Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-24674051-20150716141438

Well, going back to the TV Guide article, You have to read what they were saying as "From a story perspective, she fits with Snow and Red". Merida's crossing of paths with the mains is likely to occur during the time of Bandit Snow (which as we know from Season one, and from one of the Graphic Novels had a huge dose of Red).

As for present day, I'll be curious to see if, somehow, there was a bold spirited young woman with flaming red hair that just somehow managed to hide in the background of Storybrooke since season 2, or if they will have Merida be one of the few denizens of the EF that somehow avoided BOTH Dark Curses (Maybe she was on a trip to visit Oaken's Spa in Arendelle?).