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Inconsistencies in the HTTYD Universe
I don't understand why I can't find anything online when I google it to explain what in the world happened, so here goes. Maybe someone can explain to me what in the world is going on.
At the end of the first film, Hiccup and Astrid seem to be a couple. This is cemented in the fact that they kiss in some of the episodes of "Defenders of Berk" or whatever it's called.
But then, when I watch Race to the Edge, it's as if none of that never happened! Like, at all! An example of this would be a dialogue exchange between Heather and Astrid:
Heather: How about Hiccup? I see the way you look at him.
Astrid, throwing her axe at a target: What? We're just friends.
Me: ...
Me: WHAT
So... um, could someone explain this to me pls. I'm confused. Is it just a blip because of different writers?
Y'all, I'm in my feels at the moment. Ugh, I'm gonna sound like a hater, but I can't help feeling upset with everything right now. The situation with the world, Tae "cutting" his hair and j#kook trending on X. Jokers rejoicing over the romantic getaway and landing in the city for couple....ugh!!! Why?!?! All the pics have arms around the shoulder, "fans" asking the restaurant owner if the pic were taking by JK vs. staff, just to "proof" they were alone and on a "date." I feel like another news is gonna drop 😪
Ugh!! I hate this, I hate this feeling, I hate the world 🌎
Hearing and History
12th April 2023
So, I recently found out that my level of hearing is a lot lower than I thought it was and probably always has been.
What does this mean? Basically I probably would've benefited from hearing aids and learning sign language as a child rather than relying on self-taught lip-reading, guesswork, and asking people to repeat themselves/be patient.
Let me tell you, people are not always good at being patient.
I have very mixed feelings about this. Listening is very tiring, and I have always said this! I couldn't do mental maths questions because they were on a tape recording. Ditto language listening and oral exams, which I kept failing at school. French was nearly impossible for me because I cannot hear the words or make sense of the month movements. Thank gd for Spanish!
I didn't have a hearing test until I was in secondary school. That policy has changed now in the NHS so hearing loss is picked up very soon after birth. Basically, there were a bunch of points in my life when someone could have intervened to give me the tools to navigate the world rather than just let me figure it out.
I am not part of the Deaf community. I don't know anybody my age who is hard of hearing or deaf. My family thought it was 'normal' because my mum, her sister, and my grandad all have hearing loss. I was teased for being deaf while simultaneously nobody taking the implications of my deafness seriously. It was a lose-lose situation. Essentially, it wasn't that I wasn't deaf enough, it was that it didn't effect me obviously enough for anyone to do anything.
Now I have hearing aids, I can hear music, I can hear lyrics. I can hear (although not focus on) multiple conversations. Birds are insanely fucking loud. Projectors and air-conditioning drive me up the wall. My tinnitus is definitely worse, but that may also be a side effect of long covid (apparently that's a thing). It's a wild experience that I'm still getting used to, a year later.
I would still love to learn sign language. But now's not a great time: I'm tired, working and studying full-time, recovering from covid, and generally have shit going on. British Sign Language lessons are expensive in person, but learning online is something I'd rather avoid as I can't concentrate easily. This means more travel, more money, more time, more energy. This means I have to wait.
I wish I could've had the chance to learn when I was first diagnosed.
TLDR; just because you can work to the point of exhaustion to fit the needs of the world, doesn't mean you should have to! You deserve accommodations. The world needs to bend so that people don't break.