#toothless auto tail

[nightfury-2001]

Something that especially bothers me about the ending of 3. Is that they want to have their sad "The dragons leaving" ending. and also have them still get to be friends.

They want you to be sad at the dragons leaving, that hiccup and everyone else might never see their best friends ever again.

But they still want their cute ending where hiccups gets get to play with toothless's kids.

They want you to be sad that hiccup misses his friend on the holidays and wants him to be there with him.

And then he comes in, eats the fish, and leaves. Or in the snoggletog log thing, are just kinda there like the dragons never left.

They really did want to have their cake and it too, and not just with the things you've mentioned.

"Hiccup and Toothless' friendship is the friendship of a lifetime and they're canonically platonic soulmates but also a big part of this film is about how Toothless' instincts and attraction to the Light Fury become more important than his bond with Hiccup. Also the only reason that Toothless didn't accept the auto-tail in GOTNF was because there wasn't a hot girl Fury around that he needed to impress. Oh and Toothless almost murders Hiccup during the reunion scene before barely recognizing him at the last second."

"The Light Fury represents the call of the wild - she's a regal, powerful, fierce creature that's untainted by humanity - but she's also the cute marketable girlfriend™ character who has pink sparkly hearts on her forehead. She couldn't have interesting markings that weren't made out of glitter because they might have looked too much like scars. Also she sounds and acts like a domestic cat."

"Toothless is a wild animal with the instincts, behaviors, and needs to match and where he truly belongs is in the wild and Hiccup needs to learn to accept that but also he's the protagonist's adorable "pet" that runs around panting and slobbering and acting like a dog but also he's this extremely intelligent being that's smarter than any real non-human animal and he has many humanlike behaviors and he can draw and understand the value of art and he can quickly understand and negotiate in a hostage situation and he has an updated design that makes him look more humanlike and emote in more humanlike ways than ever before."

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

i actually saw that toothless statue IRL for sale recently. but. i mean a. i don't like buff toothless b. i don't like auto-tail toothless c. it was almost $800 NZD and i am not paying that much for THW merch when i can buy a second-hand HTTYD 2 mcdonalds toothless for like a dollar (jokes on you i own one from my childhood)

[10blue10]

Half Done THW Rewrite

Last night I stumbled across a half finished THW rewrite that I apparently never finished. I don’t have any plans to finish it, but I figured I might as well try to decipher my own handwriting and share what I had so far below the cut.

How to repair ‘The Hidden World’.

1 ) Lose the warlords. They’re boring and pointless.

2 ) Have Drago - No Bewilderbeast, army in shambles, turn to Grimmel for help defeating Berk.

2 ) Bring Drago back and have him be reduced but still threatening. He’s gathered the remnants of his army to besiege Berk until they get the dragons.

3 ) Hiccup and Astrid plan to get married is planning to marry Astrid but has too much on his plate right now.

4 ) The LF (a female NF with navy scales and patterns like a snow leopard) sees the riders rescuing dragons and follows them back to Berk from a distance.

5 ) Drago hires Grimmel to help defeat Hiccup and Berk

5 ) Berk is crowded because the dragons like it there and don’t listen to Toothless when he tries to make them leave.

6 ) He hears the female NF calling and investigates. She tries to get him to follow her but he can’t fly.

7 ) She spots Hiccup and Astrid, growls at them. Toothless leaps to their defence. They realise what she is and Astrid names her Twilight Midnight Luna. Confused, she flees.

8 ) Berk is under siege; they have nowhere to send the dragons to, and Hiccup is under pressure.

9 ) Drago asks to meet him. He agrees, but Astrid and Eret start making plans to capture Drago.

10 ) Hiccup tells Drago that if Drago wants their dragons, it’s not happening. Drago makes an ultimatum. Either he gives up the dragons, or Drago will gather another dragon army and wipe them out.

10 ) Drago offers Hiccup a deal - join him, and together they can spread Berks way of life throughout the world. He says it takes strength and power to make the world change to your liking. Hiccup disagrees.

11 ) They both spring a trap, and Toothless is captured. Drago threatens to kill the dragon. Hiccup begs him not to and agrees to think about his proposal, if he’ll let Toothless go.

12 ) Hiccup has no intention of actually allying with Drago. He tells everyone that as much as he doesn’t want to, if they stay on Berk they’ll either be starved out or people will just keep coming. If they want their people to survive, they need to leave.

13 ) They start preparing. Hiccup knows Luna went west and figures there might be an island, maybe a nest of Night Furies, that way.

14 ) Toothless hears Luna again. This time she isn’t so urgent, sniffing curiously at his saddle and red tail fin. It makes her uncomfortable. He tries to flirt with her, but she just keeps trying to get him to follow her.

15 ) They don’t know Hiccup is watching. He worries that Toothless will leave with Luna, but Astrid tells him he won’t.

16 ) Berk is evacuated in the dead of night.

17 ) As they travel west, Luna appears and snatches Hiccup off Toothless’ back. She starts carrying him away, looks back to see he’s (Toothless) still not following.

18 ) At last she realises he needs Hiccup to fly, and puts the human back before flying off.

19 ) They find an island to rest on, but it’s too low and barren for a permanent home. The berkians make camp. Hiccup presents Toothless with the auto tail so he can go after Luna.

20 ) He flies off. She finds him and starts leading him further west. Toothless tries to show off.

21 ) Luna plays with him in midair (like in the deleted scene). The two start to get feelings for each other.

22 ) At last they see an island in the distance. Luna roars excitedly and flies towards it, calling Toothless to flow.

23 ) Meanwhile, Hiccup decides he needs to capture Drago in the hopes of ending the war with the hunters. By working together they succeed, but the army still doesn’t give up, and they nearly leave Ruffnut behind.

24 ) Drago notices Toothless absence and mocks Hiccup, saying the dragon abandoned him. He tries to get under Hiccup’s skin by telling him how he got the Fury-skin cloak.

25 ) Hiccup isn’t having any of it, but when a day passes and Toothless still hasn’t returned, he starts to get worried.

26 ) Gobber and Valka suggest he try to accept Toothless might want to be with his own kind. Astrid says he probably lost track of time and they should go look for him.

27 ) Ruffnut annoys Drago, who threatens to kill her. Eret tells her it’s her turn on lookout, and confronts his former boss. He tells Drago that Hiccups way is better and if the man lets go of his hatred towards dragons he’d see that. Drago wants to kill him too.

That’s as far as I ever got.

[techno-danger]

Fuck it, I'm in a good mood. Here's my Card edit!!! My MCsona is essentially just a twisted version of Hiccup Haddock as his younger sister, a proper Dragon Beast Tamer lol (Character designed by @boopshoops, Assets by @Alchemivich). I had a lot of fun trying to edit this using assets for once instead of from scratch. It killed me having to cut her above the knees and not getting to show off her ugg boots cause they're so cute 😭😭😭

And before you ask, yes I also gachacarded Toothless cause he's her dragon (Hiccup still has a Night Fury, I just really wanted Toothless-). His tail is different cause it's what I call a semi-auto tail. Think of it as a mix between his tail at the beginning and the end of The Hidden World, an tail he can switch between Automatic and Manual mode just like a car lol.

I'm honestly really happy with myself, this is the first bit of creative motivation i've had in years and I'm so happy with how they turned out. Shoopy also gave me Bella in 2 other outfits which I'm excited to gachafy next lol, one in SR and the other SSR. I also have some base assets that I'm gonna try to put her face (and ugg boots lol) onto as well so I can do PE, Labwear and Ceremonial Robes cards too.

Let me know if any of you want to see these or post pics of the WIPS for future projects!

(Edit: Images were dulled down for some reason, fixed it)

I just did the first piece of creative editing I've done in over 6 years holy shit is this what healing from depression and amotivation feels like?? I feel like i finally accomplished something- 😭

Should I share or no? The character is mine but created by a friend who drew it for me but I turned them into a gacha card from Twisted Wonderland.

[nonbinary-weirdo]

Just an aspie post (HTTYD)

Ever since the Hidden World came out, my aspie mind absolutely OBSESSED with Toothlesses new autotail. I look for drawings of him with the cogs and all instead of a regular non cut off tailfin replaced with an epic steampunk one!

And i loved the detail of the fin leather fluttering so unnaturaly as Toothless flies making it obvious.

[raflovestuffs]

That is who you are: Chapter 10

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Hi guys!!

Woah! I’m so glad to come back with a new chapter! The end is near! Only two more chapters to go! They’ll be post very soon cause as I’m going to Annecy, I’m translating the chapters whith @megtoons to give my strory translated to Dean DeBlois! 

So that’s good for you guys, cause you’ll finally how I decided to ended this story so many years ago (hopefully before the trailers comes xD)...

I want to send a big thank you to @wolfie-dragon-rider and @chiefhiccstrid who corrected it! Thank you a lot guys!

Also, here the illustration of this chapter made by my dear illustrator <3

Now, I hope this chapter will please you!

“And if all goes well, Hiccup will be saved,” I said, confident.

I’d told them my plan; it was up to them now to decide to follow me or not.

“Your plan sounds good, Astrid, but I have a question: how do you plan on getting the plans for the Night Fury tail?” Gobber asked.

“I’ll manage,” I said icily.

I knew it would take some time, but I would get there, I would find it, for Hiccup. The twins—as per usual—looked visibly confused about the plan, especially Tuffnut.

“What is it?” I asked him.

“So there’s one thing I don’t get about your plan!” he said. “The thing about the tailfin, so that Toothless can fly on his own and go find Hiccup and all that, okay… but why send Toothless, when he’s the only dragon that can’t fly on his own? That sounds… kinda dumb.”

I stepped toward him, glaring at him all the while, and didn’t speak until I drew level with him.

“Toothless is the only one capable of bringing him back,” I said dryly.

Tuffnut threw his hands in the air, admitting defeat.

“Okay, great—who’s with me?”

Everyone raised their fists proudly, signalling their agreement.

“That’s more like it.”

...

It had been a month now since Hiccup was captured by Drago, a month since I’d heard any word from him, a month that we’d been apart, a month of missing him—a month I’d been searching for the plans for the automatic tailfin for his dragon. And still, nothing. I couldn’t believe how much time had passed without him.

I found myself in the forge, leaning my head on Hiccup’s desk. I had looked everywhere—in absolutely every nook and cranny I could find, and I’d still come up empty-handed. So I stayed there, mulling over all of this, alone in Hiccup’s old refuge—right up until I heard a knock on the door. I lifted my head—it was Gobber.

“Astrid,” he said, shaking his head.

“Hmm?”

“It’s late…you should go get some rest, you’ve spent all day searching again today. Come on.”

He offered me his hand, and I took it. How could I explain that this place was the only link with Hiccup I still had? This was the only place that brought me any comfort. At home, I had nightmares, terrible nightmares. Every night since Hiccup’s capture I awoke in a cold sweat, panicked, and the nightmares would start right up again—but how could I say that to Gobber? I couldn’t. He was worried enough about me as it was.

He walked me home, and I gave him a grateful hug goodbye.

“Thanks, Gobber,” I whispered.

I pushed open the heavy door to our hut and stepped inside, without making a sound. Valka came back in her old house since I was alone. She was sleeping in our room—formerly Stoick’s—while I had decided to spend my nights in Hiccup’s old bedroom, where I could feel his unique presence. Erik was lodging in Valka’s small hut. I headed upstairs, being careful not to wake her, and I threw myself across the bed. And then, I cried. Days’ worth of accumulated pressure came out of me like this every night now, followed by my nightmares. I wasn’t used to crying, but Hiccup’s absence had changed everything.

“No!” I screamed.

I was panting—all lost. Overwhelmed, I swept my gaze around the room—Hiccup’s room. I ended up calming myself and gently replaced my head on the pillow. I drew the blanket close to me in order to smell it—Hiccup’s scent still emanated from the fabric. I curled up, tightening the thick blankets against me, and went back to sleep.

When I opened my eyes, the sun was all there, so the morning was well underway… I scolded myself for waking up so late. I jumped out of bed and dressed quickly, then I left the hut without having breakfast. Toothless and Stormfly were waiting for me outside to do their morning flight. So I climbed Toothless’ back and placed my foot on the pedal to handle his tail fin. Hiccup had shown it to me so many times that now I knew exactly how to make it work. We took off—followed by Stormfly—and we went for a flight.

Flying without Hiccup, it wasn’t the same… Before, whenever we went for a flight, we always had new adventures, we always tried things we’d never tried before—we both liked that.But he wasn’t there and days were monotonous. It was like I was reliving the same day all over again and I couldn’t break free from this vicious circle. Without Hiccup, my life had no sense, my world revolved around him and him only.

We’d been flying for almost a quarter of an hour—it was time to get back, especially since it was getting cloudy. I made Toothless lean to the left to head towards Berk, and we got back to the village. We landed and I barely had the time to put a foot on the ground before the night fury was already on his way to Valka’s hut—where Erik was now—and Lifa too. I followed him in a hurry to greet Erik and his dragon—closely followed by Stormfly. But when we reached the hut, Lifa was nowhere to be found. Erik was standing before the doorstep, a smile in the corner of his lips.

“What is going on? Where’s Lifa?” I asked.

“She left with her eggs in the isle’s heights, it’s time…”

“What do you mean? She’s about to have her babies? Right now?” I said, more and more surprised.

“Night furies are very special, you know,” Erik said. “Unlike other dragons, their eggs don’t explode. They lay the eggs right after mating, and the babies lay dormant until there’s a powerful enough storm… like today. They must be struck by lightning to hatch.”

“Really? Lightning?! I guess that...makes sense… Well, I think I’ll have to ride Toothless up there then! See you later!”

Glad these eggs don’t explode… it’s one less problem to solve! So I took off with Toothless—looking for Lifa—beneath the storm. With the rain coming down in torrents like this, I could barely see anything. Even Stormfly had chosen to not come.

Toothless finally used his plasma wave to locate Lifa’s presence, and we set off at full speed towards one of Berk’s peaks. We landed near the female night fury and I let Toothless join her. His protective side—that he’d shown toward Hiccup for so long—was coming out now, in all its glory, with his family that was just about to be formed. Rain and wind were blustering all around me, I was soaking wet, but this scene made me so happy that I didn’t care.

Suddenly, the thunder rolled just overhead, and a few seconds later lightning struck the three eggs at once. It was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. Three small night furies came out of the eggs and their parents licked them clean. They were adorable, and I couldn’t believe I had the chance to be a part of this. Toothless seemed so happy… He raised his head towards me and I smiled at him, seized with emotion. It was at this very moment he realized he missed his master terribly, because he wasn’t there—next to me.

...

Two months had passed since Hiccup had gone. The night fury babies had all grown up, they were flying with their parents now. As for me, I still had hope, I had found one of Toothless’ auto-tail plans—it was a good start. So I was in the forge, trying to decipher Hiccup’s plan to know what I needed to built the tail.

“Twenty tons of steel… Uh… no, twenty kilos! Twenty kilos of steel!” I exclaimed. “I’m not gonna make it…” I sighed, head in hands, my arms leaning on a table.

I went back to my difficult deciphering when I suddenly heard voices raising from the centre of the village. I jumped out of my chair and rushed towards the sound of Berkians cheering. A young woman with braided ebony hair climbed down from her razorwhip to greet me.

“Astrid!” she cried, running into my arms.

“Heather? What are you doing here?” I asked, disconcerted.

“Well, I came to see you and the gang!” she exclaimed.

“You’re not in conflict with someone at the moment?” I asked.

“And no, my last conflicts came to an end weeks ago already! So I’m on sort of vacation, I guess? That’s why I came—to say hello!”

“You always have a home here, Heather. You can stay as long as you want.”

“Thank you Astrid, that’s very kind of you. Anyway, everything’s going great on Berk, I assume? I didn’t see the gang running up to meet me… Where did they all go?” she asked, jokingly, but with a worried look in her eyes nevertheless.

“Uh… Follow me to the forge, would you? I’ve got one or two things to tell you…”

So she followed me to the forge. I invited her to grab a chair and sat down next to her by my working table. I took her hand.

“Heather, what I’m going to say is hard to hear so—”

“Astrid, what is it? You’re scaring me…”

I took a deep breath.

“Hiccup is being held hostage by Drago Bludvist.”

Her face crumbled and she put her hand over her mouth.

“What? But how?” she said, shocked.

“We both got captured, but Drago wanted Hiccup for himself and Hiccup refused to go with him so Drago said if he disobeyed him, he’d come after me…”

“So Hiccup stayed to protect you… It’s so him… But what are you waiting for to go find him?”

“We can’t, Gobber and Valka made a deal to save me from Drago’s men. And anyway, we wouldn’t stand a chance, we aren’t enough to defeat them… Drago’s fleet is huge and Göteborg is a merchant town—too few people there even know that dragons exist...”

“Drago is in Göteborg? But what is he doing down there?”

“I don’t know but the fact he needs Hiccup’s help in his plan doesn’t bode well…”

“I know you Astrid, you’re not the type to give up so easily—so what are you going to do about it?”

“The deal was we never come back to Göteborg but… he never mentioned the dragons. I’m going to send Toothless to find Hiccup.”

“The only dragon who can’t fly alone? Hiccup has really rubbed off on you, you’ve lost me with your ‘element of surprise’ tactic!”

“Only Toothless can find him—plus he’s also really discreet, unlike the other dragons. And don’t worry about his solo flight—look.”

I showed her the sketches on the table. She stared at them, perplexed, then she raised her eyes and looked questioningly towards me.

“Hmm… What is this?”

“Hiccup made Toothless a tail so he could fly all alone, but Toothless didn’t want it. However, there are still some sketches and plans in his workshop that I’m trying to find in order to build this tail again so he can save Hiccup.”

“Good plan. And where are you at exactly?”

“Well, I only found the material checklist I’ll need to do it. I was deciphering it before you got here.”

“And what are the others doing?”

“They’re in charge of information. Valka and Gobber are trying to rally the other tribes to our cause. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang is keeping an eye on what’s going on in Göteborg.”

“Astrid,” she said with a smile, “I’m going to do everything I can to help you find Hiccup, I give you my word.”

She held me tight and I cracked. It was too much. She just got back and she was already offering her help. I tried to hold back my tears but I didn’t manage to do it.

“I miss him…” I whispered.

She caressed my hair, trying to console me, but I was inconsolable.

“Oh… Astrid… It’s gonna be okay… You’re strong… We will save him, together,” she stuttered.

I was strong, yes, but right now I just couldn’t be.

Spent the whole day in the forge together, deciphering the checklist of things we’d need to make Toothless’ tail. We successfully deciphered the checklist in its totality and we even started to understand the schematic of the tailfin on the list a little. Heather had promised she’d help me, and I knew she meant it.

The gang finally arrived, and were surprised to see Heather by my side. Snotlout ran into her direction and took her in his arms.

“Heather! It’s been a while!” he exclaimed.

She quickly extricated herself from his grip, but it was twins’ turn to lunge at her.

“So, Heather, what brings you to Berk?” Tuffnut asked..

“Is there a particular reason for your presence here?” Ruffnut raised.

Fishlegs approached Heather timidly in order to greet her in his turn and calm the situation.

“Hey Heather, how’s it been going since the last time we saw you?”

“Really well, thank you Fishlegs,” she answered with a fruity little voice.

“The village is throwing a party to celebrate your arrival Heather, let’s go to the Great Hall,” I announced.

“Fishlegs, will you come with me?” Heather asked.

“Who? Me?”

“Who else?” she smiled.

“Uh yeah, sure…”

So they headed together, hand in hand, for the Great Hall, I was starting to follow them when I heard Snotlout’s lamentations behind me.

“How could she prefer that to this?!” he said, gesturing to himself.

“And he still wonders why I’m not interested in him?” Ruffnut sighed to her brother.

We finally entered the imposing building. The party was in full swing inside—everybody appreciated Heather a lot on Berk and it was different from the usual atmosphere that prevailed in the village lately. We sat at a table all together and we started to talk about everything and nothing, it has been a while. I didn’t spend time with all my friends much anymore, and I missed it.

“You know Heather, you can sleep in my hut tonight if you’ve got nowhere to go? Of course, it would only be temporary, well I mean—” offered Fishlegs clumsily to Heather.

“I’d be happy to stay with you, Fishlegs,” Heather answered gently, smiling while looking at him amorously.

She was becoming incredibly dumb when it came to Fishlegs, I should tell her someday… I now had a true friend ready to help me and who supported me. Heather was my friend and I was happy she was there, by my side.

...

One month had passed since Heather’s arrival on Berk. We successfully found all Toothless’ tail plans despite the excellent hiding place Hiccup had chosen for them. Thanks to Heather, I managed to decrypt them all and we had started building the prototype with Gobber’s help. We were missing some elements for the processing, but we were on track to finish it soon enough to save Hiccup. Heather gave me back hope, a hope that was growing each day. I even resumed patrols—I was in great shape. I was—by the way—in the middle of a raid accompanied by Heather, Fishlegs and Snotlout. We were moving towards Göteborg in order to learn more about Drago’s intentions and projects. So we were going to check on the ships’ traffic in and out of the town. For the first time since Hiccup was gone, I was confident and I felt helpful. We had barely arrived but Snotlout had already spotted a boat.

“There’s something suspicious about this ship…” he said.

“I have a bad feeling about it too,” Fishlegs agreed. “Let’s go take a closer look!”

So we followed the boys to approach the ship to get a better look and see what was going on inside. We were concealed behind rocks to hide our presence and we observed the ship.

“Hey! Look! There are dragons in cages on deck!” Snotlout exclaimed.

“Oh my Thor! Oh my Thor! Oh my Thor!” Fishlegs repeated, panicked.

“These dragons are armoured!” I noticed.

“And those cages, those chains… They look like the ones Dagur used!” Heather noted.

We looked at each other simultaneously.

“Drago!” we shouted.

Snotlout and Fishlegs stared at us, perplexed.

“Since the beginning, it was Drago! He started his revenge much sooner than we could imagine… He’s the one who sold the dragon-proof ships to Dagur in the first place!” Heather exclaimed.

“And now, these armed dragons! He’s preparing a war by all the gods!”

“Well—girls, not that I want to interrupt you but—I think we got spotted!” Snotlout quipped.

“Let’s get out of here!” Heather shouted.

We moved away from the ship as fast as we could but men had already taken aim to shoot us down.

“Come on, speed it up girl!” Fishlegs moaned.

“What are you doing, Astrid? We have to go right now!” Heather yelled to me.

Suddenly, I didn’t feel right; everything started to go woozy on me… It must be about all these revelations—we were in even more danger now! I would have to undertake a multitude of procedures and I… I felt myself fall; I was falling from my dragon. In the distance, I heard Heather’s voice shouting my name and moving towards me into a dive to catch me, then nothing.

When I opened my eyes, Heather was standing over me, she seemed different, and she was smiling—she must have had a nasty fright. I scanned the room while passing a hand on my face, I was laying on a bed, obviously at Gothi’s. I turned my head towards Heather.

“What happened?”

“You fainted. You fell off your dragon and I caught you, barely...”

“Oh no… Did the men spot you because of me?!”

Heather burst out laughing—why wasn’t she taking me seriously?

“Astrid, everything is fine… In fact, I’ve got something to tell you…”

She was still standing there with this radiant smile on her lips—I didn’t understand.

“What? What is it? Why are you staring at me like that?” I asked, disconcerted.

She smiled again, then she took a deep breath.

“Astrid… you’re pregnant!” she exclaimed.

“What? But how?” I started choking.

“That’s why you’ve been acting so crazy lately!”

“And I don’t see anything…” I whispered.

I was surrounded by so many emotions at the same time… but fear dominated. I was afraid at the idea of losing the baby once again… I couldn't handle that a second time, especially without Hiccup.

“What is it? Are you okay?” Heather asked, worried.

“Yeah… It’s just— Heather, the last time I got pregnant… I— lost the baby…” I sobbed.

“I’m sorry.”

“You couldn’t have known,” I added.

“But it’s still good news, right? I mean, you’re pregnant! You’re gonna have a baby, isn’t it wonderful?” she exclaimed.

I smiled, on the verge of tears.

“Yes!” I acquiesced, emotional.

She put her arms around me and held me very tight against her. I was full of joy and at the same time also full of fear, but I was so happy to be pregnant again that it was all I could think about.

“I’m so happy for you two…” she whispered in my ear.

Hiccup. His comeback to Berk was vital now.

“Here, enjoy…” the man said ironically.

He came to feed me in my cell daily so that I would stay alive. He threw my bread through the bars and also dragged a bowl of soup between them, then he left. I ate my bread slowly in order to stretch out this moment that had become so precious these last four months.

I dipped my bread in the soup to restore some flavor but it was still flat and stale. However, this simple action of eating was keeping me alive, so I remained hopeful. I knew that I’d get out of here eventually. I didn’t receive any other whipping as violent as the one I had at my first day here. I got hit several times but nothing more. They used me for something else, for training their armoured dragons. Drago had visibly abused them and now, they were uncontrollable.

These dragons had become completely crazy and didn’t listen to anything, so I had spent hours with them, helping them relearn everything. I had to make them trust and listen to me, but it was extremely difficult. When I wasn’t with them, Drago invited me in his quarters and he told me about his evil projects. He was convinced I’d die before the war began and that nobody would come to save me.

I had to discuss and debate major issues with him. He was listening carefully to my remarks, but his arguments made him right—according to him, he was never wrong. Through our interactions, I learned what kind of man Drago was; a ruthless man, full of himself, believing he was above everyone else and sure to be the chief that all Viking folk had been waiting for.

Clearly, Drago was mentally ill. He was a man traumatized from seeing his family kidnapped by dragons and who wanted to get his revenge on something no longer relevant. Despite all that, at least now I knew important details of his military tactics that could help me to prepare Berk, if this war actually took place.

After a while, some men came to bring me to the training arena of the castle. I arrived in the arena and found one of the armoured dragons that I named Raspar. Drago was against naming dragons, but I had explained him the importance of a name in the climate of trust between the dragons and I and he didn’t argue. It was the only domain in which I was impressing him.

I approached Raspar, with whom I’d established a steady understanding, more or less—on account of his recent arrival at Göteborg—and I caressed his head gently. So I began the training session by showing him a few exercises. Everything was going great until he categorically refused to be saddled. I was trying to quietly calm him when Drago intervened, ordering me to hit the dragon if he didn’t listen.

“No! This dragon has been abused long enough,” I replied.

Drago flew into a rage.

“How dare you disobey my orders?! Guards! Bring him to me right away!” he ordered.

I didn’t have time to think before two of his men seized me by the arms and brought me in front of Drago. He took out a knife and asked his men to remove my shirt.

“Turn him over! You'll see what we do with guys who don’t respect the orders like you!”

He stuck his knife in my flesh, and I screamed.

“It hurts, doesn’t it?” he said.

He continued to carve my flesh with his knife, and with each new line he spoke to me.

“So do you think you’re gonna do it again?”

“No…” I answered with an inaudible voice.

“I didn’t hear, ‘no’ who?”

“No, Master,” I struggled to say.

He ripped my skin once again, letting thick drops of blood pour down my back. The pain was becoming more and more unbearable.

“Who’s giving the orders, Hiccup?” he finally asked.

“You are, Drago.”

I couldn’t believe it. After five hard months, we finally did it: Toothless’ auto-tail was done! I was in the forge with Gobber and Heather, holding them tight between my arms.

“You can’t imagine how grateful I am, I couldn’t have done anything without you!” I exclaimed. “Thank you.”

“Aw, c’mon, it’s the least we could do to save the chief!” Gobber retorted, laughing.

“Astrid, what are you waiting for? Go find him!” Heather added.

I smiled to them and slipped away outside, the gear under my arms, looking for Toothless. He wasn’t hard to find.  I approached him, but he moved away from me when he recognized the object I was holding.

“Wait! You know, we talked about this... I know you didn’t want to use it anymore, but this time, it’s for Hiccup. I want you to save him, Bud,” I smiled, eyes full of hope.

He finally approached me and rubbed his head against me, I caressed his head affectionately, then I held him tight in my arms.

“Thank you, Bud,” I whispered.

I removed his old tail and attached the new one instead.

“Come on, try it!”

He flew over me and tried several maneuvers in order to check the tail’s functionality, then he came down to see me.

“Well, everything seems to be working perfectly…”

I put a reassuring hand on the top of his head while looking straight in his eyes.

“I rely on you, Bud, everyone does and I believe in you. Please, bring me back Hiccup, Toothless.”

He licked me over my whole face—a sign of agreement with him—and he flew away to Göteborg.

I couldn’t hold on much longer in here. I had lost a lot of weight, and I couldn’t get out of my cell as much as I used to since refusing to obey Drago. I spent my entire days locked in my jail, waiting and withering. I was in rougher shape than I’d ever been—plus, Drago’s men were hitting me again and their instrument of choice was the whip. I couldn’t sleep anymore; it was like living an endless torture, both mental and physical. The only thing that kept me alive now was Astrid. The image of her smile. She was waiting for me.

Against all odds, men came to find me in my cell.

“Drago wants to see you, in the arena,” one of them announced.

I could barely stand on my feet. I finally managed to stand up, and followed the men through the narrow corridors of the castle’s tunnels. Once we arrived at Drago’s side, he told me that he wanted to see me for a special reason.

Suddenly, he was interrupted by a loud thud—and a cry I would have known anywhere. A plasma blast followed the recognizable cry of a night fury. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

“Toothless!”

In the smoke generated by the firing, he caught me in his talons and took me away from the arena—soon, we were flying across the castle. In the distance I heard the angry shouting of Drago’s men, but I didn’t care anymore. I was once again a free man. Toothless slowed a moment to allow me to climb on his back, then took off immediately, flying at full speed, without any help. I leant on him and surrounded his neck with my arms.

“Thank you Bud…” I whispered. “You saved me…”

I gently tapped his head before collapsing into nothing, I need to get some rest, and since he was able to fly alone—somehow—I let myself pass out from exhaustion.

When I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, we had not yet arrived on Berk. It took a few minutes before I could see the village’s imposing statues, situated not far from the isle’s entrance. I was finally able to make out the shape of the village, and started to hear villagers’ voices… announcing my arrival? We were very close.

I saw all these happy, relieved people but I was only looking for one person in the middle of this crowd. And I finally found her. Toothless slowed rapidly in the middle of the square. I dismounted and I ran as fast as I could to join her.

“Astrid!” I shouted.

“Oh my gods, Hiccup!” she exclaimed.

We fell roughly into each other’s arms, and I clasped her to me with all my might. I was clinging to her as if my life depended on it. I tightened my grip to feel her closer to me, I needed to feel her presence, to know she was really here, with me.

“I’m… so sorry… for not being here,” I murmured between two sobs. “I love you Astrid, I love you so much!”

“Shh… you’re here now,” she said, caressing my hair with a trembling hand.

Then, she took my head between her hands.

“And I love you…” she added, tears in her eyes.

[httydtrilogyscreencaps]

[heliianth]

[trumpet noise] free pass 2 talk about Whatever U Want! you can do that anyway but if ur feeling weird abt it here is a reminder that its Cool and Epic to talk about Whatever U Want <3

u sent me this yesterday but im cashing this in as a ticket to gush abt gift of the night fury RIGHT NOW like oufghggdgdhhh i could cry for literally EVERRR abt it there r so many things i loveeee like

theyre friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fishlegs CANNOT read the room hes all ☺️ while viking-brand christmas is falling apart at the seams HELPPP

they actually address hiccup shooting down toothless and hes so devastated at the idea that he might be keeping him somewhere he doesnt want even inadvertently like

hes so Scared to give toothless the auto tail bc "what if he never comes back?" but he cares too much to keep it from him

and when toothless just takes off without much warning hiccup can only stand there hoping he hasnt been imagining a friendship where toothless only saw a cage like OUghdhg he soggy little meow meow who loves his buddy so muchh :(((((

this entire scene is gold and gives all the warm dumbass friend group feelings. astrid and snotlout my beloveds <3 <3 <3

this scene hits SO HARD after httyd2 too like how many times has stoick been celebrating a holiday wishing valka could be there. how many times has he left an empty seat at the dinner table irrationally hoping itll bring her back . "i know what it feels like to miss somebody this time of year" STOP

everyones FACE like especially snotlout SOBBBB .. the face of a man who was forced to drink yaknog when he was 6......

astrid Truly did not deserve this she was trying so hard and all she got for it was exploding eggs 😭 girl im so sorry

HOOKFANG!!!!!

TINY STORMFLY BABIES!!!!!!!!!

zipplebacks are so underrated like look how fucking COOL this one is!!!!!!

gronckle nuggets <3 <3

i personally think its criminal snotlout didnt keep the small hookfang noodle

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😭 HE LITTL EFAVCEeee

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EVERYONE SHUT UP oghhhggh tgey r truly each otherss Whole Worldd

[t-rexseesyoursins]

One of the things that angers me the most about the hidden world is that it's "sometimes friends grow apart" message could have fit in so naturally!!! If they hadn't been obsessed with the lightfury and the dragons leave ending!

Cause even in the second movie we see issues with Hiccup and Toothless's set up! Hiccup just doesn't have enough time to go flying with toothless all the time with his chief duties, even if he really wishes he could. Likewise (even though I adore gift of the nightfury) we see how helpless toothless is when he doesn't have Hiccup flying with him. His maneuvers are limited and if the tail fin isn't set before hand then he just plummets. He REALLY needs to be able to fly on his own if it's an option.

All of this seems to be leading towards the fact that toothless needs his independence. As much as he and hiccup love flying together it just might not be sustainable and practical in the end.

One would think the 3rd movie would capitalize on this problem in their relationship, eventually having them still be close friends but having to spend more time apart because they're older and are growing into their own lives and responsibilities. Toothless gaining his new tail fin would both facilitate and symbolize this.

BUT INSTEAD!!!! THE MOVIE GIVES US THE LIGHTFURY (and I'm sorry the creators did her dirty guys, but seriously she has so little character and one of the most grade A basic female character designs I've ever seen) So, instead of having those natural issues in their friendship come to a head, we get toothless dropping hiccup like a sac of old laundry and chasing after this 'Mysteriou Girl™'.

His main (and seemingly only reason) for getting the new tail fin is to chase after her!!! Not because he's bored, not because he has to step up as the alpha, nOT BECAUSE HE HAS TO PROTECT HICCUP, BUT BECAUSE HE'S GOT A CRUSH!!!! AND TH3Y SERIOUSLY MARKETED THIS AS THE FRIENDSHIP OF A LIFE TIME (IT USED TO BE DREAM WORKS, IT USED TO BE)

Add that to the fact that apparently every dragon had to leave in the end, because apparently fighting for a better future just got too hard after that battle where no one died!!! (That's a topic for another day though). So it becomes even less of a friends grow apart subplot and becomes more of a "sorry I have to move to a different country for witness protection" kinda deal. This is not 'friends grow apart', this is tragedy due to circumstance and the movie has the gall to act like it's some bitter sweet poignant note to end the franchise on.

Could you imagine if they had actually focused on toothless as a leader? The problems he faces when Hiccup isn't there? Or heck, even if they had toned down his lightfury obsession to not being his main focus, but had kept some of that annoyance that he can't go fly with her? Or meet these other dragons that are like him? Having something like THAT become the strain on him that makes him want the auto tail?

If they had just given more thought to Toothless's arc instead of turning him into a cute prop to make people cry and make marketable babies then this idea could actually have been so good!

So no, I'm not mad Hiccup and Toothless grew apart, I'm just furious at the lazy way they chose to do it!

[nightfury-2001]

Thinking about THW again (negative) and if you see Toothless and Hiccup thru a disabled lens as a sort of mobility aid/service animal and handler to each other their split-up is even more tragic (not in a good way). The automatic tailfin wouldn't last long without Hiccup's care and Hiccup lost his wings to explore the world :(

"Hiccup lost his wings to explore the world" 😔😔😔😔😔

And yeah Toothless would have no way of maintaining the auto-tail - in all previous parts of the franchise his prosthetics were treated rather realistically and could break etc.........but as soon as he needs to go hide away in the mushroom hell hole he now has this magical invulnerable one that can last for years and years and years with no maintenance while he's living in the wild as a ~wild animal~?? Um.

[krattgirl124]

1. Valka trying to warn Hiccup that hiding away from the rest of the world won’t work…Hiccup should’ve listened.

2. Hiccup and Toothless sleeping is the perfect representation of sleeping with your pet on your bed.

3. The horny strikes again, also you’d think that the Light Fury would be a bit suspicious to why Toothless is so comfortable with humans, if they’re supposed to be intelligent and all.

4. Toothless looking at Hiccup for guidance on a potential mating dance is so cute. Like Hiccup is trying to be his wingman the same way Toothless was his wingman in the fist movie.

5. Light Fury doesn’t even respect the effort. Like girl it’s obvious this man hasn’t been around other furies give him a break,

6. Toothless imitates a human dance, the Nadder dance, and two different bird dance.

7. Bitch slaps Toothless, enough said.

8. Toothless drew something for her and she STEPS ON IT! THEN HAS THE AUDACITY TO GROWL AT HIM!

9. No real hate to the Light Fury though, it’s the writing’s fault. Not hers.

10. Damn that water animation is so beautiful and realistic.

11. Did you know that there was a deleted scene where they montaged creating the new auto tail?

12. Beautiful reference to Gift of the Night Fury.

13. Small attention to detail, you can hear the clinking of the tail gears as it moved. Also the constant squeaks from Hiccup’s leg. I always love that detail.

14. Damn, they really narrowed down Valka’s face, also Cloudjumper just yeeting one Deathgripper against another is amazing. I love that dragon.

15. If furies can’t fly long distances then how come Toothless and Light Fury flew around for hours on end? SMH.

16. Toothless didn’t need the lightning abilities to cloak. He really didn’t. He could’ve cloaked without imitating the Skrill. I don’t blame Toothless though, I blame the writing.

17. And with Light Fury taking Toothless to the hidden world, he completely forgot that he had a best friend of 6 years waiting for him. Like HICCUP WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIM!

18. Gobber checking out Eret as he leaves.

19. Hiccup ass slap 2

20. Tuffnut once again being a supportive friend, remember how it was Fishlegs who was supposed to be Hiccup’s best friend? I’m not complaining but it’s nice seeing Hiccup’s friend group really becoming extra close.

21. Eret in dragon armor, shows he’s really a part of the team now. 🥺

22. FISHLEGS AGAIN WITH THE BABY!

23. Again how does one man destroy an entire species of dragon?

24. I would’ve loved to see someone taking the time to get the contraption off the Deathgripper’s head and see how they normally act.

25. I love the Grimson Goregutter but it was only in that scene as plot convenience.

26. How did Tuffnut not notice that Ruffnut wasn’t there?! HOW DID BARF NOT NOTICE HIS RIDER WASN’T THERE?! WHY DIDN’T BARF DO ANYTHING?!

27. “He thinks he has to lead alone because his father had to. He doesn’t realize the strength you have together, do you still believe in him?”

“Of course, I wish he did, but he thinks he’s nothing without Toothless.”

Well…think about this Astrid. Did you ever pay attention to him before Toothless? Did anyone give him any respect before Toothless? Did anyone even care about what Hiccup was going through before Toothess?! Yeah I didn’t think so.

28. Tuff and Ruff’s face are just so long, they look like they’re related to Grimmel.

29. Ruffnut annoying Grimmel is so in character compared to what RTTE Ruffnut was. But she was so stupid in mentioning the new island. LIKE RUFFNUT YOU ARE SMARTER THAN THIS!

30. “Ew, you feed your dragons, dragons?” Ruffnut, you know about the Deathsong, Changewings eating night terrors, Scauldrons eating Seashockers, and Cavern Crasher eating baby dragons. Don’t act so surprised.

31. The hidden world is very aesthetically pleasing, but that’s all the positives I can think about it. I’m not going into another rant about it.

32. So there are more light furies? Okay then there should be more night furies as well. SMH movie.

33. Drago’s Bewilderbeast now living peacefully in the hidden world is a strangely beautiful thing to think W did the other dragons know he was an alpha?

34. I saw more light furies and another Crimson Goregutter

35. Hiccup looks so defeated because his best friend basically chose a hoe before a bro. Toothless literally forgot that his best friend existed.

36. Grimmel’s base total on screen time: 6 minutes 8 seconds

The hidden world’s total on screen time: 4 minutes 21 seconds.

37. Ruffnut they really dumbed you down, why wouldn’t you look back to make sure you weren’t followed?! Oh my gosh they dumbed down the twins so much!

38. Light Fury was a dumbass for flying into the air and letting herself be exposed to Grimmel.

39. Nice call back to the first movie “what are you going to do?” “Probably something stupid.”

40. Cloudjumper smacking the Hunter with his tail. Gotta love him.

41. “You’re the best I’ve got.” Shows how close Hiccup and his friends are and how far they’ve come.

42. I love the gang’s flight suits so much, we should’ve gotten more with them.

43. Snotlout, I’m so sorry the writing did you so dirty.

44. So Hiccup just threw his sword and never got it back? Right?

45. So those Deathgrippers just drowned? Right?

46. Snotlout and Tuffnut fighting like the perfect duo.

47. So did Gobber end up training those Hogobbler’s offscreen or something?

48. Why didn’t we get a scene of a Hunter and Eret fighting? There could e been a wonderful dialogue talking about “you’ve betrayed your tribe and everything you stood for” and Eret just responding with “Everything I stood for was wrong, Berk is my new home now and my new tribe”.

49. So those Deathgrippers just fell to their deaths? Right?

50. Light Fury catching Hiccup and looking back down at him was a beautiful reference to the first movie when Toothless caught Astrid and looked down at her.

51. Eret and Gobber in the background looking at each other and Gobber nudging Eret.

52. Valka remember, Snotlout is your son’s age.

53. So Toothless just wanted to abandon his home and best friend for a place he was in for a day? What happened to working hard to make sure dragons and Vikings could live in peace?

54. Skullcrusher looked so distraught since he was losing a second rider within a year…

55. Valka didn’t try to say anything about this?! DIDN’T SHE SAY THAT TRYING TO HIDE AWAY NEVER WORKS?!

56. Eret comforting Gobber…

57. Skipping the rest of the scene because it’s too painful and the whole decision to have them leave really came out of nowhere.

58. If I gaslight myself I can pretend that the dragons are at the Hicstrid wedding.

59. Also they couldn’t even have Dagur, Mala, Heather, or any of their other friends just in the background of the wedding?

60. Gobber filling in where Stoick should be.

61. Gobber accidentally throwing the bouquet and Eret catching it.

62. Tufflout moment.

63. Rufflegs? Never really my thing but it’s whatever.

64. Hicstrid kids were so cute

65. Hiccup mentioning stuff from the book that just never happened in the movies. They really forced that connection didn’t they?

66. Toothless really couldn’t recognize Hiccup? Like I get the beard is off putting but what other scrawny, one legged Viking do you know? And his voice is so recognizable too!

67. Zeyphr and Nuffink are just so cute, like mini Hiccups and Astrids

68. Lastly, we should gotten more content of the kids bonding with dragons besides Homecoming and Snoggletog log instead of Nine Realms.

69. So did the rest of the gang never got to see their dragons again? Did Snotlout never get to see Hookfang again? Did Fishlegs never get to see Meatlug and see Fishmeat all grown up? Man.

And that’s the end. I had so many freaking thoughts because oh my gosh this movie.

Fin.

Movie’s on, I got my iPad and apple pen for drawing, I’m wrapped up in my HTTYD: The Hidden World Blanket, get ready for live-blogging as I notice more details and make comments on parts of the movie.

[chaifootsteps]

We were robbed of so many things in the deleted scene, but especially this face the Light Fury makes. This moment when the camera focuses solely on her, and what she’s feeling, without including Toothless.

In the deleted scene, she’s real and fallible and actually very snooty. She sniffs Toothless’s auto-tail and grouses about it and flies away while sneaking a glance back, trying to pretend she isn’t still interested. He makes her laugh, they go on their wild, playful flight through the clouds, she teaches him how to do the stupid lightning thing, and they emerge from the stormhead grinning big gummy inelegant fury grins, happy as can be. And then he licks her and we get this and that’s the moment that everything really changes.

This isn’t some dragon who just checked off the last box on her Big Dumb Call of the Wild Mate Candidate checklist -- this is it hitting her that she’s never met anyone like Toothless, who’s fun and unrestrained and wears his heart on his sleeve and absolutely adores her. 

It’s earnest and vulnerable and so much more compelling than the Light Fury in the movie, who isn’t allowed to be either of those things because I guess character development isn’t “sexy and graceful.”

[nocturnasnadderaneas]

Toothcup ask! 3 and 9? :3c

3.) What is it that appeals to you about this pairing?

okay so, mainly? it's the interspecies aspect, i won't lie. two entirely different species, entirely different worlds! ways of living, moving, and thinking are entirely different and alien but these two have decided to merge and explore that and more importantly, each other, together. i also want to mention that it's just. they've got each other, they really do. it's not, 'hiccup and toothless' it's, 'hiccup&toothless', if...that makes any sense at all.

9.) What’s your favourite moment(s) between these two, shows included?

okay okay okay, favorite moment ever? the forbidden friendship handtouch moment in httyd 1, hands down. it's my all time favorite because when i was not but a child seeing that scene for the first time all i could think was that's love. and no matter how many times i watch that scene it never stops being extremely potent for me. some other favorite moments: the entirety of 'test drive', toothless clearly going in for the kill after seeing astrid down hiccup, the entirety of the toothless rescuing hiccup from the kill arena scene, the scenes in gotnf where toothless makes it to the grand hall with hiccup's helmet and he smashes the auto-tail, oh and of course the 'toothless found' scene and toothless fighting drago's bewilderbeast and becoming alpha just to save hiccup in httyd 2. also hiccup and toothless fighting the red death was a toothcup moment don't tell me it wasn't did you see how in sync they were and how much they trusted each other? romanticism incarnate don't even try to argue with me.

as for the shows, i don't remember them well. but i do remember two particular moments.

#1.) when toothless broke out of a mechanism specifically made to trap him to save hiccup from drowning after being struck by lightning despite not being able to brake out of it before when he was simply fighting to save himself.

#2.) the "you save me, i save you." moment from that episode where toothless was hella beefing with a whispering death and was all anxious about hiccup getting into it like "nah nah baby this shit is between just me and this fuckin' whore over here."

[10blue10]

The Timeline of THW

The reason that the pacing in THW feels so off is because it doesn’t take into account how long it would realistically take characters to get from A to B. So let’s go through it chunk by chunk and see if we can figure the timeline out.

The opening scene is the First Night, on the trapper ship, and then by the time they get back to Berk, it’s the next morning/lunchtime. So far so good. Then judging by the lighting in that scene, Grimmel arrives at the warlords base at sunset, so it must be taking place at the same time as the flashback/cliff scene back on Berk. Which we know is the same day, because they reference Gobber’s suggestion to get married. So these two scenes are in parallel.

Except that the Light Fury is seen in a cage at the trappers base at sunset, and  yet a few scenes later, by the Second Night, she’s already on Berk. And it’s not like Toothless went to go look for her in the middle of the night - the sun has only just set. It’s only been a single day! Grimmel can apparently teleport now.

Then we get all the stuff with finding the trap and learning about Grimmel, and the Third Night where they fail to trap him, he sets Hiccup’s house on fire, and Hiccup tells everyone they have to leave. Incidentally, this is the first time he forgoes a good nights sleep, but it won’t be the last! The next day they’re off finding New Berk, and Grimmel pulls ‘facts’ out of his ass about Night Furies.

We get the Fourth Night where Toothless encounters the Light Fury again, and then it’s the next morning...but Hiccup has already pretty much made an auto tail for Toothless, implying he was working during the night. How did they set up a forge that fast? Who knows! Oh, and there’s Hiccup not sleeping again!

Now here’s where things get complicated. A lot happens simultaneously during the Fifth Night. Toothless and the Light Fury are on their ‘date’, we have Hiccup and crew going off to capture Grimmel and failing, then they get back to New Berk, realise Ruffnut is missing, and Hiccup and Astrid go to find Toothless. It’s  the...let’s see, third night Hiccup doesn’t get enough sleep! He’s on a roll!

They find the Hidden World, Toothless comes back with them, Grimmel captures him and the LF, and by the time the final battle starts it’s sunset. The dragons leave just before the Sixth Night...and then we skip ahead to winter if the same year, presumably, and they’ve already built a village and carved a massive statue of Stoick. Say what you will but the Berkians can work fast.

Five days. From beginning to...well, the departure scene, the bulk of the movie takes place over just five days. Or five nights. Hiccup doesn’t sleep for at least 48 hours straight at one point, so I’m not convinced he didn’t make that terrible decision to send the dragons away because he was sleep deprived.

Except we don’t know if it has been five days. We can only assume based on the times of day shown in the movie, because there’s nothing to suggest more time has passed in between. In fact, it’s impossible for there to have been time in between, just based on how the scenes are edited and what characters say.

[inhonoredglory]

My Itsy Bitsy Review of HTTYD: Homecoming

I sobbed actual tears watching this thing. It legitimately comforted me over the ending of HTTYD than anything in the actual third film. Some of the things I loved most:

Completely burying the idea that Toothless forgot Hiccup in the 10 years.

Toothless drawing Hiccup because HE wanted to remember his best friend. It didn’t start off as a story to his family; that drawing was for himself, and for his own longings for his best bud.

The Gift of the Night Fury connections––the whole theme of missing those who are gone. In GotNF it was Toothless and Valka. In Homecoming, it’s Toothless and Stoick. And for Toothless, it’s Hiccup. I’m sure the fact that he’s away from Hiccup during Snoggletog gives him separation anxiety, reminding him of the first time he had an auto-tail and left Hiccup and realized he didn’t want to be separated.

Light Fury being as much of a dork as Toothless. I adored this side of her personality, and made her feel much more relatable IMO.

Hiccup being pwned by Zephyr. She’s her mother’s daughter, but her father’s daughter by the fact that she’s so creative and inventive in her contraptions.

The Hiccup/Toothless of course!! Toothless saving Hiccup AGAIN. The fact that the writers dragged out the reunion because we all know they’re not supposed to see each other. Toothless hugged an unknowing Hiccup. But Hiccup did SEE Toothless again, saving the short from a Ten/Rose not-reunion in the 50th anniversary ep of Doctor Who (LOL). Of course Hiccup knows now that it was Toothless who saved him from the cliff!

Hiccup inventing that dragon costume in the first place. “Why would you include that functionality!” Bless that destructive Leonardo. That gave me lots of RTTE humor vibes.

Hiccup became Toothless. We all knew this was already true.

THE CHILDREN. This short completely sold me on the Haddock children and the night lights. I want a show with them now. They have such personality and fun. Zephyr is a spitfire and Nuffink is everything precious. Also, some Calvin and Hobbes vibes with that head-banging stunt. (Not to mention Stoick, bless.)

Gerard Butler coming back to voice Stoick, even in this. The dedication and love he’s got for this franchise. I had to do a double take when he was referred to as Grandpa. AAAAh my babies are multi-generational.

And finally... my beautiful Hiccup and Toothless. My precious, wonderful, shy, caring, understanding, humble Viking. Your heart has never changed all these years, and you have never forgotten your first and fiercest friend. You will always be here in my soul, forever. I love you with all my being.

[wholetmewrite2020]

9, 10.

Hey, thanks for asking! 

9. What’s your favourite moment(s) between these two, shows included? No surprises here, but my favourite moments are forbidden friendship, Toothless ditching the auto tail, and this got deleted, but when Hiccup told Toothless he wouldn’t let him go. 

Forbidden friendship is an obvious choice, I mean is when everything started and how they connected? How you cannot love that?!

The moment where Toothless decides he rather fly with Hiccup that do it by himself is so powerful, he feels so connected with Hiccup he prefers to fly together than do it by himself; and my heart cannot express how much I love it.

The deleted scene

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcphvAbOqZQ 

“I won’t leave you, I won’t let you go“ that’s it, that my explanation of why I love it. 

10. Got any good fics to recommend?

Anything from https://archiveofourown.org/users/10Blue10/pseuds/10Blue10 or https://archiveofourown.org/users/Thursday26/pseuds/Thursday26 is good if you ask me.

Now let me check my bookmarks. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21642790 This one I love more for the hurt part than the nsfw, but still a good read. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17891198 This one destroyed me and I still read it for that reason. 

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22943107 I know this one looks abandoned but I know the author and this is great I can assure you.