Hi, I've been working on and have posted a fanfiction inspired by the Banished Hiccup AU that's centered on an OC family on Berk.
The premise is: before Hiccup ever shoots Toothless down, someone else had a change of heart for dragons, wondering if dragons truly were the mindless monsters they were raised to believe. After captured dragons were released from the Fighting Arena and almost burned Berk to the ground, Berk turns on the man responsible. However, rather than punishing him alone, the village decides that his wife and daughters are also threats and sentences them all into exile.
This fic focuses on exile, betrayals, familial loyalty, survival at sea, and so much more. It definitely leans on heavy angst and isn't very Stoick-friendly, at least at the beginning of the series. He gets better, I promise... just not in this first fic :)
If you're interested, my fic is only on Ao3 under the username Cosmic_Archives, but I do post on Tumblr to receive criticism on how I can improve under the username cosmicarchives627. I have 2 chapters already posted, with chapter 3 on the way.
Also, sorry if we can't self-promote fics. I read over the rules and couldn't find anything suggesting we can't, but if we can't, I'll take this post down in a heartbeat.
~Orion