#httyd films

[fan-a-tink]

A small green dragon who's always hungry, loves cuddling Hiccup and picks fights he can't win? Close enough. Welcome back, book toothless 🐉

How To Train Your Dragon (2010)

[anhttydbookfan]

I think one thing both film and book Hiccup have in common is that in a modern AU, both of them would love nothing more than to host a Steve Irwin-type show where they teach you about the local wildlife and wrangle giant reptiles. (In a modern half-brothers AU it'd probably be something a bit more like the Kratt Brothers' Be the Creature)

Who knows! In a modern AU they might even be able to!

[noctusfury]

Is Snotlout Really Hiccup's Cousin? (HTTYD)

Hello, my fellow Furians! Today, I have another Snotlout article after a long while. We will dive into this simple question:

Are Snotlout and Hiccup REALLY cousins in the Film Franchise?

The short answer is: NO, they're not.

But you're obviously here for the LONG answer, so let me list several reasons why they are not cousins in the film franchise:

One: in the Books, they were paternal cousins, and they don't even have the same surname in the films.

Two: they have never called each other cousins ONCE in the entire franchise. Not even once.

Three: DeBlois and the HTTYD Team, nor the actors, have ever mentioned, hinted, implied, stated, revealed, or proved that they were cousins.

Four: in the movie franchise, they have an enemies-to-friends relationship, rather than a familial one.

Five: If they were related by ANY stretch of the imagination, Snotlout would've competed for the title of Heir like in the Books, but he doesn't. He's simply pressured by Spitelout, his father, to best Hiccup so that his father can one-up Stoick (and so that he can fulfill his father's warped expectations of what a Jorgenson is).

Six: Snotlout is better at everything than Hiccup in the Books (aside from speaking Dragonese and is even at sword-fighting once Hiccup uses his left hand), while Hiccup trounces Snotlout in several things.

So yeah, they're not cousins. Of course, if I somehow missed something, please inform me if I am incorrect.

Of course, this doesn't stop people from automatically labeling him as Hiccup's cousin, simply because he was in the Books, and it's just easier to implement it in the story.

Heck, I've seen plenty of people who have them be maternal cousins instead of paternal cousins, hence the different surnames. Though bear in mind that, historically, Vikings were named by who their parents were (i.e. Ragnar Ragnarsson, Thor Bjarnson, Asgeirrsdottir, and in rare cases maternal names like Astridsson/Astridsdottir).

My Headcanon

Personally, though, I'm of the opinion that Book Snotlout and Movie Snotlout are two different characters despite their similarities.

As such, I have Snotlout and Hiccup be just good friends.

Snotlout got his name from Snotface Snotlout Haddock's middle name since Spitelout wanted Snotlout to be just like Snotface, whom he thought would replace Hiccup as the Heir. Snotlout admires him for being like the Great Viking Heroes and follows him and wants to be like him whenever he can. He often has to decide whether to follow Snotface or Hiccup — especially after Hiccup defeats the Red Death. And as time passes, it gets harder for him to choose.

Until one day, Snotlout decides to be his own man, without being influenced or pressured by his father or by Snotface, or even by Hiccup. He will stand on his own to feet and learn what path he wants to take and what man he wants to become.

See? EXCELLENT character development, if I do say so myself! 😁

What do you guys think? How do you view Hiccup and Snotlout's relationship, and how do you implement it in your headcanon?

Thank you for reading.

Long Live the Night!

— Noctus Fury

[genesismenacer]

Alvin The Treacherous in the films: SQUEEEE OMG dragon trafficking is so cute and I hate that annoying guy Hiccup!

Alvin The Treacherous in the books: Okay Hotshot now hit the second tower

[hug-kiss-marry-kill]

What should we do with Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (How to Train Your Dragon)?

Hug

Kiss

Marry

Kill

Voting ended onJul 24, 2025

[nine-frames]

"What do you think, bud? You wanna give this another shot?"

How To Train Your Dragon 2, 2014

Dir. & Writ. Dean De Blois | DOP Gil Zimmerman | Art Dir. Michael Necci & Zhaoping Wei

[thereweredragonshere]

I think you'd really like the book series ngl, but I will say it is WAY different from the movies. Not in a bad way, I'd honestly just say that the stories are so wildly different that "based on the book series by Cressida Cowell" is more accurate than claiming it's an adaptation. Because. It is so very very different in terms of lore and tone and themes. Both are incredible stories but man it's just. Different.

I'm sure I would! I have heard amazing things about rhe book series, and I do intend on reading them one day! It's really interesting to see parallels between the book/film universe

[couldtheyescortelliewilliams]

When it comes to the question “could they escort Ellie Williams”, Tumblr has deemed Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III:

…as someone who would get emotionally attached AND is capable of escorting Ellie to the Fireflies.

Now, one more step to determine if Hiccup really would be another Joel. If told that the Fireflies were going to perform fatal brain surgery on Ellie to develop the vaccine, would they go on a murderous rampage through the hospital to save Ellie?

Absolutely, they won’t hesitate to kill all the Fireflies like Joel did

They’ll do the massacre, but only after thinking hard about it

They’ll try to stop the operation, but in a different way

They end up letting Ellie go through with the operation, despite being attached

Voting ended onMay 8, 2025