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Httyd is so wrong to me in many ways, like how much they changed Toothless behavior, or additing a girl dragon only to make his separation with Hiccup make more sense, or the villain being "The One" slayed all the night furies, or the fact they didn’t needed for the dragons to be gone, like, at all.

The dragons from the start were a metaphor for prejudice, how knowing the other allows you to live better with them and THAT takes time, takes patience, takes adaptation, this is shown not only in the first movie, but in the series too, so its very weird for them to throw it all away because "the world isn't ready for them"?

Hiccup already fought with SO MANY antagonists who had the ideas of hunting/ dominating dragons, he fought so many for the coexistence, only for the dragons to have to hide in the end? Like the world wasn't meant for both humans and dragons at all?

Hiccup would make the whole world understand if he needed, he would make the world for the dragons.

And I ain't talking abt "Oh no I wanted Toothless and Hiccup to still be together in the end", im talking abt how this doesn't make sense and feels like throwing things away for the sake of the easiest ending.

ROTTBD

Jack: Okay! Here’s my list of you losers. *smacks a piece of paper on the table*

Merida: I’m a cinnamon roll that kills?

Rapunzel: Awe, I’m a cinnamon roll? Thanks Jack!

Jack: Of course and we all know that the flying lizard is the ‘looks like he’ll kill you but is a cinnamon roll.’

Hiccup: *smack Jack, forgetting how strong he is as a Viking* Hey! Only I can call him that. Right bud?

Toothless: *wiggles in happiness*

Jack: *snatches his paper back and scribbles out Hiccup’s name with a pout* Note to self; Chiefy-boy is not a cinnamon roll.

Something I like specifically about Hiccup’s ‘being different’ story is that it actually makes sense.

There’s the cliche of ‘I’m not like everyone else and I get bullied for it’ trope where the character tries to ‘be like everyone else.’ Than discovers that no matter what anyone thinks, they should anyways be themselves. And while that is a good message, it’s not very applicable to certain situations.

Hiccups story is a bit different and I think it works and hit harder than any of those stories.

And it’s for a specific reason.

They don’t take into account the culture of a place.

The reason hiccup is ostracized is not because he’s ’quirky and weird’ (mostly) but because he doesn’t fit the societal beauty standards of his culture. Hiccup is very much culturally a Viking. He’s just tiny. And because of that he doesn’t fit into the mold.

But he doesn’t try to fit in by becoming the strongest or by being an axe wielding master. Hiccup never tries not to be true to himself.

Hiccup never needed to fit in, the village needed to fit him if that makes sense.

Hiccups a Viking in the sense that he’s socially and culturally like them but isn’t able to follow that culture because of his stature.

The outlier of this is the fact is that Hiccup will never have the guts to kill a dragon. This is evident in the first movie as well.

His story is very similar to Luz’s from The Owl House in the sense that they never tried to be something that they weren’t. (They’re also both neurodivergent coded but most characters in both shows are so it’s less about being different because of that)

Not my best analysis but it’s very late and I’m sleep deprived.

Welp, new live action HTTYD trailer is out and Toothless has officially become an old man

Because of how different the Viking age was to modern day, I love that there’s so many career paths that HTTYD characters would take based on how well it fits with the Viking age careers. Because blacksmiths are very rare now (practically nonexistent) so Hiccup needs a new job. Anyways here’s some of my favorite hobbies/jobs I’ve seen/want modern au Hiccup to maybe have. I’ll only explain some.

Engineering major- inventor

A Digital artist

Architect

Welder

Horseback riding

Human geographer- or geographer in general

Zoology- or more specifically ornithology because hiccup loves studying dragons, why wouldn’t he love to study birds

Cartographer!

A psychics major- because he definitely has to calculate flying dynamics when he’s flying with toothless

A construction worker

Not a job but a hobby, Hiccup absolutely loves DND. This is factual. Argue with the wall.

A sky diving instructor.

Traditional artist who lives off commissions

Idk what job there is for this but traveling the world somehow

Just thought of it- pilot!

If you can think of any more please add them, I want to see how long this list can be. Or add other characters too!

Just finished S4 of RTTE for the first time and I only have a few things to say.

Number 1: I hope Viggo isn’t dead. While I’m okay if he is, I think his arc is about complete, maybe. Please don’t let him be dead.

Number 2: I LOVE the gang so much. Their humor and ridiculousness is so fun. The way they all care for each other is the SWEETEST. Their support and celebration of Hiccup and Astrid being together was my favorite thing.

This season was my favorite so far. Every character went through it. Hiccup being kidnapped and almost drowning. Astrid being blinded. Ruffnut being interrogated. Everything fit together perfectly. SUPER EXCITED FOR NEXT SEASON :P

I’m late on the hype train oh well

Thank god HTTYD 1 & 2 are now on nextflix, it saved me. My HTTYD hyperfixation is back in full force

Do you think the reason Hiccup is so good at listening and understanding others is because he never got that growing up.

Like Stoick and Valka put their expectations and views on him and never really listened to who he was both as a kid and an adult.

Maybe that’s why he has such an easy acceptance of the twins chaos, of Snotlout need to be important, Fishlegs anxiety, and Astrid’s anger issues and he works through it with them.

Because no one did that for him.

Something I would like to point out while rewatching HTTYD2 that I think is very interesting and also not at all talked about is this.

HTTYD2 brings lots and I mean LOTS of parallels whether they are visual or spoken but the one I hear spoken about the most is between Hiccup and Valka and them not killing a dragon. Even the movie tries to make this seem like a parallel. They bring it up even!

“Ehh it runs in the family.” Hiccup says after the flashback scene.

But something I noticed is that it is not a parallel. Mainly because of a few key things. It’s more almost perpendicular. They head in the same direction and they have the same realization, then go in complete opposite directions.

Valka runs away. A key part of her character I’ve noticed while I’ve been writing my analysis of her is that she oozes of cowardice and willful ignorance. Now that doesn’t mean she’s a bad person, it simply means that she ran away and chose to stay away. But that’s not the main reason I brought this up.

Remember the flashback where they draw attention to how similar Hiccup and Valka are? They talk about it in a very specific way.

They bring attention to two points. Both of them looked into a dragons eye and saw themself. Then they both didn’t kill a dragon. They show this as some kind of parallel. Maybe to show that Hiccup has someone who understands him, maybe to add a bit of layering to the first movie and how he’s just like her.

But it’s not a parallel.

What’s the difference in this scene?

One dragon is tied up.

One isn’t.

It’s a matter of choice.

“You and your father nearly died that night. All because I couldn’t kill a dragon.” Quote Valka.

“300 years and I’m the first Viking who wouldn’t kill a dragon.” Quote Hiccup.

Hiccups statement STILL rings true. Valka had no choice in if she wanted to kill Cloudjumper or not. That’s why I brought up Valka’s cowardice. Valka was in a trapped house with an injured newborn and an unbound dragon 5x her size. She was in the middle of a raid with people all around. Stoick was around the corner. She simply couldn’t kill the dragon. It wasn’t a matter of would or wouldn’t.

Hiccup on the other hand was alone in a forest with a tied up dragon. He made the decision to not kill Toothless. He wouldn’t. Because he absolutely could have killed Toothless.

“I was a coward. I was weak. I wouldn’t kill a dragon.”

“You said wouldn’t that time.”

This scene (in my own opinion) is meant to show that Hiccup was never the hiccup. He was never a coward. He wasn’t weak. It’s meant to be ironic.

Hiccup let go one of the most dangerous dragons in the world and it was brave. He went against his culture, his tribe because he thought it was the right thing to do.

That’s where Valka and Hiccups story become perpendicular. Hiccup was brave. Valka was a coward.

Hiccup chose not to run away. He chose to change their minds. He thought their minds could change.

Valka ran away. She didn’t listen and didn’t think change was possible. She held this belief until Hiccup comes along.

Valka’s path is where she believes that dragons are more than they seem. Then, “This wasn’t a viscous beast, but an intelligent gentle creature whose soul, reflected my own.” She has the revelation. Then she runs away and stays away. Now she had her own reasons and I am very much phrasing this in a biased way but it’s meant to show a point. She stays away and doesn’t change much. Because she couldn’t kill a dragon.

Hiccups path is where he does not see much to dragons. He wants to kill one to be accepted into the village. He shoots down Toothless and- “Everything we know about you guys, is wrong.” Or- “I looked at him and saw myself.” Hiccup and Valka’s paths cross here. But Hiccup doesn’t run away and he changes Berk’s mind. Because he wouldn’t kill a dragon.

Anyways I think that’s about it for that topic and I think it should be discussed more! Because if you really think about it, there are almost no parallels in Valka and Hiccup. And if there are, it isn’t well executed enough that it leaves a strong impact. I definitely will talk about this more but it’s late and I crave sleep.

Drawing Hiccup in math class.

My silly boy, i love him.

Doesn’t matter who you ship Hiccup with- every person and fanfiction I’ve seen talk about this says the same thing.

Hiccup proposes to people in the most cheesy, weirdly romantic, spontaneous way.

He’s such a dork I love him.

I am fully convinced that Toothless in httyd 1 saw Hiccup as some sort of human hatchling with no parental smells on him because that would explain SO MUCH.

Or maybe I’ve just been reading too much fan-fiction.

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First time watching RTTE and this is something I noticed.

I think one of my favorite things about Hiccup is that he’s such a good leader. And while he has the trademark charm, charisma, and intelligence that every leader needs. He has the essential thing known as respect. Yes the gang respects him as does Berk but what stands out is the respect he gives the others.

His best ideas come from the twins chaos, his strength comes from Astrid, his knowledge comes from Fishlegs, and weirdly, his lack of ego comes from Snotlout. He respects who they are all as people and listens to them and cares for them. Making them all feel important. And that’s why he works so well as a leader. He’s kind and compassionate but he’s also open minded and willing to change and admit defeat. That’s why he was the one to change Berk for the better and be able to end two wars.

That’s why he is SUCH a good leader.

Hiccup I love you, you’re so well written.