Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-25375217-20150711180920/@comment-25758988-20150723200233

I do have the feeling Merida will be Mulan's love interest. The writers need a good story to compel the actress playing Mulan to return. They made the choice to make Mulan gay so they could very easily do the same to Merida. I actually wouldn't mind it because it does make sense. It was a interesting choice to make the character Mulan gay and I think making Merida her love interest works.

I think there is a link between Merida and Robin Hood and no doubt a link between him and Camelot and the fact Mulan was a member of Robin Hoods Merry Men i can see how they Mulan and Merida could be introduced.

Merida being Snows mentor is also a interesting link as we do know she is connected to Snow. They mention in interviews that Merida is connected to Snow and Red but this could be in reference to the fact Red taught snow how to track and now Merida is the one to have taught Snow archery. And a note about how Red to me seems a year younger or so compared to Snow and she teaches someone older then she how to track, so Merida being younger then Snow is entirely reasonable.