Having a httyd marathon rn (movie and tv show) and I never used to like Astrid’s whole aggressive and man-handling behaviour in the first movie. But I just realized that, unlike the rest of the gang, she needs to pass the exam and to have the right to kill a dragon. Because in ‘Fright of Passage’ she revealed that her family name is literal shambles, nobody respects it after her uncle’s confrontation with the Flightmare.
So, in the first movie, Astrid is literally fighting to bring back respect to her family name. Being the only child, she probably thinks the responsibility is all on her and so she pushes herself harder than anyone else. Not that it excuses her being a bit of a bitch, but the over-achieving attitude in her dragon training exams makes a lot more sense.
Thank you very much! As for Stoick, I’ve decided long ago that he’s not a dragonwalker, just a plain old viking with a loving dragon wife. He left his dragon killing life behind after finding out the love of his life was a dragonwalker and had begun building a life for themself in some nowhere island far from the village when Grimmel caught wind of a nightfury sighting on their island. He had died defending his wife and newborn son. His sacrifice was not in vain as Valka and Hiccup fled and survived.
Could you do an an aesthetic of a girl dragon rider? I have brown curly hair and my dragon would look similar to a deadly nadder from httyd. Maybe some shots above the clouds or flying over the ocean? Thank you so much! I love your work!
