Talk:Hiccstrid/@comment-99.118.64.7-20140911050906/@comment-24667521-20150305034722

I think the problem with Mericcup fanfics, and a lot of fics for popular pairings, is that they don't need to be a of good quality to get positive attention. I've seen the same thing happen with Jelsa, Jackunzel, Hirogo, etc. A number of the fanfics are total crap, especially the high school and college ones, but the reviews are still like "ermergerd it's so good please write moar." So the writers of popular ships don't have much incentive to do better. Meanwhile, the well-written, well thought out fanfics about less popular pairings hardly get any attention at all. :/

However, it's like I always say: never judge a ship by its shippers. There are GOOD Mericcup, Jelsa, Jackunzel, Hirogo etc fanfics out there, you just need to take the time to find them (if you're interested enough, that is--I've never read a good Jelsa fanfic, but I don't like Jelsa enough to bother looking for one. XD) I totally get where you're coming from, anon, but I'm not so sure it's right to say, "Hiccstrid fanfics are better than Mericcup fanfics, so Hiccstird must be better than Merricup." I'm not so sure it works that way. XD