Usually, I am not a fan of cross-ships, but I have recently been reading an ongoing fanfic titled, “The Dragon and the Butterfly” by HotPatooty on archivesofourown. It’s an AU cross-ship between Hiccup Haddock of Dreamworks and Mirabel Madrigal of Encanto. After reading the story I actually like the idea of them together; I’ll always be a Hiccstrid shipper but this is a solid pair. In fact, the author mentioned they noticed a lot of similarities between the two. As such, I decided to make a post comparing the two.
1. Both are the lead protagonist of their own franchises – Hiccup for HTTYD franchise; Mirabel for Encanto franchise, I know they only have 1 movie but it’s highly likely they’re getting more because Chapek has described Encanto as Disney’s newest franchise.
2. Both are disabled – Hiccup lost his left leg at the end of the first movie (not seen in the above image); Mirabel has to wear glasses and has been wearing them since she was a small child.
3. Both are Brainy Brunettes (a trope of someone with brown/black hair is intelligent) – Hiccup has auburn hair (reddish brown); Mirabel has black hair.
4. Both are creative – Hiccup with his inventions; Mirabel with her embroidery.
5. Short for their age – Hiccup even gets his name from being the runt of his generation but he grows taller over the franchise; Mirabel’s official height has been stated to be 5′2″.
6. Looked down upon by their family and village for being different – Hiccup for being scrawny for a Viking and not having the typical Viking nature; Mirabel for being the only one of her family to not have a gift among her magical family.
7. Connection with the color green – Hiccup has green eyes, his outfits have some green in it, and his best friend (Toothless) has green eyes; Mirabel’s glasses are bright green, she’s in a green shard vision from her uncle, and she many similarities with said uncle who is connected to green.
8. Have a tense and complicated relationship with an adult figure they live with, who they desperately want to make proud, and said figure is seen as the leader of their village. Also, said figure is taller than them – Hiccup and his father, Stoick Haddock aka Stoick the Vast; Mirabel with her maternal grandmother, Alma Madrigal.
9. Both are dorky, helpful, mature, clumsy, sarcastic, intelligent, empathetic, funny, compassionate, forgiving, brave, deep sense of community, and encourage change within their respective communities.
10. Both bring about change in their village/family – Hiccup stops the Viking dragon war; Mirabel stops the harmful perfectionistic mindset in her family.
11. They go through a character arc that has them both growing a spine to stand up to their wrong-minded adult figures and become more self-confident.
12. They’re warnings are initially dismissed – Hiccup about the Dragon Hive being too dangerous; Mirabel about the cracks in Casita.
13. Both have a close bond with a non-human companion and said companion is very protective of them – Hiccup with Toothless, a dragon from a rare and powerful breed; Mirabel with Casita. a sapient house.
14. They have a changing relationship with the “perfect” person of their community – Hiccup with Astrid (the ideal Viking), as he crushes on her and she is as cold and dismissive to him as she is with the other teens but they both grow to have a close friendship and later romance; Mirabel with her oldest sister, Isabela Madrigal, seen as a “perfect” example of the Madrigals and is Alma’s obvious favorite grandchild, Isabela starts off rather aloof and haughty to Mirabel while Mirabel does look up to Isabela she is annoyed with how presumably perfect everything goes for Isabela and how her oldest sister is mean to her but they end the movie having a closer sisterly bond.
15. Both meet a long-lost relative who they haven’t since they were small but instantly connect with and share a physical resemblance with – Hiccup with his mother Valka Haddock, who he hasn’t seen since he was an infant but meet in the second movie, where he is 21; Mirabel with her maternal uncle Bruno Madrigal who she hasn’t seen since she was 5 but they meet during the movie.
16. Both go through their own slapstick humor in their respective franchises.
17. Both are leader like – Hiccup is more explicit because he’s the next Chief of Berk and becomes more of a better leader throughout the franchise; it’s implicit with Mirabel but she becomes the key to restoring Casita and the family bonds, with a popular theory being she’ll take on Alma’s role in the future, and she’s shown to be The Heart of the Madrigals.
18. Both start the movie having low self-worth and wanting to fit into their community somehow.
19. They have mythical/animal motif – Hiccup has a mythical motif with dragons; Mirabel has an animal motif with butterflied, specifically with yellow ones.
20. Both have shoulder-length hair.
21. Their respective franchises are connected to books – Hiccup’s is loosely adapted from a popular children’s series; Mirabel’s is inspired by the works involving magical realism and Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez.
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