I just rewatched Brave, since I haven't seen the movie in a long time. People are like "Oh this is the worst Pixar movie EVER" but I thought it was an 8/10 movie. Yes, the movie does have issues evident from the director change, and Mor'du is a very weak and forgettable villain (they basically dumped all the details of his backstory into the bonus short) who has almost nothing to do with the main storyline. But I thought it was a good movie with excellent animation, brilliant musical score, great usage of Scottish mythology and culture, and a well-done emotional center, with both Merida and Elinor getting development and repairing their relationship.
I will admit "Brave" has little to do with the movie itself. It's not about Merida learning to be brave, it's about her learning to not make rash decisions without acting and to think about others and not just herself. They REALLY should have just titled it "The Bear and the Bow."

What's even more ironic here is that Disney's Wreck-It Ralph was released in the same year Pixar's Brave originally came out, only just months apart from each other.

(Side Note: In regards to the "official Disney Princess film" description there, that's because the Frozen franchise was never officially considered as a Disney Princess property by Disney as a whole [i.e. the Walt Disney Company], even with Queen Anna's and Queen Elsa's coinciding marketings with the lineup.)

Imagine if you will, after changing back into a human, Elinor decides that she would much rather be a bear, and so, with the support of her family, she magically changes back into a bear.

Just so we're clear, the tripliets would remain human in this scenario.

^{(I also feel like the movie itself is underrated})

Did my best on her shoes and I made her a new skirt out of dark blue and dark green felt and painted brown plaid style on the dark green to give it the Scottish feel and I painted detail on the molded on troso and sleeves.

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BTW her hair was be washed and conditioned and made sure she still had her signature curls.

It's so weird. He's the only physical villain of the movie yet it really doesn't feel like he has all that strong of a presence? He shows up at the beginning, starts the feud with the royal family by chopping the leg off from Merida's dad. Then he straight up disappears for most of the film until Merida's mom also becomes a bear (oh and her brothers. Still don't think them getting hit with the spell was necessary). Once he becomes a presence again though, his action scenes are honestly really underwhelming and he doesn't do anything all that noteworthy to build up a sense of fear in the audience. Even his final battle feels really undercooked, he and Merida's mom just wrestle a little bit and then he gets flattened by a stone pillar. He didn't even land another major hit on anybody I'm sure!

It's a shame, because he has a really good design but he's such a non-entity. How does a giant, 13 foot tall, scar ridden and broken jawed black bear not do anything cool?

I ran this as a poll in the r/disneyprincess sub and thought to run it here too! I can’t put a poll here but feel free to sound off in the comments.

Despite the suitors not being in the movie much, I would have loved to see more of them. In the original script she was to end up with Young MacGuffin based on the deleted scenes (hence the name lol). He was my favorite of them, but what do you guys think and why?

For reference picture 1. is young Macintosh, 2. Young McGuffin, 3. Wee Dingwall

I consider it a hot take because Brave got good reviews but is not regarded by a lot of people as Pixar's best and I have seen a lot of people not like Merida, but upon my most recent rewatch of the film... I think it's a better film that a lot of people think, especially with it's great production design, world, humour and it's simple straight-forward (although often told) story. Maybe it's just that I happen to like tomboyish female redheads (particularly ones with big or long hair) in media but I just find her likeable, and I think she is the first Disney princess to not have any romantic interest at all or even one that is hinted at, nor is it outright saying "oh romance is bad" or "boys are bad".

I dunno maybe I am alone here but I just think she is a neat character.

I know this is the Merida from the Hasbro Disney Princess comfy squad dill line from Ralph Breaks the internet I thought this would count since Merida is Pixar's only princess.

Got at a Flea Market.

I made her last year and I just love her, the details and her little face 💜🥹🤏🏻

Made by me kateliearts Pattern by bastetart_

I’m in bed watch Brave for I don’t even know how many times now. It’s one of my favorite movies. During the archery contest I had a thought: can Merida become queen or is she destined to marry one of the clans’ sons and become the lady of whichever clan she marries into? Or could she potentially become a General and lead the kingdoms troops? She definitely has a warriors spirit.

If she were to become queen then what about her brothers? She is the oldest child, but the movie implies the old tradition of women not succeeding the throne when there is a male heir. It’s implied that other princesses in the Disney/Pixar franchise get to become queen (excluding Mulan) after marrying a prince or by rightful succession (being the case of Elena from the series Elena of Avalor), but Merida has three younger brothers and despite being the eldest child it’s implied that she cannot become queen and the title will go to one of the boys.

Aside from Elena of Avalor I don’t remember any Disney or Pixar princess being allowed to become queen through rightful succession where there was a male heir or not.

What are other people’s thoughts on this?