Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-24674051-20150724140639

Merida and The Dark Swan wrote: Well that would be a harsh break up for Dumbledore, I read on a Harry Potter wiki that Dumbledore had feelings for him, which also made it very dificult to go against him, because Grindewald wanted to take over the mugle world with him. Even though this was never implied in the books.

Back on topic. I don't think it's neccesary to make Merida gay, Merida didn't want to mary because she wanted to choose herself, she wanted to choose who she was with and when she wanted to marry. If you don't have any love intrest yet, especially when you're still young, doesn't mean you're gay. I agree. Merida, in the movie, was faced with an arranged marriage. She wanted none of that, and she was not even ready to settle into any marriage at the time. If anything, she strikes me like David back in Season one, who fought against the arranged Marriage to Abigail. And I think Snow and Regina were both against arranged marriages as well. That whole concept fits right in with the show. Being agianst an arranged marriage does not make one gay, it makes one independent.

They don't need to "ship" her with anyone romantically. She can remain the headstrong, somewhat tomboyish, independent person that we saw in the movie, and develop those qualities.