So after two months of waiting (which is expected since I live in a far away country and thanks to the worldwide lockdowns), these finally came in the mail at last!
There are extra goodies provided too, such as these adorable and lovely stickers.
A huge thank you and hugs to @martabm90 for putting a lot of work and love in creating these. Not to mention she was so kind in updating me of any delays due to uncontrollable circumstances. It was worth the long wait and I encourage you all to check out her artwork on Instagram (as @mabumart). Not to mention her shop on Etsy has a lot of great stuff you can purchase from (once it’s open again in a few weeks).
Headcanon that Hiccstrid decide they want more than one child because they both grew up without siblings and it was sort of lonely sometimes, especially for Hiccup. Hiccup didn’t really have friends (although I do think he played with the other kids when they were all little) and once he was old enough to be home alone, he’d just sit in his room or go out wandering by himself while Stoick was chiefing. As for Astrid, she fit in with the others, but she hated sleeping alone. She’s independent, but having a sibling to share a room with would’ve been preferable to sleeping by herself. On the Edge, she’d sometimes go to Hiccup’s hut to spend the night, even before they were official. She just liked having someone to talk to and hang with while waiting to fall asleep.
So after Zephyr was born, Hiccup and Astrid knew they had to have another baby. While they love their kids, they’re in charge of New Berk and sometimes their chiefing duties keep them away from the house more than they’d like. But they feel better knowing the kids have each other to keep them company, and Zephyr and Nuffink grow up being best friends.
Not sure if someone made this joke before already, but when I saw people calling Jay a Boomer on @/youthin.asia ‘s IG story, it made me think of this happening to Hiccup. xD
“Life is a storm to be weathered, but little, beautiful moments make it all worth it.”
Final chapter is up! :)
More fluffiness ahead ;)
Just when I THINK it can’t get even sweeter….you give us this.
FAMILY. FLUFF.
And NEW family fluff. Wow.
You worry me a little in the beginning cause I’m like oh shit…what’s gonna happen but then it’s okay…it’s all okay. Thank GOD. omg…you make up for the little heart attack afterwards. IT’S ALL SO SWEET.
Hiccup’s nerves…his sweet words…his first time seeing his daughter…astrid’s pure love for the bundle in her arms…all just radiates so well. You have created such a beautiful moment here.
That whole part where Hiccup walks in and everything that follows is exactly how I imagine that moment with them. Just the disbelief and the love and….oh, the love. Such a soft soft moment between the new little family.
“Look what we’ve made.” someone just bury me. i’m dead.
FORHEAD.KISS.
and then KISS KISS.
Two in one???? What did I do to deserve two kisses from the best kiss writer??? Lawd…help.
And oh, the ending. That’s when the tears spilled over. It’s just…beautiful. I love everything about it.
You have tied everything together so well while also giving us (the readers) something to relate to…now more than ever. It’s amazing and the most perfect way to end it. Thank you for that.
Thank you for taking us on this journey. I have enjoyed every ounce, every line, every kiss, every moment.
Stoick the Vast, that man, that chief of vikings, sees his wife and mother of his child after 20 years of separation. He finds out that she isn’t dead like he believed, eaten by a dragon, she has been living and rescuing dragons. Who keep in mind was his enemy and the bane of his existence until 5 years before this moment when their son changed his mind.
Stoick has been kinda through it too. He has been leading a village, raising Hiccup on his own, and lets be honest Hiccup was definitely not an easy kid to raise, and combating the constant dragon raids on their home. All the while he has mourned the loss of his wife who should have been one of, if not his biggest, supports.
Realistically Stoick should have remarried if nothing more than an agreed marriage of convenience, but no he’s loyal to the memory of his wife. He even has part of her armor made into a helmet to keep her close.
And after 20 years, after tracking down his wayward son, she’s standing before him. Stoick is stunned, because it’s a memory come back to life.
Valka is the one shouting begging and fully expecting Stoick to be angry, and to a degree he has a right to be. If this was five years earlier, back when Stoick confronted Hiccup after the disaster with the Monstrous Nightmare he probably would have shouted, probably would have let his anger take over.
But it’s been five years since that fight with Hiccup. Stoick has learned, has grown, he has ridden and trained two of his own dragons. He has done what Valka thought he never could.
And you know what the first thing Stoick says to her after 20 years? “You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you.”
Oh gods Hiccup got his romantic nature from Stoick!
Now onto the younger Haddock.
Hiccup and Astrid are a better version of Stoick and Valka because they leaned to do the one thing that separated the older Haddock couple.
They learned to communicate.
Now this wasn’t an easy road as we’ve been shown to us throughout the series. They have kept secrets from one another that has blown up in their faces. Hell their first lesson in communicating happened because Hiccup kidnapped Astrid.
But they are so much better for learning this lesson early. They are each other’s biggest supports, if one is down to do some shit the other ain’t that far behind. They don’t hold each other back, if one fails the other one is right there by their side.
Their love is a nartual thing that is as easy and hard as breathing.
It’s all so beautiful! The Haddock men are such romantics!
