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@hiccupisatop
A detail I'll always swoon over in HTTYD is the change in hiccup's hair between the first film and RTTE. His hair is more messy because HE FLIES EVERYWHERE!!!!! Hiccup has a permanent wind swept look right up until the dragons go to the hidden world, it flattens because he's not constantly flying anymore. URGH
Crossover time!
NEXT
POV: you're Stoick (httyd1).
that one twitter meme or something idk
“No! I know my dragon, Hiccup. She's more worried about me than she is about herself.”
(just like her boyfriend)
Live Action Theory Thoughts
Ok first of all hi, I'm back from the dead (not really I just have httyd thoughts knockin' around up here that I have no other outlet for since the live action adaptation was announced)
SO, I saw someone on twitter mention that there's a scene in one of the most recent trailers where hiccup says something about Astrid being the only one to lead them and that line is possibly foreshadowing Astrid becoming the actual chief of Berk (they may change the reward for succeeding in dragon training from killing a monstrous nightmare to becoming the heir of Berk, this is NOT CONFIRMED just a theory!!!)
I honestly hope this isn't true. Whilst Astrid is strong and a natural born leader, I just think one of the most significant things about the story of HTTYD is that Hiccup is the last person you'd expect to be qualified to be chief but you get to WATCH him grow into that role.
The 'runt' of the tribe, the boy who physically cannot down a dragon, is the one smart enough to train one, he doesn't get enough credit for how brave he actually was (especially in Homecoming). Hiccup went against his tribe and essentially all he's been brought up to believe, was willing to run away and got disowned all in the first film as a 15(?) year old, that takes a lot of courage. He then goes on to tame multiple dragons, some of which he's never encountered before and teaches the rest of Berk about them. Throughout the Franchise you watch Hiccup sharpen his leadership skills and confidence to a point where he is more than ready to lead.
Rewatching Riders/Defenders of Berk and RTTE has helped me see the development of the team from where they've doubted Hiccup's ability and knowledge to respecting him and following his lead. It fills in the gap between the first two films in at clear, steady pace.
So all in all, I really hope this theory isn't true because I think it does an injustice to Hiccup's journey and the impact of the films. I also like to think after the romantic flight in the first film Astrid wouldn't WANT to take that role from him, she sees Hiccup for who he is for the first time and knows he can do it. She sees that Hiccup is possibly the bravest of them all.
Anyways, blerg :p that's my boy and I love him. LET"S GIVE HICCUP CREDIT !!!!
We all need to remember that between HTTYD2 and HTTYD3 there’s just 1 year of timeskip
One year after Hiccup saw his father being killed by his best friend
Only one year and then he had to say goodbye to Toothless.
Hiccup is such a strong character and the way you could see the weight of the world on his shoulders at just 21 years old…
If there was someone who deserved that happy ending was him
I don’t think many casual fans recognize the enormous, colossal heart of this boy, and how strong he is. Like, the sheer emotional fortitude and maturity continues to astound me. Some fics and depictions paint him as weak, a pacifist, a pushover by his girlfriend, someone who needs to grow up, or just some effeminate guy, a coward even… like, No.
In D1, He was ridiculed, ignored, shunned by his village enough that he was ready to leave it forever, at the age of 15. Lost and alone for so long, that his only source of friendship came from a member of a different species. Yet when he saw his village, his father, his best friend sailing to their certain doom, he acted, even though his father had practically just disowned him. He was ready to give his life for all these people, his village, even after all that had happened, and he was ready to forgive his bullies, his father, to save them all.
In D2, he found out his mother had abandoned him. He found out his entire childhood, that strange listlessness like he was missing a part of himself all along, the doubt seeping into him even after he’d accomplished so many great things… and all the while he’d taken after her, and if she’d been there, he might not have been so lost. But he forgave her. He forgave her, he let her touch his face, and witnessed his parents’ reunion. For a few brief seconds, genuine, deep happiness bloomed on his face.
But then, he witnessed his best friend being turned against him. He witnessed his best friend kill his father, witnessed the gravest, darkest depths of fear, of power madness and cruelty. Two of the things he cherished most was ripped away from him in a single day, and still he did not falter. He shot the arrow, he stood up, he had tears in his eyes, but he did not falter.
And when he reaches his best friend, he forgave him. He brought him back, through pure love and their unshakable bond. This was mere hours after his father died, and he welcomed his friend back with open arms. And when he had Drago at his mercy? He gave Drago the option of mercy. He offered for the man to stand down, the man who had been responsible for everything, for inflicting so much pain, he was willing to let live.
In D3, one short year later, he stood up for what he believed in. He was headstrong, maybe, and foolhardy, definitely, but he cares for his people, and does what he thinks is best for them. He confronted his enemy head-on, twice, and would have won but for the new types of dragons brought into play. And all throughout this, he was dealing with his best friend and the new life ahead, and he recognizes the importance, and though it clearly pained him, he granted his friend autonomy. He willingly untethered himself, because he loves his friend and want the best for him. When they found the Hidden World, he was willing to permanently sever that tie, and felt wretched that he had ruined his friend’s future when they were discovered and Toothless was forced to save him.
He was willing to die. He was willing to die. With a smile, knowing his friend was saved, and his village was safe, even though he had a full life ahead of him with so much youth and promise. And, after that, perhaps the bravest gesture was his willingness to let go. The movie had many, many problems in the execution of this decision (and that’s been discussed by many people already), but the central heart of it doesn’t change. He saw a kind of simmering hatred that was too pervasive, too powerful, and too difficult to eradicate. He saw how close his best friend and his mate had come to dying. He didn’t want that to happen, ever again, to any dragon. So he let go.
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is many things. But a coward or a weakling are not one of those.
He is the strongest, warmest, bravest, and most deserving character I have ever had the pleasure to love.
Sorry to make this reblog so long, but he is just. Ugh. I want people to recognize how incredibly strong he is. He may look like a cinnamon roll, but inside him he’s got a heart as great as any dragon.
I very often forget about things like this when I focus more on AUs for a while. But this is something I probably haven’t fully realised ever before. And I’m so glad I found this post and was able to read it. I have to rewatch the movies soon to feel the magic of it again.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HICCUP HADDOCK
We watched you grow up and become the amazing man you are now
You have courage, passion, looks and brains and power through every obstacle that life throws at you
We’ve grieved with you, laughed with you, smiled with you and cried with you and your amazing family. Sooo...
Happy birthday to the biggest inspiration to me and my childhood
Honestly the older I grow the I find it more and more difficult to express how much httyd means to me, it holds such a special place in my heart and I always find my self breathless and wiping tears away after I watch any of the films. I’m not sure if it’s just me but I hope to one day create something so influential and meaningful to anyone who sees it
Hiccup from How to Train your Dragon loves you (and all dragons) unconditionally !!!
Stoick’s Death
i’m going through withdrawals of httyd
The Light Fury is NOT a female Night Fury
Lasting genetic similarities make the two bears biological sister species.
It’s a subspecies of the Night Furies that has evolved to surrounded by the ocean as they live in the hidden world. The concept artists for the movie didn’t, as quoted by Hiccup “take [their] night fury card and paint it white”. (Which I thought was so funny they put that joke in cos the development team knew people were gonna complain about her) Here’s a rundown of some facts about the design for the species Light Fury
Firstly, they didnt design her to be smooth and rounded just for shits and giggles. Like a dolphin or a beluga, her fins and skin are smoothen out for swimming and ocean dwelling. You don’t go up to a dolphin and call their whole species feminine for having smooth skin.
Even their skin color is made for living in the sea. It’s not iridescent for the sake of ooh a sparkly pretty character, many fishes have their own relfective scales to blend into the ocean water to find food and avoid predators.
Their disappearing abilities is super amazing to show the abilities of creatures adaption to the problems that humans create. They are sky dragons evolved to become sea dragons. In the sea they can use their reflective skin to hide, but unlike a night fury which can hide in the night, they can use their disappearing ability to hide from hunters which is why they haven’t been hunted to near extinction yet unlike the Night Furies. It is sort of like how a grizzly bear and a polar bear have two similar yet different genetic properties adapted to their own changing environment.
We’ve seen many types of dragons both male and female like Stormfly and Meatlug, who do not look sleek or feminine like, but their appearance, like the light fury, are adapted to their own environment. Stormfly’s favorite food is chicken, and Meatlug is rocks, so there’s clearly no reason why both of them would have any traits that come with sea dwelling. And even though in the movie you can see other dragons inspired by sea creatures like manta rays and eels, but remember the Light Fury is a SUBSPECIES, they’re not a completely new species. Imagine it like a Leopard and a Cloud Leopard, looks similar, but different, because they have evolved from the same family but for different environments.
Most importantly, it’s not just the females that look sleek and beautiful. Look at the gif above. Even the males look the same as the females, only a lot bigger. Dreamworks didn’t put those two Light Furies together in that shot for no reason! Feminine looking they are, but isn’t that cool? Why is no one talking about feminine male dragons! So sleek and shiny and beautiful but they’ll kick your ass in a flash! I think it’s awesome to see that there can be feminine male dragons in the HTTYD world?
If the development team wanted to be lazy they wouldn’t have made a whole new species of dragons for this movie. It would be been so much easier to stick eyelashes on a bunch of Night Furies, hide them in the hidden world, and go “omg Toothless isn’t the last Night Fury after all!” But no they took the extra step to show that Toothless is truly the last of his kind and these Light Furies are not the same as he is.
Even for the folks who are going “they just randomly pulled out a light fury from nowhere!” LET ME ENLIGHTEN YOU WITH THE HTTYD BOOKS! (im very passionate about the books)
Trying to be spoiler free but in the 12th and final book there’s a female sea dragon called Luna, who was 2nd in command to the dragon army, whose leader was one of the dragon inspirations for the Night Fury. She was the same species as the leader, except for the fact that she, quoted by the books “glowed in the night like the moon”. Luna worked with book!Hiccup to try to find peace for both dragons and humans. So even the concept of the Light Fury wasn’t out of thin air!
Here’s a picture of a grizzly bear and polar bear’s offspring, which is known to be found in the wild due to shrinking habitats, notice their patches of brown and white? They got that from both animals.
Now look at the Nightlights, you can also see a patchy black and white trait since they are a cross breed of two different dragons.
So yeah, the Light Fury isn’t just a rip off white Toothless. There is a reason to her appearance, you just need to know where to find it!
i was so happy when he did this
I stan one (1) dumbass son of a dumbass.
Taken from the Spanish-dubbed version here.
Just a reminder that HTTYD: THW is literally KILLING the award season and it’s finally getting the recognition it so much deserves !!!
I was going to put this in my review but thought it needed its own post. Let’s talk about that scene. The scene that made everyone cry, the scene when Zephyr meets Toothless. It’s so important because Zephyr’s been afraid of dragons the whole short, then when making eye contact with Toothless, she immediately understands. She knew exactly who he is and what he meant to her father. She fell in love with him, exactly like Hiccup said she would.
And don’t even get me started on Toothless’ reaction. After sniffing her, he looks back to where Hiccup is, as if saying “You’re his hatchling!”
And if that isn’t enough to make us cry, he makes the exact same happy face he made in httyd2 when Hiccup brought him out of Drago’s control (which is one of the most important times in their friendship and a scene I’m incredibly weak for)
