Chapter 46: "Means Of the Eternal" Bloopers

Yes, I'm doing a bloopers chapter. I may or may not do one for the other non-modern HTTYD fics I've written. It all depends on how you, my readers, like them.

Read & Review, please and thank you! The first one is kind of serious, but the rest are pretty funny, in my opinion. I know bloopers are usually supposed to be funny, but I couldn't get this first one out of my head!

It's a hot day on the set of How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. Becky, seven months pregnant, is sitting, doing what she needs to do for the scene, which is working on the stuffed Thunderclaw for her and Eret's IRL unborn daughter.

"Someone's here. He managed to slip past our scouts and lay a trap in the woods." Hiccup says, placing the dart filled with Deathgripper venom on a barrel.

"It ruined boy talk!" Tuffnut throws the dart and it barely misses Eret as it's thrown into a crate Eret is carrying.

Becky is up like a shot, protectively, but she faints. Eret drops the crate and barely catches her in time. Hiccup brings a chair over and Eret gently places his wife in it.

"My love, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Eret. Just stood up too fast. That's all."

Eret turns to Dean, the director.

"This is why she shouldn't stand up too fast. I don't want my wife fainting like this again, on set or off."

"Read you loud and clear, Eret."

"Eret, I'm fine. I can do this."

"I don't want anything occurring to you…or our daughter."

"We're both fine. This is the only time I have to stand up fast like this. I'll try my best to get it perfectly the next take."

Astrid hands Becky a bottle of water from catering.

"Thanks, Astrid."

"If you're sure, Becky." Eret tells his wife.

"I am."

Eret looks to the director.

"It's up to her, Eret. If she wants to do this, we can't stop her."

"Thanks, Dean." Becky says.

Thankfully, the next take is perfect. No fainting. No line skipping. Perfect.

~.~

During the next shot, where Eret is massaging Becky's shoulders while continuing to tell Hiccup and Astrid about Grimmel.

"Is Grimmel as bad as *BURP*. Oh, my gods. I am so sorry. Don't know where that came from."

"Cut! Let's do another take."

People begin to laugh at the loud burp coming from the woman who barely weighed 100 pounds when she wasn't pregnant.

~.~

Two months later (in the film and IRL), Eret cradles his newborn daughter as his wife rests nearby on the couch, exhausted from the birth.

A peeing sound is heard and Eret looks down to see a trail of pee coming from his newborn daughter down his arm.

"Can we get some towels in here, please? Wow, Ruby, barely an hour old, and you're already causing messes. But you are absolutely worth it, my little love. You are worth every mess you make."

Valka brings over some towels and cleans up Ruby – and Eret – while the cast and crew – Becky included – laugh in the background, not knowing how someone so small could make such a mess.

~.~

Three months later…

"To the chief and chieftess!"

Eret catches the bouquet Gobber accidentally throws. Ruby giggles before spitting up.

This time, Eret and Becky are prepared and Eret cleans up their daughter's face while Becky tries to calm Ruby down.

~.~

During the table read for the film, Eret and Becky, who was four months pregnant at the time, are sitting side by side, and Eret is reading through the closing narration.

"Tuffnut and Jasmine have since broken up, and Snotlout has gotten Tuffnut's attention. I guess Snotnut's a thing now…Don't tell them I said that."

"I find that offensive. Who wrote this line? I demand to speak with whoever wrote this line!" Tuffnut exclaims.

People are howling with laughter at Tuffnut's outrage.

"What? What did I say?"

Aaaand that's a wrap! But, seriously, those are all of the bloopers. For now. I have a few in my mind involving Drago, which, obviously, would take place during the second How To Train Your Dragon movie.

Thank you for reading!