she exclaimed like it was obvious. “That’s not my thing Heather
”
“Oh come on Hiccup, admit that’s exciting!”
“I don’t see what’s exciting about leading a war, Heather. This is very serious.” She pouted and lowered her head then she turned around and put a hand on my shoulder.
“You don’t look well.”
I answered nothing, on the spot. Of course I didn’t look well! With all this pressure that was on my shoulders, I had a hard time to think straight. Plus, I was very worried about Astrid. I hoped above all that nothing happened to her. So yes, I was totally stressed and I obviously didn’t feel right. I ended shaking my head.
“Hiccup, you know, I can understand why you’re worried, but you have to ignore it during battle, for your men and for Berk’s sake.”
“No, Heather, you can’t understand. Astrid means everything to me, she’s the love of my life, don’t you see? And we’re going to be parents
 so no, I can’t ignore it because if I do, I’m forgetting what I’m fighting for, Heather
”
“Excuse me
 I shouldn’t have said that
 I know Astrid and you are having a really hard time and I—sorry.”
This time, I was the one to put my hands on her shoulders.
“Heather, it’s okay. It’s me, I’m easy to tease these days
”
She smiled.
“Even worse than Astrid
”
Now, we just had to wait.
Valka led me with the other women and the children to the Great Hall. We were walking fast and agitation was at its peak; children were scared and wouldn’t let go of their mothers’ hands. We crossed the village which was outfitting the warriors with weapons, we saw the troops get co-ordinated and the dragons get prepared to fight. How I longed to be with them
 We finally reached the Great Hall. Valka pulled me in a remote corner of the hall and asked me to sit down.
“Thanks but I’d rather stand,” I replied abruptly.
I already had a hard time dealing with staying behind—she wouldn’t force me to sit down either. I didn’t belong here with all those poor people. I was supposed to protect us and I couldn’t do it by staying here
 I was suddenly reminded of Hiccup’s words:
“Astrid, please, for once in your life, be reasonable
 If you won’t do it for me, then do it for the baby.”
And he had put his hands on my belly. I instinctively put mine on it. Hiccup was right, it was unreasonable—but at the same time, staying here to do nothing but wait was eating away at me. I walked between the villagers’ little groups; some women were singing hopeful songs while others were telling old heroic legends to children. I stopped sometimes to listen to the fables too. I was talking with people and trying to reassure them and give them hope. I continued strolling into the Great Hall until I returned to Valka.
“You really have the making of a chief’s wife,” she said.
I smiled at her and came sit next to her to hug her.
“Thank you Valka
” I whispered.
But we were interrupted by the sound of horns. Drago had just penetrated Berk’s compound.
“Toothless, are you okay bud?” I worried.
“What is it?” Heather asked.
“He felt something
”
“DRAGONS!” the troops shouted.
Heather and I raised our heads simultaneously. Armoured dragons were populating the sky. Gobber and Erik came running, followed by their men, yelling that Drago was coming. Heather and I reacted right away by commanding the dragon riders and managing the air attack. Snotlout and the twins did the same. Gobber and Erik took the lead of the land forces. Drago’s men moved by the hundreds towards the center of the village while destroying everything in their path. The fight had just begun.
I’ve never seen a war before and even less participated in one. The concept of battle was all new for me, so when I saw the thirty armoured dragons coming—that I had trained in Göteborg—it took me time before I gave my orders. I examined them for a moment and that’s when I knew something was wrong.
“Wait!” I cried, stopping my men with a hand signal.
“What? What is it again?” Snotlout grumbled.
“Their eyes
 Look at their eyes! They’ve been conditioned!” I exclaimed.
“You mean—”
“Yes
 They’ve been programmed to kill us
” I whispered.
I addressed all the dragon riders out loud. “Remember what we told you in training? Well
 It’s is all the more true now! These dragons are fearsome so be even more vigilant!”
“Charge!” Heather finished.
And we leapt to the attack. We killed dragons. I followed Toothless in each of his movements, fighting against dragons deprived of soul and much stronger than I have imagined. However, I didn’t feel to be actor of the battle, Toothless was the one to fight to protect me. I was just a spectator of all this killing, it was all going so fast
 I couldn’t analyse the situation anymore
 until I fell.
Toothless and I fell down in the middle of the one-on-one skirmishes that separated our army from Drago’s. I was blown away by the violence I was seeing—I’d never seen men fighting like that before. A warrior didn’t hesitate to stab a sword into his opponent’s back or separate him from one of his limbs. Drago’s men and mine were killing each other in front of me. The smell of blood was everywhere and the warriors’ cries blended into those of their victims; the noise reverberated across the battlefield.
One of my enemies speed up to me, and dismounted me swiftly from my dragon. I could only count on myself to cope. He hit my arm with his arm, the shot was straight and so was the pain.
Thankfully, he had only slightly hit me thanks to my shoulder protection, which had cushioned the blow. I drew my sword in the second that followed, I needed to retaliate quickly before he could gain the upper hand. I struck at his arm and successfully freed myself from his grip. I ran through the fray, not without difficulty. I used my sword to push through the crowd and took a look to the right, to the left, looking for Toothless, but I didn’t see him anywhere. In my frantic sprint through the battlefield—inevitably—I fell. I really blamed my prosthetic leg at times. I started to get trampled when I felt a hand pulling my collar—this is it, this is the end.
“What are you doing here, Hiccup?!”
“Gobber?” I asked, opening my eyes.
He put me on the ground.
“So?” he insisted.
“Yeah
 uh
 I fell down and—Toothless he
 I don’t know where he is
”
“Well then, let’s get some altitude, and we can find him, can’t we?”
I clambered onto Grump behind him, and we flew over Berk to find my dragon. The battle raged on, but from the air we could see that Berk was resisting well. However, the enemy troops weren’t backing down in the slightest—and I still couldn’t see Drago. But where was he hiding for Thor’ sake? I couldn’t have the time to think about this question, Toothless was there, right below us, and he was about to be shot down by Drago’s trappers.
“Right there!” I shouted while pointing the finger at him.
Grump steered us down to him right away. I stopped an arrow from hitting its target and shooting him in the heart. I ran to him to jump on his back and pat him affectionately on the head.
“It’s gonna be okay bud, I’m here
 Come on, taking off!” I screamed.
Gobber did the same and we dodged a final barrage of arrows. He addressed me with a nod and went back with Toothless to the other riders. I examined my dragon on the way and didn’t find anything alarming, only a small notch on his left ear and some other scratches. He saved himself but for how long again? If we hadn’t arrived in time, he could have been dead by now
 If I couldn’t protect my own dragon, how could I protect all the others from Drago? In all the commotion, I almost forgot the reason why he was fighting this war: he was attempting to cast the dragons from the surface of the Earth! So I noticed the battlefield where the men were blustering was covered by an infinite number of dead dragons’ carcasses. The battle had just begun.
It had been more than five hours since the battle began outside. My patience had its limits, and this situation was really pushing them. I stopped bouncing my leg and stood up and began walking round and round in the big room with my arms crossed.
“Astrid, please, sit down
”
“No, I don’t want to sit! It’s unbearable, I can’t take it anymore not knowing what is going on! I wanna know!” I said, fed up.
“Astrid
 Calm down
 you said you had cramps at the bottom of your belly, are they gone?”
“No
 it’s still hurting
 and the baby doesn’t want to stop kicking, it’s really annoying
”
“That’s because it can feel that you’re stressed
 One more reason to sit down.”
“No! I don’t feel comfortable when I’m sitting
 Ouch
”
I gritted my teeth, I didn’t want to be weak, I couldn’t be.
“Astrid
”
“It’s okay. I’m fine,” I said, catching my breath. “I’m gonna ask the men if they have more information outside.” “Astrid, you already asked them less than a hour ago and they told you they didn’t have any information
” “But maybe now they do?” I said, a little upset. I went in the direction of the middle of the Great Hall but before even walking two steps, I had a sudden wave of nausea due to the cramps getting closer and closer to each other. Adding to this, the kicking didn’t stop. I held my belly with one hand and leaned against a pillar with the other. My head started to spin, and I heard Valka’s voice calling me as she rushed to my side.
“Astrid! What’s wrong?” asked Valka, apparently really worried.
“My
 my head hurts
 the cramps are getting worse and worse,” I whimpered.
Valka took me by a shoulder and forced me to sit when we got close to a bench. She put her hand on my forehead and wiped it with a handkerchief.
“You are burning up and covered with sweat
 maybe you’re—”
She didn’t have the time to finish that I screamed while holding onto her shoulders. It was like the pain was penetrating my stomach. I felt a hot fluid pouring down and wetting my legging.
“Oh my gods!” Valka cried, smiling. “Astrid! The baby is coming!”
I was hit by confusion.
“What? Now? Like right now?” I sobbed.
“I’m gonna bring Gothi!”
“No, no stay with me, Valka! I’m so sorry for earlier
 stay!”
She stayed by my side and ordered someone else to bring Gothi.
“You’ll see, everything will be fine ”, she said with a calm voice. Only, I was more afraid than anything. I didn’t understand what was happening to me
 I wasn’t usually that emotional. “But it’s too early! I’m not ready—and Hiccup should be here! Oh my gods, I won’t be able to do this without him
 Valka, please, go bring Hiccup!” I sobbed.
“Astrid, calm down. I’m gonna go, okay?”
I nodded and Gothi arrived with two other women, healers maybe. Valka left me alone with them and went to find Hiccup.
“I’ll be back in no time! ” she said.
I stood not without difficulty and went to a corner of the hall, safe from any nosy looks. They put me on one of the hall’s tables where they had many layers of sheets.
“And now, breathe!”
“Snotlout!” I screamed.
I couldn’t see him through the flames that were eating the stables. Catapult attacks had set the stables on fire and we were trying to save trapped baby dragons inside who were too young to fly. Everybody got out with babies in their arms except Snotlout, who was still inside. I screamed his name again—no answer.
“Hiccup, we still need to evacuate all these dragons
” reminded Heather. “But we can’t just leave him!”
“Hiccup...”
Just then we saw a shape emerging in the midst of the flames—it was Snotlout, not without burns, but alive. “Snotlout! Oi, oi
 oi!” he chanted, punctuating each word with a cough.
“Snotlout! I thought you were
” “Dead? Oh come on Hiccup
” he said dryly.
I was relieved—Snotlout was safe and we could continue our improvised rescue. We were making our way as fast as we could from the stables to the Dragon Academy, when suddenly I saw my mom riding Cloudjumper towards us at full speed.
“Hiccup!” she yelled.
She finally drew up by my side.
“Mom? What are you doing here?”
“Hiccup, you need to come. It’s urgent
” she began.
“But I can’t leave the battle! I’m commanding an army, and
”
“Astrid is giving birth!”
“Uh...what?”
“You’re gonna be a dad!” she smiled.
“What, now? But I
”
“Go, Hiccup!” Heather reassured me. “I’ll take the lead, don’t worry. Go!” I let my friends go under Heather’s command and I joined my mom. We headed in Astrid’s direction, flying once more over the battle that was under us. We finally arrived behind the Great Hall; my mom invited me inside and kept our dragons outside, not without Toothless’ disagreement. Dodging our way through the crowd of elders and children, we made our way to the back corners of the hall where curtains, made out of two sheets, were standing. I stopped before going in.
“Go on, go, she’s waiting for you,” said my mom before pushing me in.
Astrid was lying on a table, legs spread and her back raised; she was in pain. I ran to join her by her side. When she saw me, she let out her tears. I held her tightly against me.
“Hiccup
 I was so scared for you
 I’m sorry
”
“Shhh
 I’m here now,” I whispered while caressing her face.
“Okay Astrid, let's go again,” ordered one of the women who were assisting Gothi. “One, two, three
 push!”
Astrid’s face twitched when she did what the healers told her to do, but she shook her head left to right, completely helpless.
“I can’t!” she moaned.
I didn’t know what to do to help her, so I took her hand and I sustained her back to support her.
“Come on babe, you can do it!” I cheered.
So she pushed once again while tightening her hold on my hands, letting out a long painful scream before taking a breath again. “We can see its head!” said Valka.
Astrid turned her head to me with a smile, and I smiled back to her.
“Just a little more Astrid
” I said rubbing her back.
“One more time, push!”
Astrid pushed with all the strength she had, she yelled in pain and soon, her screams were joined by other, smaller cries—those of a baby, our baby.
“It’s a girl, congratulations!” said one of the women.
Gothi cut the last thing that linked our daughter to her mother and showed us a little newborn, dirty and covered in blood. Astrid didn’t even have time to catch her breath before Gothi put the little girl in her arms. Astrid took her carefully and held the child gently against her chest. A big smile drew on her lips, she was filled with joy.
“Hiccup
 we made this
” she sighed, happy.
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I caressed her hair and I kissed her cheek, I was the happiest man in the world.
“I’m so proud of you Astrid
 you fought till the end.”
“Thank you Hiccup, thank you.”
I was about to answer when a massive sound echoed in the room—it was an explosion.
“I’m gonna see what that was.”
“Hiccup!” yelled Astrid. I got out and saw men trying to reinforce the main door which had just been damaged.
“Hiccup! What are you doing?” my mother exclaimed.
“I need to see what happened outside!”
I went out from the Great Hall and hurried to go before it. When I finally reached it, Heather was there with a few men to protect the Great Hall’s doors from
 Drago’s attacks. He was on a huge dragon and was laughing out loud about my men’s fate. I joined them to help and Drago addressed me.
“Eh! Finally, here’s the Dragon Master! I thought you’d never come out of your hole
” he said.
“Drago
”
“Now, let’s finish it!”
He had yelled the last words. He started to shoot at anything that moved but his true target was me. I turned my head to see where Heather was when I heard her screaming:
“Hiccup! Watch out!”
She stood in front of me before I took Drago’s shot. The violence of the impact drove me about ten meters away, I searched to scout the area but I could barely see and then there was nothing.
It was dark, I hated the dark. I was afraid of the dark because I couldn’t see anything and it made me nervous so I lit a candle. I was alone at home. Daddy wasn’t home yet. So I waited for him while drawing. And one hour later, I heard the house’s heavy door opened, I hurried in the direction of the door to see Daddy.
“Daddy!” I yelled.
He took me in his arms and hugged me tightly. I loved when Daddy held me like that.
“I came to say goodbye, Son. Daddy’s leaving for a very long trip, okay?”
I sulked, I didn’t like when he was leaving for a long amounts of time.
“Why are you always leaving for a long time Daddy?”
“Hiccup, you know it’s to find the Dragons’ Nest. I have to go for a long time, that’s how it is. But Gobber will be here.”
“But I want you to stay with me!”
“Son
”
I didn’t want to listen to him anymore, I went back to my room to lock myself in it. I sat down on my bed, brought my legs against me and started to cry. I was sad Daddy left, he never listened to me

After a while, I heard big footsteps on the stairs, Daddy was climbing. Quickly, I dried my tears with my arm and I put myself under the heavy blankets. Daddy entered with a candle in his hands. He knew I was afraid of the dark. He put it on the bedside table next to me. He leaned next to me and kissed my forehead. I took him in my little arms and held him very tight.
“Good night Daddy.”
“Good night Son.”
I put my head on the pillow and he tucked me in. Then he bounced back and left in the door’s direction but before he got outside, I addressed him one last time before he got away.
“I love you Daddy.”
I heard the door shut.
“Me too Hiccup, me too.”
I felt my eyes about to open but I fell into nothingness again.
Toothless was slowly moving towards me with those terrifying eyes. I begged him to stop but he kept going.
“Stop!”
That’s when my dad came out of nowhere.
“Son!” he cried out.
“Dad! No!” I screamed.
My dad jumped in front of me and took Toothless’ kill shot.
My dad had saved my life, and Heather had exactly done the same thing.
I opened my eyes. Toothless was over me and protecting me with his wings. I looked around me and saw Heather down, a few meters away. I stood up quickly and ran to her. I took her in my arms, she was still breathing but her face was pale and her eyes almost closed.
“Heather! Please, stay with me, Heather!” I shouted.
“Hiccup
” she whispered.
“Yes?” I sobbed.
“Thank you
” she said, closing her eyes.
“No! No, Heather! Don’t leave me! Heather!”
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Heather was dead in my arms. No words could define my pain. She was like a sister to me. I cried while holding her her cold, dead body against me, inconsolable.
I was tired of always being protected, my dad, Heather, Gobber, Toothless, Astrid
 I couldn’t let anything like that happen again, it was out of the question. I was going to put an end to this, once and for all.
Fishlegs and the other riders came shortly after the incident, he was distraught. Enough people were taking care of Heather now, so I could go. Some people tried to stop me, but I was more determined than ever. I mounted Toothless and took off at full speed. My goal: find Drago. 
Toothless and I looked around us, but Drago was not hard to find. He was nested on the edge of the island with his gigantic dragon. Once I was close enough to him, I asked Toothless to fire his most powerful plasma blast, and it made him fall from his dragon.
Toothless landed only few feet away from him. I climbed down and threw my fire sword on his cutting pike. I didn’t miss my target, I took his stake, got my sword back and threatened him with both, making him recoil. He raised his hands while laughing unrestrained, insanely.
“So? What’s the Dragon Master is gonna do now that he has weapons in his possession?” he sneered.
He could laugh as much as he wanted, but he didn’t scare me anymore. I moved towards him, more intimidating this time.
“You had no right! She didn’t do anything!” I shouted. “She was innocent!” I called out.
The rage tensed my words up.
“You will pay for what you’ve done Drago
 For everything you’ve done
”
I rushed over to him and stabbed his stake right in his heart. He instinctively reached down to weapon that had sealed his fate, and staggered back. He fell down from the bank and sank into the ocean.
I had done it in anger, but part of me was still celebrating. I just put an end to the war.
I flew away on my dragon’s back to the Great Hall, where the doors were standing open. I rushed inside to meet Astrid, who was waiting for me in tears. We held each other tightly.
“Hiccup
 What’ve you done?” she sobbed.
I put my head on her shoulder, powerless and lost, on the verge of tears.
“I killed Drago
” I confessed with an inaudible voice.
She slightly moved away from me to put her hands on my shoulders and read my face.
“Hiccup
”
“I know, I know
 It wasn’t how I wanted it to end! But Astrid, I’m tired of being protected
 I’m the one that has to protect you! A chief protects his own
”
She brought me back into her arms to hold me tight against her once again.
“What are you going to do now?” she asked after a while.
“I need to see our daughter first, then I’ll tell you.”
She took my hand and I followed her to the other side of the hall, my mother was waiting for us, our baby in her arms. She gave the baby to Astrid, who then gave her to me. I held her carefully, rocking her gently.
“Hello, you
” I said, gently whispering.
My nerves disappeared and a tear rolled down my cheek, I was so happy. “My little dragon
” I smiled. “I already love you so much if you only knew
 Daddy will always be with you
 always
” I said, leaving a small kiss on the top of her head.
“Heather. Her name is Heather,” Astrid inquired, bending over me while putting her head on my shoulder by holding me against her.
“Heather
” I smiled, moved.


“Are you sure about it?” she asked.
“Yeah, I’m sure Astrid. I will not go back on my decision.”
“All right, then.”
“Let’s go.”
I grasped her waist and we moved outside, hand in hand, to the village center. Astrid let me take the place on the small platform before the other villagers gathered around me. I waited for silence and I began.
“People of Berk, today is a day of mourning for all of us here. We’ve won the war against Drago, but the sadness and pain he brought us will be with us for a long time. A chief protects his own, and today, I failed to protect you. I’ve been told often that I was a peaceful man, but I killed a man today. I was supposed to bring our worlds together, but look at this mess! Hundreds dragons and men died today! This kind of bloodshed will never happen again, because I can still make one decision to protect us all.”
I paused.
“I declare dragons exiled.” Disagreements erupted immediately among the villagers, but I kept going, raising my voice.
“There have always been men like Drago and there always will be. If he’s not the one to exterminate the dragons, somebody else will! As long as dragons live with us, they won’t be safe and neither will we. That’s why I’m asking for this exile, for the common good. I know it’s hard for you—it’s hard for me too—but it’s for the best, believe-me.”
A deafening silence started to fall when, suddenly, they began to make a sign I easily recognized. It was my father’s sign, a fist raised to the top. Soon, the whole village made the Viking’ salute. They just approved my decision.
Farewells were extremely difficult to make. Every vikings and their dragons had met on the middle of the village to say goodbye one last time. It was very emotional to see the love we had for them expressed like that. I wasn’t exiling them for nothing, and my people knew it. If we wanted to save them from extinction, that was the right thing to do.
I arrived at Toothless’ side. Astrid and Stormfly were close to him, their arms full. I caressed the head of my dragon while looking straight in the eye, I smiled faintly at him. I presented him the auto-tail I made for him and Astrid had remade. He started to step back, I held him back.
“Hey
 Toothless
 I know you don’t like what is going on. But I’m doing this for your sake and you know it,” I sniffed.
He approached and rubbed up against me, then he licked my head. I slightly laughed and hugged him once again.
“Thanks Bud.”
I installed his new tail and made sure it was working before standing in front of him. “Here you go. It’ll serve you more than me
” I said, joking.
Astrid came behind me and moved towards Toothless, wrapping her arms around him.
“Goodbye Toothless, thank you for everything you’ve done for us
” she murmured.
She relaxed her grip and put her hand on my shoulder before stepping behind me again. I took Toothless in my arms one last time.
“I will never forget you, Bud. You’re my best friend
 I’ll see you in Valhalla
”
He seemed to begrudge and made a sad noise. I finally released him and stepped back to find Astrid’s embrace. She grabbed my waist while holding me tight against her, supporting me as best she could.
Every dragon gathered around Toothless, who gave me a last look before flying away. All the others followed him and few wingbeats later, all the vikings were already at the island’s borders, calling to their dragons one last time while waving goodbye. Two tears rolled down my cheeks as I watched the dragons flying away forever.
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Four years later

“Daddy! Tell me more about dragons!” Heather exclaimed.
“Heather, it’s getting late
”
“Please!” insisted the brown-haired and blue-eyed girl.
Astrid came inside the room and sat down on the bed, next to her daughter.
“Come on Hiccup, if it makes her happy!” Astrid added.
I sighed. I couldn’t refuse anything to the two greatest women of my life.
“Fine, what do you want to know?”
“Tell me how you became friend with Toothle!”
I laughed heartily.
“Ah sweet heart, it’s Toothless
”
“Oops
 Sorry,” she apologized while smiling.
I came closer to Astrid and her and started my tale.
“There were dragons when I was a boy
”
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arosnowflake · 6 years ago
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Forgive me if I've missed this, and I imagine I may know some of the answer, but why won't you watch BNHA? Also, hard as it may be to find, there are probably quite a few non-romance fics in the fandom, so you can get some character fix without necessarily watching it? I did that for supernatural, i couldn't be arsed to watch the damn thing, too many damn episodes for any man to understand
Oh! Okay so full disclosure I have actually watched season one of BNHA and it wasn’t terrible or anything, I’ve watched far worse things (especially anime), and in fact, I really enjoyed at lot of it, primarily in the characters and concept (I really fucking love Ochako, Iida, Momo, and Izuku in particular), but there were just a couple of things that made me incapable of really enjoying the show as a whole and generally left me more annoyed than satisfied, so it just wasn’t a fun experience as a whole, which is why I really won’t be continuing it despite the fact that the fandom has some amazingly talented writers/editors/fanartists and I really do love a lot of the characters, but I just
 can’t enjoy the series as a whole.
And the reasons I’m really adamant about not continuing it aren’t even for any social justice related (you’d think it’d be the sexualization of teen girls but unfortunately that’s pretty much an anime staple and I’ve watched way, way worse, so you know), it’s just because I got two main problems with the series:
1. Bakugo. I know he’s very popular in the fandom and I can definitely see why; Explosion McAsshole is absolutely a compelling character from an objective viewpoint, but I just fucking hate him. I can’t quite figure out why, exactly, but my best guess is that his motivation for being an asshole is too realistic. That’s the tl;dr and I’ll elaborate more under the cut (I’m
. so fucking long-winded), but basically I just can’t stand Sparky Sparky Boom Man. 
But I could still probably stand to watch/read BNHA, if it wasn’t for problem no. 2: Izuku having a quirk
Like. Holy shit. I actually damn near dropped the whole show at ep 3 when they introduced that neat little tidbit. The tl;dr on why I hate it so much is basically this: it ruins the worldbuilding and Izuku’s character AND Bakugo’s character in one fell swoop and I have no fucking clue who anyone could ever think this was good writing. I’ve elaborated on it here already but I’ll do it under the cut as well because holy fuck I’m still mad about it.
And as for why I don’t really read fanfic for BNHA without watching the show, well. I just don’t like the fics. Every other fic is about Bakugo, whom I hate, and the other ones are all about Izuku either having a quirk, a romance, or some kind of tragic backstory that inevitably fridges his mom and turns him into a villain, and I don’t care for that shit at all. On top of that, my absolute faves in the show are Ochako and Iida, who are pretty much never the center of a fic (you’d be lucky to find one where Iida is even a proper supporting character tbh). And also, I just think that a lot of the characterization in general suffers from what I call Large Fandom Syndrome, where a large quantity of people create an echo chamber of bad ideas that inevitably ends up making the characters into caricatures of their canon or even properly developed fanon self, and I just
 don’t care. I’m not here for it. Give me 3D characters or give me death. 
That said I have read some fic of it in the past, and there are even a couple I genuinely enjoyed despite them being centered around characters that I don’t care for, and if anyone has good fic recs for the characters I like best and/or just good fics in general I’m definitely here for it, but mostly, sifting through BNHA’s ao3 feels like all the work of slogging through a large fandom with none of the pay-off. 
So yeah that’s the abridged version, head on under the cut for The Full Salt on Why Tumblr User Arodumabass Refuses To Watch/Read BNHA, Despite Actually Liking The Characters and Concept A Lot. 
So, about Bakugo. Like I said, my main problem is that his motive is too realistic; often, bully type characters are given some tragic backstory (usually an abusive family) for the reason they bully people in a bid to make them more sympathetic. While I despise this trope, I gotta admit that it kinda does work, since
 well, I sure hate Bakugo more than any of those characters.
Unless I missed something important in canon, Bakugo’s main motivation for being a dick is that he was told throughout this childhood that, because of his strong quirk, he was superior to people, and he’s since internalized this mindset. This is definitely realistic, since the reason people get bullied irl isn’t because all bullies are abused or some shit, but because society just likes to tell kids that ‘weird’ people deserve to be bullied because ‘normal’ people are superior. So, you know, kudos to whoever wrote the manga for getting that right.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t make him any more likeable to me, and I know that he’s on the road for a redemption arc, but seeing him mad that Izuku is finally finding a place where he can feel safe just because Bakugo’s now not the Absolute Powerhouse he was in middle school anymore (yes, yes, I know it’s a little more complicated than that, but honestly, it doesn’t fucking feel like it), and then seeing the fandom just absolutely loving him leaves a very, very bad taste in my mouth, to the point where he almost singlehandedly ruins the show for me.
Now, onto point no. 2: Izuku Not Having A Quirk Is The Worst. 
Okay, so. BNHA’s world was basically introduced as a deeply flawed world right from the start. The opening episodes, Bakugo’s entire character, and even the way the entry exam/hero course is set up make it very clear that this world does not consider quirkless people to be at the same level as people who do have quirks. Izuku is repeatedly told that it’ll be impossible for him to become a hero, despite the fact that he clearly has the strategical smarts and drive to be one and could at the very least be a background helper, and adults seem to completely ignore the fact that Bakugo and basically everyone else bullies him relentlessly for something that he can’t help. The show makes it very, very clear that quirkless people, in the world of BNHA, are essentially disabled; they are locked out of certain job fields, bullied for something that manifests as a physical disability (basically), and the system as a whole just plain doesn’t seem to care about them. 
Literally any other piece of media with this kind of set-up would start deconstructing that entire idea, that what is essentially a genetic defect would automatically make you useless to society. But BNHA decides ‘eh, who needs useful worldbuilding, we can give Izuku a superpower and be done with it!’
Excuse me? The fuck, kind sir?
After Izuku gets a quirk, the whole ‘quirkless people are disadvantaged in society and can’t be heroes’ is completely forgotten about. I’ve heard there’s some minor quirkless character later on in the story, but for something that got such a huge set up, there just isn’t any pay-off. This results in a story that doesn’t challenge and even actively encourages an in-universe system that is absolutely awful and just plain bad (and also, you know, since quirkless people are definitely a disability metaphor, it has some very unintentional Implications that I’m not fond of). 
Not to mention that Izuku getting a quirk makes his character about 200% less interesting. Suddenly, he’s not the underdog anymore. He has something to prove, yes, but it’s primarily to himself and maybe Bakugo. Everyone else just knows him as ‘that kid with the super strong quirk who goes way too fucking hard’. They already respect him right of the bat, and Izuku doesn’t have any real obstacle to fight against aside from the villain of the week and his own stupid recklessness, and that just isn’t as compelling as a protag who fights against all that, and a broken system that’s intent on keeping him from his dreams. He also becomes a lot less relatable since we, the audience, obviously don’t have superpowers, so gaining one distances him from us. 
Also it’s not like a powerless superhero would be a new idea. Fucking Batman exists. Green Arrow. Iron Man. Clint Barton. I could name a couple more. There’s a real precedent for heroes without superpowers, and the fact that BNHA instead decided to just say ‘welp, you can’t be a real hero without powers’ just
 baffles me. ESPECIALLY when Izuku already had the perfect set-up for being a powerless hero: his analytical skills alone could’ve easily given him an advantage on the battle field, especially when coupled with the fact that villains would be frustrated trying to find his quirk. when it doesn’t fucking exist. Hell, doesn’t BNHA have a main baddie who can steal quirks? I mean???? Why the fuck does this kid have a quirk when his entire character would clearly work so much better without one?
And Bakugo. Like. I hate this bitch. But you know what would’ve made his character arc of being jealous of Izuku better? Izuku actually being quirkless. 
Bakugo’s whole entire deal is that he’s essentially the disillusioned gifted kid, who was constantly told throughout elementary and middle school that he was special, that he would go far, and then he actually got into a school with people who were just as smart as him and realized that he wasn’t actually that special. Bakugo internalized the mindset that he was better than anyone else, and now that he’s slowly proven wrong with people who just don’t take him serious because they’re about as strong as he is infuriates him. What’s more, it gives him a giant inferiority complex, that says ‘if you’re not the best, you’re nothing at all’, which he deals with by lashing out.
Izuku is basically the epitome of that whole predicament. A kid who Bakugo has bullied pretty much his entire life, held under his thumb by the notion that Bakugo was better than him and would always be better than him. The fact that Izuku not only got into the same school and track as Bakugo, but is also clearly better at this whole hero thing than he is makes him fucked up mad because Bakugo has always seen Izuku as inferior to him, so if even Deku is better than him now, where does that leave Bakugo? So he lashes out and is a giant dick about it. 
Only. This doesn’t really work, does it? Izuku has a quirk now. Bakugo doesn’t know why (or I think he’s figured it out by now, but in the beginning he didn’t at least), but it’s clear that Izuku has leveled up. And it’s a damn powerful quirk as well. Bakugo’s whole ‘even fucking Deku is stronger than me’ anger issues and inferiority complex kind of falls apart when you realize that, to Bakugo, this isn’t the same Izuku he’s known all his life. This is a new one, a better one, with a strong quirk. It really doesn’t make much sense for Bakugo to be this affected by Izuku surpassing him, when it’s clear that the kid had a goddamn cheat code to do so. 
His entire arc would be so much better if Izuku had stayed quirkless. Then we could actually have Bakugo unlearn his toxic internalized ideas of superiority, because as it stands now, the logical conclusion for his character arc would be ‘well there are people with stronger quirks than I have, and I shouldn’t have bullied Izuku because he had the potential to be powerful all along’, rather than ‘my powerful quirk doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, what matters is having a solid moral compass and hero instincts, and I shouldn’t have bullied Izuku because that was immoral’, which is what it should be. It’s a slight difference, but it’s a difference between a character I can stand and a character I cannot.
(I mean, I’m not saying BNHA is definitely not going with option 2 here, but I’m saying that if they do, it would be unearned.)
Anyway thanks for reading my fucking essay but the tl;dr is that BNHA’s narrative was weakened by the fact that whoever wrote it was a fucking coward and took the easy way out by giving Izuku a quirk and I fucking hate it, so now every time I watch BNHA all I can think of is ‘man this would be so good if only the writer actually knew what he was doing. and also if bakugo would shut up for a hot sec’. 
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dexi-green · 7 years ago
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THE LAST JEDI SPOILERS!!!
I saw a lot of hate for The Last Jedi before I went to go see it. A lot directed at the misuse of Rose and sympathy for Kylo, but knowing tumblr I didn’t take it to heart, and went to go see it. Coming out of the theater I loved it. Yeah sure it was different, surprising, and I guess there were a few moments that weren’t my all time favorites, but i loved it (am I just blinded by my love for star wars so I can’t see flaws? maybe...I mean I love the prequels, and apparently you aren’t suppose to like those...) But when I came back and went on tumblr and twitter to see peoples responses now that I can look and not worry about spoilers, i still don’t get it.
Star Wars isn’t the pinnacle of Representation. Not by a long shot. But I think that it deserves more credit than the internet is giving it. So I’m just going to give my personal opinion on some of the criticisms I’ve seen.
Rose is a Rey Replacement/Meant to break up Stormpilot, Finn/Rose/Poe are treated badly, Poe becomes an angry latinx sterotype, Tries to make us feel sympathy for Kylo:
First off, my personal motto is to not go into movies (especially big franchise films like marvel/star wars/dc/harry potter) with big expectations especially regarding ships. The filmmakers do not care what you ship, and it’s highly unlikely they will be canon. LGBTQ+ representation is something that is desperately needed especially in big blockbuster films, but with the current state of Hollywood, you are just setting yourself up for disappointment if you expect it to play out. Also if it isn’t outright stated, I tend to try not to think of any relationship as romantic (I’m not a big shipper anyways).  I’ve just learned that if you want to come out of these movies happy, don’t bring your ships/headcanons in the theater.
Rose is a strong character on her own. She has a lot of potential that they can cash in on with the next film. I would say that she may be a Rey replacement or treated terribly if she would’ve actually died. Then she would’ve just been a placeholder until Finn and Rey reunited. Then she would’ve died with little growth (I say this because episode IX has (like I said) the potential to continue her character arc even more). Within this film she goes from being a maintenance worker, mourning her sister, looking up to the heroes, to becoming a hero herself. Sparking hope in the future of the resistance/jedi (you go Temiri). Infiltrating The First Order and sacrificing herself and delivering one of the most important lines in this trilogy imo “That’s how we’re going to win. Not fighting what we hate. Saving what we love.” 
I personally feel that saying that all of that is undercut by the fact that her and Finn “fail” or that she is made to kneel in front of a galaxy Nazi or that she got critically hurt at the end, is...saddening. She IS still a strong woc. The fact that she goes through that pain, or fails, shouldn’t take away from the good she does. Same with Finn and Poe. They get thrown around and kicked through the dirt, but that doesn’t make them any less of heroes. Like Yoda said “The greatest teacher, failure is.” and that is what this movie is about. That hope isn’t lost because you fail or make mistakes. That you get up and keep going, learn from what you did wrong and do better.
All writers know that the best way to find your characters true selves is to really push them. Right to the edge. Put them in the worse situations because then they really have to make honest decisions and show who they really are. It makes the audience feel bad, and sympathize for the heroes. It’s the difference between a Superman “I’ve never done bad in my life” type of hero and a Batman/Captain America “I’ve been to hell and back and I’ll fight for what I believe” hero. How interesting would the story really be if the heroes always came out on top in everything they do? The heroes were really on their last leg throughout this entire movie. All of them. Forced to do what they needed to survive. And that makes it that much better when they do pull through. Yeah it sucks to see Finn get berated by Hux/Phasma, so when we see Phasma fall down into that pit of fire, Finn standing over her, You feel that gratification. In TFA when we see Kylo interrogate and manipulate Rey, it makes me feel sick, so when she absolutely destroys him in the battle on Starkiller, I’m so proud and happy. Thats what its about. The triumph of good. But if there is no evil, if there is no bad guys, or no pain, what is there to overcome? What is the point? How do the characters grow?
That is on reason why I didn’t see Poe as an angry latinx stereotype. Because despite some people having a somewhat calm demeanor, everyone else was in the same place as him. He just showed it. I didn’t even seen him as angry/hotheaded. I saw him as frantic. He was scrambling to try and find a way to save everyone. He didn’t want to back down. Holdo/Leia were just calm, and tried to think of other ways. He is standing up for what he believes. And people get angry/upset/loud sometimes. There isn’t anything wrong with that. Not to go into it to much, but I think that is a problem with some people on the internet. They want representation, but get mad if the character isn’t “perfect”. But people are flawed. People get mad and loud, no matter what their race/ethnicity/gender/sexuality/etc. I feel like he would fall into that stereotype if he had...i guess, refused to help Finn in TFA, or anytime throughout that film (where he seems to be smiling in every scene he’s in??)? If he had absolutely flipped on Leia for slapping him or demoting him (and I mean got more than a little loud). If he had been angry for Holdo/Leia for not doing his plan, not because he thought it was the right course of action, but because he wanted to do what he wanted to do and nobody was going to tell him he couldn’t.
Going along with the, push characters to the edge to show the real them, thing... I am 100% not for a Kylo redemption. I can see them doing it, but I say he is a great villain so let him stay a villain. When they were teeing it up, with Rey and Snoke, I wasn’t too happy (But the battle with the Praetorian guards was cool so I was okay for a bit) I did not want him to go to the light side. I was sort of relieved when it was revealed afterwards that he still just wants to rule the galaxy, but is still sort of set in the Sith way of “I’ll have power, and I’ll get it however I can.” So not exactly “good” in that classic sense. With all that being said, I don’t see much wrong with how Kylo is shown in this film.
Rey is manipulated and obviously has her own conflict of light and dark (a bit) so her sympathizing with Kylo isn’t exactly “good” sympathizing with “bad” (especially since this new trilogy seems to want to blur the lines between the two more so, (and hopefully give us a Grey jedi Rey)). And the audience doesn’t have to feel bad for him. We were just given a bit more of his story, and like with the other characters having flaws, the villain is allowed to have nice qualities as well. A lot of popular villains are charismatic, and amazing people persons. They have an alluring nature. A lot do bad because of bad done to them, and are on the edge of being Robin Hood types. A lot of villains aren’t textbook evil 24/7. When we feel bad for villains or antagonists, it adds to the story (i guess maybe just for some people). It causes us to talk and think about them and the story more because we can relate. It allows the messages to resonate deeper with us, and makes us look inside ourselves. In the case of TLJ, How would you let your or someone else’s failure influence you? Would you be like Kylo and seek revenge, power? or would you be like the Resistance and let it motivate you to do better?
I very much agree with people online. The Star Wars franchise, and Hollywood in general can do so much better with Representation. There is many things they could fix. Add in more POC, LGBTQ+, especially main characters. Make them complex and realistic. I know it hurts to see the one character that you see yourself in go through pain, but (and I know i’m going to get hate for this) thats a part of life, and a big part of dramatic action movies like Star Wars. Star Wars isn’t exactly a nice family sitcom. If you go into expecting no one to be hurt, then, you’re gonna have a bad time. I can’t seem to find it but there was a nice post about how every piece of media that tries to have representation doesn’t need to be “THE ONE”. Not every piece of media with a black man is going to have every single black man relate to it. Having more representation isn’t about it being perfect, it’s just that, having more. A straight, white, man can sit down and start watching a film, and if they don’t connect with the story they can turn around and go to something else. That is what we are trying to go to. Have so many different representations of LGBTQ+, or POC, or disabled, etc. communities, so we don’t all have to hang on to the same one. So we can find something we personally connect to. Just because you don’t connect or like the characters in SW, doesn’t mean no one else does. There are soooo many little boys who look up to Finn and Poe and see them as a heroes. Or girls who look up to Rose. They don’t see the negative bits that you might. Even if it is Rian Johnson’s goal to slap around the POC characters as much as possible, a lot of people, outside looking in, don’t see that. If enough people are looking up to these characters as heroes, and more people (the actors, writers, fanartists, comic writers, etc.) get their hands on these characters, does that intention even matter anymore? If we create a supportive community, what does that matter? I know we want representation but to make that a reality people have to stop berating and negatively judging every single bit of representation we get. There is plenty we can attack.So we have to be supportive and critical. Say “I’m so glad that star wars introduced a WOC. Though I think in the next movie, I would love to see her hold her own a bit more.” instead of #star wars hates poc. Otherwise the only thing those big hollywood exec’s are gonna see is negative backlash to their attempt at representation, and they will just crawl back to their straight, white, male, comfort zones. You know how many times hollywood has used the excuse of a film or show with a diverse casting not doing well so they wouldn’t have to do it again. How many times they have manipulated it to be that way? (e.g. The Catwoman and Elektra movies did badly (also got bad advertising) so they avoided making another female led superhero film for a long time.) With overall negative reviews. Then there are things like Saban’s Power Rangers in more recent years. Not the best of the best, but good and entertaining, with a diverse cast, but it did badly and you don’t see marvel or dc picking up a superhero with autism. They look at each other’s numbers, look online and see what kind of buzz it gets, and decide from there what things succeeded and what didn’t and put the good bits in the pot for the next film. So when they see people trashing the representation, guess what part they aren’t going to pick out and use again? I’ll stop now. Edit: I also want to add that I am completely open to talking about this. I do want to hear people’s opinions on why they might have felt uncomfortable with certain things, and what they think should be changed in future installments. I’m open to civil discussions, with people who respect other points of view.
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katnissdoesnotfollowback · 4 years ago
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You know what, I can’t keep quiet about this. Whether Anon intended to or not, this ask comes across as extremely rude and entitled. I realize that, being the lucky writer than has seen more than one piece of art from @little-lynx​ based on my stories in the past month puts me in a pretty comfortable position, but seriously? Do you hear yourself, Anon?
A fanartist, like a fanfic writer, produces content for free, as a hobby in their spare time. And in the case of creating fanart for a fanfic, it helps to read the stories first. You come into the inbox of an artist producing not just fanfic inspired art but also multiple series/strings of fanart based on canon, to include several multi-panel full fledged comics, and you word your ask like this? SHall we count? She’s producing a series depicting Everlark outfits, she has her Instapanem series, her On the Bakery Porch series, and who knows what other ideas are brewing in her head! Who are you to police what someone else reads, creates, or how they dedicate their time? We talk about “don’t like, don’t read,” or claim to have empathy for fanfic writers who don’t read as much fanfiction as someone who is consuming and commenting on fic but not producing it, we claim to be an understanding fandom, and this is your question?
Scroll a little. Read a few of her posts, Anon. She’s said on several of them that she’s new to fanfic and is trying to balance her time to read-enjoy-create while still living a full life apart from fandom. I mean I don’t know about you, but I lurked for years before I felt comfortable posting my creations, so the fact that @little-lynx openly states she’s just started reading fanfic and she’s already posting fanart for it... that takes GUTS. Give the artist some room to freaking breathe, would you?
I cannot draw, but I write. I know how much time I put into my stories. I imagine that it’s a similar time and brain power commitment for the sheer volume of artwork that this particular artist has blessed our fandom with in recent months. Not to mention hoping that the magical trifecta of time-inspiration-motivation is actually in line when you sit down to create.
Honestly. SCROLL DOWN HER BLOG A MINUTE and think before you Anon. She’s been taking fic recommendations. She’s been building a to-read list. If you’re that keen to see art from your favorite fic or one of you own fics, then send a polite message. I’ll even give you a format:
Hi! Your art is stunning! I really like the piece you did depicting *insert something nice here*. I was wondering if you’ve read *insert fic name here*. If not, I highly recommend it. Thank you so much for sharing your art with us.
And understand that just like with a fic writer, a fic artist is under no obligation to actually fill your requests/prompts.
Not only that, but the three writers she’s drawn artwork for so far...NONE OF US APPEAR TO HAVE ASKED FOR IT. I know I didn’t. Now, obviously we’re thrilled and grateful. Who wouldn’t be? But the point is, she’s creating as she’s inspired to do so, not on our timelines but on HERS. We claim to support fanfic writers who do the same thing. So why treat an artist differently? Why?
Look, I get it. If you’re a writer, it’s sometimes hard to see other people receive artwork or recognition. Our writing is so often a labor of love and we put a lot of hard work into them, but SO DOES AN ARTIST who is drawing something. This passive aggressive SHAMING and messaging that’s reeks of bitter entitlement is not acceptable. It’s actually a lot worse if you’re a writer and are sending this, honestly. Because you’ve probably had that moment of absolute dejection after a comment that reeks of “Why didn’t you write exactly what I want?” or “Update soon!” when you just freaking posted or someone who gets upset after you update because it wasn’t the story THEY wanted to see an update from. Which means, you oughta know better.
And if your actual problem is that her two most recent fanfic based fanarts both happened to be MY stories she’s drawn and there have been a few people recommending some of my other stories to her, and I happen to be that one writer you think is over-rated, gets way too much attention, annoys you because you don’t like my writing, or whatever other stick is up your butt, then your problem is really with me. Not @little-lynx. Grow up and deal with it. Don’t tear down a creator whose producing free content for the entire fandom, not just one fanfic writer, because you’re butthurt.
Will you be drawing anything from other stories too? There’s a lot of extremely talented authors in this fandom who also deserve some love. :)
Hi!
Ahem, why I feel so uncomfortable now? Like i did something bad?
You know I wrote A4 long answer for your question but decided not to publish it. Well, ok, long story short. Yes, I’m planning to draw fanart for other fics. I’ve said it a million times before but again I’m really new to THG fanfiction. I’m thrilled to read all the fantastic stories from different authors (and I know how talented people are in this fandom!). But I don’t know when this will happen.
Yes, there will be some more illustrations for @katnissdoesnotfollowback stories but that doesn’t mean that other authors are not good enough, ok? I just haven’t read much yet. Why do I have a feeling that I’m making excuses for loving some particular stories? Maybe I got it wrong.
Look, I’m not a fanfiction artist. “Read and sketch” is a side series that I made just for fun and to say “thank you” to fic writers I adore. So when I will read something (better to say when I will have time to read something) that I love I will draw fanart for it.
P.S. And maybe you can send me some ideas what to read next? :) I want to do a to-read list! Maybe there are some stories that just MUST be read? What I particularly love: growing together, no games au, RYE, Mellarks (and will be cool if Mrs Mellark is not a complete bitch please), not super depressing, no pregnancy and children (thanks, I have enough myself 😂), everlark centred. Thanks!
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wonderbaek04 · 7 years ago
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EXO’rDIUM DOT experience!! Day 2 concert day, the final one.
As you guys can see from the title... I am starting to feel emotional T-T Yes, the very last concert of EXO’rDIUM in Seoul, it is pretty sad to watch it end, but I am thankful to have ended this concert with EXO personally! 
Day 2 started very early in the morning, we gather at 615am in the lobby and the staff brought us to COEX for EXO’rDIUM surround viewing concert! Basically it is a theater that has large screens which surrounds the front part of the sides as well! Explains why it is called surround viewing!! 
I sat relatively infront! I am guessing the row starts off with row A, I picked the ticket which settled me down at Row H and seat 22! Aisle seat again!! Basically it was a recorded version of EXO’rDIUM in Seoul start, they had Baekhyun stripping (OMG!), I was pretty tired as the screening started at 7amkst... Can you imagine me watching this with my eyes half opened?? HAHAHA, my eyes only light up when I saw Baekhyun’s ABS LOLOL. (I actually almost fell asleep while watching it... It wasn’t boring, I was just too tired from the previous day concert)
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The screening started at 7amkst and lasted for 1hr 20minutes, so the entire show ended at about 930amkst. We were let off from there to go tour around Artium ourselves and of course, SHOPPING! 
As we stepped out off the theater, we were instructed to drop our letter for exo in this big box. I was rather disappointed that we couldn’t leave it at backstage for them or something??? I heard from the previous time fans left it at backstage, but I am assuming because Jamsil stadium is a bit inconvenient so they told us to drop in a box instead. 
My letters to Baekhyun and Chanyeol!! Baekhyun’s letter was really long and sincere, something that was really close to my heart. I told him my life wish list! 
For Baekhyun to be healthy and happy. 
For Baekhyun’s love ones to be healthy and happy too! including Myeongrong-ie!
To go to Baekhyun Oppa fansign! (when is this ever going to happen lol)
To do well in University and meet exo proudly again (I think!!) 
I also told Baekhyun that I am thankful for him, and that he was the one who gave me lots of strength and motivation when bad things happen to me. I was able to pull through so many difficulties thanks to him, and of course quoted “Life is only a path full of efforts” and signed off with my name and where I was from!
As for Letter to Chanyeollie, I decided to be funny and wrote, 
“Chanyeol Oppa, Toben-ie is so cute!” and signed off with my name and where I was from as well too~ 
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After that, I headed off to Artium to do some shopping, as you know, Baekhyun stuff always get sold out (ugh this is annoying ya know sobs), so I decided to get a Lay keychain!!! I know it’s quite surprising, but I cannot help but appreciate Lay more these days. I really love the way he expresses himself, I was yearning for his appearance at EXO’rDIUM DOT even more... 
This Keychain is 23,000won, approx $28.50sgd (ignore the receipt behind lol, 22,000won is something else which I will mention in a while) It’s so pretty and its actually the same colour as Baekhyun’s keychain!! Sadly I couldn’t get Baek or Chan’s keychain... 
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After that, I headed off the SUM market to get some sweets! Well as mentioned, I am a chanbaek trash... so you can expect the photo below~
Each container of sweet costs 11,000won each (approx. $13.60sgd SO EX BUT I STILL GOT IT), so the picture above with the receipt 22,000won is actually for this HAHAHA!! 
And if anyone is curious about the price of the band, it is actually 13,000won each (approx. $16sgd) It fits perfectly for the bottle produced, but not any other bottles, so if you bought it like me without the bottle, you can just simply clip it onto your bag as display~~ or around your wrist like me during concert!! 
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After purchasing all the items, I mingled around and waited for time to pass. The staff instructed us to meet outside COEX ARTIUM to bring us for lunch event that was included in the package as well! 
We were served with Bibimbap!!! yum yum in the tum! There was even EXO Mat at the bottom! If you look closely, do you see the soup at the left? The soup was so hot it condensed at the bottom and on Chanyeol’s face OTL.. I was so sad, but I requested for a brand new mat before I left the restaurant so I could get to keep it. It was just normal paper quality~ 
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ahhhh~ our Hyunnie~~ *-*
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After lunch, I told our guide that we will leave on our own as we didn’t want to wait till 3pmkst to head to the concert venue. So I just left and took the train to Sports complex station where Jamsil stadium is located (FYI it is not located at Jamsil station guys) 
Upon reaching Jamsil stadium, I headed off to where Cookie-nim gave out her fansupport in hoping to receive it!!! Great news is! I got it!!! Super cute transparent fan by cookie-nim! I really love her fanart!! Super love! (if you know me well enough, you should know I really like her fanart that I even bought her photocards when she sold it)
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Ribbon Baek!!! One of my favourite style of B! I am so thankful that stylist-nim gave him this image! If you want Ribbon B photos, please check here!
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Chanbaek fan that I ran for from the other side of the Stadium just to get it... Thankfully I got it :’)!!
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My second favourtie fanartist!!! 5g__5g-nim! 
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So now lets talk about the postcard set that I got from the Merchandise booth!! Actually... just look at them, I don’t even need to say anything. It is just pure beauty!!! If you want scanned version please let me know, I can scan it~
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After collecting all the fansupport, I decided to enter the concert venue and get settled down! 
Day 2â€Čs fansupport!! 
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Last recognition photo for EXO’rDIUM DOT T-T
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I was much closer to the stage!!! I was able to see all of them clearly!!!
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ah.. too bright whoops... I don’t have much photos tbh, please check out fansite HD photos instead of mine HAHAHA But can you see the hanged up posters shining? It was so beautiful~
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Day 2 concert started as usual with Monster! Fanchants for every song was so loud and clear, I am indeed honoured to be part of this! 
(I don’t have any photos of the performance so don’t expect more haha) 
The last concert went really well without any injuries, I sincerely watched every performance with care and make sure I remember them clearly. I had my reasons of not recording, although some might think that it is a pity that I did not record since I was already there. But, honestly, I wanted to watch their performance with my eyes, not watching them through my camera... It might be a pity I did not record to rewatch it again, but fully experiencing it with my own eyes it way better than staring at my phone throughout the entire concert right? 
Towards the end, EXO came out with surprise again, this time asking us for a date!
Let’s go on a summer date!
Sweetest angels that brought me to tears... 
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Through the last EXO’rDIUM concert, I experienced so much emotional breakdowns, I watch how Baekhyun stripped, become a hot guy, picking up bad boy concept and then suddenly turning into the sweetest angel that looks at fans sincerely~ 
The concert ended with the boys walking towards the backstage, I left Jamsil stadium with watery eyes and a heavy heart, not knowing when I will be able to see them again as I am an I-fan. But it came across my mind that I am actually very blessed to be able to even meet exo in real life, and that I will cherish this wonderful memory created with exo in Seoul. Experiencing EXO’rDIUM DOT concert in Seoul at Jamsil stadium is really one life goal that I was lucky enough to experience. It was definitely a once in a life time experience, I am thankful and thankful again, no matter what... I wouldn’t change my love for them, let’s run this journey together EXO... 
As EXO’rDIUM comes to an end, if you guys really want me to talk about how it felt. Honestly, there are no words to describe how I felt... It was a really breath-taking concert, seeing how exo members are able to play freely with fans as there was absolutely no language barrier and korean fans here really give their best to exo. Astonishing fanchants and cheers just for the one and only exo... No wonder the boys always enjoy Seoul concert so much! 
I watched the boys let loose of themselves and always thanking fans for giving them so much love and support, and that without fans, they won’t be able to hold a concert at Jamsil. 
Baekhyun mentioned: “EXO is like a book that Lee Soo Man created, EXO-L is the key pen that writes history with exo, without a pen, a book would never write it’s history, and because of EXO-L, EXO can proudly perform in Jamsil stadium” 
Baekhyun really brings out the best words for EXO-Ls, other members has also poured out their sincere thoughts for exo-Ls. When I saw Chanyeol from afar wiping his tears, I broke a little, to know how tiring it was for all of them, and that they have endured so much just to give us the best stage. What broke me further was when the screen filmed Baekhyun looking at fans sincerely through the confetti... I was quietly holding back my tears. I normally only look at previews and be like,”awww Baekhyun so sweet”, but when I personally experienced looking at him like that, it was really emotional, looking at him quietly looking at fans made me want to protect and hug him tightly. 
EXO really gave it their all for the last concert of EXO’rDIUM, longer chats, super power showcase with lightsticks, support cards for EXO-Ls, not forgetting how Suho conveyed to us that Yixing missed us a lot. 
I hope every I-fan actually experience an EXO concert in Seoul yourself, you will then fully understand how it truly feels and why Kfans are so so so so loyal and dedicated to EXO. I felt like I wasn’t a good enough fan, and that I didn’t love EXO enough with all my heart. After experiencing the concert, I finally knew why, it is an indescribable feeling. You just have to experience it yourself to understand.  
To every fan reading this, it is ok if EXO never really looked into your eyes and know your existence, they know we are there for them in their hearts. They have worked half of their youth to achieve their dreams, fulfill our desires and wishes, I believe they love every single one of us even though they cannot reach out to all of us. Please continue to support EXO in their future comebacks and schedules, let’s continue to love them even more! 
Thank you all for waiting for this patiently! Thank you for constantly cheering on me as well, I am happy to share this emotion and experience here. To end off, thank you again. 
exo planet 3
exordium dot . 
thank you exo
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oumakokichi · 8 years ago
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Hello! I just have one question about Ouma. What was his reason for auditioning for the killing game? I heard from others that it was something to do with charity, but are there any other details? (Love your metas btw ^^)
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These questions mightseem a little bit unrelated at first, but I feel like they both deal with thesame question at heart, so I decided to answer them together!
I’ll try going as in-depth as I can with an explanation, butjust know that much of this is theory-making and speculation. What I can sayfor a fact however, is this: the charitything is a false rumor. I’ve seen this one going around for a while eversince the game launched, and having played through the entire game myself, Ican confirm that there’s not a single mention at all of Ouma ever havingauditioned to raise money for charity causes or donate money, or anything likethat.
I’m pretty sure this rumor was one of the first to arisewhen the game launched precisely because there was no real way at the time ofdifferentiating fake information from real (which is pretty hilarious, giventhe actual themes of ndrv3’s last chapter
). So there were a lot of rumorsfloating around simultaneously about “Ouma being the worst human being who everlived and a horrible villain who killed Miu and Gonta for no reason at all,”and then a lot of rumors in response to that about “Ouma being a precious cinnamonroll who did nothing wrong at all ever, in his entire life.” Unsurprisingly, both of these sets of rumors are false.Yet again, everything with Ouma comes back to a middle ground.
We don’t see much of his pre-game self; even in the prologuehe has almost no speaking lines whatsoever. What we can surmise about him isthat he definitely seems more timid and reserved than his in-game counterpart.However, considering how playing pranks and tricking people is such a core part of his personality almostunrelated to any of his assigned talents (be it SHSL Supreme Leader, “SHSLDespair,” or my theory, SHSL Chessmaker), I think that mischievous, tricksteraspect of him was always there, even pre-game. Kodaka even made it a point inhis interview question to confirm that being a fun-loving trickster is anessential part of Ouma’s character.
Ouma’s reason for auditioning onto the killing game is, fornow at least, a matter of speculation. Tsumugi avoids talking about him verynoticeably in the latter half of the Chapter 6 trial. Once the accusation abouthim being a Remnant of Despair is cleared up, in fact, she rather avoids talkingabout him at all. When she showsaudition tapes for the game, she only provides three: ones for Saihara, Kaede,and Momota respectively, and the segments she shows from Kaede’s and Momota’sare noticeably shorter than the oneshe shows from Saihara’s.
Even when she provides her “flashback” (and I provideflashback in quotation marks specifically because she tells the group “how theyreacted” when they learned they were selected to participate in the killinggame show, but she does it without proof. It’s literally all her say-so viaword-of-mouth, with no videos or even remember lights to back it up), Ouma getsno speaking lines or focus at all.
She avoids talking about him so thoroughly in the last partsof the trial that I can’t help but think that it’s on purpose: after all, afterhaving spent so much of Chapter 5 and 6 trying to build him up into the worstvillain of all time, I can’t help but think if she’d had hard, concreteevidence to present that he had gone onto the game because he wanted to killpeople or because he wanted something like cash, fame, or power, she would’ve shownthat evidence to everyone.
She loved tryingto make Ouma into a pawn, precisely because he was such a terrific actor and he“fit” for being the villain so perfectly.It’s not something she ever once shied away from. So the mysterious lack ofhard information on Ouma in Chapter 6 is, I think, something that speaks veryloudly on its own. If she can’t present “proof,” it means she didn’t have any.
This brings me to the second question, about ending thekilling game. I feel as though there is a lot of evidence suggesting that thismight very well be the case. It’s still speculation, of course, but I have seena considerable amount of fanart and doujinsfrom Japanese Pixiv artists who all seem to agree on one fact after playing thegame for themselves: not wanting to kill people was an inherent, deeply importantpart of Ouma’s personality, hence the emphasis placed on it in his in-gamemotive video. This is so deeply essential and vital to understanding his entirecharacter that I myself am firmly of the belief that he was like this evenpre-game; after all, giving him the personality trait of “not wanting to killpeople” does absolutely nothing for Tsumugi, moreso when she so clearly wantedto twist him and watch him play the villain.
If it’s true that Ouma has always wanted to play tricks andmake mischief but without hurting or killing people, then that is very interesting in the ndrv3 universe,where everyone else is absolutely obsessed with Danganronpa. In ndrv3, DRitself is a franchise absolutely based around the idea that suffering and painand “despair” are necessary in orderto lead to excitement and entertainment and “hope.” People in the ndrv3universe think absolutely nothing about loss of life, even the loss of theirown lives, if it means they can be a part of that “exciting” game.
To Ouma, who is always seeking a distraction from theroutine and the boring and the predictable, this game isn’t exciting at all.Even when he’s on the verge of death, he calls the game boring. The idea ofslaughtering people, the idea of lives being lost that will never come back, isliterally the opposite of fun to him.This isn’t my personal opinion as someone who likes him as a character: it’s afact, supported by all the evidence from his actions to his whiteboard to hismotive video.
There is a lot of evidence pointing to the fact that Oumamight very well have hated DR and hated the killing game even beforeauditioning to be on it. None of it meshes up with his interests, after all.There’s no reason to surmise that he wanted to be on the show “because he was ahuge fan”—and again, if he ever had mentioned being a fan of DR or loving tosee people die, I honestly feel like Tsumugi would not have wasted an opportunityto show a video like that. It would have solidly backed up her claims about allof them being horrible people, and considering how undeniably pissed she was atOuma for getting in the way of her plans, she would have probably loved to takea shot back at him by badmouthing him further.
It’s very likely then that he did audition with theintention of ending the game for good. After all, it’s not unheard of: afterparticipating in his first killing game, Amami reached the exact sameconclusion that the killing game was horrible and that it needed to end, and hetried to achieve the exact same result as Ouma but by different means. It wouldmake perfect sense if Ouma had hated the game even from the start and onlyauditioned specifically because he wanted to put an end to it. As he says inhis FTEs to Saihara: “You can win a game without playing it.” And Ouma wasdefinitely playing to win, but on his own terms and by his own rules.
Anyway, this is the most I can say judging by theinformation we have. But I think even though it’s speculation, it’s prettysolid. After all, many Japanesefanartists who have played the game for themselves and understood it in fullwith no need for translation or misinformation have theorized about the samething. Pretty much every Japanese fanartist I’ve seen who has gone back andreplayed the game for a second time already has mentioned noticing a lot moredetails and hints about Ouma’s mindset on a second time than they did the firsttime around, and I think that speaks quite a lot for itself.
I hope this clears things up, and I’m glad if I could dispelthe charity rumor! I know a lot of people were tempted to believe the “ndrv3characters’ personalities were flipped 180 degrees for the killing game” rumor,but there’s not really any basis to it, and a lot of the charity rumor stemmedfrom that larger rumor in particular, I think. Ouma is definitely no angel andthere’s nothing to suggest he wasn’t still mischievous and a bit of a bratbefore the game—but he’s also decidedlynot evil, as his hatred for killing and murder can attest.  Thank you both for asking!
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