Gonna need everyone to go rewatch the beginning of Gift of the Night Fury because this exchange between Hiccup and Toothless where Hiccup imitates dragon noises is the cutest goddamn thing I've ever seen.
I finally watched Gift of the Night Fury and I gotta say this is my favorite characterization of Astrid ever. Like I have no hate against her she’s always just been a yeah she’s cool kinda character to me but her being so optimistic in gotnf bordering on manic is so good to me. Her trying her best to forcefully bring cheer during sad times is so entertaining and gives her the chaotic touch that I always felt her character was missing. And those moments when it’s apparent that she’s really bad at comforting people sometimes is so funny to me it makes her feel a little more real.
Also I think the art style really helped I don’t know how to explain it other than it feels like they syringe fed like two tiny droplets of Tim Burton into it - it gives all the characters a slightly insane look in their eyes favorite animation style for em yet <3
OKAY so we all know (and love) Gift of the Night Fury, we've all seen this scene:
With Snotlout and the cute little baby monstrous nightmare. And as if that wasn't adorable enough, in the wider shot of the whole great hall just before this shot, you can see where he and Fishlegs are sitting before we get the closer shot
And ITS FAINT and kinda hard to see but if you pay attention, you can see Snotlout and he does the thing pet owners do when they go nose to nose and shake their heads at them. Aka, he literally NUZZLES THE BABY DRAGON
ok but i will NEVER be over the look on Hiccup’s face when he slowly realises that the reason Toothless destroyed his new tail and pulled out his old saddle is because he only wants to fly if it’s with Hiccup, together, instead of on his own
like Hiccup almost always has a dry, sarcastic remark or comeback for pretty much everything, but in this moment he was completely speechless because he was so overwhelmed and awestruck at the affection from his dragon