Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25097457-20140701225048/@comment-11063419-20141016073758

Can I just say, Mericcup used to be my OTP until I saw how much hate there was towards it, simply because Hiccup already "had someone" to be with and I'm honestly a little surprised at both the ROTBTD fandom and the HTTYD fandom for being so shallow? Just getting that out of the way. Okay.

Mericcup's one of my favorite ships but has been bumped down from OTP status, just like Jelsa has; however, I still find the dynamic between the two to be better than Hiccstrid. Hiccstrid is my NOTP. I have the tag blacklisted on Tumblr, I feel nothing looking at ship fanart, I roll my eyes at any canon love interaction onscreen and just dislike the ship in general. It didn't happen right for me, it wasn't believable. I don't have enough evidence that in the beginning they really did fall in love with each other. Like Ruaraidh said, Hiccup took Astrid on one random flight and she magically changed her mind about ''everything, including Hiccup?? ''Forgive me if I find that a little hard to fall for.

Would I ship it if Hiccstrid had happened differently/slowly? Perhaps. It depends. I'm not disagreeing with the ship based on who's in the ship. I just dislike the way it happened. It still feels like a very neutral, flat relationship for me. Again, not enough canonical evidence that they fell for each other.

But Mericcup...Mericcup has so much potential. I think Merida is somewhat like Astrid taken to extremes. Turn up the temper, turn down the caring-for-her-village attitude and add a sharp tongue and a generous dose of disrespect. Voila. Therefore, as Hiccstrid fell flat for me, Mericcup holds a kind of heat. Honestly what it comes down to is that I just like Mericcup better. That's the main reason. I smile when I see them together. It's adorable. I FEEL it happening, more so than Hiccstrid. That's all it comes down to for me. I can explain why I don't ship something, but I honestly can't explain why I DO ship something. So there's my two cents.

Apologies, I wrote this at 12:30 in the morning and reallize i might not be entirely coherent atm