#jackcup

I do not care if the fandom is dead, I’m posting it anyway:

Hiccup and Merida are cousins. Valka and Elinor are sisters, Valka eloped with Stoick the first time Stoick arrived on the mainland (since Berk and the surrounding islands are somewhere between Iceland and Scotland, but closer to Scotland). Elinor received word of her sister’s elopement and then never heard from her again, and somewhat held a grudge against her for not doing her duty to her people and being so willful. Elinor sees a lot of her sister in Merida, which is why she’s so strict with her.

Jack is the only one who is from a modern era, he at some point is given the ability to time travel (thank you Father Time!) and he meets Hiccup first, before the first movie. Due to Hiccup’s belief in many things people don’t (trolls, etc) he can easily see Jack (though he expects an old man). He and Jack butt heads a bit but they are very special to each other. 

Punzie doesn’t meet the other three until later. Hiccup spends a few years searching for information on different types of dragons not native to the islands around Berk. Accompanied by Jack, usually (though he does need to return to our time to do his duties as a guardian), and Merida when she can get away (they both eventually have their own dragons, but I’d need to look up which ones again) her her and Hiccup bond quickly, and she’s sorta his best friend in the group. Jack gets along amazingly with Eugene. They double date about it.

I have horrible brain fog, so I apologize in advance for any typos and weird sentence structures.

Percabeth:

I adore Percabeth. I first read the og series when I was...10?? I didn't know what shipping was, but I was squealing behind my book when Annabeth kissed Percy in BotL. (I was in school at the time, so that was fun to hide lol.) The scene in TLT where they're in the back of a truck with a zebra and Annabeth "because we're friends, Seaweed Brain. Anymore stupid questions?" is probably the moment that made me go "something is happening here" bc it was the first time she used the nickname seaweed brain as an endearment/actual nickname, instead of an insult. But I was 10 and didn't know what that happening was LOL. When I reread two years later, I got it, and that lil moment became a fav, because it was a turning point in their dynamic. One-sided rivals, to friends, to lovers? Over the course of 5 years? Beautiful.

I don't think I have any unpopular opinions about them? Wait, no, I may have one: if they have a kid, they don't name him Luke. That name carries too much trauma for them, I think, even though things turned out right in the end.

Jackcup/Hijack:

@sboochi DRAGGED ME ONTO THE SHIP BEFORE I COULD REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED. I BLAME THEM, THEIR ART IS GORGEOUS.

I honestly have always liked the Jack and Hiccup dynamic, since I first discovered that crossover. They're very similar, but I think they'd be a good balance in that "they take turns with the brain cell" kinda way. Jack...honestly probably has more self preservation instinct than Hiccup? He seems more reckless in the "I'm gonna guide this kid through traffic via ice" sense while Hiccup is more reckless in the selfless/self sacrifice and "i'm gonna touch the dragon" sense. One is more fun and mischievous, albeit dangerous. They also have that "ride or die" vibe.