#rtte season 2

[evilwriter37]

Rated: teen

Warnings: none

Pairings: Viggo/Hiccup

Word Count: 2,705

Summary: Viggo's interest for Hiccup grows as he reads each of Ryker's reports about him. He is shocked when he meets him, and wants nothing more than to see him again. And surely he will.

A/N: Thank you @lashlamb13 for the idea and @athingofvikings for helping with the reports!

#httyd #how to train your dragon #rtte #race to the edge #rtte season 2 #vigcup #hiccup haddock #viggo grimborn #ryker grimborn #fanfiction #writing

[rosiethedragongeek]

Okay so if I'm not mistaken, RTTE was meant to end after four seasons, and got greenlit for a final two seasons later, right? And they obviously had to come up with a final story arc to close it off.

Meaning Johann wasn't meant to be evil for the first four seasons, they just looked at it and realized that basically every single episode since his FIRST EPISODE IN RIDERS OF BERK (dragon flower where he sells Mildew the blue oleander (which is poisonous to dragons)), Johann could potentially have been up to something nefarious and realized that they'd ACCIDENTALLY set up for the biggest, longest building plot twist in the entire franchise like,,,, on. ACCIDENT.

#i'm telling you this is crazy #how did they ACCIDENTALLY do that over the course of 6 seasons and 2 different shows #(which if i'm not mistaken had different people working on them at least for the most part #so basically johann was evil the whole time but he was keeping it from the writers too #i might be wrong #but i can't stop thinking about it #trader johann #traitor johann #httyd johann #johann httyd #rtte johann #johann rtte #johann #how to train your dragon #riders of berk #defenders of berk #race to the edge #httyd #rob #dob #rtte #rosie's httyd brainrot

[shantyofme]

So I was just rewatching RTTE and I think I found my favorite episode, and it’s definitely Sandbusted.

Everything about this episode is great. I love the uncommon duos that are shown, like Hiccup and Snotlout, and Fishlegs and Astrid.

Like how you can tell Snotlout really wants to help Hiccup with his gift for Astrid and just likes annoying Hiccup, and how Fishlegs is acting as Astrid’s wingman.

The twins as usual are great, with Tuffnut having the trigger word “tears” and Ruff comforting him 🥹. Also the twins helping Astrid with their great fashion sense, amazing.

All the hiccstrid too 😍. Hiccup tells her that she’s the greatest gift he could ever have like what??!! They’re so cute and for what. And when Astrid was trying to avoid Hiccup, that was kind of funny. When she said Stormfly was just excited to see Johan Stormfly looked at her like “bitch what??”

Or when Astrid is frantically looking for Hiccup and even lashes out at the twins because she’s so worried. But she does apologize, she learned from an earlier episode not to be too harsh on them, even though Tuff’s comment about Hiccups leg was a little out of pocket.

Even the new dragon in this episode was great. I personally really like the Sandbuster, it’s glass thing is really cool, and it’s model is really interesting too, I really like how it looks.

Oh! And when Hiccup and Snotlout disappear, Hookfang freaks out and starts digging in the sand cus he’s worried 🥹, he’s the cutest (he’s my favorite dragon in the whole franchise so ima little biased)

But my all time favorite part about this episode is Snotlout’s obvious character growth. From HTTYD 1 and Rob/DoB and even a little from the first few seasons of RTTE, Snotlout has grown and matured a lot throughout the series. But you can really tell just how much he’s grown to respect Hiccup as a leader and care/value him as a friend in this episode. He really tries to help Hiccup “fix” his gift for Astrid, even though Hiccups gift is already perfect❤️, still, the necklace idea was great. And he tells Amus they weren’t leaving without Hiccup, when in earlier shows, he definitely would of got out of there to save himself. And how he just trusts Hiccup can get them out of there instead of fighting him on it and saying he should be in charge. You can still see arrogant and obnoxious Snotlout was still there, now he’s just mature enough to realize his own strengths and Hiccups strengths. And he knew that he probably wouldn’t be too much help in this situation by coming up with a plan. I don’t know if any that made sense but I tried. I’m not good with words 🥲

I still love how Hiccup and Snotlout kept their sassy and head butting relationship though! The little comments through out this episode really made appreciate this duo more.

Snotlout: Aaargh!! I hate being confused!

Hiccup: Really? I figured you’d be used to it by now.

Snotlout: Heard that-

Snotlout: Oowww! You break this stuff it’s really sharp owowowow-

Hiccup: Then don’t break it

Snotlout: A little late for that- but thank you☺️

Snotlout: I don’t know just do what he says, he’s always right so there’s really no point.

Hiccup: What was that Snotlout?

Snotlout: You’re like a ray of light. Lighting my way. Super shiny! Never mind.

Hiccup: yeah yeah, uh huh…

Those are some of my favorite moments, but yah all in all this episode is by far my favorite. I will definitely be talking more about this series in the future so be prepared.

#httyd #how to train your dragon #rtte #race to the edge #analysis #hiccup haddock #snotlout jorgenson #season 5 episode 2 #sandbuster #hiccstrid #astrid hofferson #fishlegs ingerman #ruffnut thorston #tuffnut thorston #hookfang #stormfly #I really just love rtte #and wanted the chance to talk about snotlouts character #sorry if it’s a lot

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

happy eighth birthday

#viggo grimborn #httyd #race to the edge #rtte #rtte season 2 release anniversary

[dragonnnfly]

*Edge of disaster*

Ruffnut: If you kill me, my teeth only have a 2% drop rate

Heather: What?

Ruffnut: Good luck

#season 2 episode 9 #edge of disaster #it’s one of my favorite episodes #this dynamic is gold #httyd #how to train your dragon #ruffnut #ryker #rtte #race to the edge #incorrect httyd quotes #incorrect rtte quotes

[fictionalnormalcy]

Something I am reeling about today.

Race to the Edge was originally supposed to have 4 seasons. Not 6. But what one can presume is that it garnered enough popularity that the extra two seasons were added. Hence why we got a Dragon Eye 2, Krogan was given more screentime, the King of Dragons came into play, Mala and Dagur became a thing, but what was outlined more to me, that Viggo was brought back.

With the show originally intended to be four seasons, Viggo was meant to be the main villain of the series. Dagur being a threat in Season 1, then 2 leading into the Dragon Hunters, then 3 and 4 centering around Viggo and Ryker.

Then I think about, what the end of RTTE was supposed to be. Shellshocked Pt. 2. In the final minutes of the finale. Viggo threatening Astrid, and Hiccup throwing the Dragon Eye into the volcano. Viggo chasing after it, and the rock crumbling beneath him, last words crying out, “HICCUP!”

And frankly wanting to admit, that is really the only way it could have ended. Viggo needing to be eliminated because he would never surrender, and the Dragon Eye destroyed because it was too dangerous in any hands.

I don’t think that at the point they stood at it would make sense for him to have been redeemed as he was in Triple Cross.

But I reflect upon what the ending was meant to be. Viggo meeting his end in that way. Imagine if we hadn’t been given two more seasons. That would’ve been an extremely grim ending. Like imagine going from that to HTTYD 2. And here’s me wondering, if Hiccup’s reaction after Viggo fell into the volcano was always planned, wasn’t altered even after they got the green light for two more seasons. 

How he reacted, he looked remorseful, the way he worriedly stared into the lava. The saddened tone of “Viggo. It didn’t have to end this way.” And I will be honest, even if it was brief, Viggo was the only villain which Hiccup actually looked shocked was gone. He did that for no one else, not for Grimmel, Drago, and not even Alvin when he got struck by the Skrill’s lightning. That scene, of how he stares down at where Viggo had fallen, and Astrid comes up to him and asks him if he’s okay. Just a mere minute ago Astrid had been threatened by this very man holding her own axe to her throat, and she’s asking Hiccup if he’s okay. I literally yell at the screen at this part. To comfort her, she’s the one who just endured something traumatic. Yet, there’s a moment of silence, where Hiccup stares morosely downward. And he says he’s okay. But he doesn’t check on her wellbeing, if she’s okay after what Viggo had done. 

But to me, in showing his shocked expression, displays some sort of mourning over Viggo. Reinforced by the sentence he says afterward. I say this again, this was meant to be the last episode. Had it ended like this, we would have gotten that Hiccup demonstrated some regret in how Viggo came to pass. The writers wanted to leave us with that kind of impact for the end. BUT, it didn’t end like this. Once the next season came we were given a reveal of him having survived the fall into the volcano, but not emerging unscathed. 

The writers of RTTE really had the capacity of making him a villain all over again. We see the scars on his face, the marred eye. They worked to reveal his new change ever so nicely. I for one would have completely understood if they had made him vengeful, because of how harshly the Riders struck him down. It would make sense for him to regather forces in attempts to strike them down, even with Hiccup in specificity. Yet, they didn’t. In Wings of Disaster they wished to show us he’d partnered with another villain, that he still had an obsession in obtaining the Dragon Eye. He spoke in reverence of Hiccup, not how he wished to be close enough to him to drive a blade through his heart. We were showed how out of their way they went to show Viggo was not vengeful. 

Then, I feel obligated to point out Triple Cross. The very last episode we get with him. Where we get a very short-lived redemption. A redemption I do not think, was originally planned. It was the direction went down because they decided not to make Viggo vengeful for the final two seasons. It was even outlined for us too, in that episode. Krogan so helpfully points it out: “Why do you want him alive? He scarred your face, destroyed your brother and, decimated your empire.” Literally showing us how he was capable of this, yet did not take this path. This was even testing the chance of his redemption too. There wasn’t enough time for Viggo to react, maybe he could have changed his mind, told Krogan that as he spelled it out, why not let Hiccup be killed. 

But we reach that point. Left to believe Viggo met his end. The final scene of Triple Cross? Astrid saying it felt weird he was gone, Hiccup saying he taught them a lot. Hiccup takes the piece that represented Viggo during their game, and knocks it over. Signifying the fallen player, then sealing the Maces & Talons board. Once again, bearing a saddened expression with slumped shoulders before steeling himself and exiting.

To think. Hiccup reacted in that way back in season 4 when they were still enemies, but yeesh how they did it when he sacrificed himself and left a parting gift. 

I wish to say this, the writers always had this intention. They wanted to show us that Hiccup grieved Viggo’s death. No matter how he met it, they wanted us to witness this. And doesn’t it make you wanna ship vigcup just a little bit more.

#rtte #viggo grimborn #hiccup haddock the third #astrid hofferson #shellshocked pt 2 #triple cross #long post #httyd rtte #vigcup #krogan #non-vengeful villain #rtte writers #what wasn't changed #4 season greenlight #2 season renewal #maces and talons #hiccup showing remorse #grimmel the grisly #drago bludvist #alvin the treacherous #4 seasons to 6 #viggo grimborn greatest villain #httyd franchise

[euphoritooth]

The Viggo Grimborn Debut question...

#i'm basically asking which scenes yall think he's hotter in #my answers in the tags #rb for the fellow viggo lovers #httyd poll #viggo grimborn #maces and talons #httyd #rtte #how to train your dragon #race to the edge #race to the edge season 2 #i just watched it again and i just gotta know #me personally. part 2 is soooooo 🤤 #the looks of complete humorlessness when he's asking dagur whether or not he did his job #so everything #or just vote based on the writing or whatever you know #i gotta be honest with you tho i was looking at his knockers the entire time

[revive-the-fandom]

berkian courting rituals???

in sandbusted fishlegs says that the betrothal gift must be exchanged between the "betrothed" 6 moons/months after their announcement of their betrothal

yet in shell shocked hiccup and astrid choose not to announce their relationship for privacy reasons, not tradition or not wanting to be "betrothed"

which is another thing "betrothed" means to be engaged to be married, but they treat it as though it means "courtship" or "dating" so does berk only do dating with the end goal of marriage and is it frowned on to announce a courtship without the intent to marry?

and the gift itself is strange since it seems to function sort of like an engagement ring except for both parties not just the woman. only valka wasn't wearing hers when she was taken (otherwise stoick wouldnt be able to give it to hiccup), and hiccup is fine with not recieveing anything from astrid at all.

and none of the adults mention this at all despite valka and stoick obviously partaking in this, so is it a big deal or not?

if it was solely for the chief/cheif's heir then surely it would be treated as a bigger deal???

#idk #the worldbuilding attempt was nice #but pls flesh it out a little more? #you had nearly 2 seasons to explore this #rtte #httyd #astrid hofferson #hiccup horrendous haddock iii

[multifandom-nerds-blog]

Gustav is so freaking tiny in dob.

Just.

A lil guy.

And his big goofy monstrous nightmare.

#Just watched the Gustav episode of season 2 #Gonna watch the last 8 episodes tomorrow #But seriously he's so tiny #Tiny and squishable #httyd series #httyd rtte #httyd #Gustav #Httyd Gustav #Does he have a character tag?

[spacetimeaccordionfolder]

me: so what do you want to watch tonight?

my sister: eh something fun and with not too much plot or angst. How about that How to Train Your Dragon tv show you talk about? Race to the Edge, right?

me, vibrating with excitement: yeah that sounds good

#httyd #race to the edge #rtte #this conversation was a bit ago she just started season 2 I am so excited #she hasn't seen defenders or riders of berk so every now and then I stop and go 'hey have I info dumped on this topic before'

[venator-signum]

in case anyone needed (or wanted) a vibe check - hiccstrid only date for like,,, a few months but have an engagement period of 2ish years

#rosi shitposts #httyd #httyd rtte #race to the edge #how to train your dragon #hiccup haddock #astrid hofferson #astrid haddock #hiccstrid #the two of them dont properly Get Together until #rtte s4 e11 blindsided #when astrid goes blind and hiccup is Worried AF #only then do they start dating #and then at the end of season 6 or smth is when theyre off finding betrothal gifts #so yeah #theyre engaged through the entirety of #httyd 2 #youre welcome

[n1blakelover]

so rewatching rtte right now and im on season 6 and i just realized that the hiccstrid dynamic is getting very similar to their dynamic in httyd 2 and 3. like yes, their dynamic has always been best friend partner in battle support system, but there’s just a different more mature feeling with it that happens in httyd 2 and 3 and just watching season 6 i’m starting to see that dynamic happen a lot more. just something i noticed, which makes sense since httyd 2 takes place only a year after rtte ends

#httyd #httyd 2 #httyd 3 #hiccstrid #astrid hofferson #hiccup haddock #rtte #rtte season 6 #httyd the hidden world

[ashleybenlove]

Meatlug eats a flaming boulder. Dragons are awesome.

#ashleybenlove posts #how to train your dragon #Race to the Edge #season 2 #Maces and Talons #I figured I would watch the first part today and the second part tomorrow morning like I usually do #I have a book club at 6pm tomorrow making that usual time I watch not feasible so compromise #and I wanted to be done with season 2 in time to watch season 6 of The Nine Realms on Thursday #And I think I will start rewatching season 3 of RTTE in early July #That way I can watch a Power Rangers season or 2 and the Witcher in late June #Basically: I am booked up with shows for the next few months lol

[jackshiccup]

man edge of disaster makes me so nervous like the group is split up, fishlegs is held back by wild dragons, ruffnut is captured, snotlout and hiccup are stuck with fuckass johann, all while astrid and tuffnut are trying to defend the edge from a fleet of dragon hunter ships all by themselves

#NOBODY MOVE #im watching part 2 right now #jackshiccup text #rtte s2 e8 #edge of disaster #rtte #and ik this isnt even the worst of this series bc im only on season TWO

[lilliths-httyd-blog]

also yes i am completely aware i am watching rescue riders seasons out of order but I genuinely do not give a fuck i am enjoying myself so much.

#if people can watch rtte before watching rob/dob #then i can watch s3 before s1/2 #once i finish s3 ill go back and watch the netflix ers of the show #then dip back to the peacock seasons #its a preschooler show it doesn't fucking matter in which order i consume it #tvnz+ has seasons 3/4 only so thats why im doing it how im doing it

[dodiaska]

in my httyd brainrot

#babbles #httyd #httyd rtte #im a snotlout lover #just started season 2 #of rtte #going crazy