Skill 3, Memory 8, 9, 10, 11
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protectshisownOther: Innovation.
That time where I need to compile a list of who all is teaching Rider things because there is going to be a noticeable difference!
This, this, and this all contain examples of Hiccup's work. As well as Toothless tailfin rig, which involves a whole lot of tension in the ropes to work right, not easy to do. (Also looking up the history of the spyglass is hilarious, Hiccup was making one five centuries before they were wide spread, and if they were really invented in the West by then is hard to check. Cartoon inaccuracies.)
Basically, Hiccup is not just smart, he's a genius. He can think of things that are way advanced for his time and while things do mess up on his first try, frequently, it's never fully wrong. More along the lines of a real world inventor. Get the basic idea, make adjustments as you figure out more about what it is you're trying to accomplish. So he will start thinking of making things just...because he can. Inventions may go beyond just the immediate need, try and figure out ways to make it better, etc, etc. So he will start tinkering more actively. (Sorry Heliodor, for when he tries to make things that involve projectiles.)
BUT ALSO ANOTHER NOTE, especially for people teaching Rider things, there will be a noticeably large difference on how fast he picks things up. For academia. (Sorry, Obi, he will still be a terrible student for combat.) Anything mechanical he will be especially fast, but other things will still just be easier to teach him. Not only will he absorb the information, he will be able to apply it to real world situations more effectively. Except for strategy and tactics, as that involves another skill, so it's kind of like a blank spot.
He may also have a tendency to be more easily distracted. Ideas will pop up with ease so he'll want to actually think on them. Which might mean ignoring what he SHOULD be paying attention too.
...also probably a small adjustment period as he gets used to his brain running a mile a minute again when he starts getting ideas.
Positive-Trivial: Dragon nip. (Form: Noisemaker that spreads confetti. 1/3)
It's from a list of montage events. Hiccup gets one in the middle of the movie of working on the harness, and I'm fleshing it out a bit.
Memory starts with him working late in the forge again, making tethers to go on his saddle so he doesn't fall off. Then he goes for what little sleep he's BEEN getting until just before dawn where upon he sneaks out of the village to visit Toothless with a basket of fish. Spends a few hours with him, where they try flying again. He uses a rope to control the tail fin while he's tethered to the saddle. It's just tied to his foot though and it doesn't work and they go careening into a field. The rope breaks and Hiccup goes flying off and somehow lands on his feet, stumbling forward. When he goes back to Toothless, he sees him rolling around in the grass of the field like a cat in cat nip.
Hiccup puts Toothless back in the cove and takes some of the grass with him to dragon training. Goes through the lesson. Kids running around, Astrid the only one being truly competent at it, him trying to avoid danger. The Gronckle charges him after knocking down Tuffnut. Hiccup holds up his hand with the dragon nip, getting the dragon to come sliding to a halt, smelling the grass. He rubs the grass against his nose and makes him lay down on the ground in a blissful haze.
Some people are watching the session. Gobber praises Hiccup and he walks away with the kids after dragon training.
"I've never seen a Gronckle do that," Snoutlout praises and the other kids are giving praise. Hiccup is uncomfortable, not sure how to react to all this.
"Ah, I left my axe back in the ring. You guys go on ahead and I'll catch up with you." He slips away from the group, almost stumbling into Astrid, but then hurrying past them. The kids watch him go, Astrid with more suspicion. He goes back to the cove and hangs out with Toothless for the rest of the afternoon. There's more flying attempts, but also a lot of talking. Telling Toothless about how he's doing in dragon training, how he feels about the sudden attention he's getting. There's some mixed feelings. One part is REALLY uncomfortable, but the other part admits it actually feels nice. Also some random things, like what inventions he wants to try making, funny stories about old ones, some stuff about trolls...Random, but pretty inconsequential chit chat. And probably nap at some point with the dragon.
Break Down
-How to make tethers.
-My sleep schedule is terrible.
-Not my best idea, that foot thing.
-Gods, my dragon is like a cat.
-Though that's some pretty potent stuff. =|a
-Why yes, I am indeed using things I learn from Toothless in the ring. Suspicions CONFIRMED.
-Dragon nip works on lots of things.
-CONFLICT.
-Like the popularity.
-Feel uncomfortable.
-Reeeeeally not thinking of the potential fall out here.
-Chatting times with the dragon.
Meaning
I AM AN IDIOT, OKAY. I am going down a bad road with these lies and not even thinking about it. It is MOSTLY for testing purposes, but seriously.
Also, my dragon is a cat.
Wait, what is this about trolls and left socks?
But mostly just cute feels of spending time with Toothless and things not being emotionally oppressive. Just...undertones of that bad decision dinosaur he knows is there.
Negative-Trivial: Marks in all the wrong places. (Form: Shiny gold star stickers. 0/6)
(I cut out the voice over and the parts that focus on other places that's not Hiccup.)
INT. STOICK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
A door is pulled open... as a DRAGON swoops directly toward it, BLASTING FIRE. The door is SLAMMED. The fire shoots through the slats of wood, illuminating HICCUP, a gangly teenage Viking.
HICCUP
...dragons.
EXT. STOICK'S HOUSE
He reopens the sizzling door, as leaps off of the front porch. He weaves through the erupting mayhem as Vikings pour out of the buildings, ready for a fight. More dragons swarm in, setting rooftops alight and hauling off sheep. Vikings sound the alarm. Viking men and women pour out into the streets, axes in hand. ON HICCUP darting through alleys, staying under eaves, making his way through the battle. Dragons sweep back and forth, dodging axes and blasting the Vikings who throw them. A burly warrior gets tossed in an explosion, knocking Hiccup to the ground.
VIKING
(FIERCE)
Arggghhhhh!
(cheery, insane)
Mornin'!
Hiccup gets to his feet and continues to rush past gigantic men and women.
HOARK
What are you doing out!?
BURNTHAIR
Get inside!
PHLEGMA THE FIERCE
Get back inside!
HICCUP
He passes a silent ox of a viking, picking his ear. Enter STOICK, the biggest Viking of all. He yanks Hiccup from the path of a strafing dragon and holds aloft to the crowd.
STOICK
Hiccup!?
(accusingly; to the crowd)
What is he doing out again?!
(TO HICCUP)
What are you doing out?! Get inside!
The flames light up his scowling face and matted red beard. He sets Hiccup down and turns to the sky, searching. Stoick grabs a wooden cart and hurls it, knocking the strafing dragon out of the sky. An EXPLOSION forces Vikings to DUCK. Stoick stands firm, brushing flaming debris off of his shoulder.
VIKING
Hoist the torches!
Massive flaming braziers are raised on poles, lighting up the night sky... and revealing swirling dragons of all types. Below, Hiccup crosses an open plaza and ducks into an open building with a tall chimney.
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
He crosses behind a counter, where a peg-legged, one-armed hulk of a Blacksmith reshapes blades with a hammer and tongs appendage.
GOBBER
Ah! Nice of you to join the party. I thought you'd been carried off.
Hiccup dons a leather apron and starts to put away Gobber's scattered appendages.
HICCUP
Who me? Nah, come on! I'm way too muscular for their taste. They wouldn't know what to do with all this.
Hiccup strikes a bodybuilder pose.
GOBBER
They need toothpicks, don't they?
Hiccup gets to work, transferring bent and chipped weapons to the forge as Vikings crowd the counter for replacements. He works on this for a time.
VIKING
FIRE!
In response, the fire brigade charges through the plaza -- four TEENS, tugging a large wooden cask on wheels. From it, they fill buckets of water to douse the flames. One among them is a cute, energetic Viking girl. Hiccup leans out of the stall to watch her. A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and heroic. Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by Gobber and hoisted back inside.
HICCUP
(PLEADING)
Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I need to make my mark.
GOBBER
Oh, you've made plenty of marks. All in the wrong places.
HICCUP
Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date.
GOBBER
You can't lift a hammer. You can't swing an axe...
Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope).
...you can't even throw one of these.
A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it at a dive-bombing Gronckle. The bola binds its legs, sending it into a heavy crash.
HICCUP
(ready with the answer)
Okay fine, but...
He rushes to the back corner of the stall and presents a bizarre, wheel barrow-like contraption.
... this will throw it for me.
Hiccup pats the hinged lid of the device. An arm springs up, equipped with twin bows. They prematurely launch a bola, narrowly missing Gobber... and taking out a Viking at the counter.
VIKING
Arggh!
GOBBER
See, now this right here is what I'm talking about.
HICCUP
M-mild calibration issue.
GOBBER
Hiccup. If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons, you need to stop all...
Gobber gestures in Hiccup's general direction.
...this.
HICCUP
(ASTONISHED)
But... you just pointed to all of me.
GOBBER
Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you.
HICCUP
(THREATENING)
Ohhhh...
GOBBER
(MIMICKING)
Ohhhhh, yes.
HICCUP
You, sir, are playing a dangerous game. Keeping this much, raw...Vikingness contained.
(BEAT)
There will be consequences!
GOBBER
I'll take my chances.
Gobber tosses him a sword.
Sword. Sharpen. Now.
Hiccup takes it begrudgingly and lobs it onto the grinding wheel. He stews... fantasizing...
And a video that shows part of the clip!
Break Down
-Hearing some noise in the morning, going to investiga-whaeiuhwjaoiuejw
-Nothing good ever comes from that dragon type (Monstrous Nightmare). =|
-Shutting the door and is safe, but there's this sudden feeling of excitement.
-No, really, he's running out into that chaos and he's SMILING WIDELY.
-Well, glad to know someone can still give a proper morning greeting while fighting against dragons (and one can pick his ear.)
-EVERYONE TELLING HIM TO GO INSIDE.
-So I'm not allowed to go outside during a dragon raid, that's a thing and LITERALLY EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
-But dad is awesome at fighting, okay.
-Oh, I was going to the blacksmith.
-Gobber! =O
-Okay, apparently I am not a blacksmith, I am a blacksmith APPRENTICE and Gobber is my teacher.
-Probably why he knows me so well, that's a lot of time we spent together. (And since he knew as a kid, it's been some years. Littler indeed.)
-Snarking back and forth, all the affectionate and deprecating humor on me, but it's cool, Gobber means no harm.
-Fuck yeah, doing a lot of awesome and quick work, all things considered.
-Oh, water brigade, that's a good idea. So that's what the others did before training.
-....
-I feel insanely jealous of their job.
-Tooooootally have a thing for Astrid.
-DOING THEIR JOB WOULD LEAVE A BIGGER MARK, THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT FACT.
-If I kill a dragon, my life would get better, yep, that is indeed a thing.
-And I want a date.
-Just wanna leave my mark.
-I have left plenty of marks.
-In all the wrong places.
-I am terrible with weapons, not a surprise.
-I made weapons to compensate for that. They do not always go well.
-I need to stop doing 'this.'
-Which involves all of me.
-I am full of raw vikingness that can't be contained. =|
-Not happy.
-B-but following Gobber's orders, sharpening the sword.
Meaning
WELL THERE'S THOSE FIRST MEMORY FEELS. Everyone telling him to go inside. He has apparently gone outside some times anyway and apparently left marks in ALL THE WRONG PLACES. So those last few times, this...y-yeah, him causing damage in a raid instead of help definitely appears to be a thing they learned from. More worries that maybe he's some sort of jinx. Nothing TERRIBLE has happened in Aather...but what if it does. What if it's just waiting.
BUT THERE IS ONE THING. Hiccup felt insanely jealous of the water brigade, thought they had the cooler job. Throwing water. On a fire. That they were doing more good than him. It's actually kind of hilarious as it may be the first time Rider feels a genuine and complete disconnect from how Hiccup is feeling in regards to this. Hiccup doesn't feel blacksmith is good job for being useful and good for the village.
MEANWHILE IN AATHER LAND, the moment Rider knew he was a blacksmith and started telling people, everyone says it's useful and some have been really excited he actually knows what to do in a forge and asked him for lessons. Every single reaction has been positive to super positive so seeing a moment of not positive is just...so very weird to Rider. Which will help him focus on the fact that maybe his 'default' to how he deals with some things are not quite right, which he's already kind of getting. Just...'YEP, super have problems in handling some of my issues in regards to people.'
Violence is definitely common place. There was no real fear here. A whole lot of thrill, a chance to make his mark, but while he was AWARE of the danger, he didn't feel afraid. The people could handle it, they were strong. And others felt this way too. It was hard, but they could succeed. (Until he messed it up later anyway.)
Wondering if this is connected to his first memory...if it is, he's missing a middle part pretty definitely which is weird.
Gobber is my teacher and snark buddy! Seems legit. And makes sense, kind of young and not trusted enough to be the only blacksmith. (He was kind of hoping he was, that level of trust would have been nice, but yeah...no.) But it does make that one 'Gobber is not here' comment make sense, just DISTRACTED before.
Also, I'm a dork, but no surprise.
I wonder if I could get a date in Aather...
Positive-Trivial: An axe to grind. (Form: Bread crumbs the size of your thumb. 0/4)
Another deleted scene I decided to use. Mostly take out the sandwich line with some other snarky comment and the mention of dragon training. They already said Hiccup lied about Night Fury downing before, so he totally could have said it again. =D Some different wording for scar lines and responding sarcasm.
Break Down
-More forge work with Gobber! We are a well oiled machine.
-Gobber is definitely my confidant.
-Stoick is supposed to be tough on everyone.
-I have some anger issues with this.
-He is impossible to please.
-We don't make much eye contact and only know he's my father because we live together.
-There's the Viking way and there's MY way and that makes grown men uncomfortable.
-W E L P
-Gobber is not good with subject changes.
-I apparently have a thing with Astrid.
-She wouldn't come near me if she was on fire and I had the only bucket of water.
-Oh, yes, very much have a thing.
-And babble.
-Smoooooth Gobber.
-Axes are heavy.
-It was her mothers.
-A dragon raid last night apparently?
-Scars are cool.
-I am a liar. SUCH A LIAR.
-...I am apparently an ass man.
-WHOOPS.
-G-got fix this before she notices.
-Astrid shouldn't be in the back room, but let her go anyway for fixing things.
-Huh, that's an interesting weapon idea.
-Astrid is a girl of the viking way.
-Talking about how fighting dragons is awesome, something more general.
-Kids calling for Astrid!
-Give her the new axe...
-S-sob, she's appreciative of my LIES, no wonder I do it so much.
-Not so fond of the idea of scars being fun. =|a
-Why do they WANT to get hurt, only get hurt if you have to guys.
Meaning
YEAH, PRETTY DICK MOVE TO ASTRID THERE. S-sob, ruining things from mother's.
Seriously has a problem with lying.
But yes, very close to Gobber. Complain to him a lot and we work together well. He is not smooth. I do not get along well with my father at all and there's some bitterness there.
More feelings of not belonging. The viking way and my way. My way is uncomfortable for people, or at least grown men. Sob, why is everything about me so awkward in my tribe? Actually kind of hurts to hear. Why can't I just fit in? >8
...no, serious crush on Astrid, she's hot and kind of love her bad ass attitude.
But overall, it's relatively nice. Had a nice chat with Astrid, got to do some healthy venting with Gobber, Astrid looked kind of happy at me and we had a WHOLE CONVERSATION that was rather nice. =D
Positive-Trivial: If only he had a laser pointer. (Form: A colored feather that fades with use. 0/5)
More of the montage!
In the morning he goes to see Toothless again! This time with tools. He takes the time to show Toothless the tools first, make sure he's comfortable with them, and doing some work with the rig on him because it's hard not to. Some more talking. Mentioned Stoick is chief because I'm not sure if he ever says it in the movie that's not voice over, but he got the memory with the voice over, so CONFIRMATION. While working, Toothless eventually spot the light and goes for it. Hiccup figures out what it means and play time!
EXT. COVE
Hiccup is using a little hammer to create a patch of light on the ground. Toothless claws and chases the light patch like a cat chasing a laser pointer.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - DAY
A beam lifts from the door of another dragon pen.
GOBBER
Meet the Terrible Terror.
A tiny, pint-sized dragon steps out and moves toward the recruits.
TUFFNUT
Ha. It's like the size of my--
Tuffnut is taken down in a blur. A Terrible Terror is gnawing at it's nose.
Get it off! Get it off! Oh! I'm hurt, I am very much hurt!
Hiccup stops the Terrible Terror with the same light-patch trick he used earlier with Toothless. The tiny dragon retreats back to it's cage. The teens approach him yet again as Astrid looks on with suspicion.
(TO ASTRID)
Wow, he's better than you ever were.
CUT TO:
EXT. FOREST - MOMENTS LATER
Astrid furiously hurls her axe at a nearby tree. She notices Hiccup walking by in the distance, carrying one of his trademark harnesses. She quickly tries to follow, but he loses her in the woods. She HUFFS, frustrated.
And Hiccup ninjas off.
Break Down
-More going off to see Toothless in the morning!
-Yes, dad is chief!
-I dunno, some more stuff about the village. General, no consequence stuff.
-Oh, Toothless likes to chase the light.
-Cuuuuute.
-Used this on a Terrible Terror. Terrible Terrors should not be underestimated.
-BUT THEY ARE KIND OF ADORABLE.
-Oh, blond guy....
-Wow, they really do admire me.
-AND A CROWD OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
-S-sob, my liiiiies.
-Some more admiration before I can sneak off into the woods.
-Oh crap, Astrid saw me.
-NINJA VIKING INTO THE WOODS.
-Well, he's quick at least...
Meaning
I AM STILL A PERSON FULL OF LIES AND TERRIBLE DECISIONS.
But gosh, Toothless is adorable, aaaaaa. And the popularity is kind of nice, aaaa. Just ignore my guilt for lies, sob.
That time where I need to compile a list of who all is teaching Rider things because there is going to be a noticeable difference!
This, this, and this all contain examples of Hiccup's work. As well as Toothless tailfin rig, which involves a whole lot of tension in the ropes to work right, not easy to do. (Also looking up the history of the spyglass is hilarious, Hiccup was making one five centuries before they were wide spread, and if they were really invented in the West by then is hard to check. Cartoon inaccuracies.)
Basically, Hiccup is not just smart, he's a genius. He can think of things that are way advanced for his time and while things do mess up on his first try, frequently, it's never fully wrong. More along the lines of a real world inventor. Get the basic idea, make adjustments as you figure out more about what it is you're trying to accomplish. So he will start thinking of making things just...because he can. Inventions may go beyond just the immediate need, try and figure out ways to make it better, etc, etc. So he will start tinkering more actively. (Sorry Heliodor, for when he tries to make things that involve projectiles.)
BUT ALSO ANOTHER NOTE, especially for people teaching Rider things, there will be a noticeably large difference on how fast he picks things up. For academia. (Sorry, Obi, he will still be a terrible student for combat.) Anything mechanical he will be especially fast, but other things will still just be easier to teach him. Not only will he absorb the information, he will be able to apply it to real world situations more effectively. Except for strategy and tactics, as that involves another skill, so it's kind of like a blank spot.
He may also have a tendency to be more easily distracted. Ideas will pop up with ease so he'll want to actually think on them. Which might mean ignoring what he SHOULD be paying attention too.
...also probably a small adjustment period as he gets used to his brain running a mile a minute again when he starts getting ideas.
Positive-Trivial: Dragon nip. (Form: Noisemaker that spreads confetti. 1/3)
It's from a list of montage events. Hiccup gets one in the middle of the movie of working on the harness, and I'm fleshing it out a bit.
Memory starts with him working late in the forge again, making tethers to go on his saddle so he doesn't fall off. Then he goes for what little sleep he's BEEN getting until just before dawn where upon he sneaks out of the village to visit Toothless with a basket of fish. Spends a few hours with him, where they try flying again. He uses a rope to control the tail fin while he's tethered to the saddle. It's just tied to his foot though and it doesn't work and they go careening into a field. The rope breaks and Hiccup goes flying off and somehow lands on his feet, stumbling forward. When he goes back to Toothless, he sees him rolling around in the grass of the field like a cat in cat nip.
Hiccup puts Toothless back in the cove and takes some of the grass with him to dragon training. Goes through the lesson. Kids running around, Astrid the only one being truly competent at it, him trying to avoid danger. The Gronckle charges him after knocking down Tuffnut. Hiccup holds up his hand with the dragon nip, getting the dragon to come sliding to a halt, smelling the grass. He rubs the grass against his nose and makes him lay down on the ground in a blissful haze.
Some people are watching the session. Gobber praises Hiccup and he walks away with the kids after dragon training.
"I've never seen a Gronckle do that," Snoutlout praises and the other kids are giving praise. Hiccup is uncomfortable, not sure how to react to all this.
"Ah, I left my axe back in the ring. You guys go on ahead and I'll catch up with you." He slips away from the group, almost stumbling into Astrid, but then hurrying past them. The kids watch him go, Astrid with more suspicion. He goes back to the cove and hangs out with Toothless for the rest of the afternoon. There's more flying attempts, but also a lot of talking. Telling Toothless about how he's doing in dragon training, how he feels about the sudden attention he's getting. There's some mixed feelings. One part is REALLY uncomfortable, but the other part admits it actually feels nice. Also some random things, like what inventions he wants to try making, funny stories about old ones, some stuff about trolls...Random, but pretty inconsequential chit chat. And probably nap at some point with the dragon.
Break Down
-How to make tethers.
-My sleep schedule is terrible.
-Not my best idea, that foot thing.
-Gods, my dragon is like a cat.
-Though that's some pretty potent stuff. =|a
-Why yes, I am indeed using things I learn from Toothless in the ring. Suspicions CONFIRMED.
-Dragon nip works on lots of things.
-CONFLICT.
-Like the popularity.
-Feel uncomfortable.
-Reeeeeally not thinking of the potential fall out here.
-Chatting times with the dragon.
Meaning
I AM AN IDIOT, OKAY. I am going down a bad road with these lies and not even thinking about it. It is MOSTLY for testing purposes, but seriously.
Also, my dragon is a cat.
Wait, what is this about trolls and left socks?
But mostly just cute feels of spending time with Toothless and things not being emotionally oppressive. Just...undertones of that bad decision dinosaur he knows is there.
Negative-Trivial: Marks in all the wrong places. (Form: Shiny gold star stickers. 0/6)
(I cut out the voice over and the parts that focus on other places that's not Hiccup.)
INT. STOICK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
A door is pulled open... as a DRAGON swoops directly toward it, BLASTING FIRE. The door is SLAMMED. The fire shoots through the slats of wood, illuminating HICCUP, a gangly teenage Viking.
HICCUP
...dragons.
EXT. STOICK'S HOUSE
He reopens the sizzling door, as leaps off of the front porch. He weaves through the erupting mayhem as Vikings pour out of the buildings, ready for a fight. More dragons swarm in, setting rooftops alight and hauling off sheep. Vikings sound the alarm. Viking men and women pour out into the streets, axes in hand. ON HICCUP darting through alleys, staying under eaves, making his way through the battle. Dragons sweep back and forth, dodging axes and blasting the Vikings who throw them. A burly warrior gets tossed in an explosion, knocking Hiccup to the ground.
VIKING
(FIERCE)
Arggghhhhh!
(cheery, insane)
Mornin'!
Hiccup gets to his feet and continues to rush past gigantic men and women.
HOARK
What are you doing out!?
BURNTHAIR
Get inside!
PHLEGMA THE FIERCE
Get back inside!
HICCUP
He passes a silent ox of a viking, picking his ear. Enter STOICK, the biggest Viking of all. He yanks Hiccup from the path of a strafing dragon and holds aloft to the crowd.
STOICK
Hiccup!?
(accusingly; to the crowd)
What is he doing out again?!
(TO HICCUP)
What are you doing out?! Get inside!
The flames light up his scowling face and matted red beard. He sets Hiccup down and turns to the sky, searching. Stoick grabs a wooden cart and hurls it, knocking the strafing dragon out of the sky. An EXPLOSION forces Vikings to DUCK. Stoick stands firm, brushing flaming debris off of his shoulder.
VIKING
Hoist the torches!
Massive flaming braziers are raised on poles, lighting up the night sky... and revealing swirling dragons of all types. Below, Hiccup crosses an open plaza and ducks into an open building with a tall chimney.
INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
He crosses behind a counter, where a peg-legged, one-armed hulk of a Blacksmith reshapes blades with a hammer and tongs appendage.
GOBBER
Ah! Nice of you to join the party. I thought you'd been carried off.
Hiccup dons a leather apron and starts to put away Gobber's scattered appendages.
HICCUP
Who me? Nah, come on! I'm way too muscular for their taste. They wouldn't know what to do with all this.
Hiccup strikes a bodybuilder pose.
GOBBER
They need toothpicks, don't they?
Hiccup gets to work, transferring bent and chipped weapons to the forge as Vikings crowd the counter for replacements. He works on this for a time.
VIKING
FIRE!
In response, the fire brigade charges through the plaza -- four TEENS, tugging a large wooden cask on wheels. From it, they fill buckets of water to douse the flames. One among them is a cute, energetic Viking girl. Hiccup leans out of the stall to watch her. A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and heroic. Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by Gobber and hoisted back inside.
HICCUP
(PLEADING)
Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I need to make my mark.
GOBBER
Oh, you've made plenty of marks. All in the wrong places.
HICCUP
Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date.
GOBBER
You can't lift a hammer. You can't swing an axe...
Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope).
...you can't even throw one of these.
A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it at a dive-bombing Gronckle. The bola binds its legs, sending it into a heavy crash.
HICCUP
(ready with the answer)
Okay fine, but...
He rushes to the back corner of the stall and presents a bizarre, wheel barrow-like contraption.
... this will throw it for me.
Hiccup pats the hinged lid of the device. An arm springs up, equipped with twin bows. They prematurely launch a bola, narrowly missing Gobber... and taking out a Viking at the counter.
VIKING
Arggh!
GOBBER
See, now this right here is what I'm talking about.
HICCUP
M-mild calibration issue.
GOBBER
Hiccup. If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons, you need to stop all...
Gobber gestures in Hiccup's general direction.
...this.
HICCUP
(ASTONISHED)
But... you just pointed to all of me.
GOBBER
Yes! That's it! Stop being all of you.
HICCUP
(THREATENING)
Ohhhh...
GOBBER
(MIMICKING)
Ohhhhh, yes.
HICCUP
You, sir, are playing a dangerous game. Keeping this much, raw...Vikingness contained.
(BEAT)
There will be consequences!
GOBBER
I'll take my chances.
Gobber tosses him a sword.
Sword. Sharpen. Now.
Hiccup takes it begrudgingly and lobs it onto the grinding wheel. He stews... fantasizing...
And a video that shows part of the clip!
Break Down
-Hearing some noise in the morning, going to investiga-whaeiuhwjaoiuejw
-Nothing good ever comes from that dragon type (Monstrous Nightmare). =|
-Shutting the door and is safe, but there's this sudden feeling of excitement.
-No, really, he's running out into that chaos and he's SMILING WIDELY.
-Well, glad to know someone can still give a proper morning greeting while fighting against dragons (and one can pick his ear.)
-EVERYONE TELLING HIM TO GO INSIDE.
-So I'm not allowed to go outside during a dragon raid, that's a thing and LITERALLY EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
-But dad is awesome at fighting, okay.
-Oh, I was going to the blacksmith.
-Gobber! =O
-Okay, apparently I am not a blacksmith, I am a blacksmith APPRENTICE and Gobber is my teacher.
-Probably why he knows me so well, that's a lot of time we spent together. (And since he knew as a kid, it's been some years. Littler indeed.)
-Snarking back and forth, all the affectionate and deprecating humor on me, but it's cool, Gobber means no harm.
-Fuck yeah, doing a lot of awesome and quick work, all things considered.
-Oh, water brigade, that's a good idea. So that's what the others did before training.
-....
-I feel insanely jealous of their job.
-Tooooootally have a thing for Astrid.
-DOING THEIR JOB WOULD LEAVE A BIGGER MARK, THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT FACT.
-If I kill a dragon, my life would get better, yep, that is indeed a thing.
-And I want a date.
-Just wanna leave my mark.
-I have left plenty of marks.
-In all the wrong places.
-I am terrible with weapons, not a surprise.
-I made weapons to compensate for that. They do not always go well.
-I need to stop doing 'this.'
-Which involves all of me.
-I am full of raw vikingness that can't be contained. =|
-Not happy.
-B-but following Gobber's orders, sharpening the sword.
Meaning
WELL THERE'S THOSE FIRST MEMORY FEELS. Everyone telling him to go inside. He has apparently gone outside some times anyway and apparently left marks in ALL THE WRONG PLACES. So those last few times, this...y-yeah, him causing damage in a raid instead of help definitely appears to be a thing they learned from. More worries that maybe he's some sort of jinx. Nothing TERRIBLE has happened in Aather...but what if it does. What if it's just waiting.
BUT THERE IS ONE THING. Hiccup felt insanely jealous of the water brigade, thought they had the cooler job. Throwing water. On a fire. That they were doing more good than him. It's actually kind of hilarious as it may be the first time Rider feels a genuine and complete disconnect from how Hiccup is feeling in regards to this. Hiccup doesn't feel blacksmith is good job for being useful and good for the village.
MEANWHILE IN AATHER LAND, the moment Rider knew he was a blacksmith and started telling people, everyone says it's useful and some have been really excited he actually knows what to do in a forge and asked him for lessons. Every single reaction has been positive to super positive so seeing a moment of not positive is just...so very weird to Rider. Which will help him focus on the fact that maybe his 'default' to how he deals with some things are not quite right, which he's already kind of getting. Just...'YEP, super have problems in handling some of my issues in regards to people.'
Violence is definitely common place. There was no real fear here. A whole lot of thrill, a chance to make his mark, but while he was AWARE of the danger, he didn't feel afraid. The people could handle it, they were strong. And others felt this way too. It was hard, but they could succeed. (Until he messed it up later anyway.)
Wondering if this is connected to his first memory...if it is, he's missing a middle part pretty definitely which is weird.
Gobber is my teacher and snark buddy! Seems legit. And makes sense, kind of young and not trusted enough to be the only blacksmith. (He was kind of hoping he was, that level of trust would have been nice, but yeah...no.) But it does make that one 'Gobber is not here' comment make sense, just DISTRACTED before.
Also, I'm a dork, but no surprise.
I wonder if I could get a date in Aather...
Positive-Trivial: An axe to grind. (Form: Bread crumbs the size of your thumb. 0/4)
Another deleted scene I decided to use. Mostly take out the sandwich line with some other snarky comment and the mention of dragon training. They already said Hiccup lied about Night Fury downing before, so he totally could have said it again. =D Some different wording for scar lines and responding sarcasm.
Break Down
-More forge work with Gobber! We are a well oiled machine.
-Gobber is definitely my confidant.
-Stoick is supposed to be tough on everyone.
-I have some anger issues with this.
-He is impossible to please.
-We don't make much eye contact and only know he's my father because we live together.
-There's the Viking way and there's MY way and that makes grown men uncomfortable.
-W E L P
-Gobber is not good with subject changes.
-I apparently have a thing with Astrid.
-She wouldn't come near me if she was on fire and I had the only bucket of water.
-Oh, yes, very much have a thing.
-And babble.
-Smoooooth Gobber.
-Axes are heavy.
-It was her mothers.
-A dragon raid last night apparently?
-Scars are cool.
-I am a liar. SUCH A LIAR.
-...I am apparently an ass man.
-WHOOPS.
-G-got fix this before she notices.
-Astrid shouldn't be in the back room, but let her go anyway for fixing things.
-Huh, that's an interesting weapon idea.
-Astrid is a girl of the viking way.
-Talking about how fighting dragons is awesome, something more general.
-Kids calling for Astrid!
-Give her the new axe...
-S-sob, she's appreciative of my LIES, no wonder I do it so much.
-Not so fond of the idea of scars being fun. =|a
-Why do they WANT to get hurt, only get hurt if you have to guys.
Meaning
YEAH, PRETTY DICK MOVE TO ASTRID THERE. S-sob, ruining things from mother's.
Seriously has a problem with lying.
But yes, very close to Gobber. Complain to him a lot and we work together well. He is not smooth. I do not get along well with my father at all and there's some bitterness there.
More feelings of not belonging. The viking way and my way. My way is uncomfortable for people, or at least grown men. Sob, why is everything about me so awkward in my tribe? Actually kind of hurts to hear. Why can't I just fit in? >8
...no, serious crush on Astrid, she's hot and kind of love her bad ass attitude.
But overall, it's relatively nice. Had a nice chat with Astrid, got to do some healthy venting with Gobber, Astrid looked kind of happy at me and we had a WHOLE CONVERSATION that was rather nice. =D
Positive-Trivial: If only he had a laser pointer. (Form: A colored feather that fades with use. 0/5)
More of the montage!
In the morning he goes to see Toothless again! This time with tools. He takes the time to show Toothless the tools first, make sure he's comfortable with them, and doing some work with the rig on him because it's hard not to. Some more talking. Mentioned Stoick is chief because I'm not sure if he ever says it in the movie that's not voice over, but he got the memory with the voice over, so CONFIRMATION. While working, Toothless eventually spot the light and goes for it. Hiccup figures out what it means and play time!
EXT. COVE
Hiccup is using a little hammer to create a patch of light on the ground. Toothless claws and chases the light patch like a cat chasing a laser pointer.
EXT. TRAINING GROUNDS - DAY
A beam lifts from the door of another dragon pen.
GOBBER
Meet the Terrible Terror.
A tiny, pint-sized dragon steps out and moves toward the recruits.
TUFFNUT
Ha. It's like the size of my--
Tuffnut is taken down in a blur. A Terrible Terror is gnawing at it's nose.
Get it off! Get it off! Oh! I'm hurt, I am very much hurt!
Hiccup stops the Terrible Terror with the same light-patch trick he used earlier with Toothless. The tiny dragon retreats back to it's cage. The teens approach him yet again as Astrid looks on with suspicion.
(TO ASTRID)
Wow, he's better than you ever were.
CUT TO:
EXT. FOREST - MOMENTS LATER
Astrid furiously hurls her axe at a nearby tree. She notices Hiccup walking by in the distance, carrying one of his trademark harnesses. She quickly tries to follow, but he loses her in the woods. She HUFFS, frustrated.
And Hiccup ninjas off.
Break Down
-More going off to see Toothless in the morning!
-Yes, dad is chief!
-I dunno, some more stuff about the village. General, no consequence stuff.
-Oh, Toothless likes to chase the light.
-Cuuuuute.
-Used this on a Terrible Terror. Terrible Terrors should not be underestimated.
-BUT THEY ARE KIND OF ADORABLE.
-Oh, blond guy....
-Wow, they really do admire me.
-AND A CROWD OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.
-S-sob, my liiiiies.
-Some more admiration before I can sneak off into the woods.
-Oh crap, Astrid saw me.
-NINJA VIKING INTO THE WOODS.
-Well, he's quick at least...
Meaning
I AM STILL A PERSON FULL OF LIES AND TERRIBLE DECISIONS.
But gosh, Toothless is adorable, aaaaaa. And the popularity is kind of nice, aaaa. Just ignore my guilt for lies, sob.
