It is quite obvious that Merida is not particularly beloved on this spot. Placing last place in just about every countdown done recently, and probably in many to come, Merida needs mais love. I used to hate Merida, so I totally understand why people dislike her, but I can't help but wonder why she is hated on, yet people fall in amor with Ariel and Jasmine. Oh, I am not going to hate on Ariel or jasmim in this article, they are both in my topo, início 5. Merida is currently fourth on my list, inches ahead of Jasmine, and inches behind Cinderella.
Why I used to hate her:
I used to hate Merida for her very noticable flaws. She is selfish, inconsiderate, and has this habit of blaming others for her mistakes. I used to hate her for this, now I find it endearing. I didn't really see all her good qualities, or how well she develops, or what an all around unique, layered character she is.
Why Merida is typically low on other's lists:
Merida's falling point is her poisoning her mom. Many people find that to extreme. She is also called unoriginal, which I completely disagree with, and the archetype Merida represents is hated among users.
Why I amor Merida:
I'm going to divide this into sections: Originality, Personality,Development, and why I think she is undeservedly hated at times.
Originality:
Merida is, unfortunately, thought to be unoriginal. Basically, she is the so-called blend of Ariel and Jasmine. This is something I disagree with. First, we need a basic understanding of Ariel and Jasmine's personalities.
Ariel: She is bubbly, fun, adventurous, impulsive, and determined. I will not go into much depth, but she very extroverted and acts on emotions.
Jasmine: She is independent, courageous, clever, outspoken, and confident. She also acts emotion and longs for company, so I see her as an extrovert. She seems to wantr to be with others and escape for freedom and meeting others.
Merida shares their independence, courage, selfishness, thirst for adventure, and cleverness, but she has her own distinct personality. I see Merida as an introvert. she really has no interest in other people but Angus and her family. She prefers to be alone with her freedom. Obviously, she adores her family, but in terms of friends she is quite introverted. Yes, she speaks her mind... to her parents. But at first, when she is distracting the clans for her mom, she is afraid and unsure. This makes her the first rebellious, outspoken, crazy princess to be an introvert. I don't see Pocahontas as these things, so no, I didn't forget her.
Obviously, she is the first without a prince but I don't count that as personality.
She is also the first princess to have her flaws be clearly shown in a truly negative light and have clear consequences towards her. Yes, every princess has flaws, but are they shown to bad in the movie the way Merida's are? No, not really.
She is also the first true tomboy to me. When she spends time with others, they are male. She seems to enjoy her brother's and Fergus's company mais than the maid's or her mother's. She does traditionally male things for her time and she doesn't seem at all concerned with her looks or clothes.
Merida is not the first to be brave, strong, or independent, but she does bring something new to the table.
Personality:
This section might get unBEARably long.
Sorry... I had to! Anyways, Merida has one of the mais complex, layered personalities of the disney Princesses. When she is first shown, we see her intelligence (moving away from her mother in hide and seek), sense of adventure (the bow), and her belief in fate and magic( the wisps). Oh is she adorable as a kid as well!
seguinte up we see how out of place she is. Awkward, not royal, quirky, sarcastic, and how she is total let down. Not to interested in sitting still with a total wish to be herself. We also see how she hates her lessons and doesn't try in them. All these traits are quite relatable.
Touch the sky is arguably the best scene in the film. Not only is it visually stunning, but also reveals lots of Merida's primary traits. We see how she is gifted in archery, climbing, horse-riding, and even a little woodcarving (her bow). This also touches on how she is introverted and prefers freedom to friends. I amor when she is climbing Crone's tooth. The whole scene shows that she is daring, rebellious, wild, outdoorsy, brave, and quite a bit of fun.
When we return to the castle, Merida is being all dramatic, crazy, and weird with her dad as she tells the story she's heard a million times. She is obviously mischievous and close with her brothers, as shown with the cakes. She also get excited and loves to share what she has accomplished. This shows Merida's pride and confidence.
Then, she finds out about the suitors. This shows her temper, her amor for her freedom, and how she dislikes being forced into things. As she cleans up Angus's stall, we see her side of the argument about the suitors. She acts a tad selfish, but also she is saying how she isn't ready. This says a lot about her. She doesn't put responsibility or others before her, which though selfish, is also realistic.
When she is getting ready to meet the suitors, you can tell she hates being cooped up in that dress. When Elinor looks at her though, she thinks that somewhere in there the old Elinor from Merida's childhood is in there. You can see it in Merida's expression. This shows her slight dreaminess and how she looks back fondly on her childhood.
When she sees the pathetic suitors, she dies on the inside. We see mais of her sarcasm and closeness with her dad. When Dingwall wins, Merida has had it. Now it's time for her to act epic. This is bravery, intelligence, rebellion, and absolute anger at it's finest. She displays her skill por "shooting for her own hand". Yes it's selfish, but also quite amazing and interesting.
When Elinor throws her bow into the fire, it's the last straw for Merida. It's time to change her fate!
The scene at the Witch's cottage shows Merida's intelligence and her selfishness. Once she gives the cake to Elinor, there is no sympathy for her. She doesn't take responsibility for actions. This is my sum up for beginning of movie Merida.
seguinte up is her development, which I will get into later.
I really amor how she is daring, fun, adventurous, and outspoken, yet still introverted, relatable, and flawed. I would also like to point out that she is Valente and heroic, but needs saving, just like anyone else. She isn't a damsel in distress, but character who fails sometimes. She is so similar, yet so different from me. I also like how dramatic, loud, and sarcastic she is. I would also like to point out Merida's intelligence. She figures out who Mordu is quite quickly and she is very well educated. She thinks on her feet and is resourceful, sarcastic, and clever. I amor how she is flawed and has such a balance between good and bad traits. And of course I amor her large range on traits that come together to create one of the most, if not THE most, complex, well developed disney Princesses.
Development:
One thing that Merida haters can't deny is that she develops. At the beginning on the movie (teenage years-not as a kid), she is, obviously, selfish, unappreciative and inconsiderate. She doesn't take responsibility for anything. When Elinor first changes into a bear, there is no difference in character. It's when she realizes how truly dangerous the situation is that she begins to at least trust her mom. Her bond with Elinor is at first trust and memories. Wen she is escaping Mordu she has to trust her mom and she has her memories of her bond with Elinor when she was younger. This is a small part of their relationship, it what helps build it. It helps Merida's character arc begin. When fishing, they begin to truly change and remember why they amor each other. Their whole journey shows them remembering why they amor each other, realizing their mistakes, and when it's time for Merida to announce she's going to get married (which was very selfless, brave, and is a major point in her development) Elinor changes her mind proving how much she loves Merida. Merida totally transforms herself because of familial amor and realizing her mistakes. And when she realizes Elinor will be a urso forever, what she says is heartbreaking. She takes responsibility and has an emotional outburst, which were unheard of for her the first half of the film. This shows how she changed to a kinder, mais humble person while keeping her original personality in tact. She is still brave, smart, crazy, and values freedom and family. I doubt she stopped her bad habits, but I also bet she is stronger, kinder, and a much better, responsible person. Her development is very well done, much better done than Rapunzel's or Tiana's.
The hate:
Merida is hated on far too often. I seriously have never see her win a poll. Like I'm dead serious. Everyone seems to find her unoriginal. I don't understand this at all. She is not that similar to Ariel. Merida isn't bubbly, extroverted, romantic, and she isn't quite as curious as Ariel. Merida is most similar to Jasmine, but the differences are that Merida develops, has no intentions of love, no matter what, and isn't as non-judgmental or kind. Like who else saw Merida's face when the muscular guy looks like her suitor? That screams shallow. There's also her hating on true amor thing. I disagree. She never says, or implies, "True amor is fake! You can't marry a man you just met!" she says "I'm not ready!" The poor girl is 16. Merida is in the same position as Jasmine, she just never finds an Aladdin. Some people find her annoying and bratty, but because she changes, I don't really see that. I understand why people don't like her, but sometimes it ticks me off that no one sees her good traits.
I hope this artigo at least made you reconsider Merida, a little bit. Yes she is flawed, VERY, VERY, flawed, but also layered, complex, and a lot of fun.
Please comment below and share your thoughts!
Why I used to hate her:
I used to hate Merida for her very noticable flaws. She is selfish, inconsiderate, and has this habit of blaming others for her mistakes. I used to hate her for this, now I find it endearing. I didn't really see all her good qualities, or how well she develops, or what an all around unique, layered character she is.
Why Merida is typically low on other's lists:
Merida's falling point is her poisoning her mom. Many people find that to extreme. She is also called unoriginal, which I completely disagree with, and the archetype Merida represents is hated among users.
Why I amor Merida:
I'm going to divide this into sections: Originality, Personality,Development, and why I think she is undeservedly hated at times.
Originality:
Merida is, unfortunately, thought to be unoriginal. Basically, she is the so-called blend of Ariel and Jasmine. This is something I disagree with. First, we need a basic understanding of Ariel and Jasmine's personalities.
Ariel: She is bubbly, fun, adventurous, impulsive, and determined. I will not go into much depth, but she very extroverted and acts on emotions.
Jasmine: She is independent, courageous, clever, outspoken, and confident. She also acts emotion and longs for company, so I see her as an extrovert. She seems to wantr to be with others and escape for freedom and meeting others.
Merida shares their independence, courage, selfishness, thirst for adventure, and cleverness, but she has her own distinct personality. I see Merida as an introvert. she really has no interest in other people but Angus and her family. She prefers to be alone with her freedom. Obviously, she adores her family, but in terms of friends she is quite introverted. Yes, she speaks her mind... to her parents. But at first, when she is distracting the clans for her mom, she is afraid and unsure. This makes her the first rebellious, outspoken, crazy princess to be an introvert. I don't see Pocahontas as these things, so no, I didn't forget her.
Obviously, she is the first without a prince but I don't count that as personality.
She is also the first princess to have her flaws be clearly shown in a truly negative light and have clear consequences towards her. Yes, every princess has flaws, but are they shown to bad in the movie the way Merida's are? No, not really.
She is also the first true tomboy to me. When she spends time with others, they are male. She seems to enjoy her brother's and Fergus's company mais than the maid's or her mother's. She does traditionally male things for her time and she doesn't seem at all concerned with her looks or clothes.
Merida is not the first to be brave, strong, or independent, but she does bring something new to the table.
Personality:
This section might get unBEARably long.
Sorry... I had to! Anyways, Merida has one of the mais complex, layered personalities of the disney Princesses. When she is first shown, we see her intelligence (moving away from her mother in hide and seek), sense of adventure (the bow), and her belief in fate and magic( the wisps). Oh is she adorable as a kid as well!
seguinte up we see how out of place she is. Awkward, not royal, quirky, sarcastic, and how she is total let down. Not to interested in sitting still with a total wish to be herself. We also see how she hates her lessons and doesn't try in them. All these traits are quite relatable.
Touch the sky is arguably the best scene in the film. Not only is it visually stunning, but also reveals lots of Merida's primary traits. We see how she is gifted in archery, climbing, horse-riding, and even a little woodcarving (her bow). This also touches on how she is introverted and prefers freedom to friends. I amor when she is climbing Crone's tooth. The whole scene shows that she is daring, rebellious, wild, outdoorsy, brave, and quite a bit of fun.
When we return to the castle, Merida is being all dramatic, crazy, and weird with her dad as she tells the story she's heard a million times. She is obviously mischievous and close with her brothers, as shown with the cakes. She also get excited and loves to share what she has accomplished. This shows Merida's pride and confidence.
Then, she finds out about the suitors. This shows her temper, her amor for her freedom, and how she dislikes being forced into things. As she cleans up Angus's stall, we see her side of the argument about the suitors. She acts a tad selfish, but also she is saying how she isn't ready. This says a lot about her. She doesn't put responsibility or others before her, which though selfish, is also realistic.
When she is getting ready to meet the suitors, you can tell she hates being cooped up in that dress. When Elinor looks at her though, she thinks that somewhere in there the old Elinor from Merida's childhood is in there. You can see it in Merida's expression. This shows her slight dreaminess and how she looks back fondly on her childhood.
When she sees the pathetic suitors, she dies on the inside. We see mais of her sarcasm and closeness with her dad. When Dingwall wins, Merida has had it. Now it's time for her to act epic. This is bravery, intelligence, rebellion, and absolute anger at it's finest. She displays her skill por "shooting for her own hand". Yes it's selfish, but also quite amazing and interesting.
When Elinor throws her bow into the fire, it's the last straw for Merida. It's time to change her fate!
The scene at the Witch's cottage shows Merida's intelligence and her selfishness. Once she gives the cake to Elinor, there is no sympathy for her. She doesn't take responsibility for actions. This is my sum up for beginning of movie Merida.
seguinte up is her development, which I will get into later.
I really amor how she is daring, fun, adventurous, and outspoken, yet still introverted, relatable, and flawed. I would also like to point out that she is Valente and heroic, but needs saving, just like anyone else. She isn't a damsel in distress, but character who fails sometimes. She is so similar, yet so different from me. I also like how dramatic, loud, and sarcastic she is. I would also like to point out Merida's intelligence. She figures out who Mordu is quite quickly and she is very well educated. She thinks on her feet and is resourceful, sarcastic, and clever. I amor how she is flawed and has such a balance between good and bad traits. And of course I amor her large range on traits that come together to create one of the most, if not THE most, complex, well developed disney Princesses.
Development:
One thing that Merida haters can't deny is that she develops. At the beginning on the movie (teenage years-not as a kid), she is, obviously, selfish, unappreciative and inconsiderate. She doesn't take responsibility for anything. When Elinor first changes into a bear, there is no difference in character. It's when she realizes how truly dangerous the situation is that she begins to at least trust her mom. Her bond with Elinor is at first trust and memories. Wen she is escaping Mordu she has to trust her mom and she has her memories of her bond with Elinor when she was younger. This is a small part of their relationship, it what helps build it. It helps Merida's character arc begin. When fishing, they begin to truly change and remember why they amor each other. Their whole journey shows them remembering why they amor each other, realizing their mistakes, and when it's time for Merida to announce she's going to get married (which was very selfless, brave, and is a major point in her development) Elinor changes her mind proving how much she loves Merida. Merida totally transforms herself because of familial amor and realizing her mistakes. And when she realizes Elinor will be a urso forever, what she says is heartbreaking. She takes responsibility and has an emotional outburst, which were unheard of for her the first half of the film. This shows how she changed to a kinder, mais humble person while keeping her original personality in tact. She is still brave, smart, crazy, and values freedom and family. I doubt she stopped her bad habits, but I also bet she is stronger, kinder, and a much better, responsible person. Her development is very well done, much better done than Rapunzel's or Tiana's.
The hate:
Merida is hated on far too often. I seriously have never see her win a poll. Like I'm dead serious. Everyone seems to find her unoriginal. I don't understand this at all. She is not that similar to Ariel. Merida isn't bubbly, extroverted, romantic, and she isn't quite as curious as Ariel. Merida is most similar to Jasmine, but the differences are that Merida develops, has no intentions of love, no matter what, and isn't as non-judgmental or kind. Like who else saw Merida's face when the muscular guy looks like her suitor? That screams shallow. There's also her hating on true amor thing. I disagree. She never says, or implies, "True amor is fake! You can't marry a man you just met!" she says "I'm not ready!" The poor girl is 16. Merida is in the same position as Jasmine, she just never finds an Aladdin. Some people find her annoying and bratty, but because she changes, I don't really see that. I understand why people don't like her, but sometimes it ticks me off that no one sees her good traits.
I hope this artigo at least made you reconsider Merida, a little bit. Yes she is flawed, VERY, VERY, flawed, but also layered, complex, and a lot of fun.
Please comment below and share your thoughts!
My personal list:
10. Pocahontas & John Smith
Sorry for some mais Pocahontas bashing, I am not doing it on purpose. They're the only couple I'm not fond of at all. The relationship only seems passionate to me. John Smith's fast change of mind wasn't believable at all. A lot of scenes were awkward for me to watch. Like when Kocoum saw John & Poca beijar and when she admitted she loved John to everyone at the worst time possible. Plus, John Smith would've shot Pocahontas if she wasn't beautiful. I just see them as two hot people who lust over each other and John Smith doesn't even...
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10. Pocahontas & John Smith
Sorry for some mais Pocahontas bashing, I am not doing it on purpose. They're the only couple I'm not fond of at all. The relationship only seems passionate to me. John Smith's fast change of mind wasn't believable at all. A lot of scenes were awkward for me to watch. Like when Kocoum saw John & Poca beijar and when she admitted she loved John to everyone at the worst time possible. Plus, John Smith would've shot Pocahontas if she wasn't beautiful. I just see them as two hot people who lust over each other and John Smith doesn't even...
When dimitri_is_hot made her list of the disney Princes she'd settle down with I figured I'd do it too but with the disney Princesses. It took a lot of thought to figure it out. Anyway please comment about what you think and please keep in mind this is just my opinion.
11.Aurora
I honestly don't think we would have any chemistry. Me and her don't really have anything in common, other than feeling like people treat us like we're still children, but other than that nothing really. I'm outspoken and a little rebellious while she's dependent and does what she's told. For me I prefer to have...
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11.Aurora
I honestly don't think we would have any chemistry. Me and her don't really have anything in common, other than feeling like people treat us like we're still children, but other than that nothing really. I'm outspoken and a little rebellious while she's dependent and does what she's told. For me I prefer to have...
10th Place
As you can deduct, in this artigo I'll explain how I paired the disney Princesses, analysing what they have in common, so what could make them a good couple of friends. I was inspired por the Most Similar Princess Pair Countdown, made por sweetie-94.
Ariel & Jasmine.
It was very hard to choose who could be Ariel's best friend among Belle, jasmim and Rapunzel because these four princesses have a strong spirit of adventure. At last, I chose jasmim because she has a lot of things in common with Ariel: both hope for a their own freedom and dream to see the world out of their kingdom/palace....
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It was very hard to choose who could be Ariel's best friend among Belle, jasmim and Rapunzel because these four princesses have a strong spirit of adventure. At last, I chose jasmim because she has a lot of things in common with Ariel: both hope for a their own freedom and dream to see the world out of their kingdom/palace....
Young Stars Edition
Snow White-Selena Gomez
Cinderella-Bridgit Mendller
Aurora-Jennette McCurdy
Ariel-Ariana Grande
Belle-Anna Popplewell
Jasmine-Melinda Shankar
Pocahontas-Q'orianka Kilcher
Mulan-Ashley Argota
Tiana-Keke Palmer
Rapunzel-Annasophia Robb
Snow White-Selena Gomez
Cinderella-Bridgit Mendller
Aurora-Jennette McCurdy
Ariel-Ariana Grande
Belle-Anna Popplewell
Jasmine-Melinda Shankar
Pocahontas-Q'orianka Kilcher
Mulan-Ashley Argota
Tiana-Keke Palmer
Rapunzel-Annasophia Robb
I'm a big fã of Britney Spears, her songs are fantastic and she's very well known and has been a singer since 1998, isn't that amazing? Now this time I'm not going to post a link to an artigo about her since I think most of us knows who she is. Again it was hard to choose which song I would use for each princess, but anyways enjoy!
Snow White: Oops!...I Did It Again
This song suits her very well in my opinion because well it suits the relationship between her and Grumpy, it's not a very well suited song, but it still suits her in my opinion.
Here's a link to the song: link
Cinderella: Lucky...
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Snow White: Oops!...I Did It Again
This song suits her very well in my opinion because well it suits the relationship between her and Grumpy, it's not a very well suited song, but it still suits her in my opinion.
Here's a link to the song: link
Cinderella: Lucky...
Ariel and Rapunzel appeared in Balitanghali Parts 1 and 3
Disney Princess Diaries: Balitanghali
Disney Princess Diaries: Balitanghali Parts 1 and 2
Part 1 of 5: Ariel Found A Bottle From The Sea
One day, Princess Ariel saw a bottle of letter. She read it and then Rapunzel arrived. She talked Ariel about the unknown news. "This is so blur and old. Who wrote this?" Rapunzel questioned. "I don't know. I picked up the bottle and I opened it. I really who think it was?" Ariel answered. Balitanghali arrived. "HEY! That's my bottle of letter! Thank you for finding this, little mermaid." Balitanghali answered happily. "Oh! Is this yours woman?" Ariel...
This is about Ching Lan the daughter of mulan and Shang, her nick name (called por many) is Leah.
Leah was sleeping, it was night time the dia was long with work. She woke up before her mom did to check on her horse Chun a beautiful white and black mare who was 7 years old and already strong. Leah whispered " Morning Chun." The black and white mare looked at her and nuzzled her. Leah smiled and started to get ready for the day. Mulan, her mother had woken up and also was getting ready for her day. Leah changed into a pinkish/black dress (that her mother mulan gave to her) and braided her black hair she looked like her mother so much. Leah walked over to mom and hugged her, mulan smiled at Leah and together the two walked down to the stable. Leah was only 10 years old and already acted like her mother and a bit like her father, Shang. Leah asked " Can you tell me the story again?" mulan replied " Of course, but let me help you up and your horse. "
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Love,
Horsegirl202
Leah was sleeping, it was night time the dia was long with work. She woke up before her mom did to check on her horse Chun a beautiful white and black mare who was 7 years old and already strong. Leah whispered " Morning Chun." The black and white mare looked at her and nuzzled her. Leah smiled and started to get ready for the day. Mulan, her mother had woken up and also was getting ready for her day. Leah changed into a pinkish/black dress (that her mother mulan gave to her) and braided her black hair she looked like her mother so much. Leah walked over to mom and hugged her, mulan smiled at Leah and together the two walked down to the stable. Leah was only 10 years old and already acted like her mother and a bit like her father, Shang. Leah asked " Can you tell me the story again?" mulan replied " Of course, but let me help you up and your horse. "
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Love,
Horsegirl202
My first artigo so I wanted to start with something basic. It's my opinion so please respect it and I'll respect yours :) Sorry if it's not much, I'm going to a friend's house for a sleepover in half an hour!!! :D
10.Rapunzel
9.Ariel
8.Belle
7.Mulan
6.Pocahontas
5.Aurora
4.Cinderella
3.Snow White
2.Jasmine
1.Tiana
10.Rapunzel
9.Ariel
8.Belle
7.Mulan
6.Pocahontas
5.Aurora
4.Cinderella
3.Snow White
2.Jasmine
1.Tiana
