#autistic!fishlegs

[howtodrawyourdragon]

In a modern AU, Fishlegs has a rock collection, Hiccup a dinosaur collection and Astrid a (medieval) weapon collection.

#they always know what to buy for birthdays #httyd movies #httyd #how to train your dragon #au #alternate universe #modern au #autistic headcanon #headcanons #fishlegs ingerman #autistic!fishlegs #hiccup haddock #autistic!hiccup #astrid hofferson #autistic!astrid #hiccup and the dragon riders

[saturnniidae]

Istg all the dragon riders are neurodivergent.

Hiccup is audhd and dyspraxic.

Astrid is autistic and bipolar.

The twins have adhd.

Fishlegs is autistic.

Snotlout has... something, alright.

#btw little reminder neurodivergence isnt just autism/adhd if youre mentally ill you are neurodivergent #if ur brain has anything not considered 'normal' you are neurodivergent #also incase anyone was wondering the bp astrid hc is from her having basically two manic episodes in canon (gotnf and the longest day) #httyd #httyd headcanons #hiccup haddock #autistic!hiccup #autistic!astrid #astrid hofferson #httyd gang #also for extra context im bp so i dont want to hear shit abt the astrid headcanon okay #ruffnut and tuffnut #fishlegs ingerman #snotlout jorgenson #httyd shitpost #moth.txt

[sure-i-exist]

Reasons I think the dragon riders are autistic:

(This was written out of order over the course of several days)

Hiccup

• His interest in dragons. Multiple people literally say “his life is dragons”. I don’t think I need to expand on this point any more

• His deal with emotions - the way it seems to me is that unless he’s very happy or genuinely angry, he doesn’t really emote much? His voice isn’t necessarily monotone but he’s very same-y (in more than just tone - also body language and stuff) almost always aside from when incredibly gleeful (e.g. riding toothless) or very angry (literally any moment where he ends up yelling at the others)

• On a similar note, there’s several times (especially in rtte) where it looks like he’s about to scold someone and then he doesn’t (in a kinda emotions/expressions not lining up with his actual thoughts and stuff way). Now, this doesn’t sound much here but an example is in the dramillion episode near the end of the ep so that kinda gives you a better idea of what I mean yknow?

• Also his massive interest in inventing, another pretty damn important thing in his life that he’s very good at, to say the least. • Another thing with emotions - he’s pretty easy to manipulate. Which sounds so horrible to put but I mean it in like, his emotions specifically are kinda easy to manipulate and especially his empathy. They’re often used against him

• He notices details and you know how he constantly tells the twins they’re geniuses after something they say reminds him of a completely unrelated point? Yeah idk how to explain it but that’s autism, baby

Astrid

• Stubborn - it takes a lot to change her views of opinions

• Fully believes there are right and wrong ways of doing things (and usually believes those ways are the more traditional ways that she’s used to)

• Idk if there’s even proof of this but I am dead certain she sticks to her rules almost all times. She doesn’t care about other peoples rules but despite that often has very strict views on how to do things which I think is why I believe this. She also hates going off-plan and that doesn’t rlly mean anything here but that probably adds to why I’m so sure she likes rules

• Again no proof of this but she seems like the type to be very particular about her daily routine. If she decides to switch it up once she now gonna keep that for months. You can ignore this point but this is something I wholeheartedly believe.

• The vibes

Fishlegs

• He’s honestly the only character who might have actually been written as autistic (but also may not have been and instead be written as a nerd, but obviously that trope alone just makes him autistic by default)

• Same as hiccup, huge huge interest in dragons. No need to elaborate here

• Very empathetic, many autistic people experience either notably low empathy or high empathy. Fishlegs very clearly is on the high side

• Also can I just say I love how on berk he was a guide and he taught kids all about berks history and dragons and shit like that like hell yeah making your special interest your job, good for him honestly

• I just watched legend of the boneknapper and I just noticed fishlegs talks with his hands a lot and makes a bunch of gestures while talking which I am absolutely counting here cause i want to

Snotlout

• Hand gestures. Like all the time. And a lot of the same ones. And I’ve got no clue if that actually is prevalent in autism or whatever but personal experience (I.e. me and my friends) suggest so + I relate so I’m counting it

• Gonna sound dumb, but “shut up, [name]” and just common phrases he repeats. • On that note: he yells his own name frequently (typically while doing something cool or when annoyed or etc. emotional reasons) and I interpret that as kinda a stim, helping with emotions type deal yknow? • Again related to that, ‘Snotlout Snotlout oi oi oi’ (copied from spitelouts own version) is absolutely a vocal stim, and while I’m like 80% sure copying vocal patterns and phrases from the people around you is a thing everyone does, I’m still counting it anyway • Very big emotions/kinda dramatic. Idk how to phrase this but at any given point it is very clear what Snotlouts emotions are - and I know a lot of autistic folk (myself included) are generally quite monotone or struggle with expressing emotion outwardly, but this feels right so again counting it. + exaggerating emotions is a thing I do all the time to make things more obvious

• Hate to say this one but just the general way he treats people - he often doesn’t notice the way people react and he just continues with his (often pretty shit) treatment of them, can be seen in the unwanted advancements towards Astrid Heather etc and how certainly initially he didn’t rlly seem to get the message

• To put the last point more clearly: this boy has the absolute worst social skills and has no idea about that

• He doesn’t always get when people are making fun of him or being sarcastic

• I mention this with Tuffnut as well, but Snotlouts also pretty sarcastic even tho he doesn’t always get other peoples sarcasm

• He’s pretty blunt. Or he confuses himself with his own words. That’s pretty much the two sides of Snotlout’s speech patterns

• he’s my favourite character <3

Ruffnut

• Her whole deal with violence, particularly in rob/dob - I don’t know how to describe it but something about that

• Her and Tuffnut both get like random interests and they know loads about it or otherwise devote a lot of time to it - e.g. science when they were sick with eel pox, theatre in Total Nightmare, other examples I’m sure but I can’t remember rn. It just reminds me of myself and hyperfixations I get

• She doesn’t really care to change how she acts around different people; regardless of whether she’s been captured by enemies, is being scolded by Hiccup or is setting up a prank with tuffnut, she’s always the same.

• On that note, she’s often pretty blunt. Like unless she’s talkin fancy deliberately or trying to trick someone shes usually pretty clear and doesn’t usually change how she acts or speaks to make others feel better. • Yknow how her and Tuffnut were all like “woah maybe we did something… right? […] what’s this feeling is this accomplishment? I’ve never felt this before” and stuff that one time? I know it’s played off as a joke, but I’m diagnosing that with same <3

• Mirroring speech (see briefly in tuffnuts section)

Tuffnut

• Similar thing with violence

• Same as the hyperfixations thing I mentioned with Ruffnut, and just know there are plenty of things they say that I attribute to past hyperfixations

• Several occasions where he doesn’t get sarcasm

• He is pretty sarcastic tho despite that, same with Snotlout and that is something I feel is quite common - not really getting other peoples jokes or sarcasm but doing so yourself a lot

• His speech is very reminiscent of my own, he talks kinda overly fancy and deliberate most of the time (but there are also occasions where he’s almost overly casual? Which again is very relatable to me. I am now realising I may or may not have accidentally stolen tuffnuts speech patterns as a kid)

• (To the last point ignoring the part at the end) Ruffnut is also similar in this respect (as in the deliberate kinda overly wordy talk) but usually to a lesser extent - in fact, she normally only speaks like that when tuffnut is also there and speaking in such way, which to me absolutely seems like mirroring

• Similarly to the sarcasm thing, he doesn’t get rhetorical questions. Or at the very least doesn’t get them in that one episode in rtte and that’s enough for me to count it here

To be clear, at the end of the day, I see them all as autistic mostly cause I relate to and connect with the characters. And I do not know how to put that into words clearly so here’s this mess of a compilation.

@louthestarspeaker @tiggster27 @we-are-not-the-losechesters @drekialba @qualityhistorygamingwinner @maluron @scared-nightnurse @famderfries @purpleshutin @rubysparx @nonbinarynightmare77 @macabre-changeling @paradoxical-hermitcrab @bad-girl-coven

#I’m autistic so now they’re autistic too #httyd #snotlout #snotlout jorgenson #astrid hofferson #fishlegs #fishlegs ingerman #ruffnut #ruffnut thorston #tuffnut #tuffnut thorston #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #httyd rtte #race to the edge #how to train your dragon #riders of berk #defenders of berk #httyd analysis #autistic headcanon #rtte

[evilwriter37]

How are we feeling about my Fishlegs icon?

#happy autism acceptance month #fishlegs is autistic

[httyd-dump]

i have a headache anyways i think hiccup would hate denim just so much. fishlegs too.

Fishlegs the typa guy to touch sherpa and shake violently until he found a texture he liked better

#im projecting #theyre both autistic #httyd #how to train your dragon #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #fishlegs ingerman

[wellthatschaotic]

can we all appreciate that httyd has a fat autistic character who is a respected & appreciated part of the main team

#and the main protagonists are disabled #but currently im focusing on fishlegs bc. idk if ive ever seen another fat autistic character genuinely respected like him

[seaglassdinosaur]

Thinking about how many character in Cressida Cowell’s books are disabled.

#wish has dyslexia Bodkin has narcolepsy #you could read Xar’s whole deal with magic as a disability metaphor #Fishlegs has like. every thing in the book. athsma anxiety generally health problems #hiccup reads to me as autistic but that’s up to interpretation #…I’ll be honest though thinking back on it Alvin is one of the most overtly disabled characters in the series #uh and as he gets more and more banged up he descends further into villainy and uses it as a motivation #not a fan of the physical disability as a symbol for moral corruption #him - clinging on for vengence! #I don’t think it was meant maliciously but we oughta address it #- though in the movies hiccup is physically disabled as well. lost a leg #httyd #httyd books #twoo #the wizards of once #cressida cowell #my post

[sunshinetrinket]

just rewatched how to train your dragon. banger movie

#fishlegs is autistic btw I'm not even headcannoning it I'm making it official rn i dont even care if he was meant to be he is now #trinket reflects

[honeyed-latte]

Hiccup is autistic

Fishlegs is autistic

Viggo is autistic

Ruffnut and Tuffnut are ADHD

Dagur and Heather have BPD

Astrid and Snotlout are the only NT's in the Dragon Riders.

I have sources!

#httyd #yes Im including Viggo bc he redeems himself at the end and I think he would have made a fantastic Second in Command #hiccup haddock #astrid hofferson #ruffnut and tuffnut #fishlegs ingerman #viggo grimborn #positive mental attitude

[iamafule]

HTTYD BOOK HEADCANONS!!!

Hiccup hates being hugged because normally when people grab him it's because they're trying to hold him still so they can kill him.

Fishlegs was born premature.

Camicazi hates coconuts.

Hiccup is autistic.

If Hiccup had Spotify his favourite band would be either ABBA or The Cranberries.

Because Hiccup spent a whole book speaking pretty much only dragonese he sometimes forgets words in English when he's talking to people.

Hiccup used to hide his slave mark from his dad by wearing his helmet to sleep. He did this for a month after he got it and then just decided he was being paranoid and stopped.

Camicazi believes in the toothfairy and Fishlegs keeps trying to convince her it doesn't exist because he never gets money from his teeth.

Fishlegs once tore his hut apart looking for his lobster claw necklace and had to ask Hiccup to help him look and it turned out to just be under his bed.

Fishlegs us scared of mice

In book 4 it says Camicazi admires Hiccup so I think she sees him as sort of a leader or older brother.

Camicazi's favourite colour is red.

Fishlegs at first didn't like Camicazi very much but as they hung out more he started liking her a lot more and now they're besties.

Toothles would sell Hiccup to Alvin for a snack.

#how to train your dragon #httyd #cressida cowell #how to train your dragon books #httyd books

[audhdnight]

A very much non-exhaustive list of characters I headcannon as autistic (and you can’t change my mind)

Courtney, Total Drama

Mabel and Dipper Pines, Gravity Falls

Penelope Garcia, Criminal Minds (yes yes I know, Reid too. But everyone knows about him and I don’t see near enough Garcia)

Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter

Batman (specifically talking about Young Justice here but really every Batman)

Rapunzel, Tangled

Sunny, Wings of Fire

Peril, Wings of Fire

Arthur Weasley, Harry Potter (and obviously Percy, also the twins… actually pretty much the whole family)

Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Hiccup (and Valka), How to Train Your Dragon

Fishlegs, How to Train Your Dragon

Wasabi, Big Hero Six

Link, The Legend of Zelda

Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games (I am aware this is a common consensus in fanon BUT IT BEARS REPEATING)

Elsa, Frozen

Tony Stark, Marvel

Velma and Fred, Scooby Doo (specifically Mystery Incorporated)

PLEASE feel free to ask me about literally any of these I would LOVE to discuss my favorite characters with y’all 🫶

#gravity falls #total drama island #courtney total drama #mabel pines #dipper pines #dipper and mabel #criminal minds #penelope garcia #spencer reid #harry potter #neville longbottom #arthur weasley #percy weasley #fred weasley #george weasley #fred and goerge weasley #the weasly twins #the weasleys #rapunzles tangled adventure #rapunzel #tangled #disney #wof sunny #wof peril #wings of fire #annabeth pjo #annabeth chase #pjo hoo toa #percy jackson #hiccup horrendous haddock the 3rd

[howtodrawyourdragon]

I said a while back that I would go through the entire Httyd franchise in search of autistic traits that I recognize in Hiccup and Fishlegs.

I went through Httyd 1 today, figured I'd write things down when I found them, it ended up taking me half a day to get through the entire movie. (also due to an hour wasted at the dentist's)

So half a day spent on that alone and I might also include Astrid now.

Depending on how the rest of the franchise goes.

#httyd movies #httyd #how to train your dragon #hiccup haddock #fishlegs ingerman #astrid hofferson #hiccup and the dragon riders #headcanons #autistic headcanons

[toothbrushfingers]

Some HTTYD Headcannons:

Remember this is MY opinion. You’re allowed to disagree. Also a lot of them are about Snotlout. Sorry i just love my boy.

Snotlout doesn’t swoon for Thor Bonecrusher because he’s in love with Fishlegs… it’s because he has a thing for people who can beat him up.

Hiccup sketches and doodles during chief/town meetings.

Hiccup is autistic, fishlegs and snotlout could also be.

The twins have ADHD.

Heather is a lesbian. Astrid is Bi and slightly in love with Heather, but doesn’t even realize it.

The braid in Fishlegs’ hair was done by his mom.

Snotlout’s hands always feel sweaty but it’s actually just nightmare gel from Hookfang. Sometimes his hands actually are just sweaty tho but he plays it off.

Because of Hookfangs nightmare gel, before Snotlout got a saddle, he usually had some pretty suspicious looking stains on his pants.

Snotlout cried himself to sleep a week or month ish after moving to the edge because he missed his mom.

Astrid is dyslexic. I have no proof, I just feel like she would be.

Ruff is actually really smart, and if she didn’t have Tuff, she wouldn’t be nearly as reckless as she is. She would actually be a lot more like Astrid.

On the same note, if Tuff didn’t have Ruff, he’d be TWICE as reckless.

Hiccup is demi sexual.

You know Snotlout’s missing tooth? Yeah that’s from when Hiccup punched him in rtte. (I’m aware he has it in the first movie just pretend he doesn’t I like this better)

Snotlout has a pretty severe phobia of lightning and thunderstorms.

Snotlout is not a very strong swimmer. He’s had to be saved more times than he’d like to admit.

Snotlout dies in his early-mid 30s to an arrow.

After Dagur and Mala got married, they had 3 daughters.

Snotlout is surprisingly really good with kids.

Snotlout can sing?!? Snotlout can sing. He doesn’t do it often but if you are very quiet and stand outside his hut, you might just hear him.

Hiccup swears the most out of all the dragon riders. He’s just very careful about who hears him.

Valka is also autistic.

Snotlout breaks his nose… a lot

Snotlout has a baby sister ! And her name is Signe

#httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd rtte #hiccup haddock #httyd movies #httyd race to the edge #hiccup #race to the edge #toothless #astrid hofferson #snotlout jorgenson #fishlegs #ruff and tuff #ruffnut #tuffnut #httyd headcanon #headcanon #snotlout head cannon

[sure-i-exist]

Hey does anyone wanna hear my actual reasons I think every one of the main riders is autistic? Cause I can go into detail if you want

#Someone please lemme go into detail #httyd #snotlout #snotlout jorgenson #riders of berk #defenders of berk #how to train your dragon #httyd rtte #race to the edge #astrid hofferson #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #fishlegs #tuffnut #hiccup #ruffnut #tuffnut thorston #ruffnut thorston #fishlegs ingerman #autistic headcanon #honestly also dagur but I don’t have specific reasons for him and he’s not the main 6

[evilwriter37]

Day 2

@amonthofwhump

Rated: general

Warnings: none

Relationships: Fishlegs & Hiccup, Fishlegs & Astrid

Word Count: 579

Summary: Fishlegs gets a sensory overload while doing Christmas activities with Hiccup and Astrid.

#amow winter whumperland #amow winter whumperland 2023 #hurt/comfort #emotional hurt/comfort #httyd #how to train your dragon #modern au #httyd au #fishlegs ingerman #autistic fishlegs #hiccup haddock #astrid hofferson #fanfiction #writing

[cosmicchaox24]

Some HTTYD headcannons!!

The twins are both trans

Snotlout has ADHD and autism

Fishlegs, Hiccup and Heather are all autistic

Dagur chews things as a stim

Hiccup is trans

Snotlout is bi (this is practically cannon let's be real)

Fishlegs is pan

Tuffnutt is aroace

Ruffnutt is Demisexual + Demiromantic

Astrid is unlabeled but does like both men and women

Gobber is gay (also practically cannon COME ON)

Might add more soon

#httyd rtte #httyd #httyd headcanon #how to train your dragon