Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25097457-20140701225048/@comment-25830446-20150515143102

I ship many ships in this fandom, it IS the crossover who got me into shipping, so I generally don't pick sides and I wont in this case.

I like both hiccstrid and Mericupp because they're totally different. And to be honest I started shipping Hicccstrid because of HTTYD2. Why? Because it felt more natural and the romance flowed better.

And I usually hate comparing but it sort of reminds me of Eugunzel.

Both ships are different, but they do have the sort of "friendship first" thin going one where before of being lovers they are bestfriends who have each others back no matter what. And thats a type of relationship I love to see.

So Astrid has Hiccups back and he has hers. They constantly remind each other that hey are important and have faith in each other. Its adorable.

With Mericcup, even though I ship it, its sort of hard to imagine what type of dynamic they would have. I guess its mostly the usual yandere type of relationship in my opinion. A girl who doesnt realize she is in love and thus hates the guy for it.

So yeah, I agree with the whole "they understand each other" point but Thats not why I ship a certain character. I ship personality wise, If i think a certain ship has potential then I ship it personality wise, not because they both suffered he loss of their fish or something.

I also think of it this way. If in the ship both parties ssshow their partner a world they never thouht possible, it makes me squee.

And that happens for both Hiccstrid and Mericcup. Hiccup showed Astrid a world where dragons were not the enemy and could be trusted while in Merricup Hiccup can show Merida love she thouht she wasnt prepared for but alao adventure beyond her land.

Sorry if it seems stupid but thats how I see it in my eyes XD Hope no one is offended :3

And may I just say this has been a very mature conversation? I loved reading this!! Kudos to everybody for having a mature demanor about these two highly contesed ships!! :D