History Fanfic / Persephone

* ReallyGetsAround: During his time away from Berk, one of the various coping mechanisms Hiccup has developed to avoid his emotional baggage (aside from [[TheAlcoholic excessive drinking]]) is his habit of hooking up with women (sailors daughters, mostly) looking for a night away from their fathers, Heather being a recurring [[FriendsWithBenefits Friend with Benefits]]. He quits this when he and Astrid become an official couple, though his experience has definitely come in handy (see SexGod below for context).

* TheAlcoholic: Due to his DarkAndTroubledPast, Hiccup has developed a drinking problem, something that Astrid (with much protest and [[GoingColdTurkey horrifying withdrawal]]) helped him kick. [[spoiler: And even then he has relapses.]]

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Invoked when Stoick discusses with Gobber the chance of him recreating the device Hiccup used to shoot down Toothless in the first place; as Gobber observes, Hiccup taking down a Night Fury ''in the dark'' with an untested weapon was a miracle in itself.
* InSpiteOfANail: [[spoiler:The final battle with the Red Death goes almost exactly the same way of the first movie, including Hiccup losing his leg]]

* RealityEnsues: Hiccup's detoxification is a grueling experience even though he comes out better for it. [[spoiler: And just like real-life alcoholics, extremely stressful events like being disowned by his father cause him to relapse.]]

* MumLooksLikeASister: Inverted. Astrid is very close to her younger sister Brenna. Because of their mother’s age and Astrid trying to make up for what (she thinks) happened to Hiccup, Astrid helped look after Brenna as a baby. Brenna began to look up to her, her first word being “sissy.” Because of this, Berk’s gossip mongers went so far as to believe that Astrid was actually her mother (with this theory also assuming that Hiccup is Brenna's father to 'justify' Astrid's grief and account for how nobody else claimed the title), her parents trying to cover up for her by claiming to be Brenna's parents.
* OnlySaneMan: Gobber is the only one in Berk who opposes to sacrificing Astrid and tries to convince Stoick to actually listen to Hiccup's warnings about the Red Death.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: It does not take long for the Hooligans them to realize that one of the reasons why Astrid was so quick to join Hiccup and his cause was because he [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe treated her ''far'' better than they ever did.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: Stoick truly did love his son and is stunned when [[spoiler: Hiccup tells him he thinks he was only LovingAShadow whem he thought Hiccup was excelling in dragon-training]]. [[spoiler: Valka]]'s relationship with her son is only ''slightly'' better. Astrid's parents agreed to Stoick's decision to sacrifice her out of desperation and pressure from (almost) the entire village to do so, though they regret the decision even before it becomes apparent that it didn't work. Relationships are strained, to say the least.
* RealityEnsues:Hiccup's detoxification is a grueling experience even though he comes out better for it. [[spoiler: And just like real-life alcoholics, extremely stressful events like being disowned by his father cause him to relapse.]]

* SuicidalOverconfidence: Stoick is confident that [[spoiler: he can kill the Red Death and end the war despite Hiccup giving a good description of how big and powerful it is. Stoick shrugs this off as Hiccup trying protect all dragons, even the Red Death.]]

* ReallyGetsAround:
** During his time away from Berk, one of the various coping mechanisms Hiccup has developed to avoid his emotional baggage (aside from [[TheAlcoholic excessive drinking]]) is his habit of hooking up with women (sailors daughters, mostly) looking for a night away from their fathers, Heather being a recurring [[FriendsWithBenefits Friend with Benefits]]. He quits this when he and Astrid become an official couple, though his experience has definitely come in handy (see SexGod below for context).

* BiTheWay:[[spoiler: Snotlout]]

* EasilyForgiven:
** Averted with Hiccup for the most of the fanfiction. He still resents Berk and his father for the way he was treated before starting the dragon training [[spoiler: and openly accuses Valka of abbandoning him only because she cares more about the dragons than everything else]]
** Same with Astrid and her parents

* InSpiteOfANail:[[spoiler:The final battle with the Red Death goes almost exactly the same way of the first movie, including Hiccup losing his leg]]

* MumLooksLikeASister: Inverted. Astrid is very close to her younger sister Brenna. Because of their mother’s age and Astrid trying to make up for what (she thinks) happened to Hiccup, Astrid helped look after Brenna as a baby. Brenna began to look up to her, her first word being “sissy.” Because of this, Berk’s gossip mongers went so far as to believe that Astrid was actually her mother (with this theory also assuming that Hiccup is Brenna's father to 'justify' Astrid's grief and account for how nobody else claimed the title), her parents trying to cover up for her by claiming to be Brenna’s parents.
* OnlySaneMan:Gobber.He is the only one in Berk who opposes to sacrifing Astrid,[[spoiler: he is the first one to understand that Hiccup is the Dragon Master and he openly insists that Stoick should listen to his son regarding the dragons and the Red Death]]

* PromotedToLoveInterest:
** Downplayed with Eret and Astrid. The fanfiction reveals that they made out once before the events of the story,but it is pretty clear that it was caused by the alchol rather than love
** [[spoiler:Played straight with Snotlout,who develops a crush on Eret after he is saved by him during the battle against the Red Death,]]

** Tuffnut has apparently developed quite a reputation in this regard, having allegedly splet with almost everyone since she was seventeen before marring Snotlout.

** [[Played straight with Snotlout,who develops a crush on Eret after he is saved by him during the battle against the Red Death,]]

* RealityEnsues: Hiccup's detoxification is a grueling experience even though he comes out better for it. [[spoiler: And just like real-life alcoholics, extremely stressful events like being disowned by his father cause him to relapse.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: During his time away from Berk, one of the various coping mechanisms Hiccup has developed to avoid his emotional baggage (aside from [[TheAlcoholic excessive drinking]]) is his habit of hooking up with women (sailors daughters, mostly) looking for a night away from their fathers, Heather being a recurring [[FriendsWithBenefits Friend with Benefits]]. He quits this when he and Astrid become an official couple, though his experience has definitely come in handy (see SexGod below for context).

* InSpiteOfTheNail:[[spoiler:The final battle with the Red Death goes almost exactly the same way of the first movie, including Hiccup losing his leg]]

* FakePregnancy: Astrid claims to be pregnant at her and Hiccup's trial to buy both of them more time.

* {{Determinator}}: A trait of the Haddocks as in canon and it's both to their benefit and detriment here, too, as their stubbornness means it's hard for them to change their minds once they're set on a goal; for example, Stoick [[spoiler: refuses to be believe Hiccup when he tells him that the Red Death is too powerful for even an army of Vikings. Valka is little better as she is so set in her mindset that Vikings can't change their attitudes about dragons that she refuses to go along with Hiccup's plans to end the war, citing herself, Hiccup and Astrid as being exceptions to the rule.]]

* MumLooksLikeASister: Inverted. Astrid is very close to her younger sister Brenna. Because of their mother’s age and Astrid trying to make up for what (she thinks) happened to Hiccup, Astrid helped look after Brenna as a baby. Brenna began to look up to her, her first word being “sissy.” Because of this, Berk’s gossip mongers went so far as to believe that Astrid was actually her mother, her parents trying to cover up for her by claiming to be Brenna’s parents.

* TheAlcoholic: Due to his DarkAndTroubledPast, Hiccup has developed a drinking problem, something that Astrid (with much protest and [[GoingColdTurkey horrifying withdrawal]]]) helped him kick. [[spoiler: And even then he has relapses.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: Stoick truly did love his son and is stunned when [[spoiler: Hiccup tells him he thinks he was only LovingAShadow whem he thought Hiccup was excelling in dragon-training]]. [[spoiler: Valka]]'s relationship with her son is only ''slightly'' better. Astrid's parents agreed to Stoick decision to sacrifice her out of desperation and pressure from (almost) the entire village to do so, though they regret the decision even before it becomes apparent that it didn't work. Relationships are strained, to say the least.

* Determinator: A trait of the Haddocks as in canon and it's both to their benefit and detriment here, too, as their stubbornness means it's hard for them to change their minds once they're set on a goal; for example, Stoick [[spoiler: refuses to be believe Hiccup when he tells him that the Red Death is too powerful for even an army of Vikings. Valka is little better as she is so set in her mindset that Vikings can't change their attitudes about dragons that she refuses to go along with Hiccup's plans to end the war, citing herself, Hiccup and Astrid as being exceptions to the rule.]]

* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler: Hiccup tells Stoick that his mother's alive out of desperation that Stoick will at least spare Astrid and the dragons.]]

* WithFriendsLikeThese: It does not take long for the Hooligans them to realize that one of the reasons why Astrid was so quick to join Hiccup and his cause was because he treated her ''far'' better than they ever did.

* RedBaron: Hiccup is known as the Dragon Master because of the mistaken impression that he's leading the dragon raids. He and Astrid go over the list of aliases she's accumulated since becoming his accomplice and she's impressed with most of them ("Dragon Master's Whore" being one), except maybe "Valkyrie of Destruction."

* TheAlcoholic: Due to his DarkAndTroubledPast, Hiccup has developed a drinking problem, something that Astrid (with much protest and [[GoingColdTurkey horrifying withdrawal]]]) helped him kick.

* SexGod: As confirmed by this conversation…

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Despite being married to Snotlout, it is mentioned that Ruffnut cheats on him, making it likely that her child might not actually be his.