As I was creating my iconen for Team Merida, I realised exactly why I loved this girl. As a result, I decided to write an artikel with 5 reasons why everybody should love Merida/Brave
1. Brave was the first Pixar film that had a female protagonist.
Pixar is a hugely successful company, but it took about 8 years since they first started making films for them to make a movie where the main character was a girl. Before Brave was made, I was slightly annoyed at Pixar - most of it's films didn't even pass the Bechdel test. I love Brave because it finally featured an awesome female character.
2. Merida is a great role-model, just the same as some of the other girls
Perhaps Merida isn't your first thought when it comes to good role-model. A lot of people call her "spoilt" and "a brat". However, stop to think about it. There is something in Merida's life that she doesn't like, so she makes a HUGE effort to change it. She doesn't just accept a bad fate. There are millions of teenagers in abusive of bad situations and Merida can act as a perfect role-model to toon teens they can change their life!
3. Merida is the first princess with brothers
I have ALWAYS wished for a princess film that showed an accurate portrayal about the brother/sister relationship. And while Brave didn't have much of a focus on the four siblings, at least it was a start. I WANT meer PRINCESSES WITH BROTHERS
4. Merida is the first princess who didn't end up with a love interest.
I guess to some people this would not seem very significant, but I feel it is very important that girls see that a princess doesn't have to eventually end up with a prince/love interest. u don't need a man to live happily ever after. Brave teaches girls that life is about finding yourself, not romantic love.
5. Merida gets a lot of unfair criticism
As mentioned earlier, Merida is often (unfairly) called a spoiled brat because of the way she reacts when she finds out she is being forced into marriage. But, realistically,how would u feel if u were sixteen and looking vooruit, voorwaarts to studying at universiteit so u can go and live your dreams. Suddenly, your parents tell u none of that is going to happen and u have to give up your dreams and get married. Any arguement u make is completely ignored. Oh, and door the way, u have no choice in who u marry and your husband is a complete stranger who u have never spoken too. I'm guessing any sane person would react the same way Merida did.
That concludes this article. I would really be interested to hear your thoughts.
1. Brave was the first Pixar film that had a female protagonist.
Pixar is a hugely successful company, but it took about 8 years since they first started making films for them to make a movie where the main character was a girl. Before Brave was made, I was slightly annoyed at Pixar - most of it's films didn't even pass the Bechdel test. I love Brave because it finally featured an awesome female character.
2. Merida is a great role-model, just the same as some of the other girls
Perhaps Merida isn't your first thought when it comes to good role-model. A lot of people call her "spoilt" and "a brat". However, stop to think about it. There is something in Merida's life that she doesn't like, so she makes a HUGE effort to change it. She doesn't just accept a bad fate. There are millions of teenagers in abusive of bad situations and Merida can act as a perfect role-model to toon teens they can change their life!
3. Merida is the first princess with brothers
I have ALWAYS wished for a princess film that showed an accurate portrayal about the brother/sister relationship. And while Brave didn't have much of a focus on the four siblings, at least it was a start. I WANT meer PRINCESSES WITH BROTHERS
4. Merida is the first princess who didn't end up with a love interest.
I guess to some people this would not seem very significant, but I feel it is very important that girls see that a princess doesn't have to eventually end up with a prince/love interest. u don't need a man to live happily ever after. Brave teaches girls that life is about finding yourself, not romantic love.
5. Merida gets a lot of unfair criticism
As mentioned earlier, Merida is often (unfairly) called a spoiled brat because of the way she reacts when she finds out she is being forced into marriage. But, realistically,how would u feel if u were sixteen and looking vooruit, voorwaarts to studying at universiteit so u can go and live your dreams. Suddenly, your parents tell u none of that is going to happen and u have to give up your dreams and get married. Any arguement u make is completely ignored. Oh, and door the way, u have no choice in who u marry and your husband is a complete stranger who u have never spoken too. I'm guessing any sane person would react the same way Merida did.
That concludes this article. I would really be interested to hear your thoughts.