#htttyd hiccup

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Hiccup and Fishlegs might be the geeks/nerds of the group, but Snotlout is definitely the theater kid. He sings beautifully, he can act, he gets really into characterization, he knows how to write and sew, and he loves wigs

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Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III of How to Train Your Dragon is a good father!

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I've been thinking about Gobber and what he means to Hiccup. From the first movie, we can clearly see he is one of the only people, if not the only one, to see Hiccup as himself. Not as the chief's son, or the runt of Berk, or Hiccups the useless. He sees Hiccup as Hiccup. He's also the only person Hiccup talks to, about he's insecurities, his fears, his frustrations.

We know Gobber is Hiccup's mentor, his teacher, but he is also a parental figure. The only one he had for a long time. Because the void Stoick left, was being filled by Gobber. When Hiccup had no one, Gobber was right by his side.

Once Hiccup becomes the hero of Berk, Gobber keeps treating him like before. He still doesn't see Hiccup just by one act that defines him. He sees a little kid that is clumsy, lonely, intelligent, stubborn, and that tries his best. He sees a person that is worth it just because he's alive, he sees a person that makes mistakes, a Viking. He might not be the viking everyone wanted, but he is one nonetheless.

He even advocates for him. He is the reason Hiccup got the chance to train like the other kids. And I have no doubt he is the reason Hiccup became his apprentice. He is the only one that understood that Hiccup could have a chance to be good at something if only he could learn how to do it.

Even if he didn't truly believe Hiccup could be the best Viking, even when he was surprised Hiccup did well during training. He still saw potential.

And because he saw Hiccup as a person, he was also the only one that understood him. He saw how hard Hiccup was trying to become a viking, he saw how hard Hiccup tried to make Stoick proud. But he also saw how he never tried to completely change himself.

In the movie we see how he convinces Stoick to let him train with the other by saying that he can't protect him forever because Hiccup will leave, he knows Hiccup leaves and explores, he knows he is curious and that he is stubborn. He knows no one, not even Stoick (or especially him), can't keep him away from trouble. And the best alternative is to give him the tools to protect himself. Because he knows Hiccup will never stop trying, but he also knows that while Hiccup tries, he can't know everything if nobody teaches him.

I wish we could see more of their relationship 🥹🥹🥹

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Watching the first episode of Race to the Edge always makes me a little sad. Because it implies that for three years Hiccup has been feeling lonelier and lonelier. Once he manages to defeat Dagur and stop the rest of the threats (with the help of everybody else), he watches everyone find a purpose, he watches the riders drift apart and find a path of their own. While he can't move on, he can't see a clear path for him. Or rather, he sees one and he's approaching the finish line of it.

He frantically searches for a new dragon, something to discover, something to allow him to hold on to the past. He doesn't want to let go, because the time he spent with the riders defending Berk and finding new dragons was the best period of his life.

Before becoming the leader of the riders he was a runt. He was the screw up. He was the biggest Hiccup in the history of Berk. He was a disappoinment. He was lonely. After the battle against the Red Death everything changed. He finally became someone important. He had friends, the village kind of respected him, his father trusted him, he had everything he always dreamed of.

But then they defeated Dagur, and the screaming death, along with Alvin and all the bad guys, they had nothing keeping them together. Or at least, that's what Hiccups feels.

He can't stop searching, he needs it. He needs to find a new dragon, or a clue, or something. Because if he can't, then he will be alone once again. He will lose everything he worked hard to get.

I think that's also why Dagur manages to trap the riders in a trap. All of them have drifted apart, of course that's part of it, they weren't ready. But Hiccup is distracted. Because part of him sees this as an opportunity to not be alone.

I think it's really sad. Maybe it's just my mind trying to get the maximum amount of angst out of everything I see (not that I complain, honestly).

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I really don't understand people thinking Stoick doesn't love Hiccup. That man loves his boy so much it physically hurts him. But many seem to misunderstand him, or to underestimate how much he actually loved him.

From day one he tries, maybe not in the way Hiccup wanted or needed, but in the only way he knew how to. In the first movie he gets angry that Hiccup is outside during a raid, but it's not because he fears Hiccup making a mess (maybe a little), but because he is overprotective.

He has always been overprotective because he understood Hiccup was different, not a conventional viking. He knew he needed to approach him differently, but he wasn't sure how to.

And we can't forget he is the chief,he has a whole village to take care of. And I think that's why he let Gobber coparent, if there was someone in the village he could trust to protect his son, that was Gobber.

Of course he doesn't do it right most of the time, Hiccup is not a normal kid, in fact, he is so out of the ordinary that he would rather befriend a dragon than kill it. And that's the reason I think he fails to be the parent Hiccup always needed. He knew his son was different, but he didn't understand how different.

But there is a shift once Hiccup kills the Red Death and Berk welcomes the dragons. It's like Stoick finally figured him out. And knows he is intelligent, impulsive, and more than anything: a leader.

And he also starts seeing a lot of himself in him. And that scares him, because Stoick can win a fight by force, but Hiccup is all brains, and Stoick fears that may not be enough in the battle field.

And that's when he makes the most loving decision. I don't mean when he sacrifices himself for him, no. I mean, when he lets Hiccup leave the archipelago. Because he is not only putting his trust in Hiccup, he is also allowing him to unleash his full potential.

I think Stoick has always known Berk was never enough for Hiccup, but knowing he was going beyond the archipelago must have been the hardest decision in his life.

But he lets him, because he loves him fully, and by that point, he also understands him.

Dying for him was easy, but letting him go. Men, I bet his heart was beating painfully in his chest every waking moment.

How many days did he spend wondering how he was doing, if he was alright. What if he's dead? He would know. And if the other riders also died, he really would have no way of knowing anything.

I'm not a parent, but that kind of love, I think not even some parents can have it, feel it. I think, Stoick's love for Hiccup is so strong and powerful.

And I know Hiccup was aware. Maybe not at first, but he knew.

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Thinking about the end of Defender of Berk and about much the relationship between Hiccup and Snotlout benefited from it. In the last two episodes (Cast out Pt 1 and 2) Snotlout is grounded by Hiccup, as a parallel of Alvin and Stoick history. In the last moment, when Snotlout disobeys Hiccup once again, we see that it's not really because of the sake of disobeying, nor because he doesn't respect Hiccup, but because he knows when to listen and when it's better to not listen. Obviously, Snotlout is not perfect, so sometimes he lets his ego get in the way. But Hiccup realizes what Snotlout brings to the table, Hiccup sees that sometimes Snotlout does his best work when he disobeys him.

Between the fight against the Red Death and these chapters, I feel like Hiccup and Snotlout's relationship was very weak. Before everything, Snotlout didn't respect Hiccups at all, he was jealous of him and he was his competition, Snotlout was everything Hiccup wasn't, but Hiccup was born with everything Snotlout wanted.

While Snotlout is strong, fearless, and just a pure viking. Hiccup is scrawny, little, tiny and weak. But Hiccup will still become chief, he has a better father (even when Stoick isn't great, he is still way better than Spitelout).

After the Red Death, Snotlout is still jealous, but this time he is scared and intimidated. This time, Hiccup is everything Snotlout can't be and wants to be. He is now respected by the village, he is becoming a leader, he is becoming the chief he was born to be. And Snotlout is still the same guy.

But the season finale changed everything. Even their dynamic. Because while Snotlout had grown to respect Hiccup, he still bullied him, he still wouldn't listen.

But we can see a change in Riders of Berk. Their dynamic has become friendly. Not only do they respect each other, they care. Snotlout hasn't changed a lot, but he is the one that changed the most. Because now he doesn't want what Hiccup has, he spores to be part of what Hiccup has. He wants to be part of the team, he wants to follow him. And that's so important.

He went from bully to brother. They're cousins, but they act more like brothers. And I believe that Hiccup is just glad he can have him by his side. I believe Hiccup is relieved to have someone like Snotlout by his side. Someone who is loyal, fearless and stubborn, but also, someone unafraid to face him, to confront him when he is being an idiot, someone who will call him out when necessary.

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While writing the next chapter for the dragons protecting Hiccup, I was thinking about how some dragons might have seen Hiccup as a hero, but also as a baby. All the riders are teens, but Hiccup was the smallest of them, and he has this aura of calmness and softness.

In the shows we see some of the dragons treating Hiccups very softly. Like Hookfang who has no problem with being rough with Snotlout, but the moment he is with Hiccup his treatment becomes very delicate. He would bite him, or burn him.

And in the "Zippleback experience" episode, we see Belch and Barf following Hiccup and trying to help him/protect him/save him. And we know they are a bit insane/chaotic, they wouldn't be able to be the twin's dragons otherwise. But they aren't as crazy with him, they are so careful with him.

I like to think that the dragons see Hiccup as this hero, a legend. Someone strong and courageous. But also as someone who needs to be treated carefully, someone who also needs to be protected.

And, a little headcanon I have is that Hiccup does have a gift. The dragons treat him differently, ONLY HIM. I do not believe for a second Toothless would have allowed anyone else to ride him. Even if the situation was the same, I like to think that Hiccup was able to connect with him because of this gift.

Like an aura, or a connection, or destiny. Whatever it is, Hiccup is able to connect with dragons like no one else can. Not even Valka.

I even love to think that if Valka hadn't entered her house when Cloudjumper was there, he would have taken Hiccup instead. (Which would be a great fic I want to write at some point in my life, but that's another conversation).

One final thought! Is that the only dragon that doesn't see Hiccup as a baby in need is Toothless. He isn't fooled, he sees him as what he really is, a nuisance. Toothless knows that the biggest threat against the little human, is fcking himself 😭😂

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As I rewatch rtte, I realize there is only one single episode that actually annoys me: Mi amore ala. I hate how Hiccup's and Astrid's relationship was handled in that episode. I love Hiccstrid, and I love Astrid, but in that episode she is just so annoying.

She doesn't really seem like the type to get jealous or insecure by others, not the way they portray it there. And then she has this tantrum because Hiccup doesn't notice the necklace. The same necklace he gave her as a betrothal gift. The audacity, I say. She didn't give him anything.

"she was the gift" nah bullshit.

She even said it in that episode, how good of a gifter he is because he notices things, the important things. Yeah, he didn't see the necklace, but don't be such an asshole. They were on a mission and the poor dude is the main target of who knows how many people. Dude is stressed out and worried about really important and dangerous things, he's going to miss some things.

I love their relationship, but that episode is bullshit, tbh