#submaripper

Now it's the Bards turn to get their dragons.

Casper Ferreiro can have a Razorwhip, a formidable dragon known for its metallic, silver-plated scales. But later he can get the Silver Phantom. It looks like it's made out of metal. Silver Phantoms are known to be the fastest and highest-flying dragons around. Casper is faster and has better stamina than his sister.

Callista Ferreiro gets a Silver-tailed Ironclaw. Sure, Razorwhips are said to have an aggressive and deadly nature. But any dragon can be aggressive or kind. I don't want to give twins the same dragon species just because they're twins and have the same Tama. Silver-tailed Ironclaw is strong, and I want to emphasize the difference between the twins. However, after some digging, I found a perfect dragon for her. The Sword Stealer! Sword Stealers have skin with magnetic properties that attract metallic objects such as swords and shields, which it uses to coat itself with an additional layer of metal for protection.

Tiffania Obalas! There are a few dragons that can make bubbles, but they don't really fit her and the show. They're either too childish or too big and powerful. Look at those goobers! A Bubblehorn, a Bubblegill and a huge Submaripper! Let's give her a young Submaripper and call it a day.

For Alvince Lumni there's Quaken. Much like the Gronckle, the Quaken can curl its round, heavy body into a literal boulder and roll over anything in its path. I was worried this dragon is too ugly to be on the Bards team, but then I realized it could be a nice arc. Alvince chooses the dragon he likes, and that serves him best, rather than giving in to the preferences of his Goyen, his teammates, the fans, or anyone else.

Baü Rimbe gets a Thunderdrum. Instead of fire, it generates a massive concussive sound wave capable of stunning enemies and extinguishing flames. Hatchlings are so loud their cry rattles the sky, giving the dragon its name.

For Eclair Ademor I have a special one. Sweet Heart is a specific, exotic variant of the Sweet Death dragon species from the game Dragons: Rise of Berk. I find it funny that such a cute girl has such a scary, yet sweet, dragon.

Regarding Surya, I have the same things to say as about Falco. However, I still have something special for him. Solar Flare: A hot, rare relative of the Fireworm. Its scales are said to be as hot as the sun. For getting around he can use a Sunspark. A golden Skrillknapper, introduced in the mobile game Dragons: Titan Uprising. There are also Sunchasers. A canonical Stoker Class dragon found in Dragons: Rise of Berk. It is colored in vivid red and orange with green legs and is known for its legendary behavior of "chasing the sun".

What do you think?

— Warning amateur calculations, I'm by no means an expert at media interpretation, I just thought I would add my two cents in this as an experienced diver. Someone's probably done this before, lol.

Although we don't know how deep hiccup goes, we can figure it out from a few clues:

The submaripper is supposedly 15.24 meters tall (50ft), now Hiccup, Astrid and Snotlout dive down to try to move it in the first 10 minutes or so of the episode. From there we can see they are at minimum 7–10 meters deep, if not more. This means in the final submaripper freedom moments, Hiccup is likely 22–25 meters deep. At one point the submaripper swims after gaining freedom, and it is about 8-12m above the ground, while still not breaking the surface. This puts the distance at maybe 27m deep on a conservative estimate.

Why does this matter? Well, contrary to popular belief, you can get the bends from breathing “normal” air (surface air). As long as you are experiencing a rapid change in pressure, without a decompression time/stop, you can get the bends, AKA decompression sickness.

The air in your lungs is still forced into your tissues by pressure, regardless of quantity or quality of air. Yes it's unlikely with shallow free diving, but hiccup was in a box under the sea at roughly 27-30m, and he immediately surfaced with no decom time.

Stretching out the “actual” time vs “true” time hiccup was under there, let's make it 15 minutes which I think is short, but I want to keep it more “real time”.

The chart below shows possible depths as 27m is ~88ft to 30m which is ~98ft. Say he had a bottom time of 15m, I personally would 110% do a 5/3 safety stop (5 meters, 3 minutes to do decom) though according to this chart it's not “required”. But if he was even 2ft deeper (30.4m) he would have needed a decom stop otherwise he would have faced the bends almost certainly. Regardless of how long he was down.

I couldn't find the non-American non-feet chart online, and I use a dive computer, so deal with it. Top numbers are depth, numbers running down are bottom time, if it's grey it's 110% required a decom, but for any dive I would say do your goddamn decom. Don't risk it.