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This fanfic can be read on Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13283281/1/Rivalry here]].

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This fanfic can be read on Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.Website/FanFictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13283281/1/Rivalry here]].
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: For the Haddocks and Hoffersons, winning the honor of killing their first dragon after dragon-training is not just for bragging rights.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: For the Haddocks and Hoffersons, winning the honor of killing their first dragon after dragon-training is not just for bragging rights.
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Story has not been updated since June 2020 and is presumably abandoned.

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Story has not been updated since June 2020 was officially completed in July 2022 and is presumably abandoned.a sequel ''Revelations'' was posted the following month. The sequel can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14125541/1/Revelations here]].
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Story has not been updated since June 2020 and is presumably abandoned.
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This trope doesn't fit; 'For want of a nail' should be the catalyst from which all other changes come, and that doesn't count here.


* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: Hiccup discovers the nest before Stoick returns to Berk without Astrid with him.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Astrid's mother threatens to disown Astrid if Hiccup outdoes her in dragon-training.

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* AbusiveParents: Astrid's mother threatens to disown Astrid if Hiccup outdoes her in dragon-training.dragon-training, [[spoiler: something they follow through on when Hiccup is chosen to kill the Monstrous Nightmare.]]
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* SuddenHumility: After their first day in dragon-training, Astrid admits that it was a bad move to go head first against the Gronkle and Hiccup saved her from a direct hit. Of course, she then tries to save face by claiming that just because this makes him ahead of her, she'll have to

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* SuddenHumility: After their first day in dragon-training, Astrid admits that it was a bad move to go head first against the Gronkle and Hiccup saved her from a direct hit. Of course, she then tries to save face by claiming that just because this makes him ahead of her, she'll have to \n
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* AttackAttackAttack: Seems to be Astrid's only real strategy in dragon-training, Hiccup having to save her more than once from a point-blank blast from one of the dragons.

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* AttackAttackAttack: Seems to be Astrid's only real strategy in dragon-training, Hiccup having to save her more than once from a point-blank blast from one of the dragons.
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''Rivalry'' is a ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' fanfic written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/12078430/VentusWind78 VentusWind78]].

Since Berk was founded, two families have fought over the Chiefdom; the Haddocks, descended from the first Chief, and the Hoffersons, who have been disappointed at every attempt to take the throne. But now, with Astrid pushing herself as high as she can go while pushing Hiccup just as low, things may be changing.

This fanfic can be read on Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13283281/1/Rivalry here]].

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!!This fanfic provides examples of:

* AbusiveParents: Astrid's mother threatens to disown Astrid if Hiccup outdoes her in dragon-training.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Since Hiccup and Astrid are heirs to a pair of FeudingFamilies, Hiccup and Astrid's dynamic pre-Toothless is much more hotblooded, especially when compared to their non-existent interactions in the film.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While Astrid was not exactly nice to Hiccup at the start of the first movie, she was much more focused on herself and her potential than Hiccup. Here, she is much more of a bully, their family's long-standing rivalry and him being the one thing standing between her and being the next chief being a big deciding factor in her behavior.
* AmazonChaser: Even though Astrid in this continuity is much more hostile to him, Hiccup still holds some level of infatuation with her.
--> Walking through the woods gave me a lot of time to think, particularly about what Gobber had said about me wanting to prove myself to Astrid. I had absolutely no reason to; she's not the one who decides who's heir. But as I got to thinking about it, maybe if we didn't hate each other so much, she might be a nice friend... or something more.
--> I mentally slapped myself. "Dammit Hiccup, that's not gonna happen in this life or the next, so don't even go there."
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: For the Haddocks and Hoffersons, winning the honor of killing their first dragon after dragon-training is not just for bragging rights.
--> '''Gobber''': An' if Astrid or Hiccup wins, they will be declared Heir to the Throne of Berk, with all the rights an' privileges, blah blah blah.
* AttackAttackAttack: Seems to be Astrid's only real strategy in dragon-training, Hiccup having to save her more than once from a point-blank blast from one of the dragons.
* FeudingFamilies: When Berk was founded, the first two clans the haddocks and the Hoffersons fought over who would elect their chief, the Haddocks winning. Ever since, the two clans have been at odds with the Hofferson clan trying and failing to institute one of their clan members as chief every generation. The closest they ever had were "Fearless" Finn Hofferson before the Flightmare froze him and besmirched his honor.
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: Hiccup discovers the nest before Stoick returns to Berk without Astrid with him.]]
* RedemptionRejection: After surviving his encounter with Toothless, Hiccup decides that [[ReconcileTheBitterFoes their family feud felt inconsequential and tries making peace with Astrid]], even trying and failing to convince Stoick to give her the heirship instead. It is not until he accidentally slips that [[ComplimentBackfire he thinks she's beautiful]] does she snap at him.
--> I only heard one word, and it made my blood boil. I shoved Hiccup against the wall, my axe pressed against his neck, seething. His eyes widened in terror, and rightfully so. "No one, ''no one'', calls me beautiful," I growled. "I'm a Viking, a shield maiden; you're just a low Fishbone that doesn't deserve to talk to me." I grabbed the neck of his tunic and pulled my axe away, throwing him to the ground behind me. Ignoring Hiccup's gasps for breath, I stormed out of the arena, looking for some trees to throw my axe at.
* SuddenHumility: After their first day in dragon-training, Astrid admits that it was a bad move to go head first against the Gronkle and Hiccup saved her from a direct hit. Of course, she then tries to save face by claiming that just because this makes him ahead of her, she'll have to

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