Sigh...

So... anyone here remember my room? You may have seen it in the little "dragons, dragons, dragons" video or in my previous blog posts. I really, really like it. It's kinda my little HTTYD niche where I  can just sit and feel comfortable. Probably my favorite thing about it is that I plastered the wall hehind my bed with HTTYD sepia line arts that I did. Well... unfortunately I'm kinda losing the niche.

So, yeah, my parents (because I am at college) want to use my room as a guest room. Now, I'm allowed to keep my HTTYD posters up, BUT they feel that the drawings are tacky. So, I obliged them and packed my pictures up into a portfolio. I'm just a little saddened...

However, when I do move out, I fully intend to have a little collectors room. Just a small room in wherever I live CHOCK FULL of HTTYD drawings, figurines, books, and other paraphernalia! But... until then, I'll just have to keep my drawings off the walls.

Is it just me?

Ughhhhh!!! It is getting harder and harder for me to resist the HTTYD2 spoilers! They are *everywhere* these days! Of course, if I didn't pop in to the HTTYD site or Berk's Grapevine so frequently I am sure I'd be doing better. It is just... we have less than two months until the film FINALLY is released, and I don't really want any more of it to be revealed. I want to be excited about it, but I don't want to have seen every beautiful moment or watched full scenes (like the first five minutes which I am still avoiding!). Oh well, at least the movie is really, really close now!

50 days away!

Well, the count down continues! It is now a meager 50 days until HTTYD soars into American Theaters. I simply cannot believe it. Half our wait has passed since I wrote my "100 days away" post! half of it! Fifty day is a good while yet, but then I start thinking of other things I'm looking forward to (like my Birthday or the next Super Smash Bros. Game) and then I suddenly realize: HTTYD 2 will be here before those things are! For so long it has always been a thing I kept in the back of my mind, a thing I kept locked into the category of "extremely far off fun things". But now it's really close! I'm actually trying my best to spoiler dodge! I didn't watch the first five minutes because I want to see that in theaters. Anyway, very exciting times! MAN, in just fifty days I'll be in a theater watching this! 

Hey! RoB references in HTTYD2!

Ok, honestly compared to other sequel news, this is kinda small. But that doesn't mean it isn't interesting! Apparently, Gobber is still doing dragon-dentistry! The creators of RoB did say that you would not need to watch it to understand the second movie, but they also said that people who watched the series would enjoy catching small references to it when they watched HTTYD2. I suppose this must be one of them! It is nice to see some tie ins... because RoB and DoB certainly had some good moments. Man, that's quite a large Zippleback now that I'm looking at it. Anyway, it is nice to see that the creators of RoB were not pulling our leg, there will indeed be some small references back to the series!

Yeah, so this is a short post. Sometime I plan to get to a longer one, but at the moment I'm just a little busy and have more important things to try and focus on. Haha, dragons can be so distracting!

Stoick Poster!

I do believe this is the last of the character posters! It was pretty exciting to see all of them, and personally I think it was a massively mature and interesting way for DreamWorks to advertise the movie. Stoick in this one looks splendid, and his dragon does as well. As usual the details are scrumptious! His dragon (who I believe is called Skullcrusher...) is an interesting species to say the least! It looks a little like a carnivorous triceratops! I like how it's large skull crest/bonnet is actually full of holes. Considering it has to fly, little things like that would help keep it's weight down while not necessarily making it much more vulnerable. It is also nice to see another green eyed dragon! Haha, like son like father! Stoick looks amazing aged. Of course, I'd already come to that conclusion, but this poster just proves it. His beard is better than the first film, his gauntlets look wonderfully over-the-top, and that axe-head has a truly epic Zippleback head design! He's clearly not going to be a character who gets overlooked in the sequel, and that makes me happy... because after seeing the final trailer I really love the dynamic between him and Valka. 

New exclusive clip

Here is another short clip. It appeared exclusively on the german yahoo-website... in Germany! Thanks to AddyD for getting it. As far as I can see, it is mostly spoiler free. Hopefully it works here on the blog.

Soooo... We're still getting Hiccstrid?

So, the trailer *really* did not focus on the Hiccstrid element of HTTYD2, and that's fine, but we do see some beautiful hints at a continuation of their relationship. Seriously, I swear, when I fist got into HTTYD I couldn't have cared less about Hiccup and Astrid's relationship. It just wasn't a draw. Now that they are older and that I am older, suddenly I think this has a LOT to offer. I always appreciated what she did for him in the first film (particularly in the scene right after Stoick has rejected him), but now that I get to see them after they've been friends for five years, it's pretty exciting. I particularly love the fact that Astrid is still her mega-tough self, a full blown Viking warrior, but at the same time she's kinda continued to develop her sweeter and more sensitive side. I particularly love the, "Take 'em down, babe!" quote (although it could be "kick" instead of "take", but the latter seems more likely). Anyway, the term of endearment is shouted with massive confidence in Hiccup, and it's a rough and tough sort of statement too! It's just a really fun display of how Astrid works! She's competitive, smart, level headed, and willing to be pretty darn tough, but at the same time she really does have a heart and she's grown to really care for Hiccup. It's going to be awesome to see them together in the second film.

However, given how many other relationships are going to be developing, I am willing to guess that we will only see the MAJOR step in Hiccstrid (i.e. come on, please let them get married in the end!) when the third movie comes around. The heart of the second film seems to be Hiccup's family and their differences (which I will write a post on soon). So... I imagine Astrid and Hiccup's relationship will sort of be an undertone in this film, but that doesn't mean it won't be something special!

I'm actually really looking forward to writing the post I just mentioned a second ago, but this one may have to do for today XD