Mericcup

Mericcup is the het ship between Merida and Hiccup from the Brave and How to Train Your Dragon fandoms.

Canon
Merida and Hiccup never meet due to Hiccup being a DreamWorks character, while Merida is a Disney character.

Both Hiccup and Merida have had some troubles with one of their parents, to which they eventually sort out. Stoick and Elinor have also told their children legendry stories that involves a location that proves its that the legends are real, when Hiccup and Merida came across the Hidden World and the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom. Once there the two were there, they learned how selfish they had been to the people they love around them and were able to fix their mistakes, by freeing all the dragons and forming a compromise with the Lords and their suiter sons. The two are also the heirs to their people and home lands, that are close to water, Hiccup becomes Berk's new chief at the end of How to Train your Dragon 2, while the DunBroch events in the Once Upon A Time series has Merida's Once counterpart coming the kingdom's new appointed queen. The second HTTYD film and the ABC TV series also has the two losing their fathers in battle, before they reclaim their lands and having their mothers attend their coronations. While their films each have flashback moments of them with their parents during their childhood, along with them having a type of animal that is also type is noble as their main antagonist, since the Red Death is the cruel queen of Dragon Island's nest while Mor'du was once a human prince before he became the demon bear.

Their other common link and traits is that they both ride on the backs of black colored steeds, a dragon and a horse, and carry their iconic weapons with them. Hiccup's fire sword and Merida's bow. They have also had fun and bonding moments with their mothers, and have done a bit of "fishing" with them.

Similarities and Comparisons

 * The two conflicting personalities could definitely lead to some very interesting interactions and tensions.

Fanon
The crossover pairing is one of the popular ships of the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons fandom, where the two are members of the Big 4 along with Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians and Rapunzel from Tangled. It is often shipped alongside Jackunzel. On AO3, it is the most written ship for Merida and fourth for Hiccup.

In Brave, there is a mention of a feud between Merida's kingdom and vikings. As such, it has lead to fanfics of Hiccup's tribe being enemies of DunBroch. This could lead to scenarios where the two start out as enemies and eventually fall in love, in a similar way to Romeo and Juliet. There have even been versions where Hiccup is presented as one of the suitors for Merida's hand in marriage, in hopes that their allies would bring peace between their people and lands. Like in the film, Merida wants nothing to do with the plans that have been set before her until she and Hiccup get to know each other better; and see that their arranged marriage can be of love as well as duty.

As a main Big Four pairing, it is common in many AU scenarios. An example would be The Hunger Games AU casting Merida and Hiccup as Katniss and Peeta. In a Mario AU, the two are often cast as Luigi and Daisy, with Jack and Rapunzel as Mario and Peach. In some Modern AU's, Merida is seen wearing the modern style clothes that the netizen version of her wears in Ralph Breaks the Internet, as well as having netizen Merida spending time with a version of a netizen Hiccup from a DreamWorks website. While a Viking AU has Merida as a Viking maiden warrior or a dragon rider, where some of the manip fan art of Viking Merida has her wearing Astrid or Valka's clothing, or something similar to them. After How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was released, a few Mericcup fans began to create many manips that features Merida in a Mericcup version of the third film's wedding scene. There have even been fans who have Hiccup in a Once Upon A Time AU, where he meets and befriends Merida's Once counterpart, or have pieced a screenshot image of OUAT Merida with a photo of a cosplay Hiccup; in order to create live-action manip fanart of them. In the expanded universe known as The Knights of the Epic Brave Dragons, Merida and Hiccup are the parents of Mary Katherine from Epic and Justin from Justin and the Knights of Valour.

There have also been times when the ship has Merida as the Light Fury's rider or human trusting friend. Since both Hiccup and Toothless have green eyes, while Merida and the unnamed Light Fury's eyes are blue; along with having both Mericcup and NightLight beside each other. The idea of having the Light Fury as Merida's dragon, had also gotten a few fans to feature Merida as a human-dragon hybrid beside Hiccup whenever he is placed one, by merging them with the Light Fury and Toothless.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Hiccup/Merida tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Hiccup/Merida tag on FanFiction.Net

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WIKIS
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Trivia

 * Hiccup is an only child, while Merida has three little brothers.