Off-topic? Ha! No such thing! :)

[krissielee]

So this is sort of an overall off-topic post for all other random things that don't quite fit the purpose of the request post.

You know, questions you'd like answered, random other bits of fluff, discussions about how thus-and-such pairing rocks way hardcore ...

So ... *claps* Get to it! Post to your Disney-loving heart's content! ♥

Comments

Re: HTTYD Thread [Frozen Mention]

[afterandalasia]

I think that the Bewilderbeast is supposed to be the largest dragon known so far, so bigger than the Red Death. But still, yeah, those things are fucking huge.

Squinting one eye and tilting my head a bit, I'm guessing that dragons are sort of a class of creatures like 'primates' would be. Like, at about the Order level. So an extra branch of reptiles, essentially, probably a branch that survived the K/T extinction at 65mya and carried on gleefully through time.

The one thing that frustrates me is the varying number of limbs. I've ranted about this before with regards to Monsters Inc and U. Like, speed stingers or deadly nadders or even monstrous nightmares make sense, because they're still quadrupeds. And it's reasonable to lose sets of limbs, like the timberjack. But sorry, Toothless, you have six limbs and that is too many. There must have been some sort of mutation that let dragons end up with extra pairs of limbs, up to the extreme that is the Fireworm with ten limbs

Re: I Continue Doing The Thing {6/6}

[ashleybenlove]

Gosh, this fic is really excellent, omg.

Hiccup's a precious sweetie and so helpful. And hah, his interaction with Gobber is perfect.

Now I have an image in my head of post-HTTYD (or even tv series timeframe) Hiccup having to help Snotlout (or someone else) with a dislocation. I sort of picture it like in the Prince Caspian film where Peter (with a dislocated arm) is sort of about to get sentimental with Edmund and Edmund just sort of puts the arm back in place. I can see Hiccup being like, talk about something Snotlout, so he can keep Snotlout distracted from pain.

Re: I Continue Doing The Thing {6/6}

[afterandalasia]

Lmao, thank you. Although I do not know where I am going with it right now. And apparently I am developing a terrible taste for Elsa whump, oh god.

And Gobber is the mom in this family, I'm afraid. Sorry, Gobber. You and your silk skivvies.

Oh man, Hiccup would totally do that. And it would have to be Snotlout, because Astrid would just man up and the twins would be arguing with each other, and Fishlegs has the sense not to get himself into those sort of situations. Either that, or it would be Astrid setting a dislocation for Hiccup, because he does get himself into those sort of situations

Re: I Continue Doing The Thing {6/6}

[ashleybenlove]

I'm sure Gobber doesn't mind.

And Hiccup would probably be running his mouth as Astrid is working on his dislocation and she just keeps letting him talk because the more distracted he is, the better. And then it goes back into place, and oop, he curses and then apologizes.

I feel like Astrid's probably going to end up getting some medical training from Gothi or whoever has the skills for that because Hiccup's reckless and he probably gets hurt all the time. Plus, she probably tends to his amputated leg fairly regularly.

Hiccup's sort of like Harry Potter in that way. I just keep thinking of Ginny's comment about "He's covered in blood. Why is he always covered in blood." in the Half-Blood Prince film.

Hell, Hiccup is basically Viking Harry Potter with no magic.

Wouldn't be funniest if ALL of those things happen to him? Anna punches him, and then Hookfang sets him on fire, and then Elsa freezes him.

Re: HTTYD Thread [Frozen Mention]

[afterandalasia]

Oh man, trying to write from Hiccup's POV is actually proving pretty difficult because he snarks pretty much all the time. When he's not trying to babysit the others, which isn't really an issue yet. Once they're around he sort of plays the straight man to everyone else's zaniness a bit more

Re: HTTYD Thread [Frozen Mention]

[ashleybenlove]

Hiccup, you're such a pain with your sassiness (and yet, one of my favorite characters ever, oops!)

Ooh, good, yes, Astrid/Hiccup. Here's a clip of them being absolutely adorable sweeties in the sequel. I think the general fandom consensus is that the scene is longer, and has been shortened/cut and will probably be longer in the theater release, but it's still super cute.

I'm still in love with the fact that Astrid's reaction in Frozen upon seeing Hiccup after he's been gone for about a day or so and some major stuff has gone down in his absence is to run up to him and hug him

Re: HTTYD Thread [Frozen Mention]

[afterandalasia]

First, oh man Stormfly and Toothless in the background cracked me. Doubly so because the new cat that I mentioned way back at the top of the thread looks like he's going to be staying, and he and existing cat are finally playing together! Which mostly involves scampering around like that. But still. Oh man, they are so cute. Hiccup impersonating his father and Astrid impersonating Hiccup, d'awww. It totally reminds me of that bit in Cast Out Part 2 as well where Astrid tries to help Hiccup calm down the townsfolk. Only hopefully they'll be more successful. *snorts*

And maybe it's partially because I've just remembered a fest I signed up for, and I'm trying to write Kida/Milo pregfic to meet the deadline (which is in three days, I'm such a dumbass), but I kinda hope that HTTYD3 features or ends with Astrid/Hiccup kids. Three generations of dragon riders would be the cutest goddamn thing everThe Heather episodes made me laugh like no other on that count. She is just obviously flirting with all of the boys to get information on dragons

Re: HTTYD Thread [Frozen Mention]

[ashleybenlove]

I love that Toothless just sort of runs off to greet Stormfly with a sort of happy look on his face and they just sort of chase each other around while Hiccup and Astrid talk. Like, he's like, "Oh, good, Astrid's here, I can stop keeping Hiccup company, Hi Astrid, Bye Astrid and HEY STORMFLY, WHAT'S UP." Haha, yeah, hopefully they'll be more successful than that sad attempt in Cast Out Part 2. For some reason that line from Gobber how Hiccup is acting chief just tickles me because it's like, this 15-16 year old kid is now expected to deal with the whole island all upset about Stoick. I'm sure Stoick'll be right, and Hiccup will be one of the best Chiefs of Berk. Especially with Astrid by his side

Re: HTTYD Thread [Frozen Mention]

[afterandalasia]

I think Vikings are just still trying to get used to the idea that brains are the important thing now, because the 'brawn' is provided by dragons. Hiccup doesn't need to be 400lb and able to throw trees around, because he was smart enough to train Toothless to be the muscles for him. So hopefully in like five years they're starting to get that idea.

That tumblr is so cute and glorious. There goes my afternoon.

Yeah, some of the things that Hiccup says to or about Astrid do make me laugh. Especially that "on top of" line. Also the one from Frightmare, which is "I don't just think about training dragons"/"Are you really saying that to me with a straight face?" because look, Astrid, babe, I think you get some room in that head of his as well

Re: HTTYD Thread [Frozen Mention]

[ashleybenlove]

I like that: Toothless is the brawn of the team, while Hiccup is the brains. For some reason, I'm thinking about how in Defiant One, Snotlout and Toothless work together to fight off some Outcasts and Snotlout's like "We make a pretty good team!" and then says he might not give Toothless back to Hiccup and Toothless is not pleased by that comment. That episode is pretty great, too. Two teenage boys and a dragon stranded on a hostile island for apparently days and they manage to get out alive. I still love that apparently Toothless's saliva has healing properties. Hiccup says it in such a way that it feels like Hiccup's being a sassy jerk and lying but Snotlout's tongue is better later so, yeah. I wonder how Hiccup figured that shit out

Return of The Thing {1/5}

[afterandalasia]

The trick to life in general, Hiccup had found, was to appear completely nonchalant about everything. Even if that still left Gobber looking at him rather suspiciously when he wandered back in at sunset, with slightly scratched hands and a willingness to eat anything that was put in front of him. The former was not that unusual; the latter, more so, at least where Gobber’s mutton stew was concerned. When it came to cooking, Gobber was generally all right, and he could gut a fish in ten seconds flat, but mutton stew used up the last bits of the most recent sheep and Hiccup was always wary of eyeballs

Return of The Thing {2/5}

[afterandalasia]

He drew out and flattened the metal until it was a thin strip, a little over an inch wide and about a foot long, and bent it halfway down. Elsa had been about his height... he slipped off one boot and held the cooling metal by his foot, seeing if it would look reasonable. A couple of knocks to curve around the heel, and he set that piece aside. He produced two thinner rods to go down either side of her leg, and then went rooting around in the scraps of leather to find something that would hold them all together

Return of The Thing {3/5}

[afterandalasia]

“All right, then, let’s move onto this,” he said. He pulled out the leather and metal brace that he had put together overnight, seeing Elsa’s cautious glance in its direction. There was a boulder not far behind her, a bit algae-slick but probably still better than sitting on the mud. “Come on,” said Hiccup, pointing towards it. “Let’s get you onto that

Return of The Thing {4/5}

[afterandalasia]

Nobody knew how many wildlings there were. Some of the people who had gone into the Wildlands to hunt or explore had claimed that there were villages out there, but they had never been able to find them again. Hiccup was pretty sure that the largest group ever seen around Berk had been four. The result of that was that nobody knew where they were from. For a long time, they hadn’t even been sure wildlings were human, but they died like humans even if some of them had magic that made it more difficult to catch them. Cursed, some said, or consorting with evil spirits for their powers. But Hiccup wasn’t sure that anyone had ever said whether or where they were born. Nobody in Berk had magic, though, not even Gothi, and though Stoick had not wanted to talk about it, Gobber had said that he had never known anyone with magic in any of the places he had travelled to before settling down on Berk

Return of The Thing {5/5}

[afterandalasia]

It took him a moment. “Thank you,” he blurted out, and paused just long enough to give her what he hoped was a reassuring smile before almost running back down the tunnel and scrambling to the surface.

Gobber was waiting in the smithy with a pair of tongs on his left arm and a dubious expression. He looked over Hiccup, from his muddy knees to his scraped knuckles where he had been climbing out of the tunnel, and just shook his head.

“I’m not even going to ask. Now, apron on. Donkey needs shoeing, we’ve some tools need fixing, and the Nuts need their helmets strengthening again.”

“Yes, sir,” said Hiccup, grabbing his apron off the wall.

And I miscalculated, because I was originally going to stop at the line about Snotlout. Apparently I really, really cannot count

Re: Return of The Thing {5/5}

[ashleybenlove]

That fic is amazing. Gobber cooking for them, Hiccup working in the forge to help Elsa, Stoick and Hiccup's attempts to talk to each other. Hiccup being somewhat bilingual is my favorite part. He totally would be though. And that line about Snotlout is really great. Are you using a specific language for Elsa's wildling language or is it something you've come up with? Just curious because languages are awesome. I totally wish I could speak fluently more than just English