Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-1894786-20150712164233

DarKingdomHearts wrote: Has it actually been confirmed that Merida is a Enchanted Forest characters, because I can also see her fit in Camelot and that DunBorch(?) is just a sub-kingdom of Camelot.

And I also support the theory that she is Snow's teacher, it just makes sense. Maybe she became Snow's teacher during the time when she ran away from home and went to the Enchanted Forest until Snow said she should go back and get on good terms with her parents (note, I haven't seen Brave so I dunno the story of it) SPOILERS AHEAD (I guess, despite this movie being 3 years old LOL)

Queen Elinor tries to get Merida married off by her 16th birthday to one of three young men her age: Young Macintosh (hot, but a wimp), Wee Dingwall (stupid and ugly), and Young MacGuffin (the suitor Merida was going to choose before the creators decided to leave her single. The show might hook them up, though, since Merida is 16 in the movie and apparently mid-20's on the show.)

Merida chooses an archery contest after finding out the first-born of each clan can fight for the princess' hand. Being the first-born of her own clan, Merida fights for herself and beats all three boys, winning her freedom. This causes a massive fight with Queen Elinor which escalates into Elinor throwing Merida's prized bow into a fireplace and Merida slashing a family tapestry.

Merida then runs away and meets a witch who gives her an enchanted cake that will "change her fate". Elinor eats it and becomes a bear.

SPOILERS OVER

So yeah, Merida could possibly run away to the EF, meet Snow who is mother-obsessed, and ultimately go back to mend everything with her mother Elinor. Though this would essentially by-pass the whole movie's plot. But then again, Once does love their plot twists :P