I’ll Do You One Better. The Flags Discover These Fanfictions Exist And They All Take Turns Reading

Tuffnut: Okay, here's where things get a bit weird.

Hiccup: Things have been bit weird for a while.

Tuffnut: Here's where things continue in that general direction.

Found this gold on YouTube

I woke up in the middle of the night with hiccups

I have no idea how something like that happens but I’m blaming it on Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third!

Like I don’t think about him enough when I’m awake, now he’s waking me up in the middle of the night forcing me to think about him?

Is it just me but I LOVE the fact that Caleb Wittebane haunts the narrative. He’s everywhere!

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.

Look me in the eye and tell me these two aren't related in some way

I know purple shampoo didn’t actually exist in httyd, but astrid had to have used some kind of substance to make her hair more of a light blonde color cause there’s definitely a difference between the first movie and the third.

Sorry to those who followed me for my HTTYD content, I’m going to talk about the famous FMA x HP fanfic real quick. Bear with me for a sec.

So in “He’s a Killer Queen, Sunflower, Guillotine”-

-there is a lot of discussion on why and how Ed sympathizes with the slytherins in the first place. I mean, his friends trust him and eventually get why Ed wants to interact with the slytherins. And we all know this (if you have read the fic) but I noticed something kinda like a parallel in the story between Ed in Amestris and the Slytherins.

In Ed’s world. He technically fills the role of the Slytherins. Slytherins are people who do magic but are ostracized because of their families and are known to kinda be almost like dogs for Voldemort.

State alchemists are those who can do alchemy but are ostracized because they are dogs of the military and don’t follow the universal rule of “be thou for the people.”

Now while both are ostracized for very reasonable reasons (such as helping continue a genocide) but it does make Ed’s sympathy for the Slytherins make sense. Ed knows of the horrors the state alchemists have committed, he works for Roy after all! But Ed also knows that most of them were in a dire situation and were forced, and while that doesn’t excuse the killing, etc…it does make it easier to see from the state alchemists point of view. Ed applies this logic to the Slytherins. Edward is aware of the horrors committed by the parents and families of the Slytherins but he knows most of the kids are innocent. Edward knows and can empathize because Ed is treated the same way they are back home. We see time and time again as Ed is thrown out for being military, targeted, kidnapped, and almost died because he is a state alchemist.

Ed may be a Hufflepuff in the HP world but he’s in the Slytherins position in his own. And if he can change the perception of state alchemists in his own world too, then Ed can change how the HP world views Slytherins as well.

Just um…food for thought, I’ll stop now.

This is really random but I think asking the question whether a character deserves redemption is a dumb way to have a deep conversation.

There has been so much debate on certain characters redemption but the main thing is whether they deserve redemption or not. But the thing about that question is that there is no answer that isn’t in some way personal. It changes on every person and will likely just lead to agreements rather than discussions.

Here’s some of my favorite questions to ask about a characters redemption that I think have sorted my feelings out about it.

1. What were the writers trying to accomplish with the character?

2. What message did this character bring? This is important especially in kids shows.

3. Was the redemption well done?

4. What were the characters reaction to the redemption?

5. Did the other characters forgive the character?

6. How did they do the redemption and why?

7. Why was this character redeemed?

8. Did they make up for their actions in any way?

All of these are more on the objective standpoint rather than one that changes person to person.

Now you can still ask if a character deserves redemption or not but it’s important to understand that we ourselves are not moral judges and the line between redeemable and irredeemable is nothing but based on our own perception.

I just think there needs to be a balance.