Talk:Hogwarts AU/@comment-99.118.64.7-20140621222704/@comment-16059609-20140918225358

I'm not doubting Hiccup's leadership skills. He is definately cut out to be a leader; he has a level head and knows how to make the right decisions. The trouble for him is acting on it. A Slytherin would act imediately when they felt they were right, but also, a lot of times, for the sake of being right. Hiccup is too timid to mak decisions a lot of times, but he stands up for himself when the situation is desperate. He eventually does the right thing, not for himself, but when others need it. That's more of a Gryffindor mentality towards leadership than Slytherin. As I've said before on this page, a Slytherin leads because they want to and (sometimes) know they can, a Gryffindor leads when a leader is desperately needed and others need protecting. That's not to say a Slytherin wouldn't protect the ones they're leading, but that's usually not why they become leaders in the first place. Slytherins value ambition, Gryffindors value heroism. At the beginning of HTTYD, Hiccup didn't want to kill a dragon to advance his position in the tribe, he just wanted to be accepted, and maybe, just maybe, he would get to be a hero. That's Gryffindor.

Of course I place him in Ravenclaw, so I have to make my case for that and not and on a note that places Hiccup in Gryffindor. But if one personally wants to put him in Gryffindor, you may use the above evidence.

As said before, in HTTYD2 Hiccup is very Ravenclaw. He searches for knowledge, in fact he flees from his role as leader. He doesn't want to lead, he's an explorer, he wants to know what's out there. Not in the way a Gryffindor wants to explore, he just wants the knowledge, where a Gryffindor seeks adventure. He wants the thrill of the experience, not the thrill of dodging danger.

And Hiccup would be the official head wether he wanted to or not, being the chief's son and all. Also he was the only one with a plan at the time, that kindof helps in a campeign.