#somehow still alive

[howtowhumpyourhiccup]

Somehow Still Alive

Summary: Written for AI-less Whumptober 2023 Day 21. Set during Httyd 1. After the battle with the Red Death, Toothless can hardly believe that he and Hiccup are still alive.

Warning: /

Rating: General

Characters: Hiccup, Toothless, Stoick

Pairing: /

Words: 313

Fandom: How to Train Your Dragon

Prompt: Near Death Experience

Whumpee: Hiccup, Toothless

Author’s Notes: Enjoy!

@ailesswhumptober

XOXOX

When they decided to fight the Red Death, Toothless was not expecting to get out of that battle alive. It was a miracle that he and Hiccup weren't immediately killed by the cruel queen, let alone that they somehow killed her and put an end to centuries of suffering at her jaws.

But somehow they did it and Toothless finds that they’re both still alive.

His body is in such pain.

He’s never had to push his wings that hard before, his lungs have never had to scream, his heart has never had to stay ahead of death. The heat of the fire as she blew up was hot enough to almost blister his fireproof hide.

The fight is a complete blur. Though the images keep rolling around in his head, he can’t make sense of them. Not how they beat her and not how they’ve made it out alive.

And he can’t imagine what it must’ve been like for a human either. Hiccup lay perfectly protected within the confines of his aching body and held to his chest. His laboured breathing like the sound of drums to his sensitive ears. Toothless can very clearly smell the parts of him- clothes and flesh- that were touched by the fire before he pulled him out.

The smell bothers him. The sounds bother him. His body hurts too much to hold onto him, but he doesn’t let go.

Hiccup almost died. Toothless almost died. He can’t let them seperate ever again. Not now, not ever.

Toothless hears the sound of movement and it wills him from the darkness of sweet unconsciousness. Just the mere glimpse of the grey cloudy and ash-filled day hurts his eyes, an unearthly pounding inside his skull.

Stoick- as Toothless has learned his name is- kneels there. He looks mournful, but Toothless still holds onto Hiccup, not wanting to let go.

[nethskelie]

Hi theeeere!

My life has been kinda hectic lately?? I'll try to come back with Facts soon, and I really can't wait to start Mélomanie (148 I love Seungmin) but it might still take some time...

I'll never forget this account, and I hope you won't either by the time I really do come back!

See you soon ;)

It was Neth talking to you, take care :]

[smylenol]

(It was raining. I could be in a neck brace. Waiting until the fed-up overworked nurses and shrinks command me to shut up.)

I’m having some amusement, I suppose. I have one more alter project to set up, and then .. Kablang. Or in this case, doom! The Injustice Doom Society ;}

There’s going to be a lot of hot under 25s! I should be excited, but really, I don’t want to bother, they shouldn’t have to ask, and I’m at this city’s service when I’m strong enough. Batsy would clean litter from the streets I think, if they were in a corner and simply wanted to prove how much they care about things going on.

Within the next year? I should set up OneWhoLaughs. If that’s still available. Then I’ll be on the Instagram feed, and I won’t mind the swimsuits and tuchuses so much. I’ve been awake.. all night, walking with what appears to be a spot of trench foot and nails cutting into other toes. The nails were cut. I, uhm er ahh.. drinka duh cawfii.

(Second to the head meds! Under your thumb I’m .. somewhat rather proud to be.)

I may have to explain to everybody that there’s no guarantee that my blood is clean, and that we likely shouldn’t .. mix sticks? The fuh I meant mix hips you bungling cephalopod crusty nobster .. j.. juhohngsun? Hold on. Chuh chuh chuh? Death maracas. Shiggasquigga.

Playdate? Hah, perhaps for a few scant moments along a footfall in this city I’m allowed to live in. I have so much to explain and account for, and the big if, if I have to, it’ll be okay, I can be broken down. Evil? Nuu. Ebil. Ebil smol bawz.

[arseonista]

"you never thought what youre destinied to do?" sweetheart i thought i was destinied to kiss a truck at 130m/h at 13, but guess fates a bitch.

[rystiel]

i keep seeing people say the doctor shouldn’t have feelings for rogue because he’s married to river…? river song… who has also married multiple people… one of the most polyamorous characters in the show…?

[naturecalls111]

unorthodox murder mystery

[chthonic-cassandra]

Corollary to the important Dracula movies post, here's a more general recommended and/or representative vampire movie curriculum; there's some overlap between the two lists, of course.

This list does include my personal favorite vampire movies and sometimes it's skewed a little to my taste rather than to what's most important in the genre, but I also think it's 25 movies that would make a pretty interesting education in vampire film.

1922-1964 (fundamental, genre-defining)

Nosferatu (dir. F.W. Murnau, 1922)

Dracula (dir. Tod Browning, 1931)

Vampyr (dir. Carl Th. Dreyer, 1932)

Dracula's Daughter (dir. Lambert Hillyer, 1936)

Dracula/Horror of Dracula (dir. Terrence Fisher, 1958)

The Last Man on Earth (dir. Sidney Salkow, 1964)

1970-1982 (experimentation in multiple directions)

The Nude Vampire (dir. Jean Rollin, 1970)

The Vampire Lovers (dir. Roy Ward Baker, 1970)

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (dir. Jaromil Jires, 1970)

Daughters of Darkness (dir. Harry Kumel, 1971)

The Velvet Vampire (dir. Stephanie Rothman, 1971)

Dracula A.D. 1972 (dir. Alan Gibson, 1972)

Ganja & Hess (dir. Bill Gunn, 1973)

Blood for Dracula (dir. Paul Morissey, 1974)

Dracula (dir. John Badham, 1979)

Nosferatu (dir. Werner Herzog, 1979)

Fascination (dir. Jean Rollin, 1979)

The Living Dead Girl (dir. Jean Rollin, 1982)

1983-present (the contemporary vampire film, of various types)

The Hunger (dir. Tony Scott, 1983)

Near Dark (dir. Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1992)

Interview with the Vampire (dir. Neil Jordan, 1994)

Shadow of the Vampire (dir. E. Elias Merhige, 2000)

Let the Right One In (dir. Thomas Alfredson, 2008)

Thirst (dir. Park Chan-Wook, 2009)

Byzantium (dir. Neil Jordan, 2012)

[kim-carvv]

I introduced Uncle Ensitl to that new glowing slate that the telephone has evolved into. Deya is glaring at me while Ensitl has found all the baking videos.

@ensitl-the-infernal

[nyxpheros]

Do I like to dress him up like he's a Barbie doll? Possibly.

[hipsternumbertwo]

Favorite Angela Moments 61/∞: Spork

[meanbossart]

Shout out to the stream chat last night who all started chanting MORNING SICKNESS after DU drow woke up mysteriously nauseated from a long rest, shortly after banging Astarion in the woods. I was 3 glasses of wine in at that point and it all went downhill from there.

[3lliesan]

The Prefect after flipping off literal death for the nth time this month.

Ace: We are gathered here today to remember Life of the Ramshackle Prefect, Yuu, whose life was taken too soon... Fighting yet another Overblot.

Yuu on the nurse's bed, wrapped up in bandages for the nth time: Stop talking about me in front of other people as if I'm dead, Ace.

*All of the first years outside the Nurse room, door wide open.*

Epel: *sniff* Sometimes, I can still hear his voice.

Yuu: Man, fuck y'all!

[fatedroses]

Elidibus informing Emet of a pivot in their plans in the most messed up way he can manage.

[kitamars]

gins and ginhiji

[stars-obsession-pit]

Demon twins back in time

Danny flinched violently as the world suddenly lurched around him.

No, he realized, not just the world, but the whole timeline. He’d worked with Clockwork enough to feel the gears of Time snap out of place. Something big was happening.

His head spun. He stumbled, felt himself collapse. Everything around him dissolved. Thoughts turned to static.

And then suddenly he blinked, and the world was back. Solid, even as his mind still reeled. Slamming his eyes shut, he forced himself to breathe deeply and collect his thoughts.

He didn’t think he’d forgotten anything, but would he know if he had? His resolve hardening, he let out a breath. He couldn’t put the world off forever.

As soon as he opened his eyes, his heart plummeted. He recognized this place.

Nanda Parbat. The hell he’d grown up in. Died in. He’d never really escaped, had he?

A gasp startled him from his thoughts, and he whirled to see another boy staring back at him, eyes wide.

Damian al Ghul. The heir. His brother. His murderer.

He lunged, and Danny tried to drop into a fighting stance, but stumbled on too-short limbs. Oh ancients, he was going to be killed by him all over again. A failure even when sent back for a second try. And they weren’t next to a Lazarus pit he could drag himself into this time.

But instead of a debilitating strike, Danny felt wrapped him up in a crushing hug.

What?

“I never thought I’d get to see you again,” Damian sobbed into Danny’s shoulder. The sound felt wrong coming from him. His brother never cried.

Maybe that’s what changed. Not just thrown into the past, but a bizarro past where his brother cared.

Danny had never felt so lost. This all felt wrong. He wanted to go home—to his real home in Amity Park.

But they were an entire world away.

Maybe, hopefully, Clockwork could help him. But he’d have to get to his lair—and the Ghost Zone in general—first, neither of which would be easy.

At least this time he’ll know how to avoid the mistakes from his first escape from the League.

…Though he’ll have to be careful about this changed Damian. Even if he seems nicer than Danny is used to, that doesn’t mean he couldn’t ruin things anyway.