#man..............

I was not ready for finishing Suikoden 1 to give me as many emotions as it did but man.............. man......

and something about the way it ends with hiccup's own little ensemble of a group, dubbed as 'the ten companions of the dragonmark' - consisting of his most loved humans and dragons who would now undoubtedly follow him anywhere. finally having the chance to laugh freely and exchange stories and to breathe a little easier, even if just for a moment. and even if worry and guilt seem to weigh heavy on him, the wodensfang is there to remind him of his youth, to 'leave these worries to us old creatures' and that hiccup is no longer alone.

ichor

from "Transforming Monkey: Adaptation and Representation of a Chinese Epic" by Hongmei Sun