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Book 7 gave me nightmares as a kid about getting taken by Norbert the Nutjob and sold into the Viking slave trade and I was petrified of Bearcub's grandma
we always specify the difference between the earlier books and the later books in the HTTYD franchise as "books 1-7 are whimsical, fun child fantasy and books 8-12 are absolutely fucked" but... i don't believe that's true.
the later books are consistently fucked up and complicated and mature and wonderful and tend to leave me with tears in my eyes. the early books trick you into believing that they're fun children's stories and then jumpscare you with the most messed up set of paragraphs you've ever read in your entire fucking life AND THEN just pretend like nothing ever happened.
the books all take place in the same universe, the same fucked up, horrible world. the early books are through the lense of a child who hasn't yet grasped how fucked up the world is, who hasn't been exposed to the fuckery yet. the later books are through the lense of the same child who has now been burdened with Knowledge. once you have the context of the later books, the earlier books start to make too much sense. and holy fuck do they get a lot darker upon reread.
the books are all completely fucked up. the only difference is the consistency at which the books are fucked up.
you know what book seriously messed me up as a kid? book 2. DEAR GODS BOOK 2.
AS A FELLOW I LOVE AMY FAN, I hereby extend this to my moots as well (READ I LOVE AMY YA'LL OR DIEEEE🔪🔪🔪)
y-you know I love Amy… I’ve met my ppl… ascends to heaven /j
I LOVE I LOVE AMY
I LOVE AMY FAN
I LOVE AMY FAN OMG OMG OMG
FREAKING OUT RN WUAJAUIQJAIOAKAIAOWKAIOKAAUIQJAIQIAJAJAJIWIQQJJQ
Threat to all my moots: if you don't know/haven't read I Love Amy, do it now or perish🔫
VERY compressed summary but basically it's a cute cute CUTE GL manga(?) abt Bibi (blondie), a typical yandere who wants to gain the love of Peter (no cuz I genuinely love Peter so much) and pretty much forces Amy(black haired girl) to help her. But oh no! Is she falling for Amy instead??? (literally read it right now do it do it right now. even if my summary isn't convincing enough the art style should be reason enough)
IT HAS SOME REALLY TOUCHING THEMES TOO!!! idk paraphrasing a post I've read but it went smthn like "mentally ill and traumatized people are not less worthy of love than everyone else" or smthn
look I'm sleep deprived rn and abt to fall asleep I can't formulate meaningful words rn just take my word(or don't) and read it
100/10 recommended
if you haven't seen the 60s live action tintin movies, i highly recommend them
iirc there's a post on the TAOT subreddit with a link to a Google drive and also English subs included
The music is really nice, the aesthetics are super cool and Jean-Pierre Talbot who played tintin actually met herge and they were great friends, which is awesome (and also fan goals, so we can live vicariously through him, amirite)