Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-5106672-20150714160827

Edward Zachary Sunrose wrote: Brzoskwinia wrote: I don't believe Disney would let them make Merida a lesbian. No one would've believed they'd make Mulan into a lesbian, much less the stereotypical "I'm a tomboy and like fighting" lesbian. But they did. And Merida's a tomboy who likes fighting, too. Mulan per se isn't a Disney character, she's from a legend and they could take that source material and twist it however they want. Conversely, Merida is an original Disney-Pixar character from a recent franchise, which makes the two quite different.

It's pretty much like Ingrid, based on the original Snow Queen tale, and Elsa, taken directly from the movie: the former allowed for much more freedom than the latter.