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wutablog · 2 months

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I ATE MYSELF NOT DOING SOMETHING DECENT FOR HIS BIRTHDAY >:C but toothless did

#httyd #hiccup horrendous haddock iii #hiccup #toothless #book toothless #httyd book #httyd books

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siyi-draws · 2 months

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Illustrations I did that i couldn't finish in time for hiccup's birthday

#siyidraws #my art #digital art #fanart #httyd fanart #httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd book #how to train your dragon book #book!hiccup #book!fishlegs #camicazi #book!toothless #book!stormfly #windwalker #horrorcow #arrogance innocence and patience

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laughingwith-bluelips · 9 months

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I finally got why I love so much the "dragons are gone" ending in the books while I hate it in the movies:

The books set the dragons free.

The movies simply sent them away.

That's basically the idea but I had a vision yesterday at 3am so I will be getting into detail below the cut.

The books have a very strong message about slavery. Some would say that it is a concept that is only important within the context of the last five or four books, but the ones that have been paying attention to the saga as a whole knows that there are things happening in the background. You know, stuff like

People eating dragons

People stealing dragons from their families so

The dragons can serve the vikings

And they're expected to obey because

People threaten to turn them into bags.

That's mostly the first book.

Dragons are constantly showed as unsatisfied with the status quo trough out the books, some more annoyed with the vikings than others. We have complete monologues from different dragons before the war is even a possibility. Sincerely, when it happens, it feels natural.

The idea of freeing the dragons is not one that comes up in the last book, not even close. The first time it is considered an option is in book 9 (I think), and, by the time being, we've already stablish lots of concepts as slavery within human beings, the dangers of a war, how this could lead to the end of all and freeing the dragons is the only option.

It is fatalist to say the least, but it's not going out of nowhere. There is a lot of worldbuilding (more on that later), but it is also the right thing to do. By the time Hiccup is presenting the option, Cowell has made us root for the dragons to be free and wild and do whatever they want, even if what they want is to hide under sea for thousands of years. Or if they don't want, or if the want to but just not in that moment, they can do it.

Oh, yes, because they leave GRADUALLY.

It is a sad ending, but still manages to get as satisfactory because, yet again, we know this happens and the books remind us this will happen eventually every time they can. “There were dragons when I was a boy” is literally the first phrase in the saga.

And then we got the movies.

The movies never followed the books. Like, not very much. The writers decided that they wanted to tell a story of a broken relationship between a father and a son while using dragons, the heroic and prophetic aspects of the books were getting on the way of that and they scrapped the idea. So, no, you can't tell me the movies actually follow the books.

However, if you're very technical, you know the Hiccup we see in the movies resembles Hiccup I, the one that stopped the war between vikings and dragons in the books, stablishing an equal relation between the two races. And this idea of the movies being a prequel can work for the second and specially the first movie, disregarding the fact that there are no prophetic or magical elements at all.

But THW exist and... Exist.

Suddenly the writers and producers decide that they want to follow the books and want to get rid of the dragons, something that is completely against the message of the other two movies.

(I am just talking about the movies, the shows-books relationship is very different and I will someday make a post ranting about it)

The movies do NOT talk about the dangers of dragons being with vikings or how the vikings mistreat the dragons or how bad is slavery or anything like that. The second movie does, yes, but the second movie also sends a message about how people benefit of being with dragons. They have their dragons and they're strong because of that friendship. Being at war with one another only brings loss and suffering for both bands while being together promises an actual future. A bright future that no one imagined before the first movie and that now they cling to.

Dragons and vikings are friends and together cand do basically anything.

That's a very strong message, you know?

And you know what? The third movie decided that such a strong and important message about friendship should leave the franchise completely.

“Free the dragons” it's a concept that doesn't fit with the movies. They're not slaved, they're not away from wildness and, most importantly, they CHOOSE to be with the vikings in the first place. They are already equals, they can do what they want and, you know, they are with the vikings because they want to.

But no, let's do a movie about letting friends go as if it could actually fit in the saga.

(I know it could actually fit but the execution was terrible).

As I said before, the movies resembles Hiccup I befriending dragons and we know how it ends. And someone who has never read the books will go and say "well, it was bound to end that way, why are you mad?” I tell you the difference right now: there's 1000 years of difference between the befriending and the parting in the book, 1000 years in wich we witness the deterioration of said friendship (from being friends and equals to being slaves). That's no what happens in the movies. The films give us 6 years and the only deterioration is within Toothless' character and how they made him a horny dog.

The dragons shouldn't have leave. This was a whim from the writers that thought that ending both stories the same way would be cool. It isn't. At all.

Long story short, it doesn't fit thematically. The movies and the books have different themes with different concepts and different characterizations of the dragons. While the books got story building and present the theme's since the beginning, the movies get it out of no where ignoring the themes in previous works.

Anyways, go read the books they're jewels and the ending isn't as shitty as thw make it look

#httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd 2 #httyd the hidden world #httyd book #httyd books #im angry about the ending #probably because I'm watching rtte and i llve the relationship wuth the dragons #and the characters themselves #freeing the dragons is an actual theme in rtte but not in the movies #that's sad #also i don't think the shows follow better the books but #they actually use themes from them #english is not my first language #sorry if i wrote anything wrong #i love the films #i know it sounds as if i hate them but i don't #they're basically my favourite movies of all time

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iolite-wyvern-art · 2 months

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How to Train Your Dragon TTRPG????

HTTYD books fans, I’ve got a question for you. Hypothetically, if if someone were to make a HTTYD based tabletop roleplaying game, would anyone be interested?? It would just be a system mostly based on DnD 5E, some rules to play by, maybe some character creation and quest ideas/prompts. It would more than likely be formatted as just a series of posts or maybe a google doc.

Point being, is there any interest in a HTTYD TTRPG??

#Httyd #httyd book #ttrpg #how to train your dragon #I keep thinking about it but idk if there’s enough Interest #I’m throwing spaghetti at the wall here #Ramblings

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jam-spam · 4 months

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I haven’t posted httyd (Book) fanart in a while lol. I’ve gotten very obsessed with the trolls franchise so have a Tooth chewing on a fake troll.

#httyd fanart #httyd #fanart #art #knock off toothless #scribbles #trolls dreamworks #trolls fanart #meme #httyd books #httyd book #digital art

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readtilyoudie · 2 months

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‘Toothless don’t W-W-WANT to go on Quest,’ he complained. ‘Is s-s-stupid. Is s-s-silly. Is d-d- dangerous.’

Hiccup could not have agreed with him more, but all he said was, ‘You’re going to be all right. YOU’VE got wings. Any Skullions attack you, and you just fly away.’

‘Yes, but T-t-t-toothless don’t like the sight of b-b-blood…’ whined Toothless. ‘You get torn to pieces and Toothless feel s-s-sick…’

‘We all have our problems,’ snapped Hiccup crossly.

How to Be a Pirate (How to Train Your Dragon, #2) by Cressida Cowell

#book quote #how to be a pirate #cressida cowell #how to train your dragon #httyd book #hiccup horrendous haddock the 3rd #book toothless #httyd toothless #quote #quotes #booklr #bookblr #ya fantasy #adventure #dragons

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berk-is-my-lobster · 2 years

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#httyd book #how to train your dragon book #httyd books #how to train your dragon #httyd #hiccup horrendous haddock lll #fishlegs #camicazi #toothless #meme

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ziggityzigg · 1 day

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LOOK AT HOW SILLY THIS GRONKLE LOOKS!!

#I GOT THE CONCEPT BOOK!!#httyd #httyd book #gronkle

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thewolfwarriors · 2 months

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Madguts the Murderous

A personal reference mostly but also for people I commission. Once again, Im babying characters like they're my own. Haha

I feel the ref might be a tad cluttered but Im not too great at layouts yet! Im just happy its done! Hell have another one for his Wolf Warrior self later.

I did heavily reference a pose since Im still not used to drawing his body type. Here!