Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25097457-20140701225048/@comment-75.133.162.111-20150918233432

The way I see it, when two people are in a relationship, you need to have just the right mix of similarities, differances, and respect for it to work. When Astrid supposedly "Insantly fell in love" with Hiccup because he kidnapped her, I dont think people are seeing things quite right. Hiccup didn't instantly turn her entier wold upside down. He showed her that dragons are like people: some are good, some are bad. He showed her how amazing Toothless is, but they both saw the most powerful dragon they could have imagined. If you go back and watch the movie again, looking closely this time, the first thing Astrid wanted to do when they got back to the grotto was to got tell the entier village "Hey everyone! Get your axes and shields, Hiccup shot down a Night Fury, and we found the nest! Let's go kill'em all!" She wasn't all "Oh Hiccup I was soooo wrong! I love you soooo much!" And then, when Hiccup doesnt let her go tell Bek about Toothless, she gives him the same look she gave him when they were in the arena and she told him to "Figure out which side you're on!". Seriously, the exact same look. And then, when he responded, she finaly saw the side of him that only Toothless had seen so far: the strong, confident, brave side of him. And then look at her face. Thats not love. That is respect. In and episode of Riders of Berk, Astrid tell Hiccup "You know what I always liked about you Hiccup? You were allways a gracious loser." So, she allready had a little bit of respect for him and his ability to accept his failures, and now she respects him for his strength. So, we have on ingredient in our Hiccstrid pot. Now, in Mericcup, I can see the two of them allready having a mutual respect. He respects her desire for freedom, and her physical prowess, and she would respect his inteligence, and is inate dragon taming ability. So thats one for Merricup. Now, onto similarities and differances. You know how people say opposits attract? Well, thets true, if you're a magnet. With people, we need someone who has enough similarities that they can relate to us, but someone whose different enough that they can show us new things, and help bring out qualities in us that we didn't know we had. With Hiccstrid, Astrid and Hiccup are very different. She's very tough, athletic, focused to the point of being antisocial and laconic. Hiccup is more of a pacifist, an intelectuial, and is very chatty, constantly trying to make conversation and be accepted. But as their relationship grows, they start to bring out each others hidden qualities. Hiccup is able to see that he can be strong, strong enough to changs Astrids mind about dragons, and Astrids softer side starts showing, in little ways, such as her telling him to "Be carefull with that dragon". And their differances also allow them to be each others crutches. Astrid see's that Hiccup was giving up after Stoick took Toothless and went to go fight the Red Death, but she knew he could fix things, so she convinced him to go after them. And in the second movie, Hiccup tells Astrid that she's always known who she is, and that he hasn't. She is stronger than him in that respect, so she's able to help strengthen him. And Astrid knows how strong and dependable Hiccup is, and she knows she can count on him to do whats right. They are also both very adventurous, daring, and loyal individual. They compleat each other. But with Mericcup, they just have too many similarities for me to consider them shippable, unkess under the right circumstances. They both have parent problems, they long for freedom, have talents that are ouorthodox and unusual for someone like them (A princess who loves archery, and an intelectual inventing viking), they are both pressured to be something that theyre not, in order to fullfil a role they just dont think theyre ready for, etc, etc. They could relate to each other really well, but in a way that I can only see leading to a close friendship. I can really only see them becoming a couple if they have a whole Kim Possible?Ron Stoppable thing happen. Best friends for years, then they finally start dating in their senior year of high school. I just think that Hiccstrid makes more sense than Mericcup. Sorry if i offended anyone by accident but I had to share my opinions