Patrick wrote:Is anyone else kind of bothered by all the fans saying Merida is too ugly to be a Disney princess?
Yeah, I think it is really unfair; ugly is such a mean word, anyway. I think some people are calling her so simply because she's so stylised. She may not fit the standard princess beauty quota as described in the Disney Princess Bill of 1937, but that's really because Merida, like all the characters who inhabit the world of
Brave, is caricatured to fit into a particularly stylised world. She would look out of place in
Tangled, but likewise Rapunzel would look out of place in
Brave. In short, I think that Merida is beautiful in her own unique way.
I really do agree that she shouldn't become an official Disney Princess, though. The main reason is that she isn't a WDAS character in the first place, but I think we can all agree that Merida wouldn't fit in with the pink, fluffy world of the Disney Princess brand without sapping her completely of her personality. It's bad enough having the likes of Ariel and Belle becoming Stepford wives, let alone a feisty teenager from feudal Scotland. Overall, though, I would say that the marketing and merchandise so far have been quite good. Whether the film becomes a hit obviously has yet to be determined, but the marketing doesn't seem to pander too much to certain demographics. Shame that
Tangled and
The Princess and the Frog weren't given the same treatment...
Disney Duster wrote:
Stop making fun of people and being a jerk.
Erm, excuse me? I do not appreciate being called a jerk when I'm certainly not one; it's quite frankly insulting. What I wrote was simply meant to be a satirical take on the "original/unoriginal" arguments going on. Nothing intentionally mean or spiteful, as far as I'm concerned anyway. Are you looking to cause arguments? Seriously, behave yourself and don't be so needlessly reactionary.
