#brave 2012

[lizzie-queenofmeigas]

Am I the only one who shipped Merida with Mor'du?

[shitty-fanfic-prompts]

Brave (2012) cowboy au. Merida is the daughter of the biggest ranch owner around.

[old-animash-videos]

Video title: Мерида ~ Yellow Flicker Beat

Upload date: June 1 2015

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Original uploader: Merida Dunbroch/meridadunbroch2591

[malicioussheepgirl]

Like it's so dumb when people hate on Brave because it doesn't have songs and the accents. Yall are gonna be really pissed to find out about scouse, northerners, AND THE FACT THERE'S PWOPLE IN SCOTLAND WHO ACTUALLY AOUND LIKE THAT

Anyway Merida is definitely a top five disnwy princess idgaf

[princesssarisa]

I don't see how Merida is in the wrong, and, frankly, I don't think she would receive anywhere near the amount of criticism she does if she were a male character. She wants to change her mom, but that's because her mom is, well, trying to *force* her to get married! A non-consensual marriage would mean that Merida would be having sex against her will, as well, so this is essentially rape. Of course, Disney-Pixar wouldn't come out and *say* that in their children's film, but that's the logical conclusion here. I think Merida is justified in doing almost anything she can to avoid this and "change her fate."

I agree. Even though she does make a mistake, her motives are totally understandable.

Though I recently found an interesting YouTube video which argued that the movie's narrative viewpoint seems to switch partway through, from "Merida is right" to "Merida is wrong." I was actually just planning to make a post about it. The video blamed this supposed inconsistency on the change of director from Brenda Chapman to Mark Andrews, and the storytelling changes that came with it, although I don't know enough about Chapman's original concept to know how accurate that assessment is.

[princesssarisa]

Are critics of "Brave" right or wrong when they accuse Merida of effectively trying to kill her mother?

Yes, that's exactly what she's guilty of

No, that's going way too far!

Voting ended onJun 23

I was just thinking of some of the criticisms I've seen aimed at Brave and at the character of Merida.

Of course it's wrong of her to use magic to try to change her mother, even though she has no idea that it will turn her into a bear. It's portrayed as wrong within the movie. It's perfectly fair to accuse her of trying to brainwash Elinor.

But it seems as if a lot of amateur critics view her actions in an even darker light. They accuse her of "poisoning" Elinor by giving her the magic cake, and they say that by trying to change Elinor's personality, she's effectively trying to get rid of her and replace her with a new mother – ergo, trying to murder her. Some time ago, I saw someone write "Merida basically wished her mother was dead" as a casual statement of fact.

Is that fair, or is it totally out of proportion?

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Have you seen Brave (2012)?

Yes

No

Haven’t even heard of this movie

Voting ended onJun 12