#fandom: httyd

[things-characters-definitely-say]

Snotlout: I didn’t punch him because he’s gay. I punched him and he turned out to be gay afterwards.

Eret: I was gay when you punched me!

[daglout]

Tuffstrid Day!!

Tuffstrid 90′s band Au!!

Astrid has been playing guitar since she was seven, taught by her guardian and uncle Finn Hofferson, a famous classical guitarist. She loves playing the guitar but never thought of making a career out of it, until she spots a flier for a band looking for a new guitarist and decides to give it a shot. She wasn’t expecting punk, and she wasn’t expecting Tuffnut Thorston.

[things-characters-definitely-say]

Astrid: You know, Fishlegs brings Ruffnut flowers every day.

Hiccup: He does?

Astrid: I wish you’d do that sometimes.

[later]

Hiccup: *handing Ruffnut a bouquet*

Ruffnut: ???

Hiccup: I’m just as confused as you are.

[howling-sage]

I haven’t posted in days but the sheer rage I feel at people hating on Nubless has overcome my lurker status and I’m here to let you all know that if you don’t want her then I’ll take her. she’s mine and I’m gonna love her no matter what she’s like in the movie

[onefictwofic]

Author's Summary:

Hiccup didn't see the point in stopping Astrid as she ran off towards his village—towards his father—with his most desperately protected secret. He was leaving anyway. A coming-of-age tale. Deviates from movie. Borderline bromantic-comedy.

My Thoughts:

An absolutely BRILLIANT story that really builds the characters from HTTYD in a realistic way that could definitely be canon if things had gone differently.

It picks up in the second half of the movie, right after Astrid discovers Toothless as he and Hiccup are getting ready to leave Berk. Instead of chasing her, Hiccup lets Astrid run back to the village, and he and Toothless leave. Most of the story then follows Hiccup and Toothless as they travel through Europe, but there are some times when the story returns to Berk to follow the people who were left behind. There are also a lot of characters and references from the original books that the movie was based on!

It's a huge fic with over 300k words, but the pacing and writing is wonderful, every new setting that Hiccup encounters is incredibly detailed and well-researched, and the end leaves the story well-finished but still open, a rather strange feeling of completion.