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I respect anyone who ships Hiccstrid. But as I was reading through these comments I noticed that not all Hiccstrid shippers know why other people ship Mericcup, and maybe that's because everyone, whether you ship Hiccstrid or Mericcup have only seen Astrid and Hiccup together. So I'm going to name a few reasons why I personally ship Mericcup.

1. Both have simular lives.

And I know what people are thinking. "Merida doesn't have to fight dragons so that doesn't make sense." But I'm talking about family wise. Merida and Hiccup deal with one common issue throughout both movies which is not being listened to. Both teenagers try to get their parents to listen to them but the parents just don't seem to care. Another thing is their family's or society's problem with one certain animal, for Hiccup is dragons, for Merida it's bears.

2. Both are brilliant

Hiccup is brilliant for learning how to train dragons and study them, Merida is smart for knowing how to hunt and survive in the wild.

3. Hiccup and Merida aren't afraid to fight for what they believe in

Merida is presented to be a fearless young girl, who fights for her freedom and idepence. With Hiccup we see him standing up for toothless time and time again and only gain more and more confidence and bravery as the movies go on.

4. Both bend the rules

Hiccup befriends and train a dragin in the first movie, something that has never been heard of in all of viking history, not only that but at the begining of HTTYD 1 Hiccup is seen going against what people say to him and try to slay dragons. Merida is princess, but she is a princess who doesn't act "lady like", she does archry, hates her classes, and she shows up all three princes in the competition for her hand when she hits all their targets for them. That's something that know one would ever consider a princess doing in that time.

5. Merida and Hiccup are both treated like outcasts in their society.

While merida is not seen being disrespected by anyone other than her mother in Brave, you can imagine there being a little fear or displeasure in having Merida as Queen in her kingdom. Merida isn't exactly a "model" princess, shes loud, rough on the edges and a rebel. These are all things a princess shouldn't be exerting to society making Merida kind of an outcast. Hiccup is shown as an out cast in society right away, he has no friends and in one of the first scenes of the movie Hiccup's own father says to the rally of vikings "whoever stays has to babysit Hiccup" and you see all hands fly up to go fight. Hiccup maybe a little clumsy and always getting himself into trouble but he doesn't deserve the disrestpect that he is recieving from his father and his community.

These are just a few similarities that i wanted to point out between that characters which is why i can see them making a good ship. I don't disrespect Hiccstrid in the slightest. I also write fanfiction on these ships (self promotion but go follow me: Gryffindorsdemigod on wattpad ;) but i feel like when i do have one ship, I still need to see a lttle magic in the other ships as well.