PJOwriter

If there is one thing that I do think the tv-shows did Hiccup dirty on was to not give us more of his swordfighting. Because I've seen the fandom take that Hiccup is a bad swordfighter or can't hold his own in a fight float around from time to time, but he's not supposed to be bad, he's supposed to be great and the movies don't really put him in any scenarios in which he's in a swordfight.

In Httyd 2, his fight with Eret (which showed Hiccup's creativity in a fight) got scrapped in the storyboard stage (although voice acted lines do exist) and all we have to go on are when he frees Stormfly and when he spears his sword into the ground between Drago and his bullhook. (Neither of which are actual swordfighting)

I would make a comment about Httyd 3, but I don't remember that final fight between the Riders and the Northern Alliance well enough to do so. (Hiccstrid had the bedroom eyes and either Hiccup or Astrid took a guy's helmet off their head and threw it at another guy, I remember that, lol) (Which... taking a guy's helmet to throw it at a different guy's head is also creative and one of the details that I do love from the third movie)

Yeah, the Inferno is a tool, first and foremost, but I do think there's a reason why Hiccup was given a sword, of all things.

Only the tv-shows, specifically RttE, puts Hiccup into these swordfights, but there is really only one that is a proper swordfight and that is his fight with Viggo and Viggo beats him quite easily. With RoB, only hinting at a training being given because of the opener to 'Gem of a Different Color.' One swordfight that ended badly for him is all we have to go on. (Can his sparring match with Astrid even count?)

The only way you would know Hiccup is supposed to be this master swordsman is if you read the books. I know that's how I found out.

Easter is coming upon us and that means that many people will be looking for gifts to buy their children. And in the Spirit of the Easter Bunny, what gift could be better than a real bunny?

A stuffed animal.

Animals, regardless of it being a bunny, a cat, a dog, Mouse, Hamster, Fish &co. Are not an Option to become a gift that will be holding the attention of your four year old for two hours and then become boring because it just hides all the time.

Well, Newsflash Barbara, its a prey animal and your screeching toddler is scaring the living daylights out of the poor creature.

Don’t believe me? Here’s some of the Reasons why bunnies are surrendered to the shelter I work at:

1. "The Bunny bit my child"

2. "Child has lost interest in animal"

3. "Financial reasons"

4. "Animal takes up too much time and space"

5. "No interest in animal"

Take a good guess at how much a pair of rabbits can cost you in a year, yes I said a "Pair of" not a singular, Bunnies should always have a partner, but back to topic.

Let me assume, you guessed your costs would be at around 300 to 500 euros/dollars now, right? Its a small animal, surely it can’t be too expensive.

Wrong.

You should put about 1500 - 3000 euros/dollars aside just for the rabbits. You will have weekly expenses of 100 - 150€/$ just for leafy greens, another 200 bucks for vaccinations (Vax. Your. Rabbits. Myxo and RHD 1&2 are not a Joke. Unvaxxed animals will die.) And up to 1000 bucks in vet visits - if you’re lucky. An MRI of the skull, tooth surgery, ear surgery, etc. Can quickly ammount to the thousands.

Then there's the space issue. A 120×80cm cage should be big enough, right?

Wrong again.

4 squaremeters is the minimum of space required to hold a pair of rabbits comfortably, its even written down in the german "Tierschutzgesetz" (animal protection law) as such.

Free roam rabbits are the happiest rabbits and cagefree makes them even happier. I'm well aware that not everyone can afford to give a bunny that much space, but if I'm honest, if you cannot provide for the animal that is 100% dependant on you, in a way thats good for the animal, then don’t get a pet. Or at least not one that is as care intensive as a rabbit. - I haven't even gotten started on the plethora of illnesses they can get, Myxo and RHD (Rabbit Hemorrhaging Disease) aside there's an amount of ailments and illnesses a bunny can get that could've come straight from Pandora's box.

With that said, Happy Easter, and don’t gift animals!

Peekaboo!

Cute green bunnies

DIY Macrame Easter Basket

London Fog Cake with Honey Cream Cheese Frosting

Hidden Surprise Cinnamon Loaf (Vegan)

~ Spring and Easter ~

No Bake Birds Nest Cookies

Somebunny's ready for Easter! 🐰🥕 Patterns To Crochet a Chocolate Easter Bunny Amigurumi: 👉 https://buff.ly/CCpljXD

Whether as a stocking stuffer, hidden in an Easter basket, or as a prize for finding the afikomen, you'll never go wrong with a small Frightdorable cat!

i found a photo of a cake i made for my family ten years ago! it was a chocolate sponge cake, hidden underneath the eggs and chocolate fingers

Gotta wait til Easter to do a taste comparison but the "Robin Eggs" are the ones I remember as a kid. As an adult I've only been able to find the more lamely named "Eggies" both are by Hershey, both are whoppers with a candy coating. I found the US ones at the surplus store and am looking forward to comparing both.

Robin Eggs = US

Eggies = CAN

Chocolate Easter Pastry Bunnies (Vegan GF)