Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-1894786-20150714164347

GothicNarcissus wrote: 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. True, Ingrid had much more freedom than the fairly stale-in-Storybrooke Elsa. But then again, what they did with Ingrid was literally take Elsa's story and remix it to get a villain at the end of it.

And true, Mulan is a historical figure, much like Robin and Blackbeard. But the historical Mulan was feminine enjoyed feminine things. The tomboy aspect comes from Disney's version of Mulan, who'd enjoyed military affairs since youth.