Hitchups/YMMV


 * Holy Shit Quotient:
 * The Woobie: Stoick during his conversation with  at the beginning of chapter thirty-eight "Entitled."
 * Better Than Canon: The line of thinking of fans of the fanfic, as the So Cool Its Awesome entry below probably implies.
 * So Cool Its Awesome: The story has 2000+ reviews and is a very popular story in the How to Train Your Dragon archive on the site, with well-developed characters, intriguing plot line (complete with dozens of cliffhangers) and the inclusion of historical personages that only make the fic seem more realistic. Several reviewers have even said that if the authoress rewrote the story into an original fiction it would make an good story in and of itself. So yes, this story is very much So Cool Its Awesome!
 * Tear Jerker Toothless not being able to be with the female Night Fury.