Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25097457-20140701225048/@comment-111.119.231.170-20150514162627

Okay, let's just get this clear. I respect both Hiccstrid AND Merricup ships, both of them seem to be legit considering Hiccup's personality. But as a HTTYD fan I just wanted to get this clear.

Astrid wasn't that harsh to Hiccup in the first movie. Since the first movie was mostly Hiccup's perspective, you might have missed it. But if you see the backgrounds carefully, Astrid is the only Viking of the group who doesn't mock or laugh at Hiccup. She looks rather somber when he gets sent off my his father.

About the "sudden love" business... Well, I guess it DID seem a bit rushed in the movie. However, HTTYD was hardly about romance. It was more about friendship and understanding others. I personally think the director didn't really dig so deep on the whole "falling in love" and focused more on the change of Astrid(Who was a Viking at heart) and her perspective towards dragons.

And besides, love happens in the craziest ways. See Anna and Hans(Even though Hans was not her true love). They went straight towards marrage. All Astrid did was give Hiccup a small peck on the cheek. She went really deep AFTER he defeated the Red Death and showed his specialness that made her fall for him. Their relationship gets deeper along with the TV series and they've eventually formed the bond they have today in the sequel.

I'm not the biggest fan to romance, but I hate hearing bad and incorrect things about movie characters I really like. And I'm pretty sure everyone feels like that when their OTPs are insulted. So guys, let's stop arguing and leave each other to ship in peace! There is NOTHING that is going to change no matter how you debate, and you know that.

-Sincerely, this random HTTYD fangirl who is randomly popping up on a random debate