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Merida and The Dark Swan wrote: Anubis16 wrote: I have a theory about Merida, I don't think the creators would add a character strictly from a movie (Frozen was based off of the Snow Queen) so I feel like Merida will be merged with a fairy tale character, since she turns her mother into a bear she could be Goldilocks, I did hear a theory about her teaching Snow archery, so maybe Merida's nickname could be Rose Red and she turns some prince or whatever into a bear, although the bear could still be her mother, just an idea In my theory (because Merida doesn't have golden hair anyway) I use the origanal tale. In the origanal tale the bears were never transformed and Goldilocks was repleaced by a dirty old women. In my theory this women is the witch from Brave. She travels to Rumplestiltskin were she trades something of value for the spell that changes fate. She meets this young couple on the road, the women is pregnant and they are always fighting. They don't want their child to grow up this way, so the witch helps them with the spell, not knowing of the price, the witch gives them the cakes. She is walking in the forest years later and it's raining really hard. She comes along this little house and she seeks shelter in it. She sees al the loveley drawings (made by the baby bear) of a mother,  a father and a baby. When she walks to one of the three beds she sees another drawing on the ceiling, simular too the other drawings, but much darker. A mother, a father and a baby, only they're bears! She hears the bear familly come home and she jumps out of the window. She never reurns. There is only one small change I would change it was the witch when she was younger, having gold hair, and at the time she wasn't a witch. In addition, if they combine Rose-Red and Snow White. The goblin/troll could have stolen some of her magic.

Also, I think she might be Baba Yaga. If you read the Wikipedia page for Baba Yaga (I know it is not the most trustworthy cite) it says she appear "deformed and/or ferocious looking." I think that descibes the witch. Also, it also says she might help or create difficulties for people who look for her. The Brave Witch did both to Merida. It also says Baba Yaga is associated with wildlife from the forest. The Brave Witch's powers are mostly wildlife themed. She turns people into bears, and she could have put a spell on her crow, enabling it to talk. Finally, she (Yaga) either appears to be a hero helper or hurter. Again, The Brave Witch embodies a little bit of both.