Talk:Dark AU/@comment-109.76.42.189-20151104150922/@comment-204.185.137.124-20161027142042

Why does everyone think that would happen? Cannonicly, Merida has no interest in romance, Astrid is too mature, self-assured, and inteligent to go 'Bad out of jealous' as you put it, and Hiccup has liked Astrid for a long time, so he wouldn't just dump her after finally winning her over just because he meets another girl who, like Astrid, enjoys using deadly weaponry and has a temper. I actually think Astrid and Merida would become friends. They might have a rough start, and some loud fights since they are both opinionated and quick to anger, but they would probably bond the same way Astrid and Heather did in season 2 of RTTE. If nothing else they would respect each other for their skills as fellow warriors. And I also don't think Merida would try and steal Hiccup, even if she did like him. The whole Merida-Hiccup-Astrid love triangle just seems way to OOC for me to find plausible, and is one of the reasons why I really dont like Mericcup. (Another reason is that Astrid is one of my favorite animated characters ever and this set-up portrays her as the stupid blonde cliched bimbo antagonist you would see in a crappy high school movie.  Like Sharpay in High School Musical, but without being funny.)