tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20057069614820136532024-03-12T21:53:49.443-05:00Toothless the NightfuryHello! I am Usertoothless, and I am a Christian, a HUGE HTTYD fanboy, a Berk's Grapevine "Dragon Master", and all around nerd. This is my personal blog where I post HTTYD opinions, news, fanart, and fan fictions (along with the occasion content from my other fandoms). I hope you will enjoy what you see here. Here's to Hiccup and Toothless and their fantastic friendship which literally changed my life!Rangerflockehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17920824793920156059noreply@blogger.comBlogger548125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-76900012159125958062023-12-18T20:45:00.000-06:002023-12-18T20:45:23.061-06:00A New Chapter In Our StoryThe last post I made may have been a little cryptic! But it was meant for a very specific someone. On the 14th, I proposed to "VikingontheBackofaDragon". Well, more specifically I proposed to my dear Meggie. I am so happy to say that her answer was a smiling "Of course."Meggie and I have been good friends for years now. We met through this very blog. I look back on that chance meeting and cannot Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-81325841617720847072023-12-14T17:48:00.000-06:002023-12-14T17:48:14.432-06:00To My Dear Lieutenant Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-38601809116631551642023-11-08T14:23:00.001-06:002023-11-08T14:23:59.665-06:00New BlogHi all!I wanted to let you know that I am going to be running a new blog that focuses more on media criticism and analysis. I don't fancy myself an expert on this by any means, but I would love to give my perspective on a broader array of stories and topics.I have a first post that explains my mentality behind media criticism, but I also wanted to explain why I am not doing this here on my Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-29825528095387608612023-02-21T14:34:00.002-06:002023-02-21T14:34:31.438-06:00HTTYD in Live Action: Part 2 Onto my second point of concern regarding the HTTYD live-action remake (and live-action remakes as a whole). These remakes are made to bank off and profit directly from the original. Many of them depend on the audience fondly remembering the original story and use that nostalgia to blind the viewer and prevent them from looking critically at this new adaptation.The worst offender when it Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-25438872281250351842023-02-17T15:54:00.002-06:002023-02-17T15:54:19.701-06:00HTTYD in Live Action About a month ago, news began to brew about a live-action project in development for the Dragons franchise. Since then it seems to have been confirmed that HTTYD will be getting a live-action remake helmed by Dean Deblois. I'm going to give my thoughts on this news, so click through to read more.To put it simply, I am pretty much undividedly unhappy with the news. So, if you want to beToothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-15835506846946064822023-02-16T14:27:00.003-06:002023-02-16T16:03:55.194-06:00Back from the dead! (At least for a bit!) Well, this blog has been dead for ages. Honestly, a big part of me wishes I would've ended it on my post, "There Were Dragons When I Was a Boy". That would have been a beautiful bow to tie on this blog and an amazing era of my life. If you are still reading (which would surprise me! Hi!), then I'd like to fill you in on two things:1) Why I've been gone so long2) Why I am backClick through Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-74650244066179821352020-09-20T21:01:00.005-05:002020-09-20T21:01:57.731-05:0026!Well, I turned 26 today! Quite the odd age... I'm still about 4 years away from the end of HTTYD3 Hiccup or Roy Mustang, but I can wait.So for my birthday I got to do quite a lot of fun things. Sadly, my little brother was feeling sick, so we had to hang out over Zoom. BUT, we did get to play loads and loads of Dimension Splash... and we tackled an 11 hour event together that was super focused Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-28315527644738820712020-07-23T20:12:00.001-05:002020-07-23T20:12:23.162-05:00Close To You (Happy Birthday Toothlesslove!)
Happy Birthday Toothlesslove! Wow, already this time of year again... time both flies and crawls. Anyway, I wanted to make you a gift... and I was on a very strict schedule so I wasn't able to put in as many hours as I had hoped I could. Still... I hope you like it! I'll post a Bday message free version down bellow as well as talk a little bit about my thought process while doing this art pieceToothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-4050534340570459752020-06-29T15:48:00.002-05:002020-06-29T15:48:28.231-05:00HeroScape Toothless (Playing HeroScape Again!)
Hey everyone! Just wanted to pop in and show off a goofy project I did yesterday evening! So I've recently picked back up an old, old board game that I used to absolutely love. It's called HeroScape, and this post will kinda talk about it and how it impacted me as a kid!
So, Hasbro released HeroScape back in 2004. I imagine I got my first kit late that year... so I would have been 11Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-46695497927305897912020-06-13T20:05:00.002-05:002020-06-13T20:05:53.760-05:00HTTYD2 day!
Well, it has been 6 years folks! Six years since I cried my eyes out during the credits of this film! Haha, in all seriousness, I am really thankful for the direction HTTYD2 took the franchise. It isn't common that an animated sequel feels as true to the original while also being bold enough to age up the entire cast and grow characters in the way Hiccup and Toothless were grown in the Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-64668873102081819582020-05-15T14:39:00.000-05:002020-05-15T14:41:03.930-05:00My Brother Got Married!
My little brother, Andrew (haha, also known as Link in the Dsplash RPG) married his fiancé Sarah yesterday. I was able to be part of the wedding, which was a small and somewhat unusual ceremony in order to conform to the CDC guidelines. It was quite the day. I'm really happy for him, and it's such a big moment, I felt I needed to blog about it.
Haha, it is definitely a weird time forToothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-89776310467108890222020-03-26T18:42:00.000-05:002020-03-26T18:42:42.839-05:00HTTYD Ten Year Anniversary!!
Well, ten years have come and gone! And here I am, sitting after having finished watching HTTYD 1 again!
I watched it while messaging Toothlesslove and Glory, and as usual, it was magical. I cried in quite a few scenes, and we all decided to not message during Forbidden Friendship. That first film... it really is magical. The music, design, themes... they all are so well Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-74362748462517670352020-02-04T15:21:00.001-06:002020-02-04T15:21:43.240-06:00Meeting VikingontheBackofaDragon!
Heyo! How is everyone? I know I've been super absent (which I basically say every time I post these days), but it is good to pop in for a minute! And the reason for the occasion is a very fun one: I got to meet yet another member of the HTTYD fandom who I first encountered online!
So, anyway, I had the privilege of meeting VikingontheBackofaDragon (VotBoaD)! We met up at a pizza Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-47437958433613792132019-12-26T08:50:00.002-06:002019-12-26T08:50:29.208-06:00Flying Forward (Happy Birthday Inhonoredglory!)
Happy bday Glory! I hope you have a wonderful day. I tried to quickly make you something... but boy did I have an art block until the last moment!
So, I wanted to focus on the fact that many endings have happened this year... but those ends will not keep the stories from flying forward in our imaginations and in their lasting impact on our lives. The Skywalker saga is now over (and IToothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-90807813657599877512019-12-25T09:56:00.000-06:002019-12-25T09:56:19.591-06:00Merry Christmas!
Well, Merry Christmas and Happy Snoggletog! I've had a lovely morning filled with great gifts and memories with my family! I'm gonna post pics of the "loot" below. Above are some Christmas cookies I made. The very bottom one is my attempt at Roy Mustang's flame alchemy transmutation circle. Toothless is obviously in the middle, and the red and white cookie is the Hoshidan royal Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-77441984286624753272019-12-04T19:47:00.002-06:002019-12-04T19:47:20.508-06:00How To Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
Well... Long-time no post! How is everyone? I guess it takes a full-blown short to drag me up out of the grave and get me typing! In all seriousness, my work has been killer recently. I'm preparing for a committee meeting (which happens to be tomorrow), and it has left me much less free time. All that stress has gotten me into sort of a rut, and it makes it really hard to relax and enjoy my Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-17925645439558894822019-09-25T13:52:00.002-05:002019-09-25T13:52:55.795-05:00Turning 25!
Hey everyone! Gosh, I am so absent these days! I turned twenty-five this last Friday, and I just wanted to do a quick thank you to the many people who made that day extremely special. Also, though I haven't posted about it, I am extremely excited (ha, and almost conflicted) about the new HTTYD short that has been announced: Homecoming. But, anyway, let's get onto the thank you!
Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-64564964792696848162019-07-23T08:42:00.001-05:002019-07-23T08:42:08.706-05:00Companions Forever (Happy Birthday Toothlesslove!)
Happy Birthday, Toothlesslove! And also, hey there everyone else! I know I've been kinda absent (haha... maybe because it's super hard to acknowledge that HTTYD is over, so coming back to the blog post-HTTYD is just a reminder that their story is over), but I wanted to share this art piece which I made as a gift for my dear fan and fellow HTTYD lover: Toothlesslove!
So this is the Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-68442135902890540542019-06-13T10:00:00.003-05:002019-06-13T10:00:57.066-05:00HTTYD2: Five Year Anniversary
Well, it's that day again! June 13th has rolled around, and this marks five years since HTTYD2 was released. It's kinda funny... because, in the years between HTTYD and HTTYD2, I really did not anticipate the direction the franchise was going. I genuinely thought all the characters would stay about the same age, that we might get a human villain or some sort of treasure quest (based on the Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-80384422312949807672019-05-24T16:17:00.002-05:002019-05-24T16:17:43.347-05:00Doodle Dump
Well, I do confess that, once again, my job does kinda keep me from drawing as much as I did in college, but I do have some doodles! It's not many, but one of them is kinda intricate. Lots of them have to do with the Dimension Splash RPG my brother and a few friends have been playing. I'll just post them here.
So, this is Link in Skrill Armor, made with the help of Skari and Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-61861761068576956922019-05-23T20:41:00.001-05:002019-05-23T20:46:42.406-05:00Art Commission: The Nameless King
Hey guys! Yes, it's me... I'm not dead (though the post-HTTYD3 feels have scared me away from blogging for far too long)! I wanted to share an art piece I commissioned from Jennifer Tamochunas (nahamut on Teepublic, where I first encountered her art). I had bought a few of her designs (Solaire for my younger brother, Gael and Artorias for two friends of mine), but I really wanted the Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-82754883075754562332019-04-20T10:54:00.000-05:002019-04-20T11:41:19.687-05:00VikingontheBackofaDragon Review of the VR Experience!
Hello, Vikings! You may have heard about the Hidden World virtual reality tour that just finished traveling around the Western and Southern regions of the United States. I was pleased to get to attend a few weeks ago; you can continue to the “Read more” for my review.
First of all, the production is the result of a partnership between the computer software company Spatial&, Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-82961590369091579602019-03-26T20:00:00.002-05:002019-03-26T20:00:39.777-05:00There Were Dragons When I Was A Boy
Well, it's taken me a while to get the courage to actually tackle this post. On the one hand, I've been very busy, but the real reason is that writing this, in a way, really acknowledges the fact that the story of How To Train Your Dragon is... over. It's such a bittersweet thing, and I'm so thankful to have been along for the ride. It's the anniversary of HTTYD's release back in 2010, so Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-45949821960520995402019-02-26T10:44:00.002-06:002019-02-26T10:44:46.919-06:00Dangerous Dragons
Although I have used a gif from the second film, I really want to take a moment to appreciate the trilogy as a whole on this subject. I want to tackle the inherent danger of any interaction between humanity and the dragons, how this is balanced in the films, and why it makes the friendship Hiccup has with Toothless all the more remarkable. I was particularly pleased with two scenes in the Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2005706961482013653.post-62469333709385880422019-02-15T09:54:00.004-06:002019-02-15T09:54:35.430-06:00As Long As He's Safe (Happy Secret Odin MandalorianDragonTrainer)
Well, it's time for Secret Odin! I only have a teaser image above... because the whole image is a SPOILER. I sneakily tried to figure out your favorite moment, Mando, so I hope you like the art piece! You can view the whole thing by clicking the "read more"
I'm not sure whether or not it would fit as a phone background, but I really wanted a long image to make the distance between Toothless the Nightfuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897537689295050128noreply@blogger.com0