And they all get their happy end / In the end

ilya and wyatt instantly clock him but everyone else is confused and asks luca which president/how did he even steal the laces/why would the president have themed hockey laces

bonus (at night, in bed):

troy: *shifts to face harris as if he forgot to tell him something important* hey did you know haas stole a president’s shoelaces once? but he ran out before we could get the details out of him

harris: don’t worry about it troy *yawns* i’m sure he was just too flustered to come up with anything else, now let’s go to sleep we have an early day tomorrow

note: userscripts are really easy to install and super helpful! you need a browser extension to run them — i recommend Violentmonkey as it's open-source, but Tampermonkey and Firemonkey work too. i'm using daylight could be so violent by Goldmonger as the example fic in the images.

AO3 Floating Comment Box by scriptmouse

THE USERSCRIPT EXTENSION EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

makes a floating comment box you can use to write comments while reading the fic AND allows you to insert selections of sentences/paragraphs from the fic!!! vital to my commenting practices. (detailed explanation post by @actual-changeling)

the original extension simply italicizes what you select, but i've modified the code so that it italicises + indents for reading clarity, which i'll detail in another post. example: (fic is Cacciatore by @theburialofstrawberries)

w4tchdoge's AO3 Bookmark Maker

adds work details to bookmark notes for archival purposes, helpful to know especially if a fic gets hidden or deleted

Set Default Posting Language by @quihi

sets a default posting language so you don't need to scroll through the dropdown menu to pick a language every time you post a fic

ao3 Skin Switcher by BlackBatCat

switch skins from any page via the header menu, instead of having to go to dashboard to do it

ao3 crossover saviour by tegan

i hate the huge multi-fandom wall-of-tags anthologies (excellent post about why it sucks by @osterby) so this is really good

hides works with too many fandoms on ao3, can unhide with a click

default is 2 fandoms but i've set mine to 7 as star wars fics tend to have multiple fandom tags

Advanced Blocker by BlackBatCat

(image from link)

allows whitelisting, blacklisting, and highlighting tags

blocks works by tags, authors, titles, summaries, wordcounts

i don't use this personally but wanted to mention it anyway because it seems very helpful. also this coder has a bunch of other great scripts!

Other useful resources:

masterlist of user scripts for ao3 relationships by @ao3commentoftheday

AO3 hidden search operators by @ao3commentoftheday

AO3 bulk downloader by nianeyna (tumblr post by @flamingwell)

• Dragon Rider Ilya Rozanov (HOTD/HTTYD AU) •

Notes: I'm so proud of the pauldron (shoulder armour)✨️⚔️✨️

I can't decide if Shane would be the Hiccup of this universe and Ilya the Astrid...

Or Ilya is the one who befriended a dragon in his youth and has been keeping that secret all this time.

He and Shane are rivals and Hayden reveals to Shane that he's found out what type of dragon they'll all be facing to complete their training. Shane's sense of airplay can't abide when he learns that Hayden doesn't intend to share the same information with Ilya, so he goes to find Ilya and tell him to keep the playing field even and he inadvertently discovers Ilya's secret.

Ilya and Shane grow closer as Shane also (reluctantly) becomes more and more persuaded by Ilya's beliefs. He learns that if Ilya is given leadership in their clan, he intends to pursue peace between humans and dragons (even if he has to fight their own people to do it.)

Or maybe Ilya and Shane are from rival clans whose warriors compete to become Dragon Riders and there are only as many spots as there are trained dragons at any given time.

• Dragon Rider Ilya Rozanov (HOTD/HTTYD AU) •

Notes: I'm so proud of the pauldron (shoulder armour)✨️⚔️✨️

AGAIN we r not considering the politics of it all which is why i need ppl to start talking abt ilya being born in a country that stopped existing 6 months later (ussr) wayyy more often. shane has grown up hearing abt canadas perfection & how it's so correct & better than the usa (despite the same skeletons in its closet). not to mention yuna's "play by the rules, beat them at their own game" mentality vs ilya being raised in the gang-heavy, crime-heavy, unstable post-soviet rebuild with a corrupt military father (even if protected by his father's wealth/position he was not blind to it) & a mother whose death went hush hush

Hudson Williams earned a nomination at the 2026 GALECA Dorian Awards for Best TV Performance!🏆