Common or Garden

Female, nickname Amer I am currently traveling so I won't be around. Posts as consistently as Valhallarama Httyd Books blog LOTR Blog: ent-maiden Poultry Genetics Blog: birdgenetics

[thestormfly]

Ahhh the daily game of 'Is the fanart Fishlegs, Hiccup and Camicazi or is it Hiccup the first, second and third?'

[common-or-garden-blog]

Nahh because Hiccup the Second's long hair really does resemble Cami.

[common-or-garden-blog]

I read a comment that said that book Hiccup was made king at 14 which was the same age that movie Hiccup was when the first movie came out. I think that kind of explains why movie Hiccup has the usual "get the girl, glow up" teenage plot while book Hiccup has a hard lime difficult time. Even though movie Hiccup is more competent and respected by his peers by the end of the first movie than Hiccup was at the end of the first book, by the time book Hiccup is at the age that movie Hiccup is, he finishes his hero arc and becomes a super cool king.

[norathianprincess]

I feel like i am unable to express into words how important the HTTYD books are for me and what an fantastical experience it was to grow up with the characters, so instead i will express my feelings by talking about my first time reading the last books, How to Fight a Dragon's Fury.

For context, i read book 11 before book 12 was published and i didn't knew when book 12 would come out, i didn't look in the internet or anything. I only found out the publication of book 12 when i saw it in the shopping mall bookstore. Me and my dad where about to exit the mall when i decided to visit the bookstore, i went straight to the children's and youth section i saw a big display in a table to a new book with a turquoise cover. Surrounded by other children, I approached the table so I could see the cover of the book, the first thing that caught my attention was the gigantic reptilian eye, then i noticed the name right above : Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III.

Recognizing that this was the long-awaited conclusion to my favorite series, I nearly screamed in the middle of the bookstore before picking up the book and begging my dad to buy it. He bought it and I was so excited to find out what happened that I started reading it in the car, even though I have severe motion sickness when i am in a vehicle and not looking directly at the windows. When I got home I just read, non-stop, because I needed to know what was going to happen to Hiccup and Toothless. I started reading in the middle of the afternoon and when it was 2 in the morning my mother came back from a Carnaval party and noticed the lights of my room were still on, she opened the door and found me lying on my bed in the fetal position crying desperately. I had finished the book, but I felt like my childhood had ended with it and I felt so much pain saying goodbye to the characters I had followed for so long. These feelings, along with the grief I felt for Furious and that beautifully written epilogue made me burst into tears, but I didn't feel bitterness or frustration, the ending was perfect, the message was perfect.

To this day i say that How to Fight a Dragon's Fury is one of if not my favorite book, because even though I've grown up and read many wonderful works since then, nothing will ever stay with me more than the story of a little Viking who had to become a hero the hard way.

[thestormfly]

[common-or-garden-blog]

#httyd books#valhalarama#whywastherenotavalhalaramatag#cressida cowell#thestormfly

Because you spelled Valhallarama incorrectly. ;)

[quiet-art-kid]

I remember there was a trend where everyone was drawing different Mikus: I present book httyd miku

[decayingredfox]

a lil doodle of cami since ive been re reading the books :P

[common-or-garden-blog]

XD It only starts like almost every How To Train Your Dragon Book...

But YES, I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!

Where can I find it? On Amazon it won't come out in July but honestly I can wait that long... I'm leaving for Ecuador in ten days anyway.

I like listening to this because now I understand what Toothless' voice/stuttering are actually supposed to sound like. I love Tenant's voice acting but was never quite convinced by the Toothless voice.

[qwantzfeed]

it often appears yellow at sunset and sunrise because the light is travelling through more atmosphere then, which scatters more blue light, which gives it that yellowish hue.  and that’s when we look at it the most, BUT IT’S DEFINITELY NOT YELLOW AT NOON SO WHY HAVE I SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE DRAWING IT THAT WAY??

https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=4301

[mintjaan]

When you choose "I'm bald" on a poll this is what you're saying

[howtodrawyourdragon]

After reading the previous four books for my “read one Httyd book every month” thing, I still don’t know where I got the idea that Alvin is blond.

[howtodrawyourdragon]

I AM NOT ALONE!

But yeah, @fuckitreblog, I actually started my liveblog in 2023 and when I got to book five in 2024, I made the apparently bold claim to not trust blonds in this book series because of Alvin, which is when a bunch of comments told me that Alvin is not blond! After re-reading book two, I did, indeed, read that he was not blond. And I still don't know where I got the idea that he was, lol.

[howtodrawyourdragon]

I do have to say, the actual flying on dragons coming much, MUCH later after learning how to properly ride one is probably the most reasonable rule the Hairy Hooligans have.

[wott11]

No little Viking boy, don’t listen to the dragon on your shoulder

[randomness7012]

Always listen, he'll never lead you astray...

[kittiemitties]

More dragons/assorted scenes because I Cannot help myself

[reallyreallyreallytrying]

“average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted

[zoi-no-miko]

SPIDERS GEORG ON ONE MILLION CREEP GUYS

[natequarter]

ONE MILLION SPIDERS ACHIEVED

[kittiemitties]

More dragons/assorted scenes because I Cannot help myself

[common-or-garden-blog]

Wow these are so good.

Alvin is so fine... Why did you have to make him so handsome (because he is lol). This is giving me conflicted feelings.

Hiccup is jsut a child. The way you draw him is adorable...

I love how you did the ragged summer outfit.

And those dragons are so cool!

[undercoverossifrage]

Class doodles of my favorite trio!

[thoughtsofananon]

Behold the kids <3 apologizes for how fishlegs’s glasses look kinda invisible in the one with their helmets

Individuals under cut!