#how to train your dragon edit

[the-dragon-club]

Remembered I loved the Light Fury so so much so I made an edit for her because I still think that the fandom mistreated her so terribly. She's literally just a sparkly dragon who was captured and abused acting on instinct. She didn't "take" Toothless from Hiccup, she courted with him and he chose to go with her. She saved Hiccup's life in the end, she just doesn't immediately trust humans because humans tried to end her life and locked her in a cage. They muzzled her and used her to try and kill another dragon. She's literally just a wild animal who wanted to survive and find a mate and I love her so fucking much you don't understand.

[crow-laroid]

There I fixed it.

come at me if you dare but I know that the og will forever stay the one and only.

[breezemoonriver]

My contribution to the fandom 👍

[dragonnnfly]

Httyd + tumblr

[otiksimr]

Gembreakers but they’re nothing like canon.

[mahoganyrust]

Meme redraw ✨✨

Just a couple dudes in an elevator

[starshroud-httyd]

[saturnniidae]

Other than the blatant sexism of it, I think part of why it bothers me so much that Valka was reduced to 'Mother figure' in the third movie because I've always felt that despite their efforts, Hiccup will probably never genuinely see Valka as a mother figure since she didn't actually raise him and he's an adult by the time they meet. Like yes, of course he knows she's his mom but they don't have that kind of relationship and likely never will.

I've always thought this based on a few things, mostly when she apologizes and says "can you give me another chance" because all Hiccup does in response is smile sadly, he never verbally forgives her (that I can remember) so she immediately starts going on about how she can teach him about dragons and that's what connects them, but very little else because they don't actually know each other (And it's so sad because you can tell Valka's trying so hard, she loves Hiccup and he loves her but no amount of talking about dragons will make up for two decades of absence).

The other main thing that I think about with this is that cut footage from when Valka was still planned to be the antagonist, where Hiccup says: "fine! I guess I kinda like the idea of having a mom, alright?" Despite being scrapped, it ties in well with how excited he was for them to all be a family again when Stoick shows up because that excitement is definitely based on the very unrealistic, idealized version of what a 'complete' family is, what Hiccup didn't get to grow up with but probably fantasized about having.

I think the way circumstances kind of forced Hiccup and Valka together could've been really interesting to explore, them mourning Stoick together, exchanging stories about him, Hiccup actually getting to know her outside of the very surface level 'expert dragon lady'. I think Gobber could've really helped with this, bridging the gap between them since he actually knew Valka and has known Hiccup for his entire life (and has experience doing this exact thing with Hiccup and Stoick years ago).

The single year between httyd2 and thw would definitely not have been long enough for it, but I think after a while Hiccup and Valka could be good friends. But they'll never be as close as they could've been and they both know that.

[ghostofthegallows]

"You can't summon a dead fandom with one image"

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[1000dactyls]

Waiter! more hiccup hcs please they way you draw him is phenomenal

you asked & i delivered 🫡 even more hiccup headcanons and stylization thoughts… with an extra helping of the haddocks!!! hiccup is a fun exercise in thinking how does a neurodivergent norse teenager save the world. astrid’s line in DoB’s episode ‘fright of passage’ still sticks with me. paraphrasing a bit, it’s something like this:

ASTRID: come ON hiccup. don’t tell me you haven’t been dreaming about going after the Flightmare — learning about it, riding it, training it… HICCUP: i don’t spend all my time thinking about dragons! ASTRID: are you seriously saying that to me with a straight face right now?

Like why did you clock him like that .

[notsotoothless]

Gift of the Night Fury → Astrid

Well, I'm gonna spread some holiday cheer!

[httyd-art-requests]

Welcome back!! Enjoy the best thing I've ever done (look very closely at the third one)

YESSS Howdy Train Your Dragon my beloved <3 Glad to see the fandom is still coming up with silly inside jokes

I also threw my cowboy hat in the ring and did a little something when I found the original post :] (We're sitting on the playground and trading little collectibles rn btw. We're parallel playing)

(Wardenofdragons is my HTTYD OC sideblog)

[ziggityzigg]

Boo

[artinandwritin]

I'm making a lil paper animation with the concepts of stopmotion for school based on the httyd books! All I gotta add in now is Toothless jumping onto the rock but I have to do that digitally sadly. It's a pretty fun process ngl and the result is looking great to me

[dragonnnfly]

[melissa-leaf]

marking territory 😄