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The exact moment

title: the exact moment words: 1122 rate: K (fluff) paring: Merida/Hiccup

Hiccup tells Merida about the moment he fell in love with her

A.N: I took this idea from this RP generator, it gave me many ideas for many one-shots but this one was one of my personal favorites

Hiccup is cornered by a bully, but Merida comes to the rescue.

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He remembered well the exact moment he fell for her, the exact moment where his eyes saw her for the very first time and she smiled at him, making his heart skipped. 

"Aren’t you going to tell me?" Merida asked him, looking up at him from where she was laying, using Hiccup’s lap as a pillow. Hiccup smiled to her question while playing with her red wild curls "what else is there to say?" he told her shrugging one shoulder, not yet ready to tell her the moment where his heart no longer felt his own.

"Och, don’t be like that!" she pouted, acting a bit childish. Hiccup could help but to chuckle "I already told you when I fell in love with you, and you were the one who forced me!"

"no, correction, I did not forced you" he said raising his finger to her as she just rolled her eyes, crossing her arms acting all offended "you, young lady, wanted to know how and when I fell in love with you and said that you were going to tell me your story first and then I was supposed to tell you mine, but I never agreed to that, you just started talking and did not stopped till now" 

"Well… We come to the same question, are you going to tell me?"

Hiccup shook his head with a smile “nope” he simply said. 

"You are the worst!" Merida exclaimed, taking one of the pillows from the sofa and throwing it into his face. Merida let out a chuckled, sitting on the couch ready to hit him again. 

"Oh so you want war, eh?" He teased, laughing at this and taking another of the pillows, keeping up the game. 

"You are with a Scottish lad, what did you expected?" she replied with a smirk on her face.

Hiccup chuckled to this and rolled his eyes, pulling her closer and taking away the pillows from her hands and taking her by the wrists “and I’m a viking lass, don’t you remember your history classes?” he teased kissing her.

He could feel her smiled against his kiss, making him melt. He couldn’t just believe how lucky he was to have her, to be loved by her in return. To think that he had been in love with her for so long, always thinking that she wouldn’t even look at him, that they would be for ever friend and nothing more than that. 

Hiccup cupped her face gently with his hand and broke the kiss slowly, staring at her light blue eyes for a moment. Merida just smiled, with a slightly blush on her cheeks. “Snotlout Jorgenson” he suddenly said making Merida blink a couple of times.

"ex- excuse me?" she pursed her brows really lost at the sudden change of conversation.

"It was in second grade, and he was cornering me, y’know, making the whole ‘give me your lunch nerd’ thing that all the bullies’ do-"

"wait- wait- I’m lost" Merida interrupt him "what are you talking about?" 

"Didn’t you want to know when I fell for you?" Hiccup raised his eyebrow with a smirk. He loved to see her eyes widen in surprise "I can tell you later if-"

"Wait, wait, wait!" she interrupted again, her eyes fixed in his "second grade? You were-"

"shh, I’m telling you the story" he shushed her placing his finger on her lips "well, the thing is that he was bothering me, you know that back then my self-esteem was the worst and I wasn’t really making any effort on defending myself. That’s when you come into scene." hiccup said nuzzling her cheek ”a very petite girl from first grade, with her hair pulled on a pony tail and using a teal dress, very pretty by the way" 

Merida couldn’t help to chuckled to her description, rolling her eyes “I can’t believe you remember that” she said, embarrassed. Hiccup just shrugged, like it was nothing and continued.

"This little girl stood between the bully and me. With her hands on her hips she started yelling at him, saying thing like ‘it was wrong what he was doing’ and something about ‘getting his ass kicked’ "

"Oh god, did I said that!?" Merida couldn’t believe it, hiding her face with her hands. Hiccup smile to see her reaction but did not stop with his narration. 

"Of course that Snotlout laughed at you, ‘a first grader against a boy from second grade?’ he started teasing you too, making fun of you, but you weren’t like me at all, and you pushed him so hard that he tripped over his shoelaces and fell on the ground. I remember well his expression when you went to punch him on the face, he was so scared of you that he ran so fast he tripped over at least twice"

"Oh god, I remember that" Merida sighed "everybody stared making fun of him because he was beaten up by a girl" she laughed.

"but that wasn’t the moment when I fell on love with you" he said taking her by her hands "then, I was just amazed by how cool you were" Merida made a small gesture as if she was overwhelmed by his comment, and he couldn’t help but to smirk "the moment when I fell for you was when you turned around and offers me your hand, when you asked me if I was okay or if I needed anything. It was later when you sat down with me each reassess and talked to me about you family and that you were going to became a big sister, it was when you held me when I cried, when I felt alone" 

Merida was mouth open by this point, felling that she was about to cry at any moment. 

"I don’t have an exact moment where I knew that I loved you, I only know that this feeling that I have for you has been building inside me from that exact moment, the moment you kicked Snotlout’s butt" he finished, with a grin.

Merida let out a laughed, wiping away a tear that threatened to fall. “Really, Hiccup! Did you have to ruin everything with that ending?” she said still laughing.

"What?" he teased, "but it was since that moment that I start loving you! It’s not my fault that Snotlout’s butt was involved in that moment" he chuckled as he started kissing her cheeks.

"You are a dork!" she said throwing a pillow at him again, laughing and falling on the couch with him above her. 

"You still love me" he said kissing her lips again. 

Yes, she loved him, and he was thankful for that each day they spend together. 

[thatblueskylark]

Some thoughts about Gendrya

Some thoughts about Gendrya after I finished reading ASOS and lots of FF and theories. I am mixing here all a little, both TV series and the books. (Probably spoilers) is quite long this

For starters, I would like to talk about the beginning, and I don’t mean the moment when they met but their ancestors: King Robert Baratheon and Lady Lyanna Stark.

As many know, both Gendry and Arya are defined as living images of them, so I think this is the first indication that GRRM gives us about their relationship although everyone knows what happened to that relationship (the wrath of Robert about the abduction of Lyanna) remember that Gendry is very different from his father, besides that he doesn’t know (in the books) that he is a Baratheon.

Now, I know the difference between the two is 5 years apart, but this doesn’t really bother me because in Westeros that's nothing. But what I’m sure and I wanted to say is that both, Arya and Gendry, weren’t aware of their feelings while they were traveling together (actually, I don’t know if Arya even realized that she had feelings for him).

Arya was 11 and it is normal for a girl of her age to start thinking about boys and crushes (like Sansa did) but we are talking about Arya, and by then she was too busy escaping from the gold cloaks that I truly doubt very much that she have studied her heart . Now, she did noticed Gendry (hiding in the armory as she watched him and noticing how strong he was) but was merely an affirmation to herself, never studying more about why she noticed him.

“[…] She climbed to the roof and peeked down. Gendry was beating out a breastplate. When he worked, nothing existed for him but metal, bellows, fire. The hammer was like part of his arm. She watched the play of muscles in his chest and listened to the steel music he made. He’s strong, she thought.”

(A clash of kings – chapter 47)

On the other hand, Gendry has between 15 or 16, in the book he is described to be probably in the same age as Robb but he is likely to be younger than him. I think Gendry never saw more than a friend in Arya, not thinking much of the fact of her being a woman, although he was the first who discovered her identity. He treated her as an equal, perhaps because she knew how to look after herself and because she dressed as a male, it was easy for him to forget the fact that she was a girl (all this before he knew she was from the nobility). But don’t forget his age, surely Gendry has started thinking of girls in other way, he even blushed when a girl starts flirting with him.

When Arya went to dinner with that acorn dress, Gendry burst into laughter, and I really not blame him for it, he was still in the age of behaving like a child, men take longer to mature than women and see his tomboy friend like that was something maybe to much for him and he laughed, I really expected him to do that, but I think that that's the first time he sees her as a woman, he realizes that she is a girl. Recognized her as such, he even give her compliments and start teasing her, like boys do when they like a girl.

“[…] Gendry put the hammer down and looked at her. “You look different now. Like a proper little girl.”

“I look like an oak tree, with all these stupid acorns.”

“Nice, though. A nice oak tree.” He stepped closer, and sniffed at her. “You even smell nice for a change.”

“You don’t. You stink.” Arya shoved him back against the anvil and made to run, but Gendry caught her arm. She stuck a foot between his legs and tripped him, but he yanked her down with him, and they rolled across the floor of the smithy. He was very strong, but she was quicker. Every time he tried to hold her still she wriggled free and punched him. Gendry only laughed at the blows, which made her mad. He finally caught both her wrists in one hand and started to tickle her with the other, so Arya slammed her knee between his legs, and wrenched free. Both of them were covered in dirt, and one sleeve was tom. on her stupid acorn dress. “I bet I don’t look so nice now,” she shouted.”

When they return to dinner that night, Tom Seven is singing a song. This, I think, is another indication that GRRM tries to bring them together in a way:

My featherbed is deep and soft, and there I’ll lay you down,

I’ll dress you all in yellow silk, and on your head a crown.

For you shall be my lady love, and I shall be your lord.

I’ll always keep you warm and safe, and guard you with my sword.

And how she smiled and how she laughed, the maiden of the tree.

She spun away and said to him, no featherbed for me.

I’ll wear a gown of golden leaves, and bind my hair with grass,

But you can be my forest love, and me your forest lass.

(A Storm of Swords- chapter 22)

This song talks about a young lover who is willing to give her all he can get, while the girl refuses everything, telling her that she would be happy with just his presence. We are speaking of GRRM here, you have to see between the lines, the song refers to "the Maiden of the tree," Arya was wearing an acorn dress "I look like an oak tree, With All These stupid acorns." She said to Gendry before. The song is definitely related to them.

Gendry on the other hand, has always been considered not worthy of anything, his position as a bastard always present in his mind. As soon as he learned that Arya was the daughter of Eddar Stark, a lord, the way he treated her changes dramatically; he was willing to treat her as Lady, not imagining that she will refused that treatment. (Which was to be expected from her).

“[…] “I know my courtesies, m’lady,” Gendry said, stubborn as ever. “Whenever highborn girls came into the shop with their fathers, my master told me I was to bend the knee, and speak only when they spoke to me, and call them m’lady.”

“If you start calling me m’lady, even Hot Pie is going to notice. And you better keep on pissing the same way too.”

“As m’lady commands.””                               

(A clash of kings - chapter 19)

After that Gendry still treated her as “Arry”, although sometimes Arya could tell that it was not the same, as I said before, surely it became easy for him to forget about her being a lady with the clothes she wore and because at that time it was only them and Hot Pie, and they treated her like a boy. Then he must had started to see her as a girl when they encounter the Brotherhood without Banners, when she reveals her identity and began to receive another treatment.

He doesn’t seem to be bother much by it, but when they stay in the peach it was very obvious. When a drunken man goes to Arya willing to take her to bed, Gendry appears at the right time to protect her. He was a bit drunk at that time and he let out some of his frustration, revealing how he felt about Arya being of noble birth and he wasn’t. It annoyed him the gap between them and it's likely that he had already began to realize his feelings towards her, too stubborn to accept them.

“Why did you say that?” Arya hopped to her feet. “You’re not my brother.”

“That’s right,” he said angrily. “I’m too bloody lowborn to be kin to m’lady high.”

Arya was taken aback by the fury in his voice. “That’s not the way I meant it.”

“Yes it is.” He sat down on the bench, cradling a cup of wine between his hands. “Go away. I want to drink this wine in peace. Then maybe I’ll go find that black-haired girl and ring her bell for her.”

“But...”

“I said, go away. M’lady.”

Arya whirled and left him there.

(A Storm of Swords - chapter 29)

We again see his annoyance when Ned appears. It’s clearly that he did not like that guy, talking to Arya and treated her like a lady without her tell him anything. Upon learning that Ned is a Lord his annoyance and jealousy were more noticeable.

Ned looked embarrassed. “I’m Edric Dayne, the... the Lord of Starfall.”

Behind them, Gendry groaned. “Lords and ladies,” he proclaimed in a disgusted tone. Arya plucked a withered crabapple off a passing branch and whipped it at him, bouncing it off his thick bull head. “Ow,” he said. “That hurt.” He felt the skin above his eye. “What kind of lady throws crabapples at people?”

“The bad kind,” said Arya, suddenly contrite.

 (A Storm of Swords – chapter 43)

Then it comes the time of their separation, in which both the tv series and the books has the same background: him not being noble. In the series this is much noticeable while in the books is more subtle. Gendry tells Arya that she will always be “M'lady” and nothing more for him when Arya tells him that she can be his family. He believes he has no right to be his family nor anything else for being a bastard. In the books Arya suffer knowing he will leave her, feeling alone, she always believed that she had a pack with Gendry and Hot Pie, but they both left for different reasons. "He means to leave me too" she thinks when Gendry decides to stay.

I think that Gendry was the only one who could hold Arya’s little innocence that had being left of her, after they parted we know what way she decided to go. If Gendry wouldn’t choose to leave her alone she would probably be still in Westeros, or at least be in Braavos but both of them together.

In the TV series, the last time we see Gendry is running away from Storm's Ends on a boat, where could he go? He definitely couldn’t stay in Westeros, my predictions: Braavos.

I should add that GRRM has entrusted to the directors the end of the book series, so we can assume that any changes they make in the series will lead to the same end of the books and although Gendry is found now working on a Inn in the books, it doesn’t mean that his fate will not take him to Braavos later on. They will meet again later in books and earlier in the series I think, since both are now in the free lands.

In conclusion: Yes, I think both are going to meet again and they were written to be soulmates but knowing GRRM I don’t conceive any hope that they will end up together. Arya has changed a lot, it would be very difficult to bring her back after everything she has been through. Gendry on the other hand is still as stubborn as a bull, and the destination GRRM store for him is yet unknown for me.

[thatblueskylark]

Dear HTTYD Fandom, I need your help:

Greetings my fellows Hooligans :) I hope you're all well and haven't read the spoiler that have been hanging around the internet for a while.

I'm making this post because I need your support, you'll see: I just started my studies in graphic design, and believe it or not, we took a course called "Foundations of research", (pretty neat, right?) 

Well, in that class we have to make a monogram, and there had to be certain guidelines, but that's not important, the important thing is that in the end my group and I had chose to talk about 3D animation, more specifically: how to train your dragon.

For that reason is that I need your help, I need interviews, files, anything having to do with production and film art, I've found some, but it would be nice if you guys could help me finding more information.

we have to write two chapters, and each of them have to talk about something different, here I'll put what we are going to talk about.

Chapter 1: THIS IS BERK - A BOOK, TWO STORIES

1.1. Story Summary

        1.1.1 Creating a World - Cressida Cowell          1.1.2 Main objective of the series of books          1.1.3 Recurring characters          1.1.4 Drastic changes made ​​when adapting the book

(I don't really need information for that ^ I've already read the books and that's why I'm going to write it, the rest of my group is the one who needs more help with the info about the programs and stuff) 

1.2. Art and Conception

        1.2.1 Sketches & Ideas          1.2.2 The Barbaric Archipelago: Berk (scenarios)         1.2.3 the Hairy Hooligan tribe (character design)         1.2.4 Dragons of Berk (dragons design)         1.2.5 Modeling and final design

Chapter 2: WE HAVE DRAGONS - A TRIP TO THE SCREEN

1.3. Design and Filmmaking

        1.3.1. The trip - Storyboard          1.3.2. 3D - Animation:

                  1.3.2.1. Character effects                    1.3.2.2. Textures                    1.3.2.3. CGI                    1.3.2.4. Lights and Effects                    1.3.2.5 soundtrack                    1.3.2.6 voice acting

1.4. Final Edition

I you have any source of information that can help me, please send it to me. I'll be very thankful and if you want I can draw you what ever you want. (you can see my art tag if you want)

[thatblueskylark]

why aren't we talking about that Ben Barnes is the living version of teen loki!???

I mean

comE ON!

[thatblueskylark]

I think I'm moving to the USA

This morning my mom told me that she is thinking about leaving my dad, - "that's alright" - I thought, they never belong together anyways, this relationship was sick from the start; - I'm going to California - she said, I nodded, because I know that she has a friend there, and she has already told me that she is willing to give her a job and anything she needs, and I'm happy for her, my dad didn't appreciate her enough, and although I, we love my dad, we can stand him any longer. 

the surprise came later in the conversation - ...and the plan is that you come with me. 

- oh. - I said.

It didn't affect me at the moment, I was half asleep, but as we keep talking about it I start to realize, that it was not going to be like: "yey, I will watch HTTYD2 without the dub or sub!" this was much bigger. My life is about to change completely and all that I could think about was all this questions that start to blow up in my head "what am I going to study?" "is the people going to be jerk to us?" "I will be alone (I mean friends), I know nobody there" "how am I suppose to finish my career now? I just started it"

I didn't show my emotions and fears to my mom, she has to much stress about her life and she had finally manage to decide to stand up and leave dad, It was about time.

Now, let put this straight: my dad is not some kind of machista jerk or something like that. He is just.... how to put it simple... like the soulless version of Sam.  

He don't show any emotion whatsoever, and he can say the most hurting thing in the worst moment to say something, so you just feel lot worst, he doesn't do it on purpose thought, is the way he is, and he doesn't realized that he has this power to make the people that he love most, feel like crap. unfortunately, times up and he has not change a bit in all this time. 

My mom has suffer a lot for all this years, just a year ago I realize how their relationship was, they hide it well for my sake and I'm grateful but at the same time I feel terrible. 

Now my mom is going to talk to her friend tonight, I'm just going to be here, waiting to see what is going to happen next.

[thatblueskylark]

Elinor: "A princess does not chortle!"

[thatblueskylark]

this game is so funny, this are my favorites till now

[thatblueskylark]

I feel kinda offended that I don't have the damn hat yet