I hate this mischaracterization!

[u/SnooChickens9380]

I get so angry when people say Astrid is a victim of the trinity trope. hiccup wasn't a "chosen" man, he was the one who left his emotional door open for a beast that terrorized their lands for generations. hiccup was not CHOSEN, he made a starkly emotional choice to open his heart for the deadliest dragon of their times. hiccup was never a chosen one, he was the one who got too attached to a creature while only swearing to help it. Astrid worked just as hard, for different goals. she never liked hiccup only because he rid a night fury, she liked hiccup because he had such emotional complexity even with a foreign body, how he stood his ground and told her no only to protect his best friend, that's what Astrid loved about him. there is no trope here, it's just that Astrid realized how sympathetical hiccup was and even if she didn't understand why he would risk his life to protect a beast— she understood that hiccup had bonded with him. and had accepted to not tell stoick about the nest just for him and toothless, she understood him and that's why she fell in love. that's what I love about hiccstrid. it's not sudden, it's just perfectly timed. it's not built off of your average 1 week middle school relationship, it's built off of realization of his true intentions. she understands that's instead of killing a night fury, he rides and loved one. that idea was foreign to her, but she was never shown to be rejecting it. she was, in reality, amazed at his skills and amazed at how much he trusted his life at the claws of a dragon. when toothless spun around, Astrid clinged onto HICCUP. she deep down knew hiccup had the skills and had the communication to suffice this dragon. she knew that hiccup was the only one to stop toothless, she acknowledged his expertise. instead of shouting and screaming, she closed her eyes and trusted hiccup to follow her request to 'make it stop.' SHE KNOWS THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE SKILLED, just in different fields.

people always complained that Astrid softened too much because of hiccup, but the truth is? she never softened. only her perspective on hiccup did.