I was watching Mulan the other night with a (who is 100% responsible for my newfound love of Disney- well, that and the fact I need bright happy escapist animation as the rest of my time is spent neck deep in miserable politics). In fact, I came to love that Merida is subtly shown to be a little interested in Young MacGuffin.

The writers admit the original idea was to have Merida walk off into the sunset with Young MacGuffin, the suitor who briefly catches her attention early in the film, but that epilogue thankfully only exists in the artbook and deleted scenes.Īnd let me be clear, there’s nothing wrong with Merida having a romantic interest. You could argue there’s evidence of a romantic interest, but that’s not the same thing as a romantic subplot, and it’s not overt enough that you can say with any certainty. She has a fuller, rounded figure, a nuanced relationship with her mother, and romance plays no part in her story. But when it comes to Merida the writers intentionally set out from the start to try something new. Now, I don’t think it makes me a good feminist to sit here and pit Disney Princess against Disney Princess I think popular perception of the “Disney Princess” is a different beast altogether when compared with the actual source material, which has both positive and negative aspects.

Merida’s a Disney/Pixar heroine who, in Chapman’s own words, was created to be a different kind of Princess. It’s a little surprising to me that the Disney fandom went absolutely apeshit over the “Disneyfication” of Merida in their merchandise - something Brenda Chapman even spoke out against, calling it a cheap ploy to sell merchandise - yet there hasn’t been any commentary on other Brave spin-offs.

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