#viccie

[greatmarta]

@ballerina-leap

“You can open your eyes now”

Félicie did as she was told. In front of her stood Victor. On first glance, he appeared taller than usual. On second glance, he had wheels attached to his feet.

“This, mon Cherie, is my latest invention” proclaimed the boy proudly. “I call them the hot wheels. With these on, I will be able to keep up with you when you ballet around. Heck, I bet Odette could keep up with youuuuuu…!!!”

Victor lost balance and landed on his behind. Félicie came to him, smiling.

“You really think these could help Odette move more freely?” she asked, excited by the possibility.

“Sure” said Victor. “I may have to make some improvements, but yeah, she’s gonna love it”

Félicie’s face brightened. “You’re amazing” She leaned down and placed a kiss on Victor’s forehead.

The boy grinned. “You missed”

Rapidly he lifted himself off the ground, placed his hands on Félicie’s shoulders, and his lips on top of hers.

For a moment, she was too stunned to move. Finally, a sheepish smile appeared on her face.

“You better take these off” she advised her companion. “You’re going too fast for my taste”

“Sorry”

[greatmarta]

Hey, just a suggestion, what about Merette for the ship name between Merante and Odette? I know you've been using Merdette but it does have the french word for 'shit' in it, whereas Merette means 'It's Worth It' in Finnish. But yeah, just thought I'd tell you what ship name I'd come up with that's all, since you're the main person in the existing ship tag

Okay, let’sdiscuss – how should we call Odette and Merante as a pairing?

The way Isee it, it is more fitting for a shipname of two French characters to contain aFrench word than a Finnish word, even if it’s a swear word (Fact: When peopleare presented with a list of words from an unknown language and asked whichthey like best, they tend to pick swear words). Also, Merdette sounds a littlebit like “murder” and it’s a pairing to die for ^_^

On aserious note: Merette is a decent shipname. I may be a little biased towardsit, since “Merette” reminds me too much of “Eret” – a name of a character from “Howto train your dragon 2”, but that’s a detail. I wonder if the Finnish “merette”and the English “merit” have a common origin. Like Norse  :-)

I alsoconsidered calling the two of them “Mr. and Mrs. Cane”, or “the Canes” sincethey both use canes. Moreover, the ship sucked me in like a hurricane, so that’sanother cane ^_^

Anotherfunny option is “Ode to Rant” (wow, I am getting ridiculous XD).

Anyway, itis not up to a single person to decide on a shipname. If majority of fansaccept something, then this is what stays for good. Back when HTTYD2 firstpremiered, there were like 3 common shipnames for Hiccup’s parents: Stalka,Stoyka and Valick. Stalka won eventually. We have yet to see the same processfor Ballerina/Leap!

As far asthe other popular pairing from the movie is concerned: I’ve seen people use theshipname “Felictor”. I’d rather call them “Viccie”, since it reminds me of theLatin “victis” (“Gloria victis” = “Glory wins”). Alas, the majority willdecide.