What makes Merida brave is that she successfully avoids an (arranged) marriage. My guess is that we will learn that her fate is a love marriage in the sequel. What would make Pixar brave is to make a sequel that does not revolve in Merida falling love, getting married, or both.

What is Merida interested in Brave?

“Brave,” set in medieval Scotland, is also the closest that Pixar has come to making a fairy tale. This one involves the headstrong princess Merida, above, who is more interested in archery and independence than in marrying and fulfilling royal traditions as dictated by her mother, Queen Elinor.

Who is Merida from Brave based on?

MERIDA WAS INSPIRED BY THE CO-DIRECTOR'S DAUGHTER.

If the mother-daughter relationship in the film seems particularly realistic, it's likely because it was based on Brenda Chapman's real-life experiences with her own teenage daughter. “She has been quite a challenge to my 'authority' since she was five years old.