HTTYD 2025 Review

 

I have watched and reviewed the new live-action adaptation. Took ten sloppy pages of notes in the theater. You can find it here: https://usertoothless.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-score-how-to-train-your-dragon-2025.html

The Live Action Remake Teaser

Well, the teaser trailer for the HTTYD live-action remake (HTTYDLAR? Idk) dropped and, I have thoughts. Honestly, I didn't want to come back to this blog in a negative way, but as it is my HTTYD fan blog, I think this is the most appropriate place to cover this topic.

Meggie and I are Married!

 

I’ll be sure to report back in to talk about the amazing wedding when we return from the honeymoon. We are so thankful to everyone. We had friends and family from all over the world, and it meant so much to us. It was a very special day.

A New Chapter In Our Story

The 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."

To My Dear Lieutenant

 

New Blog

Hi 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 original blog.

This blog is very personal. It was a place I used primarily to celebrate the story I loved, HTTYD. Because of that, this blog isn't really focused on criticism. It is very positive, and I usually just didn't discuss the elements of stories that I thought weren't great. 

This new blog will give me a platform to discuss stories I love as well as ones I feel fall short. I do not intend for this new blog to replace this one. For specifically HTTYD stuff, it will probably still show up here. For personal nerd stuff, it will probably show up here! I do not know if I will be successful at posting here often like I used to, but I do still have a place for this blog in my heart, so I am not abandoning it!

So, as for warnings, the new blog will cover some media and films that are definitely more mature than HTTYD. Ha. I may also be more negative and critical in my analysis than I usually am here. But if you are interested in seeing my critiques and analysis, please feel free to give the new blog a shot.

https://usertoothless.blogspot.com/

HTTYD 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.

HTTYD 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.

Back 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 long

2) Why I am back

Click through to see the post in full

26!

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.

Close 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 piece.

HeroScape 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!

HTTYD2 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 second film. I am hoping to watch the film tonight with some fellow fans. Here is to yet another year of loving this dynamic duo! 

My 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.

HTTYD Ten Year Anniversary!!

Well, ten years have come and gone! And here I am, sitting after having finished watching HTTYD 1 again! 

Meeting 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!

Flying 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! 

Merry 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 crest (from Fire Emblem Fates). Above that is the Nohrian crest (which my bro made... as I am pro Hoshido and he is pro Nohr). Then you have Sans and Grimm (from Hollow Knight) at the top!

How 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 fandoming. Anyway, enough about me, let me tackle the short! I'll be covering it probably pretty quickly, both the aspects I loved and the parts that I'm not sure about, so let's get going.

Turning 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!