Talk:Merida/@comment-4709692-20120102164914/@comment-4128298-20120507022821

She's not at all ugly. You probably think she's unattractive compared to the other Disney princesses, but that's also invalid. 1. She's animated to look very realistic. Real people have visual imperfections. You can argue that Tangled was animated to look real, but the people in Tangled are actually animated to be very perfect in skin, features, etc. unless they were meant to have certain exaggerated features.

2. She's younger than the other princesses. With this, they didn't want to make her look skinny and wearing perfect clothing, and also not to be very "sexy". The other Disney princesses are all about 16 years old, while Merida is only 13 or 14.

3. She's not vain and could really care less about her appearance. She likes her wild hair and would rather tear her pretty dresses and allow herself to use her weapons than wear tight clothes and look pretty.

4. She's designed to be a tough, spunky girl. She's also supposed to be a stereotypical Scottish girl, which is why she has thick eyebrows, freckles, etc.

So don't be hating on Merida just because she's not an anorexic Mary Sue.