In a previous post of mine I went through many AUs and story-lines I had for HTTYD. The Previous post has more normal ones that are based In the HTTYD world. This post has my more weird AUs but still fun (for me at least) Nonetheless.
Back in 2022 - 2023 I got super into the backrooms and had a lot of the Wikidot lore from that time memorised. It is only natural I would use all this knowledge to inflict suffering on our favourite one legged dragon loving guy.
I sometimes decide to thrown him into the backrooms alone to inflict maximum suffering. Other times I'll throw in Toothless with him. Specifically have them noclip during their first meeting after Hiccup cut Toothless free and Toothless in turn spares him. This would make a very interesting dynamic where these not quite friends have to navigate this weird place that they don't understand while working together (as Toothless would be able to fight of threats and Hiccup would be able to help them navigate the not dragon friendly environment) Eventually they bond as they rely on each other to survive.
This is mostly an excuse to expand my personal backrooms lore (which is much different from any established lore on the internet) While also having fun with my favourite characters.
I play a lot of Phasmophobia and have a decent chunk of the hidden evidence memorised. Which leads me to using this knowledge to create a fun AU that really is an excuse to play around with Phasmophobia lore (Similar to my reasons for doing Backrooms AUs)
To those who are unfamiliar with the game you basically go into a house that a ghost is haunting and have to use your equipment to Identity what type of ghost you are dealing with.
I think it'd be interesting to explore how each of the gang would Investigate ghosts. I should note that I split them into two categories. One are the investigators who figure out the ghost they are dealing with and the other are the hunters who exorcise the ghost. (As realistically it'd be weird to just Identity the ghost and do nothing about it)
It's important to note that this is the modern world and that death from hunts is a very real possibility. It is lessened by the fact that cursed objects can revive those recently killed by a ghost but permanent death is still a real possibility if you are not careful.
Here are the roles I think each of the gang would be.
Hiccup would cause a hunt and figure out the ghost from the hunt alone (which is 100% possible in the game). I'd imagine he did a lot of Solo investigations on his own before the gang came along (to parallel HTTYD 1 where he befriended Toothless on his own)
Fishlegs would play it safe. He'd keep his sanity high, make sure crucifixes are in the Ghost room and keep a smudge stick on him. I'd believe he'd become super knowledgeable on the ghost hidden evidence -- even their hunting abilities -- but be to scared to use hunts to figure out the ghost.
Either Hunter or investigator but tends to lean towards investigation as that is where the responsible people are. She'd be decent at both but not excel in the ways others do. Doesn't mean she is bad. She is a jack of all trades which make her a valuable team member.
I think Snotlout would have more fun Hunting. I think he'd act like he'd be daring and would use more dangerous methods but truthfully he'd know the importance of safety and would become the responsible one (as he would be paired with the twins). I unfortunately cannot say much about hunters tho as Phasmophobia does not have a exorcising mechanic.
They here for the chaos and force Snotlout to actually stand up and be a model hunter. They would cause hunts all the time and be a nuisance but when it comes down to it they can get their crap together and do a good job.
I feel like she be friends with Hiccup and become interested in the Investigation work he does. And decide to do it as well. In my particular AU she is roommates with Astrid and they help each other out with improving their skills. She'd be a good hunter as well but doesn't do it as Dagur is a hunter and Both she and Hiccup learnt how much it sucks working with Dagur.
Master Hunter but he uses the most dangerous methods and doesn't care what happens to his teammates. He used to be an investigator with Hiccup but would constantly cause hunts and put Hiccup in danger that Hiccup pushed Dagur to become a hunter so Hiccup wouldn't have to deal with him. Although Dagur is the reason Hiccup is so good at dealing with hunts. He does eventually mature and become a good teammate but that takes work.
Due to some meddling scientists who played with time travel the events in HTTYD 1 got messed up and due to the butterfly effect it eventually leads to all dragons going extinct.
Those who lives where most affected by this were reincarnated into the modern world when they died. But they only gain their memories in order of their deaths from their time. Now they have to navigate this modern world and find a way to fix their past and return to their rightful era.
I'd imagine that the events being messed up lead to the main casts early deaths and the reason they reincarnated is because they died before they were supposed to and thus were brought to the time where their fates where messed with. I'd also imagine that reincarnation is a thing that happens and they person they become are the ones that hold their reincarnated souls. They only gain memories when their deaths happen in equivalent to the scientists timeline that they have.
It is spaghetti logic I know but there really isn't a good way to describe how the reincarnation process works and time travel is always a hard topic to understand. I just think there is fun in having them have to find each other when they all have new identities and living circumstances.
What the scientists meddled with is unclear but the results are this:
Hiccup and Toothless fight the red death alone. Hiccup loses his leg and since he cannot care for it in time he succumbs to his injuries. Toothless stays by Hiccup's corpse until he passes away too. They are the first to gain their memories in the modern world.
Because of the lack of raids chaos is brought to the archipelago which hastens Drago's invasion as he capitalises on the uncertainty and makes his move leading to a massive war.
Fate tries to correct itself which leads Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Heather teaming up with dragons and fighting Drago with them but this also leads to conflict with berk which means they don't have backing. They put up a good fight but also die early.
The dent they made in Drago's defences was Worth-wile as that gave the vikings a fighting chance. After a long fight it leads to many important characters deaths and the dragon population is dying out after it. By the time the modern era came around Dragons were extinct.
The task falls to the reincarnated characters to find the scientists and undo the time travel (and ensure that time is never messed with again) Doing this will also lead to the timeline being reset and HTTYD 1 will continue as normal. all memories they made in the modern world are also gone as technically HTTYD1 Hiccup did not experience all of that. Only reincarnated Hiccup did but Reincarnated Hiccup does not exist anymore. (As I said Time travel is confusing and hard to explain).
Those are all the AUs I can think of right now. If I have more I'll be sure to post them when I can as I think they are too fun not to share. As I mentioned in my last post these Ideas are not perfect and are more like rough drafts then anything else. They need refining (which is what my endless daydreaming is for lol) You can view all these concepts as unfinished ideas that I intentionally leave unfinished as that allows me to constantly expand and come up with ideas for them.
