Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-3038174-20130429210540/@comment-24674051-20150603133756

As I recall the interview (sorry, I don't have the link to it at the moment), it was more like that they would like to include Merida, if possible. This is the same interview where they said that they would also like to include Elsa (before they actually were able to). I've not seen Brave (though it is on my list to see at some point), but my understanding of the character of Merida is that there are aspects that would actually play well with the show.

My problem is that, again based on what I understand, Brave is not really based on any fairy tale or legend. It was not even loosely inspired by a fairy tale the way Frozen was. It is a full on original work by Disney Studios/Pixar. So they would, in essence, have to take any characters as they are with little to no modification (much the same as they did with Elsa and Co). And even with Elsa and Co, they were able to twist it just enough to bring in the rest of the underlying original fairy tale that inspired Frozen.

So, while I could see Brave working, my vote would be not to incorporate it, but to stick with the stories that are based on/inspired by Literary works (Fairy Tales, legends, and classic novels).