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Description "There's not a word yet
For old friends who've just met.
Part heaven and part space
Or have I found my place?
You can just visit, but I plan to stay.
I'm going to go back there someday."- Paul Williams, The Muppet Movie soundtrack

An image from the recent chapter 36 of 's "Hitchups" ("Integrated") I'd probably give too much away by describing it more, but it is meant to be mirror the "Time Out" image from the "Timed" chapter. (This one right here: [link] ) ++

The same characters meet again, only now time has passed, and they are meeting actually in person.

This is not meant to be romantic, rather bittersweet and the feeling of two souls meeting as friends.

It's kind of "meh" for me. I was trying to depict wind, something that's almost a constant on an island.

This part of the story reminded me of a short story by sci fi author Ray Bradbury that my sixth grade teacher read us aloud. You can find it here. It's G rated, but very thoughtful- [link]

Hiccup and the Elder belong to Dreamworks and Cressida Cowell.

Hitchups belongs to AvannaK

Vellum Bristol with pencil, Pigment liner, Prismacolor pencils, Prismacolor Artstix, Prismacolor watercolor pencils, digital shenanigans
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Comments: 12

AvannaK [2011-07-11 12:15:19 +0000 UTC]

Awww, this is spoiltry! And I mean you are spoiling me; I don't care much about spoilers. I loooove it! First of all, I love how you quoted a song from the Muppet Movie Soundtrack - that's kind of hilarious. I totally saw the connection to your Timed chapter as well--that was clever!

I'm really liking the details you put into this...though that could be because I refuse to add details myself. I can see Hiccup's neck scar and the Elder's age-spots! I also got the sense of windiness when I really started to study the background; that's when it all tied in for me. Nice positioning of their bodies too. I like how we can really see the height difference between them and they just have a very comfortable and tender vibe about them.

That was a very sweet short story, very sad. Thanks for sharing it.
And thank you for drawing this! Someone else had as well, almost as soon as I posted the chapter too - it was nuts!

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FjordMustang In reply to AvannaK [2011-07-11 14:22:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for liking the image. I did not want to put in spoilers and hoped I was not causing a problem with that- that's why I tried to keep things very vague.

I loved that song from the "Muppet Movie." It stood out as a sad, sweet, thoughtful song amid the more cheerful ones of the movie.

Oh, I am SO GLAD you caught the details. Score another point for my off kilter Marvel Comics and Mad Magazine influences that make me the oddball in this fandom (plus my cougar-ness). The wind sorta worked for me- it really was important to have the background show the wind so Hiccup and the Elder didn't look like bed heads. I see I need to keep practicing, though.
And I am glad their gazes are bittersweet and tender, not kinky (I was worried about that, too.)

I saw the other image as well. That one sure got drawn fast.

Ray Bradbury rocks! I think he was one of my big influences. Years later I can still read his stories and love them as much as when I was a kid. This particular story is sad, but if you take it from a science fiction perspective it actually had a happy ending since Bradbury puts in some clues that the protagonists wife is his teacher and she found that way to "leave" this reality and come again at the right time to meet him so they could meet. But he never figured it out she was his teacher.

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Eleanor-Aetheling [2011-07-11 02:18:19 +0000 UTC]

If that is what I think it is... IIII KNEEEEEWWWW IIIIIIIIIIT!

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FjordMustang In reply to Eleanor-Aetheling [2011-07-11 03:05:11 +0000 UTC]

And you might be right!!!! I was guessing that, too. You can check out the story here, at least until it gets to DA: [link]

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Eleanor-Aetheling In reply to FjordMustang [2011-07-11 03:20:26 +0000 UTC]

I'll wait 'till it gets here. I've been meaning to mention it to AvannaK, but I doubt she'd either confirm or deny it. Quite right, too. Anywho, I'll wait. Thanks though.

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FjordMustang In reply to Eleanor-Aetheling [2011-07-11 03:34:01 +0000 UTC]

YouΒ΄re welcome. If I were in her shoes, I would also refuse to confirm or deny it.

But just wanted to post the picture while I had some down time. I am sure the story will be up here soon enough. But I hope you read the Bradbury story I posted. That was one of the most touching stories from my childhood (I love BradburyΒ΄s work, not least because he came from Illinois/Missouri, like me, and his depictions how magical a region most people think of as boring were just so spot on. He really knew how wonderful it is to be a child and that magic and wonder exist in every place if you look for it.

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Eleanor-Aetheling In reply to FjordMustang [2011-07-11 03:56:02 +0000 UTC]

What is your story called? I looked in your gallery and saw only To Soar into the Sunset (which I have read and I loved, btw! Sorry I haven't commented on it yet ) But I understand that to be inspired by a writer named Robert Heinlein.

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FjordMustang In reply to Eleanor-Aetheling [2011-07-11 04:06:04 +0000 UTC]

Yes, you are right. I only have that story posted here, though I will bring over the other two stories I have in fan fiction.net (The Boneknapper sequel and a parallel story with original characters from my "Sunset" story and cameos by Hiccup and Toothless)

The story I mentioned is actually one by the classic sci fi author Ray Bradbury. I stuck the link for it in the comments about the "Full Circle" image. It's a story I loved as a kid, and the "Hitchups" Gudrid and Hiccup tie reminded me of it. I found the story by Bradbury on line, and here it is. Hope you like it as much as I did. [link]

And thank you for liking my silly stories! I sure do appreciate it. They are on the really odd side of weird, so I love that there are open minded people like you who give them a chance!

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Eleanor-Aetheling In reply to FjordMustang [2011-07-11 04:33:21 +0000 UTC]

hehe I've loved sci-fi for years now. Stargate, Firefly and what-not. Mixing HTTYD with invading AU's is not something I would have thought of. hehe I loved it! :bravoplz:

I don't allow myself to go to FF.net. I used to go there all the time, everyday; and if I were to return I'd be like a recovering druggie let loose in a pharmacy on the worst day of their life... It would eat my soul.

But your Bradbury story is on Angelfire so I'll read that tomorrow. It's nearly 12 am here and I have work in the morning. *scoldsmyself*

If your other stories are even 3/4 as good as Sunset then I scertainly look forward to reading them. (3/4 is just a joke, please don't take it to heart! I'm sure I'll enjoy them anyway.)

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FjordMustang In reply to Eleanor-Aetheling [2011-07-11 16:12:23 +0000 UTC]

Yea! Fellow sci fi junkie. We are a rare breed.

I can understand about ff.net. It seems like it has been very tempting to a lot of people.

That's nice of your comments on my stories. You made my Monday!

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Eleanor-Aetheling In reply to Eleanor-Aetheling [2011-07-11 03:23:55 +0000 UTC]

BTW, didn't the green shirt he bought in England have sleeves? Or does he have another? I thought I remembered him haveing sleeves when they did recon on the nest.

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FjordMustang In reply to Eleanor-Aetheling [2011-07-11 03:44:12 +0000 UTC]

It might- I would have to read that part again. YouΒ΄re probably right. I will have to remember that for future artwork. The logic side of me wanted to put in the longer sleeves since it's pretty durn cold in that part of the world, but I think I got affected by some other fan art showing HiccupΒ΄s return. Heh. I am so bad. I was a bit annoyed Cami took away the Byzantine shirt since I would have preferred Hiccup come back looking like someone from a very cross cultural background.

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