History Fanfic / TheDragonAndTheBow

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
** In the film, Young Macguffin, Young Macintosh, and Wee Dingwall were Merida's potential suitors. Here, they're her ChildhoodFriends.
** Because Hiccup ends up being romantically involved with Merida, Astrid [[PairTheSpares instead ends up pursuing a romantic relationship with Fishlegs]], whilst her relationship with Hiccup ends up more platonic.

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Multiple aspects of the story, namely from ''Brave'', is changed for the sake of the story
** Merida's triplet brothers speak here when they did not in ''Brave''

* HeroesWantRedheads: Merida and Hiccup, the two redheaded heroes of the story, [[spoiler: eventually fall in love.]]

* DropTheHammer: Fishlegs uses a warhammer to fight a Grunckle head-on, and Snotlout carries around a mace. Hiccup also smacks Snotlout and Tuffnut with his blacksmith hammer after they've thoroughly insulted him.

* FatAndSkinny: Fishlegs and Hiccup

* SongFic: Type II.

%%* ThreeAmigos: Hiccup, Merida, and Fishlegs.

** There are multiple shoutouts to ''Literature/TheThirteenthWarrior''. The Vendal are based off of the Wendal, and the Viking prayer is directly from the movie. Chapter five, "Eaters of the Dead," is named after the book's original title.

* BladeOnAStick: Tuffnut prefers a double-bladed spear during dragon training.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Mor'du, who can hold his own against both Fergus and Stoick, is the defacto leader of the Vendal.

** Loki's identified as the [[TheRedBaron "Father Of Dragons"]] among the villagers of Berk. Loki did not ''father'' any dragons in the original myths- his son Jormungand was a [[SeaSerpents sea serpent]], not a dragon- and the only connection he has with them is being partially responsible for cursing Fafnir.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Elinor gives one to Merdia after their argument over Merida trying to kill Hiccup to escape the arranged marriage.
** Later on, she gives one to Stoick as well, when he said IHaveNoSon to Hiccup. Stoick was kind enough to let it slide, but warns her that if a woman ever slaps a man in Berk they get hit.

* AnAxeToGrind: Mor'du and Astrid prefer waraxes, and Ruffnut uses a hatchet.

** Thor's Japanese identity, Raiden, is based more on the Mortal Kombat character of the same name (human in appearance with a NiceHat). The original Raiden of Myth/JapaneseMythology was a heavyset Gonk who looked more like an Oni than human.

* KnifeNut: Ruffnut uses a knife along with her hatchet when in dragon training.

** In the case of Thor himself, his appearance is based on the Marvel Comics version (blonde, clean-shaven) as opposed to the original Norse version (BadassBeard, FieryRedhead).

* MixedAncestry: Gobber's mother originated from the Highlands, and his father was a Berk Viking.

** [[spoiler: When Loki mentions how his brother Thor is also known as Raiden, the image he shows is of a man [[VideoGame/MortalKombat wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat]].]]

* ScaryTeeth: Considering his teeth have been sharpened to points, it's no wonder Mor'du's chompers qualify. Toothless has a retractable pair of sharp teeth as well.

* CripplingOverspecialization: Merida's overreliance on ranged weapons. It's pointed out by several characters (and demonstrated by Mor'du and Astrid) that a bow and arrow isn't going to do much good once your opponent gets withing a certain range.

* CrushBlush: Hiccup and Merida.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: In the film, Young Macguffin, Young Macintosh, and Wee Dingwall were Merida's potential suitors. Here, they're her ChildhoodFriends.

* TruerToTheText: To the [[Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon]] books more so than the films. Astrid's middle name is Camicazi, and her mother's called Bertha (after Big-Boobied Bertha and Camicazi, the Bog-Burglar chieftain and her heir); Fishlegs and Hiccup are close friends; Snotlout is Hiccup's cousin; Hiccup's mother is called Valhallarama, and was [[BrawnHilda a stereotypical fat Viking woman]] instead of a slender, attractive woman called Valka; [[spoiler: Alvin the Treacherous is a skinny, devious man who killed Hiccup's mother via betrayal instead of overpowering her]]; and [[spoiler: the Red Death is an intelligent, talking dragon, and a lot more malicious than his animalistic film counterpart]].

* TheSouthPaw: It takes Merida's insight to show Hiccup that he's left-handed, since he's always been told that using weapons right-handed is the correct way.

-->'''Merida:''' Doon boy.

* TruerToTheText: To the [[Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon]] books more so than the films. Astrid's middle name is Camicazi, and her mother's called Bertha (after Big-Boobied Bertha and Camicazi, the Bog-Burglar chieftain and her heir): Fishlegs and Hiccup are close friends: Snotlout is Hiccup's cousin: Hiccup's mother is called Valhallarama, and was [[BrawnHilda a stereotypical fat Viking woman]] instead of a slender, attractive woman called Valka: [[spoiler: Alvin the Treacherous is a skinny, devious man who killed Hiccup's mother via betrayal instead of overpowering her]], and [[spoiler: the Red Death is an intelligent, talking dragon, and a lot more malicious than his animalistic film counterpart]].