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My interpretation of Future!Astrid, and a way to rant about my views about her.

I've really wanted to get this across in my fic because it's quite prominent, being that Astrid is feminine. Seriously. She's not some butch chick about to go slay some dragon ass and be chief of Berk and the one wearing the pants in the relationship ALL the time. Really, I'm a total history freak going to major in Anthropology with a minor in History so I really try to stick to the book as much as I can (as far as it goes, knowing that documentation wasn''t super accurate way back), and I enjoy it, so I do take it seriously. And, knowing what I do, women in Viking culture did have enormous amounts of respect in contrast to Indian women or Russian women, or any woman anywhere in deep history, but Viking men would never allow a woman to be a chief. Oh my god, never . I don't care about the ifs and the buts, but guise. And the thing about Hiccup not being chief really irks me too. I know he's still a wimpy noodle, but you saw the way he commanded the group when they arrived at the Green Death scene. He's born to be chief. It''s natural for him to be so, though he's grown up being a stupid, fumbling, always-messing-up dork.

Okay. About Astrid and the picture again. I see Astrid as a 'hidden' type of feminine. Like, she obviously doesn't want to show it because of the boys she's surrounded by and she doesn't want them to see her 'womanly' weaknesses, but she SO is such a girl still. Did you see she flicked her bangs or tucked her hair behind her ear? I mean, if she was the incredibly up front type of person that I see a lot, she would have outright kissed Hiccup instead of messing around and kissing his cheek. She was so blushing. It was soooooOOooo obvious.

This also ties in with her femininity and still wanting to be 'the best' and tough and shiz. I don't see her losing that at ALL. She wouldn't be Astrid if she didn't tussle in the mud and punched Snotlout all the time. Really. I love her to death. Maybe that's because I can relate to her just the same, but she's a good, somewhat rounded character though slightly undeveloped in the movie but enough for opinions.

And oh . I can't forget to mention this. Astrid is so perfect for Hiccup, not in every way, but pretty damn close. She pushes him around a lot and I could see him doing the same with his dinky ideas and stuttering, but they fit each other comfortably and nicely. She could be a bit tough and domineering, but she has a soft side too (relating back to the kissing cheek thing). She has many layers. Many... many layers. Oh dear Jesus, does she. But that is what also makes me love her to pieces. And besides, I don't see who else Hiccup could be with. I mean, I watched the movie, so I'm going to go with the freaking movie. I read only the first book and Camicazi wasn't introduced, so I don't really see her being 'with' Hiccup in anyway. I mean... Astrid is a spin-off from Camicazi, but, I don't know, from what I know about her... she doesn't seem to fit. Camicazi and Hiccup are definitely more friends than lovers, I know that.

Ah, anyway, so this pic is definitely set in the future. After I drew it, I wanted it to be about after the time she marries Hiccup but her hair is supposed to be up, so just ignore that. Ugh. And do I just love Astrid in that gray-blue, holy mother. It's so lovelyyyyy on her.

And man oh man do I need to get to those full-body things. Fack. I'm so out of ideas for everything. I can't write, I can't draw. This is really quite old, this drawing. I've had it on my computer, and I'm bored enough on a Friday night to get to drawing and update something. BUT, I did update my fic yesterday. Go reeeeead, homies. OHHH, and you see that necklace? Yeah, Hiccup gave that to her on his adventurez. IN MAH FIC.

NOTE: I do not intend to hate on your opinions and nor will I ever. I respect what you believe as long as you respect mine. I really could give two shits if you think this or that. RESPECT, bros

P.S: Totes go ahead and let me know what you think about anything I've said or about the pic!

I think I'm a bit too obsessed with HTTYD

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Jammed out to You Are a Tourist by Death Cab For Cutie whilst coloring!

Astrid (c) DreamWorks, art (c) me

Officially end rant.