What a series finale holy shit.
Was never thinking the Bewilder Beast would be there to help Hiccup in some offset way, though, we know now how Hiccup's mother gets the egg, what's the time gap between the finale and HTTYD2 anyway? How does the bewilder beast grow up so fast to be the protector of that area?
But enough about HTTYD2, holy shit. so, out of the 78 episodes. 10 of them were hard to sit through and watch (Secondhand embarrassment is not my strong suit) and 2 I just straight up hated (Thor Bonecrusher)
It was honestly glorious seeing everybody's character development (or lack thereof).
Let's be real here the character development snotlout gets was nice but he never needed to change all too much given his role in the series. And Ruffnut and Tuffnut didn't get any at all, they were just there for the ride and you know what? Mood. (I don't mean they got none but enough that most people wouldn't notice) They did finally come to reason during the finally to drop gruffnut (fuck that guy) off alone on the island again.
I do think it was interesting that there were 10 lenses, 5 for each that all lead to the titanwing dramillion. I was honestly expecting it too.
Meatlug: The biggest sweetheart of the whole series by far, and also the one I love the most. Especially going into the last 5 episodes of the season, her and Fishlegs bounce off of each other really well, and just seeing her help the Sentinels by using heat all by herself to try to wake them up while Fishlegs was finding out why, well, it was brilliant.
Hookfang: The smug one, always talking back to Snotlout, and honestly? Takes the Crown of Sassiest Dragon from Toothless as the series went on. Hookfang learned everything from Toothless and then took it to a whole new level, I can't even describe how many times I've had to just, oh, you know pause the show to see the frame hookfang staring into nothingness or my soul, or to laugh because he's started laughing like toothless has.
Stormfly: Always by Astrid's side but has grown on me a considerable amount by her interactions with Garff, it goes to show that friendships that are strong enough can transcend anything and everything, and it was glad to see Garff reunite with the other deathsong, honestly seeing Stormfly happy and bond with the other dragons just made me fall in love with her.
Barf & Belch: Fully on board but deeply cares about the twins and what shenanigans and "Loki-isms" they get up to, they're freespirits and take loyalty and trust a lot way, they also REALLY bond with those that save their lives, hence that one episode.
Toothless. Do I have to explain why I love how expression-filled he is, the laughing, the sass, the willingness he has to strive for nothing but unwavering determination to not only his fellow dragons, dragonkind and the riders, but also just how he's able to bond with the other dragons, no matter what.
The Characters: I've gone and yapped about them before but I'll group them up into one paragraph, short and sweet.
Heather and Astrid have really quickly become favorites of mine in the final season, especially granted how 1. Heather and Dagur's brother-sister relationship has improved tenfold and seeing Berserker Heather is CRAZY GOOD and also Astrid's always there to wrangle the battles back into their favor, like seriously without Astrid they'd all be sitting ducks sorry Hiccup it's you AND Astrid that do most of the heavy lifting.
Speaking of Hiccup, I'm not going over his development because you've all probably heard enough about them but HIS INVENTIONS??? HELLO?? HE CREATED A FUCKING DIVING BELL IN VIKING ERA, HE RECREATED THE DRAGON EYE, dude has a penchant for inventions and he takes really good care of everything he makes.
On the other hand, getting every reason for what happens in HTTYD2 is also great like, the wingsuit because of the wingmaidens, how Stoick and Gobber get their dragons, how Stoick becomes weak (enough) to die in HTTYD2, the foreshadowing to Hiccup becoming Chief come the aftermath, where his Mother gets a Bewilder Beast, WHY Hiccup isn't shocked or afraid of said Bewilder Beast because he's SEEN ONE BEFORE IN RTTE, even cleanly getting rid of all of RTTE's villains WITH a Drago appearance executing Krogan off screen.
BTW I only just got into HTTYD like 3 months ago.
ALSO DAGUR AND MALA GETTING MARRIED AT THE VERY END?? THORSTON MEDIATION WORKS THAT WELL?
Speaking of Ruff and Tuff. They were right when they said they knew very little of a very big amount of things.
How many languages and cultures did they bring up? 5? 10? Somewhere in-between? Loki, "Uncle Fenris" (Fenrir), Shakespearean Plays, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and more.. holy shit.
You can tell all of the voice actors probably had the fun of their lives voicing and bringing these characters to life, especially Ruff and Tuff and especially Dagur and Johann's VA. Alright, that's enough yappin' for now.
