Talk:Modern AU/@comment-99.118.64.7-20141007044910/@comment-199.87.224.33-20141028170001

People like stereotypes. which is really sad to be honest. It's mainly the reason why I abstain from modern AU's. Don't get me wrong, I'm a Jackunzel fan, I love these two, but I prefer them together in fantasy settings because they aren't the "bad boy and the pretty popular girl!" (That and modern AU's tend to drag with boring cliches and lame lines). With Jack, it's almost pointless to even go into detail as many people have cited that problem even before the Big Four started, but Rapunzel has two personalities in these AU's; the "dumb happy popular blonde" or the "mopey sad girl with issues," and the one thing they have together is that they end up the bland piece of ass made to be the trophy girlfriend.

And you're right! Hiccup does get picked on a lot, and when he's not, he's always cut out of fanfics and comics as if to indicate that he isn't important to the fans, or he's portrayed as a whiny crybaby who trembles a lot. This is a problem that needs to go away because Hiccup is my favorite character, and when he's the punching bag, it shows that the fandom doesn't care about him and he was brought in to make the other three look "prettier." Avannak and (mostly) eponinethecurious have talked about this problem a lot on tumblr and dA and like they said, there needs to be more appreciation for Hiccup.

Speaking of mischaracterization, the big four aren't exactly the only one with OOC shoved in their brains. Astrid is always Merida's jealous bitchy rival, which Is completely annoying and uncalled for, Tooth has little to no character unless she's Rapunzel's rival, Eugene is always that douchbag that abuses Rapunzel which is stupid and offensive on so many levels.

The parents are either characterized as too neglectant (Fergus, North, Valka) or abusive (Stoick, Elinor, Bunny), which really makes me wonder if the majority of the fans have even SEEN the movies at all.

And don't even get me started when Annie-Sue and Elsie-Sue show up uninvited.