
It’s a shame that honor has now been tarnished in a makeover. Princess Merida was Pixar’s first female lead character. “I forget that Disney’s goal is to make money without concern for integrity. “They have been handed an opportunity on a silver platter to give their consumers something of more substance and quality - THAT WILL STILL SELL - and they have a total disregard for it in the name of their narrow minded view of what will make money,” Chapman wrote.

It’s horrible! Merida was created to break that mold - to give young girls a better, stronger role model, a more attainable role model, something of substance, not just a pretty face that waits around for romance.”Ĭhapman believes that Disney could’ve had just as much success with a Brave merchandise line had they not changed her appearance. “When little girls say they like it because it’s more sparkly, that’s all fine and good but, subconsciously, they are soaking in the sexy ‘come hither’ look and the skinny aspect of the new version.

Mérida did not want to do so, and goes into her room, were she is hitting her bed with a sword. One day, at the dinner table, Mérida gets told that she would soon be married to one from three people.

Mérida is also now the sister of three mischievous triplets, Hurbet, Hamish and Harris. Now, Mérida is the princess, and absolutely dreads all her responsibilities. Fergus defeats it, but needed to have a wooden leg. Mérida tells her mother about it, and she says that the wisps will lead us to our fate.īut then, a huge bear attacks.

She goes into the forest to retrieve the arrow, and finds a wisp, a magical myth. Brave is the latest Disney movie, featuring Princess Mérida.Īt first, a little Mérida is playing with her mother, when her father comes and gives her a bow.
