Yesterday, wrote an 文章 about my grievances with Merida and Brave, it's been deleted. I realized kind of being unreasonable and unfair to both Merida and her movies. Paying only attention to the negative, ignoring the positive and blowing the negative out of proportion. I don't wanna be a negative Nancy and biased hater. Because then I'd be the type of 粉丝 I despise. Especially Ariel haters. So let me start over, with what I like about Merida and Brave.

What I like
-Her relationship with her mother is very well down, and very realistic. And to me, the only bright spot about the movie and Merida herself.

-The 动画片 and 音乐 are good which is kind of a given.

-Merida is only princess along with 花木兰 and Rapunzel, to experience character growth and learn from her mistakes(Note I still haven't seen Frozen)

-I 爱情 her little brothers.

-She's absolutely gorgeous and shows that Ginger girls are pretty.


What I don't like
-The movie is rushed, forgettable, half-hearted, lazily made, disappointing and uninspiring. And it realizes too much on cheap comedy. This movie doesn't make me feel anything.

-There's no clear antagonist, we don't need a 爱情 interest but we do need an antagonist in my opinion. Mor'du is an obstacle, not a villain.

-The movie slightly perpetuates misandry, thanks to user who taught me that word(can't remember your name, I'm so sorry). I learn something new everyday. It's sending a message that "men are pigs/idiots and women are warriors". Her little brother can only do so much to balance this out. And it could give little girls the wrong idea about feminism.

-Merida is an unoriginal character, she's just a rip-off of the princesses of the Renaissance-era. She doesn't bring anything unique to the 表 and she has no overt personality trait that sets her apart from Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas 或者 Mulan.

Now, I realized the "anti-romance, anti-fairytale" aspect isn't coming from 《勇敢传说》 或者 Merida. It's the people I see all over the internet (not really on Fanpop) hyping up Merida and the fact that she doesn't have a prince. Talking about her she's this revolutionary character and mocking princesses like 灰姑娘 and Ariel, of all people. "Finally we get a 迪士尼 Princess who's this and that and blah, blah" we I think it's pretty much the exact opposite. There's nothing original about Merida, there's her conflict with her mother, but that's Merida AND Elinor. She's doesn't have a prince but what does she have that the other princesses don't?

Don't get me wrong, all the princesses have a lot in common but I can still pinpoint at least one personality trait she can call her own.
Snow White-Eternally Happy
Cinderella-Calm and Patient
Aurora-Romantic and Obedient
Ariel-Bubbly and Rebellious
Belle-Individualistic and Intuitive
Jasmine-Feisty and Flirtatious
Pocahontas-Wild and Free Spirited
Mulan-Cunning and Brave
Tiana-Diligent and Realist
Rapunzel-Multi-talented and Childish

Merida has some of these traits but they're far better exemplified in other princesses. Even being a tomboy is exemplified better 由 Pocahontas in my opinion. Sure she's got the bow and 《绿箭侠》 but every princess has an iconic item. And this is why Merida is not a true 迪士尼 princess in my eyes. She's a ripoff of a 迪士尼 Princess, she doesn't fit into the "mythology" as 迪士尼 would say. 你 can tell she was created with the intent of subverting the concept of 迪士尼 Princess. To me, Merida's true peers are Princess Fiona from 怪物史莱克 and Anastasia, characters who were trying emulate 迪士尼 Princesses and/or put a new spin on them. There's nothing wrong with any of these characters, they're just not 迪士尼 Princesses to me.

Now, in the almost four years I've been doing this, yes I've been here for over three years. I pride on being completely unbiased and trying to stay as positive as possible, no negativity. And I was appalled at myself for reverting to that type of annoying unreasonable hater 粉丝 that just condemns a character 或者 movie unfairly. But I must be honest and the fact of the matter is Merida is only princess I dislike and the only princess I woudln't have a problem with being excluded from the line-up. And I do get annoyed when people compare her to Mulan. She ain't nothing on Mulan.

This 文章 will probably still have people disagreeing but at least I hope 你 guys understand it since I tried to give a 更多 fair assessment. Thanks for reading.