Disclaimer: If I owned HTTYD, I would be writing book nine by now.
Author's Note: I'm on a roll today and nothing's gonna break my stride! I've been meaning to write something like this for a while. Let's give it a whirl. Just a quote to get us in the mood…
"If Alvin had not stolen Humungous' heart's stone, the hearts of Valhallarama and Humungous would have never been broken.
My mother would never have married my father.
And I, the hiccup, the accident, WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BORN."-Our beloved Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, How to Twist a Dragon's Tale
The underlined part made me interested in why Cressida Cowell chose to name a character very different from his father Hiccup…
Character: Stoick
Genres: Family/Angst
Rating: K+
Constantly, he was reminded that Snotlout would make a much better heir than Hiccup. That was something completely out of Stoick's control.
He had tried and tried to make a Viking out of Hiccup but each time he was unsuccessful. Every time his son did something stupid, Stoick thought the gods were laughing at him.
Often times, Stoick pretended that Hiccup just happened to be his son.
The boy just happened to come out of his wife. When Hiccup was born Stoick thought Valhallarama had been sleeping with someone else. Hiccup was nothing like him, not even in looks!
There was one thing Stoick and Hiccup had in common: their Viking stubbornness. Stoick never gave up and fought dragons until they were dead. Hiccup never gave up and dreamed crazy ideas until they came true.
Why couldn't Hiccup just be like everyone else? He was so dorky and awkward and had no useful skills whatsoever. What was Stoick to do with him?
Luckily for Stoick, those qualities that made Hiccup different saved his father along with Berk and everything else. What a coincidence that Stoick should be blessed with such a hiccup, an accident.
