Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25097457-20140701225048/@comment-24667521-20150515225719

Paintingrosesred98 wrote:

...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. Their fish. XDD Thank you, that made my day. XDD

I see where you're coming from, but characters do need to have something in common so they can connect to one another. For some ships, it's loss, for some, it's rejection, for others it's love of adventure...etc etc. I ship Mericcup because of the way their personalities bounce off on each other as well as their mutual trouble relating to their parents and not being able to fit in with their societal norms (moreso in the first movie for Hiccup, obviously. XD)

But yeah, I do agree that personality is more important than mutual struggles (which is one of the main reasons I don't like Jelsa), but that's not to say that commonality doesn't matter at all. The way I see it, personality is #1 priority, common struggles/traits is #2 priority, and then all the little things come after. :3 That's all I have to say about that.

On that last note, yeah, I agree that this conversation has been really mature (for the most part), and I'm really glad about that. In a fandom full of immature inolerant brats, it's good to know that there are still plenty of people who can disagree on ships without acting like...well, immature intolerant brats. So thank you.

(I'm still giggling over the fish thing lol XD)