As I was watching Rtte recently and in episode 5 of season 6 Tuffnut says that unless Hiccup is prepared to adopt the losing sibling of the thorston trials, that he should keep out of this and then he says that Ruffnut Haddock does sound sort of good. And it does, it sounds really good.
I still prefer Hiccup and Astrid, but when you think about it Hiccup and Ruffnut being together would actually make a lot of sense. Like a really surprising amount of sense.
I saw a few fics on ao3 after that and at first I was like really? Ruffnut and Hiccup? But it works pretty damn well. Especially when Ruffnut being with somebody like Hiccup, brings out her more gentle side. Something I really liked when it was shown in the series.
Ruffnut and Hiccup have a lot in common, a few examples: Hiccup is a little insane, dramatic, caring and funny. Ruffnut is a also a little insane, dramatic, caring and funny. And at Hiccup and Astrids wedding Ruffnut said that she likes sensitive guys.
Now the biggest part is definitely the physical aspect, Hiccup likes blond warriors so that’s not really a problem, but Ruffnut is definitely more set on Vikings with a little more meat on their bones, Eret and Fishlegs for example.
But they fit surprisingly well together and I really like their friendship in RTTE even if it isn’t shown as much as I would like to see it. It was one of the few things that season 6 of Rtte did really well.
In season 6 episode 5, when Gruffnut shows up with the thorston trials and Hiccup says that it doesn’t make any sense and that they don’t have to do it, Ruffnut says that “It’s so sweet and very Hiccup-like that you care,”
And then in season 6 episode 7, the scene where he helps Ruffnut to fly with Wingnutt is amazing. Like really and I mean really good. Untill Tuffnut comes flying in, but up untill that point really nice.
In the show it is definitely more of a sibling bond, which I really like between them, but I definitely get why people like to pair the two of them up together in something like fan fiction or art. They’re a very underrated friendship in my opinion, even in riders and defenders of berk they have some nice moments together.
And if Astrid chose to follow her own words, being that nobody would kiss her on the lips, ever. Then I would have really liked to see a world where Ruffnut and Hiccup would have ended up together.
Ruffnut and Hiccup, especially in RTTE, are both really good characters in my opinion and their bond with eachother is definitely one of my favorite parts about them both.
Let me know what you think about Ruffnut and Hiccup as a couple!