Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20160321010032/@comment-25926288-20160330030913

There are societal roles that men and women play, especially in a medieval culture. The man was the one that was suppose to work and do the manual labor while the woman did housework and cared for the kid. Because Rumple cared for the kid she was "forced" to do the typical male role, but without any of the societal credit as they looked down on her and her family.

Being valiant and courageous is different from moral correctness. One thing that has happened with the romanticizing of novels, movies, and etc, is that "Brave means making the tough choices and doing the right thing." I like that, many people like that, but that's still not the definition no matter how much you like that. A brave man can go kill a dragon terrorizing a village, but that man can still be a big jerk, basically be Disney's Gaston.

Merida was being courageous and taking risks, so she was being brave, but it borders more on aggressive selfishness, but bravery excludes morality. In brevity, you can be brave and still a big jerk. Bravery is void of morality, no matter how romanticized it is today, no matter how much we love this new persepctive.