#rikez

[spacenintendogs]

I’ll be asking about the dragons off the coast au.

What inspired you to make this au?/what made you make it different from every other modern au. (Small dragons was a great idea)

What does Valka/Eret do in this Au?:)

Whose all not included? (Any villains/side characters, ect.)

howdy!!

i was inspired by modern aus by ppl in the past mainly from when i was a teenager!! funkytoes/funkytoesart, siggyshrieks/sigtryggr, perpez/rikez, daglout, edge-of-bizarre, soplezhuj, & yenich are my main inspirations! some these blogs do not exist anymore but old reblogged posts can be found! obv any blog that still exists i will link directly!!

this is going to be LONG so please bare with me!

the answers to your questions about eret and valka & then other character inclusions/exclusions will be after the list of my inspirations!!

example of rikez/perpez's work! they're my main inspiration for the dragons being small!!!!!! the idea also isn't unique, it's been done before in the past but rikez/perpez's works are SO amazing!!! they are also where i got the idea for having the legendary dragons keep their leviathan sizes!! i miss their blog so much.

funkytoes/funkytoesart is the inspiration for the sanctuary aspect!! the dragons are their full sizes in their au but i LOVE the whole vibe of it all!! so so so good!!!! their blogs are still active and you can scroll through their httyd art at your leisure!!! highly reccomend esp if you're a hiccstrid fan!!! @/funkytoesart (remove the /)

sigtryggr/siggyshrieks is one of my biggest inspos for overall vibes and the feelings i want this au to create. this art means so much to me. they still make art, but not for httyd as they've gone professional and deleted all of their httyd art from their blogs. their blog is currently @/celialowenthal (remove the /)

edge-of-bizarre's modern au called north of nowhere is also a huge inspiration to me!!!! have been since they first appeared in the fanbase and i was a kid who lurked without having a tumblr acc!! pls pls pls check out their au!! absolutely stellar

daglout's modern au is also incredible and includes versions with regular animals as well as the dragons being dragons!! he also has an au where everything happens in florida and it's fucking incredible like. pls just scroll through his modern au and florida au tags!!

so much of my au is an amalgamation of what i've seen over the past 14 years in terms of being in the fanbase (lurking and otherwise) and just. trying to combine my favorite reoccuring aspects, like the dragons being dragons and being small, from different ones and the uniqueness that makes mine different is just?? i think the stories i'm telling with the setting and that's also what separates everyone else from each other!!! different character interpretations/even different favorites leads to different stories abt how everything connects!!!

one of my biggest inspirations is definitely soplezhuj in terms of how the characters are and basic things like general direction of where they go/what they do (like snotlout being a biker guy!) their art was everything to me back in 2015/2016 and i still have it saved to my phone. i miss their blog every day.

EDIT: OH MY GOD I DIDN'T ADD @yenich!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR THEIR MODERN AU IS INCREDIBLE PLS GIVE THEM LOVE!!!!!!!! absolutely STELLAR!!!!!!!!

what do valka & eret do in this au?

valka is alive and well, however she is a mostly absent mother as her conservation work with dragons has her traveling the world and she considers it to be more important than anything else in her life, at the expense of her relationships with stoick & hiccup. hiccup looks up to her SO much tho & he yearns to be like her & help her with her work. she doesn't NOT love stoick & hiccup but her priorities are elsewhere & she maybe shouldn't have started a family but alas. hiccup & stoick will visit her wherever she is during summers. she doesn't come home too often but once stoick dies she decides to be in hiccup's life full time & has to come to terms with the fact she does not know her son at all & was a terrible mother. i'm actually very excited for her arc :) cloudjumper is her buddy btw!!! also she was the one who originally started the hidden world sanctuary in berk!! but once she started traveling it became too much & that's why it's not in use until hiccup gets it going again! she's also connected to drago! they're former partners in conservation work & they had a BAD disagreement!! (drago is going to be more fleshed out for this au. he's not gonna be straight bad guy villain!!)

eret, on the other hand, is a poacher :) after the red death, berk becomes a destination spot for tourists esp with the sanctuary & the stories of the potential last night fury in existence being there draws a lot of attention. he goes & visits, pretending to be a tourist, & gets a tour to help scout for the group he's a part of. there's like, a whole heist planned & everything, which isn't new for the gang given who they deal with before :) through his scouting tho, he befriends astrid & learns a lot abt dragons & becomes attached to stormfly (obv!!) & then skullcrusher (much to stoick's chagrin lol) & does decide to side with the gang & admits his (now former) job. :) he becomes the tidal class dragon guy (not quite an expert yet but he's on his way!!) & splits the tracker class dragon duties with astrid to help take off her work load

who's all not included?

characters from the comics except for bayana!!! i love bayana and he deserves his time!! i haven't talked abt him yet bc i'm figuring out his storyline but i want him to be one of the volunteers & help with the mystery class dragons specifically and therefore works with the twins!!! but yea, other than bayana, no comic characters like king mikkel or the scalie bad guy dude from the serpent's heir (caldur i think lol)

characters that will be there but i haven't figured out yet are viggo, ryker, krogan, etc!! it's me trying to have everything connect in such short time spans & it's a lot LOL

i've figured out basic ideas for alvin & drago!!! they're connected to stoick and valka, respectively :) but i'm basically like this rn lol:

but tbh any character is fair game!! even book characters like camicazi!! altho idk if i'll put like, humongously hotshot the hero or big boobied bertha in for major roles!! (omg i could have tantrum o'uglery as someone fishlegs crushes on..... that'd be iconic) i'm even including my oc ermintrude for a side story & have @artinandwritin's oc siri be in my snotstrid fic!!! it's all depending on my mood & if the ideas strike me!!!

thank u for asking!!!!

[dyminjay]

my OCs for @rikez‘s original species Pepolitans. Bailey and Boss work for a prestigious wizard family, who’s only child being a little girl. Bailey and Boss work for her and Bailey is her favorite.

[thelampknowzall]

first thing that comes to mind for you is a tide pool!! serene and sweet and full of tons of fun and cool and interesting things. like a condensed little ocean

I really really like this... it makes me feel so nice!! I forget that tide pools exist, and normally I am really scared of the ocean. But tide pools are nice cause they are small and safe and host lots of life... I DIGRESS I love this thank you so much.

[hello-em75]

IHFAP #107

Final reminder that the second RTTE livestream of the summer will happen tomorrow Friday, June 23 at 4 PM PDT on rabb.it! 

To chose the episodes we’ll be watching, make sure to vote on this survey!  

IHFAP #106 / IHFAP April Recap / IHFAP March Recap / IHFAP Feb. Recap / IHFAP Jan. Recap / IHFAP Dec. Recap / IHFAP Nov. Recap / IHFAP Sept./Oct. Recap / IHFAP Informational Post

Spotlight: @rikez

Hey there, Pez! I just wanted to say that I think your blog is awesome! Your comments and tags on posts are always hilarious, and I love seeing some of your stuff on my dashboard. Not only that, but you art is amazing! I was scrolling through some of your stuff a while back and was totally blown away by your level of skill and immense talent. You really have a gift! And even though we’ve never talked before, you seem to be a fun person to spend time with and I hope that we can get to know each other better in the future! But until then, thanks for being a part of the HTTYD fandom! 

[skeletondoggy]

rikez replied to your post “I leave tumblr for ONE FUCKIN DAY and there’s skeletor misinformation...”

SKELETOR MISINFORMATION

Well not technically since it happened in the 2002 series but OP was stating it as if that was all incarnations BUT ALSO THE 2002 SERIES WAS NOT GOOD AND WE ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO PRETEND IT DIDNT HAPPEN

[daglout]

you:  Sugoi Quest For Kokoro

me:  Nyan~ Neko Sugar Girls

[tantoknives]

g, h, and i !

G. Last person said “I love you” to

well g and h are the same person, it’s my significant other @shard-of-the-nightbringer

H. Last person I hugged

same as the last ask! am i never not hugging this boy

I. Last time I felt jealous and why

i actually?? don’t ever really feel jealous much, i feel like it’s such an unnecessary emotion that i find i don’t engage in a lot tbh. i think the closest thing to jealousy i felt was this morning when we were watching unboxing therapy and there was this $3000 bluetooth speaker that i wish i had because it was super rad and then i kinda began to wish i had more money and yeah

[shadysubject06]

@rikez Thank you! My shoulder is still sore from all the writing it took. But, if it pulls my grade up to an A and I don't have to take his final, it will all be worth it.

[sadalexman]

wheit… ai pęßßeb un de piszedeacnt ain privet…. hoe tulld demmmm????????? Eet wad @albedohh wisnnt et???!!!!??!!??! 🥸🥸🥸😭😭🤯🤯😭🤬🤯🤯😡🤬😡😡🤬😡😡🤬🤬😡😢😭😢

(btuu sas mi rikezing ti tullIld dem))

[maedarakat]

Rtte Questions

Indirectly tagged by @lutavero

Best episode Twintuition

Best moment This is a complicated one to keep short. You know how Viggo kind of seemingly rambles and throws the other person off guard so he can get information on their true intentions by their reactions? He was rambling about the “Traitor” gamepiece when we first meet him in “Eye of the Beholder part 1″. This is how he figured out it was Heather who was the traitor, because Dagur was giving her a “Wtf is this guy babbling about?” look, and Heather kept her eyes on Viggo, looking like she was about to freak out. That’s how he knew she was a traitor “from the moment you entered my tent.”

He tried doing the same thing to Ruffnut after she was captured in “Twintuition”, talking at her rather than to her, so he could glean information. But Ruff gave him nothing. Just sat there stone faced like a Queen, and Viggo actually began to get flustered. Then Ruff completely fucking threw him off, first pretending to volunteer info on the other Riders for a reward, and then just straight up messing with him. 

So not only was Ruffnut a badass under pressure, but Viggo got quiet and his brother had to play ‘bad cop’ to help him save face. It was freaking awesome AND adorable. 

Best line

OH TOO MANY

But for now I’ll go with: “Are you sure that’s a flight suit? Cause it looks more like a plummet suit to me.”

Tuff can be a sassy little shit.

Funniest moment

“You will all have a feast of Chicken in my honor.”

Chicken: *panicked clucking from a distance*

“I’m sorry, I meant a feast FOR Chicken in my honor. Because none of you would ever eat Chicken, and if any of you ever did, I would haunt you to the ends of the Archipelago.”

Chicken: *relieved burbling from a distance*

Deepest moment

Tuff talking to his sis about how they’ll always be together even after she gets married, it’ll just be different. That he loves her too. Ruff calling him the best brother ever. ;A;

Best character development

Dagur has changed so much and been through a lot. He changed by the end of that last episode too, after finding his father. After reading that letter, he seemed to find an inner peace that has alluded him, no matter how much he meditated or . . . well, fruit-bathed. 😂

Biggest surprise

That Oswald fucking died. I don’t buy he’s dead. Either he faked his own death or someone captured him after he left. Why would Toothless have found those letters? Come on. Night Furies can sniff out heartfelt letters? Those were planted.

And Oswald would have been able to leave if he helped fight off the Grim Gnashers - Dagur impressed the Sentinels after one battle. Nah, I think those letters are fake. He got off the island eventually, and then hitched a ride with a certain Trader. Only he never made it home after that. How else would they know about Heather’s belt all of a sudden? Viggo could have so easily taken it before, so he must not have known about its importance?

The one thing you’ll never understand

WHERE the freaking HELL is Shattermaster?!? 

Tagging: @hvessa , @drekivinr , @snotwriter ,  @missiemoose, @clophia , @rikez and @everyone else!

[spacenintendogs]

do dragons exist in your modern au?

aaaah yes!!! there are dragons in my modern au!! however, they are different in their size!! i have the sizes of the dragons more similar to that of the dragons in the books (except this toothless is not tiny like book toothless! he's more the size of fireworm!)

for my modern au, hiccup & the gang run a dragon sanctuary where they take care of injured dragons/dragons who can not be re-released into the wild to help educate & spread awareness.

some dragons like the red death and the bewilderbeast will keep their more gargantuan sizes & are rare to find!! the culmination of the first movie with the red death & hiccup losing his leg after shooting toothless down & toothless losing his tail so hiccup makes him a new one & befriends him will stay in tact but obv be different bc of 1. the size of the majority of the dragons being more akin to larger dogs and 2. modern au having it obv not be a viking tribe but instead a tiny coastal town (that will end up making the news for their way of handling dragons)

the sanctuary is called the hidden world :) (and was started by valka but valka is obv out of commission lmao)

i like most types of modern aus & i do like when ppl use actual animals for the dragons but i always looove when i see ppl use actual dragons for modern au!! it's so fun!! and the dragon sanctuary side of it has been done too!! two of my favorite versions of modern au tbh!! (axonmanage, rikez/perpez, funkytoes, soplezhuj, yenich, & edge-of-bizarre are all huge inspirations for my modern au!)

here's a hiccup & toothless doodle!! (abt the equivalent of rtte!!)

@weepynymph for the tags bc u wanted to know abt my modern au!!

[tesvskyrim]

@rikez i immediately thought of you when it happened omfg he was talking about a metal dragon and some dragon "destroying shit" and i just saw the mom in front of us's smile falter

[thelampknowzall]

Sorry for bothering you about this but my curiosity has gotten the better of me LOL. What color am i?

Don’t be sorry cutie!!!! smoooooches uwu You are Green Yellow!

[hello-em75]

A Year of IHFAP (2016-17)

Hey all! Thanks to all of you who commented on my post yesterday celebrating a year of the Indefinite HTTYD Fandom Appreciation Project! 

This isn’t a new IHFAP post obviously, but I thought it’d be a better resource for me to organize myself by compiling this masterpost of all of the blogs I’ve spotlighted in this past year. 

Feel free to get caught up on any IHFAP posts you may have missed! 

IHFAP #1: @chiefhiccstrid // IHFAP #2: @dragonlover7860 // IHFAP #3: @the-httyd-lover // IHFAP #4: @graphrofberk // IHFAP #5: @oh–you–pretty–things 

IHFAP #6: @dragonlovertr // IHFAP #7: @drchee5e // IHFAP #8: @martabm90 // IHFAP #9: @leffie-draws-fanart // IHFAP #10: @kingofthewilderwest 

 IHFAP #11: @lutavero // IHFAP #12: @astridthevalkyrie // IHFAP #13: @bgsdragons // IHFAP #14: @nightfurylover31 // IHFAP #15: @astrxd

IHFAP #16: @justgotawesome // IHFAP #17: @funkytoes // IHFAP #18: @stationdragon // IHFAP #19: @dragonescence // IHFAP #20: @notkorras

IHFAP #21: @ladytrixiee // IHFAP #22: @maybemilady73 // IHFAP #23: @saracorinnelikesthis // IHFAP #24: @tarched // IHFAP #25: @sjhodge

IHFAP #26: @jennis41digsdragons // IHFAP #27: @e–wills // IHFAP #28: @sasstrid-and-dorkcup // IHFAP #29: @hiccstrid-support-group // IHFAP #30: @listentoyourdragon 

IHFAP #31: @wilderwestqueen // IHFAP #32: @raide-draws-fanart // IHFAP #33: @tysonrunningfox // IHFAP #34: @queenelinor // IHFAP #35: Thanksgiving Edition 

IHFAP #36: @snowprincess-artist // IHFAP #37: @httydofdreamworks // IHFAP #38: @22craftgirl // IHFAP #39: @thedragonmaster // IHFAP #40:@fankakm 

IHFAP #41: @katergator84 // IHFAP #42: @forythetilly // IHFAP #43: Snoggletog Edition  //   IHFAP #44: @rafxsulfuslovestory / IHFAP #45: @hiccstridsource 

IHFAP #46: @dragonsfromthewilderwest / IHFAP #47: @nightfurygal / IHFAP #48: @nightfurylover1112 / IHFAP #49: @seowooh / IHFAP #50: @introvert-dragon 

IHFAP #51: @fifylou-berklife // IHFAP #52: @edge-of-bizarre / IHFAP #53: @dragontails89 // IHFAP #54: @emmalennyeddie / IHFAP #55: @cassadrachan 

 IHFAP #56: @crownflame // IHFAP #57: @aydan12us // IHFAP #58: @peachdoxie  // IHFAP #59: @angies-team // IHFAP #60: @avannak 

IHFAP #61: @the-way-im-feeling // IHFAP #62: @sdd-sketches // IHFAP #63: @ashleybenlove //  IHFAP #64: @dragonloverartist // IHFAP #65: @odair-hofferson 

IHFAP #66: @writerforthetylwythteg // IHFAP #67: @lissanfuryeye // IHFAP #68: @wolfie-dragon-rider // IHFAP #69: @furyoftime // IHFAP #70: @nightfury326 

IHFAP #71: @wave-artworks-fanarts // IHFAP #72: @the-chicken-is-not-amused // IHFAP #73: @kworking // IHFAP #74: @transbeequeen // IHFAP #75: @httyd-graphics 

IHFAP #76: @itsaboutdragons // IHFAP #77: @nokki1 // IHFAP #78: @pixie-dustss // IHFAP #79: @hiccstridedits // IHFAP #80: @jadeandsunsets 

IHFAP #81: @fape-1 // IHFAP #82: @crazy4dragons // IHFAP #83: @the-fanaddict // IHFAP #84: @travelerchrisedward // IHFAP #85: @jellyjay 

IHFAP #86: @dagurdewhite // IHFAP #87 : Easter Edition // IHFAP #88: @fangirling1998 // IHFAP #89: @fanaticfangirl2602 //  IHFAP #90: @fanwriter02 

IHFAP #91: @haddocksortails // IHFAP #92: @meaguieamamiya // IHFAP #93: @amare-sili // IHFAP #94: @dirtyfox9111 // IHFAP #95: @whaticalldoodling 

 IHFAP #96: @frosty-viking // IHFAP #97: @berkcastteam // IHFAP #98: @spacekeet // IHFAP #99: @astridthefearless // IHFAP #100

IHFAP #101 (courtesy of the one and only @astridthevalkyrie) // IHFAP #102: @dragon-thing-s // IHFAP #103: @theheirofberk // IHFAP #104: @twiggy242 // IHFAP #105: @jaksandrow 

IHFAP #106: @p-artsypants // IHFAP #107: @rikez // IHFAP #108: @missiemoose // IHFAP #109: @skrillqueen // IHFAP #110: @monoflaxart 

IHFAP #111: @margarethelstone //  IHFAP #112: @thepurplewriter333 // IHFAP #113: @proxy1983 // IHFAP #114: @flaming-wolf-of-valhalla // IHFAP #115: @uchiha-umeko 

IHFAP #116: @bayepaye // IHFAP #117: @thebrookeofdragons // IHFAP #118: @scauldingpainfuldeath-thedragon // IHFAP #119: @obsessedwithdreaming // IHFAP #120: @animalsarepeople2 // IHFAP #121: @queenbovine 

[skeletondoggy]

rikez replied to your photo: Generally don’t like posting pics of myself but I...

U look really cute! I love the flower pattern

THANK YA!!!!

[daglout]

my florida au is now this eclectic mix of How To Be A Human Being (album) and dixie chicks aesthetic??????? ????